UPDATE:
Some good news and some bad news.
First the bad news: my V4L order (supposed to be 2-4 weeks shipping), which was shipped on March 15th, still hasn't arrived, and I fear the worst. It's reached the point where I'm now going to have to contact Steve, Val, or Mark to find out what can be done. I spent almost $300 on that order.
Now the good news: I broke my
vaping cherry today, as my order from Litecig arrived.
I ordered from them at a time when I was growing worried that my V4L order would never arrive, so I made sure to order a couple KR8 manual batts (in black and stainless steel), the PCC, and some cartos -- enough to at least start trying out this whole
vaping thing -- just in case my V4L order didn't come
through (turned out to be quite a prescient move on my part).
One thing I noticed is that the 15mL plastic dripper bottles I'd ordered weren't in the package. They must have been out of stock. I'll have to check my online bank account statement to see if I've already been refunded those $3.75.
Anyway; so far, so good. I've tried both prefilled cartos I ordered; RY4 16mg and cappuccino 16mg. RY4 tastes like a sweet, musky, men's cologne (which is a fairly unpleasant taste), and the cappuccino tastes yummy enough. The cap's pretty smooth, although it does have decent TH. Vapor production seems somewhat decent, although I am excited to mix the Rath VG and regular PG juices that came in my Litecig order to see if a 50/50 mix bumps up the vapor a bit more.
I also tried a Mint 15mg Greencig carto. According to what I've read here and seen on youtube, they're not supposed to work on manuals -- just the autos. But on my black manual, the Greencig carto worked if left barely screwed-on. It produces quite a minty punch in the throat, and more vapor than my KR8 cartos, though it didn't work at all when I tried connecting it to my steel batt.
My black batt seems to have no cut-off when it's at maximum charge, then "develops" maybe a seven-second cut-off once it weakens a bit. The steel batt, however, always has the same five-second cut-off (that's bizarre for a manual batt, right?), though I easily defeat it by simply releasing and quickly pressing again the activator button as I'm drawing vapor into my mouth.
I've had three analogs since I opened my package at 1:15 PM today (April 14th), and that's pretty respectable given the fact that I would normally smoke perhaps 11 cigarettes in that same time period (it's 11:00 PM right now). Anyway, none of those cigarettes were smoked out of desperation or anything, and I do think that I'll be able to quit smoking using my PVs (especially if my V4L stuff ever gets here).
Thanks for reading this long-winded post.
