I don't think I'm walking into this conversation with the definitive last word on ANYthing, I'm just reporting what I've found.
This tank is great. There is a whole list of excellent pros here imho.
Killer flavor and vapor production, not the least.
I got it to compare to the Hugsvape Lotus.
Flavor? That's a tough one to call. They both deliver tremendous juicy flavor. If I had to pick right now, I might give the slightest of edges to the K2, but this is based on the fact that I already am getting pretty even flavor with the Lotus and I don't think I've gotten the wicking to optimum just yet, which brings me to the next point.
With this RTA you have to get the wicking just so. First time I was getting no leaking, but pretty muted flavor. I opened it up and the cotton was damp, but pretty white in color. Not enough juice getting to the coils, so of course I figured too much cotton in the wells (I won't get into wicking details right now)
Next rewick, explosive flavor, but now I'm getting leaking out of the airflow holes. Not bad, but irritating dribbling. Nothing out of the bottom though in either case. So then of course I figure now it's too loose in the airflow holes. I take it apart and try something else between the first and second wicking.
Tremendous flavor now, no leaking, but I need the tank to be over 1/3 full so the back-pressure can push juice into the wicks and to the coils. This is great, I'm moving in the right direction and as it is, this is a REALLY great vape with no leaking, but I think another slight tweak in the cotton might be even better. Very happy with this atty so far.
What about compared to the Lotus?
I can only be honest. The Lotus does all this and it's just as hard to wick wrong as this one is to wick right. I've had three builds in it and a few changes of cotton, plus I got my gym owner to order a pair of Lotuses so I could keep him going, so I've got some experience with wicking the Lotus now. Never had one single drop of leaking and the flavor is stellar every time. Including the very first time I set mine up.
Like I say, if I'm right about a further tweak in the cotton, the flavor of the Kylin II will slightly edge out the Lotus I think. The Lotus wins on low maintenance wicking.
I love this tank and am thrilled that I bought it. It will gladly be in my regular rotation from now on. I hit it again just now and it is immensely flavorful and satisfying. Not only that, but with my black Goon DT on it (actually from one of my Goons) the frosted grey has this kinda industrial look on my also black Aegis Legend
Love the look too.