FEV V4.5 S+ Tank Review and Comparison with MTL RTA Bishop

Probably the Flash E Vapor (FEV) V 4.5 S+ tank and its older versions is one of the most famous and controversial tanks.

This article is intended for people over 18 years of age who want to quit smoking!

It was produced for a very long period of time and is the ancestor of all side-vented tanks such as the Bishop, Era and others.

There is a huge amount of information about the great and terrible FEV, but it is so contradictory that when the question of purchasing it arises, you begin to doubt. The doubts are added by the fact that in the pictures it looks completely different than in reality.

Some write that FEV has an amazing taste, others write that FEV has no taste at all. Some write that FEV has a strong TH, and others that there is no TH at all.

At the moment, FEV is no longer produced and the original FEV versions cost a lot of money, even if you can find one. According to the statements of FEV owners, its modern clones are impossible to distinguish either by appearance or taste, and to play it safe, I bought a clone from YFTK.

The set almost completely copies the original, with the exception of the coin for unscrewing the steam pipe shaft - it is replaced with a metal disk.

I came to the conclusion that Flash E Vapor built its business not on selling tanks, but on selling additional features. And the reason for the company's closure was not the wife's illness, but the well-established production of airflows by the Chinese. I come to this conclusion from the fact that RDL airflows were installed on the MTL device and, in order to get an MTL draw, you had to buy MTL airflows separately and they cost twice as much.

Since then, nothing has changed, it’s just that the sale of these airflows has migrated to China and now the Chinese do not include MTL airflows in the kit.

As you can see, the quality of the clone is at the highest level.

Some FEV users have never even heard that it is necessary to use identical blowers inserted on both sides.

The Chinese also produce extended blowers so that the air streams hit closer to the coil.

Don't forget to wash the tank first. And even if you do this, the first tank will still have a metallic taste. It is clear that the Chinese will not adhere to any European food standards, especially on a clone.

The specifics of the names are their own, so I will describe everything in simple language and as I see it. If there are mistakes, then please correct me in the comments.

All parts are milled to the highest level.

Whole pieces of metal are used rather than powder metallurgy, which increases the cost.

The dome in the original configuration is absolutely flat. I put 2 jets for air supply at 0.8 mm. A jamb of cloners or some other reasons, but the tightening of the Bishop is tighter with the same nominal value of 2 x 0.8 mm.

Also, various versions of the dome with reduced volume are made. There are also separate volume reducers. Whether this affects the taste for the better or not, there are again opposing opinions.

I watched a video that when inserting droppers (wicks) into the holes, the o-rings are cut off in the original, so they need to be moistened with liquid. I thought: this will work for me. No way - if you don't moisten the o-rings with liquid, they will be cut off. On the left dropper, I moistened the o-ring before inserting, but on the second one I didn't and it was cut off.

The droppers protrude from the dome body only slightly, but this is enough to wet the cotton wool.

I don't understand why extended droppers are needed.

To remove the flask for cleaning or replacement, you need to unscrew the steam pipe, which has a slot for a screwdriver. A coin or disk in the kit serves for unscrewing, the soft metal of which does not allow the steam pipe to be damaged.

The lid has a large platform and you can put any mouthpiece you like.

All threads on the FEV clone from YFTK are made with high quality.

What's good about branded hype products is that they produce a lot of parts with improvements for every taste.

На картинке один из вариантов колбы от Steam tuners.

The FEV design is called terrible, but I like it - it reminds me of industrial design of the early twentieth century. All the knurling is done perfectly - nothing digs into the hand or irritates.

The stands for attaching the spirals are old and inconvenient, but they do not cause any particular problems during installation.

By the way, there are options from cloners with different options for racks. Here is one of the options from Ultem with a 2 mm deepened bath and convenient racks.

There is even an option with posts for the coil, like Era.

The optimal option for winding the FEV tank has long been developed. This is a single-core nichrome or an analogue of 0.35 mm.

The coil should have 7 turns on a 2.5 mm mandrel.

The cotton wool is threaded into the spiral and cut along the outer edge of the screws and placed on the screws. There should be no extra tails, otherwise the liquid will flow into the bath, and not onto the spiral.

It may seem strange to someone, but for me the FEV V4.5 S+ has its own charm and is not so scary in reality.

The scare story about the huge size also does not stand up to criticism. For example, the FEV height on a high SBS barely exceeds the height of the iQOS, and with a 2-milliliter flask it will be lower.

As we can see in the picture, the tank looks normal in the hand, and not like Sauron's sword.

What conclusions can be drawn? Both camps are right: throat hit depends primarily on the liquid, and secondly on the condition of the throat. There can be two options: from good throat hit to its complete absence, as with Bishop.

Taste: the tank is not shockingly tasty - a hearty one, but it shouldn't burn your taste buds. The tank is for every day and shouldn't get boring after half a day with a strong aroma.

The taste is roughly comparable. Maybe Bishop is a little tastier, and FEV is worse.

I'll write more about additional options for the FEV tank later.