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@Bobw1951 squonking still.isnt here. Left.calkfornia two nights ago according to tracking. Wow that's a very long ship time.
One thing I have noticed, might just be mine, but if I have the Kanthal build on it, when I wake it up it reverts to Temp Mode (pressing Power & + soon puts it back to power mode though) okay with Ni builds.

Saw this posted on the FT thread about them
Bought this direct from SC about a month ago...

510 connector: the centre pin is flat, any leaking issues are with the squonk pin on your atty having a slot to screw it in. If you're that worried about it you could use a small O-ring.

TC-Nickel / Power-Kanthal detect: occassionally had this issue, mainly if the TC-build resistance is very high.

Eating batteries: noticed this in TC-mode, doesn't seem so bad in power mode.

Power backing off: never had this happen but I've always used 20A (or higher) batteries.
 

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Great, and well done Trisha :)
Thanks Terry! :)

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Thanks to you too Sue :)
 
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Sorry I didn't respond earlier. I haven't been around too much. I hope your new plan has worked out for you. My weird tooth pain doesn't seem it was. Seems like jaw pain maybe from
Something else. Or they tweaked the nerve that runs into the mandible. I'm a bit frustrated that I'm a month last surgery two and I'm still so laid up. My better half says in being impatient and that two spine surgeries writhin a month is likely going to take some time. After that one morning where I felt so great though!
I agree - getting over surgery once is enough ..twice so soon, it's got to take time! I understand the frustration though. Hopefully, you'll start to feel much better before long!
I've been a bit down the last few days because I suspect it may be coming back ...may not be as such, and could settle back down I suppose, but doesn't help when I was doing so well for a few weeks! I'll just have to see how things are over the next few days.
I don't relish the prospect of going back to steroids, they cause too many side effects, and too long to get rid of them!

Thanks for the percentages. The Queen of.ouddinfs I made close to a.month ago has really settled down and is tasting good. The first error batch which is unfortunately large never did settle. I may write it off or use the last of my concentrate to strengthen it up. I believe I was just impatient with steeping.
Shame about your larger batch of QOP - With anything, I like to try 20ml first to see how it is, and then make 50 or 100 if it's good.
Can't say I enjoy even minimal measuring and mixing, but may need to do that more in future.
 
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One thing I have noticed, might just be mine, but if I have the Kanthal build on it, when I wake it up it reverts to Temp Mode (pressing Power & + soon puts it back to power mode though) okay with Ni builds.

Saw this posted on the FT thread about them
Thanks. I'm trying to copy and paste that into a note but I'll have to do a Web view. Good to know any issues existing. It just hit the distribution center in Phoenix. It *should* be here tomorrow. Three weeks from the order date iirc.

They have upgradeable firmware per their website. Hopefully.these issues are being reported and they issue updates. Have you checked if there is an update vs the shipped version of the software? I believe hey use joy techs software to do it.
 
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I agree - getting over surgery once is enough ..twice so soon, it's got to take time! I understand the frustration though. Hopefully, you'll start to feel much better before long!
I've been a bit down the last few days because I suspect it may be coming back ...may not be as such, and could settle back down I suppose, but doesn't help when I was doing so well for a few weeks! I'll just have to see how things are over the next few days.
I don't relish the prospect of going back to steroids, they cause too many side effects, and too long to get rid of them!

Shame about your larger batch of QOP - With anything, I like to try 20ml first to see how it is, and then make 50 or 100 if it's good.
Can't say I enjoy even minimal measuring and mixing, but may need to do that more in future.
Yes I took four of the 7 day packs within five weeks. That's a LOT of steroids. Also I gain about 3-5 lbs with each pack. It's crazy. The qop I may be able to rescue. It's such a large batch that if I can't get the taste right with what I have left I may keep,it and order a few more bottles. For how much concentrate I.orsered I sure didn't have a lot.of yield. I did actually make a sample.batch first. Unfortunately I didn't wait long enough to let it mature. Nor did I note the amount of additional vg I added. So.it will.be a wait and taste. I still say it needs more crust flavor.

What are your go to concentrate flavors? Anything you always have a batch of brewing?
 

