Anyone tried the Gamucci

[Jan]

I am in the uk and it seems after researching a lot of the recommendations on this forum like njoy, sedansa Ruyan that they are not available for sale in England. I came across this E Cigarette called Gamucci which looks quite good, Anybody tested it yet? http://www.prezzybox.com/products/index.aspx?pid=4590

 

[Stephy]

Hi, I'm newbie on here and don't e-smoke yet but I really want too! I hate the smell, cost and health implications of smoking, but I love nicotine!

I, like Jan, also wondered if anyone had tried the Gamucci. I'm really tempted to buy it. I decided to find some reviews for it before I take the plunge. I can't find any that really help, but I came across this site. I didn't realise how many different brands there are (I've only just discovered e-cigarettes exist, how sad am I!). Having read a great number of posts on this site it seems most people prefer njoy but it's quite a bit more expensive than Gamucci, which seems to be the only brand readily available in the uk (apart from on ebay but where to start there!). I don't want to spend a fortune on something in case I don't like it but on the other hand I don't want to buy rubbish and be put off. I'm now sooo confused! If anyone can tell me if gamucci is any good I would really appreciate it as it seems to be the easiest option in terms of availability.

Steph X

P.S Great site by the way, I think I may be visiting often!

 

[leaford]

With the discount they offer board members, the Njoy is only 80 GBP, versus Gamucci's 60. I'd say 20 quid extra for known quality and customer service, is well worth it.

 

[Jan]

Hi Steph, I decided to get a gamucci from Ebay and it arrived today, So far I am really impressed with It, I only Paid £42.00 including delivery from ebay, I got the starter kit which Contains:
• Gamucci Classic E-cigarette
• E-cigarette instruction manual + smoking law (this is also used to prove it is 100% legal to smoke indoors)
• 2 Rechargeable batteries
• 5 High strength cartridges (16mg nicotine)
• Mains Charger with UK plug adapter
• Gamucci carry bag
I'll post again in a couple of days and keep you updated

 

[katink]

For who wants to see an allready long and daily growing list of e-cig sellers all over the world: you could take a look at this list:
http://e-roken.forumotion.com/verkopers-overzicht-f112/
(if you first go to http://www.google.com/translate_t and put above link into the website-section there, with the language choice dutch in left box and english in right box, you will have this list translated, for as far as that would be neccessary)

 

[Stephy]

Hi Jan, thanks for that, I'd be really interested to know what you think. I've found them on ebay for the price you paid so I might well take the plunge! I managed to find a review of gamucci, this guy has been using it for a couple of weeks, he's written a bit of a diary. Don't know if it will help anyone. http://gamucci.wordpress.com/2008/05/14 ... igarettes/

Hi Katink, I checked out your link, I hadn't heard of alot of these companies. E-cigarettes are more available in this country than I thought. Some of the sites look a bit dodgy tho!

 

[Michelle]

I managed to find a review of gamucci, this guy has been using it for a couple of weeks, he's written a bit of a diary. Don't know if it will help anyone. http://gamucci.wordpress.com/2008/05/14 ... igarettes/

Personally, I don't think that this is a review from an actual customer...
It looks more like an ad, with all those tags, the huge link to Gamucci shop in every post and all...

 

[NerdyCinderella]

For who wants to see an allready long and daily growing list of e-cig sellers all over the world: you could take a look at this list:
http://e-roken.forumotion.com/verkopers-overzicht-f112/
(if you first go to http://www.google.com/translate_t and put above link into the website-section there, with the language choice dutch in left box and english in right box, you will have this list translated, for as far as that would be neccessary)

Thanks katink. And you taught me a new net tool at the same time!

 

[Stephy]

I managed to find a review of gamucci, this guy has been using it for a couple of weeks, he's written a bit of a diary. Don't know if it will help anyone. http://gamucci.wordpress.com/2008/05/14 ... igarettes/

Personally, I don't think that this is a review from an actual customer...
It looks more like an ad, with all those tags, the huge link to Gamucci shop in every post and all...

Hi Michelle you may be right. I decided not to buy a Gamucci because I just couldn't find enough info on it, even on here. I also couldn't find anyone that sold spare parts for it and nothing much about warranty or customer services, not even on their own website. I'd still be interested in what Jan has to say about it though, it could turn out to be the best of the lot! You never know.

 

[Michelle]

I managed to find a review of gamucci, this guy has been using it for a couple of weeks, he's written a bit of a diary. Don't know if it will help anyone. http://gamucci.wordpress.com/2008/05/14 ... igarettes/

Personally, I don't think that this is a review from an actual customer...
It looks more like an ad, with all those tags, the huge link to Gamucci shop in every post and all...

Hi Michelle you may be right. I decided not to buy a Gamucci because I just couldn't find enough info on it, even on here. I also couldn't find anyone that sold spare parts for it and nothing much about warranty or customer services, not even on their own website. I'd still be interested in what Jan has to say about it though, it could turn out to be the best of the lot! You never know.

