A sad sad story with a happy ending!

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Underdawg736

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Heres a sad story of my twins....my eGo twins that is!
The eGo twins have been with me since the beginning. Aquired at my local vape shop for a decent price and an adaquet replacement to the use'em and loose'em BLUs. See I bought the BLUs to dip my feet into the world vaping after giving my complete and utter attention after my old man switched from those stinky analogs. The Olddawg wasn't coughing up his cig-a-likes to me so I had to start somewhere!
Now the fine folks at the vapor shop who sold me the twins did an awesome job at showing me the ins, outs, tips, and tricks of the eGo and with their tasty juices I was soon in vaping bliss, they were instrumental in putting me on the road that would eventually lead me to a little village only known as REOville.

The honeymoon period was great.....well mostly. See with the Twins came thier friends. EVOD, T3S, Carto the Tank, and of course those "things" that came with the twins. Things were ok in the months that followed. Ok as being that the friends frequently became incontinent of their liquids, couldn't find their flavor even with the help of a GPS, and would hit you softer then cotton! Needless to say the Honeymoon period was short lived.

Back in my Army days, living in the Republic of Texas, a 1SG told me to "Strive for the hard life". Well Top, with the twins I'm definitely living the hard life! I grinned and bared it for 5 months, 5 days, and 16 hours! It was not very long before I found ECF and saw what everyone else was vaping with. Scouring the internets for a replacement to the twins proved to be frustrating at best but none the less very informative if not enjoyable at times! The fine folks at the vape shop showed me all of their PVs, Smoktech this, Innokin that, Vamos here, there, everywhere! Online was not much different except for hands on feel of these works of art. With all the mods I've seriously looked at getting, ALL of them where missing that certain something. I needed something that felt great in my hand, something that while most others out there would consider to be ugly yet meet my every need in functionality and practicallity.....something that wouldn't land me in the boss' office with the explicit instructions of "Here, pee in this cup to the fill line"! My search was relatively short lived although the financial aspects of raising a 4 year old DIVA however made it very sought after!
What I needed was an absolute workhorse! One that could handle the "suck" of EMS and be raring to go after 12+ hours on an ambulance. I needed something could handle being in my pocket as I contort myself inside a wrecked car and KNOW that it'll deliver at the end of the call! I needed something compact that doesn't scream.....LOOK AT ME I'M VAPING A LIGHTSABER!

I needed a REO!

The weak hitting, incontenent, q-tip killing, flavor for a minute.......After 5 months, 5 days, and 16 hours....the Twins day of reckoning had arrived!

Everybody meet.......Syren!



Syren the Mini REO of the 2.1 edition arrived at 1045 on the 30th of September, 2013 and she is a little aluminum brick POWERHOUSE! Syren made very quick work on who's the boss in this neighborhood! She has friends too ya know. Carto is one of them but if you treat it well, it won't let you down like it will with the twins. She also has another friend, Miss RM2 but here trip has been postponed a few weeks due to technical difficulties.
She is not incontinent of her liquids, packs a throat hit punch time and time again......no mo vaping air! Best of all, she doesn't need a GPS to find the flavor......as a matter of fact the GPS needs Syren to give it directions! She's easy to squonk and after the first 4 hours with her, every hit so far is like the very first one!
A HUGE thanks to Rob and Spike! Syren as made herself a permanent place in my vaping heart!!!
 

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Congratz on your arrival of Syren! She is a beauty!

The RM2 will take that luvin' to a whole new level!

But whatever you got on top, the REO will kick out that vapor!

It took long enough to get her huh? No more mopping around about how I'm a reoNOT! The wait was very well worth it though! Shipping time was great and for once the mailman got here when I was here! Only an hour and a half or so once it was "out for delivery" that it showed up at the door!

The RM2 is getting ordered in about 2 weeks (which means it'll get ordered by years end.....hopefully!). In the meantime I think I'm gonna make a trip after work tomorrow to the vapor shop and drab some BF compatable atties.

Mrs Underdawg is already cracking jokes. "It looks stupid" "It looks like your sucking on the antenna end of a walkie talkie"!

Can ya feel the love??? :glare:
 

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Awesome man ...... Every one of your requirements is exactly what the REO was made for.

Its like you two were meant to be ...... I hope you can scrape up the funds for a back-up. Imagine the sadness if something should happen to her ..... You just can't possibly go back once you've owned a REO ......
 

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It took long enough to get her huh? No more mopping around about how I'm a reoNOT! The wait was very well worth it though! Shipping time was great and for once the mailman got here when I was here! Only an hour and a half or so once it was "out for delivery" that it showed up at the door!

