Vape Donkey 650
All vape, no smoke please.
What's the diameter of the QQ? Looking at heat sinks now & there are way more options than the last time I bought one, ha. I have one, but it's fused to my old Triton 2 from my subohm nic vaping days, ha. Switched over to lower tech, hi resistance gear & nic salts so I'm not forever fucking with coils, builds, refilling, recharging etc. Will the heat sink affect temp control at all? Feels like I should know the answer to this but I totally don't.
& now a couple mod related questions for @Vape Donkey 650 , you've got the qq on an evic basic in some of the pics, right? How well does that mod handle the qq's power requirements? And it looks like the Invoke is runs the batteries in series as opposed to parallel, so can it get where it needs to go with just one 18650? Would be cool to be able to use the second battery port as storage in certain situations. If this is indeed the case, can it still run on just one battery after flashing arctic fox?
QQ is 22mm diameter. What's the deal with nic salts? I see all my e-cig stores spamming me with that gear, pod vapes for salts, etc. What's the advantage of that vs glycerins? You can vape with simpler, lighter gear to get your fix? But it doesn't make as much clouds? Probably little applicability to concentrates, right?
About the evic basic + QQ, I actually didn't use it with that mod, I just screwed it on there real quick to show how it looks on a mod. That basic is one of the few mods i use to switch between different attys, so I didn't want to unpair my other mods at the moment. With 60w max, the basic should work with the QQ, but I'd expect poor battery performance. Maybe 4-5 quick sessions on a full charge at most? Maybe as little as 3 depending on how you use it? With the little battery, live-voltage sag during usage, as the CPU and battery heats up, would probably be as big of a limitation as the 1500mah capacity. So you could probably make it work, but it wouldn't be a great pairing with the QQ. I actually did more testing on the cuboid, I found these old pics, this is how I actually used it....
As for the invoke, there should be no big issue with battery life when using it with the QQ. Although I haven't tested it on that mod myself, and I have read about some issues / limitations with the invoke with high-voltage builds because it has a "buck boost" converter and not a step-up converter? I don't think this should be an issue with the QQ though, battery performance will matter more on what type of 18650 you put in there. That mod requires 2 cells in parallel to operate, you can't run it with 1 cell and use the extra space as a stash spot inside the mod like on the istick 100w, sorry.
So I have an evic VTC mini that I use with the top airflow Sai and being a single battery mod the battery life is shit, like a few sessions and it's dead. I imagine the QQ probably eats up even more power, but I seriously need one in my life hahaha. I've been considering either a 150w cuboid from joyetech or the predator 228 from wismec, or possibly a triple battery mod (if I go triple I'll probably get a wismec) if y'all think it's necessary. I want something as small and light as possible but that won't die in a few hours. Really like they way the cuboid looks and I'm already familiar with the joyetech software/firmware but it's old so idk if the predator 228 would be better. I am not a juice vaper so I'd never need anything above 100 watts for any reason I can think of. I'd like to keep the mod under $50 not including shipping. Suggestions?
EDIT: I am not stuck on these, also considered the VTC dual, evic primo, or voopoo drag. Just need something powerful but not to huge or immensely heavy. I'd like to be able to take it on a several hour hike without worry of it dying (not as much of an issue cus I don't like getting too high when im that high up lol) or to take down to the lake. just needs to do TC and easily reach 70w without killing the batteries
Way to go, nature hiking dabber! Some of these 510 dabbing devices are the best for concentrates in the great outdoors. Not that I do that very often, but here's a blurry repost for you from last winter... white V3 in the tahoe snow
(before I discovered AF)
Regarding the top-airflow sai, the cups/buckets on that one is heated by a donut from underneath, right? I think with the ceramic rods on the QQ actually being "inside" the cup rather than only underneath it might give it an edge over similar heated bucket / cup attys, but it's still gonna be more of a battery hog compared to the V3.
I like the old 150w cuboid, it's one of the oldest mods I have that I still use. It is a bit dated, and big and heavy for being only 2 cells, but I still like the feel and form of it, and it has a nice button, I love my big cuboids still. The big 2-cell primos are nice also, a bit longer, shorter, and less wide than the cuboid, the hand feel and button are good but not as nice as the cuboid IMO.
The predator looks like a nice mod too, I think wismec mods are generally pretty good also. They use the same chips as the joyetech / eleaf mods and can run AF, but I don't have any experience with them firsthand.
I've seen some of the voopoo mods, they look nice, but I'm not sure if the drag is small enough for you, or how it compares to those other mods? I haven't used any of that brand and I don't know how well the TC functions. It looks like it has many features to help acheive good control of your TC operation, but not having used it myself, I can't really say.
If you want a 2-cell mod that isn't very big, you might want to take a look at the eleaf invoke. It seems to be one of the smallest double 18650s mods on the market.
Ok now...this video I just want to share because these are some of the best "melt porn" shots with the QQ I've seen, even though the video isn't very high-res, you get a good view. This was taken with the earlier experimental dual tube glass cap, but you should still see a similar swirling dynamic on the final version. Matt shared this with me a while back but I haven't seen it posted elsewhere
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