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Post by thatguy on Jun 20, 2015 1:08:52 GMT
Old biscuit/ chocolate tins are a godsend for the mixer/ One or empty bottles, one for etra concentrates, one for steeping liquid etc.. Keep them old tins.
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Post by thatguy on Jun 20, 2015 0:42:29 GMT
My usual black gold (from joose juice concentrate) and freds dead(home mix) along with a capella cola liquid.
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Post by thatguy on Jun 20, 2015 0:36:31 GMT
So sorry for the steer into disaster thatguy, fwiw i also discovered that if you vape with thicker juice simply plugging a bell caps drip tip hole with something airtight (bit of ptfe tape or cling film over a drip tips bottom for example) will let you fill the bell cap and the air in the chimney stays trapped below the thick juice long enough for you to pop the base back on, the greater surface tension of a thick juice works for you.. Dunno if it will work with the original subtank tank, but if the chimney is narrower it should???? just remember to pull the film off the drip tip bottom, and give the atty a blow thru into a tissue over the air in vent to clear any unwanted juice in the air way and your good to go.. My subtank mini bases are all fasttech clones which may be why for the first few hours a full to the brim bell cap top will weep a lil juice from the base?? I have taken to filling and then wrapping with a small square of paper towel secured with a rubber band, the towel absorbs any juice weeping out of the base, and in this weather will dry out when the weeping has ceased..  if this is old news soz for the repetition.. IT wasn't a steer into disaster, was just comenting to another poster that a reciling/rewicking on the go kit can be built for pennies. I've tried a bell cap for the subtank but the one I got was a disaster. The central chimney was too long and when assembled it distorted the coil and wick. Not a biggie for us, since the wife and me are not great fans of the tank. |
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Post by thatguy on Jun 20, 2015 0:32:18 GMT
e-lites are por, and massivly overpriced. But the same can be said for many of the more mainsteam manufacturers, liqua lites and their ilk. Blu were in the same boat but are much better now with thier evod kits. Much of the negative opinion of vaping is down to these firms, and also to the innumerable shops selling £20 CE4 kits bought for £5 or less from China. Any tanks below the humble Evod are honestly a waste of cash. The Mrs bought at first a blu kit. Battery and two cartos. They were pathetic. Then she bought two different CE4 kits, both of which were better but still very poor. Our breakthrough came when we ordered a dual mini protank kit from myepack. Pretty simple stuff by todays standards, but it did the job, and paying £1.50 or so for a new coil head was so much better than a fiver for another pathetic ce4. Thank god PinkyPuff found AAEC and got good advice or we'd both still be smoking. Basic kits have their place, but not at the prices most places ell them for. |
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Post by thatguy on Jun 20, 2015 0:19:03 GMT
I have to say chykensa that the goblin is my second fave tank these days. It leaves the sutank eating dust and many popular tanks such as the kayfun and rusisan don't have enough airflow. It tastes decent and has good vapour. Only falls behind the kraken due to the krakens top notch flavour and ability to run at ungodly power if built right. Even the wife loves her goblins and she's notorious for being hard to please. A great tank and unbelieveably cheap. Congrats on finding a build to suit you. |
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Post by thatguy on Jun 20, 2015 0:13:38 GMT
well, the battery case, and screwdrivers you probably have already, and if not will get for pennies. The folding scissors can be had for £2 or less so not much financial outlay. In all, I'm really glad I did this. Taking this on the road makes vaping much safer(in a not reverting to stinkies way, not the exploding battery way)
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Post by thatguy on Jun 19, 2015 23:12:52 GMT
The resistance of twisted wire is a bit more complex than dividing the single wire resistance by the munber of strands. As the wire is twisted, the length of each stand is greater than it would be in single strand wire, this is where the pitch comes in. The smaller the pitch, the greater the increase in length (more twists, thus a longer length of wire used)
The best advice I've seen for measuring the pitch was on steamengine. Measure the length of 10 and calculate the average.
