From all the reading and YouTube vids, it seems the Digiflavor Siren is a new take on the genesis tanks. It is supposed to have the flavor without the tilt-and-vape or the leaks of the genny. The deck is half way up the tank so the chimney is short.
I got a bone to pick with the Siren, and this is the perfect thread for it.
It suuuuucks at MTL. It is
not a MTL tank, despite what the manufacturers want it to be. It's like some overprotective helicopter parents trying to promote Johnny as an All-American Football player, but that kid doesn't want to play football. He hates football, but he'll "play" football to make his parents happy.
No, but seriously, the airflow is simply far too open with no ability to lower it down beyond the first "small" hole - which easily draws in more air than an un-stifled, three-pip open Kayfun airflow. You can manually block the air intake and close down that draw a little bit, but that's rinky - and if you're advertising a product at doing task 'A', you should have to do 'workaround B' to get 'A' to function properly.
Here's the kicker - it sucks at DTL, too. It doesn't open up enough to get a good, full-on, hearty, direct-to-lung hit. All the way open and it feels like about 2/3s (generously stated, at that) where it needs to be to get that copious amount of vapor into my lungs fast enough. It's a practice in frustration, like trying to drink a delicious milkshake right after its been made and you don't have the patience to let it settle and melt a little bit before diving in.
I wanted to like the thing, I'm a sucker for gimmicks. The wicking, deck-half-up-the-tank thing was a neat amusement at first, then a pain in the butt every time after that. But when it dawned on me that I wasn't able to get it tight enough for MTL, nor open enough for DTL... it got me talking to a tank, again. And I promised my wife I'd stop talking to my vape pieces, because it's troubling to her.
"What are you?" I asked, cocking my head slightly to the side to exude a bit of empathy. "What do you want to do?"
"Well," it inexplicably replied, "I'm not sure, sir. I think... I think I want to be a MTL piece."
"Silly tank," I chuckled, "You're far too open to be a MTL tank!"
"Oh, I see." The Siren drooped a little. After a two-beat pause in conversation, it perked up, a thought entering its head that would save face! "Lungs!"
"I'm sorry?" I turned back to the Siren. Mistaking the pause in conversation for dismissal, I had already forgotten about it. "What was that?"
"Lungs! I can go directly to the lungs! Maximum VG, clouds and clouds, sir! I can do that!"
"Poor thing." I genuinely felt sorrow for a moment, "I'm afraid that your airflow just isn't quite enough to go that route."
"But then what?!" It exclaimed, pain in it's face. "What's my purpose, then? What do I do? Am I an accident? Am I a mistake? What did I do wrong?!" It burst into frantic tears.
"You... you're just a pretty piece, Siren. Something to help stand guard in the vape drawer, watch over the RDA rogues, the dried-tank sleepers, and slowly steeping juice bottles. You're there to serve as both a warning and reminder. You're a monument, Siren."
"Oh." It was defeated and rejected in tone, shirking back to the darkness. It turned at the last second, locking eyes with me.
"Sir?"
"Yes?"
"Will I ever be used again?"
I smiled.
"No."
And then closed the drawer.