A Fluxo by Any Other Name -or- Mad Vaper on a Vendor Bender

[monarch79]

So I'm a big fan of the new Fluxomizers, and my supply was running low. GotVapes has been sold out for quite a while, so I broke down and ordered some Genuine Microcig clearomizers from another vendor... They're the same thing, right? Right.

Here is my list of complaints:

1) The first one out of the pack leaked from the bottom, as the 'air-tube to base' seal was in freakin crooked. All this one did was gurgle, and flood me and my GLV in the last cartofull of my favorite juice from my favorite vendor, that is currently out of service. This was my 'special occasion' juice, and now it's in the carpet. And this particular cut-pile doesn't wick extremely well, so I'm outta luck.

2) The second one out of the pack had some kind of mysterious clear liquid around the cup seal (glue?) and the cup seal would not freakin come out. I actually broke the cup removing it, never done THAT before...

3) The third one out of the pack, I eventually got working. I made a new inner-seal removing tool, and got it out with a fair bit of pressure. However, after about two hours of use, there was a mysterious buildup of black shmutz (technical term) on the coil in one area, as if I had been vaping that one loop of coil for a month straight. I took it apart, and cleaned it, and saw that part of the coil had been sticking up, and melted part the donut seal. I had been vaping apple flavored rubber for about two hours. I threw up a little in the back of my mouth.

4) I'm on the forth Genuine Microcig clearomizer, and so far, it seems to be working ok. Not well, just ok. The taste is a little bit off, and I don't want to take another one apart today. I'm totally over it. I went back to vaping my nasty, dry burned, chalky cupped, raisin coiled Fluxomizers, because even though they are filthy and ready to toss, they still taste better.

So, I wrote to Bad to see what the F was up with my NOT-FLUXOS. He told me (not his exact words) that since he was one of the founding fathers of the CE2 as we know it, the owner of the company provides GotVapes with only pick of the litter clearomizers. The batches that GotVapes gets are tested, quality controlled, and always the most current iteration of the technology. Smaller vendors (like the .......s I bought these crappy ones from) order in small batches, and most likely get older versions, or cheaper runs that are not as thouroughly tested for awesomeness. I always wondered what made Fluxos different from other vendor's Microcig CE2s, and now I know. They aren't just rebranded cartos, they are the best of the best.

MORAL OF STORY: Don't get impatient and buy stuff from strangers. Trust your vendor, guys like the GotVapes crew will do you right. And they have great nipples.

 

[badkolo]

and still we get ones with issues and that strong relationship obviously didnt help getting the ce3 improved becuase that would take a new mold and i can see the horror stories here in our forum if we introduced a ce3 where after you remove the tube , you cant reinsert the wick into the tube hole , i dont need that headache.

I have been a deep part of the ce2 and thats known but the help came from all corners and many of the older top teir respected posters heres like br, wingcomm, banjoman, trubo, zoid and all the others I missed, this helped me build a strong relationship with royal smokers and we stand behind the ce2 fully and would only expect the best form them, thats hard to get, but we have done alot for them and they have done alot for us and it would only be in their best interest for us to have the best of the best ce2's, the best your going to get with waht we are dealing with, not to say others get bad product, not at all, but we are kind of ahead on that end and that is expected when we deal with them on a daily basis.

im also not going to carry the ce3 to see how people react, becuase when we intrudcued the sapphire with its super easy filling or the vision deux super easy filling, we still got reemed for some reason, they would lose the top portion etc..

with the ce3 u need tweezers and that plug is smaller then anything on earthand it builds condensation at the top and the tube cant be removed without ruined the system because you dislodge the wick.

im pretty sure there would be 10 threads of hell already on our forum if we dropped those as bombs.

so i want to see if the people who give us hell over things like that will accept that product first when they buy elsewhere, then ill go from there.

 

[Wench]

I've learned my lesson as well when gotvapes was out of stock.
The other vendor listed them as r5 fat wicks.... They were actually r4's I got. Ugh
I will never again roam..

I'm pretty happy with gotvapes, I've ended up swapping to Ce2's from attys I love them so much.

