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Hcigar HB Mini 30w Box Mod First Looks!!

Discussion in 'General Thailand Vaping Discussion' started by -V-, Apr 10, 2015.

  1. -V-
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    -V- Thread Starter Administrator Staff Member

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    So to start off, I saw this the other month and when I saw this video and the music it just made me want to buy it:



    On the hunt for it I found it on a UK site, it was over the price I wanted to pay for it but i also didn't want to wait so for 50 pounds shipped I bought it

    Features:
    1, Adjustable Wattage, from 7W-30W.
    2, Suits resistance from 0.2ohm to 3.0ohm.
    3, Adjust Wattage: 1.2V to 9.0V.
    3, Magnetic back cover
    4, Micro USB charging port,the mod can be charged directly.
    5, Adjustable screw pin.
    6, Screen can rotate to left and right.
    7, 18650 battery , magnetic back cover

    It arrived yesterday.
    First thing was the paint job on it, terrible i thought, it's like someone had took a spray can off the shelf at Lotus and sprayed it.

    It's similar to the small Vapor Shark dna mods, screen on the bottom and such.
    I first thought this was going to have a YiHi chip in it, but finally it is its own chip from Hcigar
    But the way it works is a lot like the iStick mods, so maybe they got them to make the chip

    The 510 is not spring loaded so you need a screwdriver to adjust it
    No problem as that is the same as my Vapor Flask clone, well on this HCigar Mini it's crap, it's too loose and every time you take off your tank you have to then re adjust the 510 pin to make contact.

    The weight of it is heavy
    It's made from some heavy metal.
    The back plate is with a slide action and a magnet and works kinda well.

    Back to the paint, this won't last long, it's already started to come off on the backplate and that was just un boxing it.

    The chip works well, there is a very very very slight delay when pressing the fire button.

    Let's look at the pictures
    The box
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    What's in the box, comes with a USB charging cable.

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    The Mod, it has a raised patton on it

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    The buttons, they are ok

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    The bottom screen has a mirror finish on it but easy to see when turned on

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    Inside the back taking off the back plate which slides on with rails either sides and a magnet on the top, fits nice and doesn't move around
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    Let's turn this thing on then, nice boot up screen

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    Same kind of display as we see all the time
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    Let's up a tank on this then
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    The 510 is adjustable with a screw but it's not great, everytime I take off my Rose to re fill it and put it back on the mod the 510 pin has to be re adjusted again to make contract

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    It tells you how long you've been pressing the fire button and has a little 'pipe' things showing, kinda nice
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    I really don't like the paint finish on this mod and don't see it lasting long as you can see it's already come off on the backplate
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    The inside where the battery goes

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    I tried to get a good picture of inside but it's not easy to take apart and didn't want to break it so this is the best I could do

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    It's not that mini really, here it is next to some of my other mods

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    So how does it vape?
    - It vapes just fine, no problems with the chip so far as a wattage chip
    Also it has the same as the iStick when you click the fire button 3 times it changes to Volts, and 3 clicks back to Watts

    It is 5 clicks to turn on

    The finish is shiny and the paint i see will come off a lot over time, so maybe I will wrap it with black wrap.

    Are you happy you bought it?
    - Not really I was expecting something better myself

    That's it really, it works, it is what it is, kinda heavy to hold, but it works and has a removable 18650 and a usb charging point

    First person to start a Conversation with me and send me 1,500 THB can have it if they want

    Cheers
    V
     
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  2. judas
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    judas Lethargic Member

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    Not much luck lately with new mods V. Good decision to keep the yihi mini :)
     
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  3. Rick O-Shea

    Rick O-Shea iStick Fanboy

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    I see what you mean, it is quite ugly. The buttons look different to what I saw before too. Also I thought it was gonna be the same size as the Cloupoor Mini but it's bigger right?

    How about a buff up like Pipcon did with his VS?

    Thanks for the heads up anyway.
     
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    this does nothing for me...as I have changed to subtank minis and vaping at 15-25 watts these days I am gravitating towards dual battery mods --the istick 50w suits me fine but removable batteries are preferred--still gonna get a sx mini m class as soon as possible
     
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  5. Siam Diesel
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    Siam Diesel Nauti Moderator Staff Member

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    ^^^ oh hell yeah...what he said. ;)
     
  6. -V-
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    -V- Thread Starter Administrator Staff Member

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    Yes bigger than the Cloupor mini , not sure about taking it off completely but putting the wrap on it would work

    Apart from the paint it's ok for a wattage mod with an 18650 battery and sliding magnetic door, not worth what I paid for it but well worth 1,500 thb :wink:


    Sent from my Zero DNA 40
     
  7. Rick O-Shea

    Rick O-Shea iStick Fanboy

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    Maybe you could blag a refund due to the chipped paint?
     
  8. Dieter.
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    Maybe worth to try. At least that would give you all your money back. The painting is really bad. Sorry to hear you got disappointed again. Maybe I just should stick to silver then and avoid colours :-(
     
  9. -V-
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    -V- Thread Starter Administrator Staff Member

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    Maybe, I'll e mail them

    Yep
    Been one of them weeks I guess
    I'm sure the silver would have had the same paint job....
     

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