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Crius-updated post holes and 510-mini review and pics.

conanthewarrior

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Today, I received what I believe to be the best current rebuildable tank available. I will explain why in this mini review.

I would like to add-this is the revised version-the first batch used a smaller than 510 tip, so if you lost that you was buggered, and also had massive posts, with TINY holes drilled in-everybody told the manufacturer this-and they actually listened and made the holes bigger and changed to a standard 510 drip tip!

I ordered the Crius in SS, I phoned the shop before hand to ensure it was updated, but only black was, they hadn't sent the others like they was meant to, so I told them to ship me black. This tank is purchased from MyePack for just £21, with P&P its just over £23.


Right, onto the review.

I went out this morning, to find a royal mail postman at 9AM, which was a surprise! They don't usually turn up till gone 11, it was not my normal postie, and he had two parcels for me-one of them was THIS beauty-

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I took it out of the box, and was playing with it, getting use to the ADJUSTABLE juiceflow-this part is important, you will find out why later in the review. But wicked a bit loose and tank flooding? Close it off. Chain vaper? Wide open. I have mine wide open with standard kanthal, 0.56 26 gauge kanthal dual coil, and I was chain vaping trying to get a dry hit-it was Impossible.

Look at that airflow!

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Now, you can actually close off the juice flow and adjust it on this tank-and that is crucial, due to this amazingly simple form of filling-
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If you are getting too much juice flow, say your wicking is not great (I don't believe you actually CAN wick this tank wrong-the wick actually goes through holes on the deck, and even if you did somehow manage it, it wont leak due to the adjustable juice flow).

Chaining and Too little juice? Open it wide. Find it flooding when you are not using it? Twist the tank to completly close off the juice channels.

Now, the only thing I must point out on this tank-when I received it I thought I had a broken one, as the airflow would not adjust. I put it on a device, and it works fine.

It MUST BE attached firmly to your device to adjust the airflow-if you want to adjust it off of a mod, you need to hold the bottom screw in place with a screwdriver. But once on a device, it works perfectly.

Here is the deck, with a dual coil 0.56 build in there-note the way it wicks(sorry for the weird colour, the next photos were taken in the same room at the same time, and turned out fine. I tried to get this 4 times, but this was the best one):
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Look at them post holes! Definitely an upgrade, no problem fitting 24, or even 22, in there!:
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Finally, a top down view of the deck to highlight its wicking again-I honestly have tried to wick this wrong, and it still works, such a simple method that works great(Take note manufacturers still using old style orchid/kayfun leaky bases IF wicked slightly off):
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My Sig 75 hasn't got much love lately-so I thought I would use him today.

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(Sorry, blurred a bit for some reason).

Now, this tank runs great from 25 watts plus.( 26 gauge 0.56 duals, it does work at 20 watts but I find the flavour better in the 25-30 watt area, above that it just produces more cloud. I was trying to dry hit it to see how well it wicks, so chained it at 45 watts, it just wouldn't do it, not one dry hit from 20 chain pulls) It IS a dual coil tank-although I believe if you wanted to, you could easily run single coils by blocking two of the juice flow inlets.

I own a Lemo V2, a SMOK RSBT2, an Orchid, a Subtank mini, a Taifun GT-T, and this tank, and many drippers.

This is not shinyitis-this is the best performer, with flavour to match.

I recommend this tank to literally everybody-it was so simple to coil and wick. It has a velocity style deck, two posts.

Just when you order, MAKE SURE that you are getting the revised version-otherwise you are limited to what wire gauge you can use-and also if you loose the glass drip tip, you can no longer use the tank. The revised version has large post holes and a standard 510 top, I have tried it and all my tips fit.

Honestly, this tank is worth buying an authentic. I gaurantee you will be pleased-and it being completely leak free with the adjustable airflow is an even bigger bonus. When it is in your pocket, just shut off the juice flow, then you can get no leaks at all.

Just remember-the airflow only adjusts ON your device due to the design, which I think is a non issue, as you adjust it while you vape anyway :)

Well done on this tank OBS!

P.S When this tank is empty, I will update with more photos of the deck, build, and how it wicks.

EDIT: I thought I would add the photos of the posts and deck to the first post, so people don't need to scroll down to see them. I've also had a lot more time with this tank-and I am actually currently using it for TC. I did not expect a cloud tank to produce plumes with TC, but they do, after all TC is just limiting temp for a 'safer' vape.

