Anybody Using A Kabuki?

[{Sean}]

Many thanks Enaud. I will check out a 510 replacement base, wish H of H sold them

I think I have one duff P3 to 510 adapter which I might be able to fix and one that works fine with the titanium kabuki but not the othe 2 Kabuki's. This makes no sense to me which is why I think the fault is with the base of the ss and gun metal Kabuki's as they should work on the adapter that is ok.

Anyone else had this issue?

Cheers. Sean

Update on adapters

Good news - Ok after a bit of DIY and pulling the pin on the duff adapter I have fixed it. So 2 functioning P3 to 510 adapters.

Bad news - still the only Kabuki that will work (now with both adapters) is the titanium, the other 2 Kabuki's will not function with the adapters.

I'm coming to the conclusion that they are slightly longer on the bottom thread. Also noticed that there is a very small gap (paper width) between the base of the Kabuki's and the adapter, this is also visable on the Provari P3 mods but not there with the Titanium.

Not sure how to fix this apart from sanding / filing down the bottom base.

I've not been on the forum for a number of months so not sure if Zen still pops by but might try to contact him or H of H for advice. Cheers.

 

[darkangel07760]

FINALLY got my .... in gear and ordered polycarbonate plastic tanks for my Kabuki!
Now if I could solve the issue of the threading getting stuck; I use Nauti coils and I purposely do not over tighten when I screw it back together after a juice refill. Darn thing would not unscrew for me yesterday so I grabbed my mini Nautilus tank and have been using that... Would the mini Triton coils be less of a hassle?

 

[newyork13]

I haven't noticed any threading diffs between the Nautilus and mini Triton coils.
On another topic. Curiously, I never had more than a bit of condensation at the pin when using the Nauti coils. But, with the mini Tritons, I get alot more juice at the pin on the mod when I pull the Kabuki for refilling. It's happened with more than one coil, so it's not just one odd coil.
Am I alone experiencing this?

 

[ENAUD]

I haven't noticed any threading diffs between the Nautilus and mini Triton coils.
On another topic. Curiously, I never had more than a bit of condensation at the pin when using the Nauti coils. But, with the mini Tritons, I get alot more juice at the pin on the mod when I pull the Kabuki for refilling. It's happened with more than one coil, so it's not just one odd coil.
Am I alone experiencing this?

I no
ticed the same, maybe it's because them triton mini coils put out so much more vapor....

 

[coldgin96]

I haven't noticed any threading diffs between the Nautilus and mini Triton coils.
On another topic. Curiously, I never had more than a bit of condensation at the pin when using the Nauti coils. But, with the mini Tritons, I get alot more juice at the pin on the mod when I pull the Kabuki for refilling. It's happened with more than one coil, so it's not just one odd coil.
Am I alone experiencing this?

I no
ticed the same, maybe it's because them triton mini coils put out so much more vapor....

Good to know. I've been thinking about picking up a couple of boxes just for Jackie and I to try. On one hand, I'm curious, on the other, I've read more negative reports than positive.

 

[{Sean}]

I haven't noticed any threading diffs between the Nautilus and mini Triton coils.
On another topic. Curiously, I never had more than a bit of condensation at the pin when using the Nauti coils. But, with the mini Tritons, I get alot more juice at the pin on the mod when I pull the Kabuki for refilling. It's happened with more than one coil, so it's not just one odd coil.
Am I alone experiencing this?

Same more juice on pin with mini coils and same with all my Kabuki's.

 

[coldgin96]

Same more juice on pin with mini coils and same with all my Kabuki's.

See, I don't get any juice on the pin with actual Aspire Nautilus coils. Jackie does. Weird. I also get juice on the pin with HH rebuilds. Never a lot. I only check it when I change/refill tanks and it's always only enough for the corner of a tissue to absorb. Same with Jackie.

 

[{Sean}]

See, I don't get any juice on the pin with actual Aspire Nautilus coils. Jackie does. Weird. I also get juice on the pin with HH rebuilds. Never a lot. I only check it when I change/refill tanks and it's always only enough for the corner of a tissue to absorb. Same with Jackie.

I get liquid from both but seems a little more with the mini coils, it also seems dependant on the liquid I use, sometimes more or less. Never had a problem with the juice getting outside of the kabuki, just in the well and as you say a tissue cleans it up. Hope this helps. Cheers.

 

[tearose50]

This was posted by Zen -- part of post 346 -- and might be useful to be repeated now:

"NOW, the condensation in the P3 connection area is actually on purpose... all tank attys have condensation, and most handle the issue by having a condensate tank in the airflow chamber... this generally leads to a build-up of condensation in the air chamber that eventually leads to gurgling. Personally, I hate gurgling... and once I realized that area in the P3 connector was sealed and liquid-tight, it occurred to me to let the condensation land there, out of the airflow where it will never gurgle... added bonus is that is is easily cleaned out, unlike the nautilus and others. This has made the P3 Kabuki become my favorite all-day vape!"

