Mech Vs. Regulated

[acorn]

Bro, isnt the KUI built with plastic? I had the honour of holding one before (a buddy bought those kits Vape King had). The battery contacts were shoddy, the body was flimsy and the 510 pin was not spring loaded. Maybe just the one I saw...

I think you are referring to the Terminator BF mod (Squonking Owl) which was made of plastic

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[Spydro]

So due to an almost Rube Goldberg set of events concluding with a sausage dog colliding with a cup of coffee I am now in need of a mod.

I've always liked the look and idea of mech tubes, but was wondering with all the fancy new regulated mods, is there any point in getting one?

>>inb4 Safety, I know the safety issues and I'm probably not going to explode unless I do something dumb, which can always happen on a regulated mod if you're dumb with it.

I have always preferred mech mods over regulated mods, and always will. But it comes down to personal choice.

For a mech tube mod, and I have more than a few of them, the GP PAPS are my top self, especially the X's. I have 10 GP PAPS and one of their GP Piccolo's, several of their Heron, Spheroid and SnP tanks, and endless spares for all of them. Their design, precision machine work and attention to detail is as good as good gets. They are not cheap gear, but it is gear that will last a lifetime. Buy once and you'll never need to buy again (unless you go nuts like I did).

Top of the X's is the TiX, a titanium special edition/unicorn that was only made once in very low numbers, and that will never be made again. Out of the estimated 3000 people worldwide wide that wanted one on TiX Sale day when the gates opened despite the much higher price in comparison to the SS and LUX X's (cost equal to about your current R7700 back then), only 99 have them . And 10 of those stayed with the company owner, employees, their Euro and USA vendors, support staff, etc. I scored #11 with all its included extras, and it is still brand new.

 

[Neal]

She's constantly trying to steal my coffee, which for obvious reasons I try to keep out of her reach, but some one was trying to cut my fence and I ran outside not moving the coffee. I come back and she's on my desk with her face in the coffee, she sees me and gets a fright jumping on to my chair, which makes it start turning so she's stuck now, I dont want her to get hurt so I rush forward trip over a cable, face planting the chair, which makes the dog jump back up on the desk straight in to the cup of coffee, which of course spills all over the mod and knocking it off the desk...leaving me to stare and question if this is real life?

Thanks people for the replies, I guess I have a bit more to consider still.

Mate, have you ever considered a career as a comedy script writer? Am sure you would get plenty of work...

 

[Feliks Karp]

Mate, have you ever considered a career as a comedy script writer? Am sure you would get plenty of work...

I often think my life is a joke...thanks for clearing that up hahaha

 

[DoubleD]

I'm not going to compare the two (mech vs regulated) but if you were to put both in front of me to choose one from, I'll go with the mech mod all day long. Unless it was a cheap mech, in which case ill grab the regulated mod to sell and then buy a decent mech mod later on

I think, for me, the simplicity of mech mods is what draws me to them, that and the fact that most mech mods are aesthetically beautiful.

 

[Caveman]

The Noisy Cricket is a beast! Just keep that in mind. It uses 2 18650s in series (double the voltage)... the SMPL is a single 18650 tube mech so a lot less beastly. Get the SMPL first (they are ridiculously cheap). Try the EPIC or A-MOD clones and then take it from there. SMPL IMO is like the Reo of tube mechs... never gets old, indestructable and always in demand, so if you dont like it, someone will buy it from you

Many thanks for the insight. The fact that the Noisy Cricket is series is the thing that has kept me from getting it thus far. I will take your advise to heart and get me an SS SMPL to start off with. It will pair so nice with my SS Tsunami

 

[Gazzacpt]

+ 1 on the SMPL. I have 2 and they have been going for over a year. I have 6 mechs including a REO and only one regulated mod.

 

[Silver]

I use both mechanical and regulated - pretty equally
Regulated for basic workhorse vaping and when at the computer
Reo mostly on the mech side for flavour and evenings

I find they are both good and have their purpose for me.

I do love the more direct feel of the mechanical - its asif the coil is being powered directly and i do often feel the vape is a bit smoother as a result. Not a major difference but i can pick it up and i do like that.

 

[Jellytot]

thing you got to be really careful for is the positive pin of your tank, since it will be pretty much make direct contact with the battery if it is not adjusted right or not made for mech/hybrid it'll puncture the battery and it will explode. Most of the exploding mod horror stories you hear are people who used the wrong tank on a hybrid mod and fooked the battery and then are too ashamed or ignorant to admit it, so when you see the news story "my ecig just exploded, i dunno what happened durr durr"

 

[Feliks Karp]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions and help. I ended up going for a regulated mod, I really loved the idea of the mech, but ultimately just couldn't afford it and I needed to get the mod ASAP. I know there are alot of decent clones out there, but for my own reasons I would feel bad. I will save up eventually for a nice tube.