GAME CHANGER

[Leo Bak]

First game changer for me was a disposable POS with a lit tip. It took me a few hours to empty the thing, leaving me with a paralysed tongue. That made me get a Vivi Nova somewhere in august, september 2012. According to the guy in the vapeshop i was very lucky because the Vivi Nova 2.5 (perhaps 1.5, i don't recall really) had just arrived, which was supposed to be a huge improvement over some older version, blahblah.... 15 minutes of vape-talk and terms i totally did not get. I then spent years using Vivi Nova alikes.

Second game changer was the eGo One, i got in january 2015. Also my first attempts to build those CLR coils.

Third game changer must have been the STM on an istick 60, i got late 2015.

Fourth game changer must have been the Augvape Merlin, fifth game changer the Kayfun 5.

Had i known all this in advance, i could have only bought these 5 tanks, instead of the 60+ others as well.

 

[52anddone]

I was watching and reading that STM thread for a while when it first came on the scene. That thread was really busy for a while, and I can imagine that the STM was a Game Changer for a lot of people.

 

[Letitia]

STM is the perfect tank for newbs who don't have a clue what their vaping style might be. Wish I would have backstocked a dozen.

 

[Leo Bak]

STM is the perfect tank for newbs who don't have a clue what their vaping style might be. Wish I would have backstocked a dozen.

Well, i did backstock the STM, ST+, TTM, and RBA's, AFC valves, glasses, o-rings. Lots of them, because at that time i didn't know one single STM with spare parts will last close to a lifetime, totally indestructible gear really. And still available BTW.

 

[Letitia]

Well, i did backstock the STM, ST+, TTM, and RBA's, AFC valves, glasses, o-rings. Lots of them, because at that time i didn't know one single STM with spare parts will last close to a lifetime, totally indestructible gear really. And still available BTW.

I've only found clones or any color but silver.

 

[Leo Bak]

I've only found clones or any color but silver.

FastTech has it all:
Authentic STM
Decent Clone
AFC Valve
Authentic RBA
RBA Clone (with bigger juiceholes like the old RBA Plus)
Authentic glass
Authentic o-rings (decent clones in stock as well)
And so on...

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[52anddone]

Kanger Subtank Mini Clearomizer

https://www.elev8vape.com/kanger-subtank-mini/

Kanger Subtank Mini 4.5ml Tank - Authentic Kanger™ - Vapor Authority

$21.99 Authentic KangerTech SUBTANK Mini Clearomizer - 4.5ml / 0.5ohm (15-30W) at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping

 

[52anddone]

Guess we had the same thought Leo.

Edit; Ask and ye shall receive Letitia.

 

[Letitia]

Searched thru vapecrawler about a month ago and got very few results. FT showed out of stock. Thank you, think I'll pick up one or two for old times sake. Hell I might find I still love it! What a treat that would be.

 

[28if]

Cool topic. The game changer for me was (I know I’m going to mess up the names) inenvapes cartos and ibtanked carto tanks. And a 12 watt MVP?

Life changing.

Up to that point I was barely getting by with spinners and some kind of pro tank mini.


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[Katdarling]

Vape on, you will find your hotspot.

Ummmm.

 

[Beamslider]

I really liked the STM but really the bottom fill is a pain. I have switched to the toptank and like it better. Fasttech has some decent toptank clones too. I have 4 authentic Toptanks and 8 clones. Can't really tell difference other than the clones are missing the logo. Haven't had any leaking problems with any of them clone or authentic.

Got a bunch of the authentic RBAs off of fasttech. Got lucky as about half were the ones with the large hole. 4 were with the small juice holes, didn't like them much. Got some clone rbas from fasttech with the large hole, they were not good but the outer case with the holes were so switched them on to the Kanger RBA and all good.

 

[bobalex]

Game Changer Part Two - DIY

I’m a fairly impatient guy. And cheap. I got tired of postman stalking as my e-liquid supply dwindled. I thought DIY juice would fill the gap.

