Hey guys, so in a few months it'll be coming up on my one year of vaping and no cigarettes *que the clapping and hooray's!* Anyways, so for this whole time of vaping I've been strictly using only a Kbox mini with a mutation xv4 and it's been suiting me fine.. but I've been wanting more power and umph, a duel battery box mod for longer battery life and a better RDA. LONG STORY SHORT, I've been looking into getting these products and from what you've heard or personal experience I would like to know if its good to purchase or not. For the RDA, I've got my eyes on the tsunami RDA, the velocity deck style I lovee and it looks like a breeze to build on.. but I'm not too certain of having only bottom air flow.. but for the deck style and the price it seems too good to be true. For the mod I was just thinking of a KBOX 120 W, for like 49 bucks with TC options and more power and duel batteries seems pretty good to me and I can just buy 4 Samsung 25r's to have two separate married pairs. I could upgrade everything I have now all for a little over 100$ bucks. Anyways, please let me know thoughts and personal experiences.. maybe advice on something different that's maybe even better and sorta in the same price range as I'm limited on not going balls deep and spending an arm and a leg xD Thanks guys!
Thoughts on these products, please?
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Both sound like decent products (I don't own either), and I think you would be happy with both. Is there any reason you are not interested in the velocity itself? I really like mine, they've been exceptional so far. For mods, it may be worth looking at the istick100. Personally I'm not much of a kanger fan, and I've been impressed with the istick100 for its $30 price.
The kennedy may be another dripper worth looking at; bottom and top airflow and is a monster!
Both sound like decent products (I don't own either), and I think you would be happy with both. Is there any reason you are not interested in the velocity itself? I really like mine, they've been exceptional so far. For mods, it may be worth looking at the istick100. Personally I'm not much of a kanger fan, and I've been impressed with the istick100 for its $30 price.
The kennedy may be another dripper worth looking at; bottom and top airflow and is a monster!
Velocity is the way to go for a new rda. The tsunami is just the same cat with different stripes. I like the Cuboid for a lot of reasons and you may want to try different wires eventually so this is one option. A great tank (I use mine daily) is the OBS Crius V3. It may not say V3 but it's the one with the velocity style deck. Whatever you decide on, as long as you like it and will use it, that's all that matters. Vape on.
Any RDA with a velocity deck will most likely be easy to build on...its finding the rest of the package that suits your style of vaping that you will need to be looking into.... as far as the KBOX i think you could go with a better mod around the same price range. From what I hear although the KBOX has all the features your looking for with more oomph...the firmware upgrade-able is still in lala land...and the battery life is sub par due to the chipset. If your trying to stick with a user interface that your comfortable with and such then sure by all means go with what will make you comfortable... But the KBox was Kangertech's mad dash at rushing into the higher wattage device race. Durability is a concern... the sled style battery housing that they utilize is a nightmare for battery wrapping... and its only 120 watts. You have the cuboid with a 200w limit and more functionality and by far the best looking interface screen on the market right now and you also have the rx200 which is a true 200w device that has 3 batteries which will offer up to 2 days of vape time if used at 50watts or below. Both priced around the same. I would do a little more research on intermediate mods before I decided strictly on the kbox and then make your decision. There are most likely threads on all 3 of the aforementioned on ECF right now.
Why not try a different mod other than another kbox? I'm not knocking kbox's at all. Its just that if it was me id want to get something different than basically the exact same mod I already own. The cuboid an istick 100 TC have both already been mentioned, and both are similarly priced. I can vouch for the cuboid, as I own one. It's a good device. I also feel comfortable suggesting an IPV5, I own one as well. It's priced around 59.99. Of the two, I prefer my IPV5 just a slight bit more. The only complaint I have with it is there is a slight amount of play with the battery door. It doesn't move unless you intentionally make it though. You can slide it downwards a couple of inches if you press it down.
