Finally made a forum account after lurking for the past year

[jordan]

Hey guys, I'm new to posting here but not new to the forums =p My name is Jordan, I've been vaping for just over a year and until now lurking to get the information I needed seems to have done the trick for any basic information I needed.

Over the last month I have been hit with a serious case of the dreaded shinyitis! Previously i was just using a standard 900mah passthrough battery with pretty standard top wick clearo's. ce4/ce5/mini nova etc. That is until I saw the ego V V2 mega for £20 and I HAD TO HAVE IT. As a result I then had to try a few new shiny tanks so i got both of the SMOK pyrex tanks (the pyrex DCT and the Pyrex Nova with a high resistance coil) along with an evod and a wickless ce5+

I just had a few questions if anyone can help out it would be much appreciated. Some of the questions I'm pretty sure I know the answer to, others I just want an opinion from people with more experience =)

1. Vaping my 1300mah battery at 4-4.5v with the DCT seems to drain the battery faster than on the passthrough I was using. I'm assuming this is because of the higher voltage draining the battery faster?

2. I've read a lot about the carto tanks argument single coil carto vs dual coil carto and having only tried the dual coils in my SMOK tank can anyone give me a plain english answer to which is better and why?

3. Any suggestions for what my next step in upgrades/mods/shiny things that make me go oooooooh and hand over my bank details? I want to try mods/fully rebuildable attys etc but have no idea where to start since i take one look at all the you must do this, you must not do that, this is the hard part of doing this etc etc and it all seems a bit overwhelming. Plus I don't think my missus would appreciate me either setting fire to the house or wasting money breaking new toys. (Don't ask me how but I probably would blow something up knowing my luck)

4. Are there any smaller (in length) VV batteries that don't cost a fortune. My missus is jealous of the better flavour on my VV but she has tiny hands so my battery is a bit unwieldy for her.

Thanks in advance guys =)

[Chrissie]

Hello & welcome jordan

Please forgive me for not answering your questions, was just about to log off & go to bed.

Hopefully some night owlers (that aren't at vapefest) will come along & help

[jordan]

Lol no problem thanks for the welcome

[chykensa]

Woooooof, what a lot to answer!!
As I seem to have got to this post first, here's my 2/d worth (that's old money BTW!).
1) I'm not an expert at passthroughs, but I can only guess that yes, without the constant top-up of current your battery is discharging quicker. If it's not VV ( and I suspect it isn't), the power will be quite high at the start (i.e. at full charge), tapers off and remains fairly constant, then tails off as the battery dies. This might be rectified in point 4)
2) Again, haven't used DC cartos only standard ones both SR and LR, but I would guess that a DC would vapourise more liquid more quickly, therefore giving you more vapour etc. It really depends on what juice you vape, and what you want from your vape - more steam (for want of a better description), or more flavour. If vapour, then atomise the juice at a higher temperature, i.e. a DC carto. If however you wish to get more flavour, then a standard resistance carto might be better, the atomiser doesn't reach the same heat, so preserves the juice's flavour better. Your call!
3) Yet again I don't have a great experience but use a Vamo which is VV/VW and in 18650 mode (the size of the battery - larger = more time between charges) lasts me about 1.5 days. You have the ability in VV to adjust the power reaching the coil to maximise your vaping pleasure. In VW mode you reach your sweet spot, and then regardless of what atomiser you screw onto the top, and at what Ohm rating, the Vamo will automatically find that same sweet spot. Other posters will no doubt bombard you with links to great Chinese sites offering these goodies at silly prices, but I got my latest Vamo for just over £20, so not a bank-breaker.
You could also consider the Spinner or Twist batteries which offer a VV option, and at 1300mah will give you over a day of vaping between charges.
4) see above re. Spinners or Twists for the answer to this one too!
I hope this helps - fire back any questions of you need to, we are here to help!
Andy

ETA: needless to say I'm NOT at Vapefest!!!

[rich64]

Welcome Jordan

[jordan]

I wasn't able to go to vapefest this year either, granted I only found out what date it was on yesterday but still lol.

The new battery I have the Ego V V2 Mega is in fact a VV battery not sure if that makes a difference to answer 1. www.uvape.co.uk/Ego-Variable-Voltage-manual-battery-900mAh < this is the battery however i have the 1200mah version. (Just realised I typo'd and put 1300mah in the first post)

I think I may have to get a pre punched Single coil carto and just try it myself see what the difference is.

Can I ask where you got your Vamo from as coincidentally that's what I have been looking at getting next but everywhere I've seen it stocked is £40+

Is there a big difference between the spinner and the twist?

Thanks for the help it's much appreciated

[rich64]

Aug 16, 2013 23:00:01 GMT jordan said:

I wasn't able to go to vapefest this year either, granted I only found out what date it was on yesterday but still lol.

