Newbie Npro User Here

[JohnR]

Thanks for the welcome and all the replies. The paperclip method makes sense - so it's basically just a matter of getting close access to the fiber, saturate it with the juice, replace it into position - you're done. I'm going to order some.

The RN4081 - got it. I'm figuring out the $ on all of this, costs, etc. Sounds like I ended up paying more through Costco. We have two local stores and their customer service desk is helpful - figured if there was a problem I'd have a human to at least talk to. Once I get the suppliers straight, I can buy by price. COOL.

Day 5 more or less - I found the batteries don't last as long as the initial charge, but they still seem to work okay - I get about 8 hours looks like, I *think* that equaled about a dozen e-cig's worth. I counted drags on analog and I average about 10 per ciggie. (9 - 12) Soooooo, dunno. Still getting a handle on exactly what I'm doing. Overall though - it's woikin'.

Had one cart go quickly, about 3-4 cig's worth and it kind of "dried up" - stopped vaping. So I tried tapping it and messing with it and it seemed to come back to life. Guess that's to be expected - ? It didn't last as long as the first couple though so it sounds normal - overall consistency and levels of the fiber saturation must vary cart to cart would be my guess.

Smell - showed this to my son, he got a kick out of it - he doesn't smoke, God bless him. He completely "got it" though so the support is good. The smell is slight but doesn't saturate a room - this model at least isn't truly odorless by any means but it's much better than the smokie stuff.

Newest revelation "duh" moment for me - e-cig's don't "burn" all the time so there's no urge to "finish" one. Puff when you want, put it down.

And no ashtrays. SWEET.

[Vocalek]

I have discovered that if I store it vertically, with the mouthpiece up, light down, I get better vapor. I carry mine around in a small camera case, along wtih spare battery and box of cartridges.

[Vocalek]

scatterbrain;

Use a paperclip or tiny screwdrriver. Insert it in the mouthpiece end, and push the inner sleeve up to the outside edge. Drop your juice on the fiber and push it back down. No "aiming" required, and no juice running around the edges.

I have just been dropping juice directly onto the stuffing in the center, going from the wide-open end that faces the atomizer...not the end with the tiny hole in it.

It seems to work. Also I can kind of guage whether the cart is going dry by observing the darker color on that end of the cartridge. It appears as though some juice is coating the outside of the silver-colored tube that sticks up from the atomizer. As the liquid disappears, the color gets lighter and less vapor is produced.

[JohnR]

I do the same, Vocalek - even sometimes after I put a new cart on I set it straight up give the cart a twist or two - seems like a combination of gravity and contact with the fiber.

So - I ran out of 'Bacco last Thursday, so I've converted to the e-Cig sucessfully for 4 days now. Yae!

Got two bottles of the Johnson Creek Juice - Regular and Vanilla. (They were fast delivery - great service!) The Vanilla's great, little strong so I'm reloading the cart's with a combination of the two - seems about right.

Ordered couple RN081 batteries and 4 atomizers, should be coming in a few days. So far so good...I'm kind of going through some tight headedness, which seems related to the nicotine "hit" and not smoking the e-cig's as much today. I only vaped twice during the day. So it seems easier to not "smoke" using the e-cig's and to make the choice to wait, wait, wait, and when I do vape, it's not like I'm sucking down two ciggies in a row.

Cautiously still....it's woikin'!

[Tc321]

The NPro (RN4801) was my first PV too! for the first 2 weeks or so I seemed to be going through a lot of carts, but all of the sudden I started getting great performance out of them! I vaped constantly yesterday all day and only used up one cart. I used up the second cart I started yesterday as I got home from work today! I have now had my Npro since April, and bought another RN4801 for flavors and spair parts (even though I haven't needed them ) I have not dripped constantly on my atty's, but I have done it a little, especially when I change flavors. I would recommend avoiding dripping all the time since it seems to ruin other peoples attys.

With the gurgling I find that if I take the atomizer and put the battery side into a paper towel and blow into it then it clears out really nicely! I do this about every week to week and a half. I have really good luck with the battery life and haven't had any problems with the attys (knock on wood). Good luck with yours!!

[JohnR]

Good advice, thanks!

I've received a second NPro kit I bought, through China - amazingly (?) took 5 business days, and no problems. So now I got a second atty, 4 batteries and some juice from the Johnson Creek co. SWEET! Waiting for a second order of 2 atomizers that's from another co.

[JohnR]

Apparently I need 15 posts to put an external link up, it's rejected on the News forum. So this will be a little obnoxious....bear with me. (I'm not a spammer, should probably put in a courtesy mention of some other e-cig brand so I don't appear to be making millions off of my 9 posts presenting NPro as the answer to world peace and a truly renewable alternative fuel souce and the only real technical innovation since the wheel - but I only own the NPro....)

More scintillating commentary and informative illuminations to follow...

[JohnR]

Post number 12:

Most recent realization, Benefit #342 to e-cigging - my home office is smelling half way decent and my wife's stopped buying Lysol Neutra Air by the case. The sounds of "pssst....pshhhht...." have gone down dramatically.

[JohnR]

Number 13, titled "All I want to be when I grow up is a Number 16 Post"....

So far I haven't had to throw away any of the cart elements, they've lasted through up to 3 reloads. Unusual? Dunno.

I've tried some aquarium filter pieces, which I have a lot of. Seemed to work okay. Haven't tried any other materials.

Going up....

[JohnR]

"14th Floor, Men's Shower Caps, Ladies Tube Tops and Plumbing Supplies...."

I used a 1 to 4 mix of hydrogen peroxide and *hot* water to clean my one atty while I was waiting for reinforcements to arrive. Soaked, rinsed and blew dry, twice. Or so. Cleaned that bad boy out and it came back to life after a frustrating day of tapping and whacking and "is this thing on?" Appears to be working fine now.

Weather report for Northern California - Sat. 6/20/09 ... 11:20 a.m. - sunny and warm.