The Angus Halogen Vape by YLL Vape

RustyOldNail

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FWIW it has CE certification to allow it on EU market, which at least culls the sketchy quality levels.

It may be great, but overall beware any safety stickers on Chinese electronics, every real and valuable safety certification costs money, a small fee, but a fake sticker is really cheap. I have Chinese voltage meters with all the “proper looking” safety stickers etc., that could injure or at worse, kill you. This is fairly common knowledge, but needs to be mentioned know and then, like all the fires from cheap Chinese eBikes, etc.


Oh torx aren't considered that bad no?

Indeed, a fairly common type these days. You can buy “security kits” online that include many of the ones used, where they make it real hard to open up. It’s a mostly DISPOSABLE world these days….. :(
 

Abele Rizieri Ferrari

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It may be great, but overall beware any safety stickers on Chinese electronics, every real and valuable safety certification costs money, a small fee, but a fake sticker is really cheap. I have Chinese voltage meters with all the “proper looking” safety stickers etc., that could injure or at worse, kill you. This is fairly common knowledge, but needs to be mentioned know and then, like all the fires from cheap Chinese eBikes, etc.

Oh yeah I wasn't expecting this so I hadn't even bothered to check, but the marking on the bottom doesn't comply with these qualities:



However:



Whereas:



I hope there's an explanation @YLLVAPE OFFICAL? Or is the CE marking on Angus fake?
 

BingsBuddery

Derelict Meatsack
I tried with my spare but some of the screws are impossible to unscrew with the crappy tool I got for it.
The top screws? There could be a dab of threadlocker on the screws to discourage folks from trying to open it. Bit of heat will break that; hold a solder gun to the screw for a minute or so, should come out easy.

EDIT: The top screws are T5 size Torx (not the tamperproof type, standard torx).. torx is a common head used in pocket knives.. no thread locker, I just checked.
 
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vapeape77

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Oh yeah I wasn't expecting this so I hadn't even bothered to check, but the marking on the bottom doesn't comply with these qualities:



However:



Whereas:



I hope there's an explanation @YLLVAPE OFFICAL? Or is the CE marking on Angus fake?
Oh damn…. Hope they legit

Are there only 6 air holes total on the bottom? That’s also pretty disappointing reminds me of my Edge. Good airflow at first but then really tails off after a year…
 

RustyOldNail

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I hope there's an explanation @YLLVAPE OFFICAL? Or is the CE marking on Angus fake?

Ha, nobody actually looks. I don’t, as I wouldn’t know how to spot a fake, doubt the any Chinese company would respond in a useful way. Another reason to try when you can to charge batteries in an external charger. I’ve come to accept that I’m surrounded by such devices, just be as cautious as you can.

Bonus:
(Recently my friends house burnt down, neighbors woke and rescued him, fire department said it was a cheap $12.00 power strip, he is an electrician so I doubt he overloaded it, but even so, that’s when the circuit breaker should kill it)
 

Grass Yes

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I hope there's an explanation @YLLVAPE OFFICAL? Or is the CE marking on Angus fake?
Hilariously some folks online are calling that the China Export mark and it just coincidentally looks like European certification. However the owners of the CE mark disagree.

This is very shady and a bad sign for safety. Definitely a dishonest, if common, cost-cutting measure.
 

vapeape77

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If I were a making these it would be easy to sell....
"Your eyes are growing heavy...you are getting sleepy....you are beginning to imagine holding this vape in your hands....you are drifting off....you can't resist... your finger is on the buy button....you know it is inevitable....plus you will be the first on your block to own THIS vape....you are almost there....so what you have to sell your first born....no Burger King for a year...you don't care if your wife leaves you....that's it.... DO IT...Push the BUTTON!!!!!!!!!!"

See...it was easy....you caved in!
Had to bump this post for tomorrow….
 

seedy53

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Ha, nobody actually looks. I don’t, as I wouldn’t know how to spot a fake, doubt the any Chinese company would respond in a useful way. Another reason to try when you can to charge batteries in an external charger. I’ve come to accept that I’m surrounded by such devices, just be as cautious as you can.

