Anyone here doing the E-Cig / Vape thing?

[pr_capone]

Thanks to my vape, I've had only one single cigarette in the past 3 weeks. I have zero cravings for them and I feel considerably better. In fact, I still have about 5 smokes left in a pack and just can't see myself smoking those... don't want to.

Even better... 5ml of juice, which costs $5, lasts me about 2 weeks meaning that I am spending less in the long run. I only smoked, at most, a pack a week... but still.

I tried the Blu E-Cigs but they were terrible. Trying to "smoke" out of one of those was like trying to take a hit off a joint that was rolled WAY to tight.

I'm using an eGo-V v2 mega battery with variable voltage control with a gravity tank.

[bigjosh]

Originally Posted by listopencil

So...I finally bought a squonker. Just came in today. I got the Kanger Tech Dripbox 160 for $35. As of right now I have my NaughtyX tank sitting on top of it because I just got home from work. With the mod I also bought:

UD Youde Wire Box $15

• Kanthal A1 26ga Standard Wire - 30ft Spool
• Kanthal A1 28ga x 3 Twisted Wire - 15ft Spool
• Kantahl A1 26ga + 32ga Clapton Wire - 15ft Spool
• Ni200 26ga Standard Wire - 30ft Spool
• SS316L 26ga Standard Wire - 30ft Spool
• Nichrome 26ga Standard Wire - 30ft Spool

Also got some packs of premade coils. They were $4 for a 10 pack. I grabbed 20 of the 1.20 Ohm coils and 20 of the 1.40 Ohm coils because supplies were low and that's what they had for higher resistances. I want to go with a dual coil build and I don't want to end up with very low resistances because I don't really do any cloud chasing. I've got two velocity style decks to build on (one that came with the mod and one I already had), one is a squonker and one can be converted back and forth. Oh and of course I bought a bag of cotton. Also, I bought some VG from Nicotine River a while back. Shipping costs are a bitch but you can get a liter of the stuff for around $8. And the quality was noticeable to me, better than the generic USPG stuff I was using.

You got me hooked on the liquids over at thesauce la. Last night i bought 390ml of various juices for 30 bucks shipped with a coupon code.

Also picked up a full size melo3 tank. I have a melo3 mini now and its been phenomenal, so heres to hoping the full size lives up to the mini.

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[listopencil]

Originally Posted by bigjosh006

You got me hooked on the liquids over at thesauce la. Last night i bought 390ml of various juices for 30 bucks shipped with a coupon code.

Also picked up a full size melo3 tank. I have a melo3 mini now and its been phenomenal, so here's to hoping the full size lives up to the mini.

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Did you try the Caramel Waffle Cappuccino? Holy shit, that's so good. They always seem to have a sale going on too.

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by listopencil

...and I'll give a thumbs up to The Sauce LA and Mystic for their juices. The Sauce LA has pretty good prices and their flavors have been great for me. Mystic has great prices, but you do need to steep their juice (or pay extra for pre-steeped), and you can get flavor shots added if you want (costs more). Also The Dollar Juice Club (other than their shitty, shitty, shitty Sweet Tobacco flavor) has some good juice at good prices. These are all high VG juices with limited nic selections though. For MTL I still go with Mister E Liquid.

Mystic pissed me off. I ordered two large bottles of their tobacco flavor, extra flavoring and pre-steeped. When it came in...it tasted like nothing and stunk like fingernail polish remover. After about 72 hours it hadn't changed and I contacted them. They gave me the runaround. I mailed their crap juice back to them and told them to either send me something that wasn't an unflavored nic base or give me my money back. After two weeks and three or four emails they finally credited me with a refund, while still maintaining that there was nothing wrong with their juice. The very next day they lowered all of their prices and send out a general announcement that they would no longer accept returned defective product.

[bigjosh]

Originally Posted by listopencil

Did you try the Caramel Waffle Cappuccino? Holy shit, that's so good. They always seem to have a sale going on too.

Yes! Its great. I reordered that and tried 3 new flavors too. The passion fruit one was pretty good but the caramel waffle one is the best i have tried yet.

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[listopencil]

Originally Posted by bigjosh006

Yes! Its great. I reordered that and tried 3 new flavors too. The passion fruit one was pretty good but the caramel waffle one is the best i have tried yet.

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I grabbed the vanilla bean coffee flavor as well. It's not as good but still decent. I haven't tried the passion fruit. I did like Awesome Town strawberry lemonade. Great flavor and aroma. I haven't used much of my high VG low nic juices though. I've been playing with MTL juices. Found one with a black pepper flavor note that makes the vapor give you a slight burn like smoke. Once I start messing with squonking I'll be plowing through the higher Wattage stuff again though.

