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I wished when I started vaping back in 2014, I bought a Billet Box. As I would have saved so much money since then. Only 5 bucks per tank, you got to be kidding me? I've been spending 25 to 35 bucks per tank before BB. And many of them were crappy to boot and very high maintenance. :(
 

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I wished when I started vaping back in 2014, I bought a Billet Box. As I would have saved so much money since then. Only 5 bucks per tank, you got to be kidding me? I've been spending 25 to 35 bucks per tank before BB. And many of them were crappy to boot and very high maintenance. :(

Back then, before the Clones! BB's were not only expensive they were next to imposable to get :( It's just been in the last 2 years that you can even think about getting an Authentic! Plus Bridges & Boro's were very costly & hard to get, pre clone! You really needed to want one bad to get it back then, Plus the $ a BB an A-tank One bridge & a spare Boro easily would have cost you $600! Also before the V4B they weren't the Box they are Today!
 

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Back then, before the Clones! BB's were not only expensive they were next to imposable to get :( It's just been in the last 2 years that you can even think about getting an Authentic! Plus Bridges & Boro's were very costly & hard to get, pre clone! You really needed to want one bad to get it back then, Plus the $ a BB an A-tank One bridge & a spare Boro easily would have cost you $600! Also before the V4B they weren't the Box they are Today!
All true of course. But just a few weeks after I started vaping, Fasttech listed this BB Clone for $53.

$53.01 Billet Box Style Variable Voltage APV Box Mod - works w/ 510 threaded atomizers / 2*16340 / brown at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping

That was probably better than the stuff I was vaping with. And was there any BB DNA40 clones?
 
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All true of course. But just a few weeks after I started vaping, Fasttech listed this BB Clone for $53.

$53.01 Billet Box Style Variable Voltage APV Box Mod - works w/ 510 threaded atomizers / 2*16340 / brown at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping

I don't think I would have wanted that BB, it didn't even have a DNA! Dual 18350's? not on my Desk! I don't remember any DNA40 BB clones? Not to say they weren't around? but I started to notice the clones when the DNA 60 was available :) Rite around then the Authentic became easier to obtain :)



An update on my 250c with the 2 low cells. Turns out it was the JST! What I couldn't see was a bit of juice residue between the pins on the board side that was in the mod. I removed the board cleaned the JST connector's back side with ISO & put it back together :)
After 24 hours on the charger (USB) the cells all came back up to 4.2 volts & it charges nice & quick now :)

Now I have a Silo 950 with a low cell :( It's a mod that didn't get too much use, after sitting afround for too long I noticed the low cell :( It was about a whole . of a volt low :( I vaped the battery rite down to the weak battery point & back up to full charge & now the one cell is only down .04 volts :) I'm hoping if I keep using it for a few days & cycle the 3 cells up & down it will come back?
 
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I don't think I would have wanted that BB, it didn't even have a DNA! Dual 18350's? not on my Desk! I don't remember any DNA40 BB clones? Not to say they weren't around? but I started to notice the clones when the DNA 60 was available :) Rite around then the Authentic became easier to obtain :)
Well March 2017 is when BBV came out with the first BB DNA60. I don't know when the first DNA40 BB came out. Yes that clone I listed was probably a rev3 clone. Although that one also came with a 510 bridge too. Which probably would have been handy back in 2014 when options with bridges were very limited.
 

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I was snooping around in my retirement community & noticed an old Tai-Foon GT3.
I figured I would put a build in just for fun :) Now I'm trying to figure out why I retired it?
It vapes like a Boss! :) I'm wondering what else I can bring out of retirement?
 

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Well March 2017 is when BBV came out with the first BB DNA60. I don't know when the first DNA40 BB came out. Yes that clone I listed was probably a rev3 clone. Although that one also came with a 510 bridge too. Which probably would have been handy back in 2014 when options with bridges were very limited.
510 bridge? You mean that short cartomizer?
 

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I was snooping around in my retirement community & noticed an old Tai-Foon GT3.
I figured I would put a build in just for fun :) Now I'm trying to figure out why I retired it?
It vapes like a Boss! :) I'm wondering what else I can bring out of retirement?
I've dug the Flashi's out a few times for a run but quickly put them back away.

I wonder how well salts would wick in a mesh build on a genny...
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I've dug the Flashi's out a few times for a run but quickly put them back away.

I still have my Flash E around the retirement community, not in use cause it sucks @ TC but it was an excellent atty in it's Day! I even have the Hot Cig Glass Tank kit on it :)
If I could bring my self to use a non TC atty, I bet it would still get the job done :)
 

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Back then, before the Clones! BB's were not only expensive they were next to imposable to get :( It's just been in the last 2 years that you can even think about getting an Authentic! Plus Bridges & Boro's were very costly & hard to get, pre clone! You really needed to want one bad to get it back then, Plus the $ a BB an A-tank One bridge & a spare Boro easily would have cost you $600! Also before the V4B they weren't the Box they are Today!

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