Vapor Flask V3 DNA40 Clone thread

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WeirdWillie

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I got my notification last night, I just chose the free shipping option, I guess EMS?

We can compare which is faster by whoever gets theirs first, heh. I'm guessing DHL.

Got this from DHL

Thursday, April 09, 2015 at 10:11 PM

Origin Service Area:
HONG KONG - HONG KONG - HONG KONG
Destination Service Area:
HOUSTON, TX - TOMBALL - USA

Estimated Delivery:
Monday, April 13, 2015
By End of Day
 

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Got this from DHL

Thursday, April 09, 2015 at 10:11 PM

Origin Service Area:
HONG KONG - HONG KONG - HONG KONG
Destination Service Area:
HOUSTON, TX - TOMBALL - USA

Estimated Delivery:
Monday, April 13, 2015
By End of Day

Nice, much quicker than mine it seems. This is the last update mine has:

2015-04-07 09:03
Shenzhen, arrived at the processing center, from bantian Center Sales Office
2015-04-07 09:03
Shenzhen, left the treatment center and sent to USJFKF
 

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Are your battery caps fully tightened in this pic? I assume so, which is odd - they tighten to a different position to mine. Yours are diagonal NW to SE we might call it; mine are NE to SW (i.e. a quarter-turn further clockwise than yours.)

Yep!
Fully tightened, I presume it's got something to do with the direction that they're facing when the threads are put it.

The whole thing looks like it was actually milled and not cast, other clones I've seen have had a visible seam so they've been cast from a mold.
 

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Nice, much quicker than mine it seems. This is the last update mine has:

2015-04-07 09:03
Shenzhen, arrived at the processing center, from bantian Center Sales Office
2015-04-07 09:03
Shenzhen, left the treatment center and sent to USJFKF

Yeah so far it seems as if you are better off paying a little extra for DHL if you are ordering from china
that is unless you don't mind waiting 3-4 weeks.

As for me, I get most impatient waiting on vapemail :D
 

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On an Evolv DNA40 board if you hold the down button for an addition 1 second after it gets to 1 watt and if it's an Evolv DNA40 that is what it will say.
That's the 3rd DNA40 board I put in, I broke the screens off the other two due to having the board in the wrong spot. I'm sending them to Evolv tomorrow to have the screens replaced for $10 each which includes return shipping. I was beaten but I won the war.
Is there any significance to the line of text at the top- like something to do w/the batch, rev, etc.? $10 shipped for reattaching a new screen is a no-brainer.
 

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So can you guys tell me more about this ground screw? Is it what it sounds like, literally a screw that holds the ground wire and can be tightened?

Or will it require soldering?
Don't remember this being answered. If it's like other non ferrous cased mods, the ground should be screwed to the enclosure as well as a ground to the 510. Sometimes there will only be one ground but on a flask I'd expect there to be at least two. One thing that has been seen in other mods is the ground screw was too long (or hole to shallow, however you want to look at it). So even when fully tight, the terminal wasn't secured tightly to the enclosure. Just something to watch for.
 

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Got this from DHL

Thursday, April 09, 2015 at 10:11 PM

Origin Service Area:
HONG KONG - HONG KONG - HONG KONG
Destination Service Area:
HOUSTON, TX - TOMBALL - USA

Estimated Delivery:
Monday, April 13, 2015
By End of Day

House much extra was DHL?
(Tomball huh? I'm in Arlington)
 

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Don't remember this being answered. If it's like other non ferrous cased mods, the ground should be screwed to the enclosure as well as a ground to the 510. Sometimes there will only be one ground but on a flask I'd expect there to be at least two. One thing that has been seen in other mods is the ground screw was too long (or hole to shallow, however you want to look at it). So even when fully tight, the terminal wasn't secured tightly to the enclosure. Just something to watch for.


Thanks very much!
 

Phone Guy

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This is the black version, lighting makes it look kinda grey.
Board seems to be functioning exactly like the genuine Evolve - bit better probably.
I'd love to see the gun metal color done, personally.

I've got a black flask (or plask) but it's not that same kind of finish. It's kind of coated? But still nice. I ended up putting a real DNA20 in it.
 

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I'd love to see the gun metal color done, personally.

I've got a black flask (or plask) but it's not that same kind of finish. It's kind of coated? But still nice. I ended up putting a real DNA20 in it.

Summer from Waidea had initially told me they would be doing Gunmetal Color. Why it has not been released is anyone's guess, but I agree I would like to see that color released as well..
 

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IT ARRIVED! It seems like kangxin might have a new revision, the adjustment screw in the 510 connection is different from what i saw earlier in the thread. Also the battery caps now line up properly. Overall im pretty impressed with the quality of it, though it does still have a slight lip on the battery covers when the batteries are installed but thats not a big deal for me. In reference to Tpat591, i did find on another section of ECF there is a lady who makes leather covers for the flask, https://www.etsy.com/shop/SillyNilly?section_id=16329174&ref=shopsection_leftnav_4 , I have not bought one yet so i cant speak to the quality but others were saying it was quite nice. I do plan on getting one in the future. And finally here are some pictures of my new Kangxin Vapor Flask, and this is the one i bought $69.47-$69.95 VF V3 Style Temperature Control 40W Clone Mod by Kangxin- Black .
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