Are YOU a Tootle Puffer??

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AndriaD

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alden, thanks :)

I think I prefer the 3/32 bit for the mini, and even the lite. I just watched the "pancake" wicking video. I think I'll try that the next time I load up. I just wonder if my higher VG (DIY now) juices just can't get through the channels. Having the same problem with my STM deck :( I'm so excited to build, but it sucks when I can't wick right....

A kayfun, right? those work great with 7/64 size coils too, which might work better with thicker juice than smaller coils do.

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Yeah, those are great mods; it caught my eye when I was just browsing idly at FT, then I discovered the real Smok version, which is much better looking and apparently a great deal better quality. :thumb: I got my 3 Kicks also; great shipping from there! Those must be some long-legged cows! :D It felt weird just stashing them in the drawer, instead of ecstatically tearing into it and getting it going. :blush: I'm at a point at the moment where I don't really *need* anything, though I do plan to get another 120ml of nic on payday (Friday), and it's time to buy some more 30ml amber glass bottles, and I may go ahead and restock on PG/VG too; my husband got 60 hrs last week, so this check is going to ROCK -- one of his co-workers is out with a broken wrist, and his boss was on vacation last week, so he got a ton of OT. :thumb:

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I should send you some of my empty bottles and you can send me some tasty juice to try :p
 

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I should send you some of my empty bottles and you can send me some tasty juice to try :p

well.. I could give you the recipes? :D I've been working on my Strawberry & Cream recipe lately, to bring the flavoring down a bit closer to sanity... :D the total flavoring is now about 28.5% instead of 32% -- and it's still really good. I've been tinkering with my Smocha too, since I got another Inawera to try in it; it's one of those that has a lot of chocolate in it -- that I don't taste; all I can really taste is the coffee and tobacco, but it's good.

Neither of them requires steeping, which is why I learned to do that high-flavoring-mix thing. Ain't nobody got time fo dat. :D

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well.. I could give you the recipes? :D I've been working on my Strawberry & Cream recipe lately, to bring the flavoring down a bit closer to sanity... :D the total flavoring is now about 28.5% instead of 32% -- and it's still really good. I've been tinkering with my Smocha too, since I got another Inawera to try in it; it's one of those that has a lot of chocolate in it -- that I don't taste; all I can really taste is the coffee and tobacco, but it's good.

Neither of them requires steeping, which is why I learned to do that high-flavoring-mix thing. Ain't nobody got time fo dat. :D

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As full on hobbiest as I've taken vaping... Still haven't ventured into mixing juice :p
Smoocha sounds yummy.....i love coffee flavors
 

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As full on hobbiest as I've taken vaping... Still haven't ventured into mixing juice :p
Smoocha sounds yummy.....i love coffee flavors

It's really not difficult, but there's a learning curve, which mainly involves trying enough different flavors to know what you like, which flavors are weak, which strong, what mixes well together, and in what proportions -- kinda like cooking, actually, though it's with these concentrated flavors in a whole different form -- trying to get the essence of baked goods is hard and requires a lot of flavors; I've found that sticking with fruit and cream is a better way to success -- that strawberry and cream was one of my first from-scratch efforts, and my very first big success. The Smocha evolved from trying to clone Long Bottom Leaf Pipe Sauce; not sure how close I got to that, but at some point I realized it was good and I should stop worrying about cloning an exact flavor. :D

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I can't vape more than about 15%-16% VG or I just can't breathe. As far as I know, I'm not allergic to glycerin; I had severe acne in my teens, and I found Neutrogena soap very soothing, calming my skin down. But it just seems too heavy for my lungs; I start to feel it, like there's something in there I cannot cough up, no matter how hard I try. Then I wake up in the night with terrible asthma attacks, and that is scary -- so I keep the VG at a serious minimum. However I have also experienced that irritation from PG, when I once vaped 90% PG for about a week; my throat was cherry red, but I had no fever -- just burned raw throat, sinuses, and nasal passages. It was similar to a headcold but without any lower respiratory involvement -- my lungs do fine with 90% PG, but my upper respiratory passages can't handle that much.

Good thing I love TH, I guess. :D :thumb:

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If you ever look at the car windows of vg vapers you would understand it. Their windows have a film stuck to them on the inside or so I've heard from many vg vapers. I believe thats what it does to our lungs cutting off the little pores that we get air into our bloodstream. With me and you that matters and I'm hoping it's not doing damage that will show up later in life to the others that don't have that problem now.
 

