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  1. jhelliwell

    5 years!

    5 years ago I made an unsuccessful attempt to stop smoking. I say unsuccessful because I caved in, in a bar. Instead of letting me light up a cigarette, a friend handed me his vape. My first ever vape. I haven't smoked since. Not once! Five whole years is a long time for a guy who didn't manage...
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    Yihi SX350J Chip Autofire to Death problem

    I just came across this YouTube video, and it scares the living hell out of me Thoughts?
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    Atmomixani to release a Copper Nemesis

    I just found out https://eshop.atmomixani.gr/en/by-atmomixani/621-nemesis-copper-shined.html This is bad for my Compulsive Mod Acquisition Syndrome. Aaaargh! :)
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    One Year Vaping Anniversary

    Wow, one year of being smoke-free feels wonderful. Big thanks have to be given to a lot of people on here for all the support, for all the information and great threads. One year ago I was on an eGo/CE4 setup, and now I'm a mech/dripper user. It looks like loads of people are going the 26xx0...
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    The DOME by Atmomixani

    The DOME is a genesis style atomiser, but it's a really very good one, superb in fact. I'm the proud owner of one of these, and have been loving playing with the different airflow settings, the vapour warmth control, the choice of wick hole sizes and the variable tank pressure screw. I've...
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    Whar resistance do you use most on your mech mod?

    I'm curious as to what resistance you mech users run at?
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    Dry hit with cotton

    Oh. My. God. You *never* want to get a dry hit with cotton. It's my worst vaping experience ever. I'd used too much cotton, and it wasn't sitting in the juice channels properly and uuurgh! Give me a silica dry hit any time. That was just so NASTY. It was so bad I'll probably have nightmares...
  8. jhelliwell

    It had to happen...

    Cotton and a microcoil for the first time! Sorry, I know you're thinking "so what!" but I'm stoked! Well I was bored, so I did 9 wraps of 28AWG kanthal round a 3mm drill bit, screwed it onto the atty, fired it, compressed it a few times and threaded a strip of a cotton ball into it. Came out at...
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    Nicotine tolerance changing

    I always said it would never happen to me. I looked on in wonderment at so many threads, people saying they were reducing their nic strength, and I thought Why? I started off with an eGo/CE4 setup at 18mg, and it wasn't strong enough so I upped it to 24mg. I found 24 a little too strong for my...
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    How much eliquid ya got?

    I store all my eliquids in a cardboard box, and every now and again delve in there when I'm looking for something to vape. I DIY so I have a few bottles in there steeping, and I alway use 30ml bottles and there were a fair few in there last time I looked. I decided to add it all up, and I was...
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    Funny scenario

    I carry all my vaping stuff around in my work bag. Eliquid bottles, a syringe, a small chefs torch, SS mesh, silica, a set of jewellers screwdrivers, 2 x 18650 batteries, 2x 18490s, 2 x 18350s, packs of cartomisers, a carto-punch, a reel of kanthal, an XTAR charger, a LiPo charger bag, my mod...
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    AGI in genesis mode tastes disgusting

    Hi all, My learning curve with the AGI is nearly complete, I can now get a really good build with mesh and kanthal with lots of vapour production and excellent flavour, great wicking, and no hot spots. I use 400 mesh (oxidised), 32AWG kanthal, 5/4 wraps working out at 2.1ohms, and I set that at...
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    What exactly does "IMR" mean?

    Hi all, I found this link which explains Lithium Ion battery chemistries very well. Remember it is only recommended to use IMR batteries in our mods What exactly does "IMR" mean?
  14. jhelliwell

    Pulled the SvoeMesto trigger

    I pulled the trigger big time! My SVD is near death with a failing fire button and a troublesome 510 connector that I keep needing to pull out with tweezers, unless I want all my tanks to read "NON", and I have no backup mod. May as well replace the thing before it fails, and I've been eyeing up...
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    EU EU update

    MEPs win victory for e-cigs MEPs have forced reluctant governments to accept that electronic cigarettes should be widely available and regulated as consumer products rather than restricted as pharmaceuticals. In negotiations last night (Monday), proposals from the European Commission that...
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    ePipeMods - Kentucky Bluegrass

    Anyone tried any juices from ePipeMods? I just tried a small 10ml bottle of their Kentucky Bluegrass and it's an instant ADV - oh my god where has this been all my life? It's supposed to be a blueberry tobacco eliquid but it is much more than that. I get sick of fruit flavours after a while...
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    Dont do this

    I'm telling you, never do this. Never take off your drip tip to check the saturation levels of your cartomiser in the tank, and then test fire it, only to have a red hot ejuice glob spit directly onto your eyeball. OMFG the pain. I looked like an extra from 28 days later. Ouch. Ouch. Fuuuuu...
  18. jhelliwell

    New to cartos, need advice

    Hi, I just got myself a couple of cartotanks (UD AGR+) and am using Boge XL cartomizers, and I am having issues which I'm sure I will eventually get my head around, but I'm currently a bit frustrated. Reviews of my tank revealed that when you punch the cartomizers, when you hear the carto...
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    Fight for your right to vape (EU)

    It's getting critical for European vapers. As the banner on the top of ECF states, "Regulations which will ban almost everything we use and that we know work. No liquids, no flavors, no tanks, 20mg limit on pre filled carts. Now is the time to write to your MP/MEP and demand action against...
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    Capella Peaches and Cream

    I mixed a very simple eliquid yesterday, and its the nicest smelling eliquid I've ever come across. I can't wait to vape it, but I have to be patient. I swear it smells like Peach Schnapps. I think my days of buying premade eliquids are over. This comes out at 20mg/ml nicotine VG with 54mg/ml...