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SolMiester

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I have some special new juices on the way that I can't wait to try and tell you about. They are very popular and received awards.

From Nicoticket.com
Betelgeuse
Custard's Last Stand
The Virus (H1N1)

From Mister-E-Liquid.com
Blue Voodoo
Mr-E's RY4

I can't way to try these, especially since some of them contain vanilla, and I am vaping a plain vanilla and its sooo good.

Been mixing Vanilla with my tobacco juice for several months now, let us know what the new juices are like please!
 

SolMiester

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Well the odd thing is when I used to smoke i would go pretty crazy without a cig for a while. With the ecig if I don't have it on me I don't do that. I keep lowering the nicotine level and I just enjoy the many flavors available. Some of the ingrediants that make up these juices are in a lot of other foods we eat too. I smoked because I enjoyed it. People go to a hookah bar to hang out and relax. They aren't addicted to it like cigarettes. Vaping is similar for me.

:thumbsup:
 

moonbogg

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How much are you going through? $10 worth of ejuice will last me easily 3-5 weeks.

It wasn't so bad before the kayfun, but it chews through juice pretty fast. about 5ml per day, roughly. $9.00 of premium juice will last roughly 3 days.
 

sze5003

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Hmm a 30ml bottle will last me about 2-3 weeks. Using my ego cc and protank 2 mini.
 

MongGrel

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It wasn't so bad before the kayfun, but it chews through juice pretty fast. about 5ml per day, roughly. $9.00 of premium juice will last roughly 3 days.
Seriously ?

That's a lot of vaping, I can fill that Nautilus up and it will last days.

Must really have that Provari cranked up.

:)
 
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boomhower

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Seriously ?

That's a lot of vaping, I can fill that Nautilus up and it will last days.

Must really have that Provari cranked up.

:)

I concur, they burn a lot of juice. I use mine on a mech and go through 1.5-2 tanks a day. 1.0-1.5ohms on a mech.
 

JamesV

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What is the cheapest starter pack you can get that is any good?

I've seen these in stores, but it's like $35 for Blu, and that seems like a lot for something I've heard nothing but bad word of mouth on.

Been smoking for 20 years, and want to quit, but gum, patches, and pills did nothing for me.
 

MongGrel

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It's not a starter pack I guess, but for the price I'd recommend this for a starter battery myself, I'm pretty new to vaping, you can get chargers pretty cheap.

That and a decent tank for it you can do these and do it all for about 40 bucks and have a good starter setup.


Vision Spinner 2 1600mAh

http://www.worldofvape.com/vision-spinner-2-1600mah/


Anyvape eGo USB Cable



http://www.worldofvape.com/anyvape-ego-usb-cable/


eGo Style



http://www.worldofvape.com/ego-style-atomizer/


I've bought three of the Mini Vivi Nova-S to use with the Spinner II and they work well, for walking about and general use.

Just my two cents.


I use the Evic Supreme and the Nautilus at the keyboard :)
 

moonbogg

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Seriously ?

That's a lot of vaping, I can fill that Nautilus up and it will last days.

Must really have that Provari cranked up.

:)


Yeah its kind of crazy. 1.5ohm single coil (thick wire though, so more mass than a regular coil) and between 4 and 4.5 volts (10-13.5 watt range). It just chews through it.

ALSO, a friendly heads up to all. A famous limited production e juice is available from nicoticket.com called "Frenilla". Supposed to be amazing. Steep time is important. If buying now (it goes fast) its ready to vape by 7-26-14 at the earliest. I bought two 50ml bottles and will try some fresh from box to compare to it once its steeped.
They also have a "Strawnilla" for limited time (same juice with real strawberry extract I guess) but its $12 for a 15ml bottle I think. Expensive as hell. I passed on that one.
I MUST make my own juice because I just can't keep this up. Its too expensive.
 

DT4K

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It's not a starter pack I guess, but for the price I'd recommend this for a starter battery myself, I'm pretty new to vaping, you can get chargers pretty cheap.

That and a decent tank for it you can do these and do it all for about 40 bucks and have a good starter setup.


Vision Spinner 2 1600mAh

http://www.worldofvape.com/vision-spinner-2-1600mah/


Anyvape eGo USB Cable



http://www.worldofvape.com/anyvape-ego-usb-cable/


eGo Style



http://www.worldofvape.com/ego-style-atomizer/


I've bought three of the Mini Vivi Nova-S to use with the Spinner II and they work well, for walking about and general use.

Just my two cents.


I use the Evic Supreme and the Nautilus at the keyboard :)

Going variable voltage might be a little pointless for a beginner.

