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X-Drip Squonk Box Mod by Aleader-Tech
X-Drip Squonk Box Mod by Aleader-Tech

X-Drip Squonk Box Mod by Aleader-Tech

Commercial characteristics

  • Sponsor having loaned the product for the magazine: The Little Vapoteur
  • Price of the tested product: 69.00 Euros
  • Product category according to its selling price: Mid-range (from 41 to 80 euros)
  • Mod type: Mechanical Bottom Feeder
  • 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

The Bottom Feeder has the wind in its sails, there are more and more boxing models planned for this practice. Aleader-Tech is a specialist in the work of stabilized resin. Indeed, one finds in its catalog many references of boxs mecha or electro as well as original drip-tip made in this matter.

The product of the day, which we will call the X-Drip for short, is a box whose body is entirely made in this material. It is a very compact box, powered by a single battery 18650 and has a flexible PET bottle of 7ml.

Proposed at a price of 69 euros, what to think of this box very basic from the technological point of view? Personally, I'm not the biggest fan of resin and, to be honest, I'm a bit skeptical about this tariff positioning. But let's stay professional and move on after this test.

Physical characteristics and felt quality

  • Width or Diameter of the product in mm: 25
  • Product Length or Height in mm: 78
  • Product weight in grams: 110
  • Material composing the product: Stainless steel, Brass, stabilized resin
  • 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: 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: 2
  • 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 / 5 4 5 out of stars

Reviewer's comments on physical characteristics and perceived quality

The X-Drip is a rather compact box, whose body is entirely made of stabilized resin. This allows it to be very light and, in addition, it also means that each box is unique, since the color and its nuances are exclusively the result of chance. The model I have shows shades of blue and purple, but you cannot really be sure about this until you receive your copy.

The design is quite simple, a paver with soft edges, equipped with a stainless 510 pin, a gold metal switch and a small wheel, also gold, 2 cm lower.

On the removable front, an ovoid-shaped hole lets you see the flexible PET bottle (at first glance, I would have said silicone, but the sites that sell it claim that it is indeed PET).

The shape is basic, but it will be noted that the edges have been worked to provide better comfort. On one side, there is a deep hot-stamped engraving with the brand's logo.

The material is rather pleasant to the touch. It's never cold, it's very soft for a successful grip in terms of tactile sensations.

The fire button is in place, it falls perfectly under the finger and is rather firm, but we will talk about it later.

Overall, this little box is very well done. The work is clean and, even if it is very basic in its design, certain small physical elements come to enrich it in a not insignificant way.

Functional features

  • Type of chipset used: None / Mechanical
  • Connection type: 510, Ego - via adapter
  • Adjustable positive stud? Yes, through a spring.
  • Lock system ? No
  • Quality of the locking system: None
  • Features offered by the mod: None / Mod Méca
  • Accusability: 18650
  • Does the mod support stacking? No
  • Number of batteries supported: 1
  • 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? Yes
  • Maximum diameter in mms of compatibility with an atomizer: 25
  • 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: Good, there is a tiny difference between the requested voltage and the actual voltage

Vapelier's note regarding functional characteristics: 3.8 / 5 3.8 5 out of stars

Reviewer's comments on functional features

It is a mechanical box in its purest form. The system is at a very basic level. A beautiful brass blade that runs on almost half of the case will act as the main conductor to support the switch.

A positive pin, spring loaded all the same, equipped with a brass tube responsible for making contact and conveying the juice to the dripper, is inserted into the 510 connector. Finally, a thinner brass blade, connected to the pin , serves as a positive terminal.

The system is very simple, which also makes it very reliable.

The 7 ml bottle is (it seems) in flexible PET, even if I personally hesitate as the material seems close to silicone. It is fitted with a metal unscrewable crimping plug. It is equipped with a flexible plastic tube which fits onto the hollow tube of the positive pin. It is actuated by pressing the finger through the small oval opening. Here too, we are in the super simple. The whole is generally satisfactory even if there is no revolution for the moment in the topography of the box.

The only small originality is at the level of the small wheel. The latter is connected to a washer by a thread which pierces the large blade. By unscrewing it, you increase the flexibility of the switch and vice versa, it's rudimentary but it works pretty well.

