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I want to get my Mum something easy to use so she can try vaping CBD.

She'll need something with easily replaceable coils, no fiddling around with wires and wicks. I've heard that sub-ohm isn't ideal for CBD vaping as high temperatures can damage the CBD but I don't know how true that is.

I've seen some people recommend the Aspire Pockex, which looks simple enough, although the coils are 0.6ohm and the wattage isn't adjustable, so I'm not sure what temperature it would operate at. The fact that the coils can be replaced without emptying the tank is nice though.
www.amazon.co.uk/Aspire-Pockex-Starter-Pocket-White/dp/B01M5IKPSL

Has anyone had any good/bad experiences with that product or can suggest something else that might be more suitable?

I've mainly been using my Wotofo Serpent RTA for vaping non-CBD juices and that's fine but I really need one or two more for CBD juices as well.

I didn't really get on with my Squonk mod and Wasp Nano RDA but I'm using it to drip test my CBD juices, which it's handy for and I can easily change the wick between juices.

I've also got a Crius OBS RTA but that has a terrible problem with crackling/spitting, even if I close the feed holes to try and stop the coil flooding. I noticed that even with the holes closed the level in the tank goes down anyway over time, so it must be getting to the coil by some other route. It's also a hassle having to wick two coils and I don't really see any benefit.

What I do like about the Serpent and the Crius is that I don't think they've ever leaked on me. Whether that's because the feed and air holes can both be closed off, which I tend to do if they're going to be in my pocket for a while, or something else I don't know. My Subtank RBA is a terrible leaker though. I haven't used it much recently and when I found it the other day it was lying in a puddle of juice it had leaked! It's a shame as I bought a large replacement pyrex part for it which holds enough to last me a day of heavy use.

So to sum up, I need a couple of different-looking tanks (different colours would probably be best so that I can put different CBD juices in them and easily remember which is which), which are single-coil, don't leak, don't make strange noises and allow me to close off the feed.

I should probably get another box mod as well, so I can leave the non-CBD tank on one and use that most of the time and grab the other one with the CBD tank on it from time to time. Besides, it's always good to have a spare. I want something fairly compact that will fit in my jeans pocket and takes a 18650 battery. I only tend to vape at around 10w, partly because I don't notice any benefit from vaping at higher in terms of clouds and it reduces the battery life and increases the chance of burnt taste, but also with CBD I think high temperatures might damage it anyway, so it's safer to keep it low. So let me know if you've got any suggestions that would be suitable please.

Oops sorry for that typo, yeah it's pure PG. Apparently the CBD only properly dissolves in PG and if you mix up a 50mg/ml solution and then mix it down with VG it gets diluted to something like 30mg/ml (depending on the mix of course), so to have the strongest CBD mix it was suggested that I try squonking the pure PG/CBD mix.

I'll look for the CBD threads on here. I was taking tramadol and pregabalin about two months ago and did experience some pleasurable effects from the CBD occasionally then but I wanted to come off them as they were too sedating, so I stopped the pregabalin about two months ago and the tramadol about a month ago. All I take now is an antihistamine at night and sometimes co-codamol in the day. So I don't think I'm taking anything that would prevent the CBD working. It's a 99% CBD isolate so I'm not sure there's anything better available, although some people say that added terpenes help but that's further cost so I'm going to try and get a consultant to prescribe me some cannabis-based medications to see if CBD together with a bit of THC works for me.

The squonk tank I have is the Wasp Nano RDA (I bought the RDTA as well for my normal mod but I don't think I'll use that). It's quite hard to squeeze just enough juice into the tank without flooding it but I look for some liquid around the wick to know that some has reached it (dry hits are nasty!). I think it's almost inevitable it will leak as there's nothing to stop the liquid running out of the air holes on the side or the top hole if the mod is laid down flat or tilts in a pocket and it's impractical to avoid that. The plastic top is also not secured to the base so has a tendency to come off when taking the mod out of my pocket, which allows the liquid to escape.

Thanks everyone

I bought a couple of batteries from Fogstar but they don't work in my regulated mod (I haven't received the Squonks yet)

As you can see from this photo, with the Efest batteries I already have (and all my other non-Efest 18650s) the circular metal pad is larger than the ones on the Fogstar batteries and as a result the latter doesn't make contact with the terminal on my mod. Only when the battery is half sticking out does it connect and I obviously can't use it like that. The plastic box the batteries came in also arrived damaged as shown.

What are the official specs for the Samsung 25R batteries, as FT has some listed as Authentic with 22A continuous discharge and others that don't say Authentic with 20A continuous discharge but other sources seem to say the real ones are 20A?

Any thoughts on these Samsung 30Q 3000mAh? It say 20A Continuous but other sources suggest it's more like 15A.
www.fasttech.com/products/6691701

Or how about these Sanyo NCR18650GA 3500mAh 10A?
www.fasttech.com/products/2399300

How do I calculate how many amps I'll be needing. Using this calculator should I just put in the resistance of the coil (0.35ohm) and the voltage of the battery (3.6v) which gives 10.28571A and 37.02857W?
www.ohmslawcalculator.com/ohms-law-calculator