VaporTron

I'm of a different mind-set, I guess. Children are more curious about things that are "hidden" from them, so the more you hide, the more curious they become. My children were brought up around all kinds of dangers, yet they were never hidden from them (farm implements, machinery, tractors, motorcycles, knives, guns, bow/arrow, smoking, etc.), they know and understand the dangers around them. Which is one of the reasons I finally stopped smoking... for my kids (as much as me)... they understood the danger and how bad it is for you, and I realized what a horrible example I had become for them by telling them, "do as I say, not as I do".

But back to hiding things from kids... I find that kids are more likely to "play with matches" if they have no idea what they are for, and if they are hidden away in the back of a cabinet. Sure, kids should be protected from dangers, but I don't believe in feeding their curiosity by hiding anything from them.... but that's just me

ha figured it out...lol had to click this little icon on the top left hand corner of the dialog box

0.8 ohms, 28 gauge kanthal

the PV boosts the voltage. Yes your battery will not last as long when the voltage is turned up.

well I guess enough time has passed so I hope it doesn't ruin the surprise for anyone...
so I got my vape-box welcome box last week in it I got 5 juices and 2 pieces of hardware

zuluvape-zulucustard (decent...little intense flavor though)
nude nicotine-watermelon mint (weak flavor...might try it in my rda in a bit)
nude nicotine-island tobacco (not bad..kinda like it)
eve-mango surfrider (ugh...didn't even bother loading this up in a tank, it has an intense smell that I don't like)
eve-cosmic peach (ok...bit perfumy)

efest luc 4 charger (better than my 2 bank intellicharger, like the read out on the efest)
igo-w RDA (small air holes, drilled em out and its working like a champ)

I have not got into sub ohm yet. I will one day funds permitting. I have the knowledge due to many years of hobby electronics and my occasional side electrical work. Been doing Ohm's Law and rechargeable batteries for years, but I am currently using the itaste VV, MPV, and spinners for vapeing.

This subject really hit me hard today. I went to buy some juice at one of my local B & M. They carry mechanical mods and the large electronic controlled batteries. I was inquiring about going from a 60/40 blend to a 50/50 because of flooding on my Nautilus. She said no, all you need to do is crank up your wattage and voltage up. I told her I usually set my wattage around 6.5/7 watts. She then asked where are your volts set at. I said I really don't know off the top of my head and I don't have a calculator. She looked at me like I was totally stupid. She then said I should be running my tank at 11 watts and 5 volts. I just smiled and said ok.

I don't expect everyone to know everything, but at least a basic understanding of how ohms law works, especially if your giving advice on settings and sell mechanical mods.

Sorry for the rant.

Josh I would say the precautions you take are the exception rather than the rule. It makes me concerned for the future of vaping more than anything else.

If there is one thing that will give the anti-vaping lobby the power they need for widespread bans and legislation it is a Mech mod blowing up because someone didnt know how to properly and safely do it.

Not downing cloud chasers, just saying it has been on my mind a long time. If we as a community put as much emphasis on safety with mechanical mods there is bound to be an inherent risk associated with the activity. Imagine how the non-vaping community will react when and if a hand grenade explodes in someones face?

Cloud Chasers are scaring me more and more these days. I get sub ohms vaping, I like it as well which is why I normally vape my Kayfun at around 0.7 and my RDA at 0.5. I get that it would be prudent not to sub ohm entirely if I want to be cautious.
Lately however, i'm seeing more and more pictures of people building quad and octacoils on their RDA's that go below 0.1 ohms and that's absolutely bonkers to me. Yes, in almost all cases, the build out resistance are below the amp cap on the battery they are using, but that doesn't make it any less dangerous.
When we are talking about Lithium Ion batteries, we are talking about something very, very dangerous when used improperly, only an inch away from your face and eyes. The new generation of vapers have a lot more knowledge at their fingertips than the tenured vapers had, and that's great. That's one of the reasons why we see someone who has only vaped 2-3 months evolve into building their own coils on a mech mod so quickly, that knowledge they can find via the internet is at their disposal.
Heres the issue though, vapers are seeing the amp cap on the specs of their batteries and thinking "Okay, well it's a 30 amp maximum, if i stay just below that or at that amp it should work just fine" and that's ludicrous. My car's speedometer on my sentra says 130MPH, Scientific evidence shows you can likely survive in the desert without food for up to 7 days as long as you are hydrated with enough water. Does that mean I should drive 130 in my compact car? does that mean you should walk around without eating for 7 days?
You are pushing those batteries too hard, too consistently. Yes, the amp cap is 30 or 35. But they were never meant to go that high for that long of a period of time. Nor was my car meant to drive that fast, nor was your body meant to be put through that much torture.
Batteries are going to fail, it happens in any device you use whether it's your laptop battery or your smartphone batteries, they fail some times. The difference in this circumstance however is you are seeing this new type of vaper push these batteries so hard consistently for as long as they will keep on charging at these ridiculously low ohms, and for what? so you can post another 10 second clip on Facebook or YouTube making a cloud?
I like blowing clouds every now and again as well, but when you get down beyond 0.1, you've lost your marbles if you think there isn't a chance you are going to force that battery to vent, especially with these long *** drags i'm seeing these cloud chasers take.

