36 days in and the misc ramblings of a non newbie somewhere in Virginia

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Torqueguy

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Wow
It's been a hell of a ride. 36 days vaping and the same amount without analogs.

Over the last month+ , I've learned alot about eciggs and this community. I started with a duo pro rip off last year and got completely turned off to the whole vaping thing, thinking it was a rip off.

Fortunately, found this forum and it's wonderful members. I thought i would let you know what I've discovered so far and would love to hear about your rigs as well.

After doing the 510, Riva thing, my first mod was a little alpha from alt smokes. Great little machine, indestructible. That led me away from attys and to cartomizers looking for longer running time. The cartomizers had nice flavor but not a great hit. They are convenient during my drive to from work.

After that, I discovered the Mini Reo. That thing blew my mind. Well designed, well made, it's amazing. Still in search of a good throat hit, the mini led me to discover the 306lr Atty.
Now, finally, we're starting to cook with fire. All day juice and no more dripping.

After finding the right machine and Atty combo for me, I started searching for juice. I bought it all. I discovered I don't like pancakes, cookies and cakes and such. I began to explore the ry4 juices and tried over 10 except for the bwb holy grail. I did discover bwb 555 and Casablanca, both outstanding but only after I learned the value of steeping! Still searching for an all day vape that wasn't sickly sweet, I finally discovered IKV Gold, in pg blend in 24mg. That stuff is amazing and is my all day vape.

Now here's where I need help please.

Last week, I was playing around on a suppliers site and ran across the tiny 14250 battery. I wondered if I could stack in my little alpha? For 7 bucks it was worth a try, so, trying to remember my old electrical training from 35 years ago, I remembered that batteries in series add the voltage up. Now, things started to click and I thought I would start experimenting with higher voltages.

Wow, my little alpha has turned from a cute little puppy into a pit bull. This thing spits out huge plumes of vapor. I spent all day yesterday sitting on the back porch with all my almost discarded juices. Juices that hadn't previously liked were coming alive in HV. Juices that I did like like Halo TriBeCa with it's slightly peppery after tone absolutely knocked me over. I almost vaped myself into a coma yesterday.

Now, i feel like a newbie all over again!

Ok, the question for the vets. Is HV the cats azz or what? I still love my Mini Reo with the 306 so am I further stoking my obsession by going HV?

What's next, doing hits of battery acid off a Sears Diehard??

Seriously, I'm a little afraid of opening up a can of worms here.

God Bless
Torque
 

mistinthewoods

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Very cool Torque. Sounds like you're having fun. Vaping isn't as easy as smoking but when has smoking been this interesting?
Vaping is changing as fast as I can experiment. I just started farting around with tanks. You should look into those.
Oh yeah, if you want to go HV you might as well go VV, then you can try any voltage.
 
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wdave

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Wow
It's been a hell of a ride. 36 days vaping and the same amount without analogs.

Over the last month+ , I've learned alot about eciggs and this community. I started with a duo pro rip off last year and got completely turned off to the whole vaping thing, thinking it was a rip off.

Fortunately, found this forum and it's wonderful members. I thought i would let you know what I've discovered so far and would love to hear about your rigs as well.

After doing the 510, Riva thing, my first mod was a little alpha from alt smokes. Great little machine, indestructible. That led me away from attys and to cartomizers looking for longer running time. The cartomizers had nice flavor but not a great hit. They are convenient during my drive to from work.

After that, I discovered the Mini Reo. That thing blew my mind. Well designed, well made, it's amazing. Still in search of a good throat hit, the mini led me to discover the 306lr Atty.
Now, finally, we're starting to cook with fire. All day juice and no more dripping.

After finding the right machine and Atty combo for me, I started searching for juice. I bought it all. I discovered I don't like pancakes, cookies and cakes and such. I began to explore the ry4 juices and tried over 10 except for the bwb holy grail. I did discover bwb 555 and Casablanca, both outstanding but only after I learned the value of steeping! Still searching for an all day vape that wasn't sickly sweet, I finally discovered IKV Gold, in pg blend in 24mg. That stuff is amazing and is my all day vape.

Now here's where I need help please.

Last week, I was playing around on a suppliers site and ran across the tiny 14250 battery. I wondered if I could stack in my little alpha? For 7 bucks it was worth a try, so, trying to remember my old electrical training from 35 years ago, I remembered that batteries in series add the voltage up. Now, things started to click and I thought I would start experimenting with higher voltages.