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Post by thatguy on Jun 19, 2015 23:03:10 GMT
saw a utube the other day which showed how to fill one of these up beyond the usual level. get a drinking straw, cut a length off about 3 inches and split it along its length. Roll the split straw between your fingers and it should reduce its diameter, when small enough push into the drip tip socket in the bell cap so it comes out the other end. with the split straw plugging the vapour chimney fill with juice to a mm or 2 under the thread on the bell cap and then fit the base/coil head combo, as u push in the straw will be pushed out and leave you with a totally full of juice bell cap top  WARNING!!! I tried this tonight to fill my Subtank mini and bell caps ready for the golf course tomorrow. Worked perfectly on the bell cap but the chimney on the Subtank seems narrower. The straw pushed the coil down and pulled the wicks away from the airholes. I didn't notice and set it to the side to let a totally brimmed tank of juice leak all over the place. To make matters worse I'm away for the weekend and have no spare coiling equipment, wicks or spare heads with me. Leaves me with just the bell tank for the weekend - if the head goes in it I'm banjaxed!!! (I have a Protank 2 as an emergency backup but need my tasty lung hits these days!!!) I've had the same kinda nightmare at work before so my solution was... Take one 2x18650 battery cases. Add a sheet of jap cotton, a half dozen coils you made before, a blue screwdriver or two, and a pair of folding scissors. Place into your handbag/rucksack/golfbag and enjoy a recoil on the go kit. It's been a lifesaver at wok for me. Very little outlay and you can recoil on the move. |
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Post by thatguy on Jun 19, 2015 1:53:52 GMT
most do, but ost of them are in ce4/ce5 type tanks with burnt wicks. We all know it comes down to cost, but a simple RBA would be as cheap to run when replacement head come into play. They really hurt themselves doing this, besides, most peopl buying high VG liquids will be using a moe advanced atty, so it does make sense to put premium liquids into decent tanks, especially when B&M shops charge £1.50-£2 more for a premium juice than online stores.
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Post by thatguy on Jun 19, 2015 1:38:36 GMT
Got a newish store for you. Vapourised (new branch of the well known chain) 1 Anderson Street, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire ML6 0AA 01236 779111 There are two more vape stoes in Airdrie, one I wont mention because of issues mentioned months ago (and the fact the clones he stocks are laughably poor) and the other because they stock fake and defective cells. (bought one sony cell=fake, and tw 8350s, both defective) so IO cannot reccomend eitther. On a positive note, the staff in the Airdrie vapourised seemed quite knowlegable and friendly and approachable. Might need to try and get PinkyPuff a job there. hehehe |
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Post by thatguy on Jun 19, 2015 1:32:20 GMT
I've tried a few of these, but check the pg/vg ratios. Cosmic jam for example make yummy juice but the 50/50 pg/vg mix makes it pretty much unvapable for me. Way to harsh. We grabbed a bottle of Penguins "chinstap" liquid this week, that was bloody good. I can appreciate it, but the Mrs who loves those kind of flavours was raving about it. They may not be everyones cup of tea, but one good thing I found with our new vapooursied store in Airdrie(might want to add to your map Chrissie ) is that they always list pg/vg ratios on their menus. |
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Post by thatguy on Jun 18, 2015 22:15:05 GMT
Much overlooked due to a misconception that they are hard to build are the genesis tanks. They are easier than the kayfun style tanks as wicking is more forgiving.
The kraken and origenny are fantastic for flavour and vapour.
For the more traditional bottom coil RTAs give the goblin a go. As long as you dont get a crap clone they are pretty much leak proof and the airflow and wide juice channels allow a decent power level and use of high VG juice without dry hits. The taste is decent, but not the best. The subtank is similar to the goblin, but cant handle as much power, although the new RDA head has improved this somewhat.
For mouth to lung single coil, the Russian 91% is a big step up from the earlier kayfuns due to the adjustable airflow. The Kraken is also an option for you. It can happily run single coil or dual, and you can shut down the airlfow a bit to mouth to lung and get even better flavour.
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Post by thatguy on Jun 18, 2015 13:54:43 GMT
Fasttech and focal ecig are fire and forget for hardware. We order, we forget, stuff arrives, we play.
Chefs vapour for concentrates and mixing supplies
Whereevers cheapest at the time for when we need nic base
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Post by thatguy on Jun 18, 2015 11:24:18 GMT
It's milder than Red astaire. To be honest I wasn't that impressed with the bottle we got in April, but it has grown on me a little. PinkyPuff describes it as cough medicine. We both prefer red astaire, or even better some red astaire mixes. |
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Post by thatguy on Jun 17, 2015 23:14:08 GMT
Got the redesigned rba Greg , they are still a pain at higher power, although much better than the original. They are good tanks, but are a little behind the goblin and streets behind the kraken in terms of vapour and flavour. I see them more as a stepping stone between clearos and rebuildables rather than performance tanks, and they fulfill that role rather nicely. I was only on a little trip to see how far I could push them. I do this with every tank I buy, and I have to admit, the subtank mini, especially with the redesigned RBA head you mentioned is a good piece of kit for around the 30W mark. The build I'm using tonight is aimed at about 40W, but it's aimed more at providing a smooth and tasty vape rather than pure power. Toned things down a bit with this, but I have to admit that it's a good vape just now. |
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