Anybody Using A Kabuki?

[AstroTurf]

Hi I am fairly new to ecf and this is my first post. What a great community. I have a question, but first about me and what I vape:
Quit ciggs over a year ago (smoked since I was 16 and am 68 now) using the cheap disposables and have spent way to much moving up the ladder of quality. I had early stage 1 COPD, and now that I have been off the ciggs for a year, my latest full pulmonary function test had me much improved to very low early stage...not even stage 1! So I can tell everyone that my pulmonary doc (one of the best where I live) told me to keep on vaping because my lungs sound better, and everything else had improved. He has had six patients in the last 8 months quit by vaping when nothing else would work.

Currently using a ProVari P3 and will probably get the new Radius next month. I really enjoy the quality of ProVape equipment. I have been using only aspire nautilus with 1.8 BVC coils and they have worked well. I have been running into a few leaking problems along with junk in the atty that is difficult to clean, so I just purchased a new Kabuki 510 and it is much better so far than the nautilus, both for flavor and draw. Time will tell, but with the true SS I believe it will last a very long time, and clean up better.

Why did I decide to buy the Kubuki - Because of this site and the long video on Youtube describing SS versus chrome plated brass for the aspire. I just felt I wanted the best quality metal and build for my atty. I am not a cloud chaser, but rather go for the flavor and nicotine hit. I use .6 to .9 now.

The question for anyone using a similar setup is what settings are you finding work best as a general guide?

On the ProVari P3 when using the Nautilus and 1.8 BVC coils I ran it about 11.6W to get to 4.7V with 1-Boost and that was ok. With the new Kabuki I am finding a better flavor and draw at 11.4W to get to 4.7 volts, but stepped up the boost to 2. Airflow is set pretty wide open.

Thank you for a great site and I look forward to contributing more over time!

Welcome Aboard!!!

 

[stanleybb50]

Hi I am fairly new to ecf and this is my first post. What a great community. I have a question, but first about me and what I vape:
Quit ciggs over a year ago (smoked since I was 16 and am 68 now) using the cheap disposables and have spent way to much moving up the ladder of quality. I had early stage 1 COPD, and now that I have been off the ciggs for a year, my latest full pulmonary function test had me much improved to very low early stage...not even stage 1! So I can tell everyone that my pulmonary doc (one of the best where I live) told me to keep on vaping because my lungs sound better, and everything else had improved. He has had six patients in the last 8 months quit by vaping when nothing else would work.

Currently using a ProVari P3 and will probably get the new Radius next month. I really enjoy the quality of ProVape equipment. I have been using only aspire nautilus with 1.8 BVC coils and they have worked well. I have been running into a few leaking problems along with junk in the atty that is difficult to clean, so I just purchased a new Kabuki 510 and it is much better so far than the nautilus, both for flavor and draw. Time will tell, but with the true SS I believe it will last a very long time, and clean up better.

Why did I decide to buy the Kubuki - Because of this site and the long video on Youtube describing SS versus chrome plated brass for the aspire. I just felt I wanted the best quality metal and build for my atty. I am not a cloud chaser, but rather go for the flavor and nicotine hit. I use .6 to .9 now.

The question for anyone using a similar setup is what settings are you finding work best as a general guide?

On the ProVari P3 when using the Nautilus and 1.8 BVC coils I ran it about 11.6W to get to 4.7V with 1-Boost and that was ok. With the new Kabuki I am finding a better flavor and draw at 11.4W to get to 4.7 volts, but stepped up the boost to 2. Airflow is set pretty wide open.

Thank you for a great site and I look forward to contributing more over time!

Sounds pretty good to me! I'm at 11.2 watts and boost 3. But 1.6 ohm coils (really read around 1.7 or 1.8.)

And everyone else - Here's the pics if my poly tank id. Zen's measured right at this as well, just like he said. ***scratches head*** lol.

I'll get to the bottom of it...