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alden, thanks :)

I think I prefer the 3/32 bit for the mini, and even the lite. I just watched the "pancake" wicking video. I think I'll try that the next time I load up. I just wonder if my higher VG (DIY now) juices just can't get through the channels. Having the same problem with my STM deck :( I'm so excited to build, but it sucks when I can't wick right....
I played with the Pancake wick a while back and seems like another RT gimick for YouTube hits IMHO.

I build my ivogo mini with 7 wraps of 28g on 2.4mm.
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Wicking with Japanese cotton I remove both smooth sides of the piece, bunny ear and tuck keeping the juice channels clear. 90% of my juices are MaxVG and they wick fine in the mini with just the stainless stel tank. I have found that the PMMA tank is a little narrower than the steel section and higher VG juice has a hard time getting through. So now I just run with the two stainless pieces and you get used to knowing when the tank is running low.
 

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If you ever look at the car windows of vg vapers you would understand it. Their windows have a film stuck to them on the inside or so I've heard from many vg vapers. I believe thats what it does to our lungs cutting off the little pores that we get air into our bloodstream. With me and you that matters and I'm hoping it's not doing damage that will show up later in life to the others that don't have that problem now.

These work like a charm for the car. :D
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What? I'll have that FTD boys man parts for this!

Already gave 'em to her...


:facepalm: Dare I even ask...


Hi TP'ers (and I guess that now includes Ms. Roo). ;)

I had the best luck with a coil tonite!! Yeppers, I used a 3/32 drill bit, and plunged a big gash in one section of a blister pack of BVCs. I then bunny ear'd it all the way full with liquid to saturate the pretty little invisible wicking. No over flows, and not a chance of a dry hit! I took that loverly little saturated thing and mounted it straight into the tank base! Bada boom baby! I would say it was perpendicular to perfection.

Then I fanned it horizontally, vertically, parallelily, and sang its praises. I peeled it a grape. Finally, I trimmed nothing, by 0% on all 7 sides. The shoulders shrugged in utter delight. A simple flick of a screwdriver to push aside the un-used toothpick, and I was done!

(Oh, I did glue the floor to the wall inside the chimney, just for good measure.)


Missed you guys! Hugs all around~ :D
 

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:facepalm: Dare I even ask...


Hi TP'ers (and I guess that now includes Ms. Roo). ;)

I had the best luck with a coil tonite!! Yeppers, I used a 3/32 drill bit, and plunged a big gash in one section of a blister pack of BVCs. I then bunny ear'd it all the way full with liquid to saturate the pretty little invisible wicking. No over flows, and not a chance of a dry hit! I took that loverly little saturated thing and mounted it straight into the tank base! Bada boom baby! I would say it was perpendicular to perfection.

Then I fanned it horizontally, vertically, parallelily, and sang its praises. I peeled it a grape. Finally, I trimmed nothing, by 0% on all 7 sides. The shoulders shrugged in utter delight. A simple flick of a screwdriver to push aside the un-used toothpick, and I was done!

(Oh, I did glue the floor to the wall inside the chimney, just for good measure.)


Missed you guys! Hugs all around~ :D

I hope you have a chance to make a video. This technique could be a real breakthrough!
 

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Troll.... NICE HAUL, buddy! {snickers at "Feck Off"}

Thanks, everyone, for the tips. Andria - yup, kayfuns (clones anyway). I did finally learn I had to build a bigger coil for them - I'd been getting so many dry hits, I'd put them down for a couple of months before I tried breaking back out.

The only maddening thing is getting that tank all loaded up, then *HACK* - dry hit. Gotta drain the tank, futz with the wick and the coil (or replace the wick if it got burnt), reload.... I guess that's my Mr. Miyagi "Wax On/Wax Off" training....

Hope y'all have a great day :)
 

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I have been out of the vape-loop for a while now and just found out there is one less then 5 miles from me! My DIL and I went to check it out and pick up a few new flavors for fun! I can't help but wonder what they are going to do in IN now, wasn't that their original store?

Yes, I believe it was. They have 8 (or more) store fronts (that I can remember), including at least 3 in Ohio.

Don't know what's going to happen, come July 1. I walked in a few months ago, and they pulled out their order pad. I just shook my head and told 'em I'd started DIYing, but I did want to get a bit of kanthal....
 
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