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Can't disagree there - CE3s are great But I find I get more strange looks using them when out and about, especially when vaping some thick brown juice - you know, those looks that give away the suspicion of class A paraphernalia

Then again, for me at least, the taste of Grizies 666 is good in a CE3 but different and even nicer in one of these XXL DCs - I find CE3s are a little cool at times.

Hi Perpy - my Mrs. was thinking I'd found secret limitless funds with the amount of vaping bits 'n bobs I've been getting through these last few weeks I can tell you!

I only bit the bullet with the ProVari 'cos it was a good deal off a certain board member , but what with popping batteries like they were going out of fashion, loosing control of my taste buds and various other calamities it made sense to get it when the opportunity presented itself.

The array of 'stuff' out there is bewildering - or at least it is to me and it can be a bit of a steep learning curve; but with this boards input and help from folk like Jase and Kev, I've found a combo that suits me down to the ground.

The funny thing is, this vaping mularky is more serious than the damn tobacco smoking that it's replaced!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brilliant Andy - now all you need to do is open a pub in South Cheshire - preferably The Iron Grey at the bottom of my street in Sandbach that's just closed - and I'd be even more impressed

Hi Dave - a belated 'Hello' from darkest Cheshire

I started with Riva, then switched to EgoT batteries, but have since bitten the bullet and invested in a ProVari - it looks expensive; but for what you get for your money it isn't really.

That's if you can cope with looking like you're sucking on a posh screwdriver!

If you want to stick with a Riva/Ego format but you are getting that big throat hit can I suggest you try something like a CE3; something I found calmed the throat hit down a bit.

As I understand it you need to be careful about where you plug a pass thru in because any USB socket is connected to either a bus or bus segment, and you need to consider the total load on each bus.

The Cloud 9 pass thru needs a minimum of 1300mA current draw - if you have other peripherals attached to the same bus or bus segment then a bus overload may ensue - and PC World may well be your next stop.

I have my pass tru stuck in the front of a Dell Dimension 9200 - the two front USB2 ports are on an isolated bus separate from the other 4 ports on the motherboard back panel and the other 8 on 2x 4 port PCI cards.

I wouldn't dream of pluging it in anywhere else but the front panel because it doesn't have to share bus load.

A USB external hub will still form part of an internal bus - so be careful.

If you have front USB ports pop the cover off your machine and follow the cable from the back of the port to the motherboard and check that they are on a separate board connector - your motherboard spec sheet would be even better.

If you have a monitor with spare USB ports and they are active my suggestion would be NOT to use them for a pass thru.

If you have a spare port on the back then personally I wouldn't risk using that either.

There's a lot of info about USB voltages and loads on Wikipedia.

The fact is that I lost batteries due to a shorting CE3, a short which developed apparently for no reason, on what had been a perfectly serviceable clearo. If that same short had developed on a pass thru there's no telling what would have happened.

But I've taken both front ports out on this Dell machine over the years just through hot-swapping external hard disks and such - they go for weeks without working then they suddenly spring back to life - whether or not they'd stand a dead short I don't know; but if they did blow completely I'm sure the PC as a whole would survive.

And as sure as eggs is eggs I'll never plug this or any other pass thru into my Mac!

I'm no expert but please don't plug a pass thru into a computer 'willy-nilly'and please be carefull what you stick on it - Yes I was vaping from an LR carto but it was on low volts and very gingerly - you'd be safer using a standard resistance carto.

Just my to'penorth for what it's worth

Sorry Scylla, it's here www.vapeescape.co.uk/ego%2F510%2Dusb%2Dpassthrough%2D%2A%2Avariable%2Dvoltage%2A%2A%7E241

It's in the wrong section on Jasons website if you ask me ???

BTW - I seem to remember a thread about a pic of Jason somewhere too - let me say that breaking a camera isn't on my list of things to do in a hurry.

To be honest you are best looking at his reflection in a polished shield, rather like his name-sake of Argonauts fame did when Hydra-hunting.

Mind you I'm no oil painting myself

Jason - don't fret matey, I'll get me coat!!