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A Taifun GT II Clone arrived this morning. It is from FT SKU: 2080500
It cost £16 + a dollar or two for registered air mail and took about 8 days to arrive.
I bought this more expensive version as it came with extra tanks and spare O rings.
It arrived clean with virtually no trace of "parfum de machine shop" but received a degreasing nonetheless.
I built it with a 2.5mm, 8 turns kanthal 28 gauge, 1.5ohm coil and muji cotton.
I vaped it at 11W.
The vapour was very good.
The flavour was very good also; maybe, possibly, perhaps a touch better than my FT KF4 clone 2066200. It's different (in a good way) at least.
Niggles:
1. The terminal post screw heads are rounded underneath which encourages the kanthal to squeeze out. I can't change them easily because they are very long and go through the deck (the terminal posts are spacers effectively).
2. The tank top cap was a bit tight. It was squashed hard down onto the top O ring which seals the glass. It took a bit of hand heating and gentle persuasion to loosen. Now I leave it looser but there's 0.5mm gap showing.
3. The tank to deck threading is a bit raunchy graunchy. Not bad; it'll sort itself out in time.
4. The frosted glass is a nuisance; I want to see bubbles and liquid level clearly.
Praises.
1. Ooh! That airflow control. Really smooth and nice to use.
2. Vape quality. No mushy muting of flavour; just nice clean taste straight off the bat.
3. General finish is very good.
4. Comes with glass, PC and PC bell tanks. Not bad for the money.
5. No "wandering ohms" as with the KF4 and no leaking so far either.
6. The "congestion" chamber top hat threading is good, unlike some reviews I've seen.
I'm still enjoying the KF4 clone (which I wrote notes on in this forum also) but in comparison with this GT II it was a nightmare to get working right. This GT II just worked flawlessly straight out of the degreasing tank.
Final note: I've just ordered a GT II base from FT for pennies. I believe it should fit my old GT 1 which I was contemplating drilling out.
It cost £16 + a dollar or two for registered air mail and took about 8 days to arrive.
I bought this more expensive version as it came with extra tanks and spare O rings.
It arrived clean with virtually no trace of "parfum de machine shop" but received a degreasing nonetheless.
I built it with a 2.5mm, 8 turns kanthal 28 gauge, 1.5ohm coil and muji cotton.
I vaped it at 11W.
The vapour was very good.
The flavour was very good also; maybe, possibly, perhaps a touch better than my FT KF4 clone 2066200. It's different (in a good way) at least.
Niggles:
1. The terminal post screw heads are rounded underneath which encourages the kanthal to squeeze out. I can't change them easily because they are very long and go through the deck (the terminal posts are spacers effectively).
2. The tank top cap was a bit tight. It was squashed hard down onto the top O ring which seals the glass. It took a bit of hand heating and gentle persuasion to loosen. Now I leave it looser but there's 0.5mm gap showing.
3. The tank to deck threading is a bit raunchy graunchy. Not bad; it'll sort itself out in time.
4. The frosted glass is a nuisance; I want to see bubbles and liquid level clearly.
Praises.
1. Ooh! That airflow control. Really smooth and nice to use.
2. Vape quality. No mushy muting of flavour; just nice clean taste straight off the bat.
3. General finish is very good.
4. Comes with glass, PC and PC bell tanks. Not bad for the money.
5. No "wandering ohms" as with the KF4 and no leaking so far either.
6. The "congestion" chamber top hat threading is good, unlike some reviews I've seen.
I'm still enjoying the KF4 clone (which I wrote notes on in this forum also) but in comparison with this GT II it was a nightmare to get working right. This GT II just worked flawlessly straight out of the degreasing tank.
Final note: I've just ordered a GT II base from FT for pennies. I believe it should fit my old GT 1 which I was contemplating drilling out.
