VERSION 2.5 Vision ViVi Nova Is IN STOCK Now, VIVI NOVA Review Thread

[Robby]

My throat felt funny as soon as i woke up and been bothering me all day..prolly acid reflux or sumthin but wanted to take the coil out of the 1.8 to see if the rubber gasket was burning. Found out it did have black singe marks from the leads..still waiting for my nichrome wire to get here but i do have an old fluxo that was never used with a disconnected negetive wire

Took apart the fluxo..burned off the wire insulation and cleaned it up..kept the little black gasket and even though it was slightly different shaped than the vivi gasket i decided to use it..put the fluxo coil/wick and gasket on the vivi head. Took the plug out of the one vivi air hole because the draw was tighter as well. Its been working great since..5 hours so far no leaks through the gasket that ive seen..flavor is much better..vapor a bit as well it seems...kinda surprised it worked first try..thought for sure id break something.

[Briar]

I knew it. A head transplant. They tried it on a monkey once, you know. Worked, too, horrible as it was... Just make sure no-one calls PETA on you!

I'm wondering if just replacing the gasket without replacing the coil would work. I seem to recall that someone actually did it... I don't have any spare working Stardusts (and I love my Stardusts too much to sacrifice them anyways), but I have a couple that just now bit the dust (finally, after months of chugging along), so I could probably get those gaskets out...

My throat felt funny as soon as i woke up and been bothering me all day..prolly acid reflux or sumthin but wanted to take the coil out of the 1.8 to see if the rubber gasket was burning. Found out it did have black singe marks from the leads..still waiting for my nichrome wire to get here but i do have an old fluxo that was never used with a disconnected negetive wire

Took apart the fluxo..burned off the wire insulation and cleaned it up..kept the little black gasket and even though it was slightly different shaped than the vivi gasket i decided to use it..put the fluxo coil/wick and gasket on the vivi head. Took the plug out of the one vivi air hole because the draw was tighter as well. Its been working great since..5 hours so far no leaks through the gasket that ive seen..flavor is much better..vapor a bit as well it seems...kinda surprised it worked first try..thought for sure id break something.

[Bmays]

Simply replacing the gasket made a diff in mine, but doing it with those tiny leads is the problem. If you have wire to rebuild its one of the easier ones to do.

[dmako]

Does grinding down the center post flush to the threaded part impede air flow? I.e. grinding down removes the two notches in post.

[Carolina Vapoor]

Does grinding down the center post flush to the threaded part impede air flow? I.e. grinding down removes the two notches in post.

I grinded mine down almost flush. It is within a micrometer i would say. I was scared to take it all the way flush as I did not know if it would still make good contact with the battery. Anywho if it affected the airflow in any way it is so minimal that I can not tell a difference.

[trevor148]

I ground mine down flush and did have airflow issues. I fixed it by taking a v shaped metal file and cuting a v shaped notch in the center pin and the threading. Screwed on just fine with no issues and had good airflow.

[Briar]

Simply replacing the gasket made a diff in mine, but doing it with those tiny leads is the problem. If you have wire to rebuild its one of the easier ones to do.

Uh, yes, I see your point. Yes, sticking those little "tails" back in would be next to impossible (with my eyes and fingers anyway). I don't have any wire currently, maybe I'll order some for now, it's cheap.

[MDO1265]

Ok... Im back to checking up on this thread to see if anyone has come up with a solution that got these VIVIs vaping like stardusts. ( Diggin my stardusts )

I did do some surgery on the 2.4 head by just yanking the coil and the wicks. I used some cottom wick and wrapped with a coil from a new 510 clearomizer dual coil. It shows 2,2 on the meter.... went to vape it and its still the same... GOBS of vapor but the flavor is barely there. What gaskets are you guys changing out ??? I have a few stardusts that are about toast so i can grab some goods from them if need be considering I have no wire .

so..... what gasket again ??

[Briar]

...so..... what gasket again ??

The one in the bottom of the head holding the wire tight - you know, the singe-city one...

[MDO1265]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh THAT little guy.. ok... hmmmm.. Mine wasnt cookin that I could tell. Had a tiny little mark on it but hey, so does the silicon cone inside the stardust tube that holds the negative side of the coil to the post. So thats whats burning for you guys and giving a funky fried rubber taste ?.... go figure.

So any rewicking / coil improvements / mods that are working ?