Finally get a T3 and a mini-Nova and...

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worthatry

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my tiny little Nano clearo produces more flavor/vapor than either

I haven't tried the Kanger T3s but I use the Nova's alot and like them. However, I tried the Nano and to be honest it whoops the Nova in flavor and production in my opinion. However, it uses the juices quick and it sure doesn't hold very much of it. I like using all or high VG so I can't wait to try the T3 or MT3 to see if the wicking is better.
 

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By this point, I consider myself a pretty savvy vaper. With the tools I have (a Lavatube, a Kgo VV, and a Twist), I wasn't able to find a sweet spot with my Vision ViVi Nova. With any head. At any ohm. At any voltage. It always tasted burnt. Or off. My juices are almost always 80/20 pg/vg. Not too thick to wick.

I loathed my Nova. I got ill just looking at it. I tried to sell it to two other vapers, who have Provaris and ZMax's, but they gave it back. I wasn't about to throw it away (even though I was sorely tempted), so I gave it to my cousin. I had to give it away. No one would buy it, even after trying it.
 

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By this point, I consider myself a pretty savvy vaper. With the tools I have (a Lavatube, a Kgo VV, and a Twist), I wasn't able to find a sweet spot with my Vision ViVi Nova. With any head. At any ohm. At any voltage. It always tasted burnt. Or off. My juices are almost always 80/20 pg/vg. Not too thick to wick.

I loathed my Nova. I got ill just looking at it. I tried to sell it to two other vapers, who have Provaris and ZMax's, but they gave it back. I wasn't about to throw it away (even though I was sorely tempted), so I gave it to my cousin. I had to give it away. No one would buy it, even after trying it.

Its not the nova,did you remove the insulater around the coil? did you try differnt ohm heads,did you try cotton wicks or steel wicks,?was is a vision or a knock off,the new vision dont leech plastic,the other novas do.
 

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I have a love/hate relationship with the Vivi Nova. For some juices I have, it makes an obscene amount of vapor, and tastes just fine. Other juices taste gross in the Nova but work better in a carto-tank for some reason.

It has been theorized that the wicking system in the Vivi Nova doesn't get 100% of your juice wicked up into the coil, hence the all too common color change of juices in the tank as you use them.
I've yet to see my juice change color in a carto-tank. I think the poly-fil, or whatever that stuff is, does a more even job of wicking than those strands of silica wick.
Some say rebuilding the Nova's wick system with cotton or stainless steel wicks makes a wonder of difference for flavor.
 

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The Vision Mini Vivi Nova is not available as a boxed set. Only the full-sized Vision Vivi Nova comes as a boxed set. If you see a boxed set Mini it is from a different manufacturer (i.e., a clone). The clones may be just as good as the Vision product, or may not be as good. It varies.

The Vivi Nova and the Mini Vivi Nova are both on the Vision site. Look under "ego clearomizers". And, yeah, there is a pic of the boxed set under the full sized, but not under the mini. ;)
Now I'm either really confused or looking at the wrong site. A quick googling pointed me to this as the Vision main site: China electronic cigarette wholesale & manufacturers - Vision High-Tech
I put "Nova" into the search there and go nothing


Anyway, had to bounce between the T3 and mNova last night during computer rebuild since this Nano only works on my non-passthru eGo-T which was recharging. Also had to bring the T3 along when running an errand earlier as again, non-PT was on the charger.
Things I noticed
  • increase in flavor and vapor if I let them "burn" for a few seconds
  • the 70/30 pg/vg juice still doesn't produce much juice
  • the 70/30 blend that's in the mNova tastes/smells a bit less "harsh" after letting it sit with the top loose for a day or two
So yea, need to get a Twist soon(ish)
 

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And there they be. A bit weird that the v-ecigar page didn't show up in google, but the v-ecig page seems to be somewhat lacking
Also, why does it not surprise me that they don't have a "Nano" clearo listed
Local shop has these tiny clearos that hold .9mL, they're listed as being Vision, have the Vision logo, but I have yet to find an exact match to what I have.
 

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Its not the nova,did you remove the insulater around the coil? did you try differnt ohm heads,did you try cotton wicks or steel wicks,?was is a vision or a knock off,the new vision dont leech plastic,the other novas do.

To answer your questions in order:

Yes
Yes
I used the wicks they came with (if it's such an amazing product, why should I have to buy new wicks?)
I got it from Madvapes. The box with the smoke on the back, and it said VISION ViVi Nova. I got the real deal.
 

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So, coming up on a week since I first got these(plus some Flux juice)
MT3: Getting better flavor out of it with my usual VG juice, so the last 5 days was probably a breaking-in period
mini-Nova: Getting much better flavor. Started off with the Flux which was a 70/30 PG/VG mix, been adding my VG100 juice so that mix is probably inching closer to 60/40 VG/PG
Flux Nectar VanillaScream: On the fence. Doesn't really taste/smell like vanilla, but it's also a 70/30 p/v mix so that might be a factor.
Sampler bottle is about half gone, so I opted to mix it with the 100% vg stuff I normally use. Dunno what that brings the ratio up to, but I'll see how the flavor works out
 

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I don't have a VV yet so I'm stuck with the 3.3/3.4v my eGo-T's spit out
Both the MT3 and mNova I picked up have 2.4ohm heads, so the output is a hair lower than my eGo-C tank with 1.8ohm heads, but like I said, it's getting better
Eventually I'll either get lower resistance heads or get a VV battery, probably lower res heads first since they're cheaper
 

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Going VV isn't expensive these days. You may want to pick up an eGo C Twist or discountvapers has the Gripper for $30. I just ordered the T3 just to play with and to rebuild it. I can't wait to see how I can get it performing awesome.
I don't have a VV yet so I'm stuck with the 3.3/3.4v my eGo-T's spit out
Both the MT3 and mNova I picked up have 2.4ohm heads, so the output is a hair lower than my eGo-C tank with 1.8ohm heads, but like I said, it's getting better
Eventually I'll either get lower resistance heads or get a VV battery, probably lower res heads first since they're cheaper
 
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