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I ordered one, will check fit. If it's nice I'll order another.


Thanks - for the info . . . Let me know how it works, I got 2 of those "GREEN" things coming for the "Stash-Box" and will NEED the Black or even Blue - maybe one of each so I can go "Stealth" when I'm around here . . . :lol: :lol: :lol:


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The necks on my bottles are too small for easily getting VG in there except by syringe. Different story when I make huge batches with my 8 oz boston rounds with a wider neck. But I use a huge syringe and put flavor and nic one on top of the other and squirt it in. Then I do vg. Not hard at all. These are the bottles I use. Impossible to get VG in there by dripping or funnel.

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Are you talking about the tips? Cause they should come off.
 

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I have a pretty good Boysenberry x Blackberry DIY going in the Pal 2. I mixed equal parts of Boysenberry Pie, Boysenberry Jam and Cap V2 Blackberry, very tasty :) I forget the Boysenberry brands, found them on River Supply Co I think on clearance. They are good
Fyi, in case you didn’t know, the pal pro tanks fit the pal2, and you can change the dt on them! I grabbed a second pal2 from (I think) vapenw for less than $4, but no pod. Not as good as the mt baker deal, but still a steal!
 
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Maybe you could use the Dremel with a small wheel and cut a slot in the top so you can turn it with a screwdriver? I've done that with broken screws before.
This piece is in the bottom half of the connector, so no go. I have a small grinding bit that will fit, so grinding a groove into one side of the trapped piece should weaken it to the point I can collapse it a little, then get hold of it.
 

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Thanks - for the info . . . Let me know how it works, I got 2 of those "GREEN" things coming for the "Stash-Box" and will NEED the Black or even Blue - maybe one of each so I can go "Stealth" when I'm around here . . . [emoji38] [emoji38] [emoji38]


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Honestly the green isn't a bad color. I'm buying the sleeve because of my clumsiness [emoji3]

I'll probably put the luxe S Iris kit on classified. It's a beautiful kit, but I prefer the single 2x700 format over dual 18650. It's one of the items I picked up on those vaporesso xmas flash sales.
 

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Are you talking about the tips? Cause they should come off.
No not the tips...I definitely take those off. The neck is small. But I like doing my mixing by volume...it's easy to me. It will be much easier with my 8 gauge needles.
 

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    No not the tips...I definitely take those off. The neck is small. But I like doing my mixing by volume...it's easy to me. It will be much easier with my 8 gauge needles.
    Whatever works is good. I did fight moving to a scale for years. I did it like you do but once I switched, I wondered why I didn't do it a long time ago.

    I add everything by weight into a beaker, use the little mixer thing and then pour into bottles. I even use the same bottles as you and usually don't use a funnel. I use max vg in mixes and don't have a problem transferring as long as I go slow...or use a funnel for faster.
     

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    Whatever works is good. I did fight moving to a scale for years. I did it like you do but once I switched, I wondered why I didn't do it a long time ago.

    I add everything by weight into a beaker, use the little mixer thing and then pour into bottles. I even use the same bottles as you and usually don't use a funnel. I use max vg in mixes and don't have a problem transferring as long as I go slow...or use a funnel for faster.
    I don't know how you get max vg to pour into those little neck bottles. I would have it everywhere and it clogs with too much at one time. And when I do use a beaker for my bigger batches I use my finger to scrape the side of the beaker to get everything in my 8 oz bottles...I would be covered in vg trying to do that in that little neck.

    I remove caps from all my flavors and nic. I put my finger over the needle, and measure and pour each one, one after the other, into the syringe until everything is in there and squirt it in the bottle. Then I do the same with my vg. Easy peasy. I just need those bigger needles. Trying to push vg through a 14 gauge needle has given me muscles. :lol:
     

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    ...gave me a chance to try the SXK Haku Riviera RDTA clone.

    Net, a big thumbs up on the RDTA, nicely built and easy to build.

    I opened the side airflows (turn the gold screw on each side), installed a 3mm ID coil since the wicking holes are large, and cut the wick tails even with the top edge of the glass (when installed the wick will then just poke into the top of the tank section).

    Normal tilting of the mod to vape is keeping the wick thoroughly saturated, great flavor, a moist, enjoyable, vape.