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[MsLoud]

I have been an off again/on again vaper since 2008. The last two years I have been smoking analogs because I just couldn't find a decent vape. I have an arsenal of vape gear going back to the dawn of vaping. I was a 6v silver bullet maptank vaper and that worked for me. They stopped making those ce2v4 in the stainless tubes and I limped along with cartos and vivi nova/kanger pro tanks. The boge cartos were okay but a hassle to deal with after a while. The protank/vivi nova/iclear30/etc tanks all sucked to me. I went back to analogs and was miserable.

When the subohm thing started, I thought why not, I tried a kbox and a couple of kanger tanks. They sucked really bad. I didn't understand the subohm thing at the time. I just thought less resistance meant I could lower my voltage. I am a mouth to lung vaper.

I was in the vape shop with a friend and on a whim I bought a nautilus tank. I came up and plugged in the bvc coil and popped it on an old provari. I couldn't believe it. It was actually a decent vape. Not the best, but good enough for me to try and quit analogs again. I hated the look of the tank so I started looking around. I have other HOH stuff (couple of zatty pros, zenesis, etc) so I looked up what was going on with HOH. I found the kabuki tank and it looked great.

I ordered a provari p3 and a kabuki.......

Hands down, this is the perfect vape that I have been searching for. I have spent years looking for the perfect blend of flavor, throat hit, vapor.... I am blown away. This tank is amazing.

I work multiple IT jobs and I sit most of the day. Around 16 hours. My vice is nicotine. I don't really drink, drug, coffee, or anything else. I have to have nicotine. Of course you can't smoke anywhere anymore. To have a cigarette, I would have to leave work and drive somewhere. Everyone in the office is a smoke nazi. It is difficult to stay focused and be productive when you are addicted to nicotine and can't take a smoke break. This setup has changed that. I can now stealth vape in my office and not have to drive across town for a smoke.

I just wanted to give zen a heart felt thank you. This has not only made my life more comfortable, but it has been about a week and a half off of analogs and I feel fantastic. Not many products can claim that kind of life enhancing impact. I will be ordering two more provari p3s and two more kabuki tanks Nov1.

Thanks Zen!

PS, are you going to make anymore kabuki z2 carto tank converters? I see they are out of stock at electronicstix....

This. It's all about this. Thank you for sharing!

Welcome back and welcome home

 

[madangus]

In your opinion,

Do you think it's the Orings or Coil threading causing the tight fit?

Thanks, Jim

I think its the orings/ metal part not the coil. Had to use the wrech again today even though i've rubbed the orings with juice. But you know.. Fir the flavour ease and classiness i am prepared to cut it some slack.

Also, at the end of this horrid work day at the car dealership, my p3 and kabuki dropped onto a hard tile floor, from a seat.. So maybe half a foot... Anyways i was sure i would pick it up smashed... Nope, so hurrah fir that!

And thank goodness its friday. I rarely ever feel like that but gee whizz.

 

[Katdarling]

I have been an off again/on again vaper since 2008. The last two years I have been smoking analogs because I just couldn't find a decent vape. I have an arsenal of vape gear going back to the dawn of vaping. I was a 6v silver bullet maptank vaper and that worked for me. They stopped making those ce2v4 in the stainless tubes and I limped along with cartos and vivi nova/kanger pro tanks. The boge cartos were okay but a hassle to deal with after a while. The protank/vivi nova/iclear30/etc tanks all sucked to me. I went back to analogs and was miserable.

When the subohm thing started, I thought why not, I tried a kbox and a couple of kanger tanks. They sucked really bad. I didn't understand the subohm thing at the time. I just thought less resistance meant I could lower my voltage. I am a mouth to lung vaper.

I was in the vape shop with a friend and on a whim I bought a nautilus tank. I came up and plugged in the bvc coil and popped it on an old provari. I couldn't believe it. It was actually a decent vape. Not the best, but good enough for me to try and quit analogs again. I hated the look of the tank so I started looking around. I have other HOH stuff (couple of zatty pros, zenesis, etc) so I looked up what was going on with HOH. I found the kabuki tank and it looked great.

I ordered a provari p3 and a kabuki.......

