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Today , I found myself down in Brighton, after a disappointing morning at the South of England show , and decided to actually GO to the other B & M shops I hadn't gone to.

The second one I was really glad I did go to , and that was "The Vaping Vault" , I couldn't leave without getting a couple of bits, it would be rude after all.So what did I get , well I got myself a Protank II and an air regulator base, as suggested and a new juice.The juice is a Pelle juice and is called "Orange Zest" in 18mg and I can say it's a really good alternative to a menthol for clearing you palate, so this is a new line of pursuit to me ( orange flavours that is )  to find other really good orange flavours and I'm still trying to find a pear flavour that is "real" with a good flavour, the pear flavours that I've found to be a good match have been , how can I say , muted in flavour at best.

Now for the tank , looks wise it's VERY nice , I don't know how long for as I'm a bit clumsy but I'll just wait and see.Build quality is solid and being able to break it down to component parts is a must for cleaning.I'm still getting some dry hits from the coil, but I think ( HOPE ) that's down to me not having built a coil of my own yet.Having a bigger tank now is great as I will only need to fill it once a day as I'm not a heavy vaper, well not yet anyway.

I didn't tell you that I also got myself some 0.25 Kanthal wire as well ( I can't wait for the FastTech order to arrive ) , so I'm going to have a go at making my first coil tomorrow as per this guide :- allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/32391/microcoil-cotton-guide   after I've got myself some Sainsburys basics cotton wool balls that is.I just hope that I can see what I'm doing as I wear glasses for reading and computer work. I'll let you know how I get on.

Leading on from this , why do you have different ohm rated coils and why ? e.g what's the difference between and 1.5ohm and a 2.5ohm coil and how does it affect the vaping experience etc etc etc.

I also had a look at a Vamo in the store ( It wasn't a V5 but that doesn't matter ) and in it's 18350 or short format and I found it brilliant for the reason that it's short, it's till got all the features as it would just in a more pocket friendly version.Other than the battery life , what other disadvantages are there with having just a single 18350 over say an 18650 or stacked 18350's.I've tried to have a look , but even Phil Busardo doesn't give any accuracy readings for this configuration.

This naturally leads me to what other cylindrical mods I should be looking at other than the Vamo V5 please ?

Andy

I've got a couple of bottles of juice steeping at the moment, or at least I hope I have , hence the questions.

I've got 2 different types of bottles steeping , one is a large 100ml bottle and the opening at the top is just over an inch wide , right now I have the cap still on the top but at a 45 degree angle so there is still a big-ish gap so air can get to it , is that ok ?? The other bottles are a lot smaller 10ml and 20ml bottles and they have the needle stopper tops but without the needle, so really just a plastic stopper with a hole in it really , should I take out the plastic stoppers so the juices can steep properly , I ask this because I can't find anywhere how much of the top of a bottle should be open to get the juices to steep to their best ???

Seeing as the steeping process requires the lids to be off , unless you're giving the juice a shake every now and then , is there a certain amount of juice no matter how small a % it is that is lost to evaporation and can the juice get condensation in it even if it's in a cool dry place to steep ??

Thanks

Andy

Thanks for the offer @purple1234  , and I've watched several vids including one from Pbusardo and it looks to be far to tricky to recoil with all the flat pieces of wicking material to replace , it was a really VERY kind offer and if I had the money to just replace the heads I would have snapped it up straight away but I would much rather a nice piece of kit like this to go to a good home , I'm sure you'll have some offers on this.

djs I would be very interested to see the recommendation by the largest E-Cig forum , could you post me a link please.

Now onto the mods and tanks.

Up until last night I thought the MVP 2.0 would be a good route to go , but now I don't know if I like the idea of having a cylindrical mod , but I do like the idea of having a cylindrical mod that is short.That now gives other options .

Now , as far as tanks are concerned, I'm at a total met down, I've looked at so many and seen so many vids etc I've forgotten what the first one was and what pro's and con's it had , lol

With my current setup I have an EVOD tank and I'm going to be soon starting ( when the coils come from FastTech ) microcoiling these.The explanation on the site is brilliant , and seeing as I've bought ready made coils that just need cotton wick and inserting , I can't really go that wrong , I'm a plumber by trade, so quite used to working with my hands.So, what I want is a better tank than the evod , especially to match up with the quality of the mod that I'll be buying , that also has the same ease of replacement coils, and hopefully a guide somewhere which can easily followed.

The reason that I'm asking here and not going into a local B & M shop is because of the lack of either shop and/or choice of product in them.

I live ( for my sins ) in Crawley , and the nearest shop is in the town but doesn't have ANY web presence yet , so I don't want to go in cold, also their juices ( which I've bought 2 of ) have web addresses on them which neither is up  , they come up via googling the name then getting to another web site and their are NO reviews anywhere of their liquids, a bit troubling, so this address I'm backing off from , sorry if I offend anyone by this but the customer ( ME ) has to be happy with their purchase and overall vendor experience.

The next nearest shop ( where I got my starter kit from ) is in Horsham , and is a dual purpose shop, 2 different business run by the same person , they only have the MVP 2.0 mod and the Protank 2, so no choice really.

The next nearest shops to me are in Brighton and there are three of them , the first one is Mist E-Liquid and have just  got on the B & M map on here , which was a suggestion of mine and have ( I think ) the full range of Hangsen Juices including 2 things I haven't seen ANYWHERE else, these are 100ml bottles of the best selling Hangsen juices and also Hangsen concentrates too, they also have a 20 flavour range of luxury E-Liquids too, when I picked up some juices from them ( 100ml Gold & Silver for £17.99  ) they did say they were made here in the UK but I can't remember who or what the PG/VG mix was , but they don't have much in the way of mods or tanks YET, I'm sure they will have some more soon.(great staff and customer service )

The next shop in Brighton is The Vapour Trail and considering they have 3 or 4 shops , their web site just really lists those shops and doesn't give a list of what they sell even if they haven't set up a online shop yet, it would give people prices , ranges etc and people could give feedback on that.The third one is The Vaping Vault and they only have the Pelle stands mods and juices, so no choice there either.

If I'm missing a shop that has a bit more choice than the ones I've mentioned then I'm sorry and please let me know.

That just leaves me really in your capable hands.

Many thanks for all the replies so please keep them coming.

Andy

The reason I didn't mention the VTR is because of the weight, it was twice as heavy as I thought it was going to be, it seemed to be heavier than a house brick.

djs  why the laughter about the MVP 2.0 ??

Andy

But it is a bit odd that if I put the vaper in the middle of my lips the taste is quite a bit weaker ?

As I said, it maybe just me , or a placebo effect.

Andy

My current consists of a Vision spinner and a Kanger Evod , after a couple of weeks I noticed that the flavour was going and on occasions non-existant.

I asked about this on my welcome thread and people were saying to me to try different juices and all other kinds of things, but yesterday I found a solution quite by accident........

The solution for me is the vape pen position.For me I need to hold the tip in either the far left or right of my lips and have the pen as vertical as possible without looking stupid, which is quite difficult for me anyway , lol

At first I couldn't understand why this would happen , but then I remembered some biology lesson at school and I remembered that on different parts of the tongue there are different taste receptors and for me and the Hangsen Gold & Silver holding the pen to the side, the flavours of the Gold & Silver are picked up straight away by the right receptors.

As a new vaper myself ( just 3 weeks ) I know how hard it is to get to grips with tanks and batteries and juices and steeping etc etc etc

So I thought I would just pass this on.

Andy