Anybody Using A Kabuki?

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coldgin96

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Oh, I see. The times I have had a carto break in the connector and there wasn't enough to grab, I just jammed a pencil eraser in there and twisted and it came out...
I carry a Leatherman's.

Mr. Steve knows all about the male being fragile... :D
 

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It's the male that is fragile.


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Lol..I knew that remark was comming Kat :p

Yes, my first Kabuki is in use!!:

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Love the small size. Did some taste testing compared to the subtank mini and it is indeed better.....great stuff!
Can't wait to see how it'll fit my comming XVO stick

You and us both. All. Whatever.

Amazingly, Kat's joke that ours would arrive in 9 1/2 weeks (from ordering) will actually be hit right on the head.

Ordered 4-Jul-15, and now are almost certain to arrive Wednesday or Thursday of this coming week.

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The P3 to 510 is included with every ProVari P3 and classic. The Z2 to 510 is included with almost every HoH device. No adapters exist in the opposite direction because they would be tall and fragile... Too much leverage and those fragile 510s will break.
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Annnnnnnd... it's out of stock.

darn.
Aw, man, that sucks... :(

Kind of takes the fun out of the fact I ordered mine yesterday. I told Jackie, "Better just do it now."

I see the SS replacement sold out after I received mine...
 
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I would like to see this forthcoming Kbox Nano, JUMA, just to toss into my "mods to watch" folder (minimally). Thank you for mentioning it. Also, does anyone know if the V2 Kbox has hit the shores yet? Not that it really matters, as I do have another O&A device coming on the slowest of boats. Another Heatvape Defender will be living with me one of these days (weeks).

Add to that our super duper exciting unbelievable Xvo sticks should be here "soon"! I am arsenaled and happy. :vapor:

I bought my share of Naughty hardware from Aspire as well. I had several designer tanks, so having some extra bases and chimneys was helpful. As many as I bought, I wish I'd got more. C'est la Vie-apor.

As far as the Cerotank goes, I'm really liking the look on my CF4. I thought it funny that you said they were better than the Aeros. I believe they are nearly the same tank, yet, like you, I do not like the Aeros, and I love the Ceros. Go figure.

It sounds like (other than your power consumption) you are QUITE set up in Provis and good tanks! (of course, the Kabuke tops that list) I've also had the experience that coils do not seem to perform as well in an Aspire tank as they do in the Kabuki.

I JUST CHANGED OUT MY ORIGINAL KABUKI COIL today... I started vaping it on July 13. (I had filled it 19 times.)

I'm still not sure why you're getting such a limited amount of batt life. 3 miles chain vaping, and a couple of 5 minute vape breaks .... hmmmm.... seems it might be easy to go thru the small amount of vliquid the Kabuki holds, but I can't imagine running out of battery power. But you said you go thru about 6 tanks a day? So, 12ml-ish? That's truly seems like a lot for the amount of time you're vaping.

Then again, I have not yet tried my experiment of using only a Provi in Mini mode and a Kabuki tank. It's difficult for me to vape only one liquid and one mod. I may still try..... just for you. But don't hold yer breath. ;)

Kat, I always thought--and bought a lot of them as a result--that the Kangers were really great looking tanks. And for the most part were well put together. But until the 1.5 VOCC coil every coil in the Subtank range gave me a harsh vape. I tried a couple of Nanos with the old 1.2 coils in a couple of their VV spinner-type batteries as my take-to-work mods, and the quality of the vape would get me to coughing every time. Felt like I'd gone back to smoking!

The limited battery life with the 18350 doesn't bother me with Kabuki tank, as both tend to run dry, or close there to, at about the same time. With a couple of more Kabuki tanks, I might try an 18490. But then the mod is larger and not as pants pocket compatible--at least dress pants. And I've always had issues with 18350s. I have an Innokin 134 Mini that in 18350 mode won't last a 2ml Nautilus Mini tank. Live and learn. (And I have a full-size 134 that I bought only because it looks mean and is fun to show off. :thumbs:)

Congrats on the time on the original Kabuki coil. That's impressive!

ZENdaptors and PROdapters, please? C'mon, Zen. You know you WANT to. ;)



It WILL start to even out...... eventually. Give it another 3, 4, 5 years. :D
 

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Kat's correct, Juma - something's not quite right. There's really nothing that you could be doing wrong, but we're trying to figure out what.

Stay tuned, please.

Unless someone else pipes in with a plausible idea first. Head-scratching, for sure.

Longo, see my reply to Kat. The battery life with the 18350 and the Kabuki is not an issue for me. But right this second I'm using an 18490 on a P3 with the P3 Nautilus tank at 1.5ohms and nine watts. I'm going to run the battery out before the tank needs filling. No big deal. Now with the AW 3000mAh 18650s, I can use those on a Pegasus and go through two Atlantis 1s with 7ml A-MOD tanks at 11 watts with the Triton 1.8ohm head before the battery is shot.