I have tried various builds-and find that dual 2MM Ti 26G at .15 works great (Each coil near 0.30).
It drinks slightly less, I guess to the TC stopping it from heating too much juice-but still produces well enough to allow it to make massive clouds and somehow great flavour.

I remember being told that flavour tanks are short, cloud tanks are long, same with RDA's-which I guess is true-but using a thinner drip tip on this seems to concentrate the flavour even more than the standard widish drip tip-try out some thinner tips, and some wider ones, see what you like most. Make it a cloud beast-or a flavour beast, your choice :).

PSS:Sorry about the thumbnail before anyone mentions it-I find it so much easier to open concentrates and pop caps with an actual nail lol-although it was a little long in this little review and in need of some TLC lol.
 
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looks awesome man, im adding that to my list of my top 3 RTA to purchase since the tfv4 RBA sections (dual and single) arent doing it on the flavor side of things (even with claptons on the dual taste is still muted). i do like the Aromamizer and the Bellous (RIP Trippers just did a review on both...go figure)
 

conanthewarrior

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looks awesome man, im adding that to my list of my top 3 RTA to purchase since the tfv4 RBA sections (dual and single) arent doing it on the flavor side of things (even with claptons on the dual taste is still muted). i do like the Aromamizer and the Bellous (RIP Trippers just did a review on both...go figure)
Yeah the aromamizer looks the tits. (good, english slang, not sure if it means the same in the US lol).

I honestly think after watching a few review though, this is like a blend of all the top tanks together, with all the features. I must admit though, at this 0.56 build (was reading 0.6 on my older 150 non tc sig) it is quite the juice drinker. I'm thinking of raising it slightly to see if that will help with juice consumption, as I understand getting through loads of juice will happen sub ohming with a dual coil tank.

After this juice is finished, I am going to take a picture of the current setup, and either whack a higher resitance build in there, or I might go for TC with TI.
 

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"tits" i believe is universal for "very good"

my Smok TFv4 goes through about 10-15ml a day at least lol even when subsidized by using a dripper for an hour a day or so.
 

conanthewarrior

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"tits" i believe is universal for "very good"

my Smok TFv4 goes through about 10-15ml a day at least lol even when subsidized by using a dripper for an hour a day or so.
Ahh thats good then.I wasn;t sure if saying 'its the tits' meant it was shit across the pond-kind of like how we used to smoke fags. I remember I was in a convo before and said 'just going to smoke a fag' and when I got back to the computer, an American had said said "thats strange-we do that here as well."

I'm not homophobic but it shows how slang can be different around the world, thats just an example that sticks out in my mind.
 

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there are some terms that translate and others that dont lol. hell even here in the south east (think the movie deliverance i live not far from where most was filmed) of the USA we use terms that just in other states that means something different.

one of my favorite quotes that does lie: "everything is relative....except tits...everyone likes tits"

or something like that, lol.
 

conanthewarrior

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As promised-photos of its wicking method and deck.

With a build and wicked-so easy to wick, you just put the wick down those holes! (Sorry about the strange lighting/colour, the next pictures are took immediately after and are fine)
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Build removed, showing post holes, larger than first batch:
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Finally, top down view of the deck:

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I got one of the 1st version, I drilled out the post holes, took a whole 2 minutes to do :D

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Just to test for size, I installed claptons on it

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And the drip tips are 50/50, some fit some don't.

I already have a 2nd SS ordered :)
 

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Yep. That is a nice looking build. I have the bellus , btw, and absolutely love it but fitting claptons is a pita. I just use 24 gauge kanthal now - it works like a dream that way. A nice .28 build. But being able to build a fancier coil would be nice - even if I don't need to. I like that this vapes at 25 watts. I find I need around 30-35 to get the best out of the bellus.
 

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Needed new tank (well wanted) could not find updated Crius over weekend so ordered v1, found updated at wetvapes yesterday pulled trigger on 2nd, hope I like them. For the hell of it git the indulgence as well, looking forward to vape mail next few days. On first one got tracking right away, but still not shipped, thinking will attempt to cancel, good either way. Looking forward to the Crius. Also did pre-order on Cthulhu v2 black, at least one of these I need to replace my Goliath v2 on its death bed.

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conanthewarrior

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Needed new tank (well wanted) could not find updated Crius over weekend so ordered v1, found updated at wetvapes yesterday pulled trigger on 2nd, hope I like them. For the hell of it git the indulgence as well, looking forward to vape mail next few days. On first one got tracking right away, but still not shipped, thinking will attempt to cancel, good either way. Looking forward to the Crius. Also did pre-order on Cthulhu v2 black, at least one of these I need to replace my Goliath v2 on its death bed.

