"The Russian" 91% (Kayfun Lite Clone With A Twist)

[Doc_]

Amnesia and friends, thanks for all the pics and what not

I picked up a R91 the other day locally. I don't have a kayfun and have a love hate relationship with bottom coil tanks in general, so I was hesitant to start posting pics and impressions and what not.

My findings regarding the finish were kind of like yours. I didn't however find any blatant scratches, but I did find some scuffs on the tank sections (uneven finish?), and its a fingerprint/grime magnet. Also my 510 drip tip adapter doesn't thread down so I'm going back to the BnM today to sort that all out.

I don't have high hopes as far as getting this thing to work well for me, but I want to be proven wrong which is why I bought it.

Hopefully with some help from you guys I can work it out. The only bottom/vacuum style tank that ever worked for me was the penelope (juice control wide open), otherwise, they simply never wick well enough for me. And its not like I'm new to this, been building coils and screwing around with a plethora of wick materials for a very long time now .

Anyway, be back later!

EDIT: I also had the thought that I would take the finish down and either leave it brushed or even go for high polish. The thing that gave me pause was I'm not sure what the outer tank material is? I think it may be anodized aluminum and I wouldn't want to screw anything up. Then again that pic on the nemesis up above looks fantastic Doc!

The R91 itself is S/S. I am pretty sure the finish on the R91 is just a fine silver metallic paint. Whatever it is, it rips straight off with a bit of cutting compound. The polishing on my R91 took less than an hour.

 

[qorax]

The R91 itself is S/S. I am pretty sure the finish on the R91 is just a fine silver metallic paint. Whatever it is, it rips straight off with a bit of cutting compound. The polishing on my R91 took less than an hour.

The logo goes off too, right?

 

[Doc_]

The logo goes off too, right?

No. The logo seems to be etched on. If you look at my pic you can still see the logo.

 

[Amnesia1187]

The R91 itself is S/S. I am pretty sure the finish on the R91 is just a fine silver metallic paint. Whatever it is, it rips straight off with a bit of cutting compound. The polishing on my R91 took less than an hour.

What is this "Cutting Compound" you speak of?

 

[HandbananA]

The R91 itself is S/S. I am pretty sure the finish on the R91 is just a fine silver metallic paint. Whatever it is, it rips straight off with a bit of cutting compound. The polishing on my R91 took less than an hour.

Are you sure it's a paint and not just a lightly sandblasted finish?

 

[Cyrus Vap]

Thanks for the info Doc. I'd love to know more about how you polished it, tools, etc ?

When I went to the BnM yesterday they swapped out my drip tip adapter. Regarding the scuffs on the finish it seems all the open units they had suffered from the same problem so...

 

[Andy Thatcher]

Had mine for a while now, got on the first e-zig prepay, and have to say...

Am enjoying it every bit as much as my KayFun 3.1 and more than the Lite that has now moved on.

Would love more info as Cyrus suggests for shining it up. Same as the pic's have mine on a stainless Nemesis and do they play so nicely together.

 

[MiXoLoGiSt]

Is there anyone that actually has these in stock? These seem harder to get than the Kayfun!

 

[Cyrus Vap]

They're showing up in BnMs all over the place. I hear SoCal has NorCal beat 10:1 on BnMs so you shouldn't have a problem finding one. There's a cali specific forum I won't link because I don't want to get banned that has a thread naming a few SoCal shops

 

[Andy Thatcher]

Derrr just realized I can just swap the shiny parts from my KayFun.

 

[Cyrus Vap]

So the Blue Arrow points to the Main screw that threads up through the device and connects to the mounting blocks (still juice in it so I didn't want to open it up, but if you've seen the inside of a Kayfun or Russian, they are all pretty much the same). Before you assemble your device and fill it, make sure this screw is tight and the two mounting blocks aren't touching.

The Red Arrow points to the inner screw which adjusts the mounting height.

My issue was that the Blue one was loose, so when I was loosening the Red one, it threaded both of them and caused the mounting blocks to touch and short out which totally baffled me until I broke it back down.

The kit doesn't seem to come with a screwdriver that will handle the blue screw?!

Seems my Provari reads different resistances based on movement of the red screw...out to far resistance goes up .2-.3, out just far enough to make contact it drops back down (1.7-2.0)

 

[SheerLuckHolmes]

This week end at a local Vape Meet I let a friend (?) see my Russian. Of course he dropped it and broke the clear tank. Can anyone Please Please Please Please direct me to where I can buy a replacement clear window tank section that will fit my Russian. Thanks in advance.

 

[lumberjack]

This week end at a local Vape Meet I let a friend (?) see my Russian. Of course he dropped it and broke the clear tank. Can anyone Please Please Please Please direct me to where I can buy a replacement clear window tank section that will fit my Russian. Thanks in advance.

Makrolontank-Halbtank Kayfun V3.1 - InTaste

Kayfun M-Tanks - SvoëMesto - Rebuildables (Guess Vaprev is out at the moment. They just have the mini tank?)

 

[Doc_]

Cutting polish used in the auto industry. Just rub like mad with a cloth and job done.
Not surprised to hear some are marked. The paint is very very thin.

 

[Cyrus Vap]

Cutting polish used in the auto industry. Just rub like mad with a cloth and job done.
Not surprised to hear some are marked. The paint is very very thin.

Wow that was purely by hand + polish? Fantastic. I wonder if mother's metal polish (only kind I have laying around) would do the same? Only one way to find out I guess lol

 

[Cyrus Vap]

Eventually people will start posting builds in here, (I think), which shouldn't be very different from the builds that have been used on the kayfun/GG style things. I tried a few of my standard build (10 wrap of 30 awg on a 14 gauge needle/2.2 ohms) and a few micro coils (non sub ohm) and wasn't so impressed. I stumbled across the "nano dragon" thread and decided to give this a go.

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its a 10 wrap of 30awg kanthal on a 3/64 bit, installed vertically, wrapped with cotton (keep the cotton relatively clear of the space between the bottom coil and air hole). Really amazing vape. Of course after 5 mls without issue something happened and I got a wicked dry hit and bye bye wick lol. I have to re work it again today.

Here is the original thread for those interested:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...3463-check-out-my-nano-dragon-coil-build.html

 

[VAP0R_LUSH_KC]

Yay glad to know that I won't see my pre order Russian 91% until November now ....awesome good job guys

 

[godowar]

Would be nice to get an update from Vaportekusa.com on the status of the pre-orders. But I haven't seen anything.

 

[Technonut]

Nothing is going to move from now to Oct. 7th, due to the Chinese "National Day" holiday.. Then a week or so to play catch up.. Yep, I can see November delivery to many of us now..

 

[t8kiteasy]

Kidneypuncher orders have shipped and should arrive wednesday,according to email yesterday,and will be shipped out to us as they arrive.

Has anyone sent out an email to VT to see if there orders shipped out already??Man,that sucks having to wait that long for the 91%.