As for an RDA, I'm interested in hearing what others have to say. I'm probably going to be buying my first one soon. At the moment I'm using an RTA's. I think I'm going to go with the velocity though. Or the clone that is. Not going to pay 135 for an authentic, when I hear the clone is great too and only 20 bucks. Hell only 29.99 at my local B&M
As for an RDA, I'm interested in hearing what others have to say. I'm probably going to be buying my first one soon. At the moment I'm using an RTA's. I think I'm going to go with the velocity though. Or the clone that is. Not going to pay 135 for an authentic, when I hear the clone is great too and only 20 bucks. Hell only 29.99 at my local B&M
At the moment the velocity is too expensive and out of my budget right now :/. The istick 100w seems very well indeed for the price, but I feel as if it'd feel cheap and plasticy in the hands.
Well as the velocity is out of my budget right now I figured the tsunami would be the best next thing :3. I just looked up some stuff about the cuboid.. and my main concern with it are two things.. one is juice leaking and it gets into that charging port near the top sorta like what happened with the old IPV's.. sometimes I'll over drip and boom it'll be mess galore and I feel like if it gets dropped the wrong way then that screen would be all messed up. Other then that it seems like a very nice mod, thanks for the polite feedback
!Appreciate the helpful and knowledgeable feedback my friend! That's what I was concerned with cause I haven't seen many people really hyping and raving about the KBOX. I definitely wouldn't mind going out of my comfort zone and trying a brand new whole mod, I just don't want to pay an arm and a leg, or have something that just feels cheap. Like I said in past replies, the cuboid seems really nice.. I'm just sort of concerned on if I over drip and juice leaks and get into that charging port near the top of thatd be a big issue :/.
I'm all down and open to try a new mod other then a Kbox, I just felt like it could've been a really good mod for the price but I couldn't agree anymore with what you said.. trying a new mod from a different company would be refreshing! Like I stated before, cuboid seems like a really decent mod.. just nervous about that charging port with leaky rda and it end up like the old IPVS did. That IPV 5 does seem really nice though.. it could be a possibility I could cough up a few extra and possibly get that. See buying a clone scares me for some reason, I just feel like if I don't have the real deal it'll be cheaply carelessly made and will break or something.. post a link of that clone you're talking about though cause I'd definitely love to check it out! Thanks for the info and reply friend!
Well all i know is that you will want something with All wire TC functions and TCR setup is a good bonus... most of the new mods coming out that are competing have that option... KBOX although it has all wire modes...has no TCR config... I hear its SS TC is abissmal... and the mod is practically protected by a thin sheet of bent Aluminum. But your really limited in your budget friendly high powered mods right now with just the KBOX, Cuboid, Rx200, and IPV5. If you dont plan on doing Temp Control vaping then really it doesnt matter what mod you get. IF you do then I assure you that you will kick yourself if you dont get something that has firm-ware upgradeable and TCR config. IF your really only concerned about the charging port getting e-juice in it there are ways to limit that...one of which could be to get an EZ Dripper bottle. They make over fills and spilling next to none. Or you could find a way to protect the opening....maybe an old rubber gasket of some sort to plug it. And the dropping and breaking the screen... What happens if you drop the KBOX and crack the plastic battery housing...I mean dropping a mod is one of those hope it never happens to you types of things. But I would venture to guess that the screen is protected by gorilla glass or something like that so your no more liable to break it then you would if you were to drop your cell phone... And I think they are probably starting to come out with silicon sleeves for it.
Honestly its not a huge deal to me if it's TC or not, never tried TC and just regular power mode seems to suit me fine but I definitely wouldn't mind paying for a device that had the features for them to be there if I ever decided to mess around and try something different. I'm a pretty careless person when it comes to making a luqidy mess with dripping though and I wouldn't trust just blocking the hole would help. The IPV 5 seems pretty sleek and fixed the port problem at the top so it wouldn't be much of an issue.. goes all the way to 200w ans has upgradeable firmware, gonna have to look more into it but it seems like I might just have to go with that one even though I'm gonna be spending about 10 bucks more but I'm sure with all the better improvements and higher power then that kbox it'd be better.
Kbox's are beginner mods... Thats just my opinion. For what they offer a new-comer they are amazing.... but when you take the step of upgrading I would always look at a more proven brand.
Yeah I guess I could see that, still to a newcomer who has nothing then there kits and everything are pretty good prices. Have you had any experience with the IPV 5?
