Good to hear you're getting on with the 808 cartos just fine.
I've tried about every model out there... lol Mostly since I'm almost 3 years in vaping so I've seen quite an evolution in atomizer models, batteries and mods. Hanging out on the forum is a bad thing... you see new stuff, you end up buying it. LOL It's been everything I can do not to buy a Volt. They get great recommendations for a small e-cig though, so I have no problem recommending them to someone who's just getting into vaping. If I was just starting, that'd probably be what I'd get that replicated a ciggy in a small size. Now, I don't care about size (for e-cigs

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I'm using a few things these days, but mostly variable variable voltage battery mod units for the battery. Adapters make it so I can use any atty or carto. My main is the Darwin variable voltage mod with a 302 penstyle atomizer (very similar to an 801, but has a low bridge) and I drip with it (no cartridges) and have drip tip mouthpieces to put on the attys. I also like the 510 Sapphire Bud tank atomizers. Just tried one a while back and I'll be ordering more of them. I like the Pump Carts for the 510 atomizers as well. Both of these are from GotVapes.com
I'm also using Boge 510 cartomizers lately. Started off using them in a Liquinator tank and have it on a Buzz variable voltage mod, but the cartomizers only perform well for a day or two submerged like that in a tank (for me), then the flavor gets bad but I haven't been able to figure out why (almost washed out). Punching holes in the cartos or using a Dremel to cut a hole through the metal casing is also a PIA. Do love the cartos though. I mostly use the Liquinator tank when I know I'll be in the car for over 20 minutes driving.
By the way, a Tip I learned on the forum for cartos is putting a wooden toothpick in the center hole of the carto when you are topping it off during the day helps keep liquid out of the center tube. I keep toothpicks everywhere. It speeds things up so you aren't messing with blowing them out afterwards.