what do u think..VV or 6v

[silentt]

If you like the VMU look at this one... Variable Voltage

...whenever they are back in stock lol, I just saw them in stock a week ago

I have the Provari and love it and use it a bunch. I put my iAtty or UFS on top and just dial the voltage to taste and vape my brains out. It's great.

 

[Nomoreash]

I am wondering, what kind of battery does the Darwin use? Can it be replaced easily?

It uses a 1800 mah lithium battery. It can be user replaced but how easily I wouldn't know. It's ment to be sent in for battery exchange if ever needed so I'm guessing the leads are probably soldered. The battery has a 1 year warranty on it so if it needs replacing during that time it's covered after that I think I read somewhere it was $25ish. I don't think you'd have to worry about the battery to much cell phones have been using the same battery for a long time and I've never had a prob with any of them. The one I have now is 3 years old and I can't tell any difference in run times.

 

[Chinner]

I am wondering, what kind of battery does the Darwin use? Can it be replaced easily?

It's not something you'd probably want to change yourself, but that's ok because evolv is awesome. It's a similar technology to cell phones, and in my experience they're very good. Some folks are scared by the fact that there's no removable battery, but I prefer it personally. $25 is nothing for a replacement, and after the first year, it's essentially like having a never-ending warranty on your battery for $25 per repair.

 

[ricks]

It's not something you'd probably want to change yourself, but that's ok because evolv is awesome. It's a similar technology to cell phones, and in my experience they're very good. Some folks are scared by the fact that there's no removable battery, but I prefer it personally. $25 is nothing for a replacement, and after the first year, it's essentially like having a never-ending warranty on your battery for $25 per repair.

Whats the Darwin made of? What does it feel like? I cant decide which one to get

 

[Chinner]

Whats the Darwin made of? What does it feel like? I cant decide which one to get

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ything-you-ever-wanted-know-about-darwin.html

Try that thread, very good info. It's hard to describe what it feels like, except it's very comfortable. It feels good in my hand, can use button with my thumb or index finger, the angle on the arm can be facing any direction so you can use it many ways. It feels solid and has a good weight. They obviously make them pretty tough, or a 2 year warranty would be a crappy business decision lol!

The best part about it, is it's not round. It is very comfortable in the pocket, and I love how it lays flat on the table, or on the seat in the car without rolling around. It's not as pretty as some of the other VV stuff maybe, but when it's in your hands it all makes sense!

Check out that link!

 

[ricks]

I definately want a VV Mod with a display. Are there any other ones with the display window that you know of?

 

[Nomoreash]

I definately want a VV Mod with a display. Are there any other ones with the display window that you know of?

Only ones I know of in a tube are the 3 that's already been mentioned. There are several wood and plastic mods that have a volt meter built in but don't have the other bells and whistles if that's important to you.

 

[ricks]

Maybe i missed some, I know of the Provari and the Darwin. What are the others with a display? Sorry I missed them

 

[Nomoreash]

Maybe i missed some, I know of the Provari and the Darwin. What are the others with a display? Sorry I missed them

The Diamante from Vaporlife is the only other tube I'm aware of, not sure about any other features on it, haven't checked it out.

In wood mods there is the Monkeybox, Grip and the one from Redsky Mods..I believe it's called the Mark V. The wood ones are also available in bottom feeders. If you want to go inexpensive and plastic the splash has a meter built in. There may be more of these in wood and plastic, that's just the ones I'm aware of.

 

[ricks]

I think I might just stop the madness and go for the black provari. I think the black one looks the best.

 

[ericdjobs]

no troubles. just runs them at the "safest" and highest voltage. i have some dual coils from ikenvape and he says to run them at 3.XX-4.3v or something. my provari runs it at 4.2v no errors. besides if i went above that i think it would taste burnt.

It's not putting them at the 'safest' voltage. A lot of people (Me including) do not like dual coils at anything below 5/6v. The darwin and the Provari both severely limit power output with a dual coil. The darwin can push a max of 12.7 (or something close to it) watts total, so for a dual coil that's only 6 watts per coil.. triple coil it's even worse, 4 watts per coil. Try it... a provari/darwin can only provide up to about 4.2v to a dual/triple coil. The provari is also limited in the amount of power it can push to a dual coil. This is a big reason I prefer my custom box-mod over any of these production mods. Why are they limited? I have a feeling it has to do with extending hardware life/warrenty claims. There is a *LOT* of current involved pushing a 1.5ohm dual/triple coil to 5-6v. Am I taking a risk of frying something pushing a dual coil to 6v? Absolutely, the hardware in my boxmod is not rated for that kind of current... but it *works fine* and I'm able to do it.

But here's the point i'm making.. for my evercool switched boxmod, I paid $55 for it. Does everything a Provari and Darwin can do, and more. Is it as durable? Probably not... Is it as asthetically pleasing? No, not even close.. but performance wise, I'm able to effectively do more with the $55 boxmod.

Then again, I've always been function over form. I would love to own a Provari or a Darwin, but I know half the time it would be sitting there, unused, because of limits built into the hardware.

 

[nanovapr]

This is Darwin firing at 12.7 watts with a dual-coil Smoktech carto. This is quite a bit hotter than I like. It's a crappy cellphone pic, but it's running 5.8 volts @ 2.2 amps on a 2.5 ohm carto. The wattage is all I really care about, that is the equal to heat in this application.

If I had a higher resistance carto /atty I would still be limited to 12.7 watts, but it would draw less current, making the battery live longer. I like the ability to crank it as high as it goes, or as low as it goes with no need to swap any parts around.

It works for me, but, as per the original topic, I think variable (volts or watts) are more versatile than fixed voltage.

EDIT: Not that it makes much difference, but this is showing about a half charge after two days and nights of use. Tonight it's due for an overnight charge.