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Post by jonn on Apr 17, 2013 7:08:43 GMT
...and if the cost is an issue hissie, consider this:
1 liter of 75mg from Nicvape: £107 incl delivery
1.8 liter of Boots Glycerine : £14.56 incl delivery
600ml of various flavors roughly at each 10ml/£3.00+ say £3.00 delivery: £183 incl delivery
total of : £304.56
Now with those ingredients you'd be able to mix say 3000ml of 18mg 20/80 PG/VG juice with 3 flavors at 10%+5%+5% (with 280ml of nicotine + 120ml of glycerine left).
The average price of ready-made liquid is roughly 10ml/£3.00 (this varies - could be as low as £1.19 as I mentioned earlier, as high as £4.50-£4.99)
£3.00x300= £900 for 3000ml of ready-made juice (as low as £357, as high as say £1350/£1497)
If you vape say 5ml of juice per day 3000ml would last you for 600 days, plus you'd still have 280ml of nicotine and 120ml of glycerine left to play with.
600 vaping days for £304.56...
P.S. Please note the calculations are only a rough guide to the cost of mixing, the actual prices may vary greatly (mostly flavors and nicotine), also the intention was not to damage business of our excellent vendors, but to enlighten the less experienced vapers among us,thank you
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Post by jonn on Apr 17, 2013 6:04:01 GMT
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Post by jonn on Apr 16, 2013 13:59:06 GMT
Hi Sue,
I've used TW's Golden Virginia in the past, from top of my head I mixed at between 3 to 5%, deffo not over 10%.I would suggest you to start at 3% and step by step take it up by 1% till the flavor is satisfactory.
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Post by jonn on Apr 16, 2013 13:36:34 GMT
Or you can burn the old liquid off by setting the silica wick on fire by lighter, just make sure you don't have anything plastic nearby. The liquid burns off within a few seconds, give the coil a couple of dry burns, and you ready to try a new flavor  Hmm. As a retired firefighter, my preference would be warm water, much safer The whole idea of setting alight to wick soaked in flammable juice doesn't sound like a great idea when it can be rinsed under the tap. I use my iGo-L for testing flavours, so often I am rinsing away a quantity of juice, a quantity that I would not want to set fire to, where as a dry burn is normally performed when the wick has been washed and dried and you are just performing the heating of the coil to remove the crud.  Agree greigster, the burning method is a hazard one, only for the experienced. When the wick is fully soaked with juice it tends to burst into flames and it's rather scary.On other hand the wick is as good as new after burning without any moisture. |
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Post by jonn on Apr 16, 2013 13:01:00 GMT
And as said earlier, you can just rinse the iGo-L under the tap, squeeze the silica in some paper towel, dry burn if needed and re-drip, ready to go all in less than 2 minutes Or you can burn the old liquid off by setting the silica wick on fire by lighter, just make sure you don't have anything plastic nearby. The liquid burns off within a few seconds, give the coil a couple of dry burns, and you ready to try a new flavor |
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Post by jonn on Apr 15, 2013 0:40:41 GMT
+1 darthpistacio's method
Been recoiling this way since I got it, using 2x2mm Ekowool on my 2.1, haven't had a fail yet.
The filling valve not working well on mine though, washed it several times in hot water, still can't refill properly through it...
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Post by jonn on Mar 30, 2013 0:42:21 GMT
Have got 3 days of use of the mini under my belt, my first ever set up of doubled 2mm ekowool+ 1.6 Ohm coil still going strong, not a single dry hit, no sign of a burnt taste whatsoever.The airflow control is absolutely magnificent, throat hit second to none, the flavor excellent.
The cons: the mini looks a bit fragile - I would not to want to drop it, the price - I wish they were selling at 20 quid each, I would get 5 of them!
Conclusion: Kayfun 2.1 is a very special atty for a special moments
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Post by jonn on Mar 27, 2013 23:51:03 GMT
cheers dave, obviously I'm a novice user, there is probably number of mistakes I've been making, but I'm all ears... This is what I've found in the manual downloaded from cloud9: ''Minor leaks may also happen if the tank is filled completely, or it is filled more than halfway while Kayfun-mini is lying horizontally or with mouthpiece tilted down for some time. In this case, one of the grooves (1i) could be at the top «in the air» and another one at the bottom dipped into e-liquid. In this case the air will escape from evaporation chamber through the top groove and e-liquid will flow from the tank to the evaporation chamber through the bottom groove. Naturally this process stops as soon as both grooves are covered with e-liquid. Make sure that both grooves are always covered with e-liquid, keep Kayfun-mini horizontally in such a way that the mouthpiece is always slightly higher than the evaporation chamber. Even better, keep it in the vertical (or near vertical) position if your battery mod allows it.'' That's why I'd concluded I have to fill the mini with the drip tip pointing upwards...indeed it did help and the tank did not leak out....  I'm going to have a nice second session with it now, first of all I'll mix a special Kayfun 3mg liquid to protect mu lungs  |
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Post by jonn on Mar 27, 2013 16:40:22 GMT
Just watched some of the good old Bottom series:
''Bloo-dy bril-jant, Eddie! Yeah! Hey, got any more?''
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Post by jonn on Mar 27, 2013 15:46:42 GMT
One trick I learned the hard way - never fill it up with the drip tip pointing downwards, otherwise half of the tank will just leak out
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Post by jonn on Mar 27, 2013 15:42:23 GMT
Jeff,
be careful with that Kayfun. I received mine this morning, set it up in 10mins and away I went....blimey what a flavor! what a throat hit!
I couldn't put it down!
But now after a few hours of puffing I feel a pressure on my lungs, certainly got bombed by that throat hit...gonna use my dripper and vivi nova
tonight at work, just to ease it down a bit...
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Post by jonn on Mar 27, 2013 1:18:56 GMT
Congrats OneDay! One year in life of a vaper can be a very long time, so much has happened, it's unreal... I just wonder where this evolution of vaping will take us, or are we going to be forced underground...? Whatever happens in the future, these are exciting times we living in... |
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Post by jonn on Mar 25, 2013 15:25:58 GMT
Congrats jeffc! Well shall find out soon. Ladies don't try to hide their newly acquired shoes or bags, why the men are not allowed to enjoy their own hobbies, I just don't get it  |
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Post by jonn on Mar 25, 2013 14:39:14 GMT
Yeah but they could have kept us informed better. See the mail Lisa's sent me last Saturday. After that I wasn't prepared for today, I was out in the morning not expecting the mini's in stock, fortunately a friend of mine sent me a text so I had to rush home to get my card.... I've emailed to Lisa&Keith, this was their reply: ''When we received the delivery from SvoeMesto, they had not included any drip tips for the mini kits, so we’re not able to sell the kits, until those are in I’m afraid. Hopefully those will be in next week, probably towards the back end. Lisa'' That explains the absence of the Mini from the sale, anyone who is after it will probably get their chance next Saturday  |
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Post by jonn on Mar 25, 2013 13:22:59 GMT
Thanks Dave!
Got one:)
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