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There is something new coming that is a Zen- Provape combined effort that involves the Radius.
Yeah, but it's basically a collector's edition of a 60watt Radius in Zen's ZNA enclosure, which I believe Zen is going to slide through on the basis that test units have been out since Feb or Mar, I guess hoping nobody is going to take the time to harass a small bespoke craftsman selling, probably at best, 100s of units of a product.

It's not actually something that's gone through the PMTA process and been approved by the FDA.
 
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Someone has a thread on here on what the majority are stock piling and it is the old reliable gear. When you look to future you want to be sure you have enough old school to get you thru that is tried and true. I would guess many people have Provari's and Reo's in their stash.
Lets not forget Kayfuns, orchids, RTAs, etc.
 

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Someone has a thread on here on what the majority are stock piling and it is the old reliable gear. When you look to future you want to be sure you have enough old school to get you thru that is tried and true.

First, sorry the following is so long, but thought it was a humorous example of how the FDA crap has some unexpected people discovering that "old school" tootle-puffing vaping isn't that bad after all!

Neighbor who works part-time at local vape shop, texted me after he'd stopped by there on his day off. Said he couldn't believe his eyes when he went into the shop...and the usually sub-ohming, cloud-chucking, young guys who work there, were ALL vaping using a big variety of Protanks and Aerotanks that someone had traded in for a couple of new RBAs. Asked me to call him for the whole story.

So. I called and he said they were all smiling as they blew much smaller clouds and were commenting on how surprisingly good the flavor was, how much less juice they were using, how it would be easy to rebuild the coils for them, etc. So the neighbor asked them what made them decide to even try those older tanks.

Guys told him that with the shop owner not being able to give them 30mL of free juice per week any more (FDA says nope to that), and with the amount they were using by sub-ohming...they decided to try some of the "old ___" that somebody had just traded in that morning. They wanted to see what vaping with it would be like, how much juice they'd use, etc. Said they were all using coils between 1.2 and 2.2 ohms, and of course at much lower watts than usual...and loving it!

Those guys ended up buying ALL those tanks, and a few boxes of coils each, too. So, it seems there is definitely something to be said for "tootle-puffing"...even for the usual sub-ohming, cloud-chucking, younger crowd, too!
:D
 

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My guess is that it's old hardware that no one is buying besides a few tootle puffing stockpilers from this and a few other threads around ECF. Honestly when I came back around here and went to their website I was surprised they still had some of this stuff in stock, and continue to be surprised it's not depleted every time you guys go for a sale.
When the Procyon and Radius start hitting rock bottom prices is when people should worry about Provape. They still have a court case and some possible but not probable deeming date modifications to wait out.

Plus... they have to wait for next spring when I have money to stock up on Radius.
Coming soon: ProVape! The All-American E-Cig Company! (fine print: Designed by ProVape in Washington! World HQ located in the Cayman Islands, products assembled in Ireland & Mexico. Note to US residents: each user must make arrangements to smuggle their ProVape device back into the US).
First, sorry the following is so long, but thought it was a humorous example of how the FDA crap has some unexpected people discovering that "old school" tootle-puffing vaping isn't that bad after all!

Neighbor who works part-time at local vape shop, texted me after he'd stopped by there on his day off. Said he couldn't believe his eyes when he went into the shop...and the usually sub-ohming, cloud-chucking, young guys who work there, were ALL vaping using a big variety of Protanks and Aerotanks that someone had traded in for a couple of new RBAs. Asked me to call him for the whole story.

So. I called and he said they were all smiling as they blew much smaller clouds and were commenting on how surprisingly good the flavor was, how much less juice they were using, how it would be easy to rebuild the coils for them, etc. So the neighbor asked them what made them decide to even try those older tanks.

Guys told him that with the shop owner not being able to give them 30mL of free juice per week any more (FDA says nope to that), and with the amount they were using by sub-ohming...they decided to try some of the "old ___" that somebody had just traded in that morning. They wanted to see what vaping with it would be like, how much juice they'd use, etc. Said they were all using coils between 1.2 and 2.2 ohms, and of course at much lower watts than usual...and loving it!

Those guys ended up buying ALL those tanks, and a few boxes of coils each, too. So, it seems there is definitely something to be said for "tootle-puffing"...even for the usual sub-ohming, cloud-chucking, younger crowd, too!
:D
This is funny... From a cynical, marketing & sales point of view, you could make a credible case for: sub-ohm vaping was invented by juice manufacturers to sell a lot more e-liquid and make vaping 5x more expensive ;-)
 

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Coming soon: ProVape! The All-American E-Cig Company! (fine print: Designed by ProVape in Washington! World HQ located in the Cayman Islands, products assembled in Ireland & Mexico. Note to US residents: each user must make arrangements to smuggle their ProVape device back into the US).

LOL who knows maybe someday...
 

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Haha I was poking at you guys a bit, I would still loves some Provaris in a stockpile. Point was it's an old product and I don't take it as an indicator of company status.

Aw...I knew that, and everyone else did, too, I'm sure. Was just "poking" back at you alittle bit. :p
 

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First, sorry the following is so long, but thought it was a humorous example of how the FDA crap has some unexpected people discovering that "old school" tootle-puffing vaping isn't that bad after all!

