I think I've had my Calix v3 for about a month now. I was so excited that I immediately opened it, built it (struggled a bit with one missing o-ring), and vaped it. somehow something was off - not much flavor and my vapour was so harsh that I coughed for the next week.
So I let it sit and vaped my other builds for awhile until yesterday.
After completely taking it down and cleaning in an ultrasonic bath, I rebuilt from scratch - this time with a spaced coil at appx 1.2ohms (instead of my usual microcoil).
It's working great now! so I thought I'd leave my impressions of this great atty.
First, let's start with the perspective I'm coming from. I don't buy many atties. Once I find something that works for me I stick with it. My best successes with premium rebuildables came from the ByLeo Sophia v1 and the GP Spheroid. Eventually the Spheroid/Heron line became my exclusive atomizers because of the differences in performance vs maintenance/ease-of-build. While I liked the Sophia's performance I just got tired of keeping up with trying to find the perfect carto tank, the cracked ceramic cups, and the wire-zapping.
So while I briefly kept up with the ByLeo product releases, I waited until there was a finished product that hit every point in my want list. Then I found the Calix v3 and knew I had to try it - caged glass tank, adjustable side airflow, easy pop-top top fill, no consumable cups to build in and liquid flow control.
The Calix v3 is a pretty complex product with a lot of parts (necessitated by all the features it provides) and once you get a proper build in it it functions wonderfully. I get a dense, saturated vape. It's so flavorful that I'm even considering lowering the flavor content in my DIY liquids. The airflow control is smooth and devoid of that annoying whistling noise that some atties are plagued with - even with less than one hole open (I'm a MTL vaper and I currently have a rather tight draw). While it isn't leak/flood-proof, I find that you have mess things up pretty badly to have more than a tiny bit of condensation to blow out of the AFC on occasion.
This is a wonderful product and it's definitely going to be around with the select few atomizers that I keep and use.
There is only one gripe I have and it is more a personal preference that a fault of the product: I'm not a fan of the coil mount points and the fact that the coil has to be built prior to fully screwing the cup onto the deck.
Additionally, the mount points on the outside of the cup tend to, both, make the length of required wire longer and it is tricky to get a microcoil (where each coil wrap touches) mounted in the right position without pulling the coil apart. Personally I'd prefer the mounting points to be on top of the posts rather than the outside edge. An even better solution would be if there were mounts points both on the top AND the side.
The Calix v3 also has a weakness (aside from the obvious and unavoidable weakness of glass): the number of o-rings. There are a lot of o-rings in this product and one, or more, will inevitably need to be replaced so a precise listing of specific o-ring sizes and their locations would be great (as well as a source to purchase them individually).
Thanks ByLeo for this great product!
