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I just want to follow up that so far I am EXTREMELY pleased with the responses from both TrueSmoker and Vaprlife. I am at work now and suspect by the time I get home Arno will have an answer to me as well. The fact everyone has responded so quickly and is willing to look into things speaks volumes about their credibility and customer service ethic. Also, I was pretty hot last night when I fired that post off and should have just posted about the various performance from the 801s. The Vapre 51 seems to be a fluke and I should have just handled that with the guys at TrueSmoker. Arno has been nothing short of.... Awesome. He has provided me with great customers service, and I am leaning towards the fact that they are just as vulnerable as the customers as to the quality of the 801s. It is sooo frustrating that we and the vendors are stuck in this situation. I am fully on board that we need someone in the states creating a solid reliable product. I would pay more for an Addy that consistently performs. I am going to go under the hood this weekend and see what I can see. Last thing, can anyone tell me if there is a way to identify the different 801s? Looks like some of them have a model or part number where the battery hooks up, but with my old eyes, I will need a magnifying glass to read it. Should I bother? Do those numbers mean anything? Big thanks once more to Vaprlife and Truesmoker, I hope people read through all this and see the results, which will likely make me a regular for all of these sites. I am also pretty sure an email is waiting at home from Arno based on my previous experience with him. Diggs

Jeso, Thanks for the offer. I emailed TrueSmoker about the Vapre 51 after posting and they have offered to replace the questionable Vapre. I will be sending it back to them over the weekend. VERY VERY fast response time!! And are standing behind the product I will give the cleaning a go on my 801's and also take off the black bands to see if I can tell a difference in them. I can't say enough about this one addy, it just crushes everything else I have tried with e-cigs. Also, I think it is time I tried some mods. Anything I find with 2 holes will meet the drill this weekend. I am not sure if it is the air flow or the atomizer part that makes this one so good, but I will be finding out. I LOVE the VP1 and this addy. Thanks for opening my eyes to what vaping should be like. Also, big Kudos for TrueSmoker to respond so quick and to offer a replacement! That means a lot! Diggs

I just posted a big rant that kind of deals with this topic. I would have to say the performance of the 801 differs greatly on where you get it and what you get. I just got one (801) with my VP1 from Vaprlife that is stunning. I cannot believe the difference in this 801 and my other EIGHT 801 addys I own. I was just on the verge of asking why many like the 801. Prior to receiving this one atomizer, I thought the 901 was superior in vapor production. Not now. The 901 is great, they seem consistent and simple to work with. The 801s till now would show glimpses of greatness, like one good toke, but then followed by a very lame toke. This new one just rolls out the vapor every time as long as the power is good and the liquid is there. Heck, it even creates good vapor with the Johnson Creek Liquid which has been hit and miss for me. I received 2 addys with the VP1 and only one of the two produces vapor in mass. The toke resistance is very very different with this one and all the others I have as well. It is very easy to draw from it. Chris told me the good 4 hole 801 addys are like a straw. That is a very close description to this one that works so well, very simple to draw through. Also, this one wonder 801 will produce vapor clouds on an automatic battery, manual battery, USB PT or the VP1. The VP1 is really impressive. Sad to say my Vapre 51 which is the exact same thing wasn't impressive at all. Hoping to hear back from true smoker to get that resolved. Anyway, I have 2 901 kits, only tried one so far and the addy I have for it and the 2 batts have been pretty good. A bit short on life, but it was up until today the most consistent E-cig I had owned. But this 801 has shocked me to no end. I want more of these. If I can find them and a way to confirm what I am getting, I will get plenty. Diggs