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Nice man. I am almost certain you will not be dissapointed, even the version pre update was good, but I don't know what the hell they was thinking making the connection smaller than 510, and so small post holes.

BUT, they listened to the feedback-and the second batch had bigger holes, and standard 510. I will warn you, as its pretty much a cloud tank, it is quite juice heavy, but I guess you know that with sub ohming and straight to lung tanks in general lol.

Hope you can cancel the first one mate. I don't actually own a Cthulhu or goliath-my next purchase will likely be the billlow V2, as I have a goblin mini and a derringer dripper on the way :)
 

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Ranting...
I got one piece of vapemail yesterday (lots of FA from Bull City... yay) when I should have gotten four. :(

Seven pounds of DIY from MFS are stalled in UT since Saturday. Fuckin' Mormons stole my nic! :mad:
That one's FedEx though.

But the Bellus and various RTA heads (Crown and eGo One) are in two shipments that converged in CA on Saturday... then disappeared. :confused:

So now, Tuesday afternoon, they both show up as "In-Transit, Delayed" departing Portland.
In theory, they're heading back south to me. But there's no expected delivery day. o_O

Odd to see the normally "Postal Blue & White" USPS page done up in cautionary yellow/orange.

And my VVV Juice order didn't leave Az on Saturday as I was told... hit USPS Monday AM. :(

Better meet the Postal Minion on Wed & Thur., no way all this crap is gonna fit in the streetside mailbox. :p

/Rant
Ahh man, that is shitty. Mormons stole your nicotine? Thats mad lol, we don't have any mormons over here, at least not that I know of.

I used to live in London in a place called Stamford hill, it is known as little Jerusalem due to the amount of jewish people in full dress.

Look it up, everywhere you went there was jews in full black, with the hats and the two pigtails.

They always kept themselves to themselves and were no trouble though, as it was in Hackney it was quite a rough area, shootings were the norm around there, thats why we moved out of London to Canvey island-but now its a bloody London overspill and we are getting all the council housed (I think they are called projects in the USA) people moved to a location on the island known as the avenues, and its turned into a mini dodgy London, full of ****** addicts, crackheads and dealers, just the other week another firearms offence someone was locked up.

So, we moved to get away-now its coming here too lol.
 

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Thanks for the headsup on WetVapes.

Interesting... optional White as well as Black.
Any reviews yet on how the color finishes hold up?
It seems like it will hold up pretty well- I had to get black as that was all they had updated, and I don't mind black anyway. It looks like it will stay on pretty well, not scratch up as easy as some other tanks-its kind of a rubberized feel.
 

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Nice man. I am almost certain you will not be dissapointed, even the version pre update was good, but I don't know what the hell they was thinking making the connection smaller than 510, and so small post holes.

BUT, they listened to the feedback-and the second batch had bigger holes, and standard 510. I will warn you, as its pretty much a cloud tank, it is quite juice heavy, but I guess you know that with sub ohming and straight to lung tanks in general lol.

Hope you can cancel the first one mate. I don't actually own a Cthulhu or goliath-my next purchase will likely be the billlow V2, as I have a goblin mini and a derringer dripper on the way :)
Not worried too much either way, figured would not care on drip tip and we anticipating getting new version anyway. Ya never restrict airflow, don't push high power, looking forward to the OBS. Have few Crown tanks that are great just don't care for the rba deck.

Always curious about Billow, at this time will just hold out for v3 if they end up making it. The Goblin mini is great, don't use much anymore, can't deal with bottom fill. It has its place when stealth needed and flavor is premium.

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Not worried too much either way, figured would not care on drip tip and we anticipating getting new version anyway. Ya never restrict airflow, don't push high power, looking forward to the OBS. Have few Crown tanks that are great just don't care for the rba deck.

Always curious about Billow, at this time will just hold out for v3 if they end up making it. The Goblin mini is great, don't use much anymore, can't deal with bottom fill. It has its place when stealth needed and flavor is premium.

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That is the main reason I wanted it- the flavour. Bottom fill is a bit annoying, but there is a way around to top fill, it just requires two hands, keep the glass in place sealed, fill it up, then screw the top back on. I have always filled my orchid from the top, unscrewing it, and that has a screw at the bottom for refills, but I find if you just hold the airholes on the orchid it top fills fine :), so I think the goblin will be the same. I may be completely wrong though, it was only a youtube video I saw showing how to top fill it that made me realise you can do it.
 

