1) I got my Noalox at Home Depot for a good price, less than $10 I think. It's in the electrical section next to the "wire lube", and the employees probably never heard of it before. You don't need to do this more than once every 1 or 2 weeks. I've gone longer. The more you do this, the "nicer" the threads will feel when used.
2) The fine sandpaper (you may know it as emery cloth) is used to clean the part of the switch plunger facing that actually makes the electrical connection when you push it. It's very easy to get to this part, and looks very easy to do. I've had my GGT for a couple of months, and haven't done mine yet. I need to get around to it some day...
3) I didn't notice anyone answer your questioon about the cartomizers, but YES they will work on a GGT without any kind of adapter, so I'm assuming they will work on the GGTS as well.
4) Going from zero to GGTS owner in one fell swoop: Awesome! Mighty bold move, sir. Kinda like buying a Lexus for your driving exam.
Thanks for the added info, guess I don't have to correct Vaughanie now, since you added the word "emery paper", instead of "sandpaper", for those that are not too handy, sandpaper= wood emerypaper=metal, and you can use emery paper with "water", this keeps the "shavings" from going to powder and getting into other electronic parts, but a good vacuum is best as well.
As far as #4, well, I'd prefer to avoid throwing money away on the cheaper products from the start, and not getting enough "nic" to keep me from going back to cigs. So really not that bold, the cheap stuff has so many downsides, most of which would probably end up in the garbage far too soon anyways. This way I hope to "pass" my exam first time out. I am familiar with vaping a bit do to some "Volcano" and "herb" vaping, just had no idea how far along the e-cig thing was until I stumbled across it, and thought, hey this makes a lot of sense from both a health standpoint as well as saving money. I am addicted to nicotine, and using a delivery system to get that without many or most of the KNOWN bad ingredients of cigs is a good first step. If I want to ramp down the juice and get off nicotine, I might have a much better chance down the road.
If I buy a Volks Wagon, I might fail my exam right from the start. Also seems like someone might be willing to buy a used Lexus if I can't HACK it, pun intended!
I really did read as much as I could find on the Mods in this price range, almost all of them would be less money, but feature wise the GGTS really looks unbeatable. Like many, I like fine tools, ones that will last with constant use/abuse, easy to clean and maintain, and hopefully get parts for if needed later. I'm not a "fanboy" of any particular product, just enjoy finding ones that work as advertised, and though I only know Imeo from his videos and posts, seems like a true inventor, always thinking of new improvements etc., going beyond being satisfied with the first idea. All the other Mods I've researched have gone into production to make money, which I understand, but have stopped short of becoming any kind of "ultimate" product in this "mod" catagory. If there was a mod contest, as of now, I think the GGTS would be the winner for all features it has, and of course like any feature rich product it comes with a substancial price tag. Where I live, a pack of cigs is $10.00, so the GGTS should pay for itself in short time.
Now I have to get back to battery and charger homework, my head is spinning on this as the combinations and various chargers and new stuff I am learning about like "LiFePo4" bats, etc. make for more reading. I own a lot of gear that uses Li-Ion batteries, and the chargers came with the gear, cameras, video, etc., never realized how dangerous they can be, and the charge state etc. Makes NO sense to skimp on this stuff, as they can really BLOW your MIND or head!
Thanks to all for the feedback, feel free to add to the this thread if you like, I learn from all the posts, and hope others do as well.
