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Ever tried those Mesh Pro SS316 yet?

I am still on my first Mesh Pro Triple. I haven't had 100ml through it yet. I use a very intense flavored juice. So it isn't something I can vape a lot. As my taste buds would go into overload. :lol:

No, Still on the first triple coil, Run at least 60 mills thru it & it's still working well :)
It's got me curious about other mesh vapes :)
Any update on this? As this was a year ago. My Triple Mesh had RY4 Butterscotch Reserve 6mg juice in it. And that mesh had 152ml through it. Which is amazing since it also has caramel flavoring. And that Triple Mesh made that stuff just amazing. Other flavors just doesn't shine so much. Sadly, after about a year, I believe I figured out I am allergic to RY4 Butterscotch Reserve. So I haven't vaped it in about 2 months.

So I set aside the Triple Mesh for awhile and I was just using the SS316L Mesh. And wow what I learned was shocking. I can't vape RY4 Butterscotch Reserve, but I have been vaping BD Coffee Cake 6mg instead. And maybe it is much harder on coils or something, as the last SS316L Mesh lasted through 4807 puffs or 36ml. That is far short of 152ml of the Triple Mesh.

And another thing I learned documenting this, was I was getting 60 puffs per ml (ppml) with the SS Mesh in the beginning. And at the end the total average went up to 136 ppml. I guess it makes sense when you think about it. That it consumes less and less juice per puff as time goes on. Oh btw, that was running under TC. So I just started using a Triple Mesh with this Coffee Cake and we'll see what happens. I'm on puff 70 so far. ;)
 

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I used one triple coil in mine & never used it again :( It use's way too much juice! I have a lot of options, using a ton of juice isn't one I'm going to choose. With the triple mesh it does work well, if your willing to use that much juice to get those results :(
 

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I used one triple coil in mine & never used it again :( It use's way too much juice! I have a lot of options, using a ton of juice isn't one I'm going to choose. With the triple mesh it does work well, if your willing to use that much juice to get those results :(
Ah... it appears that I am getting 32ppml with the Triple Mesh running at 45 watts (restricted lung) so far. That is almost double the juice consumption of my other coils. But I also noticed I tend to vape less, since I am almost getting double the nic and flavor per puff. I usually puff 500 to 600 puffs per day or about 12ml per day nowadays (it used to be 28ml per day). So time will tell. I might just fire up my old Mutation XL v3 once again to play around. That beast consumes about 20ppml.
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Finally! FT made a post in the forum, they will still sell them for the same price I got :) You just need to contact them :)
With the CNY coming in 10 days, it's now or the end of February, if you want one for a good price
I ordered 5 packs of FreeMax Triple Mesh coils from FT on December 19th and they still haven't shipped them yet. :(
 

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I ordered 5 packs of FreeMax Triple Mesh coils from FT on December 19th and they still haven't shipped them yet. :(

Thats about par for the coarse. With FT :(
With the CNY. Coming if you order hasn’t left. China by the 20th. You will be waiting for a long time!
 

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It looks as if I'm going to upgrade my win7 desktop to win10 pretty directly. I've done it once already but put it back. I was afraid Windows Update would eat my key as it is phony. Anyway I bought a key on Ebay just now for $15, just how legit is yet to be determined. I'll change the key and then do the update. I'm running a thoroughly doctored version of 7 Ultimate.
 
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It looks as if I'm going to upgrade my win7 desktop to win10 pretty directly. I've done it once already but put it back. I was afraid Windows Update would eat my key as it is phony. Anyway I bought a key on Ebay just now for $15, just how legit is yet to be determined. I'll change the key and then do the update. I'm running a thoroughly doctor version of 7 Ultimate.

I always wondered where those cheap win keys come from, I may have found one source. During my last trip to bestbuy while christmas shopping I noticed a roll around shelf unit close to the front door and it was full of old electronics people had dropped off for recycling, staring at it while waiting to check out I noticed about a half dozen old laptops and it hit me, wonder if any of those have Win 7 key stickers on them. If it hadn't been so packed in the store during the holiday rush I would have looked them over and grabbed pics of any key stickers with my cell phone, never know when an extra win 7 key could come in handy.

