Are you done stocking up?

[UncLeJunkLe]

You know, I'll be honest, I'm not too worried about replacement parts. I think chinese sellers will be selling these after vapocalypse as they will be easy to get through customs and easy to fool the chinese govt, too. They're just glass, plastic, silicone, metal parts. They could be for anything and they can be labeled as anything and no one would never be the wiser.

 

[Iron Molly]

You know, I'll be honest, I'm not too worried about replacement parts. I think chinese sellers will be selling these after vapocalypse as they will be easy to get through customs and easy to fool the chinese govt, too. They're just glass, plastic, silicone, metal parts.

The problem comes when you have a 5 year old atty and they no longer make the spare parts for it. Things change fast with vaping, and the rest of the world will go on.

 

[Blitzdonlife]

I don't agree too much on the tank glass. I've broken one, ever (bet I just jinxed myself). I do agree that atties wear out faster than mods, for me. About one per year vs. one every 3-4 years for mods. Some just need o-rings, some the insulators quit or the 510 goes wonky. I find RDA's to be more robust than RTA's. I have Derringer clone atties from many years ago that still work well.

I've had pretty good luck with mods and atomizers over the years. I broke a Vamo once when I put it through a ceiling (long story), the 510 connection went sideways, but the Genny was fine, glass and all. I dropped a mod off my lap when getting out of the truck, hit the concrete tank first. Mod still works, had some fixable battery contact damage, and a small ding in the aluminum, but the glass on the tank shattered. Replaced the glass, and it's still working 4 years later. Only one that I had to get rid of because of malfunctions was a VV box I built from a Madvapes kit. The trustfire 14500 batteries shorted out one day while using a carto, melted the box, so it died an ignoble death.

 

[UncLeJunkLe]

The problem comes when you have a 5 year old atty and they no longer make the spare parts for it. Things change fast with vaping, and the rest of the world will go on.

True. Of course that depends more on how popular the atty was and ho wmuch demand there is for parts. If there's a large enough market for the parts, someone will make them. But aftermarket vape parts are always a gamble, of course. I suspect they are mostly made in garage "factories".

Vapocalypse = time to get crafty so you can make bad parts work. Many already do this now lol.

 

[Myrany]

I wonder if there is virtue in rotating products such as tanks and mods in order to avoid wearing them down versus just using things one by one until they are defunct. I’ve generally kept things in a rotation and changed gear frequently, avoiding damage to things like insulators and o-rings as a result (minus the rare times a mod just quit on me, or a fire button broke).

personally I think 510 adapters that are 510 to 510 are critical in the stash. As an alternative the ability to change out a mods 510 connector. I have stripped them before making a mod useless. Not something most think of but having that experience taught me a hard lesson. I loved that silly little mod.

 

[Myrany]

MTL is my preferred style. I'm slowly stocking up. The past two years I gave away a lot of my unused vape stuff. I know I should have kept it. However, if its something I don't like I probably won't use it in the future. I have been happy vaping a nautilus since its induction. I have tried many other MTL tanks etc and gave them away. Right now I would be happy with my dotmod aio, numerous cheap mods, nautilus coils/tanks etc. I have rebuildables and I found only one tank so far I like. The others have been rehomed.

FT has nautilus coils fairly cheap right now if you need more.

 

[BigPappa]

True. Of course that depends more on how popular the atty was, not how old it is. If there's a large enough market for the parts, someone will make them. But aftermarket vape parts are always a gamble, of course. I suspect they are mostly made in garage "factories".

Vapocalypse = time to get crafty so you can make bad parts work. Many already do this now lol.

But we are talking 20-30 years down the road....

 

[Myrany]

This just popped into my head when I read this, lol.

That song popped into my head this morning too but for an entirely different reason. I was playing 7 Days to Die and survived my first blood moon horde. That sunrise was beautiful!

 

[Astron]

personally I think 510 adapters that are 510 to 510 are critical in the stash. As an alternative the ability to change out a mods 510 connector. I have stripped them before making a mod useless. Not something most think of but having that experience taught me a hard lesson. I loved that silly little mod.

When I worked at the vape shop we had the little 510 pieces that would fit into mods, namely the iStick 20w devices that had that horrible, weak 510 part that would strip even with the most gentle use (1st gen, IIRC). I gave away a bunch of those 510 connectors, at the time, saving people around $60 for a new mod, and hopefully keeping their return business. I’d say those parts were “worth their weight in gold” for salvaging mods.

ETA and sometimes, it seemed like a worse problem then than now, there would be a weak connection between a tank and a mod, and customers would be really unhappy that what they’d bought (elsewhere, hopefully) just. Would. Not. Work. For $3.99 I could save their device with that connector.

 

[bnrkwest]

I wonder if there is virtue in rotating products such as tanks and mods in order to avoid wearing them down versus just using things one by one until they are defunct. I’ve generally kept things in a rotation and changed gear frequently, avoiding damage to things like insulators and o-rings as a result (minus the rare times a mod just quit on me, or a fire button broke).