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That is the main reason I wanted it- the flavour. Bottom fill is a bit annoying, but there is a way around to top fill, it just requires two hands, keep the glass in place sealed, fill it up, then screw the top back on. I have always filled my orchid from the top, unscrewing it, and that has a screw at the bottom for refills, but I find if you just hold the airholes on the orchid it top fills fine :), so I think the goblin will be the same. I may be completely wrong though, it was only a youtube video I saw showing how to top fill it that made me realise you can do it.
Pulled out the mini again, forgot how much I liked it. Think I tried the top fill route a while back and not huge benefit for me. There is a risk of spill and leaking, for most part can do screw at work or home. Just not a tank would take out and about due to fill. Thank you for reminding me about mini, good stuff.

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AdubbaU

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Received my first on this afternoon, must say after 2 tanks that went by quickly I am very impressed. Airflow on verge of too much and flavor is outstanding. First build was thrown quickly but works extremely well. .5mm Ti dual 5 wrap think about 2.5. Comes in around. 06 much lower than usual for Ti. Vaping on VaporShark 60w, 120 preheat 420 drgrees. Honestly not even tried other Ti profiles or tweaked anything yet. Was on side for few hours no leak, think got lucky first build.

Not regretting getting two, think first one is actually the newer version will have to look closer tomorrow when second arrives. Top fill is ideal and we'll set up, juice control a little different but is effective.

Don't recommend anything until a week or so of use but first impressions are high.

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conanthewarrior

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Well I'm glad they've done the changes so fast. Now it really is a winner.
Just have to be sure any great prices I find aren't just vendors dumping the original stock.

My Bellus, and two other packages are still MIA since Saturday. :(
I like the Single Coil Insert on the Bellus, I'll be watching for techniques for running the Crius SC.


Now Conan... explain to these others why there's no "fanny pack" in the UK. :p

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There isn't a fanny pack in the UK, its known as a bum bag, due to a womans parts being known in slang as a 'fanny'. It would make more sense calling them that though-due to the location most people wear them, and they are nowhere near your bum lol.

But I guess its because, say you was out in the rain, and it tends to be children who use these items, it wouldn't be good with them going into school saying 'last night Mummy/Daddy made my fanny pack get wet' which would simply mean they could of went for a walk, and it rained.

Due to no one using the term over here, I think social services would be called and it would cause all sorts of trouble, and then the parents, even when it is shown to be an innocent mistake, will be known as 'pedos' and get hate mobs after them.

Thats my take on it anyway lol
 

conanthewarrior

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Received my first on this afternoon, must say after 2 tanks that went by quickly I am very impressed. Airflow on verge of too much and flavor is outstanding. First build was thrown quickly but works extremely well. .5mm Ti dual 5 wrap think about 2.5. Comes in around. 06 much lower than usual for Ti. Vaping on VaporShark 60w, 120 preheat 420 drgrees. Honestly not even tried other Ti profiles or tweaked anything yet. Was on side for few hours no leak, think got lucky first build.

Not regretting getting two, think first one is actually the newer version will have to look closer tomorrow when second arrives. Top fill is ideal and we'll set up, juice control a little different but is effective.

Don't recommend anything until a week or so of use but first impressions are high.

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Hi mate. With the orginal, the 510 was non standard-some loose drip tips could be fitted in, but not all. The revised version has larger post holes, and all my drip tips fit it (tight ones and loose ones).

I am glad you like it so much-yes, the airflow IS the biggest I have ever come across on a tank. I usually use mine on half-and that is still a VERY airy draw, straight to lung. Fully open, it I guess for people who want to run it at 50 watts or maybe higher, to keep it cool.

(It can be run that high perfectly, with no dry hits. I find it impossible to dry hit unless you turn the juice flow off. I haven't even used a TC build in there yet- I have standard coils.)

I am going to chuck in a dual 26 gauge TI build though-I want to see how it performs TC, I was using kanthal as I could use it on all my mods.

Due to it being impossible for me to dry hit though, I think I wil just use this as a test to see how it works with TC. I don't see it as necessary as you always get a perfectly wet hit every time.

I use that Koh gen Doh cotton now-I used it at first-for a few months went to unbleached, natural cotton balls, but I have gone back to these. They are worth the extra money-they wick so well, I don't mind paying the premium-plus one sheet makes loads of wicks anway, so its no problem. Its a shame in japan they are like 2 dollars for a pack of 200 though lol.

