....and the winner is....

the 401.

It has much longer battery life. MUCH MUCH longer. I don't need my portable charger because the battery life is 3-4 times longer with the 401, and only need to take a spare battery or two.

I like dipping. The taste is cleaner, it's faster to work with, and OMG, carts are like, so 2 months ago! (Though I may go back to stuffing the 401 carts. They're a little tricker than the 510 carts, unfortunately.)

I'm...

Hi, my name is Ariel and I'm *still* addicted to cigarettes.

*sigh*

Yep, much more stress added to my life. When I'm not so stressed, the e-cigs are great. I love the different tastes. I love the way my health gets better. I love being able to vape inside.

But yeah, the last month or so has been excessively stressful, and so I've gone back to about 75% analogs and 25% vaping.

Excuses? Yeah, got those. The comfort factor of going back...

Another recent post to the DIY e-juice forum, again for my reference.

2.50 ml 48 mg unflavored PG
0.25 ml key lime (Loranns)
0.50 ml strawberry (Loranns)
0.10 ml lemon oil (Loranns)
0.30 ml Everclear
1.35 ml VG

for 5 ml of 24 mg juice.

I may tweak it a bit later when I pick up some orange, but this was crafted with flavors I had immediately on hand. (I get all excited about trying new blends and just gotta do it, y'know?)
...

This is something I originally posted to the DIY e-juice forum, but have modified from the original post to take into account various juice strengths, and posted here for my personal reference:

Note: The oil doesn't burn out the atty. It DOES stick around a bit, but can be vaped out.

Add to 10 ml (or larger) syringe in this order:

The base concept, for 10 ml of juice:

<X> ml VG
4 drops clove oil
1 drop anise oil
<Y>...

I do believe I've had my first atomizer death. Not sure how it happened.

No vapor, no throat hit, like the battery was dying. So, switched the battery. Still nothing. Switched the cartridge. STILL nothing.

THEN I put in a different atty, and got lovely expected results.

Maybe I'll just mark it with a Sharpie, and run it through the cleansing bath with the rest this week, and see if that does anything for it.

I can...