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Hi All, Anthony Vapes back here with my review of Wismec Luxotic NC Kit. Please see bottom for disclaimers and links
Introduction:
The Wismec Luxotic NC Kit is the latest kit from Wismec and despite the name it’s not a sqounk mod like the original luxotic mod was. The “NC” in the name stands for Noisy Cricket and it’s actually the follow up mod to the Noisy Cricket series of mods. The kit comes included with the Guillotine V2 RDA. It’s available in 2 colors Red Resin, and Green Resin, both with a SS body in the middle.
Manufacturer's Specs: Mod
https://imgur.com/a/kwvU0Dz
Luxotic NC Mod
Initial Impressions and features
When I first got this Mod, I really liked the looks of it. The resin is beautiful but i’m not a huge fan of the silver metal in the middle. Still even with that, I think it looks great. It’s a fairly large mod as you’d expect from a dual 20700 mod and it comes with 18650 adapters as well. It’s a simple mod with a switch to change from series to parallel mode on the top and a dial to adjust the power output which only works in some cases i’ll explain in the performance section. The included RDA looked nice as well. I love the drip tip that matches the mod, it’s a bottom or side airflow (i’ll explain later) RDA with a clamp system. The box is interesting, it was packed as if 2 mods were made to be in it but one slot was empty. I also didn’t get any accessories or anything, only a small bag with 1 cotton pad in it, the RDA, the RDA beauty ring, and the Mod, and battery adapters. Overall really liked this from the start.
Performance
It seems like a basic mod and it is in a sense, but not fully. There is a switch on the top to change from series to parallel. There is also a hidden mode i found about thanks to chasing raptures review. Not sure how he found it but it’s not listed anywhere in the manual or on their site but it was a great catch for sure. I would have missed it so kudos to him. Sadly though he didn’t quite understand how the mod functions and gave out some incorrect info but i’ll explain that now. The mod has 3 modes, parallel (switch to the left), Series (switch to the right), and unadjustable series (switch to the right and with the mod off hold the fire button for 5 seconds until the light blinks) realistically though, there is no reason to use this mode. Your better off just using regular series mode with the dial turned all the way up.
For my testing I used the Ijoy 5 leg 20700 batteries and since the dial isn’t marked I tested the max and min settings in each mode, In Parallel mode and Series Unregulated mode, the dial doesn't do anything. It only works in Series Mode.
With a .12 ohm coil Parallel mode output was 3.471 volts 100 watts. In Series mode Max output was 240 watts and 5.365 volts For minimum I could get a value due to the poor output. The mod uses PWM but is really inconsistent and doesn't do it well. Even worse than the ijoy capo i tested so i can't place a value on it. In Series Unregulated Mode, the mod refused to fire due to safety protections. With a .16 ohm build in parallel mode I got 3.567 and 80 watts. In series mode I got 5.996 Volts and 225 Watts with the dial turned up. I can’t assign a low value again due to the inconsistent output. In Series unregulated mode I got the same value as series mode. With a .2 ohm coil Parallel mode gave me 3.682 Volts and 68 watts. Series Mode gave me 6.417V and 206 Watts on the high side and again can’t assign a value to the low side. Series unregulated gave me the same as series turned all the way up. With a .51 ohm coil, Parallel was 3.787 volts and 28 watts. Series Mode was 7.258 Volts on the high side and again, no low side number could be assigned. Series Unregulated gave me the same as series.
The mod listed specs are interesting. They list a 250 watt max, I did get 240 in my testing so i say it’s a good rating for it. I could have reached 250 watts possible had i tried a .11 or .1 ohm build on it. For voltage They list 1-5.3 in the manual but on their site now list 1-8. I can't vouch for the low side because output is all over the place but on the high side the 8V seems accurate but need above a .51 ohm build to achieve it. There is no listed Amp rating but the 45 i got is right in line with the top 20700 mods and above average for a dual battery mod in general.
Ok so what does all this mean? I’m not doing a TLDR since I think it’s important to read the whole thing to understand how the mod works, but i’ll explain things in layman terms. 1st off there is literally no reason to use series unregulated mode period. There is no benefit. It’s the same as using series mode with the dial turned all the way up. This makes me think that it was an early idea by wismec and something changed which is why they left this mode out of the manual and off their site. Now that brings us to series and parallel modes. Parallel mode works excellent and as expected. Series Mode works good until you try and lower the output. It’s not bad if you lower it a little, but still inconsistent, it gets really bad the lower you go to a shaky inconsistent output. I wouldn’t recommend using it as a VV mod at all, but it’s decent if the dial is at least halfway, less than that gets pretty bad.
