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Noisy Cricket by Wismec
Noisy Cricket by Wismec

Noisy Cricket by Wismec

    

Commercial characteristics

  • Sponsor having loaned the product for the magazine: My free-cig
  • Price of the tested product: 39.90 Euros
  • Product category according to its selling price: Entry level (from 1 to 40 euros)
  • Mod type: Mechanical without kick support possible
  • Is the mod telescopic? No
  • Maximum power: Not applicable
  • Maximum Voltage: Mechanical mod, the voltage will depend on the batteries and their type of mounting (series or parallel)
  • Minimum value in Ohms resistance for a start: Not applicable

Reviewer comments on business characteristics

Always very productive, Wismec decided, with the help of Jaybo the famous American moderator, to create a full range of mods and atos for more or less extreme vapers.

After an electronic box available in two versions that everyone has ripped out rightly, I named the Reuleaux, Wismec returns with his very personal vision of a box mechanical demonic power.

This is how the Noisy Cricket presents itself, a double battery box in series, capable of delivering 8.4v output for a price that is undoubtedly a little too attractive. Why too attractive? Because this price puts it within the reach of great beginners who can not and should not ignore a serious learning of certain electrical bases that the experts all master in order not to take any risk with this box. You don't put a Lamborghini in the hands of a youngster who got his license last week. But a Lamborghini at the price of a Dacia, it's tempting ... 

A box that would please the Agent J of Men In Black!

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Physical characteristics and felt quality

  • Width or Diameter of the product in mms: 40
  • Product Length or Height in mms: 79
  • Product weight in grams: 75
  • Material composing the product: Aluminum
  • Form Factor Type: Flange
  • Decorative style: Classic
  • Quality of decoration: Good
  • Is the coating of the mod sensitive to fingerprints? No
  • All components of this mod seem well assembled? Can do better and I'll tell you why
  • Fire button position: On the top cap
  • Fire button type: Mechanical plastic on contact rubber
  • Number of buttons making up the interface, including touch zones if they are present: 0
  • User interface button type: No other button
  • Quality of interface button (s): Not applicable interface button
  • Number of parts in the product: 3
  • Number of threads: 3
  • Quality of the threads: Good
  • Overall, do you appreciate the quality of manufacture of this product with regard to its price? Yes

Rating of the vapelier as to feelings quality: 3.6 / 5 3.6 5 out of stars

Reviewer's comments on physical characteristics and perceived quality

The Noisy is a very light box when empty, since it is built entirely in an aluminum with a brushed or black finish, which has a very pleasant grip thanks to rounded shapes on the edges and a size limited to that of the two batteries.

The switch, a mixture of plastic not very engaging and brass, is screwed directly into the box body, as well as the hybrid connection compatible 510 but with positive pin exceeding to avoid short circuits.

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To ensure perfect contact, the bottom of the box has a piece of insulating resin mounted on a rocker, surmounted by copper contacts. Clamping a battery via the switch brings up the second on the connector 510 to ensure maintenance. Very simple system but devilishly effective.

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A surprising and mixed first contact, so it seems hard to believe that this little thing is able to send so much.

Functional features

  • Type of chipset used: None / Mechanical
  • Connection type: 510
  • Adjustable positive stud? No, a flush mounting can only be guaranteed through an adjustment of the positive pad of the atomizer if this allows it.
  • Lock system ? Mechanical
  • Quality of the locking system: None
  • Features offered by the mod: None / Mod Méca
  • Accusability: 18650
  • Does the mod support stacking? Yes
  • Number of batteries supported: 2
  • Does the mod retain its configuration without batteries? Not applicable
  • Does the mod offer a recharge feature? No recharge function offered by the mod
  • Is the recharge function pass-through? No recharge function offered by the mod
  • Does the mode offer a Power Bank function? No power bank function offered by the mod
  • Does the mode offer other functions? No other function offered by the mod
  • Presence of air flow regulation? No, nothing is planned to feed an atomizer from the bottom
  • Maximum diameter in mms of compatibility with an atomizer: 30
  • Accuracy of the output power at full charge of the battery: Not applicable, it is a mechanical mod
  • Accuracy of the output voltage at full charge of the battery: Excellent, there is no difference between the requested voltage and the actual voltage

Vapelier's note regarding functional characteristics: 3 / 5 3 5 out of stars

Reviewer's comments on functional features

Who says mechanical box says simplicity, so nothing exceptional at the functional level. But it will be necessary to observe some strict rules to avoid the accident:

- Always use two perfectly identical batteries (same brand, same model) and purchased at the same time (same series) and charged in the same way.
- Always respect the direction of insertion of the batteries. If a battery is inserted positive at the top, the second must be inserted positive at the bottom.
- Always mount an atomizer with a pin protruding. A flush pine may put your box in short circuit with the result that everyone knows.
- Always check the quality of your editing and especially its value. An assembly in 0.4Ω is the minimum value for a safe assembly.