Bonus:
(Recently my friends house burnt down, neighbors woke and rescued him, fire department said it was a cheap $12.00 power strip, he is an electrician so I doubt he overloaded it, but even so, that’s when the circuit breaker should kill it)
my motto, never charge up 18650's while you are sleeping,
don't do it with any external battery charger li-ion except cell phones
 

tinctorus

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I was looking around and I found what might be a partial solution to the warm/hot batteries. At least in regard to batteries dying prematurely.


These are 2500Mah 30amp batteries for $2.99 each. At that price it won't sting so much if the batteries don't last as long as we expect.

Does anyone have any experience with BAK batteries?
Please don't cheap on on these batteries, I personally wouldn't trust these, I guess Mooch had checked these and the specs are OK so have at it if you want, I've just seen too many 18650 catch fire to use a brand I don't know or trust

Fwiw the "Hohm life" batteries are fantastic and while a little pricey they're actually under rated on the specs they list by a good amount
 
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sickmanfraud

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Just an update gang I've been beating the shit out of this thing for about 2 months now and it hasn't skipped a beat. :tup: I run on 5, 428F I think, power button pressed down for boost mode, through glass. I then proceed to smack the bottom of the unit to get the weed out of the chamber. It's solid like my TM. :nod:

At 428F + boost have you combusted? How many of your monster hits does it take to 'kill" a bowl?
 

Texus

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I didn't even know they were considered security screws, just thought they were annoying lol. I don't know about the soldering tbh I'm not that familiar with engineering.



FWIW it has CE certification to allow it on EU market, which at least culls the sketchy quality levels. But as for real life durability, yeah time will tell. It's not a tried concept.

It's fun though and for the price I think it's not that big a risk. I'm reaching for it more often than I expected. I thought I'd mostly use it out of the house, but rn I am chilling at my desk with Angus imbuia my side :)



With the stock plastic cu I have been using a lot! It's just so easy and the glass mp is a smart touch that makes just that bit of difference and without which I wouldn't even have tried that cu at all.

The wpa has been improved since my beta version but I haven't seen the new one. It was updated to address these compatibility issues though but like @Shit Snacks pointed out all in one is iffy. In the beta wpa I got the actual wpa was screwed into the base with the magnets, perhaps something likemAnvil wpa could be added later (dedicated size and the nice orings) and you could just screw it on the base.

Also I like the comfort of not having to push a button :nod:
Very cool had not heard about new WPA design. But if they keep the screw-on WPA design then potential for some nice other add-ons. WPA, whip, mouthpiece...
 

RedZep

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Oh damn…. Hope they legit

Are there only 6 air holes total on the bottom? That’s also pretty disappointing reminds me of my Edge. Good airflow at first but then really tails off after a year…
Is this because the air intake gets clogged up with dust? Is there no way to remedy this?

Seems like a massive flaw if airflow goes to shit in one year. Makes the arguments about bulb lifespan moot.
 

Abele Rizieri Ferrari

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Is this because the air intake gets clogged up with dust? Is there no way to remedy this?

Seems like a massive flaw if airflow goes to shit in one year. Makes the arguments about bulb lifespan moot.

Are there only 6 air holes total on the bottom? That’s also pretty disappointing reminds me of my Edge. Good airflow at first but then really tails off after a year…

The 6 air holes quickly empty into the wider glass tube, so I don't see how airflow would be impacted anytime soon.

 

Abele Rizieri Ferrari

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vapeape77

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The 6 air holes quickly empty into the wider glass tube, so I don't see how airflow would be impacted anytime soon.
The abv can end up down there stuck in the HR Edge, you have to blow through either the mp or air hole end to improve. I’d definitely avoid a fine grind with this one and would invert it as much as possible to avoid. Also be careful with these types in your jacket pocket as lint and such can end up in there

Anyway about a year is all I would expect from this one with top airflow, and eh it’s a 1 year warranty right?
 
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