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WYE 200W by Tesla
WYE 200W by Tesla

WYE 200W by Tesla

Commercial characteristics

  • Sponsor having loaned the product for the magazine: Wholesaler Francochine 
  • Price of the tested product: 59.90 Euros
  • Product category according to its selling price: Mid-range (from 41 to 80 euros)
  • Mod type: Variable power electronics and temperature control
  • Is the mod telescopic? No
  • Maximum power: 200 watts
  • Maximum voltage: 8.5
  • Minimum value in Ohms resistance for a start: Less than 0.1

Reviewer comments on business characteristics

Tesla (Teslacigs) is a well-known Chinese manufacturer and we owe him major achievements that have had a large commercial impact, such as the Invader 3 which was able to do battle with American boxes regulated in variable voltage or the Nano 120, chief of industrial work of Steampunk. And this only concerns fairly recent references since we could go back much further, the brand having already proven its worth by supporting the development of the vape for a long time.

The brand is therefore offering us at the moment a new sensation which could well be a game-changer in the current trend. Knowing that pure electronic progress has reached a certain maturity and that the novelties in the field are not legion, Tesla therefore worked on the use of new materials in the vape and offers us an ABS box, accommodating two 18650 batteries and delivering 200W. The process is confusing, we are used to aluminum or zinc alloys, but the avowed goal is to provide a box of great lightness, a parameter that is always appreciable, especially when going to work, in holidays or even, why not, in survival training without wanting to sacrifice your vaping comfort! 

Two batteries therefore a greater autonomy than the simple “light” batteries on the market, a featherweight, 200W under the foot? It's starting to talk… and it's not over.

Physical characteristics and felt quality

  • Width or Diameter of the product in mm: 42
  • Product Length or Height in mm: 82
  • Product weight in grams: 157.2
  • Material composing the product: ABS
  • Form Factor Type: Classic Box - VaporShark type
  • 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? Yes
  • Fire button position: Lateral near 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: 2
  • Type of user interface buttons: Mechanical plastic on contact rubber
  • Quality of the interface button (s): Very good, the button is responsive and does not make any noise
  • Number of parts in the product: 2
  • Number of threads: 1
  • 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: 4.1 / 5 4.1 5 out of stars

Reviewer's comments on physical characteristics and perceived quality

So let's take a tour of the owner. The box is presented in a roughly parallelepipedic form and will not disturb those who are used to Minikin, Boxer and other achievements of the same form-factor. Not very high and therefore quite wide, the WYE can accommodate atomizers up to 25mm. Beyond that, the edge of the car will no longer be flush with the front of the mod. Handling is natural and, since the box has no protruding edges, it will quickly find its place in the most diverse palms. 

The weight is therefore very reduced and I propose to illustrate it with a meaningful comparison. Indeed, the WYE equipped with its two batteries weighs a weight appreciably equal to that of a Pico with a single battery and less than that of a VTC Mini, with a single battery again. Suffice to say that the lightness of the object surprises even when you expect it. The material used, ABS, is the same as that used on car bumpers or gun stocks. We can therefore see in it a guarantee of solidity that has been observed many times. In addition, ABS is perfectly resistant to heat and conducts very little, an interesting advantage on a box that still draws 200W from the bowels of its chipset. This plastic derivative molds perfectly, which makes it possible to approach very rounded shapes, which is the case here.

If you are suspicious like I am, you will probably tell yourself that it is “just plastic” and that it can break or melt or whatever is definitive for the future of your box. But, in any case, this is not the case, I was able to carry out a crash-test in order and I can affirm that the box is of a beautiful solidity to the shocks, that it easily takes the 200W it sends out, even over a long period of time. In short, it is quite ready to do its job. 

The WYE is available in many colors and the choice of the manufacturer fell on a rather fun finish, typed “zombie-box”, which will please or displease but will not leave you indifferent. The brand name is molded on the side of the mod and the box benefits from numerous vents to cool the chipset on the front face and others directly from the battery hatch to help them degas without nuisance in the event of a problem. level of the positive and negative poles of the batteries. There is also a window in the open air which lets you see the bowels of the box and which will work for the same purpose.

Connection 510 does not call for any particular comments. It has a positive pin mounted on a spring and grooves to convey air if you are one of the last to use atomizers which feed on it by the connection.

To be completely exhaustive, I will add that the gripping of the object is facilitated by a very pleasant texture of the material, soft and similar to certain coatings that we already know on other boxes and that this rather sensual contact is completed. wonderfully with weight loss for very fair ergonomics in this area. The manual also mentions polycarbonate but, in any case, I only see it for the screen glass ... A screen also very readable and where all the important information is included.

The switch as well as the interface buttons are very pleasant to use and are responsive, precise and well finished. No movement in their respective housings, their stroke is quite short and the round switch is particularly pleasant to handle with a slight but present click which provides audible information on the firing. The [+] and [-] buttons share the same bar but their mechanical action is sufficiently spaced so as not to be mistaken.

