I have a Topbox Nano. I was excited that it offered Temp Control for Ni and Ti and 60W seemed like enough power for a newb. I’m a tinkerer, so I get caught up with modifying anything, so lotsa features=exciting. I would say you get what you pay for, and I got a pretty good retail Vape shop over-the-counter deal with an Internet bargain price. I’m using it this second.
Immediately fascinated with coil choices (SSOCC) as there were 3 in the Starter Kit. Around the release date (Topbox) Youtube reviews were incorrectly stating that one of the coils contained in the kit was a titanium coil, as did the Retailer when they sold me (it was the first week of release) Unsure if the hype/miscommunication was intentional …or just allowed to be repeated.
One of the things Kanger doesn’t have is a Community like ELR. Shortly after when I went for coils I asked for some Ti SSOCC and was informed there weren’t any, and that Kanger has stated the had no intentions to ever make them.
So no Community info sharing …only vague rumours from Retailers? …uncool. So being the obsessive tinker I went on my little titanium (coil) quest. I was stuck on the Ni coils in TC mode which I like very much performance-wise, but all the SSOCC coil’s performance fails over days of mediocrity. The first 3 days are great, the next 3 days are average …and death comes swiftly at the least opportune time. Like getting 2 blocks from home on your long commute to work [tiny tear emoji].
So they give a device a Ti mode setting with no intention of having factory coils? I may have found out why. I bought several types of Ti wire and used older block-head type Kanger coils which come apart easily, I successfully built maybe 10 different configurations, half of which were on dual coil capable dripper platform. I even rebuilt one SSOCC vertical coil with titanium wire.
I am electronically capable and have more soldering irons and guns than vape box mods. I understand the nature and risks of Ti coil building and super-low sub-ohming …spaced coils …tight coils …horizontal. I tried them all. My unscientific opinion is my little TopBox Nano has an LED screen that says Ti, but it doesn’t have the proper computer chip to sense temp and regulate voltage with (various grades/alloys of!) Ti wire.
…best description? SpAzMoDiC~ No wonder they don’t sell Ti-based coils for their marketed-as-Ti-capable KBox Nano. Even though my device said there was .15-.25 Ohms, all attempts ran about the same. Hot.as.F*ck even at the lowest temp setting. When my battery started heating up quickly and consistently (no matter what platform), that inner-tinkerer became my inner-OSHA inspector and I (kinda) threw in the towel.
Now I know that you folks who have been doing this longer know how this ends …I spend money, but the thread topic is “Thoughts on Kangertech?” I mean if they actually tested this in the lab and said “Yeah sweet this model can handle Ti coils” why wouldn’t they publish that information (%grade/alloy?) or get it out to Customers somehow? …or just sell the wire? “…rhetorical question” he said as he puffed on his Tobeco Velocity/Kanthal/Kbox
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