okay if you own a dot AIO
from dot mod this one you might want to
pay attention to today we're looking at
the rebuildable at mizzou buy at Mazzone
this is the dot shell
welcome to the vapor trail Channel I'm
Tony today we are looking at this just
this piece right here the dot shell now
this is an RBA that's made for the dot
AIO
system you know these are the dot a iOS
here which this is actually the latest
dot AIO
which is a less expensive version of it
it's actually called the S II and on
this one it's made of zinc alloy they've
got some nice laser etchings on the
inside of it and all that a little bit
heavier a little bit less expensive I
think it comes in around $70 on the dot
mod website it is made in China it's
designed by dot mod in California they
are serial and all that kind of stuff
and then this is actually kind of a cool
little thing this is just an aside on
the inside of the se it actually tells
you very soft soft medium strong tells
you the lights flashing rapidly and what
those warnings are and it also tells you
how to use this little button down here
so it's just kind of a cool thing now I
think they did that on this because you
could do that in zinc alloy but it would
be a little bit more difficult to do
with aluminum I still prefer the
aluminum ones however this one does look
pretty cool the other thing about this
one is that the doors they're just
straight-up plastic they do have some
nice edgings in them and all that but
they're just straight-up plastic that's
what she looks like inside now let's
take a look at the rest of this here
before we do that this is the dot RBA
that's inside of here so you can see let
me pull this one open here you can see
that you're actually going to get a
little bit more capacity when you're
using the dot shell as well now the
difference is this one is 50 bucks for
the dot RBA which I've shown here in the
channel and this one depending on where
you get it I got it directly through
their website and because it was coming
from Greece it was around $80 for the
actual item and then well when I was
sitting down with shipping and handling
and all that kind of stuff through DHL
which was very fast
it was around 110 115 dollars just for
this right here it does come with the
plastic we'll show you here in just a
second a lot easier to build on and all
that but you know I mean this one does
just fine for 50 bucks and I did buy two
of these I got one of them directly from
their website and then Scott over at
squonk America had them as list and I
was able to buy that here in the US
shipped and everything else for about
$85 so this one I've been using and with
this one I've got James Buckland coils
in here they are
and eighty two point five millimeter
diameter aliens between point four seven
point five three is what they come out
to now he does these so that they're
wrapped either both leads going the same
way or one lead going you know the leads
go in the opposite directions for this
one you want the leads going the
opposite directions also I use cloud9
cotton this comes from Australia man I
tell you what those poor guys over there
there's just so much going the animals
man my heart goes out to you folks in
Australia and I've been praying for you
guys now the one that's inside this box
I did build it I haven't used it yet I
put the same build in here that I've got
inside of this all right so two point
five diameter five wraps and twenty-four
G this is Kanthal a one wire got this
from vapor DNA okay so this is a stock
tank for a dot a IO and basically what
these guys did at at Mazzone at mizzou
they got with dot mod and said hey look
we'd like to use your reservoir or tank
and use it for our RBA and they got
their blessings to do so so you can see
in here that there is like a little seal
that goes around this so when you pull
this out of here this piece right here
can pull out of that it's kind of locked
in there with those little clamps you
know the little tabs that are right
there but that can come out of there so
if you've got old tanks like this you've
got a colored one a purple one something
like that and you want to use it you can
do that you just got to get this piece
right here at this plastic piece so the
Box dot shell stainless steel DS six one
four that is your serial on this
manufacture date and all that kind of
stuff and a lot of information here on
the back about checking the internals of
the device and all that kind of stuff
slide that out now it's nice that you
get this little box because you do want
to keep all of your parts together open
this up we've got your warranty and
authenticity card right here and then a
user manual and I gotta say this is
actually something you will want a
manual for I'm gonna leave this up here
for a second in case you want to read
that their specs on here and what's
inside the box I'll show you all these
parts here in just second if you want to
pause that to read it go ahead and do so
right now and I love this because it
breaks down all the parts now I have not
completely disassembled one of these
things but you know it shows you all the
different parts here and stuff like that
if you want to disassemble this thing
completely you can do that it's made of
stainless steel 316
great main device metal parts stainless
steel 304 post screws and food great
gaskets and o-rings and all that stuff
but yes there are two different as they
call them positive tubes in here the
spare is a different diameter than the
one that comes in here this one's wide
open this one's a little bit tighter but
to me it is very helpful that you can
see the entire thing broken down just in
case you want to take it apart and clean
it out and take it you know whatever you
want to do to it and then they give you
tips and everything that you need to
know on how to use this thing and I
think that's pretty darn great you see
it has these airflow holes down here it
does kind of tell you what its going to
be like if you uncover the holes and all
that kind of stuff so that's actually
