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The HotCig ZERO Modz Style 50W Variable Wattage APV Box Mod was sent for review by gearbest, available from www.gearbest.com/electronic-cigarettes/pp_157518.html

reduced in price recently, available now for $48.05 for the silver or wood version is currently $44.99
(the wood version doesn't have a sleeve, its all 1 piece and the battery is changed out from the bottom with a battery cap similar to the vapor flasks or sx mini that requires a coin or wide flathead screwdriver. The 510 also appears to be a different one.



Its a 50 watt device that appears to be powered by the yihi sx300 chip with 1 button for firing and getting through the menu with the use of the gravity sensor. The body is stainless steel with covers that can be changed out. The battery compartment is made of wood, and the 510 is spring loaded and made of stainless steel too.



The mod is comfortable in the hand due to the c-frame design and is quite compact but a bit wider than some other mini mods so the larger tanks and rdas will sit flush. Its quite a heavy mod however at 164g without the battery but it feels solid and theres no gaps in the body. The cover slides into place and is held on by the wooden interior with no magnets, it can be quite a tight squeeze but you can bend the cover a bit if its too tight or too loose, I found if it was loose it would also not sit flush so found it better to bend it inwards to keep it looking good. The button is a decent sized one with a ring around it and the button recessed into the ring. It has quite a loud click too it, a bit hollow sounding but it worked fine.



Theres a micro usb port for charging at the side of the mod and a screw at the bottom for creating a connection to the battery that you need to loosen when taking batteries in or out. Its a small screw so its best to just loosen it a bit rather than take it out completely or it could get lost easily. I found the battery to be easy to remove when the screw was loose but the wood inside could in theory expand at some point so its a good idea to keep the wood in good condition and maintain it occasionally.



The mod fires down from 0.2-3.5ohms, and the display has all the main details on it like the wattage, ohms both to 1dp and the voltage applied and battery charge level to 2dp. Theres also a visual battery indicator. The battery voltage seemed to be off by 0.12-0.14 volts however so a fresh battery would show up as 4.32.



To use the mod its quite simple - 5 clicks to switch on then 5 clicks to access the menu. Its also 3 clicks to lock or unlock the mod. When you enter the menu the first option is the watt adjustment that you can do by tilting it left or right. It adjusts in .1 increments and accelerates after a while too. Adjustable from 7-50 watts. Once you have the watts selected, press fire once and it'll display "EXIT ON" then tilt left or right to go back to the main screen with the newly changed wattage. If you want to turn off the mod completely click again after you see "EXIT ON" and it'll display "SYSTEM ON" then tilt left or right and it'll shut down. Another click then cycles back to the watts adjustment screen.



One thing to note is theres a small flathead screwdriver effectively built into the mod on the wooden area which is for loosening the battery screw to take it in and out. On my particular one it was very tightly placed into the mod and even some prying with another screwdriver didn't seem to help so I just used a separate screwdriver when taking the battery in or out and left it there as decoration. Also on the outside of the mod there were no logos or serial numbers to be found.



Specs:
7-50watts
8.5 x 2.6 x 4.8 cm
0.2-3.5ohms
164g
takes 1x 18650
spring loaded stainless steel 510

Pros:
Comfortable mod to hold due to the rounded cover
Small size
Feels sturdy to hold
yihi chip seems accurate
Attys sit flush, even ones with a long screw like the kayfun


Cons:
Tool required to remove battery
The cover may need to be bent inwards if its not sitting flush
Quite heavy
Only 1 button
Battery screw could get misplaced if unscrewed completely many times



Overall its a nice mod, its been out for quite a while and doesn't have all the latest features like temp control but still looks great and works well. Theres alot of versions of the zero modz clones and this seems a good one with the stainless steel cover. Theres other versions around with 3 buttons instead of 1 or with temp control and even ones with different patterns or materials as the main body but use a screw cap for the battery, so its a personal preference which one looks the best.

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I think PG was also used in hospitals in the air conditioning systems to keep germs out of the air in the past, maybe it still is now but there were some studies/articles about it at the time. Also I can't remember where but I read PG had similar disinfecting properties to alcohol too even when diluted to some extent. I think this is a good argument for being able to vape anywhere (just disinfecting the air)

Yea it seems with some of the premium juices or interesting bottles they don't seem to all have the child proof caps these days, most of the older style plastic ones did for years but there was a small amount that didn't, but maybe now theres a bit more out there, although theres been talk by politicians about the caps even before the premium bottles became popular, I'm sure that'll be one of the first things they'll want to have a standard for though.

It seems strange that you can buy bongs, pipes etc of any size but they want to impose a restriction on the hardware for 2ml tanks and "leak free" possibly hinting at cartos or something. Most of these things seem to only make sense if there was to be a pharmacy product where they want to try to have the exact same dosage etc every time, however theres loads of herbal products that don't have any pharmacy license possibly because the dosages of the active ingredient varies every time.

"The TPD does not ban new flavours in e-cigarettes and e-liquids. The TPD permits Member States to make their own rules on flavours in e-cigarettes and e-liquids, however the Department of Health has no current plans to do so."

This is a bit confusing, they're saying the TPD doesn't ban flavours which is technically true although in effect it'll mean theres way less flavours. Then it says the TPD permits the member states to make their own rules but the Department of Health has no current plans, so basically the UK won't be making their own rule on flavours which sounds like they'll be following the TPD's rule on it then rather than not making a rule at all.

The good thing though is that those who agreed with the 95% safer studies all recognise the benefits of multiple flavours being available as they are now as well as multiple devices being available for successfully switching over which means if anything implemented causes that to change then they'll not agree with those changes at all. Others who want to lead to a clamp down on flavours and only basic devices being available don't seem to understand how it works and whats needed for people to quit or they know it and then actually want the outcome to not be an effective product/products.

Looks like its using the same screen as the isticks, but it has ss temp control too, maybe the same ss temp control as the evic mini, would have been good to use the eivc's larger screen though. At least having 3 batteries means it can get to 200 watts without pushing the batteries as hard as the dual 18650 ones.

I wonder if this battery would b good to use, it says 5200mah with 20a continuous www.orbtronic.com/26650-5200mAh-IMR-Li-ion-battery-orbtronic
No idea whats under the wrapper though, i've not really seen any sony, samsung, lg or panasonic 26650 batteries around these days tho I did read that sony or panasonic had one with good specs that was hard to find. Theres some MNKE ones that seem good too but around 4000mah also theres a few efests around with decent sounding specs.