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Hey just a little.hint. For anyone who gets a tobacco flavor that doesn't quite do it for them try a touch of caramel in there. I have female vapor caramel whixh is around $18/180 ml. I added it to.premium T from yaeliq which wasn't right for my taste. Adding it at about 15% did not make the vape sweet at all. Strangely it made it much closer to a cigarette flavor. Anyway worth a try if you have a lot.of.tobacxo e liquid you don't think.is too.great. Really interesting that it didn't sweeten it at all
 

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Thanks. I'm trying to copy and paste that into a note but I'll have to do a Web view. Good to know any issues existing. It just hit the distribution center in Phoenix. It *should* be here tomorrow. Three weeks from the order date iirc.

They have upgradeable firmware per their website. Hopefully.these issues are being reported and they issue updates. Have you checked if there is an update vs the shipped version of the software? I believe hey use joy techs software to do it.
My issue might have been my atty, this morning it kept saying check atty, normally I just unscrew it, screw it back on and away it goes, but this time it wouldn't so I opened it up and some of the post screws were loose, tightened them up and no problem - even remembered it was in power mode.
 

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Yes I took four of the 7 day packs within five weeks. That's a LOT of steroids. Also I gain about 3-5 lbs with each pack. It's crazy. The qop I may be able to rescue. It's such a large batch that if I can't get the taste right with what I have left I may keep,it and order a few more bottles. For how much concentrate I.orsered I sure didn't have a lot.of yield. I did actually make a sample.batch first. Unfortunately I didn't wait long enough to let it mature. Nor did I note the amount of additional vg I added. So.it will.be a wait and taste. I still say it needs more crust flavor.

What are your go to concentrate flavors? Anything you always have a batch of brewing?
Steroids work well, but they aren't nice to take. I began with a fairly large dose via IV, and came home with a box full of the tablets. 8x5mg daily for one week, then reduce by 1 tablet per week until finished. I was counting the days until I had the last one. It's taken weeks for the side effects to go, and I'm thinking there are still a few lingering.

If you don't know quite why your batch of QOP isn't good, then it may be difficult to gauge how to fix it.

I haven't ventured into making much myself yet - mostly English Trifle -which I'd forgotten about, so haven't used for a while, and I always have one that they discontinued which I use every day: Mint Chocolate Vapetto.

Hey just a little.hint. For anyone who gets a tobacco flavor that doesn't quite do it for them try a touch of caramel in there. I have female vapor caramel whixh is around $18/180 ml. I added it to.premium T from yaeliq which wasn't right for my taste. Adding it at about 15% did not make the vape sweet at all. Strangely it made it much closer to a cigarette flavor. Anyway worth a try if you have a lot.of.tobacxo e liquid you don't think.is too.great. Really interesting that it didn't sweeten it at all
I stay away from anything that could taste like tobacco now, but did try quite a few at one time. Chefs RY used to be a good one.
 
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Steroids work well, but they aren't nice to take. I began with a fairly large dose via IV, and came home with a box full of the tablets. 8x5mg daily for one week, then reduce by 1 tablet per week until finished. I was counting the days until I had the last one. It's taken weeks for the side effects to go, and I'm thinking there are still a few lingering.

If you don't know quite why your batch of QOP isn't good, then it may be difficult to gauge how to fix it.

I haven't ventured into making much myself yet - mostly English Trifle -which I'd forgotten about, so haven't used for a while, and I always have one that they discontinued which I use every day: Mint Chocolate Vapetto.

I stay away from anything that could taste like tobacco now, but did try quite a few at one time. Chefs RY used to be a good one.
The mint chocolate from
Eco vape is pretty on the mark. If you're looking to replace it the discontinued. Here's the drip range

Eco Clouds Drip Juice Mint Chocolate Flavour

They do different quantities for drip vs 60/40 but I know your preferences. Tastes like an after 8 chocolate mint or close to. I'm trying to remember which mint chocolates come from what country to draw a good analysis but failing as I don't eat a lot of mint chocolate. Though I appreciate it here and there and the vape is pretty good. Eco do a relatively good job covering chocolate. It's probably not going to taste the same as chefs but if you generally like that flavor give it s try. I think it's pretty good.

So all the ry flavors I've tried have been far too rich. And the tobacco experiment was to try and cure my cravings for a smoke. It's working relatively but next time I'll
Order any tobacco is 12 I think. When I add nude nicotine to Boost it - it's such a smooth nicotine I don't really get increased throat hit. I was just surprised that caramel mated to the premium t flavor didn't really make it sweet. It anything it made it more like a cigarette. Which tells me big tobacco use caramel flavoring in most cigarettes if anything.

