[Happy Vape-a-versary...]

1 hour ago, Adversarious1 said:

to me!!!

Today marks 2 years since I purchased my first vape kit and gave up the analogs.  It was a belated birthday gift to myself that I have come to view as a "re-birth day".

Don't normally like to toot my own horn or pat myself on the back, but today truly is a milestone for me.

 

Congrats!  Those milestones sure feel good.

[PIONEER4U IPV D4]

8 hours ago, Earthling789 said:

I've had mixed results from VapeNW on their pre-orders... sometimes  you have to wait longer than if you just order one when it comes out.  If memory serves, @jasonculp pre-ordered a really pretty mod from a different site (not VapeNW) a couple years ago, and they never delivered it because they never actually received them to sell.    Unless it is a special edition or limited release, I'd just wait until they are actually released for sale and buy it then.

 

8 hours ago, FXRich said:

Sometimes they get more preorders than they receive items to fill the preorders. I did preorder once (not from VapeNW) ended up using store credit to buy something else. Now I won't preorder anything.

Yeah, it was kind of a bad deal.  The one I ordered was really slick, when they never actually produced it, I was really bummed.  I ended up getting the in store credit, and buying a brother to the one they never made, and it turned out to have one of the worst chipsets I have ever had.  It is now sitting in my "I don't use these any more, shelf".  I am getting pretty much like @bcartervol98  I have my mod/tank I really like for every day vaping, so I bought 15 of them.  Shinyitus, has worn off, so it has to be a heck of a deal before I will jump out there and get something new.  Since my last experience with preorders was so bad, I won't do it again.

[What do I do now??]

21 hours ago, FXRich said:

I break mine down into smaller bottles for two reasons.

I received them in plastic 1 liter bottles, and I read somewhere that over time nicotine will degrade plastic, don't know if this applies to nic kept in the freezer or not, I don't even know if nic does degrade plastic for sure.

When kept in smaller bottles with a minimal air space there's less chance of oxygen causing the nicotine to oxidize (turn brown).

Besides I have lots of spare time.

I know I need to put it in smaller bottles , I'm just lazy.  You are 100% correct, the amount of air in them can't be good.  I didn't know about the plastic breaking down, but I could sure see it happening.  I am going to have to get on the ball!

[The deed has been done!]

3 hours ago, Walt said:

Update!  It turned into e-juice!  It's pretty darn good!  Right off the coils of a Mutation xS.  Heck, I would buy that stuff.  Holy Moly, my vapin budget just took a turn for the better for sure. 

Do a little dance

Make a little juice

Get down tonight!  Get down tonight! 

 

Enjoy!

I have really enjoyed making my own juice.  I don't make many flavors, but my main flavor has 23 different fruits, and creams in it.  I do change it up a bit by adding a bit more or less of some flavors to emphasize other flavors.

I don't ever worry if I have enough juice on hand, I can just go mix some up when I need it.  I also make flavor concentrates out of my flavors.  Basically I just add all of the flavors in the proper amounts so that it equals 120ml of pure flavors.  So I just have to add VG and Nic base.  It takes like 3 minutes to make up 100 ml.

[What do I do now??]

1 hour ago, FXRich said:

Its a VG base, and VG don't freeze in the freezer, when I get Nic base I buy it by the liter, I transfer it to 4 250ml glass bottles, and label it. I have had some of it in the freezer for more than 2 years, and its still as clear as the day I received it. Right now I have 8 250ml bottles in the freezer, when my bottle in the fridge gets empty I will take one out.

I figure at a 2mg mix I have enough base to make about 100,000 ml of juice.

I use the same Nic base and really like it.  I have about 2.5 liters left.  I actually keep mine in the original bottles.  I pull out about 50 ml at a time as needed.  I also store the bottles vertically inside a heavy zip lock bag.  I found out the hard way, that they leak if you just throw them in the freezer on their side. Luckily it was in a zip lock.

[DIYers - Flavor choices and Preferences]

I don't steep.  I make my flavor base 120 ml at a time.  I then mix up 100 ml of finished juice.  I guess it does steep, or at least age, because it is normally a week, or longer before I vape the 2 50 ml bottles that i mixed up and 120 ml of the concentrate lasts quite a while.  I normally have 2 50 ml bottles.  I keep 1 in the console of the pickup, along with 4 fresh batteries, and an extra NEBOX, and a couple of rebuilt RDAs.  I keep the same thing in my laptop bag.  I have been on the road 4 days and 3 nights with this new territory.  I take double backups just in case my pickup, or laptop bag and I get separated.  Of course if something happens to my truck and the laptop bag is in it I'm screwed.

[Nobody cares]

Welcome to Vapor Talk!

