OK (cracks knuckles) Here we go.
I purchased my luxyoun Dragon smaug mod on February 2nd and received it within 5 days time. I got the blue 150 watt box mod. I am using sony vt5 18650's I have been vaping on it almost exclusively at night after I get off of work and sometimes take it into the car with me if I feel like having it during the day. I vape on an eleaf istick 30 and 50 usually during my work day as I have a neat holster that the istick 50 fits into perfectly and a lanyard for the istick 30.
I have tested the smaug 150 at all watts and must concur with the other posters that the watts are not true to the readings. But before I get into that I will explain my testing setup.
I am testing the smaug using a project sub ohm mutation x version 3 dual .3 ohm build with 26 gauge kanthal a1 wire. each coil is at 8 wraps.
*First inconsistency; I noticed is the ohm reading on this unit. For this build the actual ohm reading on my meter is .46 and as tested on my isticks and confirmed @ .4 ohms. However the smaug reads at .3 this has been a hassle because if I build an actual .3 ohm coil the smaug says "short protection" so I can really only build like a .4 something or above.
*second and HAZARDOUS inconsistency; If you are vaping on the smaug at lets say it reads a .5 ohm coil and then decide to swap out heads to a .2 coil it WILL STILL READ .5 OHMS AND FIRE!!!! The way I am able to avoid this is by turning the unit off and back on or by pressing the fire button when there is no automizer on it. This is a very scary safety defect. But since I have found it I make sure that I press the fire button when switching out my atomizers/ tanks. This clears the ohm reader and it displays x.x ohms which makes it measure the ohms upon the next firing sequence.
*Third inconsistency; WATTS. well yea all I can say is WATT the fuck! To get the same vapor production on my mutation x as i do at 50 watts on the istick i must fire at 115 to 120 watts. I am no expert and there may be other factors such as voltage that play a role in this phenomena, being as my istick regulates this build to 4.4 volts and the Smaug is consistently draining the volts from the batteries. But I tested this at 3.8 volts on my smaug at 2.4 second pulls.
Now with these problematic things being said
*First plus; Price... I spent $85 on this mod and it is well worth it!
*Second Plus; USB CHARGING ON DUAL 18650's!!! Yes I charge this thing exclusively using the USB charging port. It charges in about 5-6 hours fully when using my eleaf wall charger @ 2amps and considerably slower at lower amps also I have found that when charging with a lower amp device it will only charge to about 4.1, But when using a higher amp USB it stops charging at 4.23. It does charge when the unit is off as well and i like this but is does not indicate that it is charging when the power to the smaug is turned off and that is kind of bothersome.
*Third plus; Batteries are snug fitting and the unit is durable. It accidently fell out of my pocket once when getting out of my truck bounced off my seat and landed on the concrete! Only minor scratching to the exterior of a corner on the metal! Still works fine.
*Fourth plus It feels good to make people drop their jaws when they see you vaping at 150 watts!! lol I just had to put that in there even though I know its not a true 150.
Overall, in my opinion this is a sleek nice beginning box mod with bells and whistles and I can only hope to see it evolve. THey already have a version two out with spiffyer buttons and a magnetic back! And one can only assume/hope they will be releasing USB chip updates to download to your unit to increase the power and performance and deal with the bugs. I like it and for my first box mod I can honestly say I am pleased with it.
Note. I will be editing this post to put up the pics but i must do that using my tablet.
Have a cloudy daze!