Oi hoi captain vapers.. advice about a decent vaper / mods?

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Don't worry about me @purkie...I'm fine. I posted your sentinel this pm. Let me know when you get it. Let me know how you get on with the Davide King as I need some reviews. If it 'aint as good as 2nd generation davide then I 'aint getting it

I got good vape mail this pm anyhows

And like really don't beat yourself up about buying the Davide King. Hopefully it'll last you a good wee while and it's cool cos you can try the aspire heads with it too that everyone raves about...

Really we're just nice on this forum - I have an idea for your Bank Manager. Tell him you have acute shinyitis and it can't be helped all you're spending on e-cigs tee hee

Jane

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Hahahaa!! shinyitus, loves it. Yep course I'll let you know, everything's on it's way now, oh except I just need to order batteries tonight, but I'll review my arse off I expect cos I'll be soooo pleased! Although I 'spect I'll think it's totally amazing, but whether my opinion will be much use I don't know, as I've not tried anything decent yet.. quite yet... couple days to go!! yass!!!

[Greg]

Feb 4, 2014 23:13:13 GMT Adam78 said:

Feb 4, 2014 20:41:09 GMT Greg said:

Just a comment on the aerotank, there a bdc rather than a bcc like the protank two.

You don't have to use the "BDC" (bottom dual coil) units in the AeroTank though.

I just re-build the single coil Evod/Protank heads and use those in the Aerotank mostly (I can't tell much difference between the dual coil & single coil either tbh maybe a slightly thicker vapour)

There's a difference in size between the Aerotank Dual-coil unit (left) & the old Evods (right), the silicone cup sits higher on the aerotank heads, to make room for that extra coil.



When you put a single coil Evod or Protank head in the Aerotank there's a gap between the top of the silicone cup and the bottom of the air tube (hard to photo but you get the idea) so it's not making a seal and you'll get leaks.



Easy fix though, take a spare evod silicone cup and place it back to back with the other one, this'll fit snuggly over the Aerotank air tube and make a seal.



Makes life easier if you're happy with a single coil

(Haven't tried it yet but I can't imagine re-building the dual coil is much different to the single coil..just have to do everything twice lol.)

Mmmmm I don't see the point of buying an aerotank and then implementing a badge job to fit a single coil. If you want single coil then in my view your better off with protank 2 and an aerotank base if you prefer AFC. Just my opinion

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Just had a thought. You might need a syringe and a 14 or 18 gauge hypodermic needle for filling the davide. Syringes and needles can be gotten off ebay cheap enough - eg here for 3ml syringes (though you might want 5ml syringes don't know)

and like maybe here for needles?

Cheap enough. Will make your life a lot easier

Jane

[Greg]

Feb 5, 2014 20:49:58 GMT @johanino said:

Just had a thought. You might need a syringe and a 14 or 18 gauge hypodermic needle for filling the davide. Syringes and needles can be gotten off ebay cheap enough - eg here for 3ml syringes (though you might want 5ml syringes don't know)

and like maybe here for needles?

Cheap enough. Will make your life a lot easier

Jane

Yes I alluded to that earlier, certainly for the mini and standard davide you'll struggle to fill without getting liquid in  your airhole without a stringe or needle top bottle. And there's nothing worse than getting liquid in your airhole 

Something like This

[Adam78]

Feb 5, 2014 20:36:16 GMT Greg said:

Mmmmm I don't see the point of buying an aerotank and then implementing a badge job to fit a single coil. If you want single coil then in my view your better off with protank 2 and an aerotank base if you prefer AFC. Just my opinion

I prefer the brushed stainless steel of the aerotank, is the protank 2 chrome plated brass like the protank 1?

Didn't get on with the protank 1 tbh the vape had a weird cold metallic flavour to it..not getting that at all with the aerotank.

I like having the option for using dual-coils..just haven't bothered trying to re-build the 2 that came with it yet..might try some 3mm Ekowool in there first actually.

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I don't know what I'm going to prefer yet in regards to BDC / BCC, & the aerotank looked & sounded & reviewed like it was exactly what I was after. I'm such a fruitcake though, honestly, I got it through yesterday & still haven't been brave enough to unwrap it, let alone try it out!! (WHAT A LOONY!!) that aside, cos I don't know what will be better (BDC / BCC) and also get the balance right between being good to vape but also not tooooo difficult to build coils for, it's good to know that if I can't manage dual coil fiddling just yet that I can also bodge a single coil in there, as I'm pretty confident (I think) I can do that! progression is the key

I have had the davide out, & filled it up ok with juice.. or at least I thought I had.. I was just really careful with each drop & made sure it went in the wee holes (the davide king has got like a central narrow tube which comes up a lot higher than the top of the tank, I assume this is the air-hole, so when you take off the drip-tip there's quite clearly two reasonable sized holes straight through into the tank to refill into). They're about 2mm wide. P'raps I would be easier with a syringe, need to get some anyway for measuring DIY juice ingredients, so I'll try with one too.

The davide's been a bit funny actually.. can I post about that here or should I start a new yin in the 'general vaping - issues' section..?

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Also, MASSIVE thank yous & huge appreciation to Jane, @johanino.. I got my mod thru this morning!!! Heard the postie dithering, & then a very heavy-sounding 'plop!', and then a very excited Lauren!!! It was really extremely kind of you Jane, thanks very much. As I'm now over my overdraft limit I would've ended up a bit stuck without it!! well, very stuck in fact. Thank you thank you thank you, lovely lass! Awaiting batteries, so I'll let you know how it goes! Plus I know you're keen for me to tell you all about the davide king.. I will.. although I'm not sure yet that it's working quite right, not least because I've got it balanced on top of weeny skinny ego battery, ha! looks hilarious so it does

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I told you @purkie. You need to have words with your bank manager and say you have acute shinyitis and that you need your OD increasing...

