Hey all,
My first time review but I wanted to share my thoughts on the Kayfun V5 clone by Lemaga
So I have been vaping for about 5 months now to stop my pack and half daily dose of Malboro Blue Ice. Having tried Twisp last year for 2 weeks and failed the new generation devices appealed to me and got started. In hindsight Twisp failed due to lack of flavour to distract me from the stinkies so Im a flavour chaser.
In the last few months been through many rebuildable and disposable coil tanks and nothing besides the REO (which I dare not take out everyday due to its importance to me) and the Petri V2 (dripping is amazing but not practical while driving etc) gives me flavour satisfaction.
So I have been in search of the flavourful rebuildable tank atomiser that will give me flavour but not bankrupt me.
The other day my local vape shop suggested the Lemaga Kayfun V5 clone and I have been eyeing a V5 for a while given the online review but at EUR 100 + excl shipping it aint cheap. Never had a clone before and was nervous but I was pleasantly surprised.
Whats in the box?
Packaging is a standard cardboard box, somewhat squashed that has the tank unit, spare stainless steel engraved tank, bag of O rings and a very uncomfortable phillips and flat screwdriver on 1 shaft with a keyring nogal (extreme right on picture).
Thoughts on quality?
At R460 one cant fault the quality, parts fit snuggly into O rings, no leaks and the "quartz" glass tank has a good thickness and seems durable. The packaging, however, is cheap and is a squeeze for everything to fit it.
The build deck and juice flow
I started building few months ago and mostly on velocity style decks so the Kayfun deck was a baptism of fire. Its not designed for funky alien claptons, tigers, hives etc but stock coils (but have seen some funky clapton builds). The gaps where one needs to thread the legs around or into are tiny and difficult for noobs like me. If you have stumpy, fingers it will also be a challenge. Having said that I succeeded fairly quickly and 1 my first coil at 1.6 ohms was a disaster but the 2nd SS 316L at 0.85 ohms was a winner. The plus is that appears to use normal screws "M2" (please correct me if Im wrong) which is a welcome change from grub screws (no extra screws in pack)
Juice wells are deep and accomodates good quantity of juice. The tank does have juice flow control to open turn clockwise and counterclock wise to close shut and works well. No leaks where experienced even whilst inverting the tank to change airflow settings.
A con here is that no where does it say what the max rotations are for max juice flow so Im afraid that the tank may undo itself and dump juice everywhere. For safety I assumed1 rotations as max.
Post tank pitstop assembly is very easy with only 3 or 4 pieces compared to the blue prints needed to assemble the V4.
Airflow
Having used a mates Kayfun V3 this is where things change slightly. The manufacturers of the authentic have come in for flack from the purists MTL since there are now 4 airflow settings ranging from 1.8mm to 3.2mm and they see this as being counter to the Kayfun DNA. My view is that this places this product within the sights of purists but also opens it up to other vapers. My choice is the 2.2 mm airflow and its airy..I found the 3.2mm too airy for me.
2 full roations of the tanks and change the airflow by pulling up the airflow ring at the bottom and twisting it to align with the dots shown below. 1 being min and 4 max.
Juice capacity and consumption
The glass tank hold 3.8ml whilst the steel tank holds 5ml and with high ohm builds and a small chimney juice consumption is good compared to monster sub ohm tanks...on the Limitless plus at 0.85 ohms I go through 2 tank fulls plus a day whilst on this I went through 1.25 tanks with same vaping pattern (15 to 20 puffs every hour, with more during driving).
Juice filling
Juice filling is very easy with big holes to fill and no spillage was experienced with a dropper. The top cap once removed is when the glass tank can just be lifted off.
Most important flavour
So I chose not to have an ADV today but to try a variety of flavour profiles from XXX, Azeroth, Debbie does donuts and my DIY strawberry shake, DIY black cherry pipe tobacco and Peach 2 rooibos. This little tank processed flavours amazingly well and presented them in a well balanced format at 25 to 30 watts. For me the highlight was my DIY caramel FUJI apple with cream which on my other tanks where flat but on this I had the sweet, tartness of caramel fuji apple and the cream on the exhale. Azeroth was amazing with such depth of flavour..the cookie base and ending off with the nuts and cocoa and was really complex vape. Mints were also presented top class but didnt try and pure menthol flavours...did find XXX more of the fruit came out compared to menthol.
Aesthetics
From an aesthetics perspective very well presented and in line with the original. The juice flow dome has the initials and so does the drip tip whilst the steel tank has the engraved initials. My impression was that everything fits well together with no wobbly bits and comes across as quality.
Cloud test
At the 2.2mm airflow clouds were decent for a 0.85 ohm coil with no dry hits (yes, thats me below)
Final thoughts
At a fraction of the cost of the original which is not available in SA this is a real winner flavour tank for me. Doesnt look like an oriental plaza special and has good height at 60mm excl driptip with 22mm diameter to fit on all mods and not look stupid. In fact at 22mm diameter Im sure this would look wicked on a mech tube. So my flavour choice of tanks right now is the Crius and this and I see myself getting rid of my other tanks soon
review setup
mod:fuchai 213
coil material: geekvape 316l
wick: ud jap cotton
mode: 316l tc between 270 and 280 degrees bet 25 and 30 watts
Thanks for reading a noobs review!