Hands down, this is the perfect vape that I have been searching for. I have spent years looking for the perfect blend of flavor, throat hit, vapor.... I am blown away. This tank is amazing.

I work multiple IT jobs and I sit most of the day. Around 16 hours. My vice is nicotine. I don't really drink, drug, coffee, or anything else. I have to have nicotine. Of course you can't smoke anywhere anymore. To have a cigarette, I would have to leave work and drive somewhere. Everyone in the office is a smoke nazi. It is difficult to stay focused and be productive when you are addicted to nicotine and can't take a smoke break. This setup has changed that. I can now stealth vape in my office and not have to drive across town for a smoke.

I just wanted to give zen a heart felt thank you. This has not only made my life more comfortable, but it has been about a week and a half off of analogs and I feel fantastic. Not many products can claim that kind of life enhancing impact. I will be ordering two more provari p3s and two more kabuki tanks Nov1.

Thanks Zen!

PS, are you going to make anymore kabuki z2 carto tank converters? I see they are out of stock at electronicstix....

Thank you, crixer. Your post brought a coupla tears... of joy.

I'd say you're a Tootle Puffer at heart. Feel free to join the madness: https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/threads/tootle-puffers-redux-the-sequel.701200/

It's a crazy long thread, but anyone can jump in even at the current posts!

 

[madangus]

This. It's all about this. Thank you for sharing!

Welcome back and welcome home

I'm a web developer who right now at least works from home all the time. I do have coffee as another vice, but not much else these days.

Thank you for telling your story. It's really nice to hear of happiness and success, congrats! @crixer

 

[gin828]

Sounds pretty good to me! I'm at 11.2 watts and boost 3. But 1.6 ohm coils (really read around 1.7 or 1.8.)

And everyone else - Here's the pics if my poly tank id. Zen's measured right at this as well, just like he said. ***scratches head*** lol.

I'll get to the bottom of it...

Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

Did you check in multiple spots to see if it's out of round? I would check the o-rings for any flat spots and the I.D. of the tube as well. If anything you could always make another tank from a different section of your tubing stock to see if you can get a tighter I.D.

 

[stevegmu]

I was worried about breakage, as I broke a tank the first day I got it, but now after a few months of daily use, I still haven't broken another, and I pocket carry it, toss it in a drawer at work and have had it roll around in the car after getting loose during performance driving...

 

[stanleybb50]

Did you check in multiple spots to see if it's out of round? I would check the o-rings for any flat spots and the I.D. of the tube as well. If anything you could always make another tank from a different section of your tubing stock to see if you can get a tighter I.D.

Good idea. And no I didn't check. Young parent.... Haha. Only time I get to me is when I sneak away or after wife and daughter fall asleep!

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[Batbird]

Hi I am fairly new to ecf and this is my first post. What a great community. I have a question, but first about me and what I vape:
Quit ciggs over a year ago (smoked since I was 16 and am 68 now) using the cheap disposables and have spent way to much moving up the ladder of quality. I had early stage 1 COPD, and now that I have been off the ciggs for a year, my latest full pulmonary function test had me much improved to very low early stage...not even stage 1! So I can tell everyone that my pulmonary doc (one of the best where I live) told me to keep on vaping because my lungs sound better, and everything else had improved. He has had six patients in the last 8 months quit by vaping when nothing else would work.

Currently using a ProVari P3 and will probably get the new Radius next month. I really enjoy the quality of ProVape equipment. I have been using only aspire nautilus with 1.8 BVC coils and they have worked well. I have been running into a few leaking problems along with junk in the atty that is difficult to clean, so I just purchased a new Kabuki 510 and it is much better so far than the nautilus, both for flavor and draw. Time will tell, but with the true SS I believe it will last a very long time, and clean up better.

Why did I decide to buy the Kubuki - Because of this site and the long video on Youtube describing SS versus chrome plated brass for the aspire. I just felt I wanted the best quality metal and build for my atty. I am not a cloud chaser, but rather go for the flavor and nicotine hit. I use .6 to .9 now.

The question for anyone using a similar setup is what settings are you finding work best as a general guide?

