Category: Rebuildables

A PBusardo Review – Smoktech Vivi Rebuildable Tank

Vendor Link:
Smoktech

UPDATE:
Even at 3.7 (see below), one or two vapes in and it’s dry and scratchy using the pre-installed coil. And those one or two on the way to the dry scratchy hits are not fully saturated, satisfying, nor do they have any hint of a throat hit. Next step, rebuild it. It is, after all, a rebuildable.

I think Smoktech would have been further along selling you the blank platform to experiment with for yourself. Maybe don’t even put the wick holes in, but allow the user to create their own wick holes, OR offer a version with two holes for a silica type wick or a single hole for a genesis/mesh type wick, because out of the box, using the pre-installed coil, it’s a complete fail, at least for me.

NOTE:
Some comments have been made that I pushed too many volts to this in the vid. I’m going to give it another shot with less volts, but my fear is that it did not produce any TH at 4.1V… so I could only assume less volts would result in a very unsatisfying vape. I’ll post the results here. (see above)

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A PBusardo Review – The GG Oddyseus

Links & Info:
Vendor: Clouds Of Vapor
Scott’s Review
Silver (no resistance) Wire
Kanthal A-1 32 awg (resistance) wire – Purchased off Ebay – $4.15 for 75ft.
Clear Tank: GR-Modders

Follow-up:

• I’ve been experimenting with Kanthal as apposed to nichrome. So far so good. A two inch piece with a tighter wrap is giving me around a 2.5 Ohm coil. The one thing I’ve noticed with the Kanthal is a bit of a longer break in period before the flavor starts to shine. Maybe a 1/4 tank of juice. I’m getting kinda a floral flavor from the Kanthal when I first begin to vape a new coil. Perhaps some time with the blow torch will resolve this. We shall see.

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