My first time review but I wanted to share my thoughts on the Kayfun V5 clone by Lemaga
So I have been vaping for about 5 months now to stop my pack and half daily dose of Malboro Blue Ice. Having tried Twisp last year for 2 weeks and failed the new generation devices appealed to me and got started. In hindsight Twisp failed due to lack of flavour to distract me from the stinkies so Im a flavour chaser.
In the last few months been through many rebuildable and disposable coil tanks and nothing besides the REO (which I dare not take out everyday due to its importance to me) and the Petri V2 (dripping is amazing but not practical while driving etc) gives me flavour satisfaction.
So I have been in search of the flavourful rebuildable tank atomiser that will give me flavour but not bankrupt me.
The other day my local vape shop suggested the Lemaga Kayfun V5 clone and I have been eyeing a V5 for a while given the online review but at EUR 100 + excl shipping it aint cheap. Never had a clone before and was nervous but I was pleasantly surprised.
Whats in the box?
Packaging is a standard cardboard box, somewhat squashed that has the tank unit, spare stainless steel engraved tank, bag of O rings and a very uncomfortable phillips and flat screwdriver on 1 shaft with a keyring nogal (extreme right on picture).
Thoughts on quality?
At R460 one cant fault the quality, parts fit snuggly into O rings, no leaks and the "quartz" glass tank has a good thickness and seems durable. The packaging, however, is cheap and is a squeeze for everything to fit it.
The build deck and juice flow
I started building few months ago and mostly on velocity style decks so the Kayfun deck was a baptism of fire. Its not designed for funky alien claptons, tigers, hives etc but stock coils (but have seen some funky clapton builds). The gaps where one needs to thread the legs around or into are tiny and difficult for noobs like me. If you have stumpy, fingers it will also be a challenge. Having said that I succeeded fairly quickly and 1 my first coil at 1.6 ohms was a disaster but the 2nd SS 316L at 0.85 ohms was a winner. The plus is that appears to use normal screws "M2" (please correct me if Im wrong) which is a welcome change from grub screws (no extra screws in pack)
Juice wells are deep and accomodates good quantity of juice. The tank does have juice flow control to open turn clockwise and counterclock wise to close shut and works well. No leaks where experienced even whilst inverting the tank to change airflow settings.
A con here is that no where does it say what the max rotations are for max juice flow so Im afraid that the tank may undo itself and dump juice everywhere. For safety I assumed1 rotations as max.
Post tank pitstop assembly is very easy with only 3 or 4 pieces compared to the blue prints needed to assemble the V4.
Airflow
Having used a mates Kayfun V3 this is where things change slightly. The manufacturers of the authentic have come in for flack from the purists MTL since there are now 4 airflow settings ranging from 1.8mm to 3.2mm and they see this as being counter to the Kayfun DNA. My view is that this places this product within the sights of purists but also opens it up to other vapers. My choice is the 2.2 mm airflow and its airy..I found the 3.2mm too airy for me.
2 full roations of the tanks and change the airflow by pulling up the airflow ring at the bottom and twisting it to align with the dots shown below. 1 being min and 4 max.
Juice capacity and consumption
The glass tank hold 3.8ml whilst the steel tank holds 5ml and with high ohm builds and a small chimney juice consumption is good compared to monster sub ohm tanks...on the Limitless plus at 0.85 ohms I go through 2 tank fulls plus a day whilst on this I went through 1.25 tanks with same vaping pattern (15 to 20 puffs every hour, with more during driving).
Juice filling
Juice filling is very easy with big holes to fill and no spillage was experienced with a dropper. The top cap once removed is when the glass tank can just be lifted off.
Most important flavour
So I chose not to have an ADV today but to try a variety of flavour profiles from XXX, Azeroth, Debbie does donuts and my DIY strawberry shake, DIY black cherry pipe tobacco and Peach 2 rooibos. This little tank processed flavours amazingly well and presented them in a well balanced format at 25 to 30 watts. For me the highlight was my DIY caramel FUJI apple with cream which on my other tanks where flat but on this I had the sweet, tartness of caramel fuji apple and the cream on the exhale. Azeroth was amazing with such depth of flavour..the cookie base and ending off with the nuts and cocoa and was really complex vape. Mints were also presented top class but didnt try and pure menthol flavours...did find XXX more of the fruit came out compared to menthol.
Aesthetics
From an aesthetics perspective very well presented and in line with the original. The juice flow dome has the initials and so does the drip tip whilst the steel tank has the engraved initials. My impression was that everything fits well together with no wobbly bits and comes across as quality.
Cloud test
At the 2.2mm airflow clouds were decent for a 0.85 ohm coil with no dry hits (yes, thats me below)
Final thoughts
At a fraction of the cost of the original which is not available in SA this is a real winner flavour tank for me. Doesnt look like an oriental plaza special and has good height at 60mm excl driptip with 22mm diameter to fit on all mods and not look stupid. In fact at 22mm diameter Im sure this would look wicked on a mech tube. So my flavour choice of tanks right now is the Crius and this and I see myself getting rid of my other tanks soon
review setup
mod:fuchai 213
coil material: geekvape 316l
wick: ud jap cotton
mode: 316l tc between 270 and 280 degrees bet 25 and 30 watts
Thanks for reading a noobs review!
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