1. GENERAL IMPRESSION.
First impression: BIG and SOLID
Definitely heavy duty stuff - 275 g weight, steel chassis (with matt coating), you will feel it in hand. Ergonomy is simple - such as old-school box mods, if someone liked it will be delighted.
The Fire button has a "cradle" shape with quite long click and I like it. Up / down are GREAT, with sure, hard click.
Top and bottom:
With no comments. Battery door on neodymium magnets:
is a little loose, maybe half a millimeter but enough to irritate a bit.
Display is regular:
Razor-sharp OLED with big main font and as usual too small others.
The menu does not exist, we do everything on the main screen, just like in Tesla mods.
An interesting option are removable frames on the side panels - thanks to this we can personalize our mod and create, for example, a "spanish inquisition" version :-) :
NOTE: photo below was taken maybe 3 hours of using the Mechman:
So the durability of the coating is not so promising....
2. FEATURES.
* power: 228 W,
* resistance range: 0.05 - 3.5 ohm
* modes: VW, TC, TCR, BYPASS
* battery: 2 x 18650,
* weight (with battery): 275 g,
* dimensions: 90 x 54 x 30 mm.
3. VW mode.
Voltage shape at 30 W:
Nice.
And that's it, there are no preheats nor power curve.
Performance:
Perfectly up to 150 W, then restrictions start to work. Generally not bad.
Mechman offers also BYPASS mode:
As you can see, it gives the accumulated batteries voltage, around 8 V (minus the voltage drop at internal resistance), NOT 4 V.
4. TC mode (SS316).
Dry wick:
The chip quickly realizes that something is wrong and drops voltage but then check the wick so often that the cotton gets a little brown:
Slightly moist wick (third puff after soaking):
The regulation is a bit chaotic but with no modulation, so the general impression is OK.
5. CONCLUSION.
A solid piece of mod.
What I LIKE?
* heavy duty feel,
* removable side panels.
What I DISLIKE?
* battery door.