On the ProVari P3 when using the Nautilus and 1.8 BVC coils I ran it about 11.6W to get to 4.7V with 1-Boost and that was ok. With the new Kabuki I am finding a better flavor and draw at 11.4W to get to 4.7 volts, but stepped up the boost to 2. Airflow is set pretty wide open.

Thank you for a great site and I look forward to contributing more over time!

OK - Finished first fill - It is great but going through juice faster...that is ok because it is more enjoyable. I noticed others having problems refilling. I coated both O-Rings with juice before and am able to remove without the allen wrench; however, it is a little harder than with the nautilus. Happy so far. I want to give this a bit of time and then I will buy more of the Kabuki's, probably next month when I order the Radius.

Thanks for all the responses and suggested settings.

 

[madangus]

Definitely the O rings/glass. Coil stays in when I take the device apart.

The replacement tank went on smoother than the original that came with. I also put more liquid on the Orings before reassembling. It very well could be that I didn't use enough the very first time of use. This time I drowned the suckers. Wiped the excess off the metal parts only (that I would have to handle putting it back together).

Still playing with it

I can vape that puppy damned near dry.

I really like that aspect, yes pretty small tank but you can use all of it without worrying about gurgles or burps or spits or sweats

 

[madangus]

10.3 watts boost 4 on the 1.8 with the kabuki fairly open i think, the lug is halfway unscrewed... @Batbird

 

[LittleBird]

@Batbird, I'm at 12.8 watts, 1 Boost with a cinnamon danish juice. I have a lemon cream in another tank that's high VG and am at 14.2 watts, 1 Boost. I think it's just all want tastes good to you!

Great story! Welcome!

 

[jwbnyc]

I have been an off again/on again vaper since 2008. The last two years I have been smoking analogs because I just couldn't find a decent vape. I have an arsenal of vape gear going back to the dawn of vaping. I was a 6v silver bullet maptank vaper and that worked for me. They stopped making those ce2v4 in the stainless tubes and I limped along with cartos and vivi nova/kanger pro tanks. The boge cartos were okay but a hassle to deal with after a while. The protank/vivi nova/iclear30/etc tanks all sucked to me. I went back to analogs and was miserable.

When the subohm thing started, I thought why not, I tried a kbox and a couple of kanger tanks. They sucked really bad. I didn't understand the subohm thing at the time. I just thought less resistance meant I could lower my voltage. I am a mouth to lung vaper.

I was in the vape shop with a friend and on a whim I bought a nautilus tank. I came up and plugged in the bvc coil and popped it on an old provari. I couldn't believe it. It was actually a decent vape. Not the best, but good enough for me to try and quit analogs again. I hated the look of the tank so I started looking around. I have other HOH stuff (couple of zatty pros, zenesis, etc) so I looked up what was going on with HOH. I found the kabuki tank and it looked great.

I ordered a provari p3 and a kabuki.......

Hands down, this is the perfect vape that I have been searching for. I have spent years looking for the perfect blend of flavor, throat hit, vapor.... I am blown away. This tank is amazing.

I work multiple IT jobs and I sit most of the day. Around 16 hours. My vice is nicotine. I don't really drink, drug, coffee, or anything else. I have to have nicotine. Of course you can't smoke anywhere anymore. To have a cigarette, I would have to leave work and drive somewhere. Everyone in the office is a smoke nazi. It is difficult to stay focused and be productive when you are addicted to nicotine and can't take a smoke break. This setup has changed that. I can now stealth vape in my office and not have to drive across town for a smoke.

I just wanted to give zen a heart felt thank you. This has not only made my life more comfortable, but it has been about a week and a half off of analogs and I feel fantastic. Not many products can claim that kind of life enhancing impact. I will be ordering two more provari p3s and two more kabuki tanks Nov1.

Thanks Zen!

PS, are you going to make anymore kabuki z2 carto tank converters? I see they are out of stock at electronicstix....

Can't like this enough.

Hear, hear.

