Wotofo Flux Kit & Warrior RDA
(Sigh).....what can I say, I clearly never learn, once again I predetermined that I wouldn't particularly get along with a kits included Sub-Ohm tank so I added another device to make a kick ass rig, and yet again....it was completely unnecessary, and the reason for this?...apart from the obvious fact that I'm a dick....is because a little part of me just won't accept that Sub-ohm tanks are making a comeback, I am however going to take a long hard look at myself in the mirror, and once I get over the sheer beauty that would be before me...I shall be having a serious word....just the one....
The outcome of this however, is obviously another review that was written in Longville, on a long day, by Mr Long McLongington, so buckle up...strap in.....and steel yourselves in utter anticipation for lots and lots...of words and pictures....some of which....may actually be interesting (pfft)
No doubt.....so let us indeed....crack...the fuck on, because let's be honest, by the time you've read this review....you will literally be older....(?)
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And another warm welcome to you my long suffering steam sucking cloud monkeys, back again with much ...much more of the same, I mean shit...I'm gonna have to balance these lengthy rambles one day with a review that simply goes...
Here's the mod
It's alright!
Cheers
Pugs.
Well...there's no need for quite that amount of honesty.....I can't help it if I like the sound of my own voice....
Now that's...just...rude, but point taken....I'll crack on then shall I....jeeez
Today's thrown together set-up comes, as mentioned earlier, in two parts. Firstly we have a kit that comes as a collaboration between vape giants Wotofo and American Mech mod manufacturers Rig Mod, the latter of which made their name in the market some years ago with their much sought after mech tubes...
I admit I never owned one, I wanted to...but back in the day when I used to use mech tubes these were always way out of my price range. They were also pretty much everywhere you looked, Instagram fucking loved these things, which screwed with my shinyitus something chronic, so that would indicate to me that Rig Mod know a thing or two about making vape devices, but a regulated mass made device?....well...it's an odd pairing for sure, but I'll come to that shortly. And the device I chose to replace the Sub-Ohm tank with is yet another collaboration ...because well.......Wotofo....and this time they have teamed up with coil building 'wizards' JMT Elite. I don't proclaim to know anything about these 3 guys other than (a); their Instagram page throws up some of the sexiest coil porn you've ever laid your peepers on, and (b); they themselves claim that their new RDA...is nothing special.....I just fucking love how humble that is...I however...will be the judge of that....SO....here we are at last, sent from Wotofo themselves for my evaluation, may I bestow unto you, The Wotofo Flux Kit & Warrior RDA..
Now before I start, I have to give special mention to the packaging for the Flux Kit which I purposefully left out of the first pic because I have never seen this done before, it's actually reusable, sure..other mods have come in elaborate leather bound packaging that looks like it should really contain jewellery...but something that's practical for a vape enthusiast?.....can't really think of one.
The packaging for a start is fucking huge...
And once you've taken all the gubins out and peeled off the stickers you actually have a practical little kit box with a clear plastic lid to keep things like coils, drip tips, battery wraps or even a little build tool kit in....I am literally throwing my loves across the sea to Wotofo for that one...
On with the gear....
The Lowdown
The Wotofo Flux kit comprises of the Flux 200w VW Mod designed by both Wotofo and Rig Mod, and the Wotofo Flo Pro Mesh Sub-Ohm tank. Now....you'll notice a distinct lack of 2 particular letters after the name 'Flux' mod that some of you out there may well be surprised about.... 'TC'.....no sir...there will be no mindless geek tampering this time around, there's no TC to be found here, as well as no curve mode...no bypass mode....no TCR settings and no 'wtf are you doing just get on with it' mode....there aren’t even .1 increments...the Flux mod was made with one thing and one thing only in mind.....simplicity. For those of you...like myself....who like to freely frolic in the fields of 'easy street'...
...without being bogged down by menus and settings that turn a simple hobby into a degree in electrical engineering and fuckery...to say I like this approach...is somewhat of an understatement. What you do get is a straight wattage dual 18650 200w mod with all the safety parameters of any modern day regulated device; 3 'hit' settings - standard, powerful & powerful +, an easy to understand colour screen, 1w increments, 2 function buttons and a massive fuck off fire bar....
I need nothing else in my vaping life, if someone gave me a DNA device and said "take everything out that you don't need and give it me back"...this is what they would get.....and the good stuff doesn't stop there either. The Flux mod is probably one of the most ergonomic devices I have ever tested, the fully rounded body sits perfectly in your palm as it's kinda compact,
I say kinda, for a dual battery device with a bottom battery door it's overall dimensions feel a bit 'Alien-esque'.....only slightly more swollen around it's midriff...
And it's kinda weighty too, feels solid and well made...love that.
On it's noggin we have a pleasing to see, centrally placed, spring-loaded 510 surrounded by a super flat top surface. Looks can be deceiving though and disappointingly anything over 26mm will start to creep over the edge, not too much, a 30mm top might fuck with most vapers but a 28 doesn't look ridiculous....I actually forgot to take a picture of that...so I pillaged one from Wotofo...I'm such an amature.
Down towards the rear of the device we see Rig Mods infamous oil rig logo laying their claim to the proceedings...
And around the front we have the full colour no-nonsense screen...
Watts, power mode, Ohms, voltage and battery life are all you are going to get here, and it really is all you need, the vast majority of the hidden menus are saved for something much more sinister....and something I haven't yet mentioned....yes...it has lights (sigh). I mean I guess they are kinda tasteful if there is such a thing, you can set them to pulse up when you fire but...you can also turn that shit off. I can only imagine that this particular option came from the Wotofo side of things and not so much from Rig Mod...call it a hunch...but you can play around with colours and functions...if you really must.
The one thing I did not like about this screen however is the fact that it is behind a smoked plastic face, and I'm coming across this more and more now. I mean I get it, when the screen is off it makes the whole appearance look super black and sexy, but unless you're gonna fit an ultra bright LED screen in there you can forget seeing this thing in the daylight, and seldom do they do that.