I wick mine how the insructions say-the only thing I do is that I don't pack the holes tightly-I allow say 1/3rd of the cotton to go through the whole, into the juice channel, and the wick above, as soon as it gets wet, drops down over the holes.

I have tried packing it out as well though-it still kept up and I used it all day. I don't think you can wick this wrong.

On the comment about shops unloading the older product at a cheaper price-this was not my experience.

I did order a SS model, but I phoned the shop before they shipped to make sure that was the updated version. It was not. They was waiting on them, and only had the updated version in black-so I went for that. It was a toss up between black or SS anyway-I like the black due to its ruberised feeling.

The only thing is, due to the finish, the AFC is grippy, and spins the whole bottom section, and is only adjustable on the device.

Once on the device, the middle section is secured and the airflow is easily adjustable-there is not much grip at all, its smooth. It is just enough to cause an issue off the device-but, who adjusts their airflow OFF of the device? You don't have to shut the AFC holes to refill, you shut the Juice control to refill, and can do that fine, so you can fill up off of the device, so its a non issue really.

If you had to drill out your first one, it is DEFINITELY a first batch with non standard 510-your looser 510's will fit it.

The updated has larger post holes, and the 510 is slightly larger-so all 510 drip tips fit, not just your loose ones :)
 

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OK-I said I would go back to kanthal after the tests-in fact, I will most likely NOT.

I am using a dual 26G 2MM 0.15 Titanium build, and on the Xcube, set at my preffered temperature of 240C (I like between 220-240C, depending on wire type. I find NI200 I can run a little lower, at 230, to get around the same as Titanium at 240C).

It is working like dream. The flavour is immense, somehow moreso than before. I am using a new flavour-Snikkers choclate bar (I don't know if you get them in the USA, but a snickers is a chocolate bar, filled with a nougat and peanut filling, and the top layer is caramel under the chocolate, they are pretty nice) and it DOES taste like snickers. I had to use a fairly high percentage-its about 17%, but it is very nice, and was only a cheap flavour-chefs vapour 'chefs choice' which are not made by chefs vapours, but they are flavours that the two chefs (They are two professional chefs) both find to be the best tasting. The only thing is-because it comes labelled as chefs choice, you don't know who the original manufacturer is unless you contact them.

So, I think I WILL be sticking with TC-I never thought of TC as a cloud production method, more for safer vaping, but I was wrong. It works and tastes amazing, producing clouds just like before, at the temp I really enjoy.

I will only go back to kanthal to use it on my non TC mods (out of my 10 regulateds, 5 do TC, the others are standard kanthal mods, but I still give them as much love as I enjoy kanthal vaping, and have only recently got into TC and understood it properly.

I am yet to use it on the IPV D2, as that is my only other mod with a TI setting-I know I can run it on my other TC mods with around a 90-100F difference (about 36-40C less) but I find due to the coefficient being for ni200, dry hits are still a possibility, but much less risk of getting them.

I prefer TI as I find NI200 to be too low resistance for me-30 gauge was OK for duals, but I didn't find that it could output the vapour of a thicker wire, and 26 gauge was too low resistance for duals, I can make a single coil 3MM with about 10 wraps, but duals are over 15 wraps and that was a bit too much for me, I got some 28 gauge that I am yet to experiment with the other day- apart from making a single coil for a dripper with it-and found that to be the perfect gauge for single coils-about 7-10 turns, depending what resistance you want.

I build as low as I can, as you know the lower you build, the less increase in resistance, for example a 1 Ohm coil would quickly turn into a 2 or 3 ohm Coil with TC due to its (I cant remember the word, is it linearaty? I am not sure) but since reading it in an article and studying TC, when I realised that I build low as they are designed for it anyway, and to make it higher resistance would need a lot more wraps lol.

Could someone explain to me exactly HOW a regulated, TC mod can take such a low resistance, without pulling dangerous current from the battery? As some mods, 0.05 Ohms is nearly a dead short-I found lots of information on the internet about how TC itself works-but couldn't find info on how the boards actually work.

I understand normal, non TC devices and how they adjust wattage by adjusting the voltage, but I want to know how a TC device can take such low resistances-is there an internal resistor or something for TC mode, so it can tell the minute changes with a resistor that does not fluctuate?
 

