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  1. Evolv, will you survive?

    in General Discussion

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    I sincerely hope you are not lumping me in that category Mikhail! I would find it very insulting.


    Revised for todays distribution:

    I am a 57 year old middle class VOTER.

    I was addicted to tobacco most of my life. I firmly believe that switching to ecigs has extended my life by years. Not only does scientific research show that it is 95% less harmful, but my own body (& my physician) tells me that it is less harmful.

    Please see the scientific proof here:
    https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/file/3563/download?token=uV0R0Twz

    Now, through regulation, the FDA is making it much easier to buy tobacco than to obtain a satisfying ecig that works.

    I urge you to support the
    H.R.2058 - FDA Deeming Authority Clarification Act of 2015

    Products that existed before the February 2007 "predicate date" simply did not work, where current generation products DO work. As a result I have been tobacco free for 3.5 years. Please allow me the legal means to stay off of tobacco!

    I vote, and I will support politicians who support my right to "harm reduction".

    Sincerely,
    Mike Petro

  3. Evolv, will you survive?

    in General Discussion

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    black lace said:

    it may make the mesh in the net a little tighter to prevent cloners slipping through, but to design and produce a product goes way over, this is why you see the leading chinese market names using this product in their device.


    It will put virtually all Mom  & Pop shops out of the ejuice mixing business, which is currently their livelihood. They cant afford these fees.

    Also, it will put small, custom craft Modders, like myself, out of business. I cant afford a $330k fee just to sell a couple hundred mods, even if Evolv supplies a "Masterfile".

  4. DNA200 now has higher output voltage with 4-25 firmware.

    in EScribe, Software and Firmware

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    There was only 1 version that included a FW update for the DNA200, that was version 1.0.49 (dated 4/25/16) and it accidentally got leaked here (then pulled). It was intended for "beta testers" only.

    There is NOT any "release version" of new DNA200 FW at the time of this posting.

    If you ever installed 1.0.49 (dated 4/25/16) then the FW will still be in your folder, even though you have upgraded to 1.0.56 or whatever.
    The newer versions dont include DNA200 FW, but they dont delete the old ones either.

    If you run this 1.0.49 FW (dated 4/25/16) and your DNA200 dies, dont say you weren't warned!!!!

    If you are running it, I would recommend rolling back to a previous version!

  5. DNA200 now has higher output voltage with 4-25 firmware.

    in EScribe, Software and Firmware

    Posted

    MikeTheVapeDude said:

    Just thought I'd mention this. My mods are now going up past 9V. My current build maxes it out at 9.2V at 200W and I haven't built anything a little higher to see if it goes past this, but, evidently 9V isn't the max output voltage anymore.



    Be cautious with that firmware. There have been several reports of DNA200s dying a couple hours after being flashed to the leaked firmware. Mine was one of them!

  6. Evolv, will you survive?

    in General Discussion

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    black lace said:

    Made in america and nothing hidden and well maintained has a lot going for it. there has been an incredible amount of flooding of the marked of substandard products over the past two years, a certain amount of policing should be welcome. a legit company regarding anything has to carry the burdon of working allongside regulators in order to thrive.



    $330k+ and 1700 man-hours "per product" is an undue burden. Only multi-million $ corporations can shoulder that.

  17. vaporshark dna 200 dead already

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    DILLIGAF said:

    My VS DNA200 is now dead as well.  I can't beleive that would like something this bad out the door.  I will now go through their help desk, and get a new board (assuming that is the issue).  I am glad I am not the only one that is facing this issue though.   I also find it interesting that not 1 person from evolv has replied to this thread, and told anyone what the issue might be.



    Honestly, I would think it would be Vaporshark's place to comment, not Evolv's. 

  20. Board problem

    in Connectors, Components, and Accessories

    Posted

    I had a similar issue on one of mine. I dropped the Mod and one of those "inductors" fell off. My suggestion is to get an RMA from Evolv and let them fix it.

    Of course if you have the capability of soldering it yourself, go for it.

    As to what damage it could ultimately cause, I dont know. I suspect it might be more of an issue at higher wattage.  I know mine appeared to work to with one inductor missing. However, it is there for a reason, if it only needed one inductor I am sure Evov would have saved the money and board real estate.

  22. Let's see your 200's!

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    black lace said:

    Which fire button do you like best, round or square,?? Reason is because i imagin the square one to catch on the sides and drag??

    I honestly have never found the square buttons to be any issue at all. Evolv did a great job on those square buttons, they have a bevel on all sides that prevents the edges from catching on anything.

    The round buttons were decided on, in the above design, simply because the machining was less expensive.

  25. Feature request - swap Temperature with Watts on screen and controls

    in EScribe, Software and Firmware

    Posted

    BillW50 said:


    Umm... do you really need it there? I am just thinking of cons. And I know for me, it doesn't need to be that high for the same performance. What should work is to keep dropping the wattage until you find the wattage where you noticed a change in vape. Then bump it up some.

    CONS:

    1) Harder on the battery for no gain.

    2) Harder on the DNA200 (but we know the DNA is tough stuff) :D

    3) It probably shortens coil(s) life.



    Need? - No, but it sure is convenient for the way I vape and attys I use.

    IMHO, and in actual observation in Device Monitor, none of these 3 points are valid. Why? Because the mod never goes above 75w (or so) anyway. I am vaping on dual TI coils that average around 0.14 to 0.15 ohms at 480f. What I typically see in Device Monitor is a brief jump to 75ish watts during pre-heat (for a second or less) and then 480f is reached and temp limiting kicks in and throttles the watts down to 35w or less.

    So it is no harder on the battery, board, or coil than if I set the max watts at 90w. It is just more convenient as I never even have to even think about watts when I change attys or whatever.


    BillW50 said:


    Now lets say everything is working just fine with wattage set at 200 watts. Now let's say that 510 insulator melts, cracks, or something. Now you have a short and pushing 200 watts and TC will never kick in. Sure the batteries probably will be ok and the DNA200 will probably be able to handle it. But that's probably. There is always what if?



    This is a valid point in theory, but only in the event of a catastrophic failure. Ever since the 200 came out, I have never heard of even one such catastrophic failure where this was a danger. Sure, there have been failures, but the fuse has limited the potential danger in all cases I have heard of. If I am not mistaken there are actually 5 levels of safety engineered into the board, between that and the board's reputation, I personally am not concerned enough about it to change my 200w max.
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