    For squonk use I'd stuff a little bit of rayon into the eliquid fill hole, so that the tank could be laid on its side without leaking

    Glad you’re enjoying. For me, they’re most perfect squonk tank I’ve found. Easy build, fantastic flavor, and perfect air. Was fully stocked, but these have fully replaced the Recurves. When squonking, the tank is really just overflow when re-wetting, and mostly empty. So no leaking. Also, seeing excellent wick and coil life; maybe not over-saturating?

    I build these with 26ga round titanium @ 3.5mm with rayon and run on VT Intakes and Aegis Squonks. My builds looks like yours but I like to leave one wick end 2-3mm longer. Cheers

    P.S. Excellent pic's!
     

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    This piece is in the bottom half of the connector, so no go. I have a small grinding bit that will fit, so grinding a groove into one side of the trapped piece should weaken it to the point I can collapse it a little, then get hold of it.

    Guess that should work but it sounds scary. Need to have really steady hands. Plus dremels produce a lot of heat quickly and you will be mm's away from the gasket. Good luck.
     

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    I did some searching for some vape stuff on Amazon. Not much worth reporting,
    but found 2 different IJoy RBAs.

    • 5-pack of EXO-S RBAs ("EXO-S XS-1 Customizable, Reusable Resistance Wire Platform Kit" :laugh:), which works in the Advken Dominator tank which vapesourcing still has.

    • 3-Pack of XL2S RBAs - fits the IJoy EXO-XL tank ($4.00 at Lightfire with coupon code VD20). It's a dual coil RBA though and won't be of any use to those that need the EXO-S RBA for NRG tanks and whatever other thanks the EXO-S RBA fits. Completely different size and form factor.

    Now here's a deal on a mod...

    VapeSourcing has the IJoy Katana 81W mod for $6.90 (use code EDMKBM - code JKTM might work too if that one doesn't)

    Normally I wouldn't even bother to post an integrated battery mod, but hear me out...

    Found a Katana video that showed that this mod has an iJoy 18650 battery soldered in it by just 2 leads and it looks like an easy job to remove it and replace it with another 18650 when it becomes useless, IF you're not opposed to doing simple soldering jobs. You could even replace the 18650 with a Lipo that fits if you know which one to buy.

    So technically it's pretty much vapocalypse-ready for the right person. And for that price, heck, I'm thinking of buying a couple even though I really don't need more mods (you saw that coming, right :D) I like the form factor (that's my justification :p)

    It's a great price if you just want a few integrated battery mods for whatever reason. HOWEVER, since it's not a Lipo battery, it won't last as long on a charge as most other integrated battery mods do. But the price!!!!! :thumb:

    Here's the video I found so you can decide if the Katana is worth $6.90+shipping.
    You can see it disassembled at around the 11 minute mark.



    3avape has the green Vaporesso armour pro for $11 ($17 shipped).

    The Armour Pro deal just got better.

    Use code VAPOPLANS for 10% off. Yes, it works.

    And if you want the $6.99 iJoy Katana mod, put a couple of those in your cart for free shipping, if you can't find anything else you need or want to get the free shipping.

    Read my post above (that I quoted) to see why I believe the Katana mod might be a good purchase as a vapocalypse device (for some people), besides it's low price.


    At this price I had to buy 2 more Armour pros and 2 katana mods.

    How the :censored: could I pass that up? :D

    4 mods, 2 of which are 21700/18650 mods, shipped - $32.36 = 8.09 each


    :rickroll:


    Edited to add:

    Those of you looking to buy the Katana mods with your Armour Pro mods, they are in somewhat short supply. -1 to qtys you see below. That's their current stock as of 4PM Central.

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    If you don't want the katana mods, you can get an Aegis solo for 28.79 with the coupon.

    Of course, they have other stuff, but not only is a lot of it kinda high-priced IMHO, but surprisingly they actually don't have a huge inventory compared to other retailers. They might have most of their inventory dollars tied up in pods, though. I never check pod categories. Not interested.
     
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    I don't know how you get max vg to pour into those little neck bottles. I would have it everywhere and it clogs with too much at one time. And when I do use a beaker for my bigger batches I use my finger to scrape the side of the beaker to get everything in my 8 oz bottles...I would be covered in vg trying to do that in that little neck.

