I picked one up because I'm a sucker for these inexpensive TC devices. Love my xCube too - I don't care what everyone else says about it!
The Good:
The Cuboid has a very strong feature set, and IMO exceptional aesthetics. I had a terrible experience with the original VTC - the one with the racing stipe - so I'm very happy to see how far they've come with the menu system and consistency. The TC experience I'm having with the Cuboid is very, very good. The ability to customize the TCR values is a feature that following my xCube I now consider a requisite for purchase for any TC device, and it works great on the Cuboid.
The Bad(?):
Here's where the Cuboid fell flat for me: in "power mode" (regular wattage mode) there seems to be some odd limits built in. I understand mathematical realties and accept that despite the "200 watt upgrade" I did on it upon opening it for the first time, with dual 18650s 200/150 watts is only a reality under certain parameters. Hence with the 0.56 RDA build on there the mod would only allow me to set the wattage to 144w (hitting the 9v limit). That's fine. Makes sense.
Here's what doesn't:
I threw a .11 RDA on there, just to push the limits and see. The mod would not allow a wattage setting above ~68w. Yes. 68 watts. At 0.11 That comes to 2.4ish Volts. I was totally befuddled. Then I saw the Amp reading on the mod: 24.8a at those settings. So does this mean that this dual 18650 "150 watt" device has a 25amp hard limit? Why? How? It doesn't compute with me, and I can't find any verification. But no matter what I put on it the mod will not allow the wattage settings to pull the voltage above 9v or the amperage above 25amp.
Reminds me of the Smok M50 (was that the name?) that would randomly reduce your power to like 20watts. I just can't get next to a device like that. It's a shame because I rarely take my RDAs off my mechanical boxes, so in practice it's not a big deal I suppose. But I do not like it at all when mods underperform basic functionality. I'm torn. Had this quirk not been included the Cuboid would likely have taken over as my daily TC / RTA driver, as it stands idk if I'll even keep it. I just don't accept that one should have to choose. Hell, my $54 xCube does everything it's supposed to, and well. So it's not a price point thing.
I'd love to hear anyone else's experience with the Cuboid. Have you too experienced this apparent 25amp limit? Think it's an oversight that will be remedied in an update? Do you like the TC performance as much as I do?
Here's me firing that low build so you can see the amp reading:
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The Good:
The Cuboid has a very strong feature set, and IMO exceptional aesthetics. I had a terrible experience with the original VTC - the one with the racing stipe - so I'm very happy to see how far they've come with the menu system and consistency. The TC experience I'm having with the Cuboid is very, very good. The ability to customize the TCR values is a feature that following my xCube I now consider a requisite for purchase for any TC device, and it works great on the Cuboid.
The Bad(?):
Here's where the Cuboid fell flat for me: in "power mode" (regular wattage mode) there seems to be some odd limits built in. I understand mathematical realties and accept that despite the "200 watt upgrade" I did on it upon opening it for the first time, with dual 18650s 200/150 watts is only a reality under certain parameters. Hence with the 0.56 RDA build on there the mod would only allow me to set the wattage to 144w (hitting the 9v limit). That's fine. Makes sense.
Here's what doesn't:
I threw a .11 RDA on there, just to push the limits and see. The mod would not allow a wattage setting above ~68w. Yes. 68 watts. At 0.11 That comes to 2.4ish Volts. I was totally befuddled. Then I saw the Amp reading on the mod: 24.8a at those settings. So does this mean that this dual 18650 "150 watt" device has a 25amp hard limit? Why? How? It doesn't compute with me, and I can't find any verification. But no matter what I put on it the mod will not allow the wattage settings to pull the voltage above 9v or the amperage above 25amp.
Reminds me of the Smok M50 (was that the name?) that would randomly reduce your power to like 20watts. I just can't get next to a device like that. It's a shame because I rarely take my RDAs off my mechanical boxes, so in practice it's not a big deal I suppose. But I do not like it at all when mods underperform basic functionality. I'm torn. Had this quirk not been included the Cuboid would likely have taken over as my daily TC / RTA driver, as it stands idk if I'll even keep it. I just don't accept that one should have to choose. Hell, my $54 xCube does everything it's supposed to, and well. So it's not a price point thing.
I'd love to hear anyone else's experience with the Cuboid. Have you too experienced this apparent 25amp limit? Think it's an oversight that will be remedied in an update? Do you like the TC performance as much as I do?
Here's me firing that low build so you can see the amp reading:
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk