Evolv-ing Thread

[BillW50]

 

[Alexander Mundy]

Earlier I asked how can a single filament bulb function as both low and high beam. It's done with a shutter that's operated with a solenoid. My little brain has become overly saturated with knowledge.

Sounds overly complicated and prone to failure. Wonder how adding the mechanical components save production costs?

 

[dwcraig1]

On the HIDs the glass bulb extends or retract in it's base for low and high beam via electromagnet.

 

[CMD-Ky]

On the HIDs the glass bulb extends or retract in it's base for low and high beam via electromagnet.

Informative, I had no idea. I wonder about something else to go wrong?

 

[awsum140]

Look at it this way, instead of a ten dollar bulb you get to spend a few hundred on an automatic bulb retractor system. Want to bet the service guy would recommend replacing both sides at once? It actually turns into a "profit center".

Man, is it tough being a curmudgeon.

 

[CMD-Ky]

Look at it this way, instead of a ten dollar bulb you get to spend a few hundred on an automatic bulb retractor system. Want to be the service guy would recommend replacing both sides at once? It actually turns into a "profit center".

Man, is it tough being a curmudgeon.

But you do it so well, awsum.

 

[BillW50]

 

[dwcraig1]

 

[tiburonfirst]

 

[BillW50]

I finally got my totally glass syringes I ordered 3 months ago back in February from fasttech. Problem is that was 3 months ago and I since then switched to weighing juice instead.

 

[awsum140]

I still use syringes when measuring by weight. Much easier to control for the last .1mg or so at least me, anyway

 

[BillW50]

Been hearing lots of nice things about the Geekvape Zeus tank for a few years now. So while I was looking for something different that I haven't tried, I investigated the GV Zeus. And there are actually 5 of them.

• Geekvape Zeus Sub Ohm (stock drop in coils)

Now rebuildable Zeus, I believe it goes like this:

• 2017 Geekvape Zeus
• 2018 Geekvape Zeus Dual
• 2019 Geekvape Zeus X
• 2020 Geekvape Zeus X Mesh

All are 25mm except for the dual which is 26mm. All can handle single coil builds while the Dual and the X can handle dual builds. They are all top airflow which generally means they lack flavor. But they say, not so for the Zeus. And the last two are exactly the same except the build deck is different and can be purchased separately. Okay I believe I am sold, going to give the X a shot and maybe get the mesh deck if this turns out.

 

[Bigbob2322]

Been hearing lots of nice things about the Geekvape Zeus tank for a few years now. So while I was looking for something different that I haven't tried, I investigated the GV Zeus. And there are actually 5 of them.

• Geekvape Zeus Sub Ohm (stock drop in coils)

Now rebuildable Zeus, I believe it goes like this:

• 2017 Geekvape Zeus
• 2018 Geekvape Zeus Dual
• 2019 Geekvape Zeus X
• 2020 Geekvape Zeus X Mesh

All are 25mm except for the dual which is 26mm. All can handle single coil builds while the Dual and the X can handle dual builds. They are all top airflow which generally means they lack flavor. But they say, not so for the Zeus. And the last two are exactly the same except the build deck is different and can be purchased separately. Okay I believe I am sold, going to give the X a shot and maybe get the mesh deck if this turns out.

Both the Zeus X RTA and the Zeus X Mesh RTA are flavor bangers, I'm not a top air guy either but both of these are the exception. I reviewed both and will leave the links below if you want to read them. Hope they help in your decision.

STILL A FAVORITE GEEKVAPE ZEUS X RTA REVIEWED BY BIGBOB2322

GEEK VAPE ZEUS X MESH TANK REVIEWED BY BIGBOB2322

 

[dwcraig1]

The place that I ordered the 2nd DRL module from (the place in San Francisco that drop shipped it from China) keeps blowing up my email with offers and no unsubscribe link. So I sign into my account to change my regular email address to my dud email address and I see these Apple earphones for $1 plus $2 shipping so I put 10 in my cart, that came out to $10 plus $20 shipping for a total of $30. I remove them and saw they had some for free, just pay shipping, I put in 10 and that came out to $37 so I removed them and proceeded to change to my dud email address. Done.

Edit: Let me give the place a name, Wish

 

[BillW50]

 

[tiburonfirst]

 

[dwcraig1]

 

[BillW50]

Did you know you can order mesh in spools? Yup, that is what I did. I ordered two 5 foot spools of 400 316L mesh. And of course, after I ordered it I thought is 400 mesh going to work in the Zeus? I bet you after I thought about it that it is probably a lot like wire diameter. And 400 mesh might be like trying to use 32AWG wire for a sub ohm tank. You just don't have enough mass to get enough heat to do much. And strangely, the different size mesh still cost about the same per foot.

Anyway if I figured correctly, 18mm x 5mm strips from a 10mm x 5ft spool will produce about 170 strips. And a spool cost about 5 bucks, so that is just 3¢ per strip. That is actually cheaper than a lot of wire coils.

 

[tiburonfirst]

warner bros is making 'just mercy' free to stream in june. youtube, google play, prime
i read the book

 

[dwcraig1]

Just look at that nose on my avatar and you will understand my fascination with light bulbs.