Hi.. I am new to vape and stupidly bought the Duke with a nautilus mini head, running on efest 18650 2600 40amp... Now I keep reading that these mech mods are blow up in the face so I am getting scared of using it. I have ordered a vengeance Tank sub ohm with 0.2 coils but was thinking about canceling that order.. Anyone have some tips about the Duke? Or should I sell it and get a safer electronic box mod?
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If your not familiar with ohm's law and at least basic battery info concerning amps i'd either familiarize yourself or go to a regulated mod. Also, look into all the information concerning efest batteries, they aren't what they claim they are.
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Actually the Duke is a decent box. However it is mechanical. Knowing how to adjust the 510, the batterie safety, ohm's law is essential. You can always trade it to me for a regulated box mod. Wouldn't mind a second one. And we can trade batteries too ... I have some LGs.
First thing you need to do is get rid of that pipe bomb battery eFest. That and there are zero 40 amp batteries, that's one of the problems with eFest. They take rejects batteries, re-wrap them and ridiculously inflate their ratings. Example, eFest purple is a 10 amp battery that they've re-wrapped with a 40 amp rating.
Stick with Authentic Sony, Samsung and LG from reputable sources. That and follow Mooch and stick with the batteries he tests and recommends.
Here's my lecture for those getting into Mech's
1. Ohm's law, http://www.steam-engine.org/ makes it easy and there's even an app on it for Android
2. Batteries, fucking batteries, take good care of your batteries and know them!!!!!!!!
a. Avoid shit batteries like eFest who rewrap rejects with grossly inflated amp ratings. Stick with authentic LG, Sony or Samsung from reputable (not ebay or amazon) sources, great places to get authentic are from
http://liionwholesale.com/
https://www.imrbatteries.com/
b. Stick well within Continuous Discharge Rate (CDR) Not the "pulse"
c. Keep up to date with what Mooch tests and battery ratings, follow his posts on Facebook and his Blog
d. In Mod's with multipule batteries, marry them.
e. Get some battery wraps, they're cheap and easy to re-wrap batteries. Any nicks,tears or what ever don't be stupid and just re-wrap.
3. Don't build stupid low a good builder can chuck and get awesome dense vape from a good build. It's simple, with 20 CDR Amp batteries -
a. Single battery mod's you're fine with .2 ohms on up
b. Dual Parallel you're fine with .15 on up. Parallel you take the full CDR of one battery and you can add 1/2 the amp rating of the next battery
c. Series you double the voltage but you share the amp. So a series you build high with a lot of wire, no lower that .4 ohms.
4. Make sure you don't have any shorts. For an extra caution any new build I vape on a regulated mod for a few drips or with a tank about a 1/4 tank. This is to insure nothing wonky with my build or any shorts.
5. Careful if it's not in your hand, if it doesn't have a lock on the button and you pit it in your pocket (which I really don't recommend) insure nothing else is in your pocket and it's loose. Don't want to put it in your front jeans pocket and blow your dick off ya know
6. Last but certainly NOT the least, keep it clean! Clean it when you first get it "before" you even use it and clean it on a regular basis.
a. Ultrasonics are a very good investment, got mine off Amazon for around $25.
big bear hug for u I think that's a good idea, you're gonna have a lot more options with the regulated mod, and you can always go mech down the road.
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We'll that is awfully presumptive... People are trying to help and not be all "we are special people" .. But I digress, catch you on the flip side