what's with all the mechs?

[SissySpike]

For tube mods, besides looks & pricing, you would care about a device with the least voltage drop, the lower you go with the sub-ohms the more current that will flow and the more drop you will suffer at the connections

One of the best performers is a mid-range one, beats some mods 4x the price:

The EH Pro EA Clone:
EHPRO EA CLONE [EHPROEA] - $53.99 : Buckys Bargain Vaping, Discount Vaping Supplies
it uses gold at the connections

Another GREAT one (which SHOULD be better as it uses silver, which is more conductive than gold)
The Chi You Clone
$29.08 Nemesis Mod / E-Cigarette Battery Compartment - stainless steel / with telescopic pin at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping

For $27 I would take one of those over any sigelei, any day

I would do with out before I would pay for a forgery of someone elses product!

 

[Oomee]

I'm not talking about direction of current flow, I'm talking about greatly increasing the possibility of something touching something that's not supposed to touch.

Thing is, the "positive" post on a battery is a "button" on one end, isolated (insulated) from the rest of the battery body. It contacts a "button" on the device. The negative is the battery body, not just the bottom exposed part, and would not matter if any or all of it touched the mech body.

When placed in correctly, there is no way for the button (positive) to touch the mech body.

When upside down, the "positive" is touching the mech body.

If any part of the battery body then touches any part of the mech body, current flows right?

I see what you are getting at now , and you have a point there .... but it still isn't straight forward with the sig19
How about I put it this way if I put the battery in the right way round , when the button is not pressed the whole body is at +volts .
If there is a cut in the insulation and the battery body touches the mod body the device will fire and remain so until dismantled .

The net result is that you shouldn't use a device with compromised insulation .
An addition to this , with the sig 19 , the spring rips the insulation around the post term as it compresses at strange angles .
I started inverting the battery as I spotted there was a good chance this spring could bridge the gap between the pos button and battery body .

One thing I didn't mention is that at the switch end I put the fuse (at the pos term) .
It is the fuse that protrudes in the switch shortening the throw ...... THIS IS SOMETHING I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED IN MY EARLIER POSTS ! But we all know we should be using fuses in mech mods .

The upshot seems that not all mechs are created equal , and many aren't the most considered of design ., and always use a fuse !

 

[NicoHolic]

REO's are great, I love mine BUT....there is no way to get an RSST tank onto it because the juice cup is too deep so I may have to get a tube mech. I think he is offering a really nice bottom fed RBA on his site now tho.

Hi Mike. Here's the RDA offered on the REO site--a bottom-fed modification of an existing RDA/plant burner. I have four of them for my two Grands and nothing comes close to performance and ease of use. Widely spaced, drilled posts over ceramic base. They may even be the most popular RDA for Bogger Boxes, as well.

Building the REO Reomizer 2.0 RDA by super_X_drifter

 

[dhomes]

I would do with out before I would pay for a forgery of someone elses product!

Than scrap most sigeleis as well

Next GREAT, ORIGINAL Device would be Zen's Zenesis DX 650, $115 for SS with gold plating

ElectronicStix.Com · Zenesis 2 - DX 650

Or the Super-T Manufacturing Simplicity Line:
Super T ~ Simplicity

Or the iHybrid Pure ($99)

But good luck getting one! Scarcity has a lot to do with the rise of the clones with mechanicals mods

 

[Nosmik]

FYI regarding battery placement,

When using the K-100 with Pana CGR18650CH, you have to insert the battery (-) side up (at least in mine). With the negative side metal exposed all the way to the edge and part of the body, it will fire without activating the fire button.

No problems with the Efest since the battery wrap covers it all the way down.

Other than that, great basic mod.