Vaporshark DNA40 clone thread

[TheotherSteveS]

Anyone tried the 3Fvape VS clone or any other for that matter?

R40 40W Style 510 Variable Voltage / Wattage APV Temperature Control Mod - Black, Aluminum, 1~9V, 1~40W - 3FVape


There is also one on gearbest on pre-order!

http://www.gearbest.com/electronic-cigarettes/pp_157521.html

 

[RandyF]

To date, the rDNA has not been cloned. It appears that is about to change though.

I can't imagine the build quality will be the same and the boards are going to be clones. I guess we will see the reviews soon enough.

 

[TheotherSteveS]

To date, the rDNA has not been cloned. It appears that is about to change though.

I can't imagine the build quality will be the same and the boards are going to be clones. I guess we will see the reviews soon enough.

i haven't heard of rdna40 clones but as you say it will happen.
I agree about build quality etc but the cloned boards in the plethora of vaporflask clones are doing pretty well it seems!

 

[TheotherSteveS]

here is another one by PSmoke apparently...

CLONED RDNA40 WITH TC - MADE BY PSMOKE - ANGELFIREMODS

Claims to be rDNA40 as well...

 

[Adrian Ludvik]

I'm waiting on the second batch from 3fvape. They were supposed to get it 2 days ago, then 3 days ago, It's been about 2 weeks. Some have them, surprised there aren't any reviews out yet.

 

[alicewonderland]

sad sad day for vaporshark. They were actually one of the homebrand ecig companies that took off with their own chain of stores and good pricing. One of the few reputable places I would give my money to again.

 

[Adrian Ludvik]

sad sad day for vaporshark. They were actually one of the homebrand ecig companies that took off with their own chain of stores and good pricing. One of the few reputable places I would give my money to again.

I almost ordered an authentic until I read about the glitches the dna 40s were having. Read people were having pretty good luck with the VF clones so I figured the VS clone would probably work equally well. Fingers crossed.

 

[TheotherSteveS]

sad sad day for vaporshark. They were actually one of the homebrand ecig companies that took off with their own chain of stores and good pricing. One of the few reputable places I would give my money to again.

Im not so sure its so bad really. To be honest, the clones are really just that. Mostly not great and certainly not 1:1 for the most part. The price differential is not so great for these in comparison to the Flask clones which are around 1/5 the price in the UK. The VS clone are pros only about 50% cheaper. Ok thats a lot of cash but the average vaper isn't going to mess around ordering from China and waiting to see if what they get for their £60-70 is actually going to work at all. I have just got hold of a v3 VF clone from 3Fvape. It is good (for the moment) and has been a relatively cheap intro to TC vaping but in the end, I will probably still by an authentic device at some point. Im sure a lot of people are following the same path.

 

[TheotherSteveS]

I almost ordered an authentic until I read about the glitches the dna 40s were having. Read people were having pretty good luck with the VF clones so I figured the VS clone would probably work equally well. Fingers crossed.

Cool. Let us know how it goes and post a review when you get it!!

 

[Shigura]

They posted some more pics of the clone on gearbest.com as well. Showing that it does in fact have the TC built in. I also preordered one from them also. I've messaged them a few times to no avail to find out who in fact is the manufacturer of said device as I was curious. Although it states on their clone that it also has the high speed charging much like the zip charger on the authentic so we will see if that is true or not as well lol.

 

[TheotherSteveS]

Having looked around I am pretty certain the 3Fvape version is from Psmoke!

 

[TheotherSteveS]

They posted some more pics of the clone on gearbest.com as well. Showing that it does in fact have the TC built in. I also preordered one from them also. I've messaged them a few times to no avail to find out who in fact is the manufacturer of said device as I was curious. Although it states on their clone that it also has the high speed charging much like the zip charger on the authentic so we will see if that is true or not as well lol.

almost looks like an authentic dna40 board...?!?! Surely not?!?!

 

[TheotherSteveS]

First review is up on 3Fvape site..

'ok'ish mod

So I got this after 2 weeks, There is no battery included( the original pre-order said that the battery was included) The mod has a nice feel to it and the material is good. This is where the positives stop.

CONS:
1. The buttons make a lot of noise (they rattle alot)
2. The joins are poorly made, you can see the light from the leds on the side of the device.
3. the 510 floating pin is crooked, it close to the side and its a lil hard to screw attys on it(but it made a connection with everything I'v tried.
4. It does to sleep and it has a 2 second delay on the first fire. it goes to sleep after a few minutes more the 4-5 i think.
5. there is a temperature control on it but it;s kinda strange. I tried a nickel 0.15 build on it and at 350 degrees it burned the cotton. It might be my fault but i was that pBusardo did the same thing and at 420 degrees it did not burn the cotton on hit so I am not sure about how accurate it is.
6. The ad says large display so I thought it had a large on but it does not. its the same dna looking small display as you can find on most clones.

That is it. I hope you guys find some of this stuff useful'

Doesn't sound too promising...

 

[Shigura]

What the "high speed charging" on the clone that gearbest is selling. Actually means is high speed teleportation in which you are either A) ported to an internment camp and are forced build hana clones and/or nemi's too B) Into an Apple IPhone 6 production plant where your forced to work endless hours for pennies a day or C) Watch in horror as it melts the crap out of the cloned VS and everything around it. Just you watch!

 

[RandyF]

There is a reason VS hasn't been cloned. They sell their mod for a very reasonable price considering the build quality and components. It would be very difficult to even come close to it and sell it for less than they do. As you can see from the post above, sure, it can be cloned, but to bring the price down many things are going to suffer. Just by looking at the pics you can see the gaps. I would be interested to see how it looks on the inside where the board is mounted.

 

[TheotherSteveS]

There is a reason VS hasn't been cloned. They sell their mod for a very reasonable price considering the build quality and components. It would be very difficult to even come close to it and sell it for less than they do. As you can see from the post above, sure, it can be cloned, but to bring the price down many things are going to suffer. Just by looking at the pics you can see the gaps. I would be interested to see how it looks on the inside where the board is mounted.

I agree it is more difficult to justify going for a clone in this case. The price differential is less than a factor of 2 or so and the quality is surely severely compromised.....Having said that, sounds like the 3Fvape clone isn't too bad...

 

[Shigura]

Well never mind on my order from gearbest for the rDNA clone. In the process of cancelling it because I just got a $58 off coupon from focalecig and decided to get an authentic DNA40. Now I'm anticipating getting my Hcigar DNA40 in!!!

 

[bky16]

I had my clone for some weeks now, and I can tell you it's exactly the above review described.

Almost missed the statement about burning cotton, it didn't occur to me.

For other cons, I can live with that.

 

[TheotherSteveS]

I had my clone for some weeks now, and I can tell you it's exactly the above review described.

Almost missed the statement about burning cotton, it didn't occur to me.

For other cons, I can live with that.

Likely the burning cotton issue in the review is user error!

 

[fredrikstad]

i haven't heard of rdna40 clones but as you say it will happen.
I agree about build quality etc but the cloned boards in the plethora of vaporflask clones are doing pretty well it seems!

Yeah, I cant tell the difference between the genuine Board, and the dna 40 vapor flask clone. The only difference is that there are no celsius Reading on the clone. Other than that, they both work the same and With no issues. I run them With micro coils and spased coils in NI200, no problems.