mwnger
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Just curious and cautious of trying, I have a charger that charges my phone in a way faster time than the charger that was supplied so it must charge it quicker?
I bought the Sideclick from Vapefiend and it comes with "Hot Fire Pro Induction Heater Instructions". These advise: "Only use a pwer supply rated at 5V with 2amp or less. Chargers with multiple voltage options may not work. For the fastest charging use a 5V 2amp USB power supply."
I have a 65w USB-C charger for a laptop that can output multiple different voltages so I am going to avoid plugging that into the heater, just in case. It could possibly damage it. I have charged my heater once, it took less than an hour from dead to full using a 5V 2amp phone charger.
I wrote a first-impressions review in the Dynavap thread, I hope it is OK to copy it over here:
Sideclick heater: I was very excited to see this recently. Over the past 6 months I have built a few of my own induction heaters which are mains-powered and I use at home, a lockdown project. I have been looking at building a battery powered one, but there had been a few hurdles. The Sideclick was so attractive because it’s smaller than I could realistically do with a ZVS module myself, and implemented features I’d love to like intelligent activation and USB-C charging. Vapefiend had a 20% off offer so at about £85 it seemed perfect.
It arrived yesterday. Again I am very happy with my purchase. The build quality is great, pretty solid. I love the design with the stash compartment. The magnet is very good, a very strong diametrically opposed piece. It’s a bit weighty but not a problem, it will go in a bag and replace the Mighty as my usual out-and-about vape. It’s a consequence of the metal build, and I would choose metal against a lighter, more easily damaged plastic most times I think.
I have to confess I did not even try it with the short tube, I swapped it for the open tube as most people advise before I heated a cap. The inside looks very neat. I note the battery is connected via a plug, I wonder if it will be possible to replace it?
I found that I needed 3 silicone discs in the end to get the click right, otherwise it goes a bit too far in. I like the adjustability/tuning the unit has, so you can match it to your tips, caps, and personal requirements.
I have a couple of good regular caps, as well as one captive cap. I found if I pair my hotter regular cap with a titanium tip, the first cycle takes just under 8 seconds, and it gives good extraction in about 4 cycles true to the click. I will keep my 2020 M body with that setup in the side compartment. This is going to improve days out and camping trips a great deal.
A couple of quirks: There is a very slight ticking noise, I can only hear it in a virtually silent room, but it ticks every half a second when it is not heating. It's not a problem in any way, it is unnoticable almost all of the time. The LEDs flash when it turns on, sometimes they flash green and sometimes they flash red. I don't know if it means something e.g. battery level? Or if it's just random, it seems quite random.
Very interesting to see the battery discussion here, hopefully there will be a solution one day. I am not too worried since mine is just for out and about, I will charge it once or twice a week most of the time I expect.