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So I've been vaping these two devices for a few days. Here are my unbiased first impressions on both. I'm no expert on the topic, in fact these are the first rebuildable tanks I've had.
eLeaf Lemo
this is a simple yet well-crafted atty thats easy to take apart and put back together. In the box, it came wicked, with a prebuilt coil on there. It also came with a length of wire (not sure of the quality or gauge), cotton balls, extra screws for the deck and fill hole, silicon plugs for the fill hole and a small screwdriver which I tossed aside in favour of one of my hobby screwdrivers. The build deck is quite large and that makes rebuilding it a piece of cake, its got four pre-drilled holes in the side of the base for airflow and a screw in the top bit of the base for adjusting airflow. My first gripe was with this screw - its very loose and keeps moving out of its set position. The airflow hole to the coil is large and allows high-airflow although I could still more and am thinking of removing the screw and drilling the holes a bit bigger. I dont like the fill-hole, its too small and a needle tipped bottle is essential for filling. being the only way in its the only place you can fill from and if you need to empty the tank for whatever reason its a total pain. The fill screw is inconvenient for filling on the go but the silicon plugs are, in my opinion, ill-fitting and on the one occasion i tried them out, they leaked air into the tank which got sucked up into the air hole and it gurgled and spat until I washed out the base and replaced the plug with the screw. the threads are a little finnicky on the base components and one has to be careful not to cross-thread it when working in haste. The prebuilt coil was a standard one and was crap - I quickly ditched it for a built coil.
Flavour is phenomenal and cloud production is off the carts. I've dropped a few jaws already with my clouds form this atty and on my BEC pro, one of my mates said it looked like the neuraliser from men in black
Pros: Easy to rebuild, Well built, doesnt leak, Nice airy draw
Cons: Crappy airflow adjustment, bad filling system
Kanger Subtank:
When you own almost every clearomiser that Kanger has created its easy to see that this is definitely a premium product. Its certainly wins hands down for presentation and build quality. There are lots of goodies included in the box, I'm not going to list all but there are two bases, one for RBA and one for OOC Coils, one glass tank tools, extra consumables and two OOC coils, one 1.2 ohm and one 1.5 ohm - both SC and a beauty ring. I used the OOC Coil briefly and it was a bad experience - which was no fault of the atty, I used the inappropriate juice in it the first time. The subtank is great for long-hauls or nights on the town as it holds a massive amount of juice with the OOC coils and appropriate base. It comes with a .5ohm OOC pre-installed with the 1.2 ohm in the box.
The RBA base has a much smaller deck on the lemo and no holes in them for tying down the legs of the coil. The coils have to be tied around the screws and the smaller deck makes that challenging. I have small hands and I found this to be a mission. It came with two 1 ohm pre-built coils on that ran at .5 ohm which I later replaced with a 1 ohm built single coil as I felt it ran a bit too hot with the dual-coils. I prefer a cooler vape, especially seeing that I lung hit these RBAs hard. The airflow adjustment is solid and clicks into place over three settings. The air hole leading to the coils seemed much smaller than the Lemo and the draw is a bit too tight for my liking. I may need to modify the base somehow to improve that. Flavour is great and so is cloud production but the tight draw is a bummer for me. Filling is like any other Kanger tank, unscrew the base and fill away.
Pros: Large capacity with OOC coils, ability to switch between coils and RBA, premium build quality, easy to fill.
Cons: Smaller build deck, Tight draw
All in all, I'd say the Lemo wins this by a large margin as an RBA but as a clearomiser the subtank is a star. I suppose the latter not a fair comparison but I dont want to take away from the Subtank as its still a brilliant atty.
Thanks for reading, feel free to ask questions if I left anything out.
Peace
So I've been vaping these two devices for a few days. Here are my unbiased first impressions on both. I'm no expert on the topic, in fact these are the first rebuildable tanks I've had.
eLeaf Lemo
this is a simple yet well-crafted atty thats easy to take apart and put back together. In the box, it came wicked, with a prebuilt coil on there. It also came with a length of wire (not sure of the quality or gauge), cotton balls, extra screws for the deck and fill hole, silicon plugs for the fill hole and a small screwdriver which I tossed aside in favour of one of my hobby screwdrivers. The build deck is quite large and that makes rebuilding it a piece of cake, its got four pre-drilled holes in the side of the base for airflow and a screw in the top bit of the base for adjusting airflow. My first gripe was with this screw - its very loose and keeps moving out of its set position. The airflow hole to the coil is large and allows high-airflow although I could still more and am thinking of removing the screw and drilling the holes a bit bigger. I dont like the fill-hole, its too small and a needle tipped bottle is essential for filling. being the only way in its the only place you can fill from and if you need to empty the tank for whatever reason its a total pain. The fill screw is inconvenient for filling on the go but the silicon plugs are, in my opinion, ill-fitting and on the one occasion i tried them out, they leaked air into the tank which got sucked up into the air hole and it gurgled and spat until I washed out the base and replaced the plug with the screw. the threads are a little finnicky on the base components and one has to be careful not to cross-thread it when working in haste. The prebuilt coil was a standard one and was crap - I quickly ditched it for a built coil.
Flavour is phenomenal and cloud production is off the carts. I've dropped a few jaws already with my clouds form this atty and on my BEC pro, one of my mates said it looked like the neuraliser from men in black
Pros: Easy to rebuild, Well built, doesnt leak, Nice airy draw
Cons: Crappy airflow adjustment, bad filling system
Kanger Subtank:
When you own almost every clearomiser that Kanger has created its easy to see that this is definitely a premium product. Its certainly wins hands down for presentation and build quality. There are lots of goodies included in the box, I'm not going to list all but there are two bases, one for RBA and one for OOC Coils, one glass tank tools, extra consumables and two OOC coils, one 1.2 ohm and one 1.5 ohm - both SC and a beauty ring. I used the OOC Coil briefly and it was a bad experience - which was no fault of the atty, I used the inappropriate juice in it the first time. The subtank is great for long-hauls or nights on the town as it holds a massive amount of juice with the OOC coils and appropriate base. It comes with a .5ohm OOC pre-installed with the 1.2 ohm in the box.
The RBA base has a much smaller deck on the lemo and no holes in them for tying down the legs of the coil. The coils have to be tied around the screws and the smaller deck makes that challenging. I have small hands and I found this to be a mission. It came with two 1 ohm pre-built coils on that ran at .5 ohm which I later replaced with a 1 ohm built single coil as I felt it ran a bit too hot with the dual-coils. I prefer a cooler vape, especially seeing that I lung hit these RBAs hard. The airflow adjustment is solid and clicks into place over three settings. The air hole leading to the coils seemed much smaller than the Lemo and the draw is a bit too tight for my liking. I may need to modify the base somehow to improve that. Flavour is great and so is cloud production but the tight draw is a bummer for me. Filling is like any other Kanger tank, unscrew the base and fill away.
Pros: Large capacity with OOC coils, ability to switch between coils and RBA, premium build quality, easy to fill.
Cons: Smaller build deck, Tight draw
All in all, I'd say the Lemo wins this by a large margin as an RBA but as a clearomiser the subtank is a star. I suppose the latter not a fair comparison but I dont want to take away from the Subtank as its still a brilliant atty.
Thanks for reading, feel free to ask questions if I left anything out.
Peace
