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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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The Video – Part 2:
The Photos:
VAPING FOR A GOOD CAUSE…
Just found out about this today. I think it’s terrific and thought I’d share…
Ok guys we have a huge raffle about to go down. This one is for charity.
On behalf of Vape Mafia Inc., its members and vapers everywhere, we are going to help raise money for The Autism Society.
Marty Crumm came to us and asked if we can do this being he has a loved one affected by autism. So we agreed. Mafia has full control over the funds and its going to some thing that can change a child’s or persons life. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to The Autism Society. We are very honored to be able to do this.
All the prizes for the raffle can be found on the GoFundMe site HERE.
Here is how its going to work:
- A $5 donation gives you a single chance to win the e-liquids
- A $10 donation gives you a single chance to win the mods and two chances to win the e-liquids
Additional participation will gain you additional entries. So for example…
- A $100 donation gives you 20 chances to win the e-liquid and 10 chances to win the mods
if you want to donate mods or juice or anything please contact me (John Perry Burris) or “The Don” Robert Cervantes and we will put you on the list
This raffle will go for 2 weeks and will end on March 8th, 2015.
The GoFundMe page can be found HERE.
NEW IN THE QUEUE – 12/29/14 – THE PROMEC BY G&G LAB
This sexy little 17mm, 14500 device doubles as a straight up mechanical or a bottom feeding “squonker”. Just ordered some new 14500s to take her for a test drive. And it’s made in Italy. Hear that Dimitris?? ITALY! 🙂
The side button you see is not the fire button, that’s the “squonk” button. The fire button is on the bottom.
Shown with a NoFear bottom fed atty
TEMPERATURE SENSING COIL HEADS FOR CLEAROMIZERS…
For those of you who don’t know, VaporShark is carrying temperature sensing coil heads for both the Kangertech Aero Tank and the Aspire Nautilus tanks (BVC) for use with Evolv DNA-40 devices like the VaporShark rDNA-40.
I’ve noticed that Evolv has changed their recommended “typical” resistance for a temp sensing coil to .4 ohms.
The Kanger coils heads are .18 ohm, with additional check boxes for .2 ohm and .25 ohm. They are $19.99 for a 5-pack.
The Aspire coil heads are .3 ohm, with additional check boxes for .2, .4, and .5 ohm. They are $17.99 for a 5 pack.
I’ve heard that similar coil heads are coming soon for both the Kangertech Subtank and the Aspire Atlantis.
It’s very important to understand that these will only provide temperature limiting when using them in a tank installed on a DNA-40 device and should only be used on such a device due to their very low resistance and NI-200 composition.
I think it important that VaporShark add a similar warning to the packaging!
THE SVA DNA30 BOTTOM FED BOX MOD
A PBusardo Review – The SVA Mod
In this video we talk about spending money on mods, do a couple show and tells, take a look at the SVA Box Mod, and add a rather special item from a rather special guy to the stocking!
The Links:
The Kayfil
The Kaykork
SVA Mods Email
SVA Mods International Email
SVA Mods Facebook
SVA Mods @ Dot-Mod
JJ Vapes
The Video:
The Photos:
REVIEW QUEUE VOTING BACK UP AND RUNNING (KINDA)
After the e-liquid poll was mysteriously lost, it had to be re-created from a screen shot a very helpful viewer took of it. Unfortunately, all the vendors under “The Refuge” were lost. Is this fair to those who had votes and were on this list? Absolutely not. Is there anything I can do about it? Absolutely not. I tried working with the poll developer and they were, shall we say… less than helpful.
But voting for hardware and software (liquids) is back up and running now.
See it in the Review Queue by clicking HERE or under Information/Addition in the left sidebar.
INTRODUCING THE DNA-40
A PBusardo Video – Introducing the DNA-40 Temperature Protection Board with a Special Guest
Actual DNA-40 board release date – Tuesday, October 14th
In this video, Brandon from Evolv shows up at the house to introduce the all new DNA-40 board featuring…
- 40 Watts Output
- Temperature Protection/Settings
- Soft Limiting
- Pre-Heat
- Reverse Battery Protection
- Step Down
It’s the DNA board many of us have been waiting for!
The Links:
EvolVapor
The Post Video Follow-up:
- I forgot to mention two side effects of using the board in the interview that I wanted to cover.
- Battery life – With how I was using it, I was getting increased battery life. This is due to the board throttling back the watts when the temp is reached. I wonder, if based on the settings and how you vape, if the opposite can also be true.
- Wick Longevity – I noticed the flavor of my wick stayed truer longer when using the technology.
The Video:
The Photos:
VIVE LA FRANCE! VAPEXPO 2014 – PARIS FRANCE
A PBusardo Review – Vive La France! VapExpo 2014
Lots-O-Stuff going on in this video.
We start off talking about the trip to Paris, then to VapExpo, we take a look at some product and mechs, we talk about VCCTN and the return of DJ Miami, and we wrap it up by announcing the previous contest winner!
The Links:
VapExpo Site
The Pipeline Store
Roykin
AlfaLiquid
PRO-MS – The Steampunk Mech
Drip N Vape (DNV) – The D-MASS Mech
Vaping Convention Ciruit
nnokin
The Video:
The Photos – Paris:
The Photos – The Event:
The Photos – Products In This Video:
From Boge-Gate to iPV-V2-Gate! :-)
First, someone asked how the device does if shorted while being fired. No issues there:
I even rolled the camera while I did the test in case anything interesting happened. 🙂
Second, it’s important to point out that the recall that has been mentioned out there is NOT from Pioneer4You, but rather a voluntary recall issued by JJ Vapes after a unit failed, smoked, and melted the internal plastic covering the board on them.
Third, Pioneer4You has requested the serial number off my unit. Not sure why they’re asking, but I’ll keep you all posted on what becomes of this. Yay, something else to chew up my time!
Here are some photos of the packaging, and battery compartment showing the serial number (or at least most of it) It’s L0326.
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