Both are the same price at 189. They each have their own advantages such as wireless charging and temp sensing on the vaporshark and 60 watt capability and nice form factor on the sxmini. Which would you choose between the two and why?
Vaporshark rDNA40 or sxmini mod?
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I've been wrestling with the same decision (birthday's a comin') and I'm leaning toward the VS. For me this mod will be a homey to be used with my RTAs and Magma rda. For that reason, I'm not as concerned about ergonomics and the temp control gives me another plaything for builds. If this were going to be my out-and-about vape, I might consider the SX Mini as that thing is great feeling in the hand. But I just preordered a istick 50w and have a istick 20w which will serve as my travel vapes.
The main reason I'm interested in the vs is for the wireless charging. I've been hearing that it's a pita to build with nickel so my interest in temperature sensing is mild at best. If the sxmini had wireless charging I wouldn't have even asked this question.
I chose the VS rDNA 40 for a few reasons. The Cyber Monday deal was too good to pass up, I wanted to check out temp control, I did not see myself going over 40 watts any time soon, I was tired of Chinese mods dying on me, performance on Chinese mods (including previous YiHi chips I've tried) drop noticeably when the battery drops to 3.7 volts (battery life would suck when vaping at higher watts with only one 18650 battery), the gaps around the buttons on the SX Mini look like they'd offer no resistance to juice leaks, and I could not see myself paying $189 for a Chinese mod.
Do you really need the extra watts?
Do you really need the extra watts?
there is a thread about this, check vaporshark rDNA40 vs SX Mini 350 (Pros & Cons), personally, if you don't use Nickel, I wouldn't even hesitate to get the SX Mini, the chip is great. You might want to read up on VS wireless charging as well, I've read a lot of people prefer to just switch the batts out because the mod gets so hot when it's being charged wireless, in the end, both are great mods, you'll enjoy either.
rDNA vs Sx like my buddy told me when I wanted to buy the rDNA if you are looking for flavor then go for the rDNA. If you are just looking for a mod to blow clouds then there are plenty of mods out there that will get you what you want dont get me wrong im sure the SX performance is great also but to me I see them different. rDNA is just a different beast thats IMO. GL tho
I have both...the SX Mini is better built or at least has a better fit and finish from the outside. SX Mini is not perfect but better than the VS(exterior fit/finish)
The rDNA buttons are now pretty(compared to rdna 30 I had) solid..the - button does have a little rattle but not bad. (fire and + button-no rattle at all). The worst part of the rDNA is that I can see the fire button light(blue led light) thru a seam/crack at the top of my mod...I'll seal it up later with some silicone/etc. Not good if your atty/tanks leak.
really hard to pick one...if I had to let one of them go, I am not sure which I would get rid of.....well, if the SX Mini was serviceable in the USA(they might be, dunno), hands down the SX Mini.
Main reason I like the rDNA is it is easy to disassemble and replace a 510 if needed(I am a 510 stripper)..I can get service in the USA with direct phone # to the company---not sure about the SX Mini.
The real time battery voltage on the SX Mini is another advantage over the DNA 40 imo. DNA40 battery gauge "works" but I don't like the way it "works". Watching battery sag in real time is pretty cool also.
I don't like the battery threads on the SX Mini- threads are fine and in soft metal-not a good idea.
I think the new(new/improved over the 510 on the rDNA30 I had) VS 510 assembly is a little better than the SX Mini.(or at least it is cheap and easy to swap out if needed...VS will sell you the 510 assembly)
temp control-meh...
wireless charging- good feature but the door comes off too easy to mess with usb or wireless (for me/IMO)
tough decision you have to make IMO. both are great mods...both have their pros/cons. The SX Mini is the better mod IMO but I like having USA service as an option
The rDNA is no slouch tho...I was going to sell the rDNA 40 when it finally(CM order) arrived but I can't.
The rDNA buttons are now pretty(compared to rdna 30 I had) solid..the - button does have a little rattle but not bad. (fire and + button-no rattle at all). The worst part of the rDNA is that I can see the fire button light(blue led light) thru a seam/crack at the top of my mod...I'll seal it up later with some silicone/etc. Not good if your atty/tanks leak.
really hard to pick one...if I had to let one of them go, I am not sure which I would get rid of.....well, if the SX Mini was serviceable in the USA(they might be, dunno), hands down the SX Mini.
Main reason I like the rDNA is it is easy to disassemble and replace a 510 if needed(I am a 510 stripper)..I can get service in the USA with direct phone # to the company---not sure about the SX Mini.
The real time battery voltage on the SX Mini is another advantage over the DNA 40 imo. DNA40 battery gauge "works" but I don't like the way it "works". Watching battery sag in real time is pretty cool also.
I don't like the battery threads on the SX Mini- threads are fine and in soft metal-not a good idea.