Functional features

  • Type of chipset used: Owner
  • Connection type: 510
  • Adjustable positive stud? Yes, through a spring.
  • Lock system ? Electronic
  • Quality of the locking system: Good, the function does what it is for
  • Features offered by the mod: Display of the charge of the batteries, Display of the resistance value, Protection against short circuits from the atomizer, Protection against reverse polarity of the batteries, Display of the current vape voltage , Display of the power of the current vape, Temperature control of the atomizer resistors, Support the update of its firmware, Clear diagnostic messages
  • Accusability: 18650
  • Does the mod support stacking? No
  • Number of batteries supported: 2
  • Does the mod retain its configuration without batteries? Yes
  • Does the mod offer a recharge feature? Charging function possible via Micro-USB
  • Is the recharge function pass-through? Yes
  • 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? Yes
  • Maximum diameter in mms of compatibility with an atomizer: 25
  • 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: 4.3 / 5 4.3 5 out of stars

Reviewer's comments on functional features

No revolution in this chapter but an enumeration à la Prévert of everything that constitutes the usual functionalities of current boxes. Tesla has worked well in this direction by offering a classic variable power mode, full temperature control and a “Taste” mode, well known today, which allows the signal strength to be bent according to three presets: “Norm” “Soft” and “Hard” or create your own power output curve using the programmable “User” preset. The usefulness of this module has been demonstrated and makes it possible to wake up a slightly diesel assembly or, on the contrary, to start a smooth puff on a nervous assembly without risking untimely dry-hits.

The variable power mode (here called Kanthal mode!?!) Accompanies you on a scale from 7 to 200W, which is incremented in 0.5W steps, which is good news for those who, like me, never vape at 33,2W or 105.9W but more readily settle on whole numbers or x.5 and are fed up with waiting 10 years for the [+] button to do its job! A big plus in terms of saving time and a better correspondence, in my humble opinion, with the concrete habits of vapers.

The temperature control mode is complete and admits SS316, titanium and Ni200 as resistive. Of course, the brand has implemented a TCR mode that will allow you to adjust the heating coefficient yourself, which will open the doors to all possible resistives, from nichrome to SS304, gold, silver and even kryptonite if you can find its coefficient on Earth.

The WYE also allows you to memorize three profiles according to the atomizers you use and your settings. Thus, it is easy for you to recover your settings by recalling one of the three proposed memory allocations.

The output current being 45A, I can only advise you to use batteries with a high maximum discharge current if you wish to take advantage of the possible scale of resistances which goes from 0.05Ω to 1Ω for the control mode. temperature and from 0.1Ω to 3Ω for the variable power mode. 

All the protections generally available are included in the proprietary chipset and you can vape without risk: ten second cut-off, checking for the presence of an ato, protection against low voltages, short circuits, against bad installation of the batteries and against overheating of the chipset. Everything is there to vape quietly and without qualms.

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? Yes
  • Presence of a user manual? Yes
  • Is the manual understandable for a non-English speaker? Yes
  • Does the manual explain ALL features? Yes

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

Reviewer's comments on conditioning

The packaging is basic but well suited to the price segment of the WYE. A white cardboard box carries the box, a rather pretty braided plastic USB / micro USB cable, the usual pieces of paper for the certification and use of compliant batteries and a manual.

The manual is multilingual, she speaks French, among other things, with a slight Chinese accent and a few mistakes, but remains completely understandable. This trend is now spreading and that's good, France is still one of the great countries of the vape. In any case, you will be accompanied during the learning of the manipulations and it is always appreciable.

Appreciations in use

  • Transport facilities with the test atomizer: Ok for a Jean side pocket (no discomfort)
  • Disassembly and cleaning facilities: Super simple, even blind in the dark!
  • Easy to change the batteries: Super simple, even blind in the dark!
  • 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: 5/5 5 5 out of stars

Reviewer's comments on the use of the product

The pleasure is great to carry around in the street with such a light mod! Having a deep affection for double-battery mods (horror of breaking down!), I admit that the WYE will undoubtedly become my traveling companion because its weight / size ratio is so easy to use. In the hand or standing on a table, the mod stands wonderfully and its softness is an additional argument to appreciate it on a daily basis.

We also find this facility in the ergonomics of the box, easy to understand and use. Actions as obvious as changing the batteries, charging vertically thanks to the well-placed charging port or making adjustments on the fly are extremely simple and it really plays on the user-friendly aspect of the box.

The rendering is in unison. The vape is generous, available without latency regardless of the desired power and we obtain a good compromise between flavor precision and compactness, which tends to demonstrate that the calculation algorithms have been well worked out. The various programmable steps are effective and there are real differences between the different modes, which is not always the case. As for the temperature control mode, it is efficient, refrains from too marked “pumping” effects (if you have set it correctly, of course) and remains stable with any type of resistive.

In short, the WYE does its job wonderfully and Tesla has perfectly integrated the ergonomic aspect with that of the rendering. 

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, Classic fiber, Sub-ohm assembly, Genesis-type rebuildable
  • With which model of atomizer is it advisable to use this product? A good dripper
  • Description of the test configuration used: Kayfun V5, Mage RDA
  • Description of the ideal configuration with this product: The one that suits you best

was the product liked by the reviewer: Yes

Overall average of the Vapelier for this product: 4.6 / 5 4.6 5 out of stars

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The mood ticket of the reviewer

We have here a box that could be the hit of the summer! 

Precise, light, complete and inexpensive, it combines the autonomy and power of the two batteries with ease of transport and use which is a real pleasant surprise. Difficult to fault, it could well land in many hands, provided you fall for its atypical look and its fun colors. 

Moreover, I am whispered in my ear that this box is making a commercial hit. No doubt this is due to a very low rate which adds additional interest to the balance. In my opinion, there is enough of it to radically tip this one on the right side and that's why I have no qualms about giving it a Top Mod.

Achievements like these are likely to make one think that, in terms of pure rendering, the High-End has to worry about if boxes of this kind become generalized, which seems to be the case. Because, in all good faith, these new chipsets have less and less to envy the most famous of them. 

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About the Author

59 years old, 32 years of cigarettes, 12 years of vaping and happier than ever! I live in Gironde, I have four children of whom I am gaga and I like roast chicken, Pessac-Léognan, good e-liquids and I am a vape geek who takes responsibility!