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Perhaps we should all quit everything and just drink neat vodka and only eat organic lettuce
Seriously though we have quit something we have been told is bad for us even though we enjoyed it, so we should make vaping as chemical free as it can be.
What vodka do you have Dina?

I have just read the following while searching for some de-ionised water closer to home as my nearest Halfords is approx 8 miles away, i copied & pasted it to see what anyone thought.


I have just bought all my various bottles for the next batch of mixing. but this time around I bought the VG glycerine from boots.

As many people do for a 100% VG mix, i want to thin the Glycerine down with some Distilled water.

So I read on here and other forums that people are using De-ionised water for car batteries or the like. But thought to myself that this is an industrial water - De-ionised is filtered not heated or distilled, so could potentially, and probably does contain microorganisms of some kind, it would be put in unsterilized containers and stored as an industrial product not a food.

The reason for making this thread is to bring this up:

I spoke to the Boots pharmacist today and asked if de-ionised water from hardware/car shops is safe to drink or inhale as vapour?
His answer was a straight NO!
De-ionised water from a car or hardware shop, is not fit for human consumption, by drinking or otherwise consumed.

I asked him what the alternative would be?
He suggested purified water, which is distilled and bottled in a sanitary manner.
This is available to order from boots, but only in 5 litre bottles!

LLyoyds chemist and tesco pharmacy can order them in 2ltr (still a huge amount)

I went up to tesco to see if they had any off the shelf, but ended up ordering a 2ltr bottle from them @ £2.47 so even its 100 times the amount I need its a good enough price, I think I will freeze the remaining to keep it fresh till the next time I need 20ml.


I wanted to flag this up as I realise that its widely accepted to use De-ionised water. I Know there are also alternatives such as Voka and of course PG. but for those who dont want to or cant use either of those, purified water is the safe option.

I hope this thread can become a resource for knowledge. please dont just post Ive been vaping de-ionised water for Xyears and its never done me any harm. as thats not the point!!

I would say based on the advice I received it is probably not safe and certainly not necessary to consume a water made for industry

Alternatives are:

Distilling your own
Buy some purified water from a pharmacy
Use injectable water(if you have access to such a thing!)
Vodka or PGA


Vape this! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Not this!

Thanks digicig just collected it from PO, looks like a cracking piece of kit for only £19.20 all in from eciglondon.
A bit larger than i expected but no probs, I think i'm going to try wire rope with a top cap of mesh for the coil with as you say 3/4 wraps & see how it performs.
Chears all.

Hi guys

I ordered a cobra/chobra from fasttech which arrived today, I oxidised the wick and recoiled, it came out at 1.6ohms, but no matter what voltage I try it at it gives me a burnt taste

I don't know what the problem could be, if anyone has a solution please help

It's not been a good start into the world Of RBA's :/

Thanks

How well it will wick - generally considered the higher the number the better the wicking - not that i've noticed a huge difference between 400 and 500 TBH - just have an A3 sheet of 500