[Viper400]

Started doing some DIY'ing awhile back. Been ordering from Ecigexpress. Save so much money and have a few mixes that suit me. I can mix up 250ml for less than $25, depending on the flavors that I use. 120ml batches.

My faves so far:

Cinnamon Vanilla Custard

105ml of 70/30 VG/PG base with 3mg/ml nicotene
10ml Vanilla Custard
5ml Caramel
5ml Cinnamon

Almond Caramel

105ml of 70/30 VG/PG base with 3mg/ml nicotene
10ml Almond
7ml Caramel
1 ml Vanilla Custard
1ml Cinnamon

Both taste great through my Blazer 200 x3 coil. 120watts

[fan4ever]

Originally Posted by Viper400

Started doing some DIY'ing awhile back. Been ordering from Ecigexpress. Save so much money and have a few mixes that suit me. I can mix up 250ml for less than $25, depending on the flavors that I use. 120ml batches.

My faves so far:

Cinnamon Vanilla Custard

105ml of 70/30 VG/PG base with 3mg/ml nicotene
10ml Vanilla Custard
5ml Caramel
5ml Cinnamon

Almond Caramel

105ml of 70/30 VG/PG base with 3mg/ml nicotene
10ml Almond
7ml Caramel
1 ml Vanilla Custard
1ml Cinnamon

Both taste great through my Blazer 200 x3 coil. 120watts

I started DIYing myself a few months back...it's a blast to mix your own stuff...especially when they pay off. Gotten quite a few recipes off the web and some are pretty good. What I've found in my short experience is a lot of the "shake and vapes" don't work right away...almost everything needs to steep and the bakery, cream, custards, etc. need to steep for a couple of weeks minimum. You're likely familiar with e-liquid-recipes.com where they have a recipe calculator and a forum on DIYing. If you like something kind of light and refreshing, I have a melon/cantelope recipe that I found actually works as a shake and vape...although gets better with time like most. By the way, how long do you steep the above recipes?

[Viper400]

Originally Posted by fan4ever

I started DIYing myself a few months back...it's a blast to mix your own stuff...especially when they pay off. Gotten quite a few recipes off the web and some are pretty good. What I've found in my short experience is a lot of the "shake and vapes" don't work right away...almost everything needs to steep and the bakery, cream, custards, etc. need to steep for a couple of weeks minimum. You're likely familiar with e-liquid-recipes.com where they have a recipe calculator and a forum on DIYing. If you like something kind of light and refreshing, I have a melon/cantelope recipe that I found actually works as a shake and vape...although gets better with time like most. By the way, how long do you steep the above recipes?

The vanilla custard takes only about a week. Probably because of the cinnamon flavor. The almond caramel takes a good 2 weeks.

A little tip I heard from a guy that I work with is that you can achieve a quick steeping by putting your mix into a glass container and slowly heating it in a crock pot for a couple of hours. I have not tried it, but he claims it works.

I just ordered more stuff today. Going to try a graham cracker and cream mix, and experiment with some coffee flavors also.

[fan4ever]

Originally Posted by Viper400

The vanilla custard takes only about a week. Probably because of the cinnamon flavor. The almond caramel takes a good 2 weeks.

A little tip I heard from a guy that I work with is that you can achieve a quick steeping by putting your mix into a glass container and slowly heating it in a crock pot for a couple of hours. I have not tried it, but he claims it works.

I just ordered more stuff today. Going to try a graham cracker and cream mix, and experiment with some coffee flavors also.

I ordered a ton of flavors from Wizard Labs in the smaller sizes so I can experiment with recipes I've read online. I've read a lot about steeping...and read a lot of conflicting stuff. I heat my mixes for a few hours every time just to get a really blending when I shake them then of course shake every day. One thing I noticed, living here in AZ, is that when I left my Melo in my car for a couple of hours (hot car) the flavors came out stronger that I had in the reservoir. Now I leave my mixes in my garage and it seems to help them steep sooner and deeper. I keep them out of the light, but I let them stay warm. I've read that some of the flavors react badly to heat, so after a couple of weeks I bring them in. I even thought about buying a jewelry cleaner to vibrate the mixes and speed up the steeper, but then thought "I'm doing this to save money". Long story short, like I read over and over, time truly does seem to be the best steeper. I haven't done any cinnamon recipes yet; I'll try yours.

[listopencil]

I've been playing with my squonker and it's nice. The tanks I'm using (from what I gather) aren't all that great but have been fun to mess around with. The one that came with the mod was set up and ready to go even down to the wick being installed out of the box. It's a 0.20 Ohm build that I'm using at higher Wattage. I ordered the Aspire Quad Flex Survival kit a while back and it has enough parts that I was able to put together a Nautilus X and a squonker simultaneously so I'm using the Quad Flex sqonker on it as well. I have a 0.75 Ohm build (dual coil) on it and I'm using it for MTL at around 20 Watts or so. Tomorrow I'm getting a Coil Master DIY Kit (Version 3) from MVS:

https://www.myvaporstore.com/Coil-Ma...p/clm-diy2.htm



So, I've pretty much gone around the bend with this vaping thing.

