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Post by trogger on Jul 2, 2014 23:41:21 GMT
Was quite surprised to find a package waiting for me today from Focal - Kayfun ordered 22/06 - 10 days on a bog standard China Post seems pretty good going to me and way better than Fastech have managed (so far!)
Quite happy with the quality too, comes already built with a 1.7ohm coil and twin silica wicks - not for me as I'm down to around 1.2-1.4 with cotton but looks like it would work fine from the box if need be. All seems quite clean too but watch the edges - razor sharp in places on mine and will need a little wire wooling to stop me slicing my fingers up.
Mine was a bugger to get apart too but have had this on a number of things from China, rubber gloves did the trick for me on this occasion and didn't need to resort to trying freezing/heating different bits to shrink/grow. I strongly suspect that the biggest problem in getting it apart is the fairly thin wall thickness and squeezing the threads together when trying grip rather than tightness/interference on the threads.
Draw seems to adjust easily and have a good wide spread too (use the little hex key in the big hole on the side at the base).
All in all happy with the delivery, price, quality and little bag of spares - will update if I have any issues when built but don't foresee any.
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Post by trogger on May 20, 2014 1:09:48 GMT
Got mine middle of last week, built late Friday after a soapy clean. 2mm dia coil (at around 1.8ohms) and cotton wick similar to how I would build my Kayfuns.
Vaped pretty well and I went to be happy leaving it half full of juice on my Chi You clone with VW kick.
Woke Saturday morning, usual weekend breakfast, then coffee, internet newspapers and a little vape, less juice in it than I though I had left and it was a little gurgley. Before finishing my coffee I had a wet sticky hand smelling of raspberry(!)
Stripped the Chi You down and found juice running through into the kick and down the side of the battery. After lots of swearing and several sheets of kitchen roll had everything clean and tried again with less cotton.
Gurgles again and more mess. Searched google for advice that seems to have worked so:
Leaking seems to be entirely down to the wicking on this one - luckily you can play with your coils and wicks without draining the tank. I replaced the wick and ran the new one about halfway down the vertical channels basically blocking them off (the total opposite to the Kayfun) screwed it back together and tried again.
No gurgling, no dry hits, no leaks, nice flavour and good vape.
So, forget what you learnt in building your Kayfun and block the channels with your wick. Hard and fast is not the way to draw on this one - slow and steady seems better. Try to find a way of clearing the airway as much as possible - on my Nemmy clone I find the best way is to adjust your centre pin up so that when you screw the Squape down you are not completely flush against the top of the mod - too tight a draw and you will get gurgle and leaks.
Overall I like it :
Pros: Easy to coil and wick. Nice that you can change coil/wick without draining. Holds loads of juice. Good vape. Feels solid and well made. Looks pretty neat.
Cons: Caused two of the biggest leaks I've ever had and because the leak was inside the 510 connection by the time you realise it's way too late. It's really heavy. Drawing air through the top of the 510 can be a bit hit and miss if you don't set it right. Drip tip is a bit naff.
Apologies for the length of post but thought it may be useful if anyone else is struggling with this one. If anyone needs pics or further advice give me a shout.
Cheers,
David.
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Post by trogger on Mar 25, 2014 15:12:01 GMT
Vaping on one of these right now (albeit with a clear tank). Nicely made in full stainless and should last well. Watch out for the coil that fasttech supply with it - really rubbish and the wick was way too long on mine, strange that they can manufacture them but don't understand how they actually work! Plenty of vids on youtube to show you how to do it properly, I'm no expert coil builder but I'm getting loads of vape from this.
Probably going to put in another order for a couple more together with some spare coloured tanks (like to see how much juice I have left and different colours is much better than guessing flavour).
Bit of a no-brainer at the price just don't expect to get them too soon!
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Post by trogger on Feb 17, 2013 21:29:06 GMT
I've been using F'arts spearmint and chocolate for a few weeks now and been adding a few drops of menthol artic (sic) when I need a bit more of a minty kick. I found that using menthol as the main flavour didn't work for me either - love the spearmint though and I don't tend to steep more than overnight as the mintyness seems to reduce over time.
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Post by trogger on Feb 17, 2013 21:04:09 GMT
4 Egos 2x650mAh that were my starter kit and 2x900mAh
1 Ego spinner that lasted a couple of weeks then stopped when I dropped it.
1 EGO USB pass-through (no battery)which is great to attach to my pc at work and VV vape all day.
And my new e-Vic that came last week and currently has a vision clearo on it dosing me with mint, choc and about 10mg nic!
A few other vision clearos with various juices in them, couple of vivi novas (one not used, the other just burning in) and lots of Boge cartos many of which should be cleaned of the foul juice I have inflicted on them!
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Post by trogger on Feb 17, 2013 20:42:55 GMT
To put a balanced view across on this (and probably get shot down in flames) I would be a little less critical of the BMA.
There has obviously been some pressure put on them to make a statement and they should as they are there to advise the medical profession.
The problem with e-cigs is that there hasn't been enough research into them - us users know that they are 100 times better than regular cigs in that we feel better, cough less and generally breath better than we have for years. From a scientific viewpoint we know (or believe) that there are fewer chemicals created by them and therefore we are inhaling fewer toxins and likely to be doing ourselves less harm as a consequence.
Until further research has been completed we will never get anyone in an official capacity to condone the use of e-cigs, it's just too risky. We live in a society that seems to be becoming more litigious every day, professionally no one will say they are safe because there is no proof to show that they are. There is a big difference between less harmful and safe!
This moves us to research into e-cigs. The big pharma companies spend billions of pound on research and validation every year, it's the main reason any non-generic drug costs so much money, they need to get this money back (and of course - as we live in a wonderfully capitalist world they need a nice chunk for shareholders too). So, there is currently no benefit for the pharma companies to invest money into research on e-cigs (unless it has a negative outcome and can help them to promote their own NRTs).
In the UK we have the MHRA (FDA in the US), they have a government budget and are in the position where they should be ensuring these things are safe - the only problem is that e-cigs are not currently licensed as medical devices and so other than recommend that they are re-classified the MHRA can't really do much about them.
The question I would ask is, do we want a regulated e-cig industry that would undoubtedly be safer but would also be less flexible and more expensive, or do we want what we have at the moment which is pretty much unregulated and works on trust between us the users and the suppliers (usually online), a bit risky, nice and cheap and lets face it quite fun as a hobby!
Apologies for the rambling - I'm not going to read it back and edit so please forgive any grammatical slips.
And for the record I don't work for any governmental or pharma company but I do have a bit of experience in validation.
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Post by trogger on Feb 10, 2013 17:34:49 GMT
My current fave is Flavourart spearmint with a dash of their chocolate - been on it for a few weeks now, more minty than choccy but works for me (and I'm notoriously incapable of being organised enough to let anything I like steep for a week!
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