HELP please

[Agent78]

Perhaps an experienced vaper can answer my question!!! I'm new to vaping (6 weeks)and have already cut my analog use to 5 a day. I was referred to totally wicked. I had absolutely no previous experience or notions as to what would be considered a good product. a couple of buddies as well as the smoke shop owner suggested totally wickedly line of product. I bought a totally wicked tornado tank kit($50) and some e liquid. My question is this: As you all know taping it becomes very very addictive as a hobby. Meaning I spend every free minute I have reading forums like this, listening to podcasts, and frequenting pretty much every single vendor and website there is. I've educated myself on most things ecig related, and had tons of fun doing it. However, I can honestly say I very very rarely if ever come across anything by totally wicked. They seem reputable, more so than many, I'm pretty sure they a a good sized company, I'd venture to say maybe in the top ten. That being said why is there so little information about their products in the forums and things? I'm yet to hear from anybody who uses their hardware or eliquid. Why is this?? Can anyone shed light on the subject? Is their line of ecigs no good? Shoddy? It uses an eGo style battery like so many others. It seems to me that it vapes quite well, But I don't have anything to compare it to reference wise. In the grand scheme of things where does a totally wicked tornado fit?? For the most part it's great, but my tips or cartridges or atomizer leaks. Pretty bad. It gurgles sometimes when it leaks, and have lost 2 ml of liquid within 5 minutes of vaping. The guy who sold it to me was an ... wipe. He said I was doing something wrong, and it wasn't the product. I bought a new cone atomizer for 15$ and it worked great. For a week, then the same issue. Any insight that some of you veteran vapers could offer would be greatly appreciated. Also, what could and should, say $100 buy me in the way of a new setup altogether?!?! Thanks!!!

 

[Smlexy]

I want to give a meaningful response but i'm unsure what you mean. I think you might have made a typo, but i can't discern what .... was supposed to be instead.

 

[Iron Molly]

I'm hoping analog... Or well if not perhaps this person is on their way to the ER.

 

[elxt]

Is this a troll or something?

 

[DuckysBooBoo]

Wow Agent78............That's gotta hurt..............8-o

 

[Smlexy]

Now I feel like an idiot. My advice would be to find some boge xl cartomizers, i find they work much better than the ego/ego-c atties that i'm assuming you are using. Checked the web site and the closest thing to boge's would be the 510 dual coil xl low res, they are more expensive but are dual coil too. Just make sure anything you buy is a 510 connection, cause the battery on the egos are pretty good.

 

[DuckysBooBoo]

Sorry Agent78!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Good Luck !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Agent78]

Thanks smlexy. Your 1 paragraph is more information than I've been able to dig up on my own. Would you say that totally wicked products are "common" or you just don't come across them often?

 

[Ferrel1134]

Never heard of the wicked line you speak of. I would go to mt baker vapor. Try out a few ego twists some kanger t3 or mt3. And there juice is good price. I have yet to use a atty on any of my gear so I can't help you in that regards. The kanger I use daily you can clean them but I just toss the coil when it dies. Welcome to ecf.

 

[fourthrok]

I believe Totally Wicked is a good enough product. I've seen it mentioned here and there here on ECF and I don't think their stuff is much different from your average Joye type product. In fact...they are probably pretty much the same, just rebranded. I am thinking they may not be an ECF registered supplier, thus they aren't mentioned much here (I could be wrong about that, though). But they are okay, I think.

As for those atomizer/cartridge systems. Um...they kinda bite. I've tried them and haven't been very happy with them. Yes...leaks galore. General hassles. No. Fun. They are kind of considered "outdated" now anyway. Most newer vaper prefer to use cartomizers or clearomizers (like the Vivi Nova or Mini or Kanger T3). Cartomizers are fine by themselves, but many choose to use them in a carto tank. Either way is going to be a LOT better than the atomizer/cartridge thing. By miles.

There are many cartomizers that will fit on your Totally Wicked battery...Smoktech, Boge, Ikenvape. Any of them will work so long as the threading is "510". A cartomizer has the atomizer built into the "cartridge" and is all inclusive so all you have to do is fill the cartomizer, keep it wet and vape. The clearomizer is basically the same idea but omits the "polyfill" inside and uses a wick to get the juice to the atomizer. Which is better is completely subjective. I prefer cartomizers. Others swear by clearomizers.

Welcome and good luck to you Agent78!

 

[Smlexy]

+1 Couldn't have said it better myself. This guy knows his stuff.

 

[Ferrel1134]

Nice. Great answer.

 

[tidegirl]

People have already made suggestions for what else you can use on the batts you have. I second these, but I have one suggestion for the tanks you are currently using that may help.