[listopencil]

Playing with the Coil Master DIY Kit 3.0 and they weren't kidding when they said that it came with everything you need. Even a 10 foot spool of 24 gauge Kanthal and some cotton. The tweezers are really nice. Already making a tremendous difference for me when mucking about with my wick.

[listopencil]

It has been a while since I posted my stuff and I thought I'd bump the thread for people who are interested in vaping:

Stealth vape: Vaporesso Aurora, looks like a Zippo, lasts about as long as half a pack of smokes, internal 650 mAh battery, 1.2 ml tank, 1.4 Ohm ceramic atomizer, I use 33V/66P@18nic afrom MEL and I have now stealth vaped (where I'm not supposed to) at work, driving a forklift, in non smoking areas, in public bathrooms, in a courthouse during jury duty, near my boss who I converted to MTL vaping from smoking. Etc.

Rugged AIO Carry Around: Kangertech EVOD Pro, I use 50/50@12 nic, tube mod takes 18650's, 4 ml glass tank, has three atomizer options and I chose the 1.0 Ohm because it gives a great MTL through the discharge state of the battery, I dropped it and broke off the plastic drip tip but replaced it with a restrictive aluminum one that works better, I can take it with me for dirty outside work and it's not going to break, will last easily more than a day and into the next day-if I only use it for work it will just about last through a long week on one battery but I keep supplies for it in my little druggie kit that I bought.

Handy 'AIO' Carry Around: The Aspire CF that does everything that the Kanger does but it's not quite as durable and it has a 510 connection and it is powered by your 18650 of choice. It has a very simple one button interface and it is regulated to provide 4.2 Volts through the life of the battery, you can build your tank however you like it and put whatever (22mm) topper on it. I use it for tanks/RTS's, and RDA's so I can play with my resistance to get what I want: MTL/RLH/DTL. Just depends on what coil/atomizer I want to run on the thing.

Single Battery Mod carry around: Joyetech Elitar Pipe does everything I could possibly want it to do, VW, Bypass, TC (ni, ti, SS,0 and three TCR settings, I use a NaughtyX with a 1.8 Ohm coil on the thing at around 13W with 50/50@12-18nic depending on my mood, great in a safe environment and I have the 4ml extension on it. Currently I bring this to work with me in my lunch bag and my stealth vape in my pocket. Very versatile device for $20

Dual Battery Box Mod: The Sigelei Fuchai 200W+TC has been my go to for a very long time, it's a tank, it does everything, I've dropped it a million time and the finish is chipped in places but it is still going strong, it's out of rotation at the moment because my house vape spot was taken over by...

Squonker: Kangertech Dripbox 160, I can use all of my normal 22mm tanks on it (all I have) as well as my two 22mm squonk toppers, after blowing klowdz with it for a bit I used my Coilmaster to rig up a dual coil build at 0.75 Ohms for my two squonkers to MTL on and it works great other than TC mode being shitty for me on a nickle wire.

I have two NaughtyX's, a Horizontech V8, a Cerakoat, two squonker decks (Velocity), an RDA, and an RTA. All 22mm, all black. Coming hopefully this week I have a SXK Kayfun V5 clone coming in from China. I may be wandering off into the vape wilderness of just making my stuff with my Coilmaster V3 DIY Kit. We'll see how it goes.

[Titty Meat]

Tired of doing hookah it's unhealthy. Anyone got recommendations for a newb? Looking for something affordable and non-nicotine.
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[bigjosh]

Originally Posted by Scooter Libby

Tired of doing hookah it's unhealthy. Anyone got recommendations for a newb? Looking for something affordable and non-nicotine.
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Smok vape pen 22 is about 20 bucks. Its a good starting point if your non committal to making the switch. Has good flavor and is well made. Battery life isnt great though and it is an all in one. Smok makes another starter stick called the v8stick. That would be a good choice if you think you are going to stick to it because the tank is removable to use on a different battery. Check out directvapor.com for hardware. Usually the cheapest around for hardware. I have been buying liquids from vapewild.com and thesaucela.com they are great taste, good quality and low budget.

Good luck.

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[listopencil]

Originally Posted by Scooter Libby

Tired of doing hookah it's unhealthy. Anyone got recommendations for a newb? Looking for something affordable and non-nicotine.
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Are you looking for a small, convenient lung hit device? I have heard positive reviews on the Mi-One. But I'd really have to know more about how you plan to use the device to give you a good recommendation. I've heard good things about the Penguin all-in-one as well if you want lung hits.