Topside squonker from Dovpo

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Lufty

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What the hell? Another crossover top fill squonker? And has been out for more than a year? Top selling even?

Its very interesting. Its too bad they made it a pump instead of a squonk with interchangeable bottles. It makes sense though, that type of bottle eould probably last longer. Its an interesting idea though, and I like how the tubes sre external and can be cleaned, maintained and replaced by simple tiny plastic tubes. They shouldve made it so the external tube feeds under the 510 like most squonks so you can change out the RDAs, unless they did and you get the option of both under or directly into it with their special rda. Makes for an interesting idea, I like the concept better then the Topside, although the topside makes for a slightly cleaner look. With some changes this could make for a cool squonk.

Its too bad, if they let one of us really tinker with it and make some modifications we would have a real nifty device on our hands.
 
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Geez... it looks super easy to convert it over to a silicone squeeze bottle if you don't like the pump. You will need a longer tube, but that isn't hard. And make a bigger cut in the box so you can squeeze the bottle, but that isn't a problem either.
I am aware it could be retrofitted with a standard bottle, but why buy it and have to do a chop job when you could just get a properly made one for around the same price in the first place? You then wouldnt have to deal with an awkward amount of exposed tubing to catch on stuff.

Again, it really is a creative idea, but has some major flaws that needs ironed out. This is why it was pretty much a flop.
 

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Got one in gunmetal on the way, should be in the box on Monday! I pretty much chain vape all the time, and probably need to back off on that, so I am refilling the bottle on all my squonkers a lot. With a 10ml bottle in the mod and a very easy way to refill this looked to fit the bill for me, we'll see shortly.

Cleaning doesn't look to be any issue compared to what I have now, my other boxes are a Fuchai 213 (favorite so far) and a Vandy Vape Pulse. I guess the reason I like the Fuchai over the Pulse is that I can use the 21700's...
 
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In the wee hours this morn I went to my mail place and found that my Gunmetal Topside had been delivered Saturday as USPS Tracking had said it would be before a tracking update later in the day saying it wasn't (with an apology for their tardiness). :rolleyes:

I have been playing with it for some hours now with the Gunmetal Digiflavor Mesh Pro RDA that matches it color wise close enough. These RDA's always deliver massive dense flavor rich vapor for me, so I run them on most of my regulated squonk mods. Currently this one already had a 316L mesh build @0.18Ω in it driving a monster chunk of CBV2 cotton. Since I am running the same DIY in this TS it is the right build for this joose. I'm using 21700 Vapcell 4000mAh 30A batteries in it.

Everything works as advertised on Brian's video. The only cons that may turn some folks off is its size and the ergonomics in hand. The size is needed to house the fantastic 10ml bottle system; ergonomics acceptability will probably depend on the size of your hand and how you choose to fire/squonk it. There are no cons at all for my uses.

A Blue Topside is due here today (but I probably won't go back to my mail place to get it until the wee hours tonight). It will also get a DMP RDA, and both will be in my daily/nightly rotations.

I'll take a picture of both of them when I have them both on line and post it here.
 

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Can anyone fill me in on how accessable the feedtube is under the 510 as far as cleaning or replacing the tube? Er is it a plastic rubber tube or is anyone able to see? I suppose it could be made out of stainless steel or plastic. Just curious! Thanks guys!

It's not really accessible without a disassembly. The TVC video shows it in detail starting around 18:30 (if I did it right, the video below should be indexed to start there)

 

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It's not really accessible without a disassembly. The TVC video shows it in detail starting around 18:30 (if I did it right, the video below should be indexed to start there)



Oh very cool! Thanks, it kinda reminds of the squonk converter from FT he said that gave him the idea. Pretty neat and easy to fix [: I like the Drop a lot that he did, its been my top ranked dual coil atty so far for awhile. Prefer it over my Goon 1.5, Tsunami, Dead Rabbit.. Havent tried the Reload X yet but hope its just as good. Maybe I just need to widen my dual coil collection hah since most of the dusl coils Ive tried havent measured up to the Drop I lost motivation.

His products usually seem pretty well thought out however. Probably the only YT reviewer whos products Im happy with when I buy.
 

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Went earlier than expected and just got back from my mail place with the Blue Topside. My Blue Digiflavor Mesh Pro RDA matches it perfectly color wise. I'm setting it up now, but still have to decide which DIY I'll run in it. It has a 0.15Ω 316L mesh build in it, so I will probably eventually rebuild it to the 0.10Ω to 0.12Ω that I run most of my DIY's at.

I have been vaping the Gunmetal Topside non stop since the wee hours this morning. Everything about the mod is 'growing on me'. Since I can go though as much as 75ml of joose in a day/night, I really like the super easy fill/leak proof 10ml bottle system. I planed on using these as 'at home' mod setups because of their size. But when I went out tonight I took the Gunmetal Topside me in a VapeSox (that also has room in an accessory pocket for the second Topside bottle sled with leak proof cap and a couple of spare batteries) So the mod size was no issue at all, and having 10ml of joose available meant not having to carry a refill bottle or the included extra bottle/sled for the shorter errands ran this time out. FWIW, having 10ml to 20ml of joose along (with both bottle sleds) would probably see the majority of vapers through for all day or beyond without a refill bottle.


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Mine is on it's way! I ordered the purple. Got the email notice last night. So excited and I have a vape pouch like that too! Love em. Fits in the side pocket of my purse perfectly............Oh, I just looked and shipping label created but not actually shipped yet. :( Oh well, it is still progress.
 
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