I totally understand no one caring about our hobby.  I try to talk to coworkers about my mods, making juice, etc.  They get a glazed, bored look on their face...lol

I have quite a few setups, but for day to day use, I am stuck on Kanger NEBOX.  They are very temperamental, and not for most.  They work super for me because they hold 10ml of juice, and at 25 watts they run all day on a battery.

Congratulations, and Good luck!

[480 Ml]

1 hour ago, cany said:

I m making 480 Ml  one flavor  76 vg/24 PG (not really using PG) its in the flavor  ne flavor 24% its teling me 115ML for flavor   Is this right It doesent seem right to me

That does sound like a lot, but 115 is 24% of 480.

[Merry Christmas Vapers!]

Merry Christmas!

[Here it is folks the first peek at the crown mini!!]

Sweet!  I really like it.

 

Thanks for the pictures and the write up.

[I'm sure this has been asked before, but please help!]

@Bebop I think that is one of the best analogies I have ever seen to explain the Ohm's Law!

[Lock Your Mod!]

I hate to say I do this all of the time.  You would think I would figure it out!  I normally leave my NEBOX in the truck, but I will throw it in my pocket when I go to eat, or check into a hotel.  I normally run 25 watts and it will be on 40+.  It will knock the top of your head off!

[Gonna try messing with Clapton wire]

On 10/4/2016 at 7:14 PM, cany said:

Can you recommenced a Clapton Kanth wire from the VT store

This is the one I am using.  I use the one that @Adversarious1 uses also.  I can't tell a lot of difference, but for some reason I really like the Nichrome/Kanthal combination.

For what it is worth, I have been running a standard 26 GA 316SS and it isn't a lot different.  I do think the Clapton has more flavor, but the quick heat up time (standard wire heats much quicker because the mass of the Clapton is so much more it takes more time to heat)

[Product Request Mega Thread]

2 hours ago, Edna said:

Hi @Christopher

Can you get the Smoant Knight V2 80W Kit in? I want to order one for my oldest son. It's much better than the V1, lighter and has an optional RBA.

Link :  Smoant Knight V2

Thanks

I would buy one too if it is in the $50 range.

[Gonna try messing with Clapton wire]

2 hours ago, FXRich said:

I have thought about tiger wire a few times. I do have lots of wire round and flat. What do you twist together to get your tiger wire, I might get bored and try it.

I will vouch for Comp's Tiger Wire.  He sent me a bundle a while back and I used it a lot.  I then switched to TC and quit using it.  I still have a few pieces left.  I use it in one RTA only.  Since the mod I use has poor TC I switched back to Wattage and with the looming vapocalypse I tried to find a commercial available wire that would work similarly to Tiger Wire.  The Clapton wire is good, but it isn't as good, but it is cheap, and easy to work with.

I need to find a new mod, but with 6 NEBOXs, I am spoiled to the design.  I would like to find something that uses a recessed tank like the Smoant, or something similar.  I just don't want to spend the money.  So I use my NEBOX during the day, and one of my "standard" mods with a Crown when I am at home in the evening.

 

[Gonna try messing with Clapton wire]

15 minutes ago, FXRich said:

I always use spaced coils, usually in my kanger RBAs I use 5 wraps around 3mm with 28g 316, and get .49 - .52 ohms. One of my builds I'm using 2 strands of twisted 30g 316, and getting .46 ohms. I don't notice much difference if any. I might end up ordering some SS Clapton wire, but not committed yet.

I should have remembered that really Kanthal/Ni80 is about the only wire that can easily be used contact. When I got my SS-Clapoton wire in I didn't even think about it.  I was just in a hurry to try it so I built up 2 RBAs with it.  The first one worked great for about a day.  It then developed a burnt flavor with every hit.  I assumed I had burnt the cotton due to poor wicking.  When I pulled it apart, there was no burnt spots and the wicking was fine...  I put the other coil in there and it did the same thing within hours.  I only had a factory Ni200 coil with me as a backup so I switched to that.

It wasn't until this thread that I realized I made them contact so they probably had numerous hotspots...

[Gonna try messing with Clapton wire]

56 minutes ago, cany said:

I think I might too I dunno why I try new things I love my simple build in me subtank  mini in TC

I am really liking it.  My goto build in my NEBOX (same RBA as a Subtank Mini) is This Ni80/Kanthal Clapton I can only fit 5 wraps on a 3mm tool in it.  It comes out to .56 ohms on my NEBOX.  So it is somewhere between .2 and 2 ohms...lol

I really like this with my juice.  It is a flavor maker.  The only thing I don't like is the RBA just doesn't have as much airflow as the factory coils.