I own a Gamucci, its my first e-cig and from what I read here, it definately isn't "the best in the lot".
It has lots of battery issues (not only mine, I also hear the same thing from other gamucci users).
The good thing is that the taste is awsome (although I haven't tasted other e-cigs).

They also don't reply to a lot of emails (they either reply very quickly, or not at all).

They are going to sell spare batteries and chargers in about a week, from what I've heard.

 

[trog100]

these things could all come from the same or similar chinese factories.. in fact i am sure they do.. who actually makes them is hard to find out.. they are simply branded products..

my approach is simple.. buy cheap.. dont expect any one of them to work the same as any other one of them.. they are very inconsistent wherever they come from.. buy plenty of spare parts when u first order.. the whole point of buying cheap in the first place..

the older type e-cig like the gamucci is more likely to provide better long term results than the smaller minies.. the gamucci is over priced.. a similar product can be had much cheaper..

a typical order from me would be.. one starter kit.. two spare atomizers.. two spare batteries.. and one spare charger.. out of that lot u get a good idea of whats what.. he he

and a reasonable guarantee of getting a working product without being at the mercy of chinese after sales departments which should be considered none existent..

trog

 

[Stephy]

Hi Trog, that's exactly what I did! I bought a pen type and a super cig from ebay (the same meltrex sells, see RatInDaHat's video review http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseacti ... d=33921088)
with a spare battery and atomiser for both. They haven't arrived yet but I should have at least one working combination (I hope). I may try more expensive brands as they improve the technology but for now, having read alot of the reviews on here, I agree, buy cheap with spares!

Great minds think alike!

Sorry you've had such trouble with yours Michelle, I very nearly bought the Gamucci, glad I didn't now.

 

[trog100]

I may try more expensive brands as they improve the technology but for now, having read alot of the reviews on here, I agree, buy cheap with spares!

i think the technology is basically the same whatever brand name u end up with.. its the price that differs..

the atomizer is a simple ceramic pot.. the ceramic pot has a small wire would resistor type thing in the bottom of it.. a simple wire coil nothing technological about it.. this heats up a small amount of e liquid which sits in the base of the pot and covers the small wire heater coil.. something like a large drop of liquid..

a battery provides the roughly 1 amp of current needed to heat the coil.. the battery is the weak spot.. 300 mah type batteries dont like providing 1 amp of current for long.. in a perfect world it would be slightly less than twenty minutes run time.. but its more like ten..

the small pot gets fed with fresh liquid from the cartridge.. the pot is surrounded by wire wool.. its has holes in the side to let the liquid pass from the wire wool to the inside of the pot.. the pot has the absorbent wire wool around it and some pokes up ( a little bridge) into the bottom of the cartridge woolly stuff.. the liquid passes from the cartridge woolly stuff into the wire wool which surround the pot and through the holes in the side and onto the heater coil.. nothing technological there either..

in its simplistic form all it needs is a battery and a press button switch to finish it off.. you press the button to heat the liquid and suck in the vaporized (think steam) liquid through the mouthpiece..

the problems gets caused by the desire to make it all smaller and more like a real cigarette.. and "technological".. he he

the new janty kiss thing has gone the other way.. keep it simple.. the batteries having a pressure switch in them plus flashing lights and some chippery make the thing less reliable than they should be and more expensive.. janty are keeping it all separate as opposed to all in the battery..

the cigars and cigarillos make more sense.. they are far less complicated with no fancy batteries just off the shelf ones and some have the press button switch.. they all should have..

the pipes are probably the best genuine real smoking alternatives.. one of those with a simple press button switch on the side of the bowl would be perfect.. but not all folks want to be seem smoking a pipe..

but a really decent e-smoking device would not look like a cigarette at all.. just a small flat box with a mouthpiece to suck thru.. the small flat box would hold enough simple cheap batteries to power it and make it all work..

one could be quite simply made using three 900 mah AAA nmh cells giving 3.6 volts and a much better battery life.. or designed around a single 2 amp hour lithium cell..

the problems are all caused by trying to make these things look like real cigarettes.. he he he

once the e-smoking idea catches on (if it dosnt get killed off by officialdom) i am sure common sense will prevail..

i am currently smoking a chopped in half cigarillo mounted on the top of a three cell AA battery pack.. ugly and certainly not cigarette like.. but it does work.. he he

best of luck with your e-smoking.. it does work even if it does have problems..

trog

 

[vafvaf]

very good description..thanx trog

but a really decent e-smoking device would not look like a cigarette at all.. just a small flat box with a mouthpiece to suck thru.. the small flat box would hold enough simple cheap batteries to power it and make it all work..

that what i am waiting for , i dont like the imitation of the "analogue smoking" e-smoking could have another "image", but of cause should feet to the pocket

 

[Stephy]

the problems are all caused by trying to make these things look like real cigarettes.. he he he

once the e-smoking idea catches on (if it dosnt get killed off by officialdom) i am sure common sense will prevail..

i am currently smoking a chopped in half cigarillo mounted on the top of a three cell AA battery pack.. ugly and certainly not cigarette like.. but it does work.. he he

I get what your saying (sort of, never been technically minded), but I'm afraid I'm one of those people who want it to look like a cig and feel like a cig. I want a safe cigarette and I don't think I'm the only one. I'm sure there are people on this forum who would agree with you, I'd just feel silly smoking the bride of Frankinstein down my local!