I should have made my huge post here, but figured I would just make a new post with the same info. This area seems to get way more traffic and I would like some input from everyones experiences especially with 801 atomizers. If the reposting of all this info is against the rules, please delete it, or my other original post. Here it goes, it is a bit long. Well after about a month of vaping today I get completely blown away. I get 3 shipments delivered to my home today while at work. One is my VP1 from Vaprlife, which I wasn't that excited about after getting my Vapre 51 earlier in the week. I thought the Vapre and the VP2 units were the same, then after I get my Vapre 51, I see from the instructions it is from vaprlife and is a VP1 I tried out the Vapre 51 that came from truesmoker, and was really wondering WTF is all the rave about. It sucks! I am not getting vapor like I get from a regular automatic batt. I charged the batts overnight and find that one of them is just DOA and the other doesn't really last that much longer than using the same addy on a stock batt. I assumed the VP1 from vapor life would have the same output. I will say that Truesmoker included an extra addy, which seemed to be the low bridge aka 4 hole that Arno sells. I noticed it pulled easier, but not like a straw that I had seen mentioned here before. Well, it wasn't any different than the others I had, but was easier to draw on than the other 2 addys that came with it. Today, I break into the VP1 from Vaprlife and it has 4 batts in it!! wow, so I try to charge them and the light comes on green, hmmm, this is what the dead one did before. So I put another on, red then green. So I give one a go in the new VP1 with some Ruyan4 that came from Heaven-Gifts. Holy momma!!! It draws like a straw and I came close to choking for the first time ever with vapor production. This thing kicks like a mule I expected the exact same results as the Vapre 51 since they are identical units less the cool etching on the vapre. I try the other addy that came with it and it is hard to draw from and doesn't come close to vapor production. So I try some other flavors in this new addy and wow, great flavor and huge vapor until I try the "French Pipe" from Heaven Gifts. BLEH!!! It taste like rose pedal soup or something. NOW I can't get that flavor to go away after a good 2 hours of vaping through my only 801 that kicks bootay. So, what gives? I have 9, yes NINE 801 addys. 2 from Arno, and 3 from TrueSmoker, 2 from Vaprlife and 2 from Rocky Mountain Vapor and of these 9 addys only one really works well. I had about written off the 801 and declared the 901 the king of E-Cigs, but now..... I am just confused. So do you have to buy 10 addys to get one good one? I see all these vids and reviews from people and they exhale clouds of vapor. After a month, I finally find ONE addy that does just that. It does it on a standard batt, USB PT and the VP1. It simply is what Vaping should be like. So, how do you insure to get a good 801 addy with the smooth easy straw like draw and not this other $#!7 I have bought from the other vendors?? It is CRAP and I have a good $100 worth of JUNK sitting here. Also, I have tried the good addy on the Vapre 51, and it SUCKS *** still. I never do this, but I am very frustrated, so I invite some feedback from the vendors I am about to beat down. 1. The most expensive let down first. TrueSmoker, IF you have the same exact item as the VP1, why does yours not last as long and produce a fraction of the vapor I get from my VP1 from Vaprlife? I like the nice etching, but if it creates a $100 shinny non vapor producing POS, don't bother. Thanks for including 3 addys (although oily) with the package, but all three of these are pretty sad along with the Vapre 51 and a dead battery that never provided enough power to take one draw off my Vapre. Just to make it clear, I tried the same battery and the same addy I had on the VP1 to compare and it wouldn't produce a hit like the VP1 from Vaprlife. So the comparison was dead even. I regret this purchase %100. 