Plus, I highly recommend everyone start with two batteries. That way, one can be charging while the other is being used. You don't want to be tempted to smoke a real cig when your nicotine craving hits and your battery is dead.

I'd suggest this one:
https://vaporhq.com/kanger-evod-starter-kit

I've had really good luck with the quality and performance of the Kanger stuff and that's a great price for everything you need to get a good start (minus juice of course).

The only thing you might want to add to that kit is a pack of 1.8ohm replacement coils. They can be found for about $8 for a 5 pack. The 2.2's that are provided will be ok, but the 1.8's will give you more vapor and flavor.
 

DT4K

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You are just trading your out of trendy addiction for another. Hope you find a way to quit.

Actually, he's trading his cancer causing addiction for a non cancer causing addiction. That's a pretty good trade IMO.
 

DT4K

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I will also put this here. It's helped me out a lot when trying new tech.

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This will show you optimal voltage based on your atomizer resistance. Experiment around with it for different type of juices.

The number in the boxes is in variable watts. Your evic will correctly choose it based on the atomizer you connect but I've got good results experimenting.

That's a good chart worth repeating and I'd say it's accurate. I tend to stay on the top half of the green. 1.8ohm coils work great on my 3.7v batteries. And when I had 2.4ohm coils on my Spinner, I got the best vape around 4 to 4.1 volts.
 

BUTCH1

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Going variable voltage might be a little pointless for a beginner.

Plus, I highly recommend everyone start with two batteries. That way, one can be charging while the other is being used. You don't want to be tempted to smoke a real cig when your nicotine craving hits and your battery is dead.

I'd suggest this one:
https://vaporhq.com/kanger-evod-starter-kit

I've had really good luck with the quality and performance of the Kanger stuff and that's a great price for everything you need to get a good start (minus juice of course).

The only thing you might want to add to that kit is a pack of 1.8ohm replacement coils. They can be found for about $8 for a 5 pack. The 2.2's that are provided will be ok, but the 1.8's will give you more vapor and flavor.

Yea, I've got 2 Spinner 1,300Mah batt's and 2 Pro-tanks and your right, you need 2 batt's for the exact reason you mentioned, plus get a wall charger, they are cheap and will charge your battery in much less time than a USB port from a computer.
 

BUTCH1

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You are just trading your out of trendy addiction for another. Hope you find a way to quit.

That is a true statement but you have to consider that when smoking an analog (regular) cig you are burning a plant and inhaling (I forgot how man known carcinogens) plus tons of carbon monoxide plus stinking up any environment your in. If one is not nicotine-addicted I would suggest to stay away from all forms of it whatsoever, IMHO I see no difference from e-cigs than gums, patches, ect., they all do they same thing, get nicotine into your body without the destructive side-effects of inhaling a burning plant.
 

lupi

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Recently my company put the e ones on the same treated list as regular ones. Was reminded of it this morning when I walked in and some schmuck standing by the door using some designer looking one. At least it was a good laugh.
 

moonbogg

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That's a good chart worth repeating and I'd say it's accurate. I tend to stay on the top half of the green. 1.8ohm coils work great on my 3.7v batteries. And when I had 2.4ohm coils on my Spinner, I got the best vape around 4 to 4.1 volts.

I think those charts only apply to regular factory made, single coil tanks. Those charts confused the hell out of me once I started making coils, because everyone was running their single coils at like double what the chart says you should.
I run a single 1.5ohm coil between 4 to 4.5 volts, which is way the hell in the red on that chart. Chart says 3.5 max to stay in the green.
My factory Kanger tanks with dual coils also can't be used with the chart. Same goes for the nautilus aspire with dual coils. For the dual coil tanks, double the resistance and then use the chart for that number.
A 2ohm dual coil tank should be viewed as 4ohms and then use the chart for 4ohm vaping, maybe a bit less due to wicking issues feeding two coils. I vape the kanger tank with 2ohm head at 4.8 volts for a perfect vape.
 
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MongGrel

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The Evod is good for the price, a guy I work with started with one of those kits.

You'll just maybe want to ramp it up soon after :)
 
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JamesV

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Man.

I feel like I did when I first visited Anandtech years ago (had an account but forgot the pw, so made this one).

Feel like I need an electrical degree to understand this shit. Think I might just buy a Blu to learn, like I did with my used 286SX. That was money well spent looking back at it.
 

alkemyst

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Man.

I feel like I did when I first visited Anandtech years ago (had an account but forgot the pw, so made this one).