    I remove caps from all my flavors and nic. I put my finger over the needle, and measure and pour each one, one after the other, into the syringe until everything is in there and squirt it in the bottle. Then I do the same with my vg. Easy peasy. I just need those bigger needles. Trying to push vg through a 14 gauge needle has given me muscles. :lol:

    Same issue here; only vg. Went with wide-mouth 500cc bottles for freezer nic. Then split into 60ml bottles as needed for use; refreeze most and down-mix one to two 500ml bottles for base (i.e. nic, vg, distilled water, and saline) kept at room temp. Juice (base + flavor) then mixed as required using syringes (have to build muscle somehow :) ) into 30/60ml glass dropper bottles. Currently use 60cc syringe on last step, though would like something easier (turkey baster?).
     

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    But now that you have said that.... :danger:

    I break at least 2 a year, and I am already at that number for this year. I have a habit of putting my mod on my lap when driving or sitting on the couch, then forgetting about it and standing up. I really need to break myself of that habit. lol

    I also have tile floors throughout the house, which does not help.

    I drive with a mod between my legs anytime I get in the car. I haven't dropped it yet but now that I said that... :danger:

    The 6 packs (30 heads) of EUC 0.5 ceramic I just got from vaprzon ran $1.20/head. That was with a 35% off code; worth keeping an eye out for another sale like that.

    Performance of the EUC 0.5 ceramic is essentially what I get with an rda on a squonker, which means it's about the same as a gt ccell.

    I really need to flip the sxk haku riviera to squonk configuration - see how that performs with my ADV setup, probably order a second one. Maybe Dinner Lady Blackberry Crumble will then go on a Vapefly Galaxies MTL RDTA.

    I keep forgetting that I have to test those Veco tanks and Tarot Nanos. Will try and remember to load one up next and see how it is.

    The necks on my bottles are too small for easily getting VG in there except by syringe. Different story when I make huge batches with my 8 oz boston rounds with a wider neck. But I use a huge syringe and put flavor and nic one on top of the other and squirt it in. Then I do vg. Not hard at all. These are the bottles I use. Impossible to get VG in there by dripping or funnel.

    LZA7ZDis.jpg

    Pretty sure you're using the 120 ml versions of the same Heather's bottles that we both bought a few months ago correct? If so the key to filling the VG is finding the right funnel. If the outside diameter of the funnel neck is close to the inner diameter of the bottle you can fill up the funnel with VG, squeeze the bottle until the VG in the funnel starts bubbling up and letting air out, and then squeeze the bottle back to it's normal form to pull the VG in. Works OK with the funnel I have but the funnel I left at home that I finally convinced Dad to send me fits and works perfectly. Apologies I don't have a link for it or I would have already bought a bunch more.

    Why are you guys buying Cascade tanks? Is there an RBA for those?

    Made 200 ml of juice last night, last batch lasted a little less than 4 weeks but I have enough nic to support that so oh well.
     

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    I drive with a mod between my legs anytime I get in the car. I haven't dropped it yet but now that I said that... :danger:



    I keep forgetting that I have to test those Veco tanks and Tarot Nanos. Will try and remember to load one up next and see how it is.



    Pretty sure you're using the 120 ml versions of the same Heather's bottles that we both bought a few months ago correct? If so the key to filling the VG is finding the right funnel. If the outside diameter of the funnel neck is close to the inner diameter of the bottle you can fill up the funnel with VG, squeeze the bottle until the VG in the funnel starts bubbling up and letting air out, and then squeeze the bottle back to it's normal form to pull the VG in. Works OK with the funnel I have but the funnel I left at home that I finally convinced Dad to send me fits and works perfectly. Apologies I don't have a link for it or I would have already bought a bunch more.

    Why are you guys buying Cascade tanks? Is there an RBA for those?

    Made 200 ml of juice last night, last batch lasted a little less than 4 weeks but I have enough nic to support that so oh well.
    From what I've read, the EUC ceramics are really the way to go, if their watts are okay for you. The 0.5 ceramic that I'm running now is quite solid.

    Cascade is another gt/bb/... Compatible tank (using an included adapter).
     

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    Pretty sure you're using the 120 ml versions of the same Heather's bottles that we both bought a few months ago correct?
    Amazon was out of the 100 ml (we bought them out...:laugh:) so my newest purchase I got the 120 ml ones. I can see that funnel working by drawing the juice in. But I still think my way is easiest for me and with less equipment to clean.
     

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    From what I've read, the EUC ceramics are really the way to go, if their watts are okay for you. The 0.5 ceramic that I'm running now is quite solid.

    Cascade is another gt/bb/... Compatible tank (using an included adapter).
    Does the cascade require the adapter for the EUC coils?
     
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