I think he's lying to use. /winkIt can??? Say it isn't so.
If it is Variable Voltage (which is what VV often stands for) it is not a mech. ie if you can set watts or voltage it is not a mech.
Cheap here but you have to pay for the signature required thing which I think is around 7 bucks. Lots of other cheap tanks and things.
Personal Vaporizer E-Cig - Tobeco - Mutant - 26650
Personal Vaporizer E-Cig - Tobeco - Origin - Mechanical PV
My favorite mech mod:
Anodized Magnetic Bolt Tube Mod by SmokTech | SmokTek.com
You have an advantage doing it now. There are several of us that can help. Pigs is great at this stuff. I am decent at least when it comes to simple round wire kanthal builds (my preference). There are calculators now dedicated to vape. When I was first learning I was working out Ohm's law for myself! LOLI was around thru the Reo frenzy but I went the Provari pathNow back to Reo and trying to educate myself because I wasn't paying attention back then LOL
Also you have years of vaping under your belt. I saw the writing on the wall when I had been vaping for 2 weeks. I didn't know jack about jack!
Ok it might or might not be a mech. They have both versions. If you cant set watts/voltage then it is the mech version. I own both versions from Vandy Vape.The mech version is a decent little gadget.
Technically, even if it's not VV or VW, if it has any electronic component in it, it's not a mech and therefore doesn't serve the same purpose as a real mech would in a vapocalypse stash becuase it has an electronic component that can and will eventually fail.
Hugo Squeezer, for instance, is a full mech. Raw power with no protections and not even any wires. Just mechanical contacts.
Hugo Squeezer, for instance, is a full mech. Raw power with no protections and not even any wires. Just mechanical contacts.
Do you have a Squeezer? I am asking because mine is annoying the tar out of me. The battery is loose enough to slide off the contacts. I end up padding the battery compartment which is not something I am loving about it.Technically, even if it's not VV or VW, if it has any electronic component in it, it's not a mech and therefore doesn't serve the same purpose as a real mech would in a vapocalypse stash becuase it has an electronic component that can and will eventually fail.
Hugo Squeezer, for instance, is a full mech. Raw power with no protections and not even any wires. Just mechanical contacts.
I just dont really do fiddly vapes I guess
Not yet, on the way. Only reason I recommend t is because it is cheap and a lot of people do like it.
Someone told me recently on another thread about that problem you are referring to and that their solution is wedge a piece of rubber or foam rubber under the positive contact at the bottom. I hear that, all in all, if you keep the contacts clean, it's a great mech.
If you have any relatively modern mods or tanks, you should have some foam rubber inside the packaging to wedge under there.
Rubber would be better as it would not need to be replace and therefore could be glued in permanently.
To me, it seems like a good purchase for someone who is strapped on cash and doesn't want to spend a lot of money on something they may never use. And the issue with the battery contact has an easy remedy. Of course, only if you are wiling to remedy it. Otherwise, better to spend $200+ on a better made mech or not buy one at all if that's too much.
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At one point not too long after I got into the vaping community I went mech mod crazy, no regrets, I have a beautiful collection of high end authentics. I learned all I could to become safe as possible using them and that's very important to anyone using a mech no matter what style. Luckily there are a lot of very knowledgeable people around willing to share info and help.
If you have the freezer space, perhaps you should stop focusing on hardware and get some nic base while you can and some glass bottles to store it in. Not telling you what to do, just sayin'.
https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/ubs/list-of-usa-based-nicotine-base-vendors.17/
If you don't have the freezer space but you have space for a 1.1 or 3.5 cu ft freezer, you can get one for $200 or less. Should not cost more than $5 a month to run it, if that.
But I don't know your situation. Again, just sayin'.
That was just one month. There were several months of 200-400. However, I had the advantage of starting a long time ago and write reviews so have accumulated some gear from that.
So far it's still coming. I have two in hand right now and one being delivered today. Supposed to have at least two or three more coming soon. I have noticed already that the companies that used to ship DHL and have stuff here in a few days are not using DHL any more. One is shipping into California and then USPS from there but not sure what will happen after the mail ban takes affect. I know the review stuff from sourcemore took about twice as long this last time to arrive compared to normal. I know they can still ship 4px into the country but don't know how it will get from them to us. None of the companies I do reviews for have mentioned anything and got a message from a new to me company asking me to do a review this morning.
Wow, that's super cheap. I'm concerned on this particular one - it says not to use under 1.5 ohms. Is that a mech-wide resistance not to go under, or is it that particular mod that you have to watch out for?
Yeah, it doesn't have the ability to adjust any settings. To turn the "safety" on, there's a little connector pin on the inside that you can turn to a 90 deg. angle to disconnect the button.
Ok honestly didn't think of wedging the foam in there. I was putting it on the removable cover which was not working out well. TY
I am not arguing against the mod. People do need to be aware that there is that one small issue to deal with.
At the time I quit smoking cigarettes (Jan. 2010), IF I had been buying by the pack at convenience stores, at $7 per pack, I'd have been spending $4K per year. But, that's the most expensive route. In my final couple years as a smoker I was buying Ukrane, at a third the cost. So, "only" $1300 per year.
My first two years as a vaper, in 2010 & 2011, I had a decent income and was anxious of my ability to quit a 35-year smoking habit. The result then was that I flung tons of cash (thousand$) at that fear and bought good and bad, some of which actually turned out to be expensive, useless 'stuff'. I don't know whether or not anyone else is guilty of throwing cash at their fears, but it wouldn't surprise me.
In the first quarter of this year, I went on another spending spree. But, it was not the fear driven spree of a decade ago. I spent around $1,600, mostly on clearance bargain stuff...good stuff, but cheap. That, along with the decent stack I already had, set me up for life. Nice, compared to $1300/year on questionable acquisitions in my last smoking years. Especially true, considering the deadly nature of cigarettes.
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It is the mech version then. YAY!
On the bolt. the 1.5 ohms is referencing the ohms of the atty you put on there. So from what you said earlier that mod would NOT be a good choice for you. You would fry the wires the first time you fire it. I did on the one I had. LOL
The bolt is a very OLD design from a time when very few people were vaping below 1.5 ohms.
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