2. I emailed Arno of Awesomevapor, and he was very fast to respond to my questions, but now I have 2 of the promised 4 hole addys from him, and they don't perform at all like this latest addy I received from Vaprlife. They pale in comparison, and I bought from you based on what I had read here and your response to my emails. Your addys do draw a bit easier, but not much, and doesn't come close to the vapor production of this one 801 addy I received from Vaprlife. On a bright note, the 901 starter kit I got from Awesome vapor and the liquids are great. No complaints with the service or the liquids or the 901 kit, but the 801 kit and the spare addy I bought is a HUGE let down and a waste of money. 3. Rocky Mountain Vapor. I have to wonder if the 510s I have are defective. They have never really produced now that I see what vapor production is like. They shipped fast and had good pricing and I never used their service, so I can't speak for that. But the lack of vapor is really concerning. This is speculation and unless I can test it against another known good 510, it will remain that way. However, I have yet to recommend a 510 and won't till I see one produce anything like the 901, which does pretty darn good. The two 801 addys and USB PT I got from here are garbage. They are very hard to draw through and the USB PT killed one addy because it just stayed on even with the button being up and not pressed. So, the 510s, Not sure about. The 801's I can say are crap as is their USB PT unit. ------- For the flip side. 1. VaprLife.com, I don't know whether to praise you or damn you The VP1 and one of the addys that came with it are simply amazing! The batt life seems good and the vapor production is just insane. It looks like what I see from Chris and Sean and Grim Green and the Fedora dude. Big puffy billowy clouds on exhale. A smooth easy draw from the addy and with lots of flavor. This 801 addy is simply the best purchase I have made to date. I would have been happy with just getting this addy and no VP1 just to see the difference in quality and performance. Now I feel like I have been cheated on every other E-cig purchase I have made, well over $200 in kits and addys. This addy has spoiled me and I want more. If you can promise me and deliver more of these, I would gladly pay more for them. HELL, I would pay double just not to have to buy 10 addys to get one good one. The VP1 unit you shipped me works great also! I LOVE THIS THING. It concerns me though that the Vapre 51 is so different even though the instructions even say VP1. I might have received a bad one, but the difference is night and day. I am curious if others find any differences. I will say you currently OWN my business for parts. Lastly is Heaven-Gifts which I can't really rate. Their RY4 produces great vapor as has most of the liquids I have tried so far. I hated the flavor of "French Pipe" it has a rose pedal taste, but that is personal preference and has nothing to do with the vendor. I got another 901 kit from them and it is charging. I also bought some chargers and another 801 batt. The chargers are charging and the other items are waiting to be tested, but the few liquids I have tried are winners especially for the price. OK, I haven't let these vendors know the issues I have had. I don't plan on bothering with Rocky Mountain since I doubt I will do biz with them again. I will however give TrueSmoker and Awesomevapor a chance for some feedback. Sorry to be so negative, it is not my nature, but I got pissed after thinking about all the addys I have and how I have been struggling to find juice that vapes and the right e-cig and now I think I just got duds. Enough to push someone over the edge I think? Diggs Would love input from everyone.