27 minutes ago, FXRich said:

Its all your fault Cany, now I'm thinking about ordering some Clapton wire. So far the only Clapton coil I tried was the factory Kanger .5 Clapton coil, and was not impressed with it.

 

To be honest, I am not sure how much better it is than standard Kanthal.  I have gone from Ni200 to Ti01 then to 316SS and have settled with the Claptons for a while.  I tried a few contact coils with the SS316 Claptons with pretty poor results.  I will try some spaced coils when I get back home, as I think I was getting hot spots with the contact coils.

 

[Gonna try messing with Clapton wire]

2 minutes ago, cany said:

I checked that out It confuses me lol And no clappton wire

I picked up SS316L Clapton wire from her VT store no clue what to do with it lol Im waiting for my Herakles TRA-2 to get here from VT I wanna try to do some builds with it

I am using them in my NEBOX.  The SS is just nearly too big to fit the RBA.  I chose 5 wraps because that is all I can comfortably fit in the RBA.

[Gonna try messing with Clapton wire]

I have never used a calculator.  I normally use 5 wraps on a 3mm spindle.  With the NiChrome/Kanthal Clapton wire I use normally comes out to .4 to .56 ohms.

If you dryburn start low, or pulse quickly.  They really like to make hotspots until you get some oxidation on them.

I have been messing with SS316 clapton wire, but results have not been nearly as good as the NiChrome/Kanthal.

[KangerTech CUPTI all-in-one mod.]

Great review!

I really want to pick one up.  I have not been able to find one cheap enough to  make me bite yet.  I also have not found the RBA for it either.  From what I understand from the early reviews it doesn't include it.

The battery door sounds nice.  The screw on thing on the NEBOX sucks.  One of mine has great threads, the others are not so great.

[OTR Mod/tank Suggestions Please]

9 hours ago, Edna said:

What do you all think about the Kangertech NEBOX? I was looking around online and the thought of an all-in-one with changeable battery is appealing

I use a NEBOX as my daily driver, and have since it came out.  (I am not really sure if I recommend it though).  It has terrible TC, so I run mine in wattage mode with the RBA.  It holds 10 ml but has been known to leak. If the tank get too low, or orings are not sealing.  The RBA also has to be wicked correctly, or it will leak too.  It also has no airflow adjustment. I vape at 25 - 30 watts and one tank and one battery lasts nearly all day.

I drive for a living too.  I carry 4 charged batteries, plus the one in the mod.  I also carry a charger and spare batteries with me.  I have never had to use it.  I have charged batteries in the motel at night.

[Wide bore vs wide mouth drip tips]

4 hours ago, cany said:

Common sense   Bigger center hole more air flow   The wider  top section means nothing for air flow

I agree with you, @FXRich, and @Adversarious1.  The main advantage/disadvantage to a "Wide Mouth" drip tip is the way it feels in your mouth. ( @Jeffb, I know I left myself wide open with that statement.)  I am curious to know if the narrow opening in the 510 connection to the wider opening cause a venturi, or possibly turbulence that could enhance flavor.  I know I really prefer the "Wide Mouth" drip tips in the 11mm - 13mm range.

[What is the best 18650 battery available?]

@FrancisKelch My question would be why? 

From Mooch's review of the battery:

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This VRK cell is accurately rated at 20A and 3000mAh. It has a useless 30A "pulse" rating in large lettering on the wrap but does list both the continuous and pulse ratings, a very good thing to see. This cell looks identical to the LG HG2 but performs just a touch worse than my "reference" HG2 from a few months ago. It performs a bit better than the HG2's I've tested recently though.

If it works just like a HG2, why not stick with a proven brand such as LG, and not a manufacturer that puts a dangerously misleading rating on a battery?  From the link you posted they are $18.95/pair and at the bottom of the page you can get LG2s for 15.95/pair.

They do have a nice looking wrapper though.  I personally will stick to the major manufacturers such as Samsung, Sony, and LG personally.

If you are going to spend over $9.00 a battery, I would suggest the new VTC6.  It seems to edge all of the 3000mAh batteries out at this time.

[Hi, I'm Brandi, a Veteran of Vaping]

Welcome to Vapor Talk!

[Looking for an 18650 Batt]

3 minutes ago, cany said:

@jasonculp whats the 30Q  and the hg2 is the brown LG?

The 30Q is Samsung's version of the LG HG2 (Brown).  It is actually rated at 15A but according to Mooch's tests it is closer to a 20A and it is equally as good as a HG2 for less money.  I personally run more 30Qs than I do HG2s.  At first it was because I could pick them up a bit cheaper, but now it seems like they last a bit longer.  I can't prove this at all, but for some reason it seems that way.