SirRichardRear
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Hi All, Anthony Vapes back here with my review of Arctic Dolphin Anita Mod. Please see bottom for disclaimers and links.
Introduction:
The Arctic Dolphin Anita Squonk Mod is the latest mod from longtime vape manufacturer Arctic Dolphin who was mostly known for making high end expensive stabwood mods, their aim with the anita was a whole different direction as a really inexpensive regulated squonk mod. It was designed by DripN Revolution. The Anita is a single battery squonk mod that can take a 21700, 20700, and 18650 (with included adapter) wrapped up in a decent sized package with a simple basic design. It’s available in a lot of color options. 3 frame colors Black, Silver, and Grey and 6 door panel colors Brown/Red Leather, Black Leather, Yellow Wood Grain, Black Square, Blue Leather, and Red Wood Grain. Vaporl currently has them for 30-40 USD depending on color option
Manufacturer's Specs:
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Initial Impressions and features
When I first got this Mod, i wasn’t very impressed with it. I don’t mind it being a little bigger then most especially since it takes 21700 batteries it has to be a little bigger, but it just looks and feels really cheap. The panels are cheap and even though labeled as things like leather (i have the blue leather) it’s really just plastic. Also i immediately noticed a major flaw, my fire button sticks 100% of the time when firing if you press the bottom half of the fire button. If you press only the top it works fine but if you press the bottom it sticks. I made a gif in the album so you can see that. I used it as an on off switch pretty much. Overall i wasn’t very impressed from the start
Watt Mode Performance
Now let’s get into some data. I ran my normal testing. I used the Samsung 30T 21700 batteries for the testing. Testing resistances were done at .11, .14, .19, and .6 ohms. wattage points were max (100), 80, 60, 40, and 20. At .11 ohms it maxed out at 119 watts and 33 amps. For the rest of the testing it was pretty accurate on point to 4 watts low. At .14 it maxed out at 97 watts. The rest were pretty good again hitting between 2 watts low to 2 watts high. For the .19 test it maxed out at 93 watts. Again pretty accurate mostly on point but always within 1 watt. For the .6 testing it maxed out at 96 watts and 7.574 volts. For the rest of the testing 2 watts low to 1 watt high. The volts shows there is a boost circuit like most single battery mods.
Overall I felt the accuracy of this mod was good as well as the max specs and output. However this mod did have some odd issues during my testing so i hope people read this whole review especially this section. The mod tends to hunt voltage not all the time but some of the time at start-up and during the puff can fluctuate a little bit. The end result for our purposes is it’ll feel like it’s hitting weaker than the chart shows and ramp up isn’t great. It also did not handle the stress testing very well either. It hit the PCB overheated error fairly quickly. Which is good and bad. It’s good that it has protection so the chip doesn't heat up too much, but bad it was so easy to get the chip to overheat. Another curious thing is this mod has reverse polarity. I haven’t seen it mentioned before. What we normally call the positive on the 510 pin because it is on 99.9% of mods is actually the negative on this mod. I double and triple checked all my testing leads to make sure they weren’t backwards and they weren’t. I also tested 2 more mods after this as well which had the normal polarity. So yeah the mod is reversed. It doesn't mean much as it’s nothing anyone would notice when vaping on it, but it was worth the mention as i didn’t see it mentioned before but it’s nothing you would notice in vaping and would only been seen in testing or if you took it apart and traced the wiring.
I was able to get 119 watts max, so I consider it to be accurately rated at 100 watts. The 7.574 volt limit shows there is a boost circuit. Their site lists the max Volts at 9V however the manual lists it at 7. It’s above 7 for sure 9 is possible if i had used a higher ohm coil and shouldn’t be an issue for any build voltage wise. They list an amp limit of 45 in the manual, The max i got is 33 but was limited by the watts. You’d have to go lower then the minimum resistance range to reach this so it’s kinda overstated but the 33 is still very good for a single battery mod where the average is around 30ish. The watt curve mode also works well enough but with the same quirks as power mode.