The new battery I have the Ego V V2 Mega is in fact a VV battery not sure if that makes a difference to answer 1. www.uvape.co.uk/Ego-Variable-Voltage-manual-battery-900mAh < this is the battery however i have the 1200mah version. (Just realised I typo'd and put 1300mah in the first post)

I think I may have to get a pre punched Single coil carto and just try it myself see what the difference is.

Can I ask where you got your Vamo from as coincidentally that's what I have been looking at getting next but everywhere I've seen it stocked is £40+

Is there a big difference between the spinner and the twist?

Thanks for the help it's much appreciated

I think Chykensa will be talking about the body only.

Heres a link to fasttechs vamo kit (works out at around £33.00) www.fasttech.com/p/1359403   (you can buy the body only there also

cheers

[jordan]

ahh brilliant thanks rich. i had seen a vamo kit with charger and batteries for around £40 but it had 2x 18350 batteries which have to be used stacked. wheres the fasttech one comes with 2 18650 which i believe you only use one of so theres less worrying about the battery overheating. thats if i have understood the warnings around stacked batteries correctly anyway

[rich64]

Aug 16, 2013 23:24:40 GMT jordan said:

ahh brilliant thanks rich. i had seen a vamo kit with charger and batteries for around £40 but it had 2x 18350 batteries which have to be used stacked. wheres the fasttech one comes with 2 18650 which i believe you only use one of so theres less worrying about the battery overheating. thats if i have understood the warnings around stacked batteries correctly anyway

i ve been reading alot on stacking batteries and plenty of advice out there about pairing batteries to keep an even discharge etc but frankly i ve just decided not to stack ,period.

Its the kit i ordered up and certainly not disappointed(couple of weeks delivery though)

[chykensa]

Indeed I did get my Vamo from Fasttech, took about 3 weeks, and cost just over £20, body only. Stacked batteries are a no-no, and the same kit in this country will cost about £40.
No real difference between Spinner and Twist, I think the Spinner is available at 1300mah, but the Twist at 1100mah.
FastTech also do Panasonic batteries 18650 3200mah! which are brilliant, last at least a day and a half, and are about £12 for 2 - can't post links at the mo coz I'm on my mobile!

[rich64]

Just a thought Jordan

If your ordering from fasttech it might be worth ordering something like this www.fasttech.com/products/1341504 for your wife . its semi vv and cheap as chips but she can try it and see iof its the direction she wants to go (I ve got one coming to replace a riva 1100 fixed voltage i water damaged which i use for out and about)

[jordan]

I'm assuming from the amount of people who reccomend fasttech on here that they are reputable just a case of waiting it out for it to arrive? and rich that is amazing i was paying double that for fixed voltage 900mah passthrough batteries, i think ill have to pick one of those up for her for sure. thank you

[rich64]

Aug 16, 2013 23:44:31 GMT jordan said:

I'm assuming from the amount of people who reccomend fasttech on here that they are reputable just a case of waiting it out for it to arrive? and rich that is amazing i was paying double that for fixed voltage 900mah passthrough batteries, i think ill have to pick one of those up for her for sure. thank you

I really cant fault fasttech Jordan and their prices are incredible.

Whilst we  cant ignore fasttech pricing it is worth considering that UK suppliers do a great job for us and definately  worth supporting as you progress

[jordan]

i think over the last year i have bought from a good number of uk suppliers including health e vape, totally wicked, liberty flights, eciglondon and ukeliquid along with a few market stalls. will continue to get my liquids from uk suppliers but for some shiny new toys i dont think i can pass up on those prices especially if it means i can afford to break something when tinkering =p

[giles]

jordan

Back to the questions:
1. I'd also assume that
2. I don't use dual coil cartos (tried one months ago, didn't like it, don't much like cartos anyway) but dual coil clearos are better than single, basically because you put more power through them. (They are wired in parallel, so you get twice as much coil and low resistance). So more vapour, taste, throat hit,
3. Vamo is good, and great value for money. If you haven't tried a dual coil clearo I'd do so - Iclear or an x-heater head in your nova. I tried a cheap mesh aga-type thing, didn't like it - if you want to go that way I'd get a good one. And I just got a Nautilus, which gives control over air flow and juice flow. You're building your own coil, so you are controlling resistance, and I make my own juice. And of course it is on vw vamo. So if there is anything less than perfect about my vape, it is nobody's fault but mine.
4. The (only) difference between a spinner and a twist used to be that the numbers on the twist were hard to read because they were just etched, while spinners had them in white on black. But there are lots of colours around now, so I don't know what the story is. I'd think your OH would be happy with an evod on a spinner.