Walt
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What are you using for a charger?
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1 hour ago, dfoster_6215 said:
"A guy on another site just did a tear down of one and found that they use the inner portion of a Jeans rivet for the positive connector in their 510. I know they are good looking mods and really feel good in the hands but the quality is just not there."
Walt, I just wanted to say I totally agree with you. I just don't understand the fascination with Smoking products, they are everywhere, selling like hotcakes! Personally I'd rather buy a Limitless mod or even a Sigelei Kaos Z mod. There's so much better products to choose from that Smok, I can't even go into my local vape shop without being bombarded by their stuff, as I said, they're everywhere, all the time! I for one will not be supporting them, no thank you!They got me for one. I've been luck regarding the 510 but most of the paint fell right off the thing. They look sharp the the fire bar really intrigued me. They are also masterful with their marketing. They're good at making things that get by the reviewers.
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Just now, smacksy said:
Hi Walt
I moved from California to Lafayette Louisiana and I dropped my red alien a few times getting in and out of my truck driving back here... it just wasn't working too good.. so I bought another black alien here in Lafayette and after 26 puffs it reads OHMS TOO LOW.. EVEN WITHOUT AN ATOMIZER ATTACHED... I guess I could take it back to the B&M shop I got it from if I can't figure it out how to make it work.. by the way it's nice talking to you again while I've been away for awhileYes sir! Glad to see you back. Missed ya. That's why I suggest investigating the center pin of the 510 on the mod. Could have easily slide over and shorted out the way they are constructed. If they are pressed too far down they can move out of their detente. Sorry to hear you got a lemon. Anyway, look forward to chatting more hopefully about better circumstances.
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Smacksy, Dude, you've been around for awhile now. Why do you buy Smok? A guy on another site just did a tear down of one and found that they use the inner portion of a Jeans rivet for the positive connector in their 510. I know they are good looking mods and really feel good in the hands but the quality is just not there. Were it me I would send it back and get another brand. VooPoo, Vapresso, Think Vape, Hcigar, Lost Vape, Kanger, just off the top of my head are putting out reliable mods at similar prices. You can try wiggling the positive pin of the 510 connector around and see if that will eliminate the short.
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Per my experience, vape manufacturers in general will not budge. The best customer service on the planet is right here at the VT store. Good chance if one stripped the next one will too. I'd bite the bullet and buy something better.
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I've tried a few more exotic coils and like yourself been underwhelmed. Could be just me. I don't look for a huge amount of fog. I concentrate more on flavor. The other thing that becomes cumbersome for me is the sheer girth of some of the builds in conjunction with the small resistances they yield. For awhile now I stock 30, 28, 26, 24, and 36 gauge simple wire in Stainless and Kanthal. I either use simple wire or 2 wire parallel wraped in 36 and get results that I am very pleased with. All depends on how much space I have and how much resistance I want. I also vape everything from tight MTL to wide open two coil buckets. I build for everything from mech mods to a four battery car jumper. With just these few wires I can cover everything nicely.
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7 minutes ago, Alexlikes fruithoops said:
Would you suggest support stockings for my hands or just wait it out?
Were it me I would take vaping out of the equation and re-evaluate the condition. If it persisted say over a couple of weeks, I would bring it to the attention of a medical professional. I've pinched nerves in the past and have had tingling for periods of a few days or so.
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1 hour ago, Alexlikes fruithoops said:
Hi, I know that I'm late but I have your exact same story, like literally, the exact story. I even smoked the same brand. Can you give an update. Have your fingers fallen off? Did vaping cause some sort of weird cancer in your baby teeth. I am waiting for the world to implode right now and I am freaking out! (Not enough to see a doctor of course, what am I Vanna White!) But please, if you are still there and reading this many many years later, let me know know something. However, if you did not survive and you are reading this as a ghost please haunt someone into typing for you. Also, don't worry about all of those popped off fingers you can just pop a pencil in your mouth to type and on the off chance that it was teeth cancer you can just press the keys with your nose. Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you or the person you haunt into typing your response.
It all worked out wonderfully. A week later my balls fell off and I could sing really high notes. Now I'm a celebrity in Beverly Hills and drive an Aston Martin D11 and wear support stockings on my hands.
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1 minute ago, Mike said:
Lol. I'm not into huge clouds and fog either but I wanted to know how for similar reasons. I play guitar in a band too and that would be cool to let loose on stage.
It's a hoot alright. Get quite a mixed reaction from the crowd. Some shake their heads like "good grief". Others are entertained. Some look terrified that the eeeee-ville fog will get them. I do have to be careful how I aim it though. It irritates our lead singer's throat. Gets pretty screechy on the high notes.
