Any decent cig-a-likes exist?
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I don't need a lot of fog, but if the technology advances enough, a cigarette sized device would be my favorite.
Their 808 cig-a-likes charger outputs @ 150mAh according to their website. (Don't use the one they make for their spinner batteries. Would be dangerous.)
I have one I got for $10, too. It's propriety connection, but 808 stuff fits it and works, although it doesn't screw on all the way.
The new Mistic battery that's in this kit is improved over the old Mistic battery. Feels and looks nicer, with possibly less tight draw (it could be that my old ones have gotten tighter after having used them a lot).
This kit works well, and would make for a good first kit for a new vaper who doesn't want anything too big.
I recently was given an offer I could not refuse ($1) to try the Mark Ten XL by a local business owner (Discount coupons). I was impressed by the 4 hole cartridges and being a MB Red smoker for years liked the taste. I was/am still using the Logic's but now like the draw or puff on the M10XL. The carts are refillable and usually last a few refills with no problems. Just make sure to pull the seal out before filling and you are good to go. Just my opinion and I use Buck Naked E-Liquids.
The Joyetech cigalikes in their starter kits are what I started with 2+ years ago, and they're still available in manual and automatic, and in a variety of mAh, too. The kits come with the shorty atty and the cartridges filled with the foam that you refill. I still use the original batts from my kit every now & then for stealth vaping (with little slim Vision Nano clearos I stashed ahead of time when they were discontinued). I've also bought many more of the shorty attys, and boxes of the 5 refillable cartridges for 25 cents/box. Lots of the "newbie" women still like those to start with.
Even have some more of their starter kits I stashed when they were $24.99 on sale, instead of $39.99 at that time. There are websites that still have some of them, too! Also, just the batteries in a variety of colors, mAh's, and auto or manual can be found as well, by Joyetech and other makers.
They'll always be my "go to" vaping choice for stealth use and when I want to vape with something between my fingers like my old ciggies...for nostalgia's sake
Even have some more of their starter kits I stashed when they were $24.99 on sale, instead of $39.99 at that time. There are websites that still have some of them, too! Also, just the batteries in a variety of colors, mAh's, and auto or manual can be found as well, by Joyetech and other makers.
They'll always be my "go to" vaping choice for stealth use and when I want to vape with something between my fingers like my old ciggies...for nostalgia's sake
I like White Cloud disposables and the newer Joyetech eRoll-C.
Tried a lot of other stuff.
You, and thousands of other people, like these kinda things, and that *reality* often gets lost on a "hobbyist" forum, where people think nobody wants these things anymore.
And it's reallly a shame, because so many vendors "fire sale" these kinda things and then you can't find them anymore. At least 80% of everybody I know who vapes does NOT want to carry around a big honkin' mod.
I was at the horse races this week, there was exactly ONE person in the attached casino vaping on some kind of subohm box.....and the way you could tell is when she blew out, the vapor fogged the air so that you could actually look across 3/4 of the casino and tell where this person was sitting.
Everyone else I saw for a week straight at the races as well as the casino was just people using ego styles, cigalikes, etc.
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Actually I will amend my above statement: My favorite small setup is actually my Joyetech eCab, with replaceable 10440 batts.
Tried a lot of other stuff.
The Joyetech cigalikes in their starter kits are what I started with 2+ years ago, and they're still available in manual and automatic, and in a variety of mAh, too. The kits come with the shorty atty and the cartridges filled with the foam that you refill. I still use the original batts from my kit every now & then for stealth vaping (with little slim Vision Nano clearos I stashed ahead of time when they were discontinued). I've also bought many more of the shorty attys, and boxes of the 5 refillable cartridges for 25 cents/box. Lots of the "newbie" women still like those to start with.
Even have some more of their starter kits I stashed when they were $24.99 on sale, instead of $39.99 at that time. There are websites that still have some of them, too! Also, just the batteries in a variety of colors, mAh's, and auto or manual can be found as well, by Joyetech and other makers.
They'll always be my "go to" vaping choice for stealth use and when I want to vape with something between my fingers like my old ciggies...for nostalgia's sake
You, and thousands of other people, like these kinda things, and that *reality* often gets lost on a "hobbyist" forum, where people think nobody wants these things anymore.
And it's reallly a shame, because so many vendors "fire sale" these kinda things and then you can't find them anymore. At least 80% of everybody I know who vapes does NOT want to carry around a big honkin' mod.
I was at the horse races this week, there was exactly ONE person in the attached casino vaping on some kind of subohm box.....and the way you could tell is when she blew out, the vapor fogged the air so that you could actually look across 3/4 of the casino and tell where this person was sitting.
Everyone else I saw for a week straight at the races as well as the casino was just people using ego styles, cigalikes, etc.
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Actually I will amend my above statement: My favorite small setup is actually my Joyetech eCab, with replaceable 10440 batts.
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I don't like the heavy draw on the XL, like I said, but their 4 holes thing is helpful, and works well on the regular MarkTen. People have knocked it, calling it a gimmick. I tried the tip from an X3 cartidge on the regular, and a 510 drip tip that I jammed onto the XL for comparison, and the 4 hole thing is a good feature, IMO.
For me, the taste of the tobacco flavor of the small one is OK, and marshmellowy, with a slight taste of a part of the taste of a Marlboro, Winston, Camel Filters and a few others. The tobacco flavor used for the XL cartomizers is also OK, with a lot more of that Marlboro etc. taste of the small cartomizers. Both have survived multiple refills, and the original flavors mix well with the flavors I've tried for refilling.
Kimree
The original MarkTen (that's the smaller one) is very similar to the X3, but better. I like the small MarkTen.
