Commercial characteristics
- Sponsor having loaned the product for the magazine: My Free Cig
- Price of the tested product: 189.90 Euros
- Product category according to its selling price: Luxury (over 120 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 (parallel)
- Minimum value in Ohms resistance for a start: 0.2
Reviewer comments on business characteristics
Vicious Ant is the trade name of a Filipino moderator that vaping geeks know well, especially his creations I meant. From the Valkyrie to the Kraken, I will not list here all of the items produced by this talented craftsman, generally very beautiful, very elaborate and superbly crafted.
The box that we are going to examine together is in the same vein as the rest of the production, fortunately, because its price is also directed towards the high end. Your purchase is at this well presented price, but don't expect detailed instructions. This is a double-battery mecha box with a conceptual feature that does not allow it to appear in the simplest rank of full mechs, we will come back to this.
Physical characteristics and felt quality
- Width or Diameter of the product in mms: 22
- Product Length or Height in mms: 93
- Product weight in grams: 150
- Material constituting the product: Stainless steel, Aluminum, Copper
- Form Factor type: Classic box - VaporShark double battery type
- Style of decoration: Classic, sporty type
- Quality of decoration: Good
- Is the coating of the mod sensitive to fingerprints? No
- All components of this mod seem well assembled? Yes
- Fire button position: On the top cap
- Fire button type: Spring mechanics
- 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: 1
- Quality of the threads: Very 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: 4.2 / 5 
Reviewer's comments on physical characteristics and perceived quality
Its black appearance and grainy feel could suggest aesthetic sobriety if it were not embellished with the stylized Vicious Ant logo on a not really discreet stainless steel crest, but you will tell me that it is there to be noticed and I will agree with you. Another car racing-oriented graphics, this one, gives it a look of a glasses case, from the 70s, (1970 eh not 1870) which in my opinion has little to do with the Big Lebowski, him also, and well before this box, nicknamed The Duke.
Otherwise the object is in type T7 aluminum alloy which, by a specific treatment, predisposes the objects from which it is manufactured, of a good resistance to natural corrosion under stress, I appreciate this quality, and I understand a little better the price requested. Copper and stainless steel are also part of the game.
Its weight without the batteries is rather advantageous, barely 150g, and the dimensions it displays are correct for a double battery (44x22x93mm). The lockable switch is located on the top, its stroke is very short, and it takes all the available width, you can not miss it. Overall this box is well finished, the materials used are reliable and in their place, it is time to detail its features and characteristics.
Functional features
- Type of chipset used: None / Mechanical
- Connection type: 510
- Adjustable positive stud? Yes, through a spring.
- Lock system ? Mechanical
- Quality of the locking system: Good, the function does what it is for
- Features offered by the mod: None / Mod Méca
- Accusability: 18650
- Does the mod support stacking? No
- 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: 22
- Accuracy of the output power at full charge of the battery: Good, there is a tiny difference between the requested power and the real power
- Accuracy of the output voltage at full charge of the battery: Good, there is a tiny difference between the requested voltage and the actual voltage
Vapelier's note regarding functional characteristics: 3.3 / 5 
Reviewer's comments on functional features
To introduce the batteries in parallel only, you rotate the circular caps drilled and marked with a triangle by a quarter of a turn which indicate the locked or open position by the location of the hole (degassing vent). The connection pads are in copper and floating on springs, you will take care to use only 18650 flat top, of 30A minimum. You have come a long way when the operation is complete.
You still have to screw an ato (mini assembly recommended by the manufacturer: 0,1 ohm, we will talk about it again), to unlock the switch by releasing the aluminum strip from its stroke, and I can then certify that you are ready to go. to vape, if you have correctly loaded your juice ato beforehand, that goes without saying.
Nothing complex that would deserve a notice you will say to me, yet I still think that the latter has its usefulness, not everyone knows the vapelier to learn details that may be important, and the commercial regulations of the The EU in matters relating to electrical energy imposes consumer information, I approve of this constraint imposed on manufacturers AND distributors.
