Hybrid mod?

[tim]

What qualifies as a hybrid? Just to let us newbies know.....

[phtumshk]

i would say 1 where the 510 pos of the atty makes direct contact with the pos terminal of the battery.
Like a 4nine with a suitable atty would be 1 i suppose.

[Get Off My Cloud]

what he said but to add to the confusion there are two types of hybrid mod one has a top cap which just has a hole where any atty with a 510 pin can be used providing it has a protrudiding positive pin like the 4nine.


Then there is another type like the Neptune which i have where the base of the atty has a connection which screws directly into the mod.


Either way the atty is contacting the battery directly to reduce voltage drop.

[VapingBad]

Both right ^^^

Originally they were all in one mech mods, but now people use the term for battery tubes where the atty positive connects directly to the battery. Sort of a half-way to the original (no 510 at all), but language changes and that's what most people mean by hybrid now.

[decoy]

could at a push include the egrip as the atty is built in to the mod
but it is the norm for it to be a batt tube with the atty built in to the top

[lairey]

Just to remind everyone - make sure you are using a suitable atty if you are using a hybrid. I had a customer the other day who handed me his SMPL and asked me why it was getting so hot - he had an Atlantis on it. Luckily he had disassembled it in time to prevent the battery venting, but the battery was FUBARed!

[sydsut]

Aug 30, 2015 9:39:39 GMT lairey said:

Just to remind everyone - make sure you are using a suitable atty if you are using a hybrid. I had a customer the other day who handed me his SMPL and asked me why it was getting so hot - he had an Atlantis on it. Luckily he had disassembled it in time to prevent the battery venting, but the battery was FUBARed!

That's worrying lairey  as where there's one there are sure to be more taking their life in their hands. 

[tim]

This needs to be put in the newbies section. There is a lot of confusion about what is a hybrid. I asked the question to solve a debate,....... and I was wrong . I thought it was just tube mechs with the direct battery connection.

[igual]

Come across a couple peeps trying to use kanger subtank on a hybrid mod as well big noo noo due to lack of protruding posi pin.
Out of all tanks and drippers I have only 3 are really sutible for a hybrid mod.
Baal dripper, Kennedy dripper and lemo drop

[enjay]

Aug 30, 2015 22:09:44 GMT tim said:

This needs to be put in the newbies section. There is a lot of confusion about what is a hybrid. I asked the question to solve a debate,....... and I was wrong . I thought it was just tube mechs with the direct battery connection.

And you're right, it's the only thing that I've ever come across being referred to as a hybrid. Where the battery makes direct contact with the atty pin. Others are just mech mods but never get called hybrids, no idea why they would be. They have something between the atty positive and the battery.

All you need to do with a hybrid is screw the atty to the top cap/plate part and check the positive pin sticks out clear so there's nop chance the batteries positive end can touch the top cap/plate. When removing the atty you always remove the switch/button end first too so there's no risk of the battery shorting out.

Typical hybrid top cap



Atty pin protruding as it should




If that pin doesn't stick out clear then it's a definite no no

[beedee]

I thought a hybrid was a variable mod that could also be put into Mech mode, so I've learned something new...

[tim]

Aug 31, 2015 0:55:21 GMT enjay said:

Aug 30, 2015 22:09:44 GMT tim said:

This needs to be put in the newbies section. There is a lot of confusion about what is a hybrid. I asked the question to solve a debate,....... and I was wrong . I thought it was just tube mechs with the direct battery connection.

And you're right, it's the only thing that I've ever come across being referred to as a hybrid. Where the battery makes direct contact with the atty pin. Others are just mech mods but never get called hybrids, no idea why they would be. They have something between the atty positive and the battery.

All you need to do with a hybrid is screw the atty to the top cap/plate part and check the positive pin sticks out clear so there's nop chance the batteries positive end can touch the top cap/plate. When removing the atty you always remove the switch/button end first too so there's no risk of the battery shorting out.

Typical hybrid top cap



Atty pin protruding as it should




If that pin doesn't stick out clear then it's a definite no no

Oh! That's what I said, but got told I was a noob, and didn't know what I was talking about. Never mind. As long as people know what actually is a hybrid, I don't mind if they treat anything else the same. At least they are safe.

[Deleted]

A tube mech has the 510 connector so that any atty can be used on top. A hybrid is also a mech but has an atty that can only be screwed into its respective battery tube. A hybrid top cap allows you to turn a mech into a hybrid style. A tube mech like the SMPL or 4nine is not a true hybrid they're hybrid 'style' mechs. That's it. Like lairey said you have to have an atty with a protruding 510 contact pin to use it on hybrid style mech or you will create a dead short which is not a pleasant experience.

[VapingBad]

Tube mods with no centre pin is a new definition, it always used to be all in one mods like these.

25 Oct 2013