Anybody Using A Kabuki?

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JUMA55

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I figure I've got 4-8 years worth of disposable convenience coils on hand, depending on usage. In 8 years I may not even be interested in vaping anymore. Post deeming I made an effort to use
re-buildable atomizers more and more, so them coils will be stretched even further. Maybe someday I'll be looking at a huge pile of coils without any way to sell them off asking myself what in the aich-eeee-double hockey sticks did I hoard all these things for :lol:

I've gotten into vaping a lot of unflavored juice. I've got two Ti Kabukis on Ti P3s that are my take to work mods. Some days I go through an entire tank, sometimes I don't and sometimes both tanks. With unflavored I think they might last months. I'm at about two months, and I do notice any difference from another Kabuki at home that's only been running unflavored for a week or so.
 

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my threads on the BVC coils are pooping out before the coil does :(
Seems they are just fine one day and then shot the next...they become spin city
Is it just one Kabuki this is happening in? I had a particular Kabuki base that was weird. Like only a couple of coils would spin in it but not the other 8 Kabuki's and it wasn't every coil either. Try explaining that one to someone on the phone at HOH. The person, who will remain nameless, tried convincing me it was the coils. Well, I did and said what I had to, to convince them to send me another base. I had to send that one in first on my dime to get them to send me another one. I haven't had a problem since.

That is just one reason I will not be a early adopter of this new Zen Mod until after six months on the market. Some of you will remember the other couple of reasons because you went through the same headaches I did.

To be fair, every early adoption on any product is a risk that I'm not willing to take anymore. Trying to convince someone at CS that there's problem before it becomes a widely known issue isn't worth it to me anymore. Even when it is a widely known issue and I don't have to convince someone I'm not some kind of flop, the exchange process is just to painful anymore. It's happened to many times.

God bless the early adopters who make it easier for the rest of us!
 

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I don't want to be here in 40 years. I'm not even sure another 20!
I'm not 50 yet and most of my relatives (except my maternal Grandfather) lived to be in their 90's. I'm a ticking time bomb and don't expect to live that long but who knows? The Good Lord willing and the creek don't rise...
 

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Mike had said to send it back when I told him about the spinning thing then I tried another coil and it screwed in.
So did the next 2, but then they started the spinning bit after a couple of fills - and I had forgotten by then that he said to send it back.
So yea, I sent Mike a message today for an address to ship it to.

I hate to be without it - it's my only 510 connection for my ProVaries !
 

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I gotta bunch too. I suppose I need to figure out a way to rotate them. The only problem is I have a few stash here and few stashed there. I'll have to work on a better way.

No, e tu, Jumus? :facepalm:



I figure I've got 4-8 years worth of disposable convenience coils on hand, depending on usage. In 8 years I may not even be interested in vaping anymore. Post deeming I made an effort to use
re-buildable atomizers more and more, so them coils will be stretched even further. Maybe someday I'll be looking at a huge pile of coils without any way to sell them off asking myself what in the aich-eeee-double hockey sticks did I hoard all these things for :lol:

Much like our karto stash (and thank you so very much for THOSE pics, @schismz!).

(you only have 200, DPL???? Slackah)


Sometimes I wish I could get the sheet stuff OUT of my head. Thank you, though - understood and appreciated.

I know (PT2). You sold her on the idea, and I'm liking it too. She and I are both looking forward to finding out. It will resurrect my beloved Cerotanks if it works as well as we expect, based on your recommendation.

Say, got any good spare glass? ;):lol:

That was pretty funny :laugh:


Shutuppa ya face, boff of you. :blush: :blush: :blush:



I don't want to be here in 40 years. I'm not even sure another 20!

Hear, HEAR...!!! :toast:

:facepalm:

Now you made the kat sad. :cry:
 

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oops...to clarify...my only 510 Kabuki !
Well if it's any consolation, Mike is pretty darn quick turning things around, when I sent my Kabuki in wayyyy back when,he fixed it and got it back in the mail to me on the same day! :thumbs:
 

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A thought just occurred to me that I had forgotten about. A while ago I purchased a few of the Nautilus Cisco Spec HH coils. The coils have the smaller wicking hole and cost $10 each however they are reusable and I have read they can last up to a year or more with proper care.

Aspire Nautilus Cisco Spec HH Replacement Coils/
want to say THANK YOU for posting your 'thought', i had to switch to a disposable coil setup due to my eyes and chose the kabuki after researching what would be best for my vaping ways. Unfortunately, my tastebuds kept tasting an odd background flavor over whatever juice i used when using bvc coils & the triton (not as bad with the triton). my tastebuds can taste the cotton i guess and i was close to saying screw it, i will just quit vaping....than i saw your post! bought 2 cisco's and am soooo enjoying vaping with my kabuki's now. the day i got my first cisco order was the first time i could actually taste the actual flavors of my ejuices again since i got the kabuki's, so much so that i reordered 5 more coils on same day!

the ciscos are not perfect though, some dry hits here and there since i vape max vg and they easily flood when you force it to wick but, they are so worth the occassional hassles to me.

oh one of them did have a hotspot which i gather was because bottom pin thing was loose and it ended up falling out when i removed coil from kabuki base. that stunk but, it actually turned out to be a good thing for it showed me how so easy these things are to rewick, so much so that even my going blind eyes did so in less than 3mins! thankfully, thanks to your thoughts i now also don't need to stock up on any coils for the uncertain vaping future :)
 

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For you guys suffering a burnt taste with nautilus coils:

Try unscrewing the top of the tank a few turns until you see an air bubble rise through your liquid - this releases the low pressure build up in the tank, which causes the coil to start to go drier - resulting in loss of flavour and leading to a dry hit

The nautilus coils all do this, some juices will taste it sooner than others, especially the cleaner citrus ones.

It is caused by excess packing of cotton to stop the coils from flooding. The cotton is there to wick the juice to the coil, but ALSO to act as slow leak valve, so the tank pressure can be re-established once the juice starts to get used up

All (or certainly most) tanks work on a pressure difference - when you vape you draw air through teh airflow holes up under the coil to your mouth. This faster moving air creates low pressure under the coil, so the higher tank pressure flows juice to the wick and coil - When you stop vaping the atmospheric pressure returns under the coil and the wick should allow a bubble or 2 to escape back INTO the tank - ready for the next vape

As the cotton gets carbonised this seal gets blocked, so low pressure (vacuum) remains inside the tank - and eventually stops the flow of juice to the coil.

Either just open the the tank to release the vacuum

OR

Do a couple of very strong dry pulls - cover the airflow and flutter your finger while sucking hard on your drip-tip - all without firing the mod.

This dry pull or primmer puff, gets very strong low pressure under the coil, so when stopping the difference is established and the tank auto releases the vacuum.

Most of you are probably throwing away perfectly good coils

I like the 1.8ohm Claptons and the Ni200 temp coils. I run the Claptons around 18-20 watts
OK. I've been struggling with this concept for days now. Help.
How is what is described here different than opening the tank and adding juice? The vacuum will be released either way, no?

BTW, I have been enjoying the sucking and fluttering method. That works.
 
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