The RM2 is getting ordered in about 2 weeks (which means it'll get ordered by years end.....hopefully!). In the meantime I think I'm gonna make a trip after work tomorrow to the vapor shop and drab some BF compatable atties.

Mrs Underdawg is already cracking jokes. "It looks stupid" "It looks like your sucking on the antenna end of a walkie talkie"!

Can ya feel the love??? :glare:

I sure can feel it!!!

Worth the wait for both of them. You might enjoy the BF atty's. I still use some and although they are not as good as the RM2 they still work fine.
 

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Awesome man ...... Every one of your requirements is exactly what the REO was made for.

Its like you two were meant to be ...... I hope you can scrape up the funds for a back-up. Imagine the sadness if something should happen to her ..... You just can't possibly go back once you've owned a REO ......

She'll get put thru the paces starting bright and early tomorrow! She's definitely not disappointing so far!

I sure can feel it!!!

Worth the wait for both of them. You might enjoy the BF atty's. I still use some and although they are not as good as the RM2 they still work fine.

Yeah I'm not gonna get all worked up for the RM2 as I did with Syren, It'll get here when it gets here! I should've ordered a few when I got my spare parts and cartos order a month ago. Dummy me I never really researched dripping atties until a couple of days ago. :facepalm:

Great story my brother. Rock on :)

I've got pics to prove who's the BAD AYUSS BOSS of this house!





 

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Welcome to the neighborhood, Underdawg. Your intro post and follow-ups are very entertaining! You'll fit in well here. :)

Thanks CAT! I try to keep it a bit interesting....this is REOville after all! There doesn't seem to be a dull moment around here!

That looks awesome, congrats! Any back story on the name choice?

Thanks Bat! Good question. As far as back story I originally wanted a black and blue Mini and I was twisted up on choosing a name for it. I had narrowed it down to either REO Speedwagon or Amberlamps due to me being an EMT and all. Since soooomebody snatched the last black and blue Mini a day before me ordering, I did a spur of the moment decision and grabbed the black and red. Syren fits in with the ambulance bit, mixing it up a bit by dropping the I with the Y. It'll fit nicely with the red light covers on the rig!

All that being said, my new avatar, if Syren was a human, she'd look like her! I like the whole red and black mask thing she's got going on.
 

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I am so glad you were able to find Syren without having to go through all the "upgrades" I went through. That was one smart move you made, not getting the (insert various tube mods here) and just going for it. I sure wish I had!

Thanks for the story! Now you are gonna need a grand (not much bigger) so you don't have to refill and change batteries so often :lol:
 

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Awesome! Yer Top would be proud (I mean...uh...not bad for an Army gal).

Love the name...now we need pics of her in the ambulance!

LMAO! I know she doesn't have an EGA on her but she would look snazzy wearing silver cross sabers with a Pershing in the middle (Armor Corp insignia)!
Don't ya worry, pic with the ambo are coming soon.....real soon!

I am so glad you were able to find Syren without having to go through all the "upgrades" I went through. That was one smart move you made, not getting the (insert various tube mods here) and just going for it. I sure wish I had!

Thanks for the story! Now you are gonna need a grand (not much bigger) so you don't have to refill and change batteries so often :lol:

Ohh I have a grand in the works already, it's gonna be quite some time like February-ish when tax time comes around!

I'm kinda guilty as I passed by the REO pretty often while ooogling at all the tube mods out there and several times I almost bought one. But then the more I look at them the more I don't see myself puffin away on one. Sure most everyone else out there likes and swears by them........but once all the menu options and flashy lights wore off on me the REO flashed the brightest.......with no lights at all!!!
I think I've found my PV for life right here! I totally can dig myself taking this anywhere and everywhere I go, easy to stealth vape and easy to explain to others just exactly what it is and how awesome it is! Not to mention that it'll most likely outlive me and my DIVA!
I held off on upgrading the Twins until I was absolutely positively sure what I wanted and it's the second best decision I've made when it comes to quitting the analogs.....first one's transitioning to vaping.

Speaking of the Twins.....oh look......they so loooonely now! Well at least they have each other!
 

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You should be a journalist. Great stories with an eye for detail. Well done, oh, and enjoy the Reo.

Thank ya, thank ya! I've never been much of a story teller but the attention to detail I have lots of.....maybe too much sometimes!

I'm definitely enjoying my new Reo! It's good that it got here when it did as both of the twins' atomizer called it quits yesterday morning. They must have sensed the Reo was within their midst!!
 
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