HARDWARE PRODUCT REVIEW
Kangertech Subox Kit
The Kanger Subox kit was purchased online from MyePack.
co.uk for £49.99.
Things change quickly and the older you get the more rapid
the rate of change appears. Once upon a time the police
would tell you the time and send young scallywags packing
with ear clips but now it’s all helicopters, CSI and riot shields.
It’s an age thing, I view change with a combination of
suspicion and fear. What was wrong with new vapers buying
an Evod and an eGo battery? These modern vapers, they
don’t know how lucky they are with the new Subox kit from
Kangertech.
Let’s be perfectly clear, fifty quid is not an insignificant sum of
money for an awful lot of people. On the other hand it’s only
twenty-five EuroMillions tickets or less than a tank of petrol.
What was initially billed as a starter kit has been taken to by
many experience vapers – with good reason?
The kit contains everything beginners need except juice and
a battery: the box mod, a Subtank (that is currently more
popular than randomly abusing strangers on Twitter), two
prebuilt coil heads, a rebuildable head for advanced users, a
couple of drip tips, spares and a charging cable.
The experience kicks off with the packaging; if it were larger
IKEA would sell it and middle-class families would invite their
friends around to appreciate it during dinner parties. Bits that
slide, bits that flip and layered sections all contribute to the
notion that Kanger took the project more seriously than a
primary school child tasked with counting in the rulers.
The Subtank has transformed inside and out with the black
and white coatings appealing to both Paul McCartney and
Stevie Wonder fans, although likenesses have been more
readily formed with Star Wars. The redesigned coil heads
take a vertical arrangement over the old transverse system,
enabling the vaper to experience a fuller force from the juice.
Initially, concerns were raised that the coating on the white
version was flakier than a pre-election political party promise.
It coincided with the launch supply and demand problems but
once the pipeline cleared and stock began to flow there was
no further evidence of an issue.
It is the inclusion of the box mod that elevates this as a
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package when considering the Subtank retails around
the £25 mark on its own. The pocket-friendly regulated
device can hit a useful fifty watts of power and the positive
button clicks are reflected in changes on an OLED screen.
The magnetic battery cover adds to the whole tool-free
convenience of the kit when in use.
In fact the only downside to the Subox kit is the 510-pin on
the mod. Despite some websites falsely claiming it is a brass
spring-loaded adjustable connection – it isn’t, it’s a fixed pin.
This presents no problems if being used with the Subtank or
atomisers with adjustable 510s but it is worth checking out if it
will work with alternative tanks prior to purchase otherwise.
Finally, the mod has more security features than Group 4 and
a pass-thru function to keep you vaping throughout the day;
it’s a very arresting package.
by Dave Cross