My new vape - Riva from Liberty Flights

[jaki]

I am loving this new toy. I have copied the review I wrote for Liberty Flights page, just because I am too lazy to write another. It is listed at 42.99 on the site, plus 1.99 postage. If you use ECR69 you'll get a 15% discount, bringing the total cost to £38.19, delivered.

I ordered this on Friday am, then faffed around and changed my mind on the colour (as only a woman can) and still received it on Saturday morning! Cannot beat service like that

I've got the titanium - it is very pretty. It comes in a smart black and gold box and the beast inside is lovely. Titanium is a muted, brushed gold colour, without being too bling, although it does have a bright gold end and a gold band around the centre. It comes with two batteries and two 510 atomisers, a cone, 10 blank carts and all the necessary charging bits. When made up it has a nice weight about it - enough that you know it's there without getting RSI because it's too heavy.

When I opened it at 10 am both batteries were almost fully charged - just 5 mins finished them off. I have used this device with just one battery exclusively from 10 am Saturday until 3.30pm Sunday when the first battery finally gave out. That's over 24 hours on one battery, although I did sleep inbetween. There was no loss of power, just a subtle flashing light on the button (this is the only light there is - perfect for stealth vaping in cinemas!)

The button itself is opaque, solid rubber feel, which extends slightly. It has a very quiet click when pressed so you really know when the connection is made. The end is flat and large enough to stand the Riva upright on. Adding the cone does give a more dense draw, although it is perfectly fine without the cone.
I've never tried a 510 cart before as I was concerned about loss of flavour. I think that is just a vicious rumour - there is bags of flavour and even juices I had given up on because I couldn't taste were coming through strong, along with clouds of vapour.

In summary, I think this is a great device. It looks great, performs really well, feels lovely to hold, has excellent battery life and is very competitively priced.

[Chrissie]

Brilliant review Jaki

It's Eastmall's version of the Tornado/Ego isn't it?

Here is a link to the Riva from Liberty Flights if anyone is interested :

www.liberty-flights.co.uk/product.asp?id=78

[Lilac]

Everytime someone posts about a new device, i want one...

i love my Tornado, been using it excusively since i got it a month or so ago, but there's still the problem of the batteries maybe being unavailable after the ban, isn't there...?

another link to check out later

[jaki]

Aye Chrissie, it is indeed the Eastmall version. I've not tried a Tornego before so this is my first foray into this type and I thought the price was fab.

Lilac, I've found the battery life to be excellent although I am quite tempted to add the F-16 to my list as a replacement as it is supposed to last even longer. I think I'll wait for Eco to announce their sale first though

PS, Thanks for posting the link Chrissie - it hadn't occurred to me to do that.

[Scylla]

Thanks for the great review, Jaki. I'm going to bandage my fingers together as soon as I finish here

scylla

[deesigner]

Just ordered the Riva so hopefully will soon be a full time vaper!

[Chrissie]

Brilliant Dee Good chance you will get it tomorrow or Wednesday at the latest

[jaki]

Jun 21, 2010 8:30:21 GMT deesigner said:

Just ordered the Riva so hopefully will soon be a full time vaper!

That's great news Dee - You won't regret it and if you do, I'll buy it off of you

[Hanow]

So we are both now waiting for our Rivas - and we must compare notes! Vaper buddies remember. (Can't do a smiley on quick reply - but sending a hug).

[Chrissie]

Hanow, you can do smilies on quick replies by either typing them in : ) = : D = ; D = : -* = but without the spaces of course

You can also C&P an actual board smiley from any previous post into a quick reply.

[Hanow]

Chrissie - thanks - something else I have learned! Just got an email - my kit has been dispatched.

[Chrissie]

YW Hanow & that's brilliant news

[deesigner]

My kit arrived today, just got to leave it on charge now for a few more hours. The juice arrived from James too so I'm all set. Yayay.

Managed to refil one of the cartridges on the initial cheapie cig so that's a bonus too.

Good luck Hanow x

[Hanow]

You too Dee. I found the batteries that came with mine were actually already charged - certainly enough to get going. I put the other on the charger, and it went green very quickly.

Can't actually believe how long it has been since I had a real-life ciggy, and am not at all interested, let alone in need of, having one. All time first. I would normally be getting really tetchy by now. xx

[Chrissie]

Dee, Hanow is right, the batteries come with at least some factory charge so you can try it out straight away if you want to

Dee, I'm going to look into finding spares for that cheap e-cig of yours. I'm fairly certain it's an M401 model.

That's the beauty of the e-cig Hanow, they really do take away your cravings. Not just due to the nicotine but the fact you inhaling & exhaling the vapour in such a similar relaxing way you would smoking a real cig.