Fasttech takin the pish now ;)

[robby]

I`m hoping the battery pack will be available as a part, it would make perfect sense

[VapingBad]

Sept 2, 2015 10:05:36 GMT chykensa said:

How long would you expect a 2700mah 18650 last at around 150w? Certainly wouldn't be a whole day - my Sigelei 75w running at 25w needs a fresh battery after around 12 hours; not quite a whole day. If I drip at 50w you can almost see the remaining charge drop, so the battery life on this DNA isn't going to be brilliant is it?
I'm not remotely interested in this mod, but don't understand why something which requires so much power is underpowered

A very rough estimate from using watt hours, multiply the mAh by the nominal voltage of the battery and divide by a thousand to get the Wh, so for a 25R = 2500 x 3.6 / 1000 = 10 Wh.  So abs max would be 10/150 = 0.0667 h = 4 mins with say 3 s puff = (4 x 60)/3 = 80 puffs.   Real would be less due to voltage sag, battery age, ambient temp and a host of things, but it is something to go on at least.

[VapingBad]

Sept 2, 2015 10:12:14 GMT robby said:

I`m hoping the battery pack will be available as a part, it would make perfect sense

You would think they would put them up for sale at the same time it would give them a good competitive advantage as lots of us like the idea of having a spare we can take out with us.

[pyr0]

The "PRICECONTROL" or "MAP" coupons work with this one for now for $24.00 off

[decoy]

They nicked my idea of how to build a mod
Whom do I sue

[Bob]

Mine finally arrived last week, the natty little box was slightly damaged in transit via Sweden, and the battery was run right down, it came with the balance charger and a US plug adaptor/converter. I tried using a USB to charge but it was only taking 0.04A so gave up on that, luckily my Darwin Mods Squonk³ UK plug adaptor/converter fitted the balance charger so I was able to recharge the battery even though it took nearly 6 hours to complete, using the USB to recharge since then has worked flawlessly @ around 1.00A to start with, dropping off as it charges.

Would be nice to be able to buy extra battery halves, as they are so easy to just take off to recharge using the Balance Charger.

All in all a very good well made Mod, I have had no problems with it whatsoever and it performs just as well as my Woody DNA200 from @windows and the VT200 from HCigar - all tested using a Uwell Crown with Steel coil & Kanger Subtank with Ni200 coil, both with Temp Protection.

[VapingBad]

There is a battery recovery function in the DNA200 software - Device Manager - Diagnostics - Advanced that will charge a battery most chargers see as unchargable. If your battery was low Bob it is because they didn't update the firmware before sending them out and you should do so now.

[Bob]

Oct 14, 2015 12:00:30 GMT VapingBad said:

There is a battery recovery function in the DNA200 software - Device Manager - Diagnostics - Advanced that will charge a battery most chargers see as unchargable. If your battery was low Bob it is because they didn't update the firmware before sending them out and you should do so now.

VapingBad Firmware was updated as soon as I attached it to Escribe, which was while the battery was on the Balance Charger 

[phatfil]

spare hotcig batteries can be ordered from hotcig contact [e-mail]
@$20 each plus $30 dhl delivery, (vat? handling charge?? - i dunno yet only just received the email with the tracking number) possibly be upto £20 ??

[Bob]

Oct 15, 2015 8:59:32 GMT phatfil said:

spare hotcig batteries can be ordered from hotcig contact [e-mail]
@$20 each plus $30 dhl delivery, (vat? handling charge?? - i dunno yet only just received the email with the tracking number) possibly be upto £20 ??

Now available on FT for $45 shipped via Sweden : www.fasttech.com/products/0/10017728/3634200-replacement-900mah-battery-for-hotcig-d-n-a-200w

[VapingBad]

MAP code is still working on the Mod for $125 = £85, but not on the battery.

ETA I just read on another forum that FT had the battery for $23.87 yesterday! (see thread title lol) maybe there will be a code for this soon.

RMBBUST gets $2.25 off
PRICECONTROL  nothing

[phatfil]

Oct 19, 2015 12:04:57 GMT Bob said:

Oct 15, 2015 8:59:32 GMT phatfil said:

spare hotcig batteries can be ordered from hotcig contact [e-mail]
@$20 each plus $30 dhl delivery, (vat? handling charge?? - i dunno yet only just received the email with the tracking number) possibly be upto £20 ??

Now available on FT for $45 shipped via Sweden : www.fasttech.com/products/0/10017728/3634200-replacement-900mah-battery-for-hotcig-d-n-a-200w

had a £3.26 payment to make to dhl online payments and the battery including a soft velvet drawstring pouch arrived.

its engraved DX200  on the battery, and the mod slips into the bag too  

so perhaps $10 more than the FT price but delivery within a week  

its currently plugged into the mod and charging via usb as i have yet to source a quality lipo charger, as im not taking the risk of using the supplied job due to bad reviews..  

[Bob]

I used the supplied Balance Charger, just not the Adaptor as it had a US plug on it and it looked a bit cheap as well, the Balance Charger I got with my Darwin Mods Squonk³ is a Turingy 2S/3S one so I can always use that as well, I'm in no rush to get one so I ordered from FT along with another DX200 mod as well.

[phatfil]

just checked the FT battery Bob, it looks identical to the pack i received, down to the drawstring pouch...

re battery chargers im just repeating info, i am a lipo newbie so have no clue, simply choosing to err on the side of caution, while i get clued up, and ive heard no bad noises about the dna200 charging features..

[Bob]

Oct 19, 2015 17:40:52 GMT phatfil said:

just checked the FT battery Bob, it looks identical to the pack i received, down to the drawstring pouch...

re battery chargers im just repeating info, i am a lipo newbie so have no clue, simply choosing to err on the side of caution, while i get clued up, and ive heard no bad noises about the dna200 charging features..

Have a look on Hobbyking for a better Balance Charger: www.hobbyking.co.uk/hobbyking/store/__408__1__Chargers_Accessories.html I tend to look for AC/DC converters that use either a kettle or figure of eight lead so that I can change them over easily.