SirRichardRear
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Hi All, Anthony Vapes back here with my review of Vandy Vape Kylin Mini
Product Disclaimer
This product was sent to me from Vandy Vape
Review Disclaimer
I review products for what they are with no account of where it comes from or who makes it. The test results are the results for what is in my hand. Due to possible QC difference your experience may vary. There is no way for myself or anyone to predict if a device will last 6 months, 1 year, 5 years etc. Any manufactured item from cars to phones to computers to mods have a possibility of arriving DOA or having a small percent failure rate. There is no way to predict this or quantify this. That’s why warranties and lemon laws exist. I can only review what I have in my hand for better or for worse. Contrary to popular belief, there is no special review samples of higher quality. Most of the time personally i get retail versions, the few times i’ve gotten early releases they are usually worse than the final retail version.
Reviewer Disclaimer
I decided to add this disclaimer in as i feel it’s important for people to know their source of the review. I’ve been vaping since late 2011. I’ve vaped all the styles from MTL to RLH to DTL. tanks, RTAs, RDAs, you name it. I do prefer the DTL and RLH style over MTL personally. My main focus from an atomizer is flavor. For mods i’ve used mechs and regulated mods. I’m an avid temp control vaper but enjoy power mode as well and the occasion mech useage for nostalgia. I’ve been doing reviews since late 2016. As of Jan 2018 I’ve done over 100 written reviews and done over 150 video reviews on my channel, Although i’ve taken a break from videos in the past few months to focus on written reviews.
I spend a lot of time helping vapers on forums as well and try to answer all the questions and comments on my reviews. I’m not an “out of the box” reviewer. I do my best to be thorough at all times. All mods get tested with an oscilloscope and stress tested. At times if needed i’ll disassemble them as well. Rebuildables get multiple builds in them. Tanks i use all coils until the die or a minimum of 2 weeks if they don’t die sooner. I do this for the community to help people find good products and avoid bad ones. In my opinion a reviewer works for the community and nobody else. It’s our job to inform vapers of issues and not be advertisers as well as provide constructive criticism from a place of knowledge back to companies with these reviews so they can improve and make better products in the future.
Recommendations and Past Review Links
written reviews list here
Youtube Channel here
Spreadhseet of Recommendations here
Best of 2017 list here
Introduction:
The Vandy Vape Kylin Mini is a new single coil RTA from popular manufacturer Vandy Vape, and the single coil version of the original Kylin. It’s a bottom airflow postless deck RTA. It’s available in 4 colors, SS, Matte black, Gold, and rainbow.
Manufacturer's Specs
Stock Shot Colors:
Stock Shot measurements:
Stock Shot Disassembled:
Stock Shot Deck:
Box:
Build and Wick Pics:
Handmade Coils from BD builders
Pics on mods:
Handcheck on a voopoo mojo happily together:
Initial Impressions and features
When I first got this RTA I was pretty happy with the design of it. It’s the kind of RTA that’s right up my alley. Nice postless build deck, bottom air, really feels like a successor to the original kylin in a single coil format. I will say though there is a ton of air on this, it’s for the DTL vapers for sure. Also the resin tip was a very nice touch.
Build Deck and Wicking (pics above)
Let’s talk about the build deck now. It’s a postless deck where you need to precut your leads and each lead gets its own hole. It positions your coil right above the airflow so go as low as you can. Nothing tricky about it. I love postless decks but due to the pre-cutting they aren't the most beginner friendly. The post holes are nice and large you can easily fit pretty much any coil in them. It comes with phillips head screws but also includes a set of hex grub screws, as well. I swapped out the phillips for the hex and they are nice and good quality. Pictured above you’ll see my build of 3mm ID with some BD builder coils. Yeah he’s my buddy and he makes great coils so i wanted to give him a shot out, and 4mm ID using some AVS wire. Plenty of room for big coils indeed. Overall a very nice build deck
Wicking is pretty easy as well, just drop it down the sides of the channel. I will say this RTA needs very little cotton so make sure to fluff out your leads good. Too much and it won’t wick, would have been nice to see some bigger juice holes. So make sure to really thin it out. Even in my pics above it doesn't wick very fast. I had to go even less to really chain vape on it. I can't overstate that enough.
Performance
Performance wise, I used it as a single coil RTA only as intended. I ran 4 builds in this. The 2 above, 1 more fancy, and one simple round but with 22G kanthal so pretty thick wire. All Builds 3mm-4mm ID. It’s a RTA that really needs a big build. It’s a lot of air. I also found myself turning the air down a little even with those massive builds. It’s a pretty straightforward RTA. Overall the flavor was well above average for a single coil RTA. It has a good amount of air definitely a full DTL RTA and you’ll want to run big builds and high watts for a single coiler and turn down the air a little.
