HCigar VT DNA 200. First impressions

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Wow! 

What at can I say, build quality on par with the SXMini M Class ( without the paint issue) and a lot smaller than I thought. Slightly taller than the VT 40 and a little wider, feels solid in the hand and weigh's in at 209 g.

Value for money? Excellent in my  opinion. Hooked upto Escribe and battery charging at the moment, also getting the hang of the different settings etc, plus the ability to actually watch the charge process ( and save it if required) is pretty impressive. 

My advice is if your on the fence as to which to go for I would say this or the Lost Vapes Efusion in a couple of weeks, great to see some Chinese Manufactuers coming out with good quality mods, at a very good price. 

[Skwoddy]

I'm all over the blue version of this like white on rice when its readily available!!

Thanks for the first impressions!


Baz

[letsavit]

Looks good..yes I agree lost vape and Hcigar are smashing the midrange/luxury mod market recently.

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Only slight future issue could be the Brass 510, but I guess that will be down to the quality of the Brass, and ham fisted vaper's it didn't faze me as I have a few Chinese mods with Brass 510 and never had an issue.

[ibalders]

Well that is one happy customer, hope I'm going to be one soon when my silver one arrives :)

[Deleted]

Far exceeded my expectations, I think you will be more than happy.

[ibalders]

Sept 11, 2015 15:03:08 GMT car147 said:

Far exceeded my expectations, I think you will be more than happy.

Thanks I'm sure I will be, just have to wait now until my TC wire arrives before I can start playing with it properly :)

[reefcat]

I shall be stalking postie next week

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Right, a wee heads up. having used Lipo's for a good few years and have a dedicated balance charger the plan was to swap batteries out for recharging (please only do this if you know what your doing) and the first issue raised its head,it may just have been mine but there's four allen screw headed screws that attach the battery body together, the two bottom ones were fine, but the top seemed as if they had loctite or something on them as they were a real struggle to slacken off, so be careful as they will round pretty easily imo.

The other issue i found once getting to the battery is it seems to be a one off, the Turnigy pack i had as a spare (or so i thought) is far to big to fit so i will have to do some searching but i have a sneaky suspicion this battery is produced for this mod alone, hence i think the £24 price tag for a spare where as the Turnigy 1300mah 3's was £7 from Hobbyking UK.

Also be very careful when putting the mod back together as if you don't get the alignment right you cannot get the cover to close properly and will cause damage.

So in hindsight if you have any doubts on your ability, best leave well alone and just charge through the mini USB

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Ps I made a mistake on the battery price, thats for the Lost Vapes Efusion, as of yet i have not seen a spare pack on sale for the HCigar VT200.

[peter12]

Sept 11, 2015 11:25:15 GMT Skwoddy said:

I'm all over the blue version of this like white on rice when its readily available!!

Thanks for the first impressions!


Baz

Like blue on a ... blue man group (all I could come up with lol)

[gm111]

Sept 11, 2015 18:23:48 GMT car147 said:

Ps I made a mistake on the battery price, thats for the Lost Vapes Efusion, as of yet i have not seen a spare pack on sale for the HCigar VT200.

Was going too say wheres this battery pack your on about, the spare efusion is a maxamps I believe which are expensive battery's. What's the dims on the vt200 battery?

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Bloody forgot to take them earlier, here you go.

Length 65mm depth 20mm height 30mm, now i have searched Hobbyking for a 1300mah 3's pack with those dimensions and theres nothing at that rating. to get a pack in those dimensions your having to drop the capacity to 900-950mah , hence my thinking its a pack just for this mod (labelled HCigar on pack)

Either that or its not 1300mah.

[phatfil]

Sept 11, 2015 20:37:27 GMT car147 said:

Bloody forgot to take them earlier, here you go.

Length 65mm depth 20mm height 30mm, now i have searched Hobbyking for a 1300mah 3's pack with those dimensions and theres nothing at that rating. to get a pack in those dimensions your having to drop the capacity to 900-950mah , hence my thinking its a pack just for this mod (labelled HCigar on pack)

Either that or its not 1300mah.

have u checked the list linked to in the dna200 resources thread? allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/56118/dna200-build-resources

[ibalders]

From what I've read else where, the battery pack was specially made for Hcigar, I can't confirm that this is true but Hcigar has also stated that they will have spare battery packs ready in late October to November.