I only vape tobacco flavors. I’ve tried many flavors, impressed by most of them (how did they make juice that perfectly replicated different candies, coffees, fruits, and baked goods?), but as an all day/every day vape I stick with tobacco flavors. But the first thing I found out (via ECF) was that DIY tobacco flavors need time to steep/mature/mellow. Like weeks. So I ended up waiting for the mailman and waiting for my DIY juice to “arrive.” Did I mention I was an impatient guy?

I had cheap ultrasonic cleaner I used for making liposomal Vitamin C. One afternoon I thought that maybe … just maybe … putting the bottles of freshly made juice in the ultrasonic cleaner might speed up the steeping process. If I could cut the maturation process in half ... from four weeks to two … that would be great. After a bit of trial and error I found I would end up with great vapable e-liquid in four hours instead of four weeks. That was abso-freakin’-lutely amazing. That was when I was a 100% PG guy. I switched to 100% VG a couple of years ago and found I had to run the batch in the ultrasonic cleaner for an additional hour. So five hours in the UC = four weeks of “natural” steeping.

The nuts and bolts of the process is extremely simple. Use glass bottles instead of plastic. Plastic dampens the UC effect. Let the UC rest after 30 minutes for 10 minutes. Don’t want to burn out the UC. I don’t make small batches. I make three flavors, 100ml per flavor. At the end of the day I have lots of e-liquid.

In May 2012 I bought my first liter of 100mg per milliliter nicotine for $160. Things changed. Last year a liter of 100mg per milliliter nicotine was only $40. Four liters of VG is $40. 60ml of concentrated tobacco flavors is $16.95. So … over a gallon of great tasting e-liquid for $100. How much does it cost me to vape? Hardware and software? If my arithmetic is correct … about 20 cents a day.

So … To Sum Up:

Turning a pack a day habit that would certainly cost me my life into a safer by magnitudes habit that costs less than a quarter a day. That’s a game changer.

 

[stols001]

DIY is miraculous, congrats on being the first to mention it...

Anna

 

[Adrienne1001]

I have dabbled with vaping for the past three years or so. But now, it looks like I have finally turned the corner away from my 1 ppd habit with the Smok Stick V8 and Baby Beast tank with .25 quad coil. It took me about a week to retrain my draw so I wouldn't choke to death, but I am so glad I did. (It sounds funny to worry about choking on the Smok because I found my eLeaf 30W and Nano subtank from last year and refilled it this afternoon. I used to run it at no more than 16.5 watts, but I've got it cranked all the way up and barely know I'm drawing on it now.)

 

[ppeeble]

Provari 2 and a carto in a tank. The FIRST device i could carry around with me and not worry that it would break / leak / die.
Everything before that was fraught with anxiety whenever i left the house. Forget watts, forget clouds n flavah, forget bling. Reliability was everything (still is).

 

[WillyZee]

Three Game Changers for me ...

ProVape - ProVari
SvoëMesto - Kayfun Lite v2+
Vapers Tek - Chemnovatic Nicotine

 

[KatlandKat]

All vaping was a game changer for me. I have been vaping now for 7 + years and was a 3 pack a day smoker. I first heard about e cig in a chat site then I went to look them up. I wanted to be an informed person on it so researched it out from forums like here for six months before I bought first kit. Ego battery and some crappy carts ...510 atties. Real game changer came for me with battery mods and my Aspire Nautilus Mini BVC Clearomizer as I am a MTL vaper. Like my set ups now and boy they have gotten better than they were in 2010 lol

I also DIY mixing have a special spot for mixing and charging battery mods I call it my E Station

 

[52anddone]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here Katland. I think you prefer your devices with a little Sparkle on them ?? Welcome to the thread.

 

[Letitia]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here Katland. I think you prefer your devices with a little Sparkle on them ?? Welcome to the thread.

They are pretty!