pretty cool it's an airflow tuning guide
warnings warnings warnings all that
stuff so this is that positive tube I
was talking about see it's actually kind
of tight right there so if you wanted to
tighten it up that way you can that's
where the airflow is gonna come in and
up through that just like the dot RBA
this little piece comes on here so that
you can it's a 5-10 adapter basically
you're gonna put the the deck into this
put this on a ohm reader and you're good
to go
well look at this in just a second this
right over here I have a feeling they
have these it's it's extra to get them
they're little inserts that you can put
inside of the other one of these because
it's wide open and you know I didn't
need them so I didn't get them but I
have a feeling that they have that there
just in case they want to put them in
there I don't know but we do have a
couple of extra positive screws
underneath that down under here got a
little at mizzou sticker and then you
get extra o rings and this is actually
pretty cool they give you a little guide
right here it's one-to-one so if you're
trying to figure out which a ring is
which well you got to do is take that
o-ring and place it on there and you can
figure it out that's that's actually
pretty cool
very smart extra seals for everything
that is involved now because you
actually get the full assembly when you
buy this if you wanted to put your old
tank in here just for safekeeping you
can do that let's get to the star of the
show the meat and potatoes alright so
this is the dot shell over here it says
at mizzou buy at Mazzone and then on
this side it says dot shell and you'll
see that it's kind of you know there's a
gap right there
this thing is held together with
pressure I mean there are rings inside
of here but once it's inside the mod
it's pressed together like that so they
do tell you that if you're going to fill
it
make sure it's inside the mod before you
do so because that's how its held
together but what is really cool about
the
that say you need to get in there and
work on the deck it even has your serial
number on the on the chimney there but
say you need to get in there and work on
the deck and you got a full tank you're
like dang it so all you got to do is
flip it upside down pop this out and
guess what all your juice is safe inside
there cuz that sealed up there so yeah
that is actually a really cool little
benefit they see inside of here there
are two holes that's where the liquid is
gonna come in and hit your wicks and
I'll show you that in just a minute and
then right up into the chimney there is
a little bit of doming they're wide open
though and then what you can do is pull
this out there we go oops okay so we
just gotta get this back on here again
there are extras in there in case you
need them that goes on here get this
back on right there we go just sits on
there like that so there are your two
wicking holes now this is what I was
talking about see that's open right
there this little piece right there can
come out of there the plastic piece it's
right there and you can use your old
tanks alright so we'll go ahead and put
this back in here I like to line it up
the way they lined it up with dot gel on
the same side as the fill just slide
that in take a little bit of working to
get it in there just right slide it up
make sure that it's nice and sealed in
there like that
so here's your build deck let me do this
real quick I'm just going to take this
off of course that's your air flow
control ring and what you do is put the
adapter on there and you can just put
that right on to a ohm reader or
whatever another mod and then when
you're done take that off and put this
back on airflow adjustment like this
small hole to big hole I pretty much
usually prefer them wide open depending
on the build now on this one because
I've got a pretty sizable coil in there
I've actually got to close down to three
of the holes so this is the bill that I
have in here right now it's a very
simple five wrap twenty four gauge a one
kanthal wire and you know it works so
well and this one with the dot RBA I
figured I'd try the same build in this
one why not got it spaced and everything
this comes out to about 0.47 0.5 so I
got to do is drag your wick through
there and then these little channels
your wick is actually going to lay right
in those channels you can also use those
channels to use your tool to position
the coil because you want it down as far
as you can close to that airflow that's
right there in the middle here's a
picture of the deck without a build in
it so you can see I mean there's just a
wide open and by the way that post
that's in there is the one
that's in there when you get it so if
you were to take that other one and
stick it in there it would already start
out tighter so you wouldn't have to
worry about using those little adjuster
adapters that they sell but if you want
to get those you can use this one and
stick them right into that anyways if
you do have an adapter in there then you
want to make sure that you raise this up
a little bit but as close to that hole
as you can get it they suggest that you
put your leads on the bottom so that the
coil is sitting up above them that also
helps to keep the legs out of the way of
your cotton because they're underneath
so yeah you just put your cotton through
there lay them in there snip your cotton
off at the sides there and you don't
want any hanging out there so that's why
they've kind of made it at an angle so
you can just kind of cut that like that
it's not necessarily a less-is-more type
of thing because you do want enough
cotton in there because remember when
this is sitting right on there the
liquid is coming right down to your
cotton it is nicely machined on the
inside of there though so it kind of
closes those off liquid is constantly
sitting under cotton so that is actually
kind of nice I will tell you that with
this thin wire it's a little bit harder
I'm not as big of a fan of these type of
capture systems just because it's like
getting the wire under there making it