When I started with the ego t tanks, my local shop taught me to press the tip all the way in and then while pushing in still, give it a 1/4 turn or so twist. This helps make sure it is all the way in to the atty. I never had a single problem with leaks with the ego t, and if I was not the only one here who didn't, there were very few of us. The problem I had was that I would burn attys a LOT. It just couldn't keep up with my volume.

I know several people who are quite happy with their T tanks. So give it a try with the twist tip, maybe it will keep you happy a little longer while you explore the other options.

 

[Agent78]

Thank you for your response Ferrell... I actually posted this thread on another website forum and the gentleman that responded also recommended the Kanger T2 as well. It must be a decent enough product to have been recommended in both of the response I received. Also, I studied the eliquid vendors different sites, and Mt Baker Vapor is the best I found. Good prices, huge selection, friendly customer service and fast shipping. When your a newbie like me, all I really have to go on is whiat other vapers suggest. Thanks for the welcome, and I have many more questions, so any help is genuinely appreciated.

 

[Agent78]

I believe Totally Wicked is a good enough product. I've seen it mentioned here and there here on ECF and I don't think their stuff is much different from your average Joye type product. In fact...they are probably pretty much the same, just rebranded. I am thinking they may not be an ECF registered supplier, thus they aren't mentioned much here (I could be wrong about that, though). But they are okay, I think.

As for those atomizer/cartridge systems. Um...they kinda bite. I've tried them and haven't been very happy with them. Yes...leaks galore. General hassles. No. Fun. They are kind of considered "outdated" now anyway. Most newer vaper prefer to use cartomizers or clearomizers (like the Vivi Nova or Mini or Kanger T3). Cartomizers are fine by themselves, but many choose to use them in a carto tank. Either way is going to be a LOT better than the atomizer/cartridge thing. By miles.

There are many cartomizers that will fit on your Totally Wicked battery...Smoktech, Boge, Ikenvape. Any of them will work so long as the threading is "510". A cartomizer has the atomizer built into the "cartridge" and is all inclusive so all you have to do is fill the cartomizer, keep it wet and vape. The clearomizer is basically the same idea but omits the "polyfill" inside and uses a wick to get the juice to the atomizer. Which is better is completely subjective. I prefer cartomizers. Others swear by clearomizers.

Welcome and good luck to you Agent78


Thanks again for your insight. it was very helpful. I'm going to throw a few more questions up I don't know if I should put them here on a different thread but maybe I can get an easy answer....
What are the advantages to a variable voltage device..... What is the difference between a cartomizer, a clearomizer, and atomizer??

 

[Agent78]

People have already made suggestions for what else you can use on the batts you have. I second these, but I have one suggestion for the tanks you are currently using that may help.

When I started with the ego t tanks, my local shop taught me to press the tip all the way in and then while pushing in still, give it a 1/4 turn or so twist. This helps make sure it is all the way in to the atty. I never had a single problem with leaks with the ego t, and if I was not the only one here who didn't, there were very few of us. The problem I had was that I would burn attys a LOT. It just couldn't keep up with my volume.

I know several people who are quite happy with their T tanks. So give it a try with the twist tip, maybe it will keep you happy a little longer while you explore the other options.

Thanks tidegirl!! Much obliged for the info. I will try the 1/4 turn. The leaks had me perplexed and peeved. I mean there's only so many things that could cause it to leak and although I'm not an expert commonsense dictates that something is amiss. The guy that sold it to me was again, not helpful, in fact downright rude. He insulted my intelligence by asking me stupid questions like did I put it in backwards? ...?

 

[Dana A]

If you want to start over for 100 bux I would suggest either the Ego twist or the vision spinner batteries with a carto tank and a skirt to cover your ego threds. Watch some reviews on youtube to see the different sizes of twist/spinner batteries. The largest twist I have seen was the 1000 mah and it was freakishly long but the 650 looks and feels perfect in hand. I have never seen the 1300 mah spinner in person so I can't say about that one but I think its fatter rather than longer so that's a plus.

 

[Agent78]

I also don't have any problems with paying a somewhat high price so long as it is worth it. The tornado tank that I use now like I said before isn't bad if you take away the leaks. It seems like it does a pretty decent job but then again I've never tried any other products compared to

 

[Taterbot]

I started with Totally Wicked and yes the guys in the Tampa shop are jerks and there products suck all most as much as the people who work there. I will never use them again. My advise is go and see the guys at Tampa vapor.

 

[Agent78]

I Just learned about the technique called dripping, (I think) Sounds like a good way to not waste you liquid but it's impossible thing to do with my set up.