Anyone here used fasttech.

[Pictor]

How do you like those 2, I quite like both of those (even if Ian's not too keen on the Caramel one)

Don't know yet Bob - they only arrived recently. I'll be trying them within the next few days though

Hmm, the only two i think i would try trish is the last two. The cappacinno, and the tiramisu. let us know what they are like and i will get a couple of samples

Highbrow do three coffee ones, so if they seem good I'll try the third one when I order again.
I have hopes for the cheesecake too - tried two before and they tasted like sour cheese! A taste of this was more like a creamy cheesecake!
I'm keeping an open mind with the coffee ones - if one tastes good then I don't care what the description says

Oh and i have just packed up your mod stand. I have made the package nice and sturdy so you should get it in one piece

Nice! Thanks

A month ago I asked one of my galleries if I could get four of the ones they've had a while collected by my art carrier and sent up to a gallery in Edinburgh - they wanted to show them at their winter exhibition opening Nov 8th.
He said he'd prefer to keep them until he'd shown them at Edinburgh Art Fair ending Nov16th, and they could actually collect them from him at the art fair. I agreed, not wishing to cause problems, but when the Edinburgh gallery went to collect them, he only gave her two ...two were being sent on a carrier!
They only arrived two days ago, and the gallery sent me photos of the biggest frame yesterday: Chipped top corners and a chip in the middle top. So I phoned the Edinburgh gallery today to ask about how they'd been packed: very well in sturdy undamaged cardboard boxes!
So that tells me that the damage was there when it was packed!!

So here we are a month down the line and still no paintings shown in this new gallery! Reckon I've missed any potential pre-Christmas sales.

 

[Bobw1951]

Terry, further to my last message the main thing about the temperature control is that as long as the temp is set to lower than the burning point of the wicking material so with cotton below 480°F then you can vape right down to dry without ever burning the cotton as the wattage will just keep reducing automatically, once I have vaped through the 4.5ml of juice I have in the tank I will take another piccy and hopefully the cotton should still look like new. (might take a few days the way I vape).

 

[Bobw1951]

A month ago I asked one of my galleries if I could get four of the ones they've had a while collected by my art carrier and sent up to a gallery in Edinburgh - they wanted to show them at their winter exhibition opening Nov 8th.
He said he'd prefer to keep them until he'd shown them at Edinburgh Art Fair ending Nov16th, and they could actually collect them from him at the art fair. I agreed, not wishing to cause problems, but when the Edinburgh gallery went to collect them, he only gave her two ...two were being sent on a carrier!
They only arrived two days ago, and the gallery sent me photos of the biggest frame yesterday: Chipped top corners and a chip in the middle top. So I phoned the Edinburgh gallery today to ask about how they'd been packed: very well in sturdy undamaged cardboard boxes!
So that tells me that the damage was there when it was packed!!

So here we are a month down the line and still no paintings shown in this new gallery! Reckon I've missed any potential pre-Christmas sales.

Oh dear, does that mean having to get/make new frames for them before they can be shown, some places don't really know how to look after things or how to pack them securely, that annoys me sometimes about the stuff that comes from FT, poor packaging so that the silly cardboard boxes are all squashed and totally unusable with things falling out sometimes.

 

[vince01]

I did get one of the small ones but found it fiddly and also that they taste different to when in a tank. I'm happy enough putting a ml or so in a tank to try. I only tend to try one or two at a time anyway.
I tend to use them in a tank that has had a similar flavour in it: a couple of draws and the old flavour is gone. Seeing these are coffee ones, I'll use the same tank until I've tried them all, then any that seem good I'll put a fresh coil in and re-try them.

I hear what you say about being fiddly, if my wire ever gets here I'm

going to try a build that doesn't require the wick to pass through the

coil, I think it's called a cotton cloud, I'm thinking that if I can get that

to work on a similar wattage to what I vape at, then there shouldn't be

a lot of difference taste wise

 

[trouble1000]

'@ Terry & and Ian could I ask what you think of your ipv

and whether they are the revised model ? TIA

I got mine from Midlands Vaping mate. As Terry said, it's a cracking piece of kit. I've not used the USB too. Got plenty of high drain batteries, so I'd rather take them out and charge them myself. I've tried a few different toppers and they all sit flush. Currently got a Rose V2 on it, 1.2 ohm coil, rayon wick at 15 Watts or above, bloody lovely vape. The only thing to watch out for are the tiny screws that hold on the battery cover, they'll be very easy to cross thread, so just be careful and don't overtighten them.