If there is any box that teaches you Ohm's Law, it's Noisy Cricket. So, if you have any doubts about your assembly, don't tempt the devil and to help you understand Ohm's law, here is a very useful little link which will give you, at given voltage and resistance, the power developed as well as the amperage requested from your batteries:
Rapidtables

As a reminder, on a series box, the voltages (in volts) are cumulated but not the currents (in Amps), unlike a parallel connection where only the amps are cumulated. For example, if I use two 30A batteries, I would get 8.4V output on a serial box (not counting the drop-volt, loss of voltage inherent in the atomizer or in the conductivity of the mod) but still 30A. On a parallel box, I would have 4.2V but 60A usable.

Evaluation of the packaging

  • Presence of a box accompanying the product: Yes
  • Would you say that the packaging is up to the price of the product? Can do better
  • Presence of a user manual? No
  • Is the manual understandable for a non-English speaker? No
  • Does the manual explain ALL features? No

Vapelier's note on packaging: 1.5 / 5 1.5 5 out of stars

Reviewer's comments on conditioning

Packaging reduced to its simplest expression. A plastic box in which will be housed your box set in a foam roll and for any manual, a very succinct explanation on the back of the box.

As much on some materials, a manual may seem superfluous, as much ... it would not have been too much.

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Appreciations in use

  • Transport facilities with the test atomizer: Ok for an inside jacket pocket (no deformations)
  • Disassembly and cleaning facilities: Easy, even standing on the street, with a simple Kleenex
  • Easy to change the batteries: Easy, even standing in the street
  • Did the mod heat up? No
  • Has there been any erratic behavior after a day of use? Yes
  • Description of situations in which the product has experienced erratic behavior
  • The switch has a tendency to hang creating missfire quite painful

Vapelier's rating in terms of ease of use: 5/5 5 5 out of stars

Reviewer's comments on the use of the product

Once the few rules included, the Noisy is a simple box of use but has a very big default, the lack of lock.

Indeed, Wismec did not see fit to install a lock on the switch. You will therefore need to systematically remove your batteries from the box before storing it in your pocket or otherwise.

If you have read the review so far, thank you already, but you will also have understood that the Noisy is not taken lightly and that it can be extremely dangerous if badly used, so not to have planned to block the switch…. You might as well play Russian roulette with a double-barreled shotgun….

Recommendations for use

  • Type of batteries used during the tests: 18650
  • Number of batteries used during the tests: 2
  • With what type of atomizer is it advisable to use this product? Dripper, Dripper Bottom Feeder, Classic fiber, In sub-ohm assembly, Genesis-type rebuildable
  • With which model of atomizer is it advisable to use this product? No rules, you go up whatever you want as long as the resistance is above 0.5ohm
  • Description of the test configuration used: several type of atomizer with different resistances.
  • Description of the ideal configuration with this product: No rules, you set what you want as long as the resistance is above 0.5ohm and the positive pin is outgoing

was the product liked by the reviewer: Yes

Overall average of the Vapelier for this product: 4.2 / 5 4.2 5 out of stars

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The mood ticket of the reviewer

You know the law of ohm on the fingertips, you made sure that your assembly is safe and that your batteries are perfectly identical and correctly loaded. You just have to fire and enjoy the raw power of Noisy Cricket.

No assembly can resist it, not even the most diesels. Big clapton and other multi-strand exotic rigs are yours. Here is what could summarize in a few words what this box is and what it is used for.

But all is not rosy in the land of crazy clouders! The absence of a "lock" is for me a monumental heresy (I have cleverly chosen this word so as not to be vulgar) and the price displayed is, for once, not expensive enough. Beginners looking for gear at the right price and in the news will certainly be tempted by such an offer, only precautions must be taken for its use that only confirmed vapers will be able to apply because knowing the risks.

Certainly, our salesmen in physical shops will be able to guide the beginners towards more adequate material but with the facility that one has today to buy on line, it may end up in inexperienced hands, and there CAUTION DANGER! Do not touch this box if you are starting !!!.

Despite these small black dots, she rox the pony, this Noisy Cricket !!

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