Dealextreme ego-t clone, pretty good, in case you were curious.

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vocr

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I received this a few days ago: https://www.dealextreme.com/p/quit-smoking-rechargeable-electronic-cigars-and-5-refills-70947. Its pretty good. I have 2 ego-t genuine joyce models that I have been using for about a week to compare it to. That set was given to me by a friend, this set I paid $42 for.

It comes with 2 650mah manual batteries (no 5 click protection), 2 type A attys, a charger and 5 prefilled type A colorless tanks. Funnily enough, it comes with the a manual that looks a lot like the one my real ego-ts came with. This includes a description of the 5 click on/off, which doesn't work. 3 of the tanks were leaking juice everywhere, so I threw them out.

When I received the DX clone, I charged up a battery overnight and blew out the primer and performed a distilled hot water dispenser flush (ironically, something I have learned here and did not do on my ego-ts) and low heat dry and let dry overnight. Then next day, I primed the atty and put in one of the 2 tanks that I didn't throw out and started to vape. The juice inside was not good for me, so I emptied it. Its not terrible and some may like it, but it wasn't for me. I blew out the atty and loaded up some Denkat (local brand that I am told is similar to dekang) blueberry. Frankly I couldn't tell the difference between this and my ego-t. Its been a few days and it works fine, been switching between it and my ego-t. Quick tested the other atty for DOA and it works as well. Have not tested the 2nd battery. Charger is the same as the one in my ego-t kit and charged both batteries fine.

At $42 its not in the crazy cheap area. However, it is cheaper than the branded ego-t kits and it performs exactly the same, besides the 5 click. It has a button shield instead. I bought it for cheap spare parts before I discovered this forum and before I learned all the info I now know and before I got to know about all the great suppliers in this forum.

I posted this in case anyone was curious. I will not be buying more of these, I have found suppliers I like here and will be sticking with them.
 

vocr

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You know, I haven't looked, but I bet there are ego (non-t) systems over on Dealextreme. They might be much cheaper than this one, I didn't look. I actually opted for one of the more expensive ego-t systems (since I knew almost nothing about ecigs when I ordered them, I went by the guide of you get what you pay for) but price varys a lot. I saw some ego-t clones priced at less than $12 for a single battery, single atty and 5 tanks (I think no charger).

Of course with DX, its a crapshoot on each product you get and stock goes out quick and sometimes never comes back in stock. Some things you buy are great, some are ok and some just are junk. In my experience their 30 day guarantee is good. They honor it, but its a pain to send back stuff. I do find that things under a few dollars, they will just issue credit without having you send it back. I assume this is if you don't abuse the system. I've only asked for a refund on 6 items.

Overall I really like their store. I order stuff form there every time I see something new I like. They have a rss feed for their new items. Its fun, as I get constant mail with new things and because it takes a month to get to me, I always forget what I ordered so its a nice surprise every few days or so. :D
 

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hi guys, i know this thread is a bit older, but i just also bought a Vaga Impact from DX. and i am a quite happy camper.
did any of you try different Atomizers on it? And did anyone find out which Shenzen company produces them to get spare batteries? I sort of like to have the Vaga Impact logo on it instead of the ego one.
btw - in germany a small company sells an interesting clone also - sadly they dont deliver to Switzerland or USA,
but if you want to check it -> SOMMERLAND steamer -
 

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I'm mostly using the Ego Booster or my newly squired Darwin these days. The Ego Booster doesn't work with these batteries so its been a while since I used them.

However, I have put a 510, 510-T and dual coil carto on the batt along with their LR versions (the attys I mean), and they all worked fine. Actually this clone is so much better than the Echo batteries, which are similar in that they are 4.2v freshly charged and drop output voltage as they drain. However the Echo batteries, at least the 2 I have, did not work with LR attys or the dual cartos.
 
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