As far as the information from the other reviewer about it being unsafe and don’t build below .28 that’s incorrect. Even though there isn’t a reason to use the mode, it’s not truly like a mech as you can tell since it refused to fire my .12 ohm build in that mode. It was out of the safety limits still present on the mod. Still with that said, if you are going to build a .2ohm or lower in that mode it’s a 200 watt vape which wouldn’t be pleasurable to most vapers. It’s important we get things correct especially when reviewing “gray area” mods like this as we have enough confusion. There isn’t anything unsafe about this mod and my batteries never got hot during any of this testing either, but the mod itself does get quite hot at high wattages especially the metal part of the body in the middle.
Other Usage Notes
The mod uses a 5 click on and off. It’s nice to have an easy way to turn it off for sure. There is an LED light on top above the switch. The light stays on when firing it’s white in parallel mode and red in series mode. It blinks when you turn the device on or off. It also blinks for error messages when the protections kick in. There is no battery indicator. The battery tray is a bottom fed style that clips into place and fully removable like the squid DB and minikin boost kodama. Personally I don’t like that style, but objectively it is pretty easy to get on and off and works well. The switch on top is easy to slide back and forth to change from parallel to series mode. The fire button is a rectangle with the jaybo logo and has a lot of button rattle. The dial is easy to grip and adjust.
As far as looks go all the mods have a silver frame in the middle and bottom. Maybe in the future they will offer more colors? That would be nice. The rest of the mod is resin with colors of red and green options. Branding is barely there. Just the jaybo logo on the fire button. The rest is on the bottom of the battery door.
The listed safety features are as follows, 10 seconds cutoff, Short Circuit Protection, Over discharge protection (battery below 3.3V won’t fire), Overheat Protection on the chip, out of resistance range protection (.1 hom to 3 ohm). They don’t list reverse battery protection and i didn’t personally check it to play it safe so be careful when loading batteries. They both go in positive side up
Introduction:
The Wismec Luxotic NC Kit is the latest kit from Wismec and despite the name it’s not a sqounk mod like the original luxotic mod was. The “NC” in the name stands for Noisy Cricket and it’s actually the follow up mod to the Noisy Cricket series of mods. The kit comes included with the Guillotine V2 RDA. It’s available in 2 colors Red Resin, and Green Resin, both with a SS body in the middle.
Manufacturer's Specs: Mod
- Dimensions - 96.2mm by 54.5mm by 26.6mm
- Dual High-Amp 20700 Batteries - (Batteries Sold Separate)
- Optional Dual High-Amp 18650 Batteries
- Maximum Wattage Output: 250W
- Voltage Output Range: 1.3-5.3V (also listed as 1-8V)
- Two Output Mode - Series & Parallel
- PCB Circuit Board
- Adjustable Voltage Controller
- Single Button Operation - Firing Mechanism
- Bottom-Loaded Sliding Battery Door
- Short Circuit Protection
- Low Voltage Protection
- Temperature Protection
- Atomizer Protection
- 510 Connection
- 24mm Base Diameter
- Optional 25.5mm Ring Base (included)
- 6mm Deep Juice Well
- Superior Stainless Steel Construction
- Horizontal Two-Post Build Deck
- Top Secured via Hex Screws
- Single or Dual Coil Configuration
- Dual Slotted Airflow Control - Side or Bottom
- 810 Resin Wide Bore Drip Tip
- Optional 810 ULTEM Drip Tip
- Squonk-Ready Bottom-Feeding 510 Pin
- Spring-Loaded 510 Contact Pin
- 1 x Wismec Luxotic NC Box Mod
- 1 x Wismec Guillotine V2 RDA
- 1 x 0.28ohm Clapton Prebuilt Coils
- 1 x 18650 Battery Sleeve
- 1 x ULTEM Drip Tip
- 1 x Spare Parts
https://imgur.com/a/kwvU0Dz
Luxotic NC Mod
Initial Impressions and features
When I first got this Mod, I really liked the looks of it. The resin is beautiful but i’m not a huge fan of the silver metal in the middle. Still even with that, I think it looks great. It’s a fairly large mod as you’d expect from a dual 20700 mod and it comes with 18650 adapters as well. It’s a simple mod with a switch to change from series to parallel mode on the top and a dial to adjust the power output which only works in some cases i’ll explain in the performance section. The included RDA looked nice as well. I love the drip tip that matches the mod, it’s a bottom or side airflow (i’ll explain later) RDA with a clamp system. The box is interesting, it was packed as if 2 mods were made to be in it but one slot was empty. I also didn’t get any accessories or anything, only a small bag with 1 cotton pad in it, the RDA, the RDA beauty ring, and the Mod, and battery adapters. Overall really liked this from the start.
