Kylin Mini V2 Clone

"Ingenious design with a potential issue affecting some models. Get a good one though and it'll likely become your favourite tank!"

A single-coil RTA which vapes extremely well, delivering a huge range of experiences across the entire scale of trip-intensity levels.

The trump cards of this device are both it's large build deck and is its ability to function with small amounts of juice (just 1.5ml total juice will produce a half-way level in the straight glass compared to approx 3ml for the Zeus X equivalent). It owes this advantage to its design, common to other Kylin models which uses a lower side entry of juice to wick instead of the usual bottom juice well arangement.

The cap O-ring is prone can be prone to coming adrift, but easily fixed by cleaning with isopropyl alcohol, drying and then sticking in place with slightest smear of cyanoacrylate superglue.

The main disadvantage of this tank appears to be the rotating build deck assembly which is built into the base shell. On some examples, this has been imperfectly seated and caused problems in removing and attaching the base. A fix is possible but success is not guaranteed.

It's fairly simple to wick, but recommended to follow the linked video tutorial. This is a shortened version from Chasing Clouds & Flavor Reviews utube channel, so please visit and show your appreciation.

Kylin Min V2 Wicking (Shortened).mp4

Wicking tutorial except from a full video by Chasing Clouds & Flavor Reviews. A bit over the top imo, but works in essence

The design incorporates a build deck which rotates (like a record turntable) relative to the base shell. This allows the base to be screwed on whilst the build deck remains engaged within the airflow chamber slots. It's a sound idea, but on several knockoff examples, the swivel bearing had not been seated perfectly and caused difficuties with screwing the base to the main body.

Pros:

Excellent all-round operation
10mm gap between coil terminals, can accommodate very large coils if desired
Build deck uses the larger M3 grub screws, rather than the usual M2.5. This makes them more resilent against wear and far firmer engagement with the allen key
Small capacity with straight glass (see pics below) which many will prefer for dimitri juice (including myself)
Does not have conventional base-resident juice wells, instead the wick is lower side-fed via transfer holes. This eliminates a pool of hidden juice in the base and makes it easier to judge remaining juice quantity at lower levels
Top cap and base very easy to grip for removal
Straightforward to wick, although advise following the tutorial as linked above

Cons:

Be prepared to secure the cap O-ring as described
Incorporates a rotating build deck mechanism (see pics below) which has been reported as troublesome in several knockoffs and even genuine models
A single coil deck, coil need to be wound the correct orientation to fit the offset properly
If wicked with excessive amounts of cotton in the vertical parts of the wick (i.e. the side parts that join the juice wells to the horizontal coiled part of the wick) this can be compressed by the main body upon reassembly and may lead to juice starvation/dry hits. However, if you closely follow the tutorial above success is IME guaranteed.

Verdict: Highly recommended if you can get a good one, but beware yours might suffer from difficult assembly/disassembly owing to the rotation mechanism as described

The assembled Mini V2 with stock drip tip, nice chunky moldings on the cap

For clones, make sure yours includes the full set of 7 O-rings

Build deck is unusually large, visually similar to the Arbiter 2, but has no juice wells

Spacious build deck, but wind the coil anticlockwise or you'll need to start over

Clamp screw from Kylin (left) and Zeus X (right). The Kylin uses larger M3 x 4mm cup point grub screws, whereas most dual coil RTAs have smaller M2.5 x 3mm equivalents

Smooth 510 connector, it'd be nice not to have the rainbow coating on there though

How to dismantle the deck if you need to reseat the swivel mechanism

Dismantled deck showing the potentially troublesome rotating mechanism. Left is the build deck with bearing, seal and brass centre screw. Middle is the 510 centre pin and insulating collet. Right is the base outer shell into which the bearing engages with an interference fit.

At the time of writing (Sept 2023) spare O rings and glasses are available from Aliexpress, although maybe not for USA customers

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