Feel like I need an electrical degree to understand this shit. Think I might just buy a Blu to learn, like I did with my used 286SX. That was money well spent looking back at it.

skip vape if you can. If you need it use it.
 

moonbogg

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Man.

I feel like I did when I first visited Anandtech years ago (had an account but forgot the pw, so made this one).

Feel like I need an electrical degree to understand this shit. Think I might just buy a Blu to learn, like I did with my used 286SX. That was money well spent looking back at it.

I can explain it because I was totally lost but now understand how it works.

Each coil has an "Ohm" rating. They call that resistance. Think of each coil like a water hose. The smaller in diameter the hose, the greater the resistance to flow. The higher the ohm rating, the more electricity that can flow through. This means you need more electricity (voltage and current) to achieve the same heat as a smaller diameter coil.
If you have dual coils, it sounds confusing because the resistance is divided in half. Lets say you have a 1.5ohm dual coil juice tank. There are really two coils in there, 3ohms each. The reason it gets divided is because the same source of current from your battery gets split between both coils. So half the voltage goes through one coil, the other half through the other. This means that each coil is only providing half of its rated resistance because only half of the battery's electricity is flowing through it.
So if you have a dual coil rated at 1.5ohms, double that rating to 3ohms and then use the vaping chart for 3ohms. Because you need to provide twice as much power from your battery to heat each 3ohm coil sufficiently.
The dual coil tanks come with voltage instructions. They are usually a little less than exactly double, likely because they wicks can't provide enough juice fast enough for two fully powered coils.
Rebuildable tanks can fully power two coils because people tend to use cotton as a wick which provides better wicking performance than the silica string used in stock tanks and coils.
A rebuildable tank can use more voltage even for a single coil than the vaping charts indicate, because the cotton is able to provide more juice to the coil than your average tank can. This is why you see people (like me) with Kayfuns with single 1.5ohm coils running them at 4.5 volts (sometimes higher). That's way in the red on the charts, but those charts were made with standard, factory tanks in mind. Not rebuildable tanks where you can have a better wick with lots of juice going to the coil.
Also, if you make a coil with a large diameter, a lot of current can flow through. In order to achieve a 1.5ohm resistance, you will need to use a lot of wraps of coil, because electricity will start to slow down and get resisted more if you have more wraps of a coil. If you have a large water hose, a lot of water can flow through, but if you twist it and turn it, then the resistance to water flow increases due to the length of the hose. Same with coils.
Using a fat wire with a lot of wraps will get you a low resistance, like 1.5ohms, but you have a lot of wire to heat up, unlike just a few wraps of a smaller diameter coil at the same resistance. Therefore, the resulting heat delivered to the coil is spread out over a larger coil surface area, thus demanding more voltage to achieve a similar heat as a smaller diameter, 1.5ohm coil with less wraps.
Hope this helps.
Also, when people mention wattage, that word wattage is a measurement of the total power output to the coil. So with the example above, the larger coil will need more watts than the smaller coil in order to achieve a similar temperature between the two. 13 watts might be a lot for a regular 1.5ohm coil made with skinny wire and just a few wraps, but a fat wire with more wraps will absorb that 13 watts easier and result in less temperature. Watts don't create vapor, heat does. So 13 watts spread out over a larger coil may not be enough. This is also why more voltage and wattage is delivered to fat coils, despite being a low resistance.
 
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alkemyst

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Do you guys that vape have an orally phallus fetish?

Unless you are smoking weed, or trying to quit nicotine; I am not sure why you want to suck down Tutti Frutti juice?!?11one
 

sze5003

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Well nicotine by itself tastes nasty and the flavors help. Lowering the nicotine also changes the flavor which is why they have so many flavors out. Personally I just like menthol tasting flavors.

There are others that vape 0 nicotine and do it because they enjoy the "smoking " aspect of it.
 
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MongGrel

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Do you guys that vape have an orally phallus fetish?

Unless you are smoking weed, or trying to quit nicotine; I am not sure why you want to suck down Tutti Frutti juice?!?11one


Why bother even responding back to any of your crap more or less.
 
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MongGrel

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Trying a bit of rookie mixing atm, and my messy desk.

Steeping em a bit and breaking in IEM's.

Now that I'm not smoking, I'll have to replace this keyboard soon with another one, it's been getting old anyway.

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It's been around a few years anyway and was about due.

Maybe I'll just hit it with WD-40 or mineral oil and try to clean the crap out of it, still works fine.

Threw an obligatory knife in there :)

I didn't even mean to the first time but its a good running joke.
 
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