Performance
It seems like a basic mod and it is in a sense, but not fully. There is a switch on the top to change from series to parallel. There is also a hidden mode i found about thanks to chasing raptures review. Not sure how he found it but it’s not listed anywhere in the manual or on their site but it was a great catch for sure. I would have missed it so kudos to him. Sadly though he didn’t quite understand how the mod functions and gave out some incorrect info but i’ll explain that now. The mod has 3 modes, parallel (switch to the left), Series (switch to the right), and unadjustable series (switch to the right and with the mod off hold the fire button for 5 seconds until the light blinks) realistically though, there is no reason to use this mode. Your better off just using regular series mode with the dial turned all the way up.
For my testing I used the Ijoy 5 leg 20700 batteries and since the dial isn’t marked I tested the max and min settings in each mode, In Parallel mode and Series Unregulated mode, the dial doesn't do anything. It only works in Series Mode.
With a .12 ohm coil Parallel mode output was 3.471 volts 100 watts. In Series mode Max output was 240 watts and 5.365 volts For minimum I could get a value due to the poor output. The mod uses PWM but is really inconsistent and doesn't do it well. Even worse than the ijoy capo i tested so i can't place a value on it. In Series Unregulated Mode, the mod refused to fire due to safety protections. With a .16 ohm build in parallel mode I got 3.567 and 80 watts. In series mode I got 5.996 Volts and 225 Watts with the dial turned up. I can’t assign a low value again due to the inconsistent output. In Series unregulated mode I got the same value as series mode. With a .2 ohm coil Parallel mode gave me 3.682 Volts and 68 watts. Series Mode gave me 6.417V and 206 Watts on the high side and again can’t assign a value to the low side. Series unregulated gave me the same as series turned all the way up. With a .51 ohm coil, Parallel was 3.787 volts and 28 watts. Series Mode was 7.258 Volts on the high side and again, no low side number could be assigned. Series Unregulated gave me the same as series.
The mod listed specs are interesting. They list a 250 watt max, I did get 240 in my testing so i say it’s a good rating for it. I could have reached 250 watts possible had i tried a .11 or .1 ohm build on it. For voltage They list 1-5.3 in the manual but on their site now list 1-8. I can't vouch for the low side because output is all over the place but on the high side the 8V seems accurate but need above a .51 ohm build to achieve it. There is no listed Amp rating but the 45 i got is right in line with the top 20700 mods and above average for a dual battery mod in general.
Ok so what does all this mean? I’m not doing a TLDR since I think it’s important to read the whole thing to understand how the mod works, but i’ll explain things in layman terms. 1st off there is literally no reason to use series unregulated mode period. There is no benefit. It’s the same as using series mode with the dial turned all the way up. This makes me think that it was an early idea by wismec and something changed which is why they left this mode out of the manual and off their site. Now that brings us to series and parallel modes. Parallel mode works excellent and as expected. Series Mode works good until you try and lower the output. It’s not bad if you lower it a little, but still inconsistent, it gets really bad the lower you go to a shaky inconsistent output. I wouldn’t recommend using it as a VV mod at all, but it’s decent if the dial is at least halfway, less than that gets pretty bad.
As far as the information from the other reviewer about it being unsafe and don’t build below .28 that’s incorrect. Even though there isn’t a reason to use the mode, it’s not truly like a mech as you can tell since it refused to fire my .12 ohm build in that mode. It was out of the safety limits still present on the mod. Still with that said, if you are going to build a .2ohm or lower in that mode it’s a 200 watt vape which wouldn’t be pleasurable to most vapers. It’s important we get things correct especially when reviewing “gray area” mods like this as we have enough confusion. There isn’t anything unsafe about this mod and my batteries never got hot during any of this testing either, but the mod itself does get quite hot at high wattages especially the metal part of the body in the middle.
Other Usage Notes
The mod uses a 5 click on and off. It’s nice to have an easy way to turn it off for sure. There is an LED light on top above the switch. The light stays on when firing it’s white in parallel mode and red in series mode. It blinks when you turn the device on or off. It also blinks for error messages when the protections kick in. There is no battery indicator. The battery tray is a bottom fed style that clips into place and fully removable like the squid DB and minikin boost kodama. Personally I don’t like that style, but objectively it is pretty easy to get on and off and works well. The switch on top is easy to slide back and forth to change from parallel to series mode. The fire button is a rectangle with the jaybo logo and has a lot of button rattle. The dial is easy to grip and adjust.
As far as looks go all the mods have a silver frame in the middle and bottom. Maybe in the future they will offer more colors? That would be nice. The rest of the mod is resin with colors of red and green options. Branding is barely there. Just the jaybo logo on the fire button. The rest is on the bottom of the battery door.
The listed safety features are as follows, 10 seconds cutoff, Short Circuit Protection, Over discharge protection (battery below 3.3V won’t fire), Overheat Protection on the chip, out of resistance range protection (.1 hom to 3 ohm). They don’t list reverse battery protection and i didn’t personally check it to play it safe so be careful when loading batteries. They both go in positive side up
