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Ich habe endlich mal wieder HWV!
Hier der Original Text von den Machern der BB:
After months of prototyping, months testing, followed by months of retooling, the Billet Box Rev.4 is about ready to go and play in the wild.
b1.jpg
Redesigning the Billet Box had to be something I was excited about. I really love the original BB, and trying to top it with just new electronics and bigger battery just wasn't enough to give me the energy to make something new... I needed to bring something to it that would keep me interested for a good long while to come.
b2.jpg
In case your aren't familiar with the custom knife trade, that face is machined from G10, and hand finished.
b3.jpg
If you don't know what G10 is, well....ummm, when fiberglass and phenolic love each other very much... ummm, ask your parents... anywhoo, the Rev.4 is going to allow us to use a variety of different materials for face and back plates that we just couldn't do with the Rev.3 and below.. carbon fiber was really the only option due to the design and thickness.
b4.jpg
So the sliding door is gone, and now the plates are all magnetic.. Yah, this has been done before.. but we f'n nailed it... with a modest sixteen N52 neodymium magnets per box... It also means the Billet Box just became a barbie doll... you can pop off the front and back and swap um out... maybe trade with your friends... if you has friends... i have one... he's ok... but he lives far away and i don't get to see him as much as i'd like...
b5.jpg
anywayz, what i'm getting at here is that the new plates are super awesome.. and will get better looking with handling.. unlike the previous gloss finish carbon fiber... the G10 can also be re-surfaced if's ya scratch it up bad.. which will be hard to do...
b6.jpg
A solid diamond slab flute cutter is the only thing that can cut it... it's mean stuff...
b7.jpg
we are testing with lot's of different stuffs, but it will be some time until we can offer new plate colors and such. For the present, we have any color you want, as long as you want black...
b8.jpg
As for inside the box, anyone who guessed DNA power handling was right.
In going to a digital board, this was never a question. Evolv invented
variable wattage, has done it the longest, the best, and is made in the
USA, nothing else was ever a consideration. We will offer the Rev.4
primarily with the DNA 40 but will also have model with the 25 for those
that need to watch there spending. Both will support temp sensing
coils. The 25 model won't be out for launch but will come about a month
later.
(side note, look at the cool machining lines on the button arrows... i did that... so proud....)
b9.jpg
Bye Bye 16340 cells... Hello 18650. The Rev.4 is designed for flat topped 18650 IMR cells, but a button top will work ok as long as it isn't over 65mm long. So far we haven't found a cell that didn't work aside from ones with integrated circuits, but those cells would be unable to output enough to run the DNA anyway. We will announce a recommended cell shortly. At any rate, the battery pops in and out just as quick if not quicker than then the original BB, and this cell size will last 90% of the vaping population a solid day or more.
b10.jpg
Ich habe endlich mal wieder HWV!
Hier der Original Text von den Machern der BB:
After months of prototyping, months testing, followed by months of retooling, the Billet Box Rev.4 is about ready to go and play in the wild.
b1.jpg
Redesigning the Billet Box had to be something I was excited about. I really love the original BB, and trying to top it with just new electronics and bigger battery just wasn't enough to give me the energy to make something new... I needed to bring something to it that would keep me interested for a good long while to come.
b2.jpg
In case your aren't familiar with the custom knife trade, that face is machined from G10, and hand finished.
b3.jpg
If you don't know what G10 is, well....ummm, when fiberglass and phenolic love each other very much... ummm, ask your parents... anywhoo, the Rev.4 is going to allow us to use a variety of different materials for face and back plates that we just couldn't do with the Rev.3 and below.. carbon fiber was really the only option due to the design and thickness.
b4.jpg
So the sliding door is gone, and now the plates are all magnetic.. Yah, this has been done before.. but we f'n nailed it... with a modest sixteen N52 neodymium magnets per box... It also means the Billet Box just became a barbie doll... you can pop off the front and back and swap um out... maybe trade with your friends... if you has friends... i have one... he's ok... but he lives far away and i don't get to see him as much as i'd like...
b5.jpg
anywayz, what i'm getting at here is that the new plates are super awesome.. and will get better looking with handling.. unlike the previous gloss finish carbon fiber... the G10 can also be re-surfaced if's ya scratch it up bad.. which will be hard to do...
b6.jpg
A solid diamond slab flute cutter is the only thing that can cut it... it's mean stuff...
b7.jpg
we are testing with lot's of different stuffs, but it will be some time until we can offer new plate colors and such. For the present, we have any color you want, as long as you want black...
b8.jpg
As for inside the box, anyone who guessed DNA power handling was right.
In going to a digital board, this was never a question. Evolv invented
variable wattage, has done it the longest, the best, and is made in the
USA, nothing else was ever a consideration. We will offer the Rev.4
primarily with the DNA 40 but will also have model with the 25 for those
that need to watch there spending. Both will support temp sensing
coils. The 25 model won't be out for launch but will come about a month
later.
(side note, look at the cool machining lines on the button arrows... i did that... so proud....)
b9.jpg
Bye Bye 16340 cells... Hello 18650. The Rev.4 is designed for flat topped 18650 IMR cells, but a button top will work ok as long as it isn't over 65mm long. So far we haven't found a cell that didn't work aside from ones with integrated circuits, but those cells would be unable to output enough to run the DNA anyway. We will announce a recommended cell shortly. At any rate, the battery pops in and out just as quick if not quicker than then the original BB, and this cell size will last 90% of the vaping population a solid day or more.
b10.jpg
- Wer im Mittelpunkt steht, steht im Weg!