Category: Devices
VAPEBLAST 2015, THE JOYETECH EGO ONE, & CONTEST WINNERS!
A PBusardo Video & Review – VapeBlast 2015 & The Joyetech eGo One
In this video we take a look at VapeBlast 2015, we take a full look at the Joyetech eGo One, and find out who won the last two contests.
The Links:
lazarusvintage
nitemarecreations
spitfireeliquid
boostedejuice
nicobine
AWEKillerModz
atxcloudtech
jasonsjuicejoint
EsmokeDesign
steamcrave
joyetech
availvapor
szkanger
The Post Review Follow-up:
- 3/24/15 – Turns out I over analyzed the shi*t out of this device. I was looking way to hard for something that simply didn’t exist and I made the mistake of not running a battery charge cycle with a known reference atomizer. Bad on me. This is simple an un-regulated device with some built in safety features and an on-board charger. Fully charged this will put out around 4.2 volts. On that same full charge I measured a loaded voltage 3.79V on the .5 Ohm head and 4.01V on the 1 Ohm head. Being un-regulated the vape quality diminishes as the battery charge goes down. On the .5, I measured 3.79V then 3.42V then 3.3V then 3.16V and then it shut down. Sorry for the confusion on this one folks.
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VAPE IN THE FORT QUICK LOOK AND THE KANGER KBOX + CONTEST!
A PBusardo Video & Review & Contest – Vape In The Fort & The Kanger KBOX
Lot’s-O-Stuff going on in this video. We talk about the upcoming VapeBlast 2015, we take a quick look at the Vape In The Fort event, we do a full review on the Kanger KBOX, and we wrap up by kicking off a new contest.
The Links:
Vape Blast
Vape In The Fort
Infinite Vapor USA
My vaporstore
szkanger
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THE EVOLV DNA-40
A PBusardo Review – The Evolv DNA-40
In this ridiculously long 2 part video we take a full look at the DNA-40. Part 1 takes a look at the board from a variable wattage perspective. We talk about it’s performance, some issues, some numbers, and some signals.
In Part 2 we talk about temperature limiting, some of it’s challenges, I attempt to answer, in a general way, the numerous emails I’ve received about the product, and we do some thumbs up and down.
The Links:
Evolv
NI200 Info Sheet PDF
The Email Response from Evolv Regarding NI200 Safety:
We agree Nickel Carbonyl is truly evil crap. Fortunately, there isn’t any here.
Point 1: We aren’t generating carbon monoxide. The whole point of temperature protection is to, well, protect from elevated temperatures. Heating doesn’t generate carbon monoxide. You have to be getting combustion or pyrolysis. And you have to be combusting in a fuel-rich (less oxygen that stoichiometric) environment. Like a cigarette. We never get anywhere near combustion temperature, and even if we did (say, one turned the temperature limit up to 2000 degrees) the environment in an atomizer is oxygen rich, not fuel rich. So you would get carbon dioxide, not monoxide. To get pyrolytic decomposition of the fluid into carbon monoxide and hydrogen, we would want a coil temperature of about 1500F and you’d need to have it sealed off from air completely.
Point 2: If this was a problem, we would have already seen it. The Mond process you describe (nickel ore to nickel carbonyl to nickel metal) is how one refines nickel from ore. The commercial coils are already 80% nickel and run at higher temperatures when they dry out. If we were getting nickel carbonyl production, that would refine the nickel out and we would end up with a porous wire with only 20% chromium left. That’s not what happens.
Point 3: Given that all the real research, vapor analysis and long term studies that have been done to this point have been done with commercial cigalikes, all of which use Nichrome coils (80% nickel and not at all protected from overheating) if there was a substance as toxic as nickel carbonyl in the vapor, the anti-ecig forces would be screaming that from every rooftop. Nobody has found any, even in devices that aren’t temperature controlled. One study did find some metallic nickel and metallic chromium from pitting in the vapor steam, so they were obviously looking for metallic compounds.
I’m attaching the Goniewicz research paper which is one often cited by those on both sides of the e-cigarette safety debate. The study looked at products using nichrome heating coils. And yes, they measured nickel. The study also looked for carbon monoxide in the vapor stream and found none. Zero. The following excerpt is from the study:
“The amounts of toxic metals and aldehydes in e-cigarettes are trace amounts and are comparable with amounts contained in an examined therapeutic product.”