Wow, my little alpha has turned from a cute little puppy into a pit bull. This thing spits out huge plumes of vapor. I spent all day yesterday sitting on the back porch with all my almost discarded juices. Juices that hadn't previously liked were coming alive in HV. Juices that I did like like Halo TriBeCa with it's slightly peppery after tone absolutely knocked me over. I almost vaped myself into a coma yesterday.

Now, i feel like a newbie all over again!

Ok, the question for the vets. Is HV the cats azz or what? I still love my Mini Reo with the 306 so am I further stoking my obsession by going HV?

What's next, doing hits of battery acid off a Sears Diehard??

Seriously, I'm a little afraid of opening up a can of worms here.

God Bless
Torque

You are still a newbie. You graduate from newbie when you have spent over a thousand dollars on ecig hardware and juice and have a refridgerator full of unused juice, most of which being low concentration of nicotine that in the long run is a waste of time. :)

Dave
 

polphot

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I agree with mistinthewoods next is to spend more money and explore into Variable Voltage mods. Then buy more adaptors and different types of atomizers. Busting attys as quick as you can in familiarizing with different voltage ranges. Whatever it is you will be happy exploring and finding your sweet spot in vaping. But you will be glad as you realize your spending much on gadgets today than health bills in the future ;)

Happy vaping!
 

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Very cool Torque. Sounds like you're having fun. Vaping isn't as easy as smoking but when has smoking been this interesting?
Vaping is changing as fast as I can experiment. I just started farting around with tanks. You should look into those.
Oh yeah, if you want to go HV you might as well go VV, then you can try any voltage.


+1 :evil:
RIMP:evil:
 

Torqueguy

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I've just gone over the $1000 mark for sure. 37 days in and I've got 2 Reo Mini's, a nice Alpha and just broke down and ordered a Prodigy for 6V.

Wife is happy I quit smoking but real ...... off at spending a thousand bucks. I keep telling her it's an "investment" in my health. She keeps throwing frying pans and i keep dodging them. 30 years of practice will do that to you.

Of course, along with the Prodigy, I had to buy batteries (I was a 14500 guy) and then HR atties...

Gotta go, there's a Cast Iron Waffle Skillet heading my way...
 

mistinthewoods

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I've just gone over the $1000 mark for sure. 37 days in and I've got 2 Reo Mini's, a nice Alpha and just broke down and ordered a Prodigy for 6V.

Wife is happy I quit smoking but real ...... off at spending a thousand bucks. I keep telling her it's an "investment" in my health. She keeps throwing frying pans and i keep dodging them. 30 years of practice will do that to you.

Of course, along with the Prodigy, I had to buy batteries (I was a 14500 guy) and then HR atties...

Gotta go, there's a Cast Iron Waffle Skillet heading my way...

Haha. My wife and I married in '79. Amazing how the reflexes develop isn't it?
 

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You're cracking me up. I think I'd rather have the frying pans come flying at me than my husband's constant .....ing and yelling at me for spending money on juice. I've been vaping since March and have just bought my first mod... a 5v tube that I'm so excited about getting. Obviously, I haven't spent as much as you. Maybe I should send my husband over here to see what the truly OCD people spend. LOL

I've just gone over the $1000 mark for sure. 37 days in and I've got 2 Reo Mini's, a nice Alpha and just broke down and ordered a Prodigy for 6V.

Wife is happy I quit smoking but real ...... off at spending a thousand bucks. I keep telling her it's an "investment" in my health. She keeps throwing frying pans and i keep dodging them. 30 years of practice will do that to you.

Of course, along with the Prodigy, I had to buy batteries (I was a 14500 guy) and then HR atties...

Gotta go, there's a Cast Iron Waffle Skillet heading my way...
 

Torqueguy

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You're cracking me up. I think I'd rather have the frying pans come flying at me than my husband's constant .....ing and yelling at me for spending money on juice. I've been vaping since March and have just bought my first mod... a 5v tube that I'm so excited about getting. Obviously, I haven't spent as much as you. Maybe I should send my husband over here to see what the truly OCD people spend. LOL

I just discovered it yesterday. Amazing hits, intense flavor. I searched my whole life for pipe tobacco that tasted this good. Never found it till now. Came close with Virginia bright burley and vanilla and a spritz of good bourbon with honey. That stuff was nice. Rolled it in rice paper.

Don't bogard the burley said country joe

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