Kimree X3. It's actual cigarette size. I bought some from ecigexpress when they still had them. They were mostly re-branded. epuffer still sells their version, the nano. Finity used to sell them, but they seem to have gone out of business.What is the X3 you are speaking of? Curious Vaper wants to know!
The original MarkTen (that's the smaller one) is very similar to the X3, but better. I like the small MarkTen.
My very first Cig-A-Like and introduction to vaping was the E-Cigs Brand that had the look of my smokes. They are what helped me to kick my almost 35 year PAD habit but when the introductory pricing ended and they raised the price to ridiculous (IMHO) levels I switched to Logic's due to convenience. Now using the Mark Ten XL's which I find are performing well being refilled.
Thanks for the update on the info and I will look into them.
Thanks for the update on the info and I will look into them.
Yep! I agree with both statements. The "fire sale" thinking is 1 reason why I've bought & stashed more Joyetech kits, more batteries (manual & auto) in a variety of mAh & colors, 40+ of the little shorty attys LR and reg., many boxes of the foam-filled cartridges, 100+ of the slim Vision Nano Clearomizers, etc. Also have 8-10 of the Evod Double kits, as well as eGo 450, 650, and 1100 mAh batteries & kits, CE5 clearos without wicks & Innokin 16D clearos, coils, etc. The 2nd reason: 90%+ so far of the newbies I've helped to switch (male & female) absolutely do NOT want a mod at the beginning of their vaping experience. I have a variety of different mods as well, but they choose either the slim cigalikes or the eGos and Evods.
I wonder how many "newbies" will continue to try vaping if/when only set-ups like the more popular mods now...are available to them. I hope it doesn't bring down the number of people trying vaping in the longrun. That would truly be a shame.
I'd buy a lot of eroll batteries and ego mini batteries, if not for the problem of their limited life when not in use. Are you doing anything to try to prolong the batteries' lives while in storage?
I'm gonna have to grab me one of them there mistic bridge gizmos. Has anyone tried modifying them at all? Rebuildable maybe?
While I do have a whole sack full of Mods, from 20w to 200w, I always come back to my 650mah VV ego and Evod batts with the rebuildable kanger atties. I've opened the airflow on my tanks to where I'm lung hitting them. Everything else just seems pointless to me.
I've gotten so sick of seeing the recommendations to the new Vapers that I had to stop looking at their posts. I think the last time I did look someone was recommending an RX200.
How many times have I been told that most Mods will go down to my 6-7w setting. Sure they show that number on the screen but those big a** batteries pack so much punch that they still fry my cotton instantly. I've had to ditch my 1650mah spinners for that same reason.
OK, end rant. (For now)
LONG LIVE KING EVOD.!.!!!
While I do have a whole sack full of Mods, from 20w to 200w, I always come back to my 650mah VV ego and Evod batts with the rebuildable kanger atties. I've opened the airflow on my tanks to where I'm lung hitting them. Everything else just seems pointless to me.
I've gotten so sick of seeing the recommendations to the new Vapers that I had to stop looking at their posts. I think the last time I did look someone was recommending an RX200.
How many times have I been told that most Mods will go down to my 6-7w setting. Sure they show that number on the screen but those big a** batteries pack so much punch that they still fry my cotton instantly. I've had to ditch my 1650mah spinners for that same reason.
OK, end rant. (For now)
LONG LIVE KING EVOD.!.!!!
650 Mah Ego + EVOD for stealth vaping. 80Pg20Vg liquid. It does the basic job if on a train or don't want to use my Nautilus Mini + Cf4 - same job MTL hits but way better. It does the basic job, the flavours are not as good as on the Nautilus or sub ohming, but of all the pen types I've tried that fit on a small ego battery, I'd say it's the best. Have to hotbox it though to get a decent draw, bit does the basics and the batteries last a while and the coils last a good while too if use 80PG non sweet liquids...
Meh, only for when I couldn't use a Nauti Mini though, which is never...
Meh, only for when I couldn't use a Nauti Mini though, which is never...
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I've just discovered that there's a been another couple of changes in the new Mistic battery from the old one, aside from the color and outer material. The holes on the sides of the metal near the threading have been removed. This causes the new battery to be completely incompatable with 808 tops, and the old battery to be incompatable with the Bridge clearomizer.
Also the new one is much more sealed. Only a very small hole that the air is going through, making it a lot less likely to be damged by juice getting inside. The old ones have a much larger hole.
Any suggestions Nic, on the eroll battery preservation? I've at least 10 new kits in boxes un opened .....probably turn to dust before I'll use them
The first Mistic Bridge I bought, the ends of the wick disintegrated when I touched them to see what the dark stuff on the ends was. When I tried using it I was getting dry hits, so I shoved a little bit of cotton in both ends, and it worked after that, but not very well. The second one I bought works fine.
I would say it is VERY much NOT rebuildable.
The good thing about this Mistic stuff is that it's available so many places, but it's likely not very good compared to some of the 808 stuff that's out there (that I haven't tried, like Smokeless Image Volt, Halo G2, V2 and V4L), but they're not rebuildable, either. A lot of people might be trying these Mistic Bridge kits as an introduction, on a whim when they see it in a store. Should serve them well.
No, wish I did. I've read that getting batteries drained to about 40% charge, and freezing them helps a lot, but also read of cautions about safety issues arising, which made me nervous.
According to what I've read, it's best to keep them at about 40% charge whether or not you put them in a freezer, and certainly not completely or close to completely discharged .
I love the erolls, and haven't yet figured out how I'm going to deal with their discontinuation.
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