Best vape under 130$ right now, dec 2023.

Vero737

New Member
Hi! Looking for some advice for a new vape for dry herbs, under 130$.
What Id like it to have:
Adjustable temperature.
Replaceable battery.
Heater and chamber must be made of stainless steel. No kanthal or titanium for example.

Thanks, and happy new year!
 
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Vero737

New Member
V3 pro with glass mouthpiece.
Heater is made of kanthal. Some studies suggest it can be harmful. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11051-019-4598-y
I thought those used kanthal?

OP: on demand or session? Convection, conduction or hybrid?
Thats true. The above mentioned are either ceramic or kanthal. My original post included ceramic heater, but I edited it. Im only interested in stainless steel.

Regarding demand/session/Convection/ conduction/hybrid, it doesnt matter.
 

Canna Chameleon

Muted by mods. Run off by rudeness.
Hi! Looking for some advice for a new vape for dry herbs, under 130$.
What Id like it to have:
Adjustable temperature.
Replaceable battery.
Heater and chamber must be made of stainless steel. No kanthal or titanium for example.

Thanks, and happy new year!
I’d bet if you develop a vape with all those features for under $130 you’d sell a ton of them!
 

Shit Snacks

Milaana. Lana. LANA. LANAAAA! (TM2/TP80/BAK/FW9)
Yeah you might need to spend more for what you want, although healthy rips uses a steel chamber with steel element? I think, but that doesn't make it top tier as enjoyable for some reason so I don't know... You can read studies about anything being harmful, agreed SS is the best element, but you might have to pay more to get everything you want honestly (or sacrifice something there are so many different types of vape options so most of them involve compromise on some features that you desire)
 

Piecho

Active Member
Heater is made of kanthal. Some studies suggest it can be harmful. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11051-019-4598-y

Thats true. The above mentioned are either ceramic or kanthal. My original post included ceramic heater, but I edited it. Im only interested in stainless steel.

Regarding demand/session/Convection/ conduction/hybrid, it doesnt matter.

Thanks, I will read more about that. Always happy to educate, I was not aware. Not scared after reading the paper you inked however, but I see your point.

You can always use Anvil or Dynavap made from SS, and use induction heater as a heat source. Sounds cleaner to me : )
 

Dustin McKief

Well-Known Member
Heater is made of kanthal. Some studies suggest it can be harmful. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11051-019-4598-y

Thats true. The above mentioned are either ceramic or kanthal. My original post included ceramic heater, but I edited it. Im only interested in stainless steel.

Regarding demand/session/Convection/ conduction/hybrid, it doesnt matter.
If you're okay with a battery induction heater, you could pick up a Dynavap B with that for near your desired budget.
 

LesPlenty

Well-Known Member
Company Rep
Im only interested in stainless steel.
Don't read up about nickel in S/S:2c: , Roffu does use Kanthal for the heater, like many other vapes. You can pick faults in any material if you look for the right study.
That said, the Roffu is on sale for about US$103...

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XpeeN

Well-Known Member
I think the closest thing that'll get to your budget and your criteria is a 510 dhv, but you'll need to install SS coils and you'll have to either own a box mod that can be used with TC (preferally AF,red panda or dna mod), or really get to know your vape when using wattage, meaning you should know, and learn to feel while drawing, exactly when the heater starts to glow, because AFAWK, SS316L degradation starts around 500C (good luck lol).

About the paper, I wonder if they changed the coil after each experiment (or even for each case) or used same coil for a period of time (beside the 1st exp that they had to change to different ohms). My guts tells me they switched after at least each experiment, if not after each case, which leads to this point:
I doubt that the researchers did a burn-off before the experiment; that might change the results importance significantly and might make this paper irrelevant as everyone who installs a coil either do a burn-off or have 0 experience. You can also see in Fig 2(d) for example (and at other Figures there) that the number reduces as time goes by, which let me to thinking no burn-off was done at all and a fresh coil was installed each time.
If I'm correct, the question should be if a coil stays in good shape after a good burn off and right usage, or more precisely, when does the metal oxide layers that got formed get damaged? (as I said above, AFAWK with ss316L, the layers starts to get damaged around 500C, but if I recall correctly Kanthal A1 is even better in that regard and can be used above 500C without degradation, which can be enough for our usage, but it depends on the heater.)
As the quoted paper stated:
One finding of interest was the steep decrease in the TNC over the course of the sampling period. This effect was consistent across the various operating conditions (power, resistance, and duty cycle). A possible explanation for this observation may be the formation of a metal oxide layer on the surface of the heating coil (Boggs 1971; Prescott and Graham 1992; Sauer et al. 1982; Sundberg et al. 2004). When Al alloys undergo oxidation, they develop layers of protective alumina on the surface (Sundberg et al. 2004; Boggs 1971). Any breach in this layer allows for oxygen to contact the metal underneath that layer, resulting in the formation of Fe oxide (Boggs 1971). As this layer is formed, further metal evaporation, and particle generation, would be decreased.
 
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