Arctic fox vs Escribe- cheaper boards and near DNA performance?

[Arch stanton]

I see, you have a higher end board than I own then, my mods range from the Yihi SX130 up to the 330-F8 in the IPV8. I find them to work well in TC mode.

I haven't tested my mods battery life in comparison to others in a long time, but don't remember any issues apart from the Sigelei 30W mini that had abysmal battery life.

I recall the Evolv DNA200 being 97% efficient, so am not sure how efficient the Yihi boards run but they must be pretty good if you get twice the battery life of another mod.

The DNA chip on the Dovpo Top Gear is a 250c and that chip ha a 98% Output Efficiency, so I am not sure either. I used the same 316L coil, same tank and same batteries.

Some people say the vape quality is better on a DNA chip mod as opposed to YIHI chip but that has not been my experience at all either.

I have a few DNA chip mods but this thread reminded me of the Vsticking and I think I could do with a couple more with a YIHI chip.

 

[conanthewarrior]

The DNA chip on the Dovpo Top Gear is a 250c and that chip ha a 98% Output Efficiency, so I am not sure either. I used the same 316L coil, same tank and same batteries.

Some people say the vape quality is better on a DNA chip mod as opposed to YIHI chip but that has not been my experience at all either.

I have a few DNA chip mods but this thread reminded me of the Vsticking and I think I could do with a couple more with a YIHI chip.

Hmm, I am not too sure either then.

Do you know what the cutoff voltage is per cell on the DNA250C vs the Yihi's? Could it be possible the Yihi is allowing the batteries to get to a lower voltage which could mean more runtime?

Using the same coil, tank and batteries really only leaves the board, and I doubt Yihi could be above 98% efficiency.

I can't deny that Yihi boards give a great vape though.

 

[John R]

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[Arch stanton]

The cut off on the YIHI is 3.25v (or 6.50v for two batteries). It has that info on the screen (how much voltage remains).

I honestly don't know the reason why. I don't know if the YIHI is better at adjusting for the two batteries.

I have been thinking though and the only thing I can think of is that I vape at really low wattage, very rarely over 10 watts. On the YIHI the TC is measured in terms of Joules and I thought Joules equalled watts. The YIHI won't let me go any lower than 10 Joules so I vaped at 10 Watts on the Top Gear.

Maybe that is the difference, possibly 10 Joules is less than 10 watts.

There is a power mode on the VSticking and the Top Gear, so I will maybe try 10 watts on each mod in power mode and see what happens then.

 

[Arch stanton]

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It supports a maximum output of 200W with dual 18650 batteries. You can freely replace the wallpaper as you wish. We have an effective and monitored age verification process provided by VerifyMyAge.

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I will definitely be getting that, it not only looks a bargain but looks better than the Vsticking. Also it hasn't got the joystick which is a plus. I can use the joystick but prefer buttons only.

Thanks John R.

 

[John R]

It replaced my vsticking that I dropped and the battery door cracked off.

 

[Arch stanton]

It seems very similar to the Vsticking except it looks better to me, doesn't have the little joystick and it is slightly smaller. At that price it is a no brainer.

How do you find it compares to the Vsticking? The door on the VSticking does feel flimsy so I am not surprised it didn't survive a drop. I have been lucky with mine never dropped it and it hasn't started spontaneously springing open yet, even after all this time.

 

[John R]

Well, the original vboy had a terrible battery door, fortunately this one is labelled version 2.0 on the door. It functions the same as the vsticking tbh.

 

[Arch stanton]

That is really good to know, thanks John. I was reading up the vboy and saw there were a few threads on the battery door being poor originally. If it is version 2 it probably has the latest available firmware on it as well.

 

[ripe_plantain]

.... although I am slightly confused as Evolv doesn't offer TC either, they offer temp protection (forgive me if I am wrong on their later boards and they do offer this) and it state Evolv offer "precise temperature of the coil" whilst AF offers dry heat protection?

His words, not mine so I shouldn't comment. I don't think I've ever really heard temp protection spoken of by the masses and TC just stuck. IIRC the latest SXMini G class have what I would call Temp Control where one can have a setup similar to Power curves, but with temps.