 

[kates]

I have been an off again/on again vaper since 2008. The last two years I have been smoking analogs because I just couldn't find a decent vape. I have an arsenal of vape gear going back to the dawn of vaping. I was a 6v silver bullet maptank vaper and that worked for me. They stopped making those ce2v4 in the stainless tubes and I limped along with cartos and vivi nova/kanger pro tanks. The boge cartos were okay but a hassle to deal with after a while. The protank/vivi nova/iclear30/etc tanks all sucked to me. I went back to analogs and was miserable.

When the subohm thing started, I thought why not, I tried a kbox and a couple of kanger tanks. They sucked really bad. I didn't understand the subohm thing at the time. I just thought less resistance meant I could lower my voltage. I am a mouth to lung vaper.

I was in the vape shop with a friend and on a whim I bought a nautilus tank. I came up and plugged in the bvc coil and popped it on an old provari. I couldn't believe it. It was actually a decent vape. Not the best, but good enough for me to try and quit analogs again. I hated the look of the tank so I started looking around. I have other HOH stuff (couple of zatty pros, zenesis, etc) so I looked up what was going on with HOH. I found the kabuki tank and it looked great.

I ordered a provari p3 and a kabuki.......

Hands down, this is the perfect vape that I have been searching for. I have spent years looking for the perfect blend of flavor, throat hit, vapor.... I am blown away. This tank is amazing.

I work multiple IT jobs and I sit most of the day. Around 16 hours. My vice is nicotine. I don't really drink, drug, coffee, or anything else. I have to have nicotine. Of course you can't smoke anywhere anymore. To have a cigarette, I would have to leave work and drive somewhere. Everyone in the office is a smoke nazi. It is difficult to stay focused and be productive when you are addicted to nicotine and can't take a smoke break. This setup has changed that. I can now stealth vape in my office and not have to drive across town for a smoke.

I just wanted to give zen a heart felt thank you. This has not only made my life more comfortable, but it has been about a week and a half off of analogs and I feel fantastic. Not many products can claim that kind of life enhancing impact. I will be ordering two more provari p3s and two more kabuki tanks Nov1.

Thanks Zen!

PS, are you going to make anymore kabuki z2 carto tank converters? I see they are out of stock at electronicstix....

Brilliant post - well done - it must be fantastic to be zen and read something like this because I know how good it makes me feel as just a fellow vaper.

 

[zapped]

Im using a Kabuki right now.

Life is good.

 

[AstroTurf]

Im using a Kabuki right now.

Life is good.

Wife must still be sleepin...

LOLz, Jim

 

[Cigfreed]

Seems like your issue is different - but my roommate's coils on his nautilus mini last him like 2-3 days MAX. I think it's a combination of two factors: his ADV and his inhaling. His ADV only lasted me about a week and my coil was nasty. Also, he takes very heavy drags, and I think straight to lung. It causes dry burns right away. I keep telling him it's not intended for that and slow/steady wins the race. He's too ignorant to listen, so I let him waste money on coils lol

Whenever I get a new flavor he wants to hit my tank - I cringe and get worried everytime. I casually make excuses so he doesn't try my flavors. I'm convinced he inhales like he's trying to suck a baseball out of a hose.

Nah,coils used to last me a week,now 2 days and they stink...i started out with a nautilus mini,all the coils that don't fit the Kabuki still fit the nautilus mini i have..
I just rebuilt my kayfun and it's not quite the same flavour,maybe 80%,but a heck of a lot less aggravation.

 

[jwbnyc]

Well, on Zen's~ advice earlier in the thread I flipped my 510 Kabuki glass around. It went from being really stiff to just being firm getting it back together. So, perhaps it was just a variation in the glass.

 

[Zen~]

Brilliant post - well done - it must be fantastic to be zen and read something like this because I know how good it makes me feel as just a fellow vaper.

Posts like that are the whole reason I do this. And in the past year or so I've read more posts about flavor and vapor production than gratitude.

People get angry at me when I say that vaping never should have become a competitive sport, but I feel the only competitions in vaping should be who can live the longest because they quit smoking.