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Ah bugger, had the black istick in my basket for an hour or so at Fasttech and just went to check out and it's now out of stock. Do they get them in fairly regularly or will this be it for a good while?

I like a good crackle :-) Need to choose between the aerotank, protanks or Nautilus now and then I'm done. Decisions, decisions.

Thank you everyone for all your help, you're a wonderful group!

It's fair to say I'm a creature of habit, I don't upgrade my gear very often and every time I have, it's been based on the advice I've had from here.

I started off on a Riva nearly 3 years ago and got through about 6 of them over the course of 18 months. Then I went with a Vamo which blew it out of the water (V1 or poss V2). I love the Vamo, have a good charger, about 6 18650s (ave 1500mah), went for a couple of Kanger Evods, a million or so coil heads, a gallon or 3 of HS Premium Menthol Sensation juice and and happily puffed away for over a year. Like I said, creature of habit.

Good things about the Vamo are that it gives a great vape primarily. Things that drive me nuts about it are that's it's so massive, I'd like something smaller but no less powerful. The threading drives me crazy - because I use Evods, they just get stuck and I have to unscrew the bottom bit with pliers to get it out of the Vamo every time I refill.

I've had a read through some threads and have narrowed it down to:

1) A more up to date Vamo that perhaps doesn't have the same threading issues - I'm familiar with it, it vapes well and I can still use my other bits of kit with it. Still big though! It's cheap though and I could probably dump my battery stash and start afresh with a few new and longer lasting ones and spend more on good tanks for it.
2) A Zmax 3 - on the basis that it seems similar to the Vamo but appears a bit more well made. Still a bit big though, although I could do the telescopic thing and just buy some more 18350s.
3) An Istick - big move away from what I'm used to but should give a good vape and is a bit less huge. I think I'd probably need two though to avoid it running out of charge while I'm out and about.

Could I have your thoughts, please?

Also, I hate the evods but I don't know where to begin on the tank front. Does anyone know the most long-lasting ones where I can just replace the coil heads. I could do with a larger one for home use and a mini one that doesn't look too big while out and about. Preferably ones that would use the same coil heads that I could just buy a huge stash of.

It's been a while since spending anything on my gear so have got about £100-£120 to spend but I'd like to spend wisely on stuff that will last and that's built well.

Suppose I'd better try some new juices too to see how they've come on. Are there any nice menthols that have that sweet flavour like Menthol Sensation that I just have to try.

Thanks ever so much guys.

Jo

Brilliant - thanks Karma & Sandra

Oooh, what have you all done now :-) Ordered that one from Safercigs but I'm going to get the charger, spares and a vivi nova from good ol' reliable Jason at Vapeescape. New toys! I love vaping.

Thank you for all your wonderful advice everyone - there's not a more helpful forum in the world than this one xx

They haven't all broken as such, one's dead as a doornail and two just don't hold a charge for more than a couple of hrs. The only one going strong is one of the ones in my original kit that's now a year old. Is this just one of the things you have to factor into your monthly costs of vaping with these type of batteries or are some makes a bit more solid than others. You said the 'mod' word and made me scared :-) Is it really that much of a step up? I'm a big fan of simple, Karma. Thank you for your help.

If it's just the normal menthol, try out their HS Menthol Sensation instead. Can send you some to try if you like - it's about 12mg strength (I mix the 8 and 16 together) but it'll be okay just to see if you like the flavour before you splash out. Otherwise this trying to settle on a flavour gets pretty expensive, pretty fast :-) Give me a shout if you do. Jo xx