stay and all that stuff can be a little
bit finicky the fatter wire that I used
was a lot easier so anyways this is what
it looks like with the cotton wick in
there from the other one that I used so
once you get your wicking going and all
that stuff all you go do is drop her in
like that put it inside the mod and pop
this open and fill it up actually works
out quite nicely
I've been enjoying it that's not to say
that the dot RBA that you know the dot
mod sells is not good I have four of
them and I have four of these mods so
I'd have to say this is my favourite AIO
of 2019 that's why I own four of them
yeah I still use the PAL two and all
that kind of stuff and the PAL two is a
great little mod I mentioned that one
because that was a Toni B project and it
was only around 25 30 bucks whereas this
one's you know $70 for this and this one
is 120 dollars so big difference but you
know if you can afford it I really like
these and now that I've got the dot
shell in my life I like it even more if
you already own the dot mod RBA and
you're happy with how you build it and
all that kind of stuff you might not
need this one it is not inexpensive I
mean if you buy it directly from Greece
it's gonna be about a hundred and twenty
dollars shipped and you know deliver if
you're able to fight a US retailer that
has it like I was able to get one from
squak America Scott McCann that one was
I think what 85 bucks shipped or
something like that maybe 90 shipped
either way they are not cheap they also
make the vape shell that is used for the
billet box I've got four of these things
that should tell you something I really
like them I've got two of them with dot
RBA's in them the ones that come from
dot mod and this one is officially
sanctioned by them so they were like
yeah man if you want to make one of
these for our mod we would love that
I will tell you that this one is a
little bit easier to build because
you've got so much room and what is
really nice about it is that I can just
pull the tank out pull that deck out of
it work on the deck with the juice still
in the tank with the dot RBA you cannot
do that you got to wait until the juice
is low enough that if you lay the tank
down you can pull that out of there you
know what I'm talking about it's just it
is a lot easier to manipulate and work
with flavor-wise they're both really
about the same to be honest with you and
of course it's very dependent on the
build that you put in there so for
example I've got this dot a iOS right
now this one has got a James Buckland
coil they're very good coil it's an
alien coil it's about 0.47 ohms which
this is also about 0.47 ohms with a just
single wire build in there it's just
spaced single round wire and this one
fires a lot quicker and it's also this
is Kanthal this one is nichrome so
anyways this one right now let's see
I've got this one set at 3/4 power so
three of the lights on the on the fire
button now it takes a second for it to
get up to heat that's that's one of the
things because it's not adjustable
wattage per se I mean you can adjust the
wattage with just the four different
settings
so it takes a couple of seconds for it
to actually get up to heat now keeping
in mind that I didn't put one of the I
didn't put that alternative post in
there that reduces the the airflow and
I've got the airflow closed on both of
these the same amount just one of the
airflow holes is closed so that's that
one now this one here completely called
and I've got that you know that round
wire build in here immediately get the
hit so you know it just depends on what
you put in there right I have not had
any problems with these things leaking
and that's kind of a surprise to me
because I can't remember the last time I
saw a build deck or any kind of
rebuildable where the liquid is just
completely open at the top there's two
holes liquid is constantly sitting on
your wicks and I was like okay we're
gonna see how this thing works I don't
know that it's gonna hold up you know I
figured it was just gonna leap but I
haven't had any leaking whatsoever a
little bit of condensation inside the
chamber that's inside of there you know
you might get a little bit of
condensation right down in the in the
bottom of it there but other than that
really haven't had any problems at all I
just figured it was gonna be a leaky
machine but it is definitely not I
personally think it's worth it now I you
know some people are gonna say oh geez
well that's as much as the mod cost it
is and you know it really comes down to
this I have a friend that buys $300
pairs of sneakers he's like oh yeah 300
bucks that's kind of minimum I'll go up
to 700 and I'm like man I will go over
70 bucks for a pair of sneakers I mean
that's just that's just me that's my
preference so whatever your tolerance is
whatever your threshold is that's what
you got to look at I think it's about 50
bucks for the dot RB a 45 is actually
what it cost and this one you're gonna
pay around a hundred bucks you know give
or take ten or fifteen dollars either
way not much more for me to say about it
I didn't build it on camera because I
just I hate building on camera it's
always it's awkward you're around the
tripod and all that kind of stuff and
with the round wire it did take me a
little bit more because there's not as
much wire to grab onto that that might
be one of my it's not necessarily a
negative but it's not my favorite way to
have just a screw that secures your
underneath it you got to wrap your way
that isn't always my favorite way on the
other hand it is quite easy to build and
I will say that it is easier to build
than the dot RBA because the dot RBA has
that you know itty-bitty little screw in
there and yeah so overall it is easier
to build than the dot RBA either one of
those you're not gonna go wrong with but
I'm really happy with the dot shell from
a fazool buy at Mazzone and I liked it
enough that I actually bought two of
these things myself so there you go hey
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