Before you make a sub ohm coil, always ask yourself if the clouds you are about to try and make with it are worth the mod you could destroy if that battery goes thermal, or worse your safety and health. Is that 0.08 coil worth needing possible skin grafts in the future?
Let me know what you think about these ridiculously low sub ohms we're seeing in the comment section below.

It's just pure common sense that if you use a trademark of a corporation without their consent you're asking for trouble. A corporation didn't spend all that money to create a brand name and positive image for their company for some cheap B&M store to come along and take the brand name and profit from it without spending a single dollar for that right.

They gave me a hammer too. But its the plastic Fisher-Price one, so I just sit in the corner a pop myself in the head. Lol

The lighting is horrible tonight but I'll try to get some decent pics of them tomorrow.

While temperature does have an effect on how the body absorbs anything, temperature of the vapor will have an effect, but less on the absorption rate, more on the delivery (volume). All things being equal, more vapor equates to more nicotine potentially aerosolized.

The coil vaporizes the pg/vg/water to create a vapor-carrier to deliver nicotine in microscopic droplets (think, near-molecular-level). What determines absorption, once you inhale, is not the temperature, but rather the surface-area (mouth/throat/lungs) contacted by the vapor. A mouth-puff (not inhaled) will not deliver the same volume as a straight-draw-lung-hit. The longer you "hold" the hit also will increase the potential for full-absorbtion. Also, a "cold" hit which produces very little vapor will deliver less nicotine to the body than a "visible" vapor will.

From the study I listed above, they were dealing with a tiny transdermal patch, delivering across 2.5 sq-in of skin. Vaporizing the nicotine produces a large dispersal of nicotine throughout the volume vapor, thus providing more potential for a larger surface-area to absorb it. Once nicotine is contained in the vapor, the body readily absorbs it. Heat has far less effect in this case, because you have increased the surface-area exponentially, and the membranes of your mouth/throat/lungs more readily absorb the nicotine for blood-delivery than does the tougher barrier of exterior skin!

This is why vaping is so effective at nicotine delivery. The mechanism is similar to smoking...

My stepdaughter told me there was 0 Nic e-liquid available and she's been watching kids on Facebook and some viney thing blow smoke rings and do smoke tricks. She's 14, I told her it was still bad, and about VG and PG causing hair to grow on nipples and female chests, thick wiry hair like chimpanzees. Hey I had to come up with something!

I also reminded her that a teenage *** was still very capable of having my steel toe boot in it.

They should put a grape-nuts label on there. No one under 70 would touch it.

Let us know how the cloth turns out and if it is just a gun polishing cloth!

*Does the freedom dance* *trips over bills and child costs* *falls on face*

Lol...I know that feeling

I am sure there are tutorials and such but I just thought I would share how I found works for anyone just bumping along into this.

I have a short list of tools. Microfiber, q-tips, toothbrush, pipe cleaner, plastic cup, alcohol and 760g grease.

Take it all apart to bits and spray down with alcohol scrubbing with toothbrush. Let it all soak for a while in the alcohol.

image by Richstag, on Flickr

Clean the inner threads of the switch and firing pin with the pipe cleaner. Give it all another good brushing then wipe it inside and out with the microfiber and again pipe cleaner. Then let it all set out to dry avoiding finger oils on the clean parts.

image by Richstag, on Flickr

Then I get a nice pile of nyogel on the clean surface and apply to ALL threads, male and female, with the q-tip and again the pipe cleaner for those tiny inner threads of the switch and firing pin.

image by Richstag, on Flickr

Put her all back together, spray it all down one last time with alcohol and wiper off.

image by Richstag, on Flickr

Hitting so so smooth and strong.

Very happy with this set up so far.

Hope this may help some just dipping their feet into mech's.

To each their own, I never switched around the style or brand of analogs. I have said many times I know a lot of people make a hobby out of it but for me it's simply a great way to never smoke tobacco again. My wife has not tried a new flavor except those I bought and gave away in over 9 months. For me it's simplicity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tIhwITwhSg

It's like a survival pack for vapers...lol

Yes. I've learned by trial and error that I'm less about throat hit/harshness and more about pleasing flavors and adequate vapor production.

But initially I went with the advice of the B&M where I started and took their advice that I would risk going back to analogs if I didn't start with tobacco flavor similar to my analog brand, serious throat hit and high nic.

I struggled to stay vaping that first couple weeks. Don't know if it was cause the advice didn't fit my needs or just the regular trials and tribulations of the ex-smoking converted vaper. Probably a little of both. But I'm glad I stuck with it and have begun to find my sweet spot. Not totally there but a hell of a lot closer than I was 5-6 weeks ago.

70-100 chain vaping. I imagine it's better than the 40 Camels per day. I do DIY juice so it's really not very expensive .75-1.25

Well folks, here's the tally so far:

Number Responded - 32
Low Juice Limit - 10 ml
High Juice Limit - 140 ml
Average Juice - 40.70 ml