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You caught my hidden message there, Roger.

However, it's just an opinion. I'm sure there are people who will enjoy reading Ayn Rand or Goodkind. They're both still in print after all.

I'm mostly reading police procedurals set in LA at the moment, quite enjoying Michael Connelly, just finished James Ellroy's LA Quartet which I liked a lot, but I stalled on his later stuff about politics.

I will definitely have a go at Bukowski, been meaning to for years.

Gormenghast is ace.

My guilty pleasure is Jack Vance, who writes ludicrous fantasies of no merit, but his writing style is so beautiful and amusing. 'Cugel's Saga' is the place to start. It's like a childrens' book in many ways, but Vance is sly, with prose as elegant as Wodehouse.

I also recommend, for the low-commitment literature crowd, Kurt Vonnegut. maybe start with 'Breakfast of Champions'.

Also
Richard Morgan - Takeshi Kovacs series
Neal Stephenson - Baroque Cycle

Terry Goodkind is an Ayn Rand acolyte. I advise that nobody gives him money on the grounds that a) he can't write for toffee and b) he's a social Darwinist so he is basically asking to be poor.

I've just realised that most of the books I read are guilty pleasures. Oh well.

Different beast really, more physically robust and more technical than the Vivi, which is more a mass market item with some replaceable parts.

This is closer to a fully rebuildable iMist, designed to allow completely customised rewicking and coiling.

Just got mine today, it's very similar to a bulli in overall design except that the very small screws to fix the coil go in at the side of the terminal posts, while the wire itself pokes into the hollow tops of the posts, so a tiny watchmaker's screwdriver is needed.

I don't object to this design at all, but would probably have been spitting tacks if I didn't have a tiny screwdriver already. (In a bulli the screws have larger heads and screw in from the top, and you wrap the wire around the screws themselves.)

Build quality seems fine so far, though the wick it came fitted with was primitive, suitable for dripping perhaps. I think an ss or ss+fibre spike wick is probably desirable for use with tanks. When I tried it out, 1ml in the A type tank just emptied straight into the main chamber, and I'm supposing this could be a more civilized process with a proper spike wick in place.

I don't see how type B tanks can fit this without a different top cone. Haven't tried one I admit, because I don't have one.

Good price for a rebuildable and I'll be playing around with different wick configurations for ages. Need some ss mesh for the spike I think, to use this seriously with tanks.

Thanks Callum.

*Prays for Strawberry Ice Cream being on special offer this w/e*
*cheekily prays for V3 Visions on special offer but doesn't hold out much hope*

There is a theoretical risk that a short circuit in the charging apparatus might damage your motherboard, but it's not a biggie to be honest.

The charger itself should regulate the current it uses, so if the source (eg a 2000mA mains plug USB adaptor) is overpowered, the charger will draw only what it needs, say 500mA for trickle charging a battery. It's more of a problem if the source is underpowered, but that just results in slower charging normally.

However, the voltages of the charger and source should match. For USB that's 5V.

Edit: If any of that isn't clear, I can sometimes manage Engish too, just ask if confused.