Simplified TLDR Power Performance summary
Mod performance is not really good. Accuracy is Mostly hits just a few watts off but has other issues i suggest reading the whole breakdown above where i explain it. Accurately rated for watts (119), amp limit 33 which is above average for single battery mods but a little short of the 45 listed. Volts tested at 7.574 with a .6 ohm coil so yes boost circuit as most single battery mods are
Temperature Control Performance
Using SS316 wire and both SS mode and TCR mode, I tested 5 builds. 1 simple round spaced, 1 simple round dual, 2 large fancy single coils builds, and 1 medium sized fancy dual coil build. You have full power output available in TC (100 watts) and can easily change it by clicking fire 4 times when in TC mode which highlights watts on the screen then use up and down to adjust and hold fire to accept. TCR mode set at 92 was pretty anemic but i didn’t fiddle around with the values much because the default SS mode feels pretty accurate so it’s a higher TCR then it should be for SS316 wire but because the mod hits weaker than it should it balances out and around 450F gave me a warm vape in SS mode so not much of a reason to use TCR mode. Sticking with SS mode while it felt accurate enough with around 450F being a warm vape it was a bit inconsistent and often would go into dry hit territory. Sometimes it would provide a good vape but other times it would cut off with a wet coil or keep firing with a dry coil. It’s a decent vape at times but too inconsistent for my tastes. It’s pretty similar to the pulse 80w squonk mod in TC performance. Not anything i’d recommend but with these squonk mods currently on the market it’s a beggars can’t be choosers game because the only good TC ones are the DNA ones. It’s no worse of then the other squonkers i reviewed but not any better either.
Introduction:
The Arctic Dolphin Anita Squonk Mod is the latest mod from longtime vape manufacturer Arctic Dolphin who was mostly known for making high end expensive stabwood mods, their aim with the anita was a whole different direction as a really inexpensive regulated squonk mod. It was designed by DripN Revolution. The Anita is a single battery squonk mod that can take a 21700, 20700, and 18650 (with included adapter) wrapped up in a decent sized package with a simple basic design. It’s available in a lot of color options. 3 frame colors Black, Silver, and Grey and 6 door panel colors Brown/Red Leather, Black Leather, Yellow Wood Grain, Black Square, Blue Leather, and Red Wood Grain. Vaporl currently has them for 30-40 USD depending on color option
Manufacturer's Specs:
- Dimensions - 91mm by 57.5mm by 30mm
- Single High-Amp 18650/20700/21700 Batteries - Not Included
- Bottom-Feeding Squonk Design - 7mL Squeeze Bottle
- Wattage Output Range: 5-100W
- Maximum Voltage Output: 9V
- Min Atomizer Resistance: 0.06ohm
- Oversized Firing Button
- Two Adjustment Buttons
- 0.96" Inch OLED Display
- Beautifully Designed Side Cover - Interchangeable
- Bottom-Loaded Squonk Bottle
- Squonk-Ready 510 Connection
- 1 Anita 100W BF Box Mod
- 1 Spare Silicone 7mL Squeeze Bottle
- 1 Micro USB Cable
- 1 spare panel with no squonk cut out
- 18650 battery adapter
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Initial Impressions and features
When I first got this Mod, i wasn’t very impressed with it. I don’t mind it being a little bigger then most especially since it takes 21700 batteries it has to be a little bigger, but it just looks and feels really cheap. The panels are cheap and even though labeled as things like leather (i have the blue leather) it’s really just plastic. Also i immediately noticed a major flaw, my fire button sticks 100% of the time when firing if you press the bottom half of the fire button. If you press only the top it works fine but if you press the bottom it sticks. I made a gif in the album so you can see that. I used it as an on off switch pretty much. Overall i wasn’t very impressed from the start
Watt Mode Performance
Now let’s get into some data. I ran my normal testing. I used the Samsung 30T 21700 batteries for the testing. Testing resistances were done at .11, .14, .19, and .6 ohms. wattage points were max (100), 80, 60, 40, and 20. At .11 ohms it maxed out at 119 watts and 33 amps. For the rest of the testing it was pretty accurate on point to 4 watts low. At .14 it maxed out at 97 watts. The rest were pretty good again hitting between 2 watts low to 2 watts high. For the .19 test it maxed out at 93 watts. Again pretty accurate mostly on point but always within 1 watt. For the .6 testing it maxed out at 96 watts and 7.574 volts. For the rest of the testing 2 watts low to 1 watt high. The volts shows there is a boost circuit like most single battery mods.
