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Hey Rob,
Just a quick word of thanks for the perfect delivery.
I've split the batch and sent on to Oz with some other choice treats.... Remainder will be sent on in a week or so's time.

On the Squape front, I received mine a few days back - the base is terrible - horrid threads and, as anyone following will know, the manufacturer anodised the base after drilling / threading.
I managed to make the connection (no hard short for me) by distressing the deeper threads with a very small hard screw driver....
So, I now have a connection.
I reported the state of it to FT and received notification two days later that a replacement base is going to be sent out.

Poor threading isn't unique to the Squape and I find myself wondering what size taps to run down male 510 threads would be a good investment - anyone know?

Oh - and like newdawn said, always always read the discussions. The mere presence of the reviews are useful though - it means that people have received the product your interested in and thus discussions will offer you the true picture.

One other thing - I've no reason to doubt the use of the word "authentic" - however, I find myself wondering if Authentic includes flawed original product dumped by the manufacturer or outsourced manufacturing facility - I recall some protank heads I purchased early on in my vaping journey - they were the second purchase and when they arrived it was clear that the silica used was of a very low grade of purity.

Ultimately, Todd's automated replacement of "Fasttech" / "FT" strings in The Shed is pretty much right ("The Lucky Bag Shop") - Sometimes product is brilliant - sometimes worthy of the bin.

I had a reply from Guys Magnets today - they have looked into my N45 enquiry, have sought pricing, purchased (I think) and plan on selling them in a couple of months (slow boat).

I've ordered a fair bit from Fasttech and to be honest, Todd's Shed (as in reviews) does a very appropriate thing when it replaces "FT" and "Fasttech" with "The Lucky Bag Shop".
Some of the stuff has been brilliant (backup SVD for when things go utterly pear-shaped, Trident clone(s), Flush Cutters, Little flower shaped perspex mod holder) to horrible rubbish (early purchase of protank clones, protank heads, soft screws and badly anodised base on the Squape-of-legendary-badness, Nemesis magnets) ... Haven't had anything go missing and variable lead time is, err, to be expected.
Don't look at review stars: Only a small portion (just enough to be believable) are published - instead, look at the discussions and always (he says, err) let some of the product be received by customers and read the discussions (which don't appear to be moderated).
Bottom line with FT is that you're always taking a bit of a gamble but I reckon the odds are stacked in your favour (unlike most forms of gambling, which is oft a tax on bad math and hope).
Oh - some apparently poor products can be fixed with just a little intervention on your part (soft alloy screws, for instance - replace them, or find appropriate o'rings).
Regarding the Nemesis - if you can't afford / find an original, go for the Hcigar version - you can pick one up in the UK for ~£30 and get it in a couple of days - that's the difference of perhaps a month and a couple of packets of fags.

Mind arrived today. Aster confirming crazy resistance (4.8 ohms but no short) all heck broke loose in The World of Tom and off we went to look after nieces. A brief journey back home to enable one to complete homework and a dog walking stint I scraped some of the anodised coat from the female positive post threading with a small screw driver...I now have trained lightning when cold... Homework completed, the rest of the day and evening then became a doggie/niece cycle and I hope to have time tomorrow to go further.
However, I can confirm ghastly threading and soft posts... A ticket shall be raised tomorrow as I've little confidence in its long term viability.

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Sorry for drawing you into Geekland.

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