Well after about a month of vaping today I get completely blown away. I get 3 shipments delivered to my home today while at work. One is my VP1 from Vaprlife, which I wasn't that excited about after getting my Vapre 51 earlier in the week. I thought the Vapre and the VP2 units were the same, then after I get my Vapre 51, I see from the instructions it is from vaprlife and is a VP1 I tried out the Vapre 51 that came from truesmoker, and was really wondering WTF is all the rave about. It sucks! I am not getting vapor like I get from a regular automatic batt. I charged the batts overnight and find that one of them is just DOA and the other doesn't really last that much longer than using the same addy on a stock batt. I assumed the VP1 from vapor life would have the same output. I will say that Truesmoker included an extra addy, which seemed to be the low bridge aka 4 hole that Arno sells. I noticed it pulled easier, but not like a straw that I had seen mentioned here before. Well, it wasn't any different than the others I had, but was easier to draw on than the other 2 addys that came with it. Today, I break into the VP1 from Vaprlife and it has 4 batts in it!! wow, so I try to charge them and the light comes on green, hmmm, this is what the dead one did before. So I put another on, red then green. So I give one a go in the new VP1 with some Ruyan4 that came from Heaven-Gifts. Holy momma!!! It draws like a straw and I came close to choking for the first time ever with vapor production. This thing kicks like a mule I expected the exact same results as the Vapre 51 since they are identical units less the cool etching on the vapre. I try the other addy that came with it and it is hard to draw from and doesn't come close to vapor production. So I try some other flavors in this new addy and wow, great flavor and huge vapor until I try the "French Pipe" from Heaven Gifts. BLEH!!! It taste like rose pedal soup or something. NOW I can't get that flavor to go away after a good 2 hours of vaping through my only 801 that kicks bootay. So, what gives? I have 9, yes NINE 801 addys. 2 from Arno, and 3 from TrueSmoker, 2 from Vaprlife and 2 from Rocky Mountain Vapor and of these 9 addys only one really works well. I had about written off the 801 and declared the 901 the king of E-Cigs, but now..... I am just confused. So do you have to buy 10 addys to get one good one? I see all these vids and reviews from people and they exhale clouds of vapor. After a month, I finally find ONE addy that does just that. It does it on a standard batt, USB PT and the VP1. It simply is what Vaping should be like. So, how do you insure to get a good 801 addy with the smooth easy straw like draw and not this other $#!7 I have bought from the other vendors?? It is CRAP and I have a good $100 worth of JUNK sitting here. Also, I have tried the good addy on the Vapre 51, and it SUCKS *** still. I never do this, but I am very frustrated, so I invite some feedback from the vendors I am about to beat down. 1. The most expensive let down first. TrueSmoker, IF you have the same exact item as the VP1, why does yours not last as long and produce a fraction of the vapor I get from my VP1 from Vaprlife? I like the nice etching, but if it creates a $100 shinny non vapor producing POS, don't bother. Thanks for including 3 addys (although oily) with the package, but all three of these are pretty sad along with the Vapre 51 and a dead battery that never provided enough power to take one draw off my Vapre. Just to make it clear, I tried the same battery and the same addy I had on the VP1 to compare and it wouldn't produce a hit like the VP1 from Vaprlife. So the comparison was dead even. I regret this purchase %100. 2. I emailed Arno of Awesomevapor, and he was very fast to respond to my questions, but now I have 2 of the promised 4 hole addys from him, and they don't perform at all like this latest addy I received from Vaprlife. They pale in comparison, and I bought from you based on what I had read here and your response to my emails. Your addys do draw a bit easier, but not much, and doesn't come close to the vapor production of this one 801 addy I received from Vaprlife. On a bright note, the 901 starter kit I got from Awesome vapor and the liquids are great. No complaints with the service or the liquids or the 901 kit, but the 801 kit and the spare addy I bought is a HUGE let down and a waste of money. 3. Rocky Mountain Vapor. I have to wonder if the 510s I have are defective. They have never really produced now that I see what vapor production is like. They shipped fast and had good pricing and I never used their service, so I can't speak for that. But the lack of vapor is really concerning. This is speculation and unless I can test it against another known good 510, it will remain that way. However, I have yet to recommend a 510 and won't till I see one produce anything like the 901, which does pretty darn good. The two 801 addys and USB PT I got from here are garbage. They are very hard to draw through and the USB PT killed one addy because it just stayed on even with the button being up and not pressed. So, the 510s, Not sure about. The 801's I can say are crap as is their USB PT unit. ------- For the flip side. 1. VaprLife.com, I don't know whether to praise you or damn you The VP1 and one of the addys that came with it are simply amazing! The batt life seems good and the vapor production is just insane. It looks like what I see from Chris and Sean and Grim Green and the Fedora dude. Big puffy billowy clouds on exhale. A smooth easy draw from the addy and with lots of flavor. This 801 addy is simply the best purchase I have made to date. I would have been happy with just getting this addy and no VP1 just to see the difference in quality and performance. Now I feel like I have been cheated on every other E-cig purchase I have made, well over $200 in kits and addys. This addy has spoiled me and I want more. If you can promise me and deliver more of these, I would gladly pay more for them. HELL, I would pay double just not to have to buy 10 addys to get one good one. The VP1 unit you shipped me works great also! I LOVE THIS THING. It concerns me though that the Vapre 51 is so different even though the instructions even say VP1. I might have received a bad one, but the difference is night and day. I am curious if others find any differences. I will say you currently OWN my business for parts. Lastly is Heaven-Gifts which I can't really rate. Their RY4 produces great vapor as has most of the liquids I have tried so far. I hated the flavor of "French Pipe" it has a rose pedal taste, but that is personal preference and has nothing to do with the vendor. I got another 901 kit from them and it is charging. I also bought some chargers and another 801 batt. The chargers are charging and the other items are waiting to be tested, but the few liquids I have tried are winners especially for the price. OK, I haven't let these vendors know the issues I have had. I don't plan on bothering with Rocky Mountain since I doubt I will do biz with them again. I will however give TrueSmoker and Awesomevapor a chance for some feedback. Sorry to be so negative, it is not my nature, but I got pissed after thinking about all the addys I have and how I have been struggling to find juice that vapes and the right e-cig and now I think I just got duds. Enough to push someone over the edge I think? Diggs

