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  1. aphlaque_duck

    Nicotine and HPV / genital warts / cancer

    I had these damn things for several weeks, until I found a clue that there is a correlation between nicotine use and persistent genital warts / cervical cancer. Only very recently have researchers been studying nicotine in the absence of tobacco smoke and in this case evidence point to the...
  2. aphlaque_duck

    WANTED: 100% VG equivalents of:

    Halo Torque 56 Halo Cool Mist or any menthol blend Tasty Vapor Mojito Tasty Vapor Kretek I realize you can't do these well without the PG but I'd love to find something close. Any suggestions? I'll try mixing myself if necessary.
  3. aphlaque_duck

    Soooo sleepy do I need VG? Less nic?

    Can anyone who is experiencing lethargy from vaping please share your experiences as to whether you have tried switching to 100% VG and whether this has helped or not? For the last few days I have been vaping about 4mL/day of Halo 24mg/ml liquid which I believe are 100% PG. I am quite tired...
  4. aphlaque_duck

    No-name e-cig adaptor fried my iPhone!

    Not sure where I got this thing but it was a car->USB adaptor that came with one of my ecig starter kits. Worked fine for eGo charging but today I plugged my iPhone into it and it instantly killed the phone! I tested the adaptor and it was putting out 5.3V (open circuit) which seems nothing...
  5. aphlaque_duck

    Proposal: A passthrough that doesn't suck

    I have been thinking about getting a USB Passthrough - checking out what's available and reading the reviews, and this is looking like an area of e-cigs that desperately needs the attention of some competent engineering. So I have been kicking around some ideas and I wanted to throw out some...
  6. aphlaque_duck

    My bulk cartomizing operation!

    As you can see my other hobby is electronics, so I'm no stranger to storing little components. As such I have become something of a connoisseur of these plastic storage bins. The ones you find at the hardware store suck because they're made from frosted polystyrene which is hard to see through...
  7. aphlaque_duck

    DSE601 pipe

    - battery cover was nearly impossible to unscrew on new unit. I damaged the bowl of the pipe getting it out. - auto-atty switches on radomnly all by itself and just keeps burning. Burnt the foam twice already. I can't trust it so I open the battery tab when not in use. - battery mount is...
  8. aphlaque_duck

    Hypodermic steel tubing for straw mod

    After getting promising results with the plastic straw mod I thought I'd do it "right" with some surgical steel tubing. Amazon has this stuff at $8 for a 5' length: Amazon.com: Stainless Steel 304 Hypodermic Tubing, 15 Gauge, 0.072" OD, 0.054"… They sell other sizes but I figured this was...
  9. aphlaque_duck

    How to lighten the draw on the eGo

    After switching from atomizers to cartomizers, I found the draw on the eGo to be much too stiff. It turns out the diameter of the black paper wrapped cartomizers is 9.44mm whereas the diameter of the atomizer is 9.09mm. This causes a huge reduction in airflow. All you need to do to fix it is...
  10. aphlaque_duck

    Cartomizer teardown pics?

    Has anyone posted closeup pics of the internal construction of a (510) cartomizer? I'm very curious as to how these work but a GIS turned up nothing. If not I will attempt a detailed teardown myself. I'm interested in both the atty and in the liquid storage / feeding principle. For starters...
  11. aphlaque_duck

    Drink pairings

    In all seriousness, which juice goes best with your favorite wine or after-dinner drink? I have found Vaporbomb's milk chocolate goes OK with red wine or a cognac, whereas pretty much any of my the spicy/minty/fruity flavors I have tried clash badly. I still haven't tried very many but I'm...
  12. aphlaque_duck

    pre-filling cartomizers

    Is there anything wrong with pre-filling a batch of 510 cartomizers a few days in advance? I'm thinking in terms of atty damage from extended soaking or perhaps juice deterioration from sitting in there. I realize they are also sold pre-filled but I'm wondering if there is any downside to...
  13. aphlaque_duck

    901 win! (vs 510)

    I have been taking turns vaping each of these equally today, starting from fresh attys/carts. At the end of the day the 901 still vapes like new but the 510 (eGo) has developed some of that foul burnt taste already. I'm trying to figure out the difference between these products that would...
  14. aphlaque_duck

    I want to "chain vape"!

    I get the impression that experienced vapers will take a hit now and then and put it back in their pocket... it seems that e-cigs take a longer time for nicotine absorbtion and this is the ideal pattern. But damn it, at the end of the day when I kick back at my computer, I want to just vape...
  15. aphlaque_duck

    Viscosity and PG/VG... best mix for my eCig?

    New vaper here... in trying to figure out what flavors I like I first ordered a wide variety of small bottles from VaporBomb in 60% VG. then I ordered a few from TastyVapor in 20% VG. I don't know what I'm doing here... but I have found that while I like many of the VB flavors, the TastyVapor...
  16. aphlaque_duck

    Any innovation?

    I have only been vaping a couple days - reading all about it and I have ordered a few more ecigs to find out which one I like best. My first one was the SS Choice #7, which seems not to work very well even though I have no basis for comparison yet. (I'll review it once I have tried a few...