Part of it is probably the way I vape. For whatever reason, I vape like I used to smoke a pipe. I take at least couple of puffs, then inhale the third or fourth one. I held a pipe in my left hand and stuck it in the left side of my mouth. With cigs and cigars I held those in my right hand and took long inhales on the right side of my mouth. Why do I do it differently when vaping? Beats me. Other than it's easier to hold a mod in my right hand and shift gears--I have a six speed--than it is to hold the mod in my left and try to grab the wheel of the car. Sometimes at my desk, like now, I do it both ways. Just weird, I guess.
 

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I don't have a machine shop, but it would be nice if ProVape came out with one...
There are a lot more 2.5s out there than P3 ProVari, and I'm sure there will eventually be more than 3 tanks with P3 threading. A lot of ProVari users are dual users-having both 2.5s and P3 threaded ProVari, so I am sure such an adapter would sell well, even if it were $40..
I have 4 2.5s and only 1 Classic. What is holding me back from buying more Kabuki is that I can't use them on my 2.5s. I'm sure I'm not alone in this. I know Kabuki also come in 510, but ProVape does not sell them...
This probably wouldn't be an issue if ProVari were disposable China mods, then I'd just replace them as they broke with P 3 threaded ones...

I'd vote for that as well. I have two 2.5s and two Minis. I thought about a 510 Kabuki for one of those but rejected it as too much money for an older device that I don't use that much. But an adapter ring would change my thinking.
 

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Well, it sure sounded like a good idea.

Oh well. I guess two Kabuki's will have to suffice. I'm sure I can "suffer" through it without too much anxiety. ;)

@Katdarling , you good? 'Cuz I'm good if you're good. And at least we can stop stalking now. :thumbs:

I'm good, Longo. Having said that, I might want one more Kabuke, and I sure would have opted to buy it from Provape, given the choice.

I understand your reasoning, Zen, but it is terribly disappointing. There is no way I'd get a P3 Kabuki to use solely on my one P3 threaded device. I would think most of us are rowing that same boat.

Longo, see my reply to Kat. The battery life with the 18350 and the Kabuki is not an issue for me. But right this second I'm using an 18490 on a P3 with the P3 Nautilus tank at 1.5ohms and nine watts. I'm going to run the battery out before the tank needs filling. No big deal. Now with the AW 3000mAh 18650s, I can use those on a Pegasus and go through two Atlantis 1s with 7ml A-MOD tanks at 11 watts with the Triton 1.8ohm head before the battery is shot.

Part of it is probably the way I vape. For whatever reason, I vape like I used to smoke a pipe. I take at least couple of puffs, then inhale the third or fourth one. I held a pipe in my left hand and stuck it in the left side of my mouth. With cigs and cigars I held those in my right hand and took long inhales on the right side of my mouth. Why do I do it differently when vaping? Beats me. Other than it's easier to hold a mod in my right hand and shift gears--I have a six speed--than it is to hold the mod in my left and try to grab the wheel of the car. Sometimes at my desk, like now, I do it both ways. Just weird, I guess.

This was my last guess as to your vape time/vliquid usage time. I figured it had to be about your vape style and the way you draw. So now we know. Your a long draw puffer! :)
 

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Lol..I knew that remark was comming Kat :p

Yes, my first Kabuki is in use!!:

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Love the small size. Did some taste testing compared to the subtank mini and it is indeed better.....great stuff!
Can't wait to see how it'll fit my comming XVO stick

Lookin' gooooooood, drugarth! And I certainly can relate to the "can't wait" part!!
 

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I understand your reasoning, Zen, but it is terribly disappointing. There is no way I'd get a P3 Kabuki to use solely on my one P3 threaded device. I would think most of us are rowing that same boat.

I'd be curious to see actual statistics on that. I have one P3 and just ordered my 3rd P3 Kabuki. I have two V2's, btw, and no 510 Kabuki's.
 

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I'm good, Longo. Having said that, I might want one more Kabuke, and I sure would have opted to buy it from Provape, given the choice.

I understand your reasoning, Zen, but it is terribly disappointing. There is no way I'd get a P3 Kabuki to use solely on my one P3 threaded device. I would think most of us are rowing that same boat.



This was my last guess as to your vape time/vliquid usage time. I figured it had to be about your vape style and the way you draw. So now we know. Your a long draw puffer! :)

And that was part of my problem with the 2.5 and Mini. I'm not sure how I do it because when I think about it, I don't do it. But I'll hold the button is such a way that the settings start to change. With the non-P3s, I couldn't drive my three mile commute without the voltage starting to go up or down. I have the same problem with the P3s every now and then. I guess I'm just a klutz in more ways than one.
 

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"That's true, you're absolutely right."

I agree 100%. And while I know Zen know far more about what he's doing than I do, I do have several clients with CNC machines. It seems once programing is done, the actual making of the tank would be pretty simple, and one could turn out a couple of dozen tanks pretty quickly. But there again, what do I know?
 
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