Trying a new one tonight.
Folks do yourselves a favour and buy a bottle of....The Mad Alchemist-Peaches and scream.
Nice.
http://www.themadalchemist.com/

Sounds good George. I see they only do wholesale on the site though. Where did you buy it from mate ??

I'm not pressing like on this one as I think it is not bad at all

It was ok Bob, just not for me. Tasted a bit too tobacco like for me, I've found that with a lot of coffee vapes though. If I'd have known you liked it, I wouldn't have binned it, could have sent it you, but you didn't like my post, so it stays in the bin

Where's your Orchid ??

In with the iStick mate. It's now on the plane though according to Sing Post

I have been having a bit of bother with my kayfun mini as well. I have the coffee and cream in it, and the wicking has been awful. A few draws on it, then getting dry hits ( not nice )

I am hoping i have now solved it by putting less rayon in, and the wick ends barely touching the top of the juice channels. I think it was just too much rayon, and with the coffee/cream being a thick liquid it was just blocking the channels ! We will see.

Thin the tails mate on the rayon. The guy that started it off, JeremyR, said something about the rayon is like a gutter, if it's the same thickness all the way along, it will wick well, but also there will be just as much run-off. The heart of the wick (where the coil is) needs to be the thickest point. I'll see if I can find the post he did mate.

 

[trouble1000]

Here you go Terry, straight from the horses mouth -



Thanks for the feed back. Exactly what I recommend. Here is my philosophy-

The whole wick is like a life form. The biggest/ thickest piece being the heart of the wick which juice flows to. You want that heart in the coil. So thinning the tails helps achieve this. If your build doesn't automatically make the the coil the heart.

Second the rayon does not absorb juice into the fiber like cotton. The juice clings to the outside of the fiber and flows in the microscopic fiber channels. This is where it flows. Depending on the set up a thick tail can pull the juice back from inside the coil. In an ebb and flow.. Coil heat draws juice in, heat off - the thick tails pull juice back out. As you mentioned this will show in the tails fairly quickly. And is an indicator the your having back flow after vapes. *Not the best scenario if you want a centurion wick.(100ml)

If you make the densest piece of rayon in the coil, the rayon will direct its flow towards the heart. If your wicks are straight to the coil the natural flow of a gutter will let the juice ride in without much problem. But Back flow can still be a problem though because this may increase gunking by double firing the juice that's already caramelized. Juice going back and forth through the pipe.

A long lasting wick and coil is efficient. It vaporizes all the juice in the coil and is constantly fed by fresh juice. Vaporized juice is gone & after a vape your left with fresh juice in the coil. No gunk!

 

[Bobw1951]

I hear what you say about being fiddly, if my wire ever gets here I'm

going to try a build that doesn't require the wick to pass through the

coil, I think it's called a cotton cloud, I'm thinking that if I can get that

to work on a similar wattage to what I vape at, then there shouldn't be

a lot of difference taste wise

Are you talking about a vertical coil with the cotton wrapped around the outside or a normal coil, where you put a tiny thin bit through to anchor the wick and the rest under the coil.

 

[Bobw1951]

It was ok Bob, just not for me. Tasted a bit too tobacco like for me, I've found that with a lot of coffee vapes though. If I'd have known you liked it, I wouldn't have binned it, could have sent it you, but you didn't like my post, so it stays in the bin

Hahaha, I've got enough to last me a while....

In with the iStick mate. It's now on the plane though according to Sing Post

Ah! so the race is still on, mine supposedly left Singapore on the 27th but hasn't landed yet.

 

[vince01]

Are you talking about a vertical coil with the cotton wrapped around the outside or a normal coil, where you put a tiny thin bit through to anchor the wick and the rest under the coil.

