Winsmoke SQuape clone

[bludogg]

KP now has Winsmoke SQuape clone. Picked one up immediately. Got it in my hands the other day and started vigourously cleaning in boiling water and is now steeping in alcohol. I researched this as much as possible, and Winsmoke claims the anodized components are indeed legit as opposed to other clones. Time will tell. tank looks like a million bucks. The threads are good...I suppose. The fit on the tank is really strange. I get no thread crunch, but it requires some (alot) of effort to unseal the components. The deck has two holes in which threaded sleeves are inserted for the terminal posts. Neither one is centered and one sleeve on my device is somewhat problematic requiring a screwdriver to turn in the thumbscrew (thumbscrew) and making me believe it will eventually thread out. Kinda sucks as I don't see how to fix this. Otherwise, looks great. Came in a neat emblazoned Winsmoke box, assortment of extra o-rings, etc. Unit is huge, but approx the weight of a KFL/Russian, perhaps lighter. I wasn't really a fan of the look, but that's a real minor consideration. Once I held the device and looked at it in person, it actually is quite stunning.

Edit: It still has the bottom 510 air inlet, though it is pretty large and looks bigger than the original. I took some draws out of it before cleaning and it seems slightly stiffer than a KFL/Russian with the air-control flushed. There is a hole in the bottom of the deck that appears to be a fill hole, but there is no access to it (sealed with screw from the inside, beneath the deck which is not designed to be removed) and it wouldn't make any sense as it has no access to tank.

Edit2: Forgot to mention, it is indeed pyrex tank.

 

[CaptainColeslaw]

KP now has Winsmoke SQuape clone. Picked one up immediately. Got it in my hands the other day and started vigourously cleaning in boiling water and is now steeping in alcohol. I researched this as much as possible, and Winsmoke claims the anodized components are indeed legit as opposed to other clones. Time will tell. Tank looks like a million bucks. The threads are good...I suppose. The fit on the tank is really strange. I get no thread crunch, but it requires some (alot) of effort to unseal the components. The deck has two holes in which threaded sleeves are inserted for the terminal posts. Neither one is centered and one sleeve on my device is somewhat problematic requiring a screwdriver to turn in the thumbscrew (thumbscrew) and making me believe it will eventually thread out. Kinda sucks as I don't see how to fix this. Otherwise, looks great. Came in a neat emblazoned Winsmoke box, assortment of extra o-rings, etc. Unit is huge, but approx the weight of a KFL/Russian, perhaps lighter. I wasn't really a fan of the look, but that's a real minor consideration. Once I held the device and looked at it in person, it actually is quite stunning.

Edit: It still has the bottom 510 air inlet, though it is pretty large and looks bigger than the original. I took some draws out of it before cleaning and it seems slightly stiffer than a KFL/Russian with the air-control flushed. There is a hole in the bottom of the deck that appears to be a fill hole, but there is no access to it (sealed with screw from the inside, beneath the deck which is not designed to be removed) and it wouldn't make any sense as it has no access to tank.

Edit2: Forgot to mention, it is indeed pyrex tank.

There are two sizes of screws included with this unit. One is thicker than the other. Try replacing the stiffer one with one of the replacements. They say that they intentionally put one stiff one and one loose one in for 'customers with big strength that tend to overtighten, which can cause problems'. Each of the two backups should match each of the preinstalled ones.

Is it the new V3 that has both sides of the bottom airflow opened? Have seen these on eBay.

 

[BOATMANBONE]

Is it the new V3 that has both sides of the bottom airflow opened? Have seen these on eBay.

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Thanks for the heads up! I bought 1 of these on Ebay from Iron Vaping (V1 or V2? IDK) it had center pin issues but I was able to fix that with a bit of Kanthal. Definitely gonna have pick up one of the V3's with the pin fix and improved air flow.

 

[bludogg]

It has two wide air inlets on opposing sides of the 510 sleeve. I dunno if it is the v3 to be honest.

Just an update: It works well, though I prefer my Kayfuns/Russian. They just give better flavor. The finish on the deck already has a few nicks in it on the side of the deck. Shouldn't really matter, but the only way I see this happening is from the deck scraping against the side of the chimney which speaks a little to fit. The o-rings are kinda flimsy and cheap. I already threaded through one, without much effort, when resealing the tank after a refill. It wasn't until the last 1mm wouldn't thread down all the way, that I unscrewed it and had shredded o-ring debris all in the threading :/. I then looked at the replacement o-rings before replacing and they are definitely very fragile and kinda loose-fitting.

All-in-all, I'd say I'm very happy with it from a design and build functionality perspective. It's way better than a Kayfun/Russian in this regard and might be the Kayfun killer in deck design in a couple gen's. Actual performance with parallel builds is not as great. Holds a lot of juice. I'm happy I have it though. It's a very friendly 'tester', in that it's quick and easy to change out coils/wicks and the channels are nice props for laying in a coil while tightening it to posts.

One other negative I noted is that you will get splash in the atomizer wall of the chimney and up into where the chimney connects to the mouth peice. No juice IN drip tip, but it accrues in a really innaccessible area (without deconstructing the whole thing) quite quickly.