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  1. Fernand

    Cheaper? Really?

    My year since I quit smoking I spent about $1400 on vape stuff, but I was spending $3650 on cigs, so I'm $2250 ahead. It especially gets cheaper after you stop chasing juice and mix your on. First you have to select what cartos/attys work for you, and what kind of batteries you're going to use...
  2. Fernand

    Easy Steeping question

    How about the microwave? I guess it would depend on the water content? Any reports?
  3. Fernand

    eGo mega dual coil

    I've gotten a few months out of eGo batteries using LR stuff intermittently. I think that's key. And let 'em cool off. As soon as I'd get into chain-vaping using one battery with anything under 2 Ohms, its days were numbered. If I inject slowly along the sides, inject a little higher up, then...
  4. Fernand

    Nicotone question?

    @traceur, the question is not simple. The whole ritual of smoking creates a pattern that's habituating. For many people nicotine is not the main issue. But if you get into the pattern, you're opening yourself up to trouble. If you vape 0 nic, and you're traveling with no vape supplies, the...
  5. Fernand

    The Echo Thread

    The vertical coil units usually get burned, and aren't worth cleaning, they always taste burned. The horizontals should be cleanable, and I'm not sure why, but unless I can really see the coil, like on a CE2, I've never had much luck truly reviving a carto that's stopped giving good vapor. Even...
  6. Fernand

    the Vmod

    Wanted to correct something. I thought the wonderful black finish is epoxy. Apparently it's not. I'm not sure what to attribute the difference you can see here to: the red has only been used a few times, the black has been screwed and unscrewed truly countless times. You can also see the sort...
  7. Fernand

    the Vmod

    @nubeeRes, FWIW I'd say keep the black. The red is just anodized and more fragile. I've dropped the black on grainy concrete with only a few shallow pits to show for it. It's a very good tough finish, like an epoxy paint. A few daps of marker pen, and it looks almost new. BTW, you're not to...
  8. Fernand

    the Vmod

    We have different approaches, but we ALL like the VMOD and use it (and use it .. and use it). I apologize for having repeated some issues, but new people ask the same questions, which indicates they haven't gone back and read past posts. I type fast, and I think it's better to say something...
  9. Fernand

    the Vmod

    @NubeeRes, AG is right, the high-drains will last a little longer and won't "sag" as much under load. Stacking two 3 volts you're going to be pretty "hot", so you may want to have higher resistance "burners". And the small batteries won't last any longer, that's for sure. Honestly, I think the...
  10. Fernand

    the Vmod

    Of course, AG. There are preferences. That's what I've always said. Some people love the Silos/Hybrids, others don't. But there are also good and bad sides to everything. The Vmod can be a very useful device. But objectively, the Vmods I got in the mail had a number of problems; they were...
  11. Fernand

    Credit card overheating

    I added it all up for the year since I quit smoking. I spent $1400 on vaparia. But I didn't spend the $3650 I was burning on cigs. That's $2250 ahead. And I have a desk overflowing with flavoring, spare parts, glassware, tools. Carefully mixing juice, and fixing up modified stuff, is like...
  12. Fernand

    Figured out how to clean my old e-liquid bottles!

    I found a little 3 ml bottle that I thought I'd use in my VMOD bottom feeder. It had held an "organic" plum something juice sample that made everybody york. So I rinsed and soaked and alcohol washed, and soaked some more. Uncapped, I set it aside in the high tech age-arium (tossed it on the...
  13. Fernand

    eGo mega dual coil

    Reading all this urban legend type talk about eGo batteries, I decided to autopsy 2 Joye 1000 mAh eGo-T batteries that failed on long term use of LR atomizers. It's not the MOSFET that failed. It's two surface mount low wattage resistors labeled R4 and R5. On the photos (disregard the mechanical...
  14. Fernand

    D & b gold has echo-e cartomizers!

    I usually chain-vape 100% VG DIY, under 10% flavoring, 10mg/ml nicotine. I often don't bother with the alcohol or water to thin it, so it's quite viscous. As it warms up it becomes thinner, I've never had wicking trouble. I've used that in both single and dual coil Echo-E cartos just fine, as...
  15. Fernand

    The Echo Thread

    So Michael, if I understand correctly, yours were all dual coil. Two 510 threaded Es and one echo threaded? I had one single coil Echo-E go open after a couple weeks of good vaping, when I dropped it on a hard surface. The second has been going unchanged in rotation for like 2 months, 2.6...
  16. Fernand

    the Vmod

    @ahdex One issue is taste/vapor. At 2.5 ohms I don't think the Vapage attys deliver much, as the 2.0s barely do, hence the popularity of the 1.5s. The other issue is burning. Partly it's technique, how and how often you squirsh, so make sure there is enough liquid coming through. But also...
  17. Fernand

    E-liquid ingredient (PG) question

    I can't imagine them getting anything together this fast, even if it's right up their prohibitionist alley. OSHA has mandated Hazard labeling on any flavoring that contains 1% diacetyl or other diketones since early 2011. Have you seen them inspecting anything? Regulation is the ignorants'...
  18. Fernand

    the Vmod

    The replacement bottle I just put on is made of a thicker plastic. That's good: stronger. It also seems to seal better in the head. My Vmod is again dry as a bone. But here's the surprise. The I.D. of the bottle neck is made smaller by that extra thickness times two. A thick juice is now hard...
  19. Fernand

    The Echo Thread

    How are dual coil Echo-e cartos holding up? My first one seemed to create a pretty hot vapor, and then in about a week it went cooler but "meh" on me. Turns out resistance jumped from 2.3 to 2.7 ohms. My single coils keep on truckin'. Any experiences with DC longevity?
  20. Fernand

    E-liquid ingredient (PG) question

    In context, I.e. how long it takes to determine the long-term effects of chronic inhalation in humans, that's accurately described as "very little testing". Not none. Remember how long it took for smoking to be better understood? I'm for instance confident that fatigue/sedation and stimulation...
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