Neighbor who works part-time at local vape shop, texted me after he'd stopped by there on his day off. Said he couldn't believe his eyes when he went into the shop...and the usually sub-ohming, cloud-chucking, young guys who work there, were ALL vaping using a big variety of Protanks and Aerotanks that someone had traded in for a couple of new RBAs. Asked me to call him for the whole story.

So. I called and he said they were all smiling as they blew much smaller clouds and were commenting on how surprisingly good the flavor was, how much less juice they were using, how it would be easy to rebuild the coils for them, etc. So the neighbor asked them what made them decide to even try those older tanks.

Guys told him that with the shop owner not being able to give them 30mL of free juice per week any more (FDA says nope to that), and with the amount they were using by sub-ohming...they decided to try some of the "old ___" that somebody had just traded in that morning. They wanted to see what vaping with it would be like, how much juice they'd use, etc. Said they were all using coils between 1.2 and 2.2 ohms, and of course at much lower watts than usual...and loving it!

Those guys ended up buying ALL those tanks, and a few boxes of coils each, too. So, it seems there is definitely something to be said for "tootle-puffing"...even for the usual sub-ohming, cloud-chucking, younger crowd, too!
:D
Great story ! So glad the old gear is being appreciated by the younger crowd :)
 

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Yeah, but it's basically a collector's edition of a 60watt Radius in Zen's ZNA enclosure, which I believe Zen is going to slide through on the basis that test units have been out since Feb or Mar, I guess hoping nobody is going to take the time to harass a small bespoke craftsman selling, probably at best, 100s of units of a product.

It's not actually something that's gone through the PMTA process and been approved by the FDA.
Word is that the demand from pre-orders was so large that the run was increased from 1K to 5K of units.
 

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First, sorry the following is so long, but thought it was a humorous example of how the FDA crap has some unexpected people discovering that "old school" tootle-puffing vaping isn't that bad after all!

Neighbor who works part-time at local vape shop, texted me after he'd stopped by there on his day off. Said he couldn't believe his eyes when he went into the shop...and the usually sub-ohming, cloud-chucking, young guys who work there, were ALL vaping using a big variety of Protanks and Aerotanks that someone had traded in for a couple of new RBAs. Asked me to call him for the whole story.

So. I called and he said they were all smiling as they blew much smaller clouds and were commenting on how surprisingly good the flavor was, how much less juice they were using, how it would be easy to rebuild the coils for them, etc. So the neighbor asked them what made them decide to even try those older tanks.

Guys told him that with the shop owner not being able to give them 30mL of free juice per week any more (FDA says nope to that), and with the amount they were using by sub-ohming...they decided to try some of the "old ___" that somebody had just traded in that morning. They wanted to see what vaping with it would be like, how much juice they'd use, etc. Said they were all using coils between 1.2 and 2.2 ohms, and of course at much lower watts than usual...and loving it!

Those guys ended up buying ALL those tanks, and a few boxes of coils each, too. So, it seems there is definitely something to be said for "tootle-puffing"...even for the usual sub-ohming, cloud-chucking, younger crowd, too!
:D
Stop the presses! HELL has officially frozen over.

I LOVE tootle puffing
 

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There are also vapers who do not know about the magical ProVari chip ... this goes way back to the days of ... why buy a ProVari when a Vamo does the same for much cheaper?

There are many vapers who will never find out about the ProVari chip, because their mind is already made up.

Then there are those who bought a ProVari and state ... I get it now.

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For the first time since I started vaping something has started to fail on me. The 510 threads on a Sigelei 30 are messed up. If I install a tank it wobbles around loose and it can't get a stable ohm reading. I figured it would happen, the threads are part of the aluminum top, not stainless. It lasted for 2 years of daily use though.

I did get it working again. Put a 510 to 510 thread saver on it and cranked it down tight. The pin in the thread saver is loose so it just pushes up when it hits the pin on the mod. I'll probably put one on the other Sig 30 before the threads go bad.

It felt like a premonition of how it's going to feel a few years down the road when a mod dies and there's no way to replace it.

I don't have many mods, at least it doesn't seem that way right now. A couple of Sig 30's, a Sig 20 tube, 3 Provari 2.5's, and some Silver Bullets. Might not have the 30's much longer. Maybe I need more Provari's. Don't try talking me out of it. I don't feel guilty because everything I've bought has been old timey and on sale cheap.
 

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Someone has a thread on here on what the majority are stock piling and it is the old reliable gear. When you look to future you want to be sure you have enough old school to get you thru that is tried and true. I would guess many people have Provari's and Reo's in their stash.
Do you mean this thread? For how many years have you stocked up
It turned out to be where posters listed their stock.
 

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Ok, I'm trying this VVTF V2 version of nautilus coil, not going too bad, but having some problems with the horizontal build because when I heat it up to burn it the coil gets hot but not the legs, this doesn't seen right?? The ohms read out at 1.38. I may scrap this try and just do the vertical build as it looks easier. So glad I got the coil master and all these tools, makes it easier to fiddle with and oh yes magnifying lamp!
 

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Yeah, but it's basically a collector's edition of a 60watt Radius in Zen's ZNA enclosure, which I believe Zen is going to slide through on the basis that test units have been out since Feb or Mar, I guess hoping nobody is going to take the time to harass a small bespoke craftsman selling, probably at best, 100s of units of a product.

It's not actually something that's gone through the PMTA process and been approved by the FDA.
I keep seeing mention of this person, Zen, who is he or she? All I know is that he/she has 100+ provaris.
 

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