I have noticed that the Penstyle/801 tips vary a lot when it comes to rigidity. Some of the tapered tips are flexible, while others are very stiff plastic. Anyway to tell what you are buying before you buy it? I can always send an email to the vendor, but curious if there is just a way to tell by part number or description. I would like to find the longer ones that come with the 801 for the 901 and 510 as well. I think I have some like what was linked to at DietSmokes and they aren't as long or thin as the ones that come with the 801. Diggs

Yeah, I have been trying for 2 weeks to get a USB PT from PS. I want the 801 version and an adapter so I can use it on my 901s as well. Which brings up some questions. If you have the 801 to 901 adapter for a PT, is there any reason you can't use 801 batts on the 901 using the same adapter? I would think this would also allow you to charge the 801 batts on a 901 charger also? Anyone tried this or have input? Thanks, Diggs

LOL, from your avatar I was expecting the loss to be from boxing. Ok, I have been wondering about something on cleaning addys for a while and I am just going to toss it out there. I owned a water pipe many years ago. Nope, it wasn't for tobacco use either. But it would get very nasty pretty quick. There was a product back in those days designed to clean water pipes / bongs called "Grunge Off". I have no idea if this product is still around, but it did what it was designed to do very very well. The only place you could find Grunge Off then was at shops that sold bongs and pipes and such. 1. Do they still make this stuff? 2. Has anyone tried it? 3. Did it work? 4. Would this be safe to use on an addy? With all that said, I think the denture tabs might be an easier way to go. And it's readily available. Think I will steal a few from my father and test it out this weekend. Diggs

I vape way more often than I smoked. I just love the taste. I do still sneak an analog from time to time, but I am good with that. 2-3 a week maybe and that is way better than a pack a day! Diggs

If you shop around a bit, you will find some liquids don't create much vapor. My purchase of Johnson Creek liquid seemed to have this problem. Before I was told I could vape in the office, I used the JC to sneak a vape now and then. It is very easy to hide the vapor exhale. I thought something was wrong with my 510 because I rarely exhaled any vapor with their liquid. I personally wouldn't mind the lack of vapor for those situations and use the JC liquids for that purpose still. Although, I have noticed that the JC liquid tends to vape much better in my 901 and 801. If JC would make their flavors stronger, I would still buy their product for stealth purposes. Although, now that I vape in my cube, I am getting flavor fatigue and can't really taste the flavor of the liquids I have at night. I taste it, but it is very very subdued. Diggs

I started at age 15. Purely peer pressure. I grew up in a small town and we rode bikes and motorcycles and would gather near the train tracks almost daily after school. Some started bringing cigs and we ALL stole them from our parents at the time. It was something to do and you did it to fit into the crowd. I am 43 and in the late 70's and early 80's smoking wasn't shunned nearly like it is today. Both of my parents smoked, all their friends did or didn't object to others smoking, it was just accepted by society. It was almost like everyone did it and was expected to do it. I started working for Winn Dixie at 16 and bought my first carton at 16. I remember my father approaching me when he found a carton in my car, but it wasn't a big deal. Basically he said "Don't let your mother know". Hell, I think she already did know. Society during those times had a huge influence. Also, 13 is about the time you really get some freedom from the parents and have the ability to make some very bad choices on your own. I knew what I was doing, I knew it was addictive and potentially deadly. I used to try to get my parents to quit before I started, so I obviously understood the side effects of smoking. There are several things I would change in my life, but I must say I very much admire Jeff, the one kid in our group of friends that never took a cig and really didn't take any abuse for not taking one. I wish now I would have followed his lead. And I think given a choice to change any part of my life, I might select that moment and turn down the cig. Diggs

Ok, I have watched it and let me just confirm. Did he like it? I have to say Dulcis is currently at the top of my list of liquids!!It is not as sweet as an RY4, but has a similar but better flavah. My Vapre 51 shipped Friday, can't wait to try it in that IF puresmoker would just get their USB PTs in stock, I would have one on the way. Damn cheapy USB PT for my 801 burned up an addy tonight Diggs

I received a menthol from JC when I got their sampler pack. I was surprised that I kinda liked it. I will give it a go, thanks for the tip! Diggs

MAH rating is not a problem. As long as the battery will fit, it could be 36000mah and still work just fine. That would rock actually since it would last almost a lifetime, but I think it would be about the size of a bulls *** Diggs

Has anyone tried Juicy Vapors liquids? Is this what people refer to as Juicy Juice? I picked up a few flavors today, they have one of the nicest selections I have seen. Roasted Almond, Hazelnut and Amaretto are a few I am going to try. OH, and butternut rum sounded good, got one of those too. I have to say that Dulcis in my 901 is rockin today. I see more orders of VT liquids in the future. I also have a follow up on Vermont Vapor. They botched my order. I had ordered several sample size bottles and only one large bottle of tobacco, but I got one large bottle of mocha instead and it is only 5mg I emailed them last night around 10 PM and had a response before 11pm and a notice this morning the correction had been shipped. WOW! That is some quick service. No request for the incorrect bottle to be shipped back, no questions asked, just blam here ya go and we are very sorry. I have to say I hope they make more errors in the future Diggs