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Post by ragjoy on Feb 20, 2018 16:20:52 GMT
i think im going to run it fairly flat and then at that point i will do a reset, hadnt thought of trying that.
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Post by ragjoy on Feb 20, 2018 15:50:03 GMT
ive had the ipower about a week from fastech and I'm rotating it with an older istick 50w.
my issue is it uses 30 to 40% on the indicator after a 24hr use inc including me sleeping.
I've updated the firmware to 1.03.
I use it with Endura T18 Coil Heads @ 9.1w.
I've not let it run flat, should i?
I've checked the authenticity on the eleaf site, it appears to be genuine.
also, there's some sort of battery indicator in the settings, this is set to 17 as a factory setting, would this have a bearing on the battery reading going low quick?.
any advice welcome.
tia.
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Post by ragjoy on Jan 28, 2018 15:02:26 GMT
Hi Ragjoy, Well if you find any kicking about, please bear me in mind  Those things you linked look interesting. I'm doing a lot of to-ing and fro-ing in my searches, trying to find equivalents between the ton of stuff on fastech and uk vendors. Was quite happy with my Boges for so long, that I never really thought about having to find a replacement. All the best, John if your happy with boges you will find what i linked perfect. they are totally no hassle, last from a week to 2 weeks. i use them at 9.1 but you can use them much lower, i stepped up the wattage when i dropped the nic content. honestly, for the likes of you and me there perfect, i had maybe 3 dodgy ones in 2 years and they weren't dodgy, just didnt taste right. Seems like I have 30 notes, 25 with 2 holes and 5 slotted.  |
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Post by ragjoy on Jan 28, 2018 14:57:57 GMT
hi john i may have a few of these somewhere but they were not as great as they were in the early days, i will have look but i may have chucked them as was getting bads and duds. i switched to these www.fasttech.com/p/3932500 with this www.fasttech.com/p/3932401 they are perfect if your regular method is boges, there better in every way and more reliable. im old school vaper who hasnt moved on as well. Hi Ragjoy, Well if you find any kicking about, please bear me in mind Those things you linked look interesting. I'm doing a lot of to-ing and fro-ing in my searches, trying to find equivalents between the ton of stuff on fastech and uk vendors. Was quite happy with my Boges for so long, that I never really thought about having to find a replacement. All the best, John if your happy with boges you will find what i linked perfect. they are totally no hassle, last from a week to 2 weeks. i use them at 9.1 but you can use them much lower, i stepped up the wattage when i dropped the nic content. honestly, for the likes of you and me there perfect, i had maybe 3 dodgy ones in 2 years and they weren't dodgy, just didnt taste right. |
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Post by ragjoy on Jan 27, 2018 23:43:43 GMT
isnt the chinese new year soon and best avoided for delivery, that said just had a 12th dec order arrive after 50 odd days. hope your well mandy x All good with me, thank you Gary. xx A quick google says that CNY is the 16th February . . . . . thank you. |
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Post by ragjoy on Jan 27, 2018 23:31:01 GMT
thanks mandy, just had a quick look and yes looks great, i will have a quick read up and hopefully order one.
isnt the chinese new year soon and best avoided for delivery, that said just had a 12th dec order arrive after 50 odd days.
hope your well mandy x
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Post by ragjoy on Jan 27, 2018 22:00:57 GMT
i was just about to ask the same question, im running 3 x 50w isticks in a rotation, they've been great, i had a fourth that died about a year after use.
seems a bit silly having 3 but one was a spare and one for the wife, who is back on or was never off the stinkies, she is just about to have another go on it so i thought maybe i need another spare.
mine are 12 to 18 months old.
out of curiosity should i drop down to the 30w, i only vape at 9 watts so each would last 2 days plus but i just charge every evening and rotate.
is fastech still the best option $30 for a silver 50w.
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Post by ragjoy on Jan 27, 2018 21:38:50 GMT
hi john i may have a few of these somewhere but they were not as great as they were in the early days, i will have look but i may have chucked them as was getting bads and duds. i switched to these www.fasttech.com/p/3932500 with this www.fasttech.com/p/3932401 they are perfect if your regular method is boges, there better in every way and more reliable. im old school vaper who hasnt moved on as well. |
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Post by ragjoy on May 25, 2017 19:02:26 GMT
Me and flavours don't get on so once I find something I stick with it.