Just the bit under the coil, it will only ever get 5/6 drops on it, just for tasting

 

[trouble1000]

Hahaha, I've got enough to last me a while....

Glad to see you liked that post Same here mate, don't know why I keep on ordering more

Ah! so the race is still on, mine supposedly left Singapore on the 27th but hasn't landed yet.

I think you might win still Bob. Mine only left yesterday, you've got a 2 day head start.

 

[Brynglas]

Sounds good George. I see they only do wholesale on the site though. Where did you buy it from mate ??

Check out Skyline Vapor in Texas.
MEGA sale on mad alchemist.
I got 10 assorted 30ml bottles shipped to the UK for £64.Yep,300ml shipped.
Only stockist in the UK is selling for £9.50 for 15 ml bottles.I reckon on those figure you save about £125.
Don't know what's left, i did this approx 6 weeks ago, but the offer is still on the website.


P.S my package got 'thru,usually i think you will have to pay 20% Vat.My invoice was marked as a value of $50.You know
what i'm saying

 

[trouble1000]

Check out Skyline Vapor in Texas.
MEGA sale on mad alchemist.
I got 10 assorted 30ml bottles shipped to the UK for £64.Yep,300ml shipped.
Only stockist in the UK is selling for £9.50 for 15 ml bottles.I reckon on those figure you save about £125.
Don't know what's left, i did this approx 6 weeks ago, but the offer is still on the website.


P.S my package got 'thru,usually i think you will have to pay 20% Vat.My invoice was marked as a value of $50.You know
what i'm saying

Looks like you got a real bargain there mate.

They do have most of the juices still in stock, but not all nic levels. Even so, it's a cracking deal at that price, especially when they massage the package value

 

[trouble1000]

Had a fairly relaxing day today. Just filled a couple of tanks, took one of the magnets out of my Private V2 and gave the switch a good clean - it was starting to get a bit crunchy, all sorted now. Plus, I did a complete strip down and rebuild on my daily Vmod. Changed out both O-rings, put in a new bottle and feeder cap.

Think, I'll have a TV marathon now

 

[Pictor]

How do you like those 2, I quite like both of those (even if Ian's not too keen on the Caramel one)

I just realised that those two are in my order from Cloud House which hasn't arrived yet! I'll let you know what I think of them though when they do
It's the last 4 that I have now.

Oh dear, does that mean having to get/make new frames for them before they can be shown, some places don't really know how to look after things or how to pack them securely, that annoys me sometimes about the stuff that comes from FT, poor packaging so that the silly cardboard boxes are all squashed and totally unusable with things falling out sometimes.

That large one will have to have something done - they'll see what they can do tomorrow. We've taped off the gold slip and re-sprayed one before with satin black - just have to see what their framer thinks. Mine can do a new one but it'll cost me plus carriage up there!
The packaging was done by a specialist company used by the gallery that sent it: Mailboxes, and the gallery in Edinburgh tells me the box was totally undamaged, so it must have been chipped when Mailboxes packed it, and it will have been bubble wrapped when they got it I reckon.
It's a 32x20" so not a cheap to replace frame.
I'm really annoyed because this is the first time this gallery has had my work - fine start! I haven't had representation in Scotland since the Oban gallery owner retired a few years ago. Now I've missed a month of potential sales! They already had the winter exhibition opening.

I hear what you say about being fiddly, if my wire ever gets here I'm going to try a build that doesn't require the wick to pass through the coil, I think it's called a cotton cloud, I'm thinking that if I can get that to work on a similar wattage to what I vape at, then there shouldn't be a lot of difference taste wise

Mine was one of those atomiser dripping things ...not for me. I prefer to try it in a tank where I'll be using it if it's any good

 

[terry w]

As for the Mini KF - with rayon less needed than with cotton and I have found the best way for any KF is to feed the wicks up through the chimney bottom then once you have it screwed down cut them so they are just a bit more than the top of the chimney then poke them down on to the deck, making sure it doesn't obstruct the channels before putting the top half of the chimney on, I have CV Mint Choc Vapetto 50/50 in mine which is also a thickish liquid

That is exactly how i used to wick mine bob, up the chimney first, it was fairly recently that i started trimming them at the base, then stick them to the side of the positive block, just above the channels. Ian this is for you as well mate cos i read your post earlier. Anyhoo, i think i will go back to the old way as bob suggests. I`ve also got to say that it is only the mini what behaves like this, all my other tanks wick just fine.