I really surprised MS hasn't pulled the plug on the 7 to 10 upgrade, how can they not realize people are still upgrading? I was wondering if they were letting it slide until the first of the year, hope you can get it to work. Around Nov I looked online at win 10 prices and I found 10 pro for $80 on amazon, a week later I went back to buy it and all those cheap deals were gone, not just off amazon but everywhere, from then on all I could find was close to full retail prices, I guess MS knew people were going to be buying....

Once I discovered you could still upgrade for free I was in a rush to get another SSD drive, get 10 installed on it and get it activated then I could go back to 7 and pick away at setting 10 up the way I want it and migrate over one of these days, still tinkering with 10. I'm getting closer to making the move but I really don't want too, I like 7, heck I liked XP!!
 

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Watch this video yesterday, DIY anodizing, looks much simpler then I realized, don't know if cost wise it would be worth it just to do a piece once in a while but now I know I could do it myself if I want to. Never knowing the process before hand I was really surprised to learn the color portion of the process is just dipping the etched pieces into heated store bought dye! To watch the dipping portion after etching jump to the 10 min mark. Basically he's etching with voltage using a very weak battery acid solution, then rising and dipping into the heated dye, how simple is that?

 

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Those are OEM licenses and are matched to a hardware key that was generated during the installation of Windows. They are non transferable. Using them on anything other than the computer they came with will result in MS not activating Windows. You can upgrade a Win 7 OEM licence to Win 10, but must be on the original computer.

You can call MS, make up some story like your motherboard failed and needed to be replaced, they might (not guaranteed) manually active it.

The free upgrade from 7 to 10 is beneficial to M$. The more users they get off of Win 7, the less investment they have to put into supporting it. Win 7 end of life (EOL) is next Tuesday, Jan 14
 

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Those are OEM licenses and are matched to a hardware key that was generated during the installation of Windows. They are non transferable. Using them on anything other than the computer they came with will result in MS not activating Windows. You can upgrade a Win 7 OEM licence to Win 10, but must be on the original computer.

You can call MS, make up some story like your motherboard failed and needed to be replaced, they might (not guaranteed) manually active it.

The free upgrade from 7 to 10 is beneficial to M$. The more users they get off of Win 7, the less investment they have to put into supporting it. Win 7 end of life (EOL) is next Tuesday, Jan 14

That's just what I've done in the past, called MS and told them my mother board died so I changed the MB and processor. I did that a few times and every time they allowed it, just unplug the cat cable before entering the key and pick activate by phone, the number pops up.
ETA: Actually the last couple times I did that with Vista it was an automated call, never even talked to a live person. Just answer automated questions, read off my key and when done it read off the new key back to me.

It may have been beneficial to MS to give it away (allow free upgrade) a couple years ago but once MS set the EOL they've got customers right where they love having them, by the short hairs. To keep giving 10 away when customers will be forced to change or live with unsupported OS, how is that beneficial to MS?
 

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It may have been beneficial to MS to give it away (allow free upgrade) a couple years ago but once MS set the EOL they've got customers right where they love having them, by the short hairs. To keep giving 10 away when customers will be forced to change or live with unsupported OS, how is that beneficial to MS?

Have to look at the much larger picture. Despite MS is not directly supporting Win 7, they still support compatible software including drivers. There are all kinds of money being transferred between MS and their technical partners. Using legacy software costs everyone, even if it comes as no direct cost to the consumer – you will pay for it in one way or another eventually.
 

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Isn't windows 10 free now? I watched a video on it & they say the free version has a water mark? but free to use, no licence or activation needed. How bad is the water mark?

I don't know, I did read recently there is now a "limited" version, very limited is what I took from what I briefly read but I didn't see anything about free. Interesting, have to keep my eyes open for more info. Win 10 is amazing, I mean you can install in on anything from a gaming desktop down to a cell phone.
 

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Have to look at the much larger picture. Despite MS is not directly supporting Win 7, they still support compatible software including drivers. There are all kinds of money being transferred between MS and their technical partners. Using legacy software costs everyone, even if it comes as no direct cost to the consumer – you will pay for it in one way or another eventually.

Point taken. :thumb: I didn't think of it in that way.
 

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