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Hi mate. With the orginal, the 510 was non standard-some loose drip tips could be fitted in, but not all. The revised version has larger post holes, and all my drip tips fit it (tight ones and loose ones).

I am glad you like it so much-yes, the airflow IS the biggest I have ever come across on a tank. I usually use mine on half-and that is still a VERY airy draw, straight to lung. Fully open, it I guess for people who want to run it at 50 watts or maybe higher, to keep it cool.

(It can be run that high perfectly, with no dry hits. I find it impossible to dry hit unless you turn the juice flow off. I haven't even used a TC build in there yet- I have standard coils.)

I am going to chuck in a dual 26 gauge TI build though-I want to see how it performs TC, I was using kanthal as I could use it on all my mods.

Due to it being impossible for me to dry hit though, I think I wil just use this as a test to see how it works with TC. I don't see it as necessary as you always get a perfectly wet hit every time.

I use that Koh gen Doh cotton now-I used it at first-for a few months went to unbleached, natural cotton balls, but I have gone back to these. They are worth the extra money-they wick so well, I don't mind paying the premium-plus one sheet makes loads of wicks anway, so its no problem. Its a shame in japan they are like 2 dollars for a pack of 200 though lol.

I wick mine how the insructions say-the only thing I do is that I don't pack the holes tightly-I allow say 1/3rd of the cotton to go through the whole, into the juice channel, and the wick above, as soon as it gets wet, drops down over the holes.

I have tried packing it out as well though-it still kept up and I used it all day. I don't think you can wick this wrong.

On the comment about shops unloading the older product at a cheaper price-this was not my experience.

I did order a SS model, but I phoned the shop before they shipped to make sure that was the updated version. It was not. They was waiting on them, and only had the updated version in black-so I went for that. It was a toss up between black or SS anyway-I like the black due to its ruberised feeling.

The only thing is, due to the finish, the AFC is grippy, and spins the whole bottom section, and is only adjustable on the device.

Once on the device, the middle section is secured and the airflow is easily adjustable-there is not much grip at all, its smooth. It is just enough to cause an issue off the device-but, who adjusts their airflow OFF of the device? You don't have to shut the AFC holes to refill, you shut the Juice control to refill, and can do that fine, so you can fill up off of the device, so its a non issue really.

If you had to drill out your first one, it is DEFINITELY a first batch with non standard 510-your looser 510's will fit it.

The updated has larger post holes, and the 510 is slightly larger-so all 510 drip tips fit, not just your loose ones :)
Ya thought might be the updated version as put in a few drip tips without problem, when I tried to use my normal ones they were too big. Not a worry, liked the one it came with, have the updated one here today sometime.

Sometime earlier this week shifted all tanks to Ti, can't remember if I have SS, Ni, Ti and kanthal. I have been digging the expensive Sweet Spot.5mm Ti wire, they provide tcr download for the specific wire that works very well. The wire is stiffer than my 26g Ti.

Been through number of different cotton types including Rayon, moved to cotton Bacon and works very well. Honestly, no drastic difference but always opted for the more premium side.

Looks like 2nd OBS and the Indugence just arrived, not waking son up to run down there :confused:

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You've become fixated with the resistance based formulas of Ohm's Law due to your Mech Madness.:D

On our reg mods, the battery cannot directly "see" the coil, various resistances worth of wire and circuitry separate them. So battery amp draw is simply watts divided by battery volts.

This also means that, opposite to a mech... the heaviest draw is when the battery is lowest.
Ahh, thank you :).

I did always wonder why amp draw INCREASED when voltage dropped, but understood it was to provide the same power, at a lower voltage, it needs more amps.

So basically-on a TC mod, there is all sorts of things inside protecting you, so the coil resistance does not matter (Unless you are working out true watt output)?

So to get amp draw, I just divide watts by volts on a TC mod? That simple? That is quite impressive.

Thank you for your answer Jim_MDP, I guess there is a LOT of stuff on the chips protecting us-even the simple things we take for granted such as reverse polarity protection, which in a mech would be bad, but in a regulated mod it simple wont turn on. I'm not going to lie-due to the mechs I own, I have never inserted a battery the wrong way-but on my dual battery, regulated devices I actually have-then wondered for 5 minutes why it wont power on. If and when I get a dual battery mech-I will need to be VERY careful and triple check my batteries polarity.
 

