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Post by Andy Thatcher on Apr 15, 2012 2:33:10 GMT
Must admit they are probably my favourite juice vendor to date. Liked everything I have tried from them apart from Pale Rider that has a woody dry overtone to it that near enough fails to hit the mark.
They are also reasonable. $40/27 - 30 squiddlies for 130ml isn't bad at all. The downside is that Bounty Hunter is rather tricky to find in stock.
Alien Visions never usually has an availability issues and a little more expensive at $47 for 100ml still isn't awful.
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Post by Andy Thatcher on Apr 14, 2012 14:34:40 GMT
Over a month after buying the drip tips I have eventually ordered a couple of Cisco 306's with an Aero. Only because I gave up patience waiting for 357's to be in stock though.
Easily my daftest purchase to date.
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Post by Andy Thatcher on Apr 14, 2012 1:56:57 GMT
I have to admit to the court that over my 2 month vaping career to date I have made some silly purchases. I offer you any top fed carto as example  However these pale into insignificance to my daftest to date. I was excited that favourite juice was actually available for sale, get the excuses in early I say, I headed to the NLV site. I had my 130ml of Bounty Hunter goodness safely in my cart and notice a clearance page. Well I was buying anyway so thought I would have a look. I bought 2 306 drip tips. What a bargain at 40 cents a piece ! Any bets on who has never even owned a 306 atty ? |
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Post by Andy Thatcher on Apr 13, 2012 21:49:16 GMT
First PV Ego C with 2 1000 mAh batteries
2x Ego 18650's, paranoid about batteries running out on the Ego C
Altoids VV Box Dual 18650, wanted to play with variable voltage and the price was very right.
VMod XL 18650, wanted to play with a bottom feeder. So glad I did as this is a great device and again price was right.
ProVari with 18650 extension, just wanted it to be honest.
ProVari Mini, bought for the wife as an attempt to get her interested in vaping. Epic fail but I have a fantastic mod for dripping.
Had an sold an Ego Pass Through. Won it in a contest and someone at work wanted to start.
That's all.
Kinda rely on 18650's. There are some nice 26650 Mods that are going to be coming out soon so may look hard at those.
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Post by Andy Thatcher on Apr 12, 2012 17:54:58 GMT
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Post by Andy Thatcher on Apr 12, 2012 16:50:15 GMT
I guess that is a difference as I think they are worth it.
Does everything a tube mod can do at this time. But hey that may change as I have only had mine 3 weeks but as it stands I would replace like for like if the need arose.
I am certain that other tube mods will appear to supersede it in my affections, Zenesis comes to mind rather too easily for example, but for me rather happy with how it is going.
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Post by Andy Thatcher on Apr 12, 2012 16:21:42 GMT
I was humming and ha'ing between the ProVari and Buzz/iPro for a while.
Still think there is a Buzz in my future as I really like them but the added functionality of the ProVari menu swung it for me.
Last night at work my bottom feeder stopped working for example. Took off the atty put in on the ProVari and knew that is was dead. No guessing, I knew it was open. You get to rely on having that kind of diagnositics to hand the longer you have it. That is beyond it hitting like a beast and the other advantages it has.
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Post by Andy Thatcher on Apr 12, 2012 16:08:15 GMT
There is that I suppose, sorry.
If you are looking for a solid reliable tank I have had a J Tank for a couple of months that is bullet proof it seems.
Come in at $20. Tried a Google on .co.uk but had no luck.
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Post by Andy Thatcher on Apr 12, 2012 16:04:30 GMT
Have an Ego passthrough in the car....you know just in case.
Had a couple of batteries that were not as charged as I thought they were leaving me stranded. Not sure, strike that know damn well, I wouldn't last a shift without relief !
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Post by Andy Thatcher on Apr 12, 2012 15:55:28 GMT
Ohhh should I be nasty and say that Phiniac are now selling their tanks with stainless steel caps as an option ?
No I will be good. I haven't bought any as I don't mind the black.
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Post by Andy Thatcher on Apr 12, 2012 15:44:38 GMT
Was surprised. So surprised that 2 days after ordering my first I ordered the Mini just to make sure the I got the right packaging  You know....when the Mini arrived it was packaged exactly the same way. |
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Post by Andy Thatcher on Apr 12, 2012 15:40:37 GMT
ProVari menu is as follows.
5 Clicks till
PU - Power Up, really don't think any explanation is needed
2 Clicks
PD - Power Down
2 Clicks
Po - Power Off
2 Clicks
Cb - Check Battery
2 Clicks
Ao - Check Ohm's on atty or cardo
2 Clicks
Lo - Light off, yep turns the firing light off.
If you can navigate through a mobile this is far easier.
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Post by Andy Thatcher on Apr 12, 2012 15:33:45 GMT
In fact just expect a USPS box, bubblewrap and a little piece of paper say we don't do paper instructions go online.
That is about it.
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Post by Andy Thatcher on Apr 11, 2012 1:09:47 GMT
My vote for the stardust too.. I think they rock and are totally solder free inside which is one of the main attractions for me..With a SS mesh, they really bring the flavour out of any juice..Shame the original container cracks but it is a gem of a design otherwise. Any instructions or probably destruction on how to make the Stardust a Genesis atty. I understand how to create an atty with kanthal and mesh however need to understand placement and what to remove etc. Oh dear looks like I maybe buying some more ! |
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Post by Andy Thatcher on Apr 10, 2012 17:15:32 GMT
Step one.
Go online and order another battery !
The rest is easy.
I really enjoy dripping so I have a bottom feeder as well. You know if I had of written or said that sentence 12 weeks ago I would really have not blamed anybody for walking away from me with whatever connotation going through their mind they thought appropriate.
Anyway I am lucky in that I have the ProVari and Mini. One of them is always within hand reach. I still baby mine a bit but the solidity of the build compared to anything else I have seen is stunning. As long as you skip the bottom feeding thing it could be the last mod you buy.....well apart from another ProVari as back up lol
Ok the difference between a ProVari and LavaTube.
1/. Aforementioned build quality.
2/. Set a voltage on a ProVari and that is what you get to the Atty/Cardo. There will be a drop in voltage on the LavaTube.
3/. If the resistance is too low for the voltage set the device gives you an error. With a LavaTube it will still display the set voltage but actually give out far less.
4/. You can check the resistance of atty's and cardo on the ProVari.
5/. It is better looking, dresses to the left and looks sorta like a light saber.
No. 5 was there to really say it is your choice. I had the available cash so went for it. If I hadn't I would probably have bought a LavaTube.
If you stick a 3 Ohm Boge on either you will get very similar performance. I suspect that in a blindfold test with someone else holding the mod you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
I can't stress the build quality enough. In all things there are choices but when you get to those high end devices that just feel right you know why there is a difference in price. That is the case with the ProVari.
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