Hi all,
T5 here, have a couple of threads on these separately so thought I'd post a new thread showing off the new kit I've bought and a few opening thoughts.
First up the new mod
The Smok GX350 in Silver/Black, extremely neat setup, moving from the Smok Alien I like the screen placement
I also flipped the orientation and since the tank goes to one side you can really read what's happening as you vape which is really cool.
The added amount of black is a nice contrast I think this is a better balance to an entirely silver mod, especially with how I've done the tank I think it works well.
The larger button has a really solid, nice click and sound too.
Overall size It's about as large as I was expecting, but the form factor lends itself well to normal and larger sized hands.
Here's some more side by side shots
Criticisms, the screen is smaller now so there's a compromise on the amount of read outs naturally, I think that future mods should try to increase this slightly, somewhere between this and the Alien's size would be good the realestate appears to be there.
That battery door, it's just too tight I have standard Sony VTC5s running in here so the sleeves are fine but getting that door closed is a chore, once it was closed I had to have another little push to get it flush as well, that's going to be a pain every time it runs out of battery, granted will be half as often.
Overall love the mod, no looking back, moving onto the Tank.
The TFV12. Wow, the previous one is a TFV8 Big Baby Beast, and the airflow on this one is hugely improved, first thing I noticed. I also like that it gave me black oring accessories, really wasn't a fan of the orange ones, this completes the setup to me to be all black and silver, then the standard mouth piece adapter is excellent.
I can go back to my beloved TFV4 variable air drip tip
Adds another layer of silver/black too which is a fantastic look, even better than I was expecting.
It's still so new the coil (running Q4s, see picture for readout) still tastes horrid, but about 100 vapes and it starts working, not far off now.
Even with the poor early taste I'm enjoying using this thing, up to 80W now as I break the coil in, its super smooth, finding I can take longer vapes a bit due to it dialling up the power but also a smooth vape is nice, I think I'm at 75/25 VG/PG in this home made light caramel blend and it works well, hoping to settle at around 90/100W and I think the battery life with this mod will be great.
Thanks for reading, please ask any questions away, finally the reason for upgrade other than wanting the next step up, my Alien mod sort of broke as you can see, still functional, but that top piece interferes with the button usage a tad, and was concerned long term, only a year old but now it's had it's time. Very satisfied with the purchase.
T5 here, have a couple of threads on these separately so thought I'd post a new thread showing off the new kit I've bought and a few opening thoughts.
First up the new mod
The Smok GX350 in Silver/Black, extremely neat setup, moving from the Smok Alien I like the screen placement
I also flipped the orientation and since the tank goes to one side you can really read what's happening as you vape which is really cool.
The added amount of black is a nice contrast I think this is a better balance to an entirely silver mod, especially with how I've done the tank I think it works well.
The larger button has a really solid, nice click and sound too.
Overall size It's about as large as I was expecting, but the form factor lends itself well to normal and larger sized hands.
Here's some more side by side shots
Criticisms, the screen is smaller now so there's a compromise on the amount of read outs naturally, I think that future mods should try to increase this slightly, somewhere between this and the Alien's size would be good the realestate appears to be there.
That battery door, it's just too tight I have standard Sony VTC5s running in here so the sleeves are fine but getting that door closed is a chore, once it was closed I had to have another little push to get it flush as well, that's going to be a pain every time it runs out of battery, granted will be half as often.
Overall love the mod, no looking back, moving onto the Tank.
The TFV12. Wow, the previous one is a TFV8 Big Baby Beast, and the airflow on this one is hugely improved, first thing I noticed. I also like that it gave me black oring accessories, really wasn't a fan of the orange ones, this completes the setup to me to be all black and silver, then the standard mouth piece adapter is excellent.
I can go back to my beloved TFV4 variable air drip tip
Adds another layer of silver/black too which is a fantastic look, even better than I was expecting.
It's still so new the coil (running Q4s, see picture for readout) still tastes horrid, but about 100 vapes and it starts working, not far off now.
Even with the poor early taste I'm enjoying using this thing, up to 80W now as I break the coil in, its super smooth, finding I can take longer vapes a bit due to it dialling up the power but also a smooth vape is nice, I think I'm at 75/25 VG/PG in this home made light caramel blend and it works well, hoping to settle at around 90/100W and I think the battery life with this mod will be great.
Thanks for reading, please ask any questions away, finally the reason for upgrade other than wanting the next step up, my Alien mod sort of broke as you can see, still functional, but that top piece interferes with the button usage a tad, and was concerned long term, only a year old but now it's had it's time. Very satisfied with the purchase.
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I've not tried the tfv12 yet so it's good to see someone's opinion whose not a hyped up reviewer.