The only big lack, in my opinion, is a locking system. This box is compact, therefore intended to be slipped into pockets, so it seems to me that we should logically find one. For safe transport, you will only have the option of removing the battery…. Pity.

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? Yes
  • Is the manual understandable for a non-English speaker? No
  • Does the manual explain ALL features? No

Vapelier's note on packaging: 2.5 / 5 2.5 5 out of stars

Reviewer's comments on conditioning

Our little bottom feeder comes to us in a rather ordinary transparent plastic box, dressed in a simplistic sheath in black and white shades. It's a little sober, even off the wall compared to the rather fun side of the colors of the box.

The instructions, we do not talk about it, we will get angry ... two small diagrams with the “beep” and a vague description and then that's it. No warnings, precautions for use, no information on the possible limits of the components. However basic they are, they inevitably have limits that it would have been good to indicate.

In view of the price of this so simple box, which has neither electronics, nor materials involving high production costs, we would be entitled to have better. We could have found a bonus bottle for example… the packaging is a bit tight.

Appreciations in use

  • Transport facilities with the test atomizer: Ok for an inside 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: 4.5/5 4.5 5 out of stars

Reviewer's comments on the use of the product

For starters, the box is light and compact, which makes it very convenient for mobile use.

The 7ml bottle offers adequate autonomy. As for the single battery in 18650, it will be necessary to be reasonable on the assemblies and the values ​​of resistances if one wants, on the one hand, to ensure its safety, while keeping a correct energy autonomy.

Replacing the battery is simple thanks to the removable magnetic panel which also gives you access to the bottle.

The bottle, let's talk about it. The latter is really not at the top. Okay, it deserves a good point for its accessibility but it's still hard to pull off. Indeed, the plunging plastic tube gripping very strongly on the brass tube, we must therefore extract the bottle leaving the tube in place. If you pull by the bottle itself, then the crimp will not hold and the cap will stay on the tube. It must therefore be pulled by the stopper, the only manipulation which ensures the success of the extraction, which is therefore less easy. To be in optimal conditions, it is almost necessary to remove the battery.

A box that does the job, but who would have, I think, deserved a bottle and a cork of better quality.

Recommendations for use

  • Type of batteries used during the tests: 18650
  • Number of batteries used during the tests: 1
  • With what type of atomizer is it advisable to use this product? Dripper Bottom Feeder
  • With which model of atomizer is it advisable to use this product? pref monocoil bottom feeder dripper
  • Description of the test configuration used: skywalker single coil at 0.35
  • Description of the ideal configuration with this product: I would see it well with a Pulse from Vandy Vape

was the product liked by the reviewer: Bof, it's not the craze

Overall average of the Vapelier for this product: 3.7 / 5 3.7 5 out of stars

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The mood ticket of the reviewer

The box is very well done. The finish is exemplary, the design is less basic than one might think and, ultimately, this material both light and resistant makes it a very good product for mobile use.

The mechanical part is simple and efficient, only the tandem bottle / tube could have been better bill.

So, in the end, this box is objectively a good product.

There remains the price of 69 € which I find a bit high. As the case is obtained by molding, I doubt that the production costs are very high, especially in China. In addition, the finishes do not require specific work since the material used itself gives the color to the box according to the color mixes. So I ask myself the following question: “doesn't the plastic box cost a little?”.

I might be on the wrong track, I admit, but I find it hard to think that the price quite reflects the intrinsic value of the product but rather seems to be largely influenced by the pro-BF fashion hitting the market. vaping world. 

If we add to this a basic packaging, devoid of spare bottle and just useless instructions, the bitterness cup still fills up a little.

I'm probably a little tough and I remain convinced that this little box can make people happy thanks to its funny face and its rustic but effective “technology”. Alas, deprived of locking whereas it seems cut out for nomadism and offering itself at an overvalued rate in my opinion, it struggles to convince 100%.

On this, good vape

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Present since the beginning of the adventure I do in the juice and stuff always keeping in mind that we all started a day. I always put myself in the skin of the consumer by carefully avoiding not falling into the geek attitude.