Might be a good idea. I was checking and PEEK material is available, so worse case senerio is make your own insulators. I think stocking up on 510 replacements is a good idea plus using the 510 to 510 adapters to save the connections now is a good idea. Extra tank glass is always a plus and using vape bands on glass tanks now is another protection. So have a good supply of bands too I know over time some of my supplies will wear out, just hoping I have enough back ups. I may grab more bases for some tanks I have. Not all are available but some are at FT.

 

[Myrany]

I've had pretty good luck with mods and atomizers over the years. I broke a Vamo once when I put it through a ceiling (long story), the 510 connection went sideways, but the Genny was fine, glass and all. I dropped a mod off my lap when getting out of the truck, hit the concrete tank first. Mod still works, had some fixable battery contact damage, and a small ding in the aluminum, but the glass on the tank shattered. Replaced the glass, and it's still working 4 years later. Only one that I had to get rid of because of malfunctions was a VV box I built from a Madvapes kit. The trustfire 14500 batteries shorted out one day while using a carto, melted the box, so it died an ignoble death.

I dropped a provari with orginal protank getting out of the car (well it fell out of my purse) onto concrete. Small scuff on the provari and a smaller scuff on the protank. Both are still in use.

Bad threads on a knockoff subtank took out the 510 connector on on of my Kbox minis. Sniffle.

Other than that the only vape gear deaths I have had are non replaceable battery mods finally giving up.

 

[bnrkwest]

You know, I'll be honest, I'm not too worried about replacement parts. I think chinese sellers will be selling these after vapocalypse as they will be easy to get through customs and easy to fool the chinese govt, too. They're just glass, plastic, silicone, metal parts. They could be for anything and they can be labeled as anything and no one would never be the wiser.

They maybe a banned item and not allowed to ship to US

 

[Myrany]

When I worked at the vape shop we had the little 510 pieces that would fit into mods, namely the iStick 20w devices that had that horrible, weak 510 part that would strip even with the most gentle use (1st gen, IIRC). I gave away a bunch of those 510 connectors, at the time, saving people around $60 for a new mod, and hopefully keeping their return business. I’d say those parts were “worth their weight in gold” for salvaging mods.

ETA and sometimes, it seemed like a worse problem then than now, there would be a weak connection between a tank and a mod, and customers would be really unhappy that what they’d bought (elsewhere, hopefully) just. Would. Not. Work. For $3.99 I could save their device with that connector.

Yep that is why I have stocked a bunch of them. Now I bought up the ones with holes through them so they would work on squonker too.

 

[Iron Molly]

Yep that is why I have stocked a bunch of them. Now I bought up the ones with holes through them so they would work on squonker too.

Do you have a link for the bottom feed ones? I have a bunch of the regular 510 but would like to order the squonk version!

 

[UncLeJunkLe]

One thing that's nice about the Kayfun 5 (and some some other RTAs) is that it comes with a metal tank sleeve in addition to the glass. I never use metal sleeves because I like to see my juice levels. But I would use the metal sleeves in the vapocalypse if it means keeping the RTA in working order.

Would love to buy more of these but I have to save my money for nic base.

 

[markfm]

STM glass broke on a fall at the Frankfurt airport, outbound leg on a one week business trip in 2016. Not a fun time, I ended up vaping two really cruddy, pricey, under powered, airport PVs.

Lesson learned. Since then I always carry a backup simple mech, steel RDA, and pre-wicked spare coil, on travel [emoji3]

 

[Myrany]

Do you have a link for the bottom feed ones? I have a bunch of the regular 510 but would like to order the squonk version!

I got them from Hoosier Vapes. I bought them out but they might have restocked by now.

 

[UncLeJunkLe]

They maybe a banned item and not allowed to ship to US

How are you gonna effectively ban an oring or an insulator or replacement glass? Chinese retailers never list the exact items that are in the envelope/box anyway. + no customs scanner is going to know what a Kayfun or Taifun or Subtank or whatever insulator looks like. It's just a piece of plastic.

 

[Koolkiz]

FT has nautilus coils fairly cheap right now if you need more.

Eightvape has them for 7.95 and I usually buy 5 and get 5% off. I usually find something else I need there to qualify for free shipping.
Edit: They do have coupon codes that are very workable to save money. This is my last order I received from them. I only bought coils

Aspire Nautilus Tank Replacement Coils (Pack of 5) × 5
0.7ohm
$39.75


Discount (USO91089B5F-175A-47)

$-8.18
Subtotal

$31.57
Shipping

$0.00
Total

$31.57 USD

 

[JCinFLA]

What about Chinese vendors? What are you looking for?

I found a deal from a Chinese vendor for approx. $10 less for 2 of the items (including S/H), but he/she wanted to stick with US vendors. Also, others in the US, besides Element Vape, had them...but they were higher priced than they were.