Dr. Michael Siegel said of the Goniewicz paper:
“The most important finding in this study (that the authors failed to acknowledge) was that all of the trace levels of metals they found in e-cigarette aerosol were within permissible exposure limits for FDA approved inhalable drugs and devices (e.g. nicotine inhaler, asthma inhalers) per Pharmacopeial Convention.”
Basically it boils down to anything a Nickel 200 coil would do, a nichrome coil would already be doing (and worse due to higher temperatures) and nichrome coils are the only ones that have been studied in any meaningful detail by the real scientists, labs and MDs.
What Kanthal is or is not doing, we cannot say as we haven’t really studied it.
What is a problem with the commercially available nickel 200 wire is they use a particularly nasty tasting oil in the drawing process. So if you roll a new coil without degreasing the wire first, you initially get a nasty taste from that oil. A good washing with acetone or simple green, followed by rinsing in water, solves that problem. But that is something to point out if people are reporting weird chemical tastes when they first try it.
Thanks,
Brandon Ward
Evolv, Inc.
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A QUICK LOOK AT THE JELLYFISH
A PBusardo Review/Video – The Lotus Jellyfish
In this video we take a rather quick look at the Jellyfish.
The perception on this device may be that it’s a better device because of how “hard” it hits. I’ve seen comments that at 50 watts it feel like 100 watts. Usually when that happens a device is either tuned incorrectly or is horribly inaccurate.
For those of you who own one, this video is not meant to offend, but rather offer the truth about what’s happening and how it’s happening.
Note that if tuning was the only issue, it would have received a full review as the iStick did.
What concerns me most about the device is it’s limiting your settings to it’s recommendations and considering that it’s tuned for mean, it’s potentially forcing people to vape at a much higher setting than they want or are used to.
The Links:
Lotus Ecigs
The House Of Vapor
The Video:
IPV MINI REVIEW + CONTEST WINNER + NEW CONTEST!
A PBusardo Review & Winner & Contest – The iPV Mini
In this video we take a full look at iPV Mini, announce the winner of the last contest, and kick off a new one.
The Links:
Pioneer4You
My Vapor Store
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THE CLOUPOR MINI + NEW CONTEST!
A PBusardo Review – The Cloupor Mini
In this video we take a full look at the Cloupor Mini. A nice little box with a couple annoying issues. We also find out who won the last contest and kick off a new one!
The Quick Stats:
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Type,Box Mod
VV/VW,Both
Battery,18650
On-board Charger,Yes
Max Wattage,30 Watts
Max Voltage,7 Volts
Stepdown,No
Minimum Resistance,.45 Ohms
Approximate Price,$49.00
Overall Rating,Thumbs Up
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The Links:
Cloupor
Vapor Tek USA
The Post Review Follow-up:
- 1/26/15 – One of the things I hate most about doing these reviews is when I have a good experience with a device and you do not. Keep in mind that in my reviews, I can only report on my personal experience with a device.
I’ve heard and seen enough regarding this device to issue a warning even with the overall thumbs up it received in the video.
I can’t speak to what’s causing the melt-down of this device, but with regulated devices, no matter HOW you use them OR charge them, they should not melt down. They should have the built in safety required to keep you safe and prevent issues like this from happening.
Here are some of the photos I’ve seen:
I did have some conversation with Cloupor and I wasn’t exactly thrilled with the response:
Hi Phill ,
firstly, we are so sorry to hear the melted issue . But , it’s very very rare rate happened in mini device .As the state we collect until today , we shipped out more than 100 thousand out , only about 40-50pcs with melted issue….
His email goes on, but IMHO, not matter how small the percentage, NO pieces should be melting. I would consider this a pretty major defect.
Recalls are costly and ugly, but in this case, it may very well be warranted.
Buy, use, and charge these at your own risk!
This post will be placed with the review here on TasteYourJuice and a warning placed in the description of the video itself. I know that Cloupor has my review listed on their site and I’m asking it be removed.
- 1/27/15 – I’m now getting reports that these are getting hot on their own without firing or charging.
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