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I use Postmodern's VG and have never diluted it, never needed to. The VG I bought from Asda on the other hand I dilted with some water from the kettle (had been boiled at least twice and allowed to cool). I'm only making for me and hubby, I wouldn't use kettle water if I was making to sell.

My Novas sound like Darth Vader on a bad day - am I doing something wrong?

It might be the way I hold it Dave, kind of diagonally across my hand so the butt end is in the little dip on the heel of my hand and all my fingers wrapped round it. Without the 18650 extension the butt end sits in the middle of my palm and only index and middle fingers wrapped round, which makes it feel too top heavy for me. I just like 'em long ##

Bit of a review update. Despite my little accident with the Vamo, it's still working very well. It'll become my back-up when I get the SS version. Hubby doesn't like the size and weight of the Vamo, which is a shame as I was going to get him the SS version for his birthday. I just hope he likes the Argento Midi I got him for Christmas - does anyone know if I can use the Efest IMR 14500s with this instead of the xxxfires that came with it?

Anyway, back to the point of this update. Along with the Vamo I also ordered some other stuff from VaporBreak, and thought it might be useful for others to read about them.

First up is the Vivi Nova 3.5ml kit, $6 each. I bought 2 of them. By the price I know they are knock-offs. They both work just fine and they both fit other Nova tubes. They have the airhole in the side of the base, which works fine for me. The heads are slightly different to every other Vivi I have (and I'm not sure if any of them, all minis, are originals) so I now have 3 different types of heads which could get confusing... I'm really not bothered about this as I'll be recoiling them myself, and for the price (about £4) they are a steal. I'll be buying some more of these.

Second is the Phoenix rebuildable, which I bought for testing DIY juices mainly and also new ready-mades before I commit them to something with a larger capacity. I don't get on with the 510 bridgeless dripping atty I have and hoped this would be better. It is, by a million miles. Easy to clean, looks easy to recoil (haven't done this yet so can't say for sure). At $5.50 it can almost be considered disposable! Seems solidly built, threading is good and it just works. Love it, will be ordering another one to keep for menthol/mint flavours.

Lastly the juices. These were, unfortunately, a major disappointment. The worst offender is Hangsen Lemon Limed, which is one of hubby's favourites when mixed with menthol and he gets through a clearo full a day. I bought 50ml of this, and it arrived while we still had some of the Safercigs (also Hangsen) version left. There is no lemon/lime smell from the VB bottle at all, while the Safercigs one smells strongly of both fruits. The scent from the VB bottle can only be described as "yuck" - like watered-down cleaning fluid after it's been used to clean something rusty. Horrible. I'll see if hubby wants to taste it, and if he's ok with it I might add some more flavouring, but I have a feeling it's going down the sink. I'll be sticking with Safercigs for this one in future. We also have 50ml each of Dekang's Watermelon, Whiskey and Triple Menthol. The menthol one is ok as I can add more menthol if it's not strong enough, the Watermelon doesn't smell as strong as I was expecting and I may have to buy some Watermelon flavouring from somewhere to top it up. Or just add a bunch of suitable fruits from my extensive flavourings collection. The Whiskey doesn't smell or taste at all like the Dekang Whiskey we've had elsewhere and again is very weak on flavour. I did have a bunch of 10ml Dekang flavours in my "buy after Christmas" basket, but I've deleted them now. I won't be buying any more juices from VB unless he ups the flavouring percentage to match what I've come to expect from UK resellers. I'd be quite happy to pay more per bottle for this. $5 for 50ml bottle is certainly a bargain, but less so if you have to factor in buying extra flavouring and the fuss involved. For repeat business I think VB would be better off adding more flavour and another $1 or so per 50ml.

Juice aside, I'm very happy with my order from VB and I'll be buying more kit from them. But NOT juice - especially Hangsen. Dekang may be worth a punt if you like your flavourings mild or are happy to add more yourself.

ETA missing bracket

Display is fine, although there is a very tiny white speck on the inside of the screen that I'm sure wasn't there when I got it. Will have to search for the "how to strip a Vamo" vid that someone posted a while back Thanks for your help Robby.

I don't believe it. I only got my Vamo yesterday. Today it fell out of my pocket onto a hard floor and came apart. The top section that holds all the electronics is a push fit into the battery section and it's that tht's come apart. Now the push fit isn't tight enough Also it must have landed on the + button because there's no longer a click when I press it. It still works, but the + button is now uber sensitive so I'm often getting a much hotter vape than I want. Anyone know what, if anything, I can do to fix it? I am so cross with myself.

Don't worry Sadie, you are not alone. I don't like the stuff either.