I mix this 50/50 with a no flavour 16mg mix as I can't take heavy flavours of certain flavours, I get severe headaches just sniffing to strong of some smells, even those things you plug in the wall, some of them set me off.
Yet glues, solvents etc etc are fine, it's just perfume type smells.
After this lot has gone I will start doing my own mixing, I've done a bit in the past but found this flavour and I love it, I've not ever tried it neat.
Initially I watered it as wanting to test the flavour wasn't too strong, I then found I liked it like that so I stuck with it.
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Post by ragjoy on May 25, 2017 18:20:29 GMT
finally managed to get on the forum. thanks for tagging me dalealanHi ragjoyso this old chesnutt again. are both bottles the same strength nicotine. he did start putting batch numbers on the bottles as far as i can remember but then next order didnt have them. its been asked many times as they just dont seem to be consistent even after being in buisiness for well over a year. ive had 1800ml from them now and luckily only 1 bottle was so harsh it was unvapable and went down the sink. all the rest have been ok but def needed a steep and the longer the better. 3-5 weeks should be plenty though. im no expert when it comes to steeping but i think it needs a warm dark cupboard instead of a cold fridge which could well slow the steeping process. no idea why 2 days apart would have such a different colour. if you are on facebook you could send Jordan a message www.facebook.com/jordandragonsrise?fref=ts&ref=br_tfat least now all their bottles will be zero nic so should be the same consistency but of course it all depends if some have been on shelves longer than others. they have nic shots now which if by the picture ive seen are from darkstar with either vg or pg. hope that helps jim hi jim, thanks for the input. i also have had more than my fair amount from them around 2.5lts i think, with this litre. all are marked 16mg but none are dated and they are just done with a marker. i did have a lengthy whats app and text chat with i assume jordan this resulted in the 500ml replacement. all of my past orders have been amber to some degree but these are very clear, they are probably fine so i will have to wait and see, i still have the original light 500ml as well, they said they would put a returns bag in with the replacement but they didnt. i have plenty of freezer stored nic to add myself in the future so no problem there. i had read various inconsistency issues but mine had all been fine apart from a loose top on a bottle which leaked, badly and was replaced. hopefully as you say now its no nic it will all ok. |
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Post by ragjoy on May 24, 2017 22:22:15 GMT
Pure nicotine is colourless, ie clear. As it reacts with oxygen, it darkens. The clearer it is, the fresher. HTH BTW, nice table ragjoyhi tim, thanks for that, it was the middle batch being dark that threw me as much as anything, if it was the first one then fine but the middle one being much older juice just confused it all. the table as you probably know is ercol, its a hobby of mine i hand strip them from very dark to there natural state, then refinish to preserve. tables, arm chairs, dressers etc etc, i have quite a collection now, it is becoming very sought after. |
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Post by ragjoy on May 24, 2017 22:13:48 GMT
smifee has nic testing equipment . . . . perhaps if you PM him ragjoy, he might be kind enough to help out. Although as Dave says with flavour added the results could be skewed. Steeping in a fridge, will always take longer as the cool temperatures slow down the oxidization process - which is why we all store base supplies in the freezer/fridge/coldest place possible to inhibit that. You would get a better idea leaving these mixes just in a cupboard for a few weeks before refrigerating them. That said, I have seen numerous quality control concerns from this particular source . . . . . . hi mandy, thanks for the help. i will give smifee a pm tomorrow bit as you say, not sure it will give a true reading. im in no hurry to use these batches, it was just a last week of normal buying panic buy, which i didnt really need to do. i will pull a couple of bottles out and leave them in my dark vape draw and see what happens, i just try to prolong the juices life in the fridge. hope your all good mandy x |
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Post by ragjoy on May 24, 2017 21:03:12 GMT
thank you, i just would like to try to reassure myself.
id just like to say that dragons rise have acted great with my issue and replaced it, no problems.
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Post by ragjoy on May 24, 2017 20:56:24 GMT
right is batch 10th may, left is batch 12th may the replacement batch looks the same as 10th may batch.  |
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Post by ragjoy on May 24, 2017 20:48:45 GMT
There's a relatively simple nic test kit that used to be available (I haven't done a recent search to see whether anyone still stocks it).... the problem is however, once mixed with flavouring, the flavouring can alter the pH which is part of the basis of the simple nic test.... resulting in potentially inaccurate results. thanks dave, i will look it up. |
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