 

[jwbnyc]

Yes, but there is some actual juice coming down past the oring seal at the coil.

It depends on the coil and which generation Kabuki.

The first generation ProVape p3 Kabuki did not generally have this problem, but it required tightening the coil down alot to get contact with the pin.

People complained.

@Zen~ made changes so the coil sat deeper.

Gaps appeared.

People complained.

Leaking became an issue because people screw the Kabuki down to get rid of the gap. This presses upward on the coil pin, breaking the seal.

This can happen, to a greater or lesser extent, depending on the individual coils specs.

If the pin is sitting longer than average, then you will see more leakage.

Try not screwing the coil down as far, but you have to check it, when you re-fill, and snug it up if needed.

The original ProVape run is the least likely to do this. You may have to tighten the coil to get contact though.

I haven't had a problem with them, beyond the initial learning curve.

I do have to fiddle with the coils on the later runs, including the Ti 'buk, and sometimes you just get a coil with a really long pin. When this happens, I just swap it into a first run ProVape tank.

HTH

 

[newyork13]

I no
ticed the same, maybe it's because them triton mini coils put out so much more vapor....

Yes, I suspect that's it.
It's not leaking, just more condensation.
And I know (from other gear, LOL) what leaking is, and this ain't it!

 

[newyork13]

Good to know. I've been thinking about picking up a couple of boxes just for Jackie and I to try. On one hand, I'm curious, on the other, I've read more negative reports than positive.

I wouldn't let my comments stop you. As I just posted, in agreement with E, I think it's just more vapor so more condensation. It wasn't a real problem, just looking for other folks' experience.
I bought more mini Triton coils from MFS because they were priced so well. For me, they work as well as the Nauti coils and put out more vapor (if you care) and have just as good flavor (and sometimes better, depending on the juice.)

 

[coldgin96]

I wouldn't let my comments stop you. As I just posted, in agreement with E, I think it's just more vapor so more condensation. It wasn't a real problem, just looking for other folks' experience.
I bought more mini Triton coils from MFS because they were priced so well. For me, they work as well as the Nauti coils and put out more vapor (if you care) and have just as good flavor (and sometimes better, depending on the juice.)

Yeah, I really should just get a pack for me and one for Jackie (at that price) to check out for ourselves.

 

[coldgin96]

Yeah, I really should just get a pack for me and one for Jackie (at that price) to check out for ourselves.

Well, I pulled the trigger on two packs for us to try. With reward points and shipping - $12.10 out the door. Why not?

 

[Welsh Exile]

Well I will have to say I have been Kabuki'd (converted)

Been using the original one I bought over a week or so now, was that impressed I have gone and purchased the gun metal grey one now which I love the look of. (took advantage of the 15% off sale at creme de vape whilst it was on, so did save quite a bit)

The alternative HOH drip tip IMO is better, I think its called the Kochi or something similar.

I'm currently trying the triton mini coils as I prefer the higher watts (all those years of smoking has killed my tastebuds off I reckon) and will decide over time whether I prefer the Clapton to the Kanthal.

Really like the look of both tanks on the istick 40

Build quality - yes
Flavour - yes
Vapour - yes
Capacity - no (but still a little more than tpd)
Price - if it's in your budget and you can put up with just 3ml capacity then yes, if it's not in your budget then there are a few that come close (just not quite close enough)

 

[Welsh Exile]

 

[newyork13]

Well, I pulled the trigger on two packs for us to try. With reward points and shipping - $12.10 out the door. Why not?

Let us know what you think.

 

[newyork13]

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Do you recall if it's the Kochi fat or thin or neither.
I've been thinking about an alternative drip tip, but the HOH site doesn't give alot of dimensional data.
It looks far nicer than the stock tip.
Does it vape differently too?

 

[Welsh Exile]

Do you recall if it's the Kochi fat or thin or neither.
I've been thinking about an alternative drip tip, but the HOH site doesn't give alot of dimensional data.
It
Does it vape differentl

On the site I purchase from here in the U.K. It doesn't say if it's fat or thin.

As for dimensions, as you can see from the pic above it's longer, the diameter is possibly a tiny bit smaller than the very end of the stock, however the bore is a lot smaller, if you look at the inside of the stock then the bore does get narrower, the Kochi bore is still narrower than that but all the way through, I hope that makes sense.

IMO it does vape better, and I think I get a tad more vapour with it, not sure if that's just in my head though because I know it's more of a satisfying draw for me ?

Lastly and this is what probably makes the difference, I think it's a far better build quality than the stock drip tip, the 510 part that fits into the tank is metal and has two o rings, it just seems to complement the build quality of the Kabuki, again just my opinion. (My second for my second tank is on order I prefer that much)

It is expensive I will admit, but you don't put budget tyres on a Ferrari do you.

 

[jwbnyc]

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