My issue might have been my atty, this morning it kept saying check atty, normally I just unscrew it, screw it back on and away it goes, but this time it wouldn't so I opened it up and some of the post screws were loose, tightened them up and no problem - even remembered it was in power mode.

Mine arrived today. I'm going to see if there's a software update. The parts just finished an antibacterial soak to get the machine oils
Off and sanitize. I do find the item count printed on the device a little funny. My serial number is in the 60k range which - well if you're making something limited I can see doing serials 1/200 etx but 60k+ is a but much. I feel a little
For Steam crave. It must be really hard to make authentics in China. I mean. The quality is not top tier like a European piece. But it's not bottom rung Chinese mass produced. They're also stuck in the middle of boutique vs mass produced. They just seem , from the device , to be having an identity crisis. If the chip doesn't work wel
I'll look into whether it can be replaced with something else. The joy tech chip in the Evic mini would be my choice.

Regarding the Evic mini. Every time I use that thing I can't believe you can buy one for $38. It may he the best temp.control device I have at 1/5 the cost of a few of them. I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't just use that chip and would go through the be of creating their own firmware for a board. Unless they're really trying to save money. Steam crave vey clearly should have used everything the Evic uses. Rather than go their own route. For anyone not involved in temp control yet. When I talk To them and if they aren't in it for the prestige of custom wooden boxes etc. the Evic is clearly the best choice for entry level to me. And frankly I may end up selling the m class j just bought and buying another Evic mini and pocketing the change. There is absolutely nothing the m class does better except looks. And it weighs 3 times as much. I'm really just shocked you can get something that good at the price.

Finally I think my Istick 30 died. Probably due to stuff getting in the 510. It just constantly tells me to check atomizer. I really should be cleaning my low end devices more than I do. I'll
Try to run some rubbing alcohol down the connector. And I'll try to take
It apart but I'm pretty sure it's gone and not sure how
Much effort it's worth. Anyone had bat issue with the Istick 30? Check atomizer ?

The efest charger has settled down. I still think their software is the wrong way to go and probably unsafe.
 
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My issue might have been my atty, this morning it kept saying check atty, normally I just unscrew it, screw it back on and away it goes, but this time it wouldn't so I opened it up and some of the post screws were loose, tightened them up and no problem - even remembered it was in power mode.
Is there any solution for their spit back
Protected drip tip ? I've built a single coil at about 1.3 ohms and I'm getting virtually no vapor proficient with the top on. If I take it off to expose the deck it is firing away. Vapor as expected. I have to think the indirect tip is the issue. Also the atomizer gets absolutely boiling after a few seconds Vaping. Heat transfer from the coil is awful. I feel pretty confident this atomizer just won't work for me at all in the way I vape. I can't open it up and build dual coil and vape the way I air. Just two very different things. A but of s bummer because now I need to find another atomizer to out on top and I doubt I'll be able to do that for a while given medical bills. I sort of thought it may kind of work for my style. At least as much as the sub tank does. But it doesn't. Flavor is very intense which is awesome. But nothing else is working even remotely right for my style of Vaping. Maybe I'm missing something. Or you can offer some guidance as to how to maybe hobble along with this on my style.

Here's the extremely simple coil I put in it so you can see no shorts or anything. Clearly this was made for dual coils and very low ohms but hen id have to think the heat on the metal would get unbearable. The atomizer itself to me - the design just isn't good. Mostly because the air flow is so high. At not cooking anything effectively.

Even open like this is too much
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I guess I'm going to rebuild it with dual coils and 26 gauge but It would seem to beeper try clear I need to find a new atomizer. Bummer after waiting over three weeks to receive this. I should have found something back then.

Here's vapor
Production with the top off. When it's on and I exhale almost nothing comes out. If I turn up the power it becomes scalding hot in about two seconds.

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Fasttech CNY holiday discount.....

