The Wismec Noisy Cricket — designed by the infamous Jay-Bo — is one of the most unique box mods of 2015. While many vaping companies are going with regulated box mods, the Noisy Cricket is a mechanical box that offers the unadulterated power of two 18650 batteries in series. For those of you unfamiliar with the difference between parallel and series configurations, the former gives you the combined battery life of both cells, while the latter gives you the combined power of both batteries. The Noisy Cricket is also a very small and pleasantly elegant device. So you’re getting immense power in a cute and tiny box mod, similar to the Men in Black weapon it was named after.
In the interview below, Jay-Bo talks about how he came up with the Noisy Cricket. For his first mechanical mod, he whipped up an elegant design that used a hybrid adapter. Before he could put the design into production, mods like the Bay City Vapor Surfrider and SMPL were released. Since he didn’t want to release anything too close to those mods, he tabled his mech mod efforts. Many months later, he came up with the idea for the Noisy Cricket while on an airplane and banged out the prototype in days.
While the series power is the most obvious feature of the Noisy Cricket, I’m a big fan of its aesthetics. It’s a clean and simple device, with no branding on the body. It uses a hybrid adapter for the atomizer and a SMPL-style firing button. The contacts are gold plated, to prevent corrosion. The battery slots are lined to help prevent accidents with batteries with torn wraps (which you should really be rewrapping, btw). Lastly, the button has a PEEK insulator for additional safety.
Vaping the Noisy Cricket is distinctly different from the majority of my vaping setups. Jay-Bo had me put my Indestructible Atomizer on it for testing. My atty had a 0.4-ohm dual-coil Clapton build on it. On the Noisy Cricket, there was no ramp-up time and I got huge hit of vapor straight away. In fact, it was more power than I’m accustomed to and I wasn’t able to take a drag for more than three seconds. In the video, Jay-Bo goes over his build recommendations for the Noisy Cricket. If you’re interested in the mod, plan on building much higher than you normally do.
To learn more about the Wismec Noisy Cricket, check out my chat with Jay-Bo below.
This mod and other Wismec products are available at Clearmist Vape.
The interview was brought to you by Revol Vapors.
I thought I was done buying mods, I’m content with what I have. But that bloody Jay Bo created a mod that I’ve tried making myself with my attempts being unsatisfying. gonna try again in the future, until I do I’ll settle on purchasing this noisy cricket.
It’s a sweet little mod and certainly nothing like anything I have in my collection. For $40 or so, it’s an easy-to-excuse purchase.
It’s a sweet little mod and certainly nothing like anything I have in my collection. For $40 or so, it’s an easy-to-excuse purchase.
I agree, that’s why I went in on a group buy.Under $25. Should receive it by next week. I’m getting the black version. Jay Bo always looks so happy whenever you interview him. Good for him tho, and you.
I thought I was done buying mods, I’m content with what I have. But that bloody Jay Bo created a mod that I’ve tried making myself with my attempts being unsatisfying. gonna try again in the future, until I do I’ll settle on purchasing this noisy cricket.