I think the new(new/improved over the 510 on the rDNA30 I had) VS 510 assembly is a little better than the SX Mini.(or at least it is cheap and easy to swap out if needed...VS will sell you the 510 assembly)
temp control-meh...
wireless charging- good feature but the door comes off too easy to mess with usb or wireless (for me/IMO)
tough decision you have to make IMO. both are great mods...both have their pros/cons. The SX Mini is the better mod IMO but I like having USA service as an option
The rDNA is no slouch tho...I was going to sell the rDNA 40 when it finally(CM order) arrived but I can't.
Juice leakage getting into the sx mini buttons, come on now, maybe its time to dump those Chinese atty's you are using!
I don't have an SX Mini but I do have mods with the SX350 chip which is not all that dissimilar to the the SX Mini chip. The SX350 chips are a different breed than the YiHi chips used in less expensive mods. They are very high quality, accurate, reliable chips.
If you are picky about taste I would suggest going with the rDNA40 and putting in the effort to learn to build with Ni200 in order to use it's temperature protection feature. Before receiving my rDNA40 I pretty much dismissed temperature protection as something that would not be particularly useful to me personally as I could not recall my last dry hit.
However, using temperature protection for just a few hours completely changed my mind. It produces a completely consistent tasting vape start to finish. I also like being able to adjust the temperature and wattage to get the balance of taste/vapor production I prefer for any particular juice or just for what type of vape seems appealing to me at the moment. I ordered a second rDNA40 and it's doubtful I would consider a mod without temperature protection in the future.
That said, temperature protection won't do didley to turn a DNA40 into a 60 watt vape so if you prefer a higher power vape the SX Mini would be what you want. I know several very experienced vapers who have SX Minis and they all love them.
I think if you purchase on the basis of the features that are important to you that you will be very happy either the SX Mini or the rDNA40.
If you are picky about taste I would suggest going with the rDNA40 and putting in the effort to learn to build with Ni200 in order to use it's temperature protection feature. Before receiving my rDNA40 I pretty much dismissed temperature protection as something that would not be particularly useful to me personally as I could not recall my last dry hit.
However, using temperature protection for just a few hours completely changed my mind. It produces a completely consistent tasting vape start to finish. I also like being able to adjust the temperature and wattage to get the balance of taste/vapor production I prefer for any particular juice or just for what type of vape seems appealing to me at the moment. I ordered a second rDNA40 and it's doubtful I would consider a mod without temperature protection in the future.
That said, temperature protection won't do didley to turn a DNA40 into a 60 watt vape so if you prefer a higher power vape the SX Mini would be what you want. I know several very experienced vapers who have SX Minis and they all love them.
I think if you purchase on the basis of the features that are important to you that you will be very happy either the SX Mini or the rDNA40.
This is where i am with current mod selection. I want a DNA 40 device... but really with it was a DNA 80 device (or something more than 60 watts). Just need a tiny bit more power to be completely satisfied with all of my atomizers. Touch decision because i keep hearing so many good things about temperature protection.
It depends on whether you want to use temp control for the fun of it or to eliminate dry hits/ burning your wick.
I mostly use RDAs or a lemo and generally set mine to a temperature I know won't burn my wick at all (~450F, while it goes up to 600F) so 40W is enough to get it to that temperature I find. If I had it set to the same 450ish temp and it had 80 watts it would just cut in and limit it quicker, and I don't find at the current power level it takes too long to get that hot.
I had similar thoughts to you before I got a DNA 40 device and now I just think it's a slightly different style of vaping, so I guess depends if you get on with it.
I still sometimes get out a mech mod with a pretty low ohm kanthal build in an RDA (don't usually go below 0.3ohms) for a hotter vape with more clouds.
What i meant by completely satisfied with all my atomizers is... i want to use temp control for RTAs... higher wattage, no temp protection for RDAs. I'd just ideally like something that can do both. I really think Evolv is falling behind. I'm not a huge fan of the Chinese chips... but hell, they're even starting to use temperature protection in 100+ watt devices! Evolv needs to... well, evolve if it want's to remain relevant in the next few years.
Unsurprisingly, the handful of 7080 watt vapers I know have not been at all satisfied with DNA40 devices. You might want to keep your eye out for a mod with YiHi's new chip with temperature control, the 120 watt SX350J. That will give you the power that you need and let you play with temperature control.
Bonmatos posted what sparse details are available for the SX350J chip in the SX Mini thread. YiHi has the SX350J listed on their site but they haven't listed any info about it yet.
If YiHi puts the SX350J in an SX Mini box you will only be able to achieve 60 watts with its single battery. Two batteries in series are needed to achieve the 120 watts. Also, the single battery vaped continuously at 60 watts won't last very long.
So far, YiHi has only posted a picture of a tube that screws onto the bottom of the SX Mini battery compartment to show their intent as to how they plan to accomplish the addition of a second battery. To say it looks weird would be an understatement.
It might not be for you then. For most vapers, 40w is more than enough. 50w+ devices are more for a niche market (hardcore drippers and cloud chasers).
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