Code...... KUNGHEI

Feb 5th to 7th : 20% off site wide.
Feb 8th to 14th : 15% off site wide.
Fantastic. Thanks. I need batteries and for $31 I'll buy another Evic mini I think

@Bobw1951 here's the second attempt. I don't build dual Coils much particularly with a shared center post. How does this look? It heats evenly. I just cut the outside end bits of the cotton shorter as that seemed the logical way

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I just don't get what's killing vapor production. When the deck is exposed it's hammering away. Both builds. But with the top on I get next to nothing. Maybe it's the drip tip adaptor which just won't stay on no matter what I do. Frustrating. The flavor is really sharp. But I need to find a different atomizer. It's too early to have any real opinion but the battery dies seem
To be going pretty quickly in power mode. But they did something to account for parasitic loss. Which means they're getting the actual output of displayed.

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The actual squonking mechanics are working well haven't noticed leaking or anything. And the flavor would tell me that squonking at home may well be the right answer for me.

Edit. I can confirm the battery life under power mode isbad. It's been maybe an hour of testing and the battery is 2/3 depleted. I'm hoping here's a software update. No way their parasitic loss calculations made it this bad.

Right now I'd have to say you seem to be luckier than most bob. You have two of these. What kind of power are you running? I spend most of my time around 17-20 watts and the battery went very very fast.

Honestly at this point I may check their return policy.. At least if there's no.sofrwarenuodate to fix the battery issue. They may not have one but another $50 into a better for me atomizer and battery life problems.like this would make the device unusable for.me..
 
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Hey just a little.hint. For anyone who gets a tobacco flavor that doesn't quite do it for them try a touch of caramel in there. I have female vapor caramel whixh is around $18/180 ml. I added it to.premium T from yaeliq which wasn't right for my taste. Adding it at about 15% did not make the vape sweet at all. Strangely it made it much closer to a cigarette flavor. Anyway worth a try if you have a lot.of.tobacxo e liquid you don't think.is too.great. Really interesting that it didn't sweeten it at all
Can you get this Manabush - Fine E-Liquid
In the US of A.If you like a tobacco which is not overpowering, with a sweet nutty caramel taste.This is the one for you bud.
 

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Can you get this Manabush - Fine E-Liquid
In the US of A.If you like a tobacco which is not overpowering, with a sweet nutty caramel taste.This is the one for you bud.
Awesome. I'll look for it. I vape so little tobacco I can justify buying a small bottle here and there I think.

£30/50ml. It's petty expensive for me. I may order some though. I want a good tobacco that much!
 

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Awesome. I'll look for it. I vape so little tobacco I can justify buying a small bottle here and there I think.

£30/50ml. It's petty expensive for me. I may order some though. I want a good tobacco that much!
Is that with postage.On the site its £21.99 for 50ml and if you use the code POTV12 it gives you 12.5% off
 

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Is that with postage.On the site its £21.99 for 50ml and if you use the code POTV12 it gives you 12.5% off
That is with postage. Sorry I missed the coupon. It's £9 for shipping which if you love nefksvke and order 200ml is obviously much less impactful. But I can't see buying less than 50ml with the shipping cost. Oh I just saw the 100ml bottles. For me the price isn't low enough to take hat big of a chance. But 50 is the break
Point for Trial. I'll add it to my list. I'm going to
Order some Zoosha in big bottle form which is very mild Tobacco and very flavorful.

Have you tried any others ? I just bought a bunch of juice my funds are low. Especially given a bfa is on the list

Btw @Bobw1951 I'll
Probably get something small and single
Coil here. I can't justify buying the chalice iii for $120 right now The design of the steam crave squonk is good.

Rebuildable atomizer & supplies
 
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That is with postage. Sorry I missed the coupon. It's £9 for shipping which if you love nefksvke and order 200ml is obviously much less impactful. But I can't see buying less than 50ml with the shipping cost. Oh I just saw the 100ml bottles. For me the price isn't low enough to take hat big of a chance. But 50 is the break
Point for Trial. I'll add it to my list. I'm going to
Order some Zoosha in big bottle form which is very mild Tobacco and very flavorful.

Have you tried any others ? I just bought a bunch of juice my funds are low. Especially given a bfa is on the list

Btw @Bobw1951 I'll
Probably get something small and single
Coil here. I can't justify buying the chalice iii for $120 right now The design of the steam crave squonk is good.

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This is a good rich earthy tobacco
Earth Brother - Halcyon Haze
This smells and taste like a freshly opened pack of cigs
Perino Gold - 30ML - ELiquids
PD30 gets you 30% off till midnight
This is another good site
eliquid – B-Juice, Made in Buckfastleigh
POTV10 gets you 10% off
 
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