 

[terry w]

Terry, further to my last message the main thing about the temperature control is that as long as the temp is set to lower than the burning point of the wicking material so with cotton below 480°F then you can vape right down to dry without ever burning the cotton as the wattage will just keep reducing automatically, once I have vaped through the 4.5ml of juice I have in the tank I will take another piccy and hopefully the cotton should still look like new. (might take a few days the way I vape).

Certainly is an advanced mod bob Can it cook you meals as well mate ?

 

[dw117]

Terry, further to my last message the main thing about the temperature control is that as long as the temp is set to lower than the burning point of the wicking material so with cotton below 480°F then you can vape right down to dry without ever burning the cotton as the wattage will just keep reducing automatically, once I have vaped through the 4.5ml of juice I have in the tank I will take another piccy and hopefully the cotton should still look like new. (might take a few days the way I vape).

I've made a few more Ni200 builds on other RDAs and they work pretty well overall once I've gotten them all good.

I've had a few issues with hotspots burning juice and making it taste funny as it's more difficult to squeeze the coils when the wire is that thin, but when I've got it set up well it's good. Got my veritas, quasar and magma all nickelled up and working well.

Think I'll leave my kayfun as a kanthal build as I have a nice twisted 30ga coil in there at the moment and I usually carry my nemesis around with that but when my eleaf lemo arrives I'll probably try that with Ni200.

 

[Bobw1951]

I've made a few more Ni200 builds on other RDAs and they work pretty well overall once I've gotten them all good.

I've had a few issues with hotspots burning juice and making it taste funny as it's more difficult to squeeze the coils when the wire is that thin, but when I've got it set up well it's good. Got my veritas, quasar and magma all nickelled up and working well.

Think I'll leave my kayfun as a kanthal build as I have a nice twisted 30ga coil in there at the moment and I usually carry my nemesis around with that but when my eleaf lemo arrives I'll probably try that with Ni200.

Not had any problems with hot spots apart from the thin wire popping right in the middle of the coil, I use ceramic tweezers so I can squeeze them together as I fire it (temp off) but have found that mine seem to squeeze up fairly tight anyway, I use an "easy coil" to make them and as long as they are pulled tight and pushed together before removing them, they tend to stay fairly squeezed up, so it doesn't take much effort to keep them tight on the atty.

Will have to have another go later on with the 0.25mm to see if I can get one made up without popping it (one of the reasons I don't go thinner than 28g with kanthal wire was I kept having problems with the thinner stuff)

 

[dw117]

Not had any problems with hot spots apart from the thin wire popping right in the middle of the coil, I use ceramic tweezers so I can squeeze them together as I fire it (temp off) but have found that mine seem to squeeze up fairly tight anyway, I use an "easy coil" to make them and as long as they are pulled tight and pushed together before removing them, they tend to stay fairly squeezed up, so it doesn't take much effort to keep them tight on the atty.

Will have to have another go later on with the 0.25mm to see if I can get one made up without popping it (one of the reasons I don't go thinner than 28g with kanthal wire was I kept having problems with the thinner stuff)

the 0.45mm wire build I did at 0.09 ohms would fire if I reduced the power from 40 watts, didn't experiment to see at what power it started to work but at 30W it did. But at that power it took ages to heat up enough so I ditched it. It was vapeable but the first one or two pulls wouldn't be upto temp and then only really worked if you chain vaped after that haha.

The first veritas build I got to work has been the best so far. I also managed to scratch some of the black stuff off the mod around the 510 connection by screwing down atomisers that have slightly jagged bases like the mephisto oh well you can't see it with an atomiser screwed on haha

 

[terry w]

Okay so i am looking at getting some 28 gauge wire for my orchids, which awg is best to get guys ?