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  1. pir123

    Reflections on one year of vaping.

    Hi Everyone, Today marks almost exactly one year since I started vaping. I still enjoy it, and see no end in sight. The vivi nova (both sizes) has been my main vape for most of the past year. I'm happy with it. My first kit (A Boge Leo) didn't get used for long. I got the vivi nova...
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    Who is still using the original LEO?

    I'm not using any LEO attys or cartos any more (though I have some as backups) but I still have two LEO passthru batteries that I use with a 510 adapter that are still going strong after ~9months of daily usage, with maybe just a bit of a loss in charge capacity. When the batteries finally go...
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    Dry Burn Vivi Nova Heads to Clean?

    Thanks for the tip about OKC -- nice to know there's a place to order small quantities for experimenting. I'll probably do exactly that. I like the VN, but do have some issues with them. One of my minis is on notice, it seems to have sprung a leak :( The QC on these things seems to be poor...
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    Dry Burn Vivi Nova Heads to Clean?

    Yeah, I figured the resistance would vary quite a bit. Maybe I ended up with very low "1.8" coils. I did test them with a multimeter, but gave up after buying a 5-pack of 3.2s -- they're perfect. I'm sure I'll buy some coil and wick at some point too. Maybe sooner than later, since I just...
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    Dry Burn Vivi Nova Heads to Clean?

    I soak my vivi heads in (cheap, "undrinkable") vodka too, I use the little silicone holder they come in. I put the head back in, and fill that up with vodka, and let it sit for a day or two. I don't mind the tiny bit of vodka flavor it imports, which is gone after a few hits anyway. To dry...
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    Natural Tobaccos

    Vaperite's liquids are quite mild, especially compared to stuff like Vapenstein's. The Perique is a solid medium flavor, which I like a lot, though as others have said, GeJ's Perique is similar, and "cleaner". The Tuscany is stronger, in a cigar/pipe kind of way. I still really like the...
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    Natural Tobaccos

    My 30ml bottle of Red Pirate was like that. I (gently!) poked it through with a fine point needle.
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    Natural Tobaccos

    That's the first NET I tried (by happy accident) and it's the one that I keep going back to. It's not a knock your socks off tobacco with all kinds of heavy orientals and such, but it has just the right amount of sweetness (for my taste) which is very little, and just has a pleasant...
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    Natural Tobaccos

    If it's anything like the London (which I have 30mls of steeping), I think I'll like it. Maybe not to vape all day though. When I said the Red Pirate isn't my favorite, I didn't mean I don't like it, because I do, it's just there are a few others that I keep going back to that really work for me.
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    Natural Tobaccos

    Well, for the record, I think this thread is the bees knees just the way it is. Nearly 1000 posts of reviews and commentary on NETs (and very little else) is pretty freaking awesome. Here's to the next 1000 posts. Having said that, once I've tried a couple-dozen more liquids (or so) I'm sure...
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    Natural Tobaccos

    I did the same thing for several weeks. I still keep ash trays around, but the only thing that ends up in them is little bits of aper towels toothpicks
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    Natural Tobaccos

    I still like the taste of smoked tobacco, but since discovering NETs I like the taste of vaping (much) more than smoking, so I no longer smoke tobacco except as a "test" to see what's what. I've smoked exactly two RYO cigarettes since I started vaping about 4 months ago, and each time simply...
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    Natural Tobaccos

    Thanks for the heads up, though it looks like they only have the starter kits and the io6dca -- I will wait for the black anodized. I'm not in a hurry, since I've got a delivery system I'm totally happy with, and I'm not even building my own coils yet.
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    Natural Tobaccos

    I'm using a set of vivi novas and mini novas and NET juices almost exclusively on various batteries/mods. They're easy to clean, and cheap to maintain. I've got a few middle-of-the-road atomizers for tasting, but the VNs are so convenient, and vape quite well, so it's hard for me to justify...
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    Natural Tobaccos

    Wow, Want2Vape vapenstein London, Wow. Smoky, complex and strong. Reminiscent of an exotic full-flavor unfiltered cigarette, like my first-ever daily smoke, from many years ago: Djarum Clove Cigarettes. It so much reminds me of the tobacco in those, that I can almost detect a clove flavor...
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    Natural Tobaccos

    Wow, I'm even more eager for Ahlusion to get the Burley and Devil Dog back in stock now that I'm seeing all these great reviews! And TPR is now on my short list too (so many liquids to try!) Here's my (somewhat overdue) review of my first HHV order: I was initially a bit disappointed by...
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    Do you like the Long Wicks? Vivi Nova 2.5

    I trimmed my first batch of long wicks, but have since simply cleaned them thoroughly before use, and the "break-in" period seems much shorter, even without trimming. Though I'm still not really sure exactly what's going on, since if I dry burn a coil, it tastes funny for a while, before it...
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    Natural Tobaccos

    Definitely true about "steeping" in the mind and the taste buds. We shouldn't underestimate how much even something that stays relatively the same, can change in our perceiving of it... Especially since we're taking about a substance that is satisfying a fairly powerful drive, it's probably...
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    Natural Tobaccos

    Well... I just tried gandalf and pirate booty from HHV -- and I like the underlying flavor but they have a STRONG flowery/perfume quality, which isn't really my thing. I can barely differentiate the gandalf and the pirates booty because the flowery top-note is so strong. I'm hoping that fades...
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    Natural Tobaccos

    My vaperite shopping cart currently has a bunch of stuff in it, but is laying fallow until my HHV order arrives (tomorrow!) and you guys have made me aware of a few other vendors I *have* to try as well, though I guess there's not really any such thing as too much juice, and I've yet to get...