Och hope you get your money probs sorted soon. Know what it's like to be over overdraft limit. No fun

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Ayee ta xx

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REVIEW OF ASPIRE, DAVIDE, AEROTANK atomisers (so far...)

Feb 9, 2014 12:12:01 GMT The Mod Destroyer said:
How are you getting on with the sentinel and the davide king @purkie

Heya J, all is good, been struggling away with my last surviving ego batt for the last few days, although extremely happy with the atomisers I bought.. the sentinel looks fantastic & very excited about getting it up & running, finally got my batteries thru just now so need to do a full 24hr charge to prime them methinks, will be away in a puff of vape tomorrow morning haha!!

So the atomisers.. I've got & tried the Davide king, the Aerotank, & a wee Aspire ce5-shape glassomiser which was cheaper & I thought looked a bit less break-easy for out & about (also a lot lighter which is good cos I do a lot of mountaineering & in the winter I've got enough to bloody carry, ha!!). And all of them are really fantastic, even with my shitty ego batt, a total world away from the ce4/5 & gsh2 plastic clearomisers cheap off ebay that I was using before. Really exceptionally pleased that I made the move onto the real stuff!!!

For the price, the wee Aspire thing is by far the best value & is really satisfying, it's BDC & I've not had it long enough yet to need to try recoiling it, but I'm not too worried about that just yet! It just gives really really good vape-production, & much better flavour than I was used to as well, for £6 you really can't go wrong with it & I would totally recommend to someone needing more satisfaction but not able to spend a lot on a whole new set-up. Also the shape of it & the fact it's covered in that soft-touch plastic stuff apart from a wee window, makes me think I'll be relatively safe with it lol..! Obv it's not completely rebuildable so I couldn't replace the glass if needed, but as most others replaceable coils & could build my own, changeable drip tip etc.. 10/10 for a wee cheap thing defo! (It's 1.8? from here: www.smokshop.com/collections/cartomizers/products/anyvape-aspire-ce5-s-bdc) In comparison to what I was used to, it's seriously incredible. However as they are currently set up & resistances they currently have, the Davide & Aerotank are better as you'd expect, although slightly less easy..

The Davide is a bit less consistent, prob because I've not filled it with a needle yet & have been pushing my luck with very careful dripping! So I've had some leaky / bubbly issues, easily rectified by a good blow & wipe out. The first drag was pure heaven (it was the first atomiser I tried after the plastic crap), loooooads of vape, and totally surprising real flavour (mmmmm applemint!!!), I was well impressed. But then it went all burnt & really felt like I was back on the fags! YUK!! I hadn't taken the precaution of dry-burning the coil as I kinda assumed it would've been built well, but I'll not make that mistake again! So after a few days experience.. it's still a bit inconsistent, very possibly because I need to (& haven't) needle-fill it, but sometimes it's absolutely incredible, other times it lacks flavour or doesn't produce that much vape, or floods. Basically I think this is due to my inexperience & crap battery I've been using it on, I'd definitely recommend to someone who's used to the issues with decent atomisers. When it's happy, 10/10 for vape production & flavour. It's mega heavy by the way, hopefully that means the glass is thick & won't break too easily!!

The Aerotank is also really amazing. It's the most consistent of the three & doesn't actually seem to have the capacity to leak because the base of it is completely sealed. I did dry-burn the coil before first use, & washed it, so maybe that helped, but every single drag has been amazing. No problems at all! Great flavour (possibly very slightly less than the Davide on a davide-happy-day, but still exceptionally good) & loads of vape.. I've found cos it's set up at 2? currently it doesn't do so well on my crappy battery, so usually if I'm using this I steal my partner's (also crap but better) ego twist vv, on an only slight kick it really works fantastically, so whenever I can get my hands on the twist the Aerotank is always 1st in line. I guess mainly because I find it more consistent than the Davide & easier to fill, & also it's very aesthetically pleasing (although I try to think that's not important to me..!) So this gets 10/10 overall, although I'm sure when I start treating the Davide like it wants to be treated this might change, not sure yet will see how it goes

Bear in mind that all of this is based on use with a very crap battery & out-the-box experience - I'm intending to experiment with lower resistances, especially in the aerotank, & I need to learn how to re-coil all of them as all of them are BDC (although happy to know I can stick a single in the aerotank!). All in all I'm REALLY REALLY chuffed with all of them, they've totally changed my experience of vaping, & would recommend to anyone definitely Thanks everyone for helping me find what I needed!

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oh god, that looks longer than it felt!! too much time again!! sorry! um, they're all great, haha!

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How heavy is the davide king? Like can't lift or just heavy? Hmmm....I don't like heavy tanks....don't weigh it.If it's heavier than the aerotank (plastic jobbies) 0 worries. Would expect that but so long as it's not ridiculously heavy

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The aerotank ain't plastic jobbies haha!! it's pyrex glass just the same um, well I think they're about the same weight actually, but then the aerotank's full of juice & the davide's empty.. I guess maybe that was just my perception cos it was the first one I opened & I thought 'F me, that is heavy!!' but aye on second weighings it's prob just normal for a glass tank methinks? na, prob not ridiculous

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haha! well you've found me out, I'm a wrongly-perceptive eejit! (I know you said don't weigh it, but, c'mon, it's me ya talkin to!!) aerotank with juice = 60g; davide without juice = 56g! completely on it's head with my thinkings lol!