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Post by nfollows1982 on Jul 26, 2013 15:47:21 GMT
Hey everyone, I’ve decided that my DIY mixing career is at an end after a disastrous first attempt! So, I have got the following goodies that we’re originally ordered from LT Ecigs: Diamond Crystal 54mg 100ml (14ml approx used) PG – 100ml 10mg (16ml approx used) PG – 100ml (unopened) VG – 100ml (10ml approx used) 2 x 30ml dropper bottles (unused) 20 ml syringe 18g sharp needle (unopened) 18g blunt needle (unopened) 2 x pair of large gloves (unopened) I will also throw in what’s left of the flavours that I had (cola, cherry, RY4, Virginia and coconut) which I think are all Hangsen flavours (MistELiquid says so anyway); there is between 1&3ml of each flavour left. I won’t separate the items cos I can't be bothered to keep trecking to the post box so everything comes as a set - £15.00 for the lot incl delivery (someone will need to tell me if I can send this stuff via Royal Mail or not)!! If anyone has anything interesting to offer as a swap please let me now via PM.
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Post by nfollows1982 on Jul 22, 2013 19:30:05 GMT
I haven't got any yet sue. I'm just debating which ones to try so I can make something nice and tasty
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Post by nfollows1982 on Jul 22, 2013 14:30:41 GMT
I gave the juice a week of steeping, added more flavour (up to 20%), I changed the heads on the evod and guess what………..still absolutely tasteless!! I can smell the flavours but there is nothing at all coming through, not even the slightest hint of the flavours that are supposed to be there! I hate to admit it but I just gave up and ordered 5x100ml bottles from Fred at MistEliquid which arrived on Saturday and I poured my stuff down the sink so I could use the dropper bottles. As far as I know, Fred uses the Hangsen flavours to make his juice and the flavours are great on the ones we received on Saturday (cola, cherry and RY4 being 3 of them) so I’ve no idea what I did wrong – or if it was just me being impatient! Anyway, we’ve now got enough pre-made juice to last us a good few months so I am under less pressure to get some juice made and ready to vape straight away. I’m debating just putting the mixing stuff on the classifieds as I’m not sure it’s for me but the CCW flavours really do interest me. I’ve had a look at the recipe threads but see a lot of them are a mixture of different flavours from different places (f’art, ccw etc) but has anyone got some recipes that are made using just CCW flavourings? I don't want to go off an order a cupboard full of flavours but I was hoping that maybe there are 3 or 4 that I could buy that then combine in different ways to make 3 or 4 recipes? Or am I just dreaming? Thanks
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Post by nfollows1982 on Jul 22, 2013 14:04:58 GMT
Hi guys just wanted to say thanks for the help (and to Adam78 for his help on PM) as I've now managed to re-coil 7 fully working evod heads! I ended up with a good 5 or 6 wraps of Kanthal and measured in about 2.0ohms – the difference is amazing on the evods. Flavour is a lot better and the spinner is now on low 3.3-3.5 when it was on over 4 most of the time and feel like I’m getting a much better vape.
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Post by nfollows1982 on Jul 18, 2013 11:14:48 GMT
As far as I know the 2mm is the internal diameter on the ekowool rather than the external so it's a bit bigger than the normal silica wick.
I might try and roll it first and see if I can get it into a better shape and see if that helps - when I made the coils that didnt work when fully screwed in the draw was excellent so must be a compromise somewhere.
Yeah my juice is not going well. Had been using a USA mix 18mg as the base and adding flavours which was really good. Tried to replicate with a complete DIY and even after a week of steeping they are tasteless.
Going to order some 100ml bottles from Fred at MistEluiquid to keep us going whilst I try and figure out the mixing side of things.
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Post by nfollows1982 on Jul 18, 2013 10:53:21 GMT
I assumed the wick but I can't quite figure out where the blockage is coming from. I’ve tried the new coil in a couple of evods and still no vape so it cant be the air holes (I cleaned them anyway just in case). The only difference between my coil and the stock one is the wick, the Ekowool is about 3mm x 2mm as comes quite flat rather than being round, but I can't see why this would make too much of a difference when other people re-wick using 3mm silica. I’ve taken it apart and I will try again tonight and see what I can come up with. So frustrating as I know I can do it and I really don’t want to start buying stock heads again – I’m having enough trouble with my DIY juice
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Post by nfollows1982 on Jul 18, 2013 9:43:48 GMT
Managed to get the grips with making the coils last night, made a couple at 1.9ohms and trimming the wire that little extra made the difference with the shorting on the spinner.
Coil is glowing nicely and seems to fire up a lot faster than the standard 2.5ohm heads.
BUT……I’ve now gone from a nice airy draw on the evod to one that is non existent! I fire the spinner up, can hear the juice ‘crackling’ but I can’t for the life of me vape from it – feels like it’s completely blocked up.
I’m using 2mm Ekowool for the wicks which has come highly recommended so what am I doing wrong now to make the vape non existent?
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Post by nfollows1982 on Jul 17, 2013 15:21:57 GMT
That could be an issue Mike, I know for sure that you could feel the wires protruding at the bottom of the coil after I’d done it.
I actually thought that the wire that comes through the little rubber grommet bent over the grommet so I didn’t cut it short.
Will give that a go tonight. Thanks
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Post by nfollows1982 on Jul 17, 2013 13:24:54 GMT
Wires read 0.9. Coil reads 2.8
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Post by nfollows1982 on Jul 17, 2013 10:03:41 GMT
I measured the head on a multimeter last night and it was measuring at 1.9ohms.
Unless I've used the meter incorrectly and it's not giving a true reading then the head is definitely 1.9ohms.
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Post by nfollows1982 on Jul 17, 2013 9:40:28 GMT
So it's more wraps of wire = more resistance?
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Post by nfollows1982 on Jul 17, 2013 9:29:08 GMT
Morning all,
Has anyone come across any issues using the spinner with a clearo/carto with ohms lower than 2.0?
I’ve just come across this in the description for the spinner ‘’Low Resistance(less than 2.0 ohms) atomizers and cartomizers should not be used with eGo type batteries’’
The reason that I’m asking is that I did my first recoil last night on the EVOD head and coiled at 1.9ohms (had been using the 2.5 stock heads) and the spinner doesn’t like it!
With the EVOD screwed in properly to the spinner it wont fire, the light just flashes (which I’ve read is a safety feature on the spinner) – although it does fire up if I unscrew the EVOD to about 50%.
I’ve tried this head on both our spinners and neither of them like it but the stock heads are fine so I know its not the batts causing the problem.
The coil does fire when the head isn’t screwed in all the way so I’ve really no idea!
But I’m down to the last 2 stock heads and I’ve got 7 to re-coil ASAP so if it is the low ohms I need to know.
Thanks!
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Post by nfollows1982 on Jul 16, 2013 12:53:25 GMT
Still no real flavour last night, there was a slight hint but nothing like I was expecting.
I've added another 5% of flavour to each mix (I know this will slightly reduce nic mg but couldn't be bothered to work out what else I needed to add lol) so I will see how that works out tonight.
I'm starting to think it might also be the EVOD coils that need changing because I'm not getting a very good vape from mine today.
I've got some Kanthal and Ekowool waiting for me at home so I'll try a recoil and see if the flavour is more noticeable on the new coils.
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Post by nfollows1982 on Jul 15, 2013 15:09:40 GMT
Hi molly and Great advice so far, like everyone said the initial outlay is the big thing. Between 2 of us we've spent about £150 on kit in the last 2 weeks (batts, clearos, pre-filled juice, DIY juice mixing kit, atty coil and wick) etc but we had been spending £90 every 3 weeks on tobacco. We spent about £35 on the DIY juice stuff incl some flavours, bottles, syringes etc etc but that outlay will let me make approx 300ml of juice which will last the 2 of us about 50 days (ave 3ml a day each) so that’s 80p a day on juice. I also spent £10 on re-wicking supplies but I’ll have 10m of coil and wick so that’s going to last many months (I think!) The only problem is, the more money I save on DIY, the more I want to spend on other gadgets so like everyone else has said you can make it as expensive as you like! As for the feminine look, I got my wife the stainless steel spinner battery which she ‘accessorises’ with pink, purple and orange EVOD’s.
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Post by nfollows1982 on Jul 15, 2013 13:09:29 GMT
Thanks Perp, will have to see what they’re like when I get home.
They all smell good so hopefully some of the taste will be more noticeable today, if not I will stick another 5% in and see what happens!!
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