Product Disclaimer
This product was sent to me from Vandy Vape
Review Disclaimer
I review products for what they are with no account of where it comes from or who makes it. The test results are the results for what is in my hand. Due to possible QC difference your experience may vary. There is no way for myself or anyone to predict if a device will last 6 months, 1 year, 5 years etc. Any manufactured item from cars to phones to computers to mods have a possibility of arriving DOA or having a small percent failure rate. There is no way to predict this or quantify this. That’s why warranties and lemon laws exist. I can only review what I have in my hand for better or for worse. Contrary to popular belief, there is no special review samples of higher quality. Most of the time personally i get retail versions, the few times i’ve gotten early releases they are usually worse than the final retail version.
Reviewer Disclaimer
I decided to add this disclaimer in as i feel it’s important for people to know their source of the review. I’ve been vaping since late 2011. I’ve vaped all the styles from MTL to RLH to DTL. tanks, RTAs, RDAs, you name it. I do prefer the DTL and RLH style over MTL personally. My main focus from an atomizer is flavor. For mods i’ve used mechs and regulated mods. I’m an avid temp control vaper but enjoy power mode as well and the occasion mech useage for nostalgia. I’ve been doing reviews since late 2016. As of Jan 2018 I’ve done over 100 written reviews and done over 150 video reviews on my channel, Although i’ve taken a break from videos in the past few months to focus on written reviews.
I spend a lot of time helping vapers on forums as well and try to answer all the questions and comments on my reviews. I’m not an “out of the box” reviewer. I do my best to be thorough at all times. All mods get tested with an oscilloscope and stress tested. At times if needed i’ll disassemble them as well. Rebuildables get multiple builds in them. Tanks i use all coils until the die or a minimum of 2 weeks if they don’t die sooner. I do this for the community to help people find good products and avoid bad ones. In my opinion a reviewer works for the community and nobody else. It’s our job to inform vapers of issues and not be advertisers as well as provide constructive criticism from a place of knowledge back to companies with these reviews so they can improve and make better products in the future.
Recommendations and Past Review Links
written reviews list here
Youtube Channel here
Spreadhseet of Recommendations here
Best of 2017 list here
Introduction:
The Vandy Vape Kylin Mini is a new single coil RTA from popular manufacturer Vandy Vape, and the single coil version of the original Kylin. It’s a bottom airflow postless deck RTA. It’s available in 4 colors, SS, Matte black, Gold, and rainbow.
Manufacturer's Specs
- Designed by Stefan Z.
- Superior Stainless Steel Construction
- Pyrex Bubble Glass Reinforcement
- 24K Gold-Plated Build Deck
- Innovative Two-Post, Single Terminal Design
- Single Coil Configurations
- PEEK-Insulated Positive Post
- Dual External Airslots - Fully Adjustable
- 180° Honey Comb Internal Airflow Design
- Convenient Threaded Top-Fill Design
- 810 Resin Widebore Drip Tip
- Gold-Plated 510 Contact Pin
- Available in Stainless, Black, Gold, Rainbow
- 1 Kylin Mini RTA
- 1 810 Resin Drip Tip
- 1 810 Delrin Drip Tip
- 1 510 drip tip adapter
- 1 5ml Bubble Glass
- Spare Parts & O-Rings
Stock Shot Colors:
Stock Shot measurements:
Stock Shot Disassembled:
Stock Shot Deck:
Box:
Build and Wick Pics:
Handmade Coils from BD builders
Pics on mods:
Handcheck on a voopoo mojo happily together:
Initial Impressions and features
When I first got this RTA I was pretty happy with the design of it. It’s the kind of RTA that’s right up my alley. Nice postless build deck, bottom air, really feels like a successor to the original kylin in a single coil format. I will say though there is a ton of air on this, it’s for the DTL vapers for sure. Also the resin tip was a very nice touch.
Build Deck and Wicking (pics above)
Let’s talk about the build deck now. It’s a postless deck where you need to precut your leads and each lead gets its own hole. It positions your coil right above the airflow so go as low as you can. Nothing tricky about it. I love postless decks but due to the pre-cutting they aren't the most beginner friendly. The post holes are nice and large you can easily fit pretty much any coil in them. It comes with phillips head screws but also includes a set of hex grub screws, as well. I swapped out the phillips for the hex and they are nice and good quality. Pictured above you’ll see my build of 3mm ID with some BD builder coils. Yeah he’s my buddy and he makes great coils so i wanted to give him a shot out, and 4mm ID using some AVS wire. Plenty of room for big coils indeed. Overall a very nice build deck
Wicking is pretty easy as well, just drop it down the sides of the channel. I will say this RTA needs very little cotton so make sure to fluff out your leads good. Too much and it won’t wick, would have been nice to see some bigger juice holes. So make sure to really thin it out. Even in my pics above it doesn't wick very fast. I had to go even less to really chain vape on it. I can't overstate that enough.
Performance
Performance wise, I used it as a single coil RTA only as intended. I ran 4 builds in this. The 2 above, 1 more fancy, and one simple round but with 22G kanthal so pretty thick wire. All Builds 3mm-4mm ID. It’s a RTA that really needs a big build. It’s a lot of air. I also found myself turning the air down a little even with those massive builds. It’s a pretty straightforward RTA. Overall the flavor was well above average for a single coil RTA. It has a good amount of air definitely a full DTL RTA and you’ll want to run big builds and high watts for a single coiler and turn down the air a little.