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1 hour ago, Mike said:
say I want to use it as a fog machine. Where do I start with watts and what kind/ohms coil?
I honestly don't do much of the fog machine thing at all but I'm sure others will chime in. The drill for setting the wattage is universal however. Start out low and slowly increase until things start drying up. I picked up a Smok Mega Beast fog bellowing atty for show while our keyboard player is doing the intro to Locomotive Breath. I'll hit it at around 110 Watts or thereabouts. A Gawd awful cloud comes out of me.
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37 minutes ago, Mike said:
ok, So I am a vape veteran but I have a newbie style question. How much nic should I use? how much mg/cc? Why has this changed so much. Do the modern devices vaporize more juice than the older ones? I can remember vaping 24mg or even 36. then I settled into 18mg for a few years. I was using eGos, ProVari, 510 and 302 and 901 drip attys, etc. 18mg per cc was considered medium..medium high. 12mg was low and 6mg was almost nic free. Why is it now that 6 mg is strong? I was told to use between 4 and 5mg when I bought a Smok Procolor(not impressed with it) and I just got my vt templar(love it! Thanks Christopher). So how much nic should I use with these devices? Like I said I vaped 18mg for years then I quit vaping and ended up smoking again about a pack a day for about a year or so. now I wanna vape again and not smoke so I want it strong enough to be able to quit butts again.
Sub ohm tanks with huge airflow openings have changed this, kinda. There are still a lot of folks vaping Mouth to Lung rigs with higher resistances and less air volume. I'm vaping one right now. Nothing has changed with them. You still will want nicotine levels you are used to. Now, you plug in a Smok super Beast monster atty with a 0.15Ω coil and 36mg of nicotine is going to blow a hole through the back of your neck and blow the top of your head. Personally on those type of tanks I can stand only about 3mg of nicotine. The sheer volume of vapor delivered greatly increases the overall amount of nicotine delivered with a vape. Many folks are pumping 100 to 150 or more watts into these things and they will deliver fog. Lots of fog.
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Well welcome there Toxic. Enjoy!
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2 hours ago, FXRich said:
NC also works for Kanthal, but the temp setting has to be very low or it will be too hot. Not something I do regularly, but have tried it.
Just doesn't sound very stable but I guess it couldn't really hurt anything.
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1 minute ago, FXRich said:
NC is for Ni chrome, I have that setting on my Kanger mods, and it does work. I prefer SS but have tried NC using Ni chrome coils.
Wow. The TCR value of that stuff is like mega low. That's amazing to hear that it actually works.
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51 minutes ago, VapeMama said:
The manual lists Ni, Ti, SS, and NC. Hmm, wonder what the NC is then. Inquiring minds want to know!!
No idea. Google doesn't seem to know either.
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1 hour ago, VapeMama said:
I just read in the mod manual that NC can be used for temp control as well. I'm guessing this is NiChrome???? I hope so, I like working with NiChrome better than SS.
Sorry only Nichole, Titanium, and Stainless. Ni chrome is a no go.
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Missed you!!! Been wondering how things were going on the homestead. I grew up on a very rural 40 and really love the life style. Too damn old to practice it anymore but love to hear about it. Welcome Back!!!!
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31 minutes ago, VapeMama said:
@Walt finally got around to wrapping some SS316 coils and trying the TC on the Battlestar. 3mm ID, 8 wraps (0.2 ohm) dual coils on the Limitless Plus. I have it set at 220-230 degrees F with some Grape Cream I made. (Any higher temp is too warm for me!). I don't particularly like that the wattage is preset on the mod (100W), but it is smooth and no lag. Flavor is good and I'm a foggin' up the living room!
Bravo!!! Don't sweat the 100W setting on the mod. It will only be at that power setting for literately milliseconds at the beginning of a vape and then substantially lower as the mod takes over using the TC. I'm so glad you tried it. I find that I can create a lot of fog as well because the vape is so smooth I can keep on drawing as long as I like just letting that fog mount up.
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@mattythornton Not bad at all right out of the shout. A tad bit of weirdness going on with the "Bavarian" part of the cream but obviously steeping will change that.
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5 minutes ago, mattythornton said:
Hope the recipe works out
Hey, what the heck. Worst that can happen is I can learn something. Heaven forbit, lol. I look at it this way. What else can you totally screw up and only be out fifty cents?
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2 minutes ago, mattythornton said:
Have you tried Smurf Cakes by VapeWild by any chance?
Have not. Looks good and simple. I actually have all the ingredients on hand!!! Might mix up 15ml yet tonight. Got all my stuff sitting out. Thanks! You're alright. Keep em commin!!!!
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There was just one in North Carolina. The next closest one I caught wind of is in Ohio. Not sure of the date.