 

[otrpu]

Problem with placing two orders in succession, the software "thinks" it's an duplicate order if it happens to be the same amount. I tried to send email notification that you can combine the orders and ship together if possible. If not, ship them separate if you must. But, it looks to me like the second order hasn't gone through.

Cheers,
otrpu

 

[monarch79]

Now, I heard what you said Bad, but it still doesn't make sense to me... The Fluxos aren't just the best picks... It's like they are a different product altogether! Seriously, I don't understand why the CE2s I got from Vendor-X are complete crap... I'm on my 6th CE2, and every single one has been trash. Un-vapeable, in the garbage can.

They taste dry and horrible, the wicks are scorched, they don't come apart easily... It makes sense that GotVapes would get the pick of the litter, and that Fluxos would be the better CE2s, but these are made by the same company, in the same factory, they are the same carto! Why do these suck so bad!

I know this is not just vendor bias! They have to be using a different wicking material, because the wicks on my fluxos don't get black like this! It's like these wicks are made out of plastic... They blacken and melt like plastic...

I'm so confused... Can't wait for my Fluxos to get here tomorrow! Then I can be through with forcing myself to use these F-ing things!

 

[gman1000]

Hope those Fluxo's you're getting get you out of withdrawal Monarch, I placed my order for the new stock, and yes I got my hands on their nipples too. Gonna put em through the wringer......and see how much they can take......

 

[monarch79]

Oh I've been workin those nipples myself sir... Got more comin, I can't get enough...

They can take a lot of abuse and still perform just like the day you first got you juice on em...

 

[uba egar320]

So I'm a big fan of the new Fluxomizers, and my supply was running low. GotVapes has been sold out for quite a while, so I broke down and ordered some Genuine Microcig clearomizers from another vendor... They're the same thing, right? Right.

Here is my list of complaints:

1) The first one out of the pack leaked from the bottom, as the 'air-tube to base' seal was in freakin crooked. All this one did was gurgle, and flood me and my GLV in the last cartofull of my favorite juice from my favorite vendor, that is currently out of service. This was my 'special occasion' juice, and now it's in the carpet. And this particular cut-pile doesn't wick extremely well, so I'm outta luck.

2) The second one out of the pack had some kind of mysterious clear liquid around the cup seal (glue?) and the cup seal would not freakin come out. I actually broke the cup removing it, never done THAT before...

3) The third one out of the pack, I eventually got working. I made a new inner-seal removing tool, and got it out with a fair bit of pressure. However, after about two hours of use, there was a mysterious buildup of black shmutz (technical term) on the coil in one area, as if I had been vaping that one loop of coil for a month straight. I took it apart, and cleaned it, and saw that part of the coil had been sticking up, and melted part the donut seal. I had been vaping apple flavored rubber for about two hours. I threw up a little in the back of my mouth.

4) I'm on the forth Genuine Microcig clearomizer, and so far, it seems to be working ok. Not well, just ok. The taste is a little bit off, and I don't want to take another one apart today. I'm totally over it. I went back to vaping my nasty, dry burned, chalky cupped, raisin coiled Fluxomizers, because even though they are filthy and ready to toss, they still taste better.

So, I wrote to Bad to see what the F was up with my NOT-FLUXOS. He told me (not his exact words) that since he was one of the founding fathers of the CE2 as we know it, the owner of the company provides GotVapes with only pick of the litter clearomizers. The batches that GotVapes gets are tested, quality controlled, and always the most current iteration of the technology. Smaller vendors (like the .......s I bought these crappy ones from) order in small batches, and most likely get older versions, or cheaper runs that are not as thouroughly tested for awesomeness. I always wondered what made Fluxos different from other vendor's Microcig CE2s, and now I know. They aren't just rebranded cartos, they are the best of the best.

MORAL OF STORY: Don't get impatient and buy stuff from strangers. Trust your vendor, guys like the GotVapes crew will do you right. And they have great nipples.

That's what I always look for in a company......






















Sorry, couldn't resist.

 

[monarch79]

That's what I look for in all of my company...