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All true... I for one certainly DO take the reg's protections for granted, in a fashion. I've set a cell in backwards, twice. But It was obvious because the screen didn't light up. Saved. :D

But I'm always aware that they're there. I don't have mechs, but now I have three regs with "mech mode". Which can be worrisome. Wouldn't be a good idea, without thinking... to hit a coil normally maxed at 30-50w with a sudden 88w, on a single battery no less.
Which had me thinking a few weeks ago... in that mode, what is the true amp draw at the battery?
I don't have the answer. So it might be a potential way to skirt the protections. :(

I do pay attention... and I have other higher watt mods if I need that for a coil.
What about the vaper who doesn't? :eek:
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Well, the Bellus arrived. Got it cleaned and need to get a build in it. Features are real nice.
I really like the insert for converting to single coil. Test puffs indicate it works very well.

So I'm still keeping my eye out for single coil techniques for the Crius.

A couple of my mods have the possibility to do this, as far as I know, they work as a mech, but WITH the protections of a regulated mod?

I also take the safety a bit for granted also of regulateds.

So for TRUE amp draw I just divide the watts by the voltage on a regulated mod yeah?

I do pay attention though, usually to my batteries amp draw for safety. I usually use steam engine for a regulated as it is simple-but I tried your method, and it was actually around the right area. 17 watts at 3.7V was 4.59 amps, in steam engine it stated 4.5, so it actually might be a bit safer, as its slightly higher than the steam engine results, so I definitely wont go over on Amp draw.

(I use my tanks mostly at under 20 watts, a dual coil dripper at around 60Watts, a single up to 30 watts, most of my tanks under 20 and they perform great, just the crius I use at around 32 as its got duals and is a big cloud maker lol-I have high wattage devices for two reasons-the battery life-and also the odd occasion I want to go mad and push it too its limit for half hour or so, fogging up the entire house somehow, I even have a draught excluder blocking the bottom of my door, the window wide open, and a fan facing outwards that clears the room quick-but If I step into the hallway, somehow the rest of the house is more foggy than my room, my mum loves it, my grandad hates it lol)

@Jim_MDP , I was thinking of blocking off two of the juice flow channels with some simple tape-so that only two open for single coils? I may attempt this later and see how it works.
 

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I got one of the 1st version, I drilled out the post holes, took a whole 2 minutes to do :D

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Just to test for size, I installed claptons on it

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And the drip tips are 50/50, some fit some don't.

I already have a 2nd SS ordered :)
I think you have made the post holes BIGGER than even the updated version lol! It was insane-so much metal there, and the drilled this little tiny hole-god know what they was thinking but at least the ironed the issues out very quickly. Is OBS a fairly new company, or is it owned by someone else? As I saw the made another tank previous to this that seemed good as well, that took standard coils that you have to buy though-I prefer real RTA's-I only own the nautilus, that is the only tank that takes coils-and I don't use it no more due to it being mouth to lung-I much prefer straight to lung.
 

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Getting cloudy over here usps messed up and second OBS (updated here Monday ) no rush now.

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I think you have made the post holes BIGGER than even the updated version lol! It was insane-so much metal there, and the drilled this little tiny hole-god know what they was thinking but at least the ironed the issues out very quickly. Is OBS a fairly new company, or is it owned by someone else? As I saw the made another tank previous to this that seemed good as well, that took standard coils that you have to buy though-I prefer real RTA's-I only own the nautilus, that is the only tank that takes coils-and I don't use it no more due to it being mouth to lung-I much prefer straight to lung.

OBS is a newer company, and yes they did the OBS VCT before this one, I also have that one too, is another well made awesome looking tank. It does take premade coils, but can also use RBA head with it, but that one does not work so well, had leaking problems with the RBA head, good vape just retired it due to leaking with the RBA head.
 

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OBS is a newer company, and yes they did the OBS VCT before this one, I also have that one too, is another well made awesome looking tank. It does take premade coils, but can also use RBA head with it, but that one does not work so well, had leaking problems with the RBA head, good vape just retired it due to leaking with the RBA head.
Ahh OK. This seems pretty good for a pretty much brand new company. I think we may see a few more good quality tanks from them.

The crius is honestly great for that style of vaping-huge clouds but with lots of flavour. I wouldn't recommend it as a ADV tank, but I think everyone should own one for its intended purpose. Unfortunately it seems most companies are going for cloud machines-not flavour. I am really hoping the goblin mini lives up to expectations-I have that and a derringer clone on the way from fasttech at the moment for flavour. My orchid is also a very flavourful tank, and my lemo V2.
 