I'm sure sometime soon the manufacturers will find a way of improving the battery and atomiser performance without losing style and when they do I'll be prepared to pay more. I'm afraid I care about appearances too much (I'm very shallow)!

I'm really curious about your hybrid tho. Do you have any pics?

 

[trog100]

the problems are all caused by trying to make these things look like real cigarettes.. he he he

once the e-smoking idea catches on (if it dosnt get killed off by officialdom) i am sure common sense will prevail..

i am currently smoking a chopped in half cigarillo mounted on the top of a three cell AA battery pack.. ugly and certainly not cigarette like.. but it does work.. he he

I get what your saying (sort of, never been technically minded), but I'm afraid I'm one of those people who want it to look like a cig and feel like a cig. I want a safe cigarette and I don't think I'm the only one. I'm sure there are people on this forum who would agree with you, I'd just feel silly smoking the bride of Frankinstein down my local!

I'm sure sometime soon the manufacturers will find a way of improving the battery and atomiser performance without losing style and when they do I'll be prepared to pay more. I'm afraid I care about appearances too much (I'm very shallow)!

I'm really curious about your hybrid tho. Do you have any pics?

battery technology is the problem.. you can only pack so much energy in a certain size battery.. an electric kettle is still an electric kettle.. its takes lots of power to boil the water.. the pot is just a small electric kettle.. relatively speaking the little pot still takes lots of power to boil the e-liquid..

to be honest without new battery technology its not going to happen.. the small battery on the mini cig works but not for long.. its like a donkey on steroids compared to a cart horse.. it does the job but dosnt live very long.. my four mini cig batteries in daily use have lost 75% of their original capacity in a month.. the 300 mah has become 100 mah.. terminal decline has set in.. the poor old donkey is about knackered.. he he

dont get me wrong.. four seperate mini cigs would last a while.. four was the number i worked out to last a night down the pub without fear of being smoke less.. in the end it comes down to cost.. mini cig smoking will cost more than cigar smoking.. the cart horse will out live many donkeys..

smoking an e-pipe will be far cheaper than smoking a mini cig.. but as u say there are not many who would like to be seen smoking a pipe.. he he

i will take a pic of my cobble up device..

trog

 

[trog100]

the "thing".. he he

it was just an experiment to use up a not very effective cigarillo atomizer.. it took about twenty minutes to make up using parts i had laying about.. i have been using it for the last few days tho.. one soon gets used to the extra smoke factor..

trog

 

[Stephy]

Thats cool. Tell me if I'm being thick but would a rechargable portable charger be an option (alot of charging I know)? Something about the size of your battery pack that you can take out with you and have a spare battery on charge. Could it possibly cut the need to take 4 batteries out with you. You could just take 2 and swop them into the charger when needed. Maybe it could be part of the mains charger so you just take the docking part with you. As I said, not technically minded so I may be talking c**p.

Have you seen some of the other homemades on here? All you clever people should get together, see if you can do what this manufacturers can't!

 

[trog100]

Thats cool. Tell me if I'm being thick but would a rechargable portable charger be an option (alot of charging I know)? Something about the size of your battery pack that you can take out with you and have a spare battery on charge. Could it possibly cut the need to take 4 batteries out with you. You could just take 2 and swop them into the charger when needed. Maybe it could be part of the mains charger so you just take the docking part with you. As I said, not technically minded so I may be talking c**p.

Have you seen some of the other homemades on here? All you clever people should get together, see if you can do what this manufacturers can't!

the e-cig people are on the right lines..

https://e-cig.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=201

1200-ish mah battery in the box to charge a small 120 mah ciggy you take out and smoke.. the idea is right but they have possibly tried to make it too small..

so far i havnt seen anybody thats actually tried one but the idea is there and its got "style"..

trog

 

[Stephy]

Thats exactly what I'm talking about! I'll take your word for the power as I don't really understand it but what a good idea (I'm sure I thought of it first! ). I wouldn't mind having a bulky charger in my pocket as long as the ecig looks like a cig (got to have that style)! It's quite cheap too so I may give it a go. I did note the charger charge time isn't very long. In your expert opinion how many charges do you think you'd get before the charger needs recharging (all this charging around is making me tired )? The description doesn't say.

Thanks very much for that by the way I do appreciate it, I know I'm being very demanding. My other half say's I'm high maintenance!