Overall I felt the accuracy of this mod was good as well as the max specs and output. However this mod did have some odd issues during my testing so i hope people read this whole review especially this section. The mod tends to hunt voltage not all the time but some of the time at start-up and during the puff can fluctuate a little bit. The end result for our purposes is it’ll feel like it’s hitting weaker than the chart shows and ramp up isn’t great. It also did not handle the stress testing very well either. It hit the PCB overheated error fairly quickly. Which is good and bad. It’s good that it has protection so the chip doesn't heat up too much, but bad it was so easy to get the chip to overheat. Another curious thing is this mod has reverse polarity. I haven’t seen it mentioned before. What we normally call the positive on the 510 pin because it is on 99.9% of mods is actually the negative on this mod. I double and triple checked all my testing leads to make sure they weren’t backwards and they weren’t. I also tested 2 more mods after this as well which had the normal polarity. So yeah the mod is reversed. It doesn't mean much as it’s nothing anyone would notice when vaping on it, but it was worth the mention as i didn’t see it mentioned before but it’s nothing you would notice in vaping and would only been seen in testing or if you took it apart and traced the wiring.
I was able to get 119 watts max, so I consider it to be accurately rated at 100 watts. The 7.574 volt limit shows there is a boost circuit. Their site lists the max Volts at 9V however the manual lists it at 7. It’s above 7 for sure 9 is possible if i had used a higher ohm coil and shouldn’t be an issue for any build voltage wise. They list an amp limit of 45 in the manual, The max i got is 33 but was limited by the watts. You’d have to go lower then the minimum resistance range to reach this so it’s kinda overstated but the 33 is still very good for a single battery mod where the average is around 30ish. The watt curve mode also works well enough but with the same quirks as power mode.
Simplified TLDR Power Performance summary
Mod performance is not really good. Accuracy is Mostly hits just a few watts off but has other issues i suggest reading the whole breakdown above where i explain it. Accurately rated for watts (119), amp limit 33 which is above average for single battery mods but a little short of the 45 listed. Volts tested at 7.574 with a .6 ohm coil so yes boost circuit as most single battery mods are
Temperature Control Performance
Using SS316 wire and both SS mode and TCR mode, I tested 5 builds. 1 simple round spaced, 1 simple round dual, 2 large fancy single coils builds, and 1 medium sized fancy dual coil build. You have full power output available in TC (100 watts) and can easily change it by clicking fire 4 times when in TC mode which highlights watts on the screen then use up and down to adjust and hold fire to accept. TCR mode set at 92 was pretty anemic but i didn’t fiddle around with the values much because the default SS mode feels pretty accurate so it’s a higher TCR then it should be for SS316 wire but because the mod hits weaker than it should it balances out and around 450F gave me a warm vape in SS mode so not much of a reason to use TCR mode. Sticking with SS mode while it felt accurate enough with around 450F being a warm vape it was a bit inconsistent and often would go into dry hit territory. Sometimes it would provide a good vape but other times it would cut off with a wet coil or keep firing with a dry coil. It’s a decent vape at times but too inconsistent for my tastes. It’s pretty similar to the pulse 80w squonk mod in TC performance. Not anything i’d recommend but with these squonk mods currently on the market it’s a beggars can’t be choosers game because the only good TC ones are the DNA ones. It’s no worse of then the other squonkers i reviewed but not any better either.