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@Jim_MDP , when I do the equation on a regulated mod-do I use the on screen voltage-or do I also have to take into consideration the voltage of each cell's actual voltage, as I understand Amp draw gets higher as voltage drops with regulated mods?
 

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Got one coming in monday! Anyone running on temp control? I have ni200 but can't seem to make a dual coil that works well. Anyone using titanium? Haven't tried it yet

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Hate working with Ni, but when works is great. Been enjoying Sweet Spot Ti.5mm (24 gage), dual coil comes in low under.1 but making me rethink Ti. Might see if I can get 26 gage dual over .05 but not likely.

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Hate working with Ni, but when works is great. Been enjoying Sweet Spot Ti.5mm (24 gage), dual coil comes in low under.1 but making me rethink Ti. Might see if I can get 26 gage dual over .05 but not likely.

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I use 26 gauge NI for single coil builds, but its not usuable for duals, far too many wraps. If you don't like working with Ni, may I suggest you use tempered NI200 in the future? It handles a lot more like kanthal and is not soft, making it much easier to work with.

I tend to use TI for dual coil builds though-as I find 30 gauge NI200 doesn't really do it for me. 26 gauge Ti works great for me for duals-so I usually use NI200 for single coils, and TI for dual builds (Or a higher resitance single coil).
 

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I use 26 gauge NI for single coil builds, but its not usuable for duals, far too many wraps. If you don't like working with Ni, may I suggest you use tempered NI200 in the future? It handles a lot more like kanthal and is not soft, making it much easier to work with.

I tend to use TI for dual coil builds though-as I find 30 gauge NI200 doesn't really do it for me. 26 gauge Ti works great for me for duals-so I usually use NI200 for single coils, and TI for dual builds (Or a higher resitance single coil).
Good call on tempered, so many wire choices now. Really enjoyed Ni for few months, then moved to SS and was great as well, back to Ti again the 24g surprised me. Unsure what wire will goto next month, but appreciate the reminder about tempered, so little time these days and wire is one of those things good to understand and read on before jumping in.

The OBS is still impressing me.

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Loving mine so far. Only issue so far is some poping noise when I hit it(probably my wicking) taste is amazing and so is the clouds. At .3 and 40w it is out doing My crown .5 at 60

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Loving mine so far. Only issue so far is some poping noise when I hit it(probably my wicking) taste is amazing and so is the clouds. At .3 and 40w it is out doing My crown .5 at 60

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Popping? Is that just the PG you are hearing? That has a fair bit of snap, crackle and pop to it when vaping-especially at slightly higher powers. (What I find anyway).

:)-it is a cloud maker though isn't it. The prebuilt coils it comes with make it 0.3Ohms, I have mine around 0.5-0.6, I have tried it with the coils it come with though, and they are fine-I just found it is very much the drinker lol.
 

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Got one coming in monday! Anyone running on temp control? I have ni200 but can't seem to make a dual coil that works well. Anyone using titanium? Haven't tried it yet

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I am using TI at the moment mate, two 2MM Diameter coils of 26G titanium, at around 0.15 (near .30 each coil), and it actually works surprisingly well. I was thinking I would go straight back to kanthal-I haven't, I have stayed with the TI for quite a few days now, as it still produces like a beast and it tastes great!
 

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"tits" i believe is universal for "very good"

my Smok TFv4 goes through about 10-15ml a day at least lol even when subsidized by using a dripper for an hour a day or so.
Ahh I am not too odd then getting through at least 15 ML a day-about 20 actually. This is through various tanks and devices though-the only time I use one device and tank for the whole day is when I go out-then its either my lemo or this cruis and D2 for short trips, or Lemo/subtank/crius and Sig150 or Xcube2 for longer trips, like the whole day and I need battery.

It is also reassuring to hear tits are universal for good-I actually would be a bit worried if it wasn't. I think everyone likes them-apart from sometimes the owner of said tits lol.
 

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So I.just got the new crius....
Postholes look great! Work great and everything.
Still can't use a 510 drip tip.
 

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So I.just got the new crius....
Postholes look great! Work great and everything.
Still can't use a 510 drip tip.
Really? Literally all of my drip tips fit it? And it definitely has the larger post holes yes? Not sure what is going on there if you have an updated one but can't use standard drip tips. That is a annoyance isn't it.
 

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Really? Literally all of my drip tips fit it? And it definitely has the larger post holes yes? Not sure what is going on there if you have an updated one but can't use standard drip tips. That is a annoyance isn't it.
Yes quite annoying
 

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