Snow Wolf 200W - May the FORCE be with Us

At this time we have the MONSTER - Snow WOLF 200W:

1. The FINISH.

Hmmm ... the first thing comes to mind after looking at the Wolf is ... iPhone :-) The aluminum, the "mirror" on the walls, and generally its elegance is such Apple products:

One will like it, others probably not, as usual - a matter of taste. I like it.

After taking into hand feeling changes a bit because ergonomics is still very good, but the impression is dominated primarily by WEIGHT - the 230g (specified in manual) should be quickly forgotten, because when you insert two 18650 batt's and atomizer the weight will approach to 0.5 kilogram! So the WOLF is rather NOT for outside.

The rest is PERFECT. The flap is hold on two solid magnets and there is no way to move it during normal use. 510 socket without complaint - all the atomizers I used worked with no problems:

On the bottom we can see safe holes and the jog for easy removal of the flap:

The interior looks like this:

Very nice ...


2. FEATURES
The most important parameters:
* Power: 5-200W,
* Coil resistance: 0.05 - 2.5 ohm,
* Temperature control,
* Powered by 2x18650.

And that's it, even extreme vapers should be satisfied.

The display is quite typical and shows:
- Estimated battery status,
- The power,
- Voltage,
- Resistance.
- Temperature.

The arrangement of these indications is constant, regardless of the mod operation - so if we have a regular Kanthal wire we have to watch useless temperature indicator. It may be a little misleading.

The operation is VERY simple, the menu does not exist, we have FIRE and UP/DOWN buttons, which change the power and temperature. The only additional option is switching between these parameters by simultaneously pressing the up and down buttons.
For some it may be too simplistic.


3. VOLTAGE SHAPE.

My regular measuring system with dual mc on MutationX atomizer. The resistance was 0.2 ohms to reach the maximum power:

Well, this is the POWER. 150 watts without any bullshit, and very stable, EXCELLENT ...

But why we stopped at 150W? Hmm, because the manufacturer wrote:

When wattage is higher than 150W, the system is pulse output and the upper right corner of the screen will display a "P" symbol

In practice, it looks like this:

 A live like this:

And this is not so good :( Because THERE IS NO WAY TO ACHIEVE THE REAL POWER EXCEEDING 150W - the modulation drastically reduces the voltage RMS and in my opinion (for example) at 140W (with no modulation) we get a bigger cloud than at modulated 180W.


4. EFFICIENCY.

Having the setup with about 0.2 ohm coil we can also check if we get what we set. Below I compared:
* theoretical voltage what should be on the coil for a given power (calculated according to the P=U^2/R formula),
* real voltage MEASURED on the atomizer pins by use of multimeter.

No comment... Everything is perfect, mod as usual adds a little more voltage than is needed ;-)


5. TEMPERATURE CONTROL

The result of temperature control I showed here: http://vape-safe.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-whole-truth-about-temperature.html


6. CONCLUSION

It would be difficult if the Wolf costs 300USD ;-) BUT IT COSTS 150USD !!! So, no doubt it - at a price of Sigelei 100W we get the real 150W + temperature control + perfect finish.


What I LIKE?
* The finish and ergonomics,
* The shape of the output voltage,
* Menu (its simplicity)
* BIG power under the hood :-),
* Clear display.

What I DON'T like?
* The finish ;-) (these "mirror" sideways look good only if you do not touch it)
* Menu ;-) (lack of it)
* Slightly exaggerated output power above 150W.



Curiosity

First time I saw it - on standby Wolf put the 1-volt pulses every 3 seconds, apparently controlling the atomizer. That's how it looks:

Regards!

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20.06.2015 UPDATE - With kanthal wire the Snow Wolf works in a little strange way - I showed it in the movie below: