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Post by ghostrider1971 on Aug 22, 2022 13:10:41 GMT
DripDrop Vapour If you are looking for a flavour idea, a blackcurrant and orange cordial with a serious dollop of WS-23? Maybe a gingerbread with your excellent custard for the rapidly coming festive season? I think with the custard being well thought of, is it something that could be relatively easily tweaked for varients? I remember a few years back I had an absolutely excellent lemon custard. Appreciate you said before that you don't offer concentrates, but is this something that is a future possibility/financially viable?
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Post by ghostrider1971 on Aug 20, 2022 18:30:17 GMT
striker42 I've gone back to the 0.2 coils too. I did try the 0.15s for a while - pretty good, but I think for consistency that the 0.2s are the best. I was just wondering if the iTank is 'airier' (if such a thing...) than the Cleito and that was the difference with the menthol flavours? The ITank is absolutely superb on non-menthol fruits and also excellent on the custard and cake I've tried.
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Post by ghostrider1971 on Aug 19, 2022 15:50:55 GMT
Thanks to the very sound advice of Striker, I have pretty much switched over full time to the Vapresso iTank now. Four on the go and very happy with them. Most of the flavours I have been vaping before have been enhanced and some favourites have been made even more enjoyable.
However....two very favourite juices of mine, Kernow Black and ELFC Tommy, have been pretty disappointing and listless (Have got them in the Cleitos still). Both are deep and strong fruit and both are menthol/ecucaplytus to a degree.
They are very deep flavours and hard hitting in the Cleito whereas in the iTank (at a range of wattages) they just seem weak and pretty tasteless.
Any similar experiences/solutions/thoughts?
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Post by ghostrider1971 on Aug 16, 2022 17:10:14 GMT
Mixed to 107ml in a 120ml flavour shot Nic - 3mg Equipment - Voopoo Alpha with Vapresso Itank at 65w and 0.15ohm coil. Short and sweet? Bleeerrgghh  The two out of two for Fantasi is absolutely, categorically and unequivocally not going to become three out of three. "Bleeerrrgghh" is actually a generous assessment. Basically, what we have here is washing detergent. The same smell and very strong too. We have an inhale of what I would imagine washing detergent (the blue stuff you stick in the washing machine) tasting like. When that every vape shock does diappear there is a very good, very strong and very authentic pineapple taste. Does a decent pineapple compensate for washing detergent? Indeed it does not. Is there ice? Yeah, probably...but certainly more washing detergent. Could it be because I mixed it at a higher strength? Maybe. I guess I'd be closer to 25% concentrate - but the same as the previous two. Very, very strange.... Scores on the doors - Blackcurrant and Lemon is an 8.5/10. watermelon a decent 7.5/10. This one? Think of the biggest minus number you can...and take off another one... |
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Post by ghostrider1971 on Aug 11, 2022 15:51:31 GMT
Concentrate - 20% (although 120ml bottle mixed to c.107ml total) Nic - 3mg VG - c.70% Kit - Smok pistol grip thing (Yep, the one out of two that still works and didn't suffer a high velocity mishap with a wall) @ 72w with Vapresso Itank @ 0.15ohm Blurb - "Authenic juicy and cold watermelon soda flavour." Short and sweet? Curiously nice Second offering from the Fantasi 'fruit and ice' range. Whilst watermelon isn't usually a go to flavour for me, I thought I'd give this one a go with the current (and ongoing..) spell of super hot weather. A bit cold, a bit fruity and a bit juicy...hopefully.... What we have is nothing like I wanted but that doesn't stop it from being 'curiously nice'. Much less of an ice effect than in the Blackcurrant and Lemon albeit mixed at the same ratio. In fact, apart from the very, very last knockings of the exhale I don't get ice at all. The watermelon is a candy watermelon rather than a conventional fruit. It's good - not overly sweet and definitely a decent melony flavour. Nice and juicy again - which is great. Cutting to the chase (rather than rambling on as usual) - think of cheap watermelon flavoured bubble gum (yep, a bubblegum flavour on the end) and you would be bang on. As a fan of cheap watermelon bubble gum, I think this is rather nice. Same £5.99 for a 20% (24ml) flavour shot and bottle. (Noting I mixed for 'stronger' again). This is a very decent mix at a very reasonable price (Are you listening £15-20 for 60ml B&Ms?) Two out of two for Fantasi so far..... www.eliquidflavourconcentrates.co.uk/watermelon-ice-flavour-shot-by-fantasi--120ml (Available from many other good retailers too, I'm sure...) |
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Post by ghostrider1971 on Aug 10, 2022 20:44:01 GMT
Concentrate - 20% (although 120ml bottle mixed to c.107ml total)
Nic - 3mg
VG - c.70%
Kit - Voopoo Alpha @ 66w with Vapresso Itank @ 0.16ohm
Short and sweet? VERY nice!
Ahhhh, I truly must be the marketing departments dream....ELFC bring in a new huge range of ice fruits from Fantasi (I bought six...) and here we go with the first one - 'Blackcurrant x Lemon Ice' - and it is very, very good.
Assuming this was going to be a distant cousin of the Malaysian juices (this one is made in Madchester) I had high hopes. Delivered. In full.
The ice level is what I would call 'universal' - a chill and plesant enough to keep a lover of ice like me interested but certainly not a blow the top of your skull off cryo. The ice pops in during the exhale and remains on the roof of the mouth for a significant while after. It is plesantly chilly.
The fruit mix, whilst pretty basic, is excellent. It is a very juicy vape - nice and wet. The blackcurrant is like a cordial blackcurrant - slightly acidic, slight tart and slightly sweet. Very nice indeed. Whilst I don't get a very distinctive lemon flavour there is certainly something alongside the blackcurrant and it is complementary. Do simple and do it well.
£5.99 for a 120ml flavour shot - cheap and very cheerful. As per the top line, I mixed mine to about 107ml rather than 120ml so mine will be stronger. It certainly satisfies a strong flavour lover like me.
An auspicious start. The eternal triangle of fruit - ice - strong is fullfilled...and fullfilled well.
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Post by ghostrider1971 on Jul 31, 2022 15:58:49 GMT
Was curious that some vendors do 'postage included' over £50 but some can do it at £15 I imagine that above the cheap limit on postage included, the purpose is to encourage the buyer to add something else to their order that they wouldn't otherwise have purchased, to reach or exceed the minimum sale amount for "free" postage. I've certainly bought the odd (hundred or so) 10ml plastic bottle or vape band to get to a post limit - buy something for 19.99 and postage is 'free/included' over 20 quid  |
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Post by ghostrider1971 on Jul 31, 2022 9:03:03 GMT
Perpetua - Absolutely - agree that postage is being factored in somehow to the sales price. I guess the point I was making is that I wouldn't pay say 4 quid postage for a shortfill - would be totally self defeating. Was curious that some vendors do 'postage included' over £50 but some can do it at £15
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Post by ghostrider1971 on Jul 30, 2022 18:48:28 GMT
Evening each,
Any thoughts on the current position regarding postage costs and times for vape stuff? Does this influence who/what/where you buy from?
Vapeclub - Free postage over £20 and arrives next day even if ordered Sunday (Amazing...)
Ecigarettedirect - Free postage over £15 - ordered another Itank at 5pm yesterday and arrived at 8.30am today (also amazing...)
ELFC have put their 'free' postage up to orders over £35 from £30.
Washington Vapes (for example) seem to have cheap stuff on their site but more expensive postage.
Just curious too as to how it all works - are bigger companies getting the benefit of economies of scale from more sales and passing them on?
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Post by ghostrider1971 on Jul 20, 2022 18:42:54 GMT
Ummmm.... This could be the quickest redaction of a recommendation ever.... Same day as received, I now have a cross threaded Cleito stuck on. Tried pliers, a quick trip in the freezer etc. Now gone from pleasantly surprised to distinctly irked |
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Post by ghostrider1971 on Jul 20, 2022 15:50:36 GMT
As I've said before, I'm certainly not of the right mind to do hardware reviews but I picked up a couple of these (very) cheap SMOK thingies. Appreciate SMOK doesn't always have the best name but the grip is nice, they are part metal (see, I'm getting technical now!) and the 'pistol grip' fire button seems nice. Surprisingly light for a 2 battery jobbie. Will be ideal for me taking out and about and if they get bashed up (as my mods seem to...) it's not like carrying the crown jewels. The top screen is a bit strange and small and you have to be a contortionist with button presses to change modes...but, still not bad. If anyone is in the market, might be worth a squint: greyhaze.co.uk/products/smok-d-barrel-box-mod |
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Post by ghostrider1971 on Jul 17, 2022 15:55:37 GMT
Went back to this one and now running it through the Itank with the 0.15ohm coil at 65w. Wasn't sure about the lower ohm coil(the 0.2 was out of stock) but very impressed so far. The flavour is absolutely amazing - Still the same sweet/sharp on the inhale with the berries but they seem so much more realistic - the 'cold' is now more noticeable too - not cold cold but a nice chill at the end of the exhale. Now getting through this very quickly - as I said in the first review I could see this one being a regular...albeit a lot more fruits to go back to for the Itank treatment |
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Post by ghostrider1971 on Jul 15, 2022 14:40:11 GMT
Postmodern Smoking - I would, 99% of the time, completely agree with you - I think the hot weather has got the better of me
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Post by ghostrider1971 on Jul 15, 2022 14:39:04 GMT
100ml shortfill at 80VG Nic added to 3mg Kit - Geekvape Aegis @ 54w with Vapresso Itank @ 0.21ohm (Thank you to MrDJ for the recommendation!) Short and sweet? Devon ambrosia A some may know, I am not really a huge custard fan but I do sometimes get the urge. Got all my fruits and menthols on the go but sometimes have that 'I need something a bit sweeter for a while' moment. This is really rather jolly nice and, for me, all the magic happens on the exhale. We have some excellent layering here. First the custard and then a wonderful cream. After the exhale the flavour continues to build. It is nice and strong. As per the short and sweet literally think of a carton of Devon Ambrosia - the flavour is exactly the same. Excellent vape aroma although perhaps the real 'biggie' here is how long the flavour lasts after the vape. it literally sits (and sits and sits a bit more) in the middle of the tongue and it is good. Comforting and good for the soul and in my case...hopefully the diet One of my biggest bug bears is oversweetness. Not here. The cream seems to be the balancer and pulls everything together whilst not letting any sweetness get out of hand. Soft and smooth and very tasty. Would it convert this confirmed fruit vaper permanently to the 'custard dark side'? No. Would I more than happily have a tank of this next to me for those 'sweet moments'? Absolutely yes. If you are normally a custard fan I would say go and grab some - even if you aren't a custard fan...it might give you a pleasant surprise |
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Post by ghostrider1971 on Jul 15, 2022 14:20:45 GMT
Afternoon each, Any recommendations for an energy drink concentrate/shortfill, please? Preferably (very) cold |
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