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 
Reviewer's comments on conditioning
I will not come back to the lack of instructions for use, only a drawn map instructs you in the right way to place your batteries in their slots, without further details on their desirable CDM characteristics. The box is at the height of the object, embossed with the logo of the brand and equipped with an adjoining magnetic cover, the box is perfectly protected inside by a rigid foam housing that maintains it without floating. At this price it is a minimum which I must specify that some Filipino modders, do not consider it useful to take into consideration, I am thinking of a particular atomizer which I will review shortly.
Appreciations in use
- Transport facilities with the test atomizer: Ok for an external jacket pocket (no deformations)
- Disassembly and cleaning facilities: Easy but requires a workspace
- 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? No
- Description of situations in which the product has experienced erratic behavior
Vapelier's rating in terms of ease of use: 4/5 
Reviewer's comments on the use of the product
In use, you will not be able to count on ventilation "from below" of your atomizer, the 510 connector if it is in stainless steel and equipped with a floating pin for your flush assemblies, does not have the grooves allowing this functionality. . A concentric annular groove is provided in the event of a slight leakage of juice to prevent it from spilling onto the positive contact which would then lose its conductivity.
The lock is functional, rather well integrated and discreet at the height of the switch. The positive contacts are also made of copper, and the body of the box is easily disconnected from the top cap by unscrewing 2 long screws accessible from below and housed in 2 visible holes.
When accessing the switch mechanism, you will discover a perhaps somewhat regrettable feature of the contacts between the latter and the 510 connection: it is a soldered wire which plays a role in terms of the capacity of the switch. box to work with particularly low ULR assemblies. This soldered wire will play the fuses if you go below 0,1 ohm, according to VA, and 0,2 according to our accredited electricity specialist whom you know under the pseudonym of Toff.
This is the reason for the restriction I told you about at the start of this test, this box is not considered full meca.
The positive side (yes there are) is that once the instructions are all well respected, you will be able to vape for a long time, with 2 batteries in parallel your autonomy at 0,3ohm is a quiet day, it is what I saw with the Royal Hunter while vaping copiously.
This particularity of the mechs implies that you will have to manage the remaining charge of your batteries, this supposes a good knowledge of the unregulated vape in order not to discharge them beyond 3,2V under penalty of risking no longer being able to recharge them.
But hey, we are mecha or we are not, and the feeling comes quickly, it is a degressive vape with three stages. First it's the mega foot, (10/20 hits) then it's the foot (a few hours) and finally quite suddenly it's misery, you have to change the batteries.
Recommendations for use
- Type of batteries used during the tests: 18650
- Number of batteries used during the tests: The batteries are proprietary / Not applicable
- 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? Any type of atomizer mounted between 0,2 and 1 ohm
- Description of the test configuration used: Royal Hunter mini to 0,3 ohm, 18650A 35A batteries
- Description of the ideal configuration with this product: 30A minimum battery, atos 0,5 ohm
was the product liked by the reviewer: Yes
Overall average of the Vapelier for this product: 4.1 / 5 
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The mood ticket of the reviewer
The Duke is a double battery mech box, created by Vicious Ant in aeronautical / industrial quality aluminum, for a vape of great autonomy. Not given for sure, but reliable and rather well designed, it can even seduce these ladies for its ease of use and its contained measurements. fans of mechanics will be surprised by the restriction of the resistance values of their assemblies applicable to this box, and will not be able to take advantage of vaping in full mechanics. In return, they have in hand a reliable tool, well studied, solid and which has a probable capacity to last without particular problem.
It is also an object of artisanal design, numbered, signed by a great name of the vape which therefore costs more than its industrially produced equivalent to millions of copies, I will not decide on the notion of report quality / price, even if this box seems too expensive.
In this period conducive to shared gifts, or if you want to treat yourself with a beautiful object, you know what to expect and perhaps you will even acquire a collector that will increase in value in a few years, do we ever know…
Good vape!
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