No I have not... I was very interested in the IPV4 before i decided on the RX-200... But from what I hear other than the initial firmware glitch where the mod wouldnt fire over 75w...its a very solid device.... right up there with their IPV3 -LI which is their best piece to this point. However when new things come to market there is a slow stream of information that comes out about its quirks and glitches... and its hard to decipher whether it is user error due to it being a new device or that the device altogether is poor. Its only been on market for about a month though.
The rx-200 looks solid but it's just too clunky for me. But ahh yeah, the more and more I'm thinking of it.. I may just go with the cuboid and save me a couple extra dollars. It all seems solid beside that friggen port and it annoys me that it's all the way up there but I'm hoping with a new RDA that I won't have as much leaky problems as I do with the mutation.. and even if I still do I'll just be more cautious and I guess if worse comes to worse and juice gets in there and the mod dies on me then 38 bucks isn't that expensive to have to throw out :3.
Cant look at it as just throwing away money lol.... its the package of price and options...and if you treat the thing like its a 80 dollar device then your less likely to be clumsy. You'll find a good RDA... it all boils down to how much airflow you want how big you want your builds and how deep you want the juice wells.... Personally I think the Twisted Messes is a superb RDA for what you get.
Yeah yeah, totally.. I mean I'm definitely not going to be careless with my new setup and I'm going to baby the hell out of it. I'm seriously thinking of just getting the tsunami, the build deck seems great, the juice wells seem a lot bigger then my mutation and I highly think it would be less leaky then my mutation and for the price of it being authentic isn't bad at all.
Looks nice just dont know how deep the juice well is...but depending on how often you drip it may be inconsequential... Beautiful design
I'd suggest getting a ijust2 kit and a iStick 100w TC dual batt mod plus some batts and a new RDA I love my derringer clone by Wotofo. You'll get 2 mods for the price of 1 and both are great. The ijust2 kit will last you all day and you can get NI coils to use on your 100w iStick TC. The iJust2 kit is 1 of the best mods to come out in the last 8 months, great flavor and absolutely a chucker. I love my subox 70 but not even close to my eleaf products. Obviously you'll get what you want but you can get the kit, the mod, the batts and RDA for your price range. You can even use your RDA on the iJust2 batt, it reads down to .2 and is 80watts when fully charged and I don't notice a difference even after hours of vaping. I thought the same of eleaf products til i got the iJust2, 40W TC and 100W TC
Another good option
Smok Micro One Starter Kit $54.99
Plus the tobeco velocity from vapeNW is only $18 and has great reviews everywhere.
That combo would cost $78 including shipping. You would have good internal dual batt 80w TCmod an awesome tank and a great RDA clone. This way you could get a 60ml bottle of good juice(Casey Jones mainline reserve) or a 30ml of ur fav premium juice and still be below your limit.
What ever you choose goodluck. You'll still have ur Kbox as a back up.
Another good option
Smok Micro One Starter Kit $54.99
Plus the tobeco velocity from vapeNW is only $18 and has great reviews everywhere.
That combo would cost $78 including shipping. You would have good internal dual batt 80w TCmod an awesome tank and a great RDA clone. This way you could get a 60ml bottle of good juice(Casey Jones mainline reserve) or a 30ml of ur fav premium juice and still be below your limit.
What ever you choose goodluck. You'll still have ur Kbox as a back up.
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Someone already mentioned it below and posted the link I think, it's the velocity rda by tobeco. The reason I believe that the authentic is so expensive and that the clones are so popular, is because the manufacturer of the authentic just has not produced enough to meet the demands of the popularity. I've read nothing but positive reviews of the tobeco version though. I can't vouch for it personally though as I haven't used it either.
As for cuboid vs ipv5, I think you'll be happy with either one. If you can spare the 11 extra bucks then id recommend the IPV5. But if you do go for the cuboid then there's nothing wrong with that either. Honestly the biggest factor of how good your vape experience is going to be will depend on what atomizer you put on top of the mod. For the most part, all of the mods that have been suggested to you will perform very similar. The atty is what can make it a stellar vaping experience or a "meh" experience.
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