Hi-New member here

[NoMoAnalog]

Hi,

Just wanted to introduce myself. I just started vaping - about 2 weeks in after a friend introduced his setup to me at a night in the bar.

I took the plunge and ordered my first ego-c battery and Aspire BDC with a sample set of liquid.

Two puffs in, I put my cigarettes in the trash.

Just got my first replacement heads and finished my first batch of homemade juice (50/50 12% cherry lemonade), and did my first dry burn to clean up my original stock coil a little (after two weeks, it was getting kinda underpowered).

Just waiting for some new wick and wire to be delivered to re-build my atomizers. (I really want to save some money after spending thousands on thousands of USD on cigarettes - $13 a pack in NYC).

So, hello! And hope we can share. Already, I've learned so much and want to thank you.

 

[Sthur]

Welcome to the forums and glad to hear you gave up on analogs.

 

[ROGNAL]

Welcome fellow Newbie

 

[SueandCootie]

Jumping right in!! Enjoy Your new healthy hobby!

 

[WillyZee]

welcome NoMoAnalog ... looks like you've been busy in your first 2 weeks ... congrats on ditching the smokes

 

[john333]

welcome to the future

 

[NoMoAnalog]

Thank you gents.

 

[Harlen]

Hello and welcome
It's good to be free

 

[guitarrockercch]

Nomoanalog, glad to hear you quit the stinkies!

 

[kottonmouth401]

DIY & rba's? Wow you're diving right into the deep end of the pool Welcome & congrats

 

[Dakota Jim]

Hey NoMoAnalog glad to see you here and off the analogs

The Aspire BDC clearo looks like a really good clearo BUT after watching Pbusardo's review on it I think you are going to have a tough time rebuilding the heads for it

regular dual coil heads are tough to rebuild, these Aspire heads use a combination of resistance and non-resistance wires with the top coil also having insulated legs to prevent shorts so I think to get consistent results will be very, very time consuming and not to mention frustrating

Pheel (yes, I am a Vapeteam Live/VapinGreek fan) does a head teardown during his review at 21:48

A PBusardo Review - The Aspire BDC - YouTube

Protank 1, 2, and Mini heads are all very, very easy to rebuild (and yes, all 3 are the exact same thing) but you will not get the same vape from a protank as you will the Aspire BDC

Hope this helps and congrats on switching to vaping


ps: DIY and rebuilding heads are huge money savers - My monthly vaping cost is about $8.50 - 200ml eliquid and rebuild 8-12 protank heads each month

make sure you are using safe practices in both the DIY and the rebuilding -ecf DIY stickies and youtube, lots and lots of youtube)

 

[wonner]

...I really want to save some money after spending thousands on thousands of USD on cigarettes - $13 a pack in NYC...

I saw that price for cigs in NY in the newspaper the other day. UNBELIEVABLE is all I can say.

I quit when they got to $6 a pack. I would literally go broke at $13.

Welcome to the forum!

 

[NoMoAnalog]

Hey NoMoAnalog glad to see you here and off the analogs

The Aspire BDC clearo looks like a really good clearo BUT after watching Pbusardo's review on it I think you are going to have a tough time rebuilding the heads for it

regular dual coil heads are tough to rebuild, these Aspire heads use a combination of resistance and non-resistance wires with the top coil also having insulated legs to prevent shorts so I think to get consistent results will be very, very time consuming and not to mention frustrating

Pheel (yes, I am a Vapeteam Live/VapinGreek fan) does a head teardown during his review at 21:48

A PBusardo Review - The Aspire BDC - YouTube

Protank 1, 2, and Mini heads are all very, very easy to rebuild (and yes, all 3 are the exact same thing) but you will not get the same vape from a protank as you will the Aspire BDC

Hope this helps and congrats on switching to vaping


ps: DIY and rebuilding heads are huge money savers - My monthly vaping cost is about $8.50 - 200ml eliquid and rebuild 8-12 protank heads each month

make sure you are using safe practices in both the DIY and the rebuilding -ecf DIY stickies and youtube, lots and lots of youtube)

Thanks DJ. That video was actually the first vaping video I ever saw! lol


What I've done is order pre-cut wire with non/res/non at 1.8 ohms. I think it was 100 pieces for like $3/$4 from fasttech. nichrome. (eh, we shall see?)

But what I've learned is that I might not want to dual coil two of these in the atomizer because it will cut resistance in half....so I am thinking I might want to take out the two coils and replace it with one.

Obviously, this is not the way the product was intended, but I hate to go and order new wire or not be able to use the 6 heads that I have in my drawer.

Also saw this video of a guy who did re-wick of the bdc, and I feel like I can do it....we shall see.
Aspire BDC Rebuild - YouTube


I'm a bit excited to try!

 

[Mark Anthony]

Hello and welcome to ECF..... Nice to have you here!!

 

[MisterKrumz]

Hi, new to vaping as well!

 

[necronoth]

nice, i switched to vaping abt the same time as you too, and enjoying my new sense of smell greatly Have fun bro!

 

[ROGNAL]

Welcome No Mo, sorry it took so long to get back to you, Good luck. 11 weeks without an analogue for me tomorrow

 

[ROGNAL]

Sence of smell and taste after you go through the dead taste buds phase. Not everyone goes through it but I did twice but was ready for it because of a you tube video I watched

 

[mrfixit]

I have successfully rebuilt my aspire heads twice now it's not as hard as I thought it would be. The second build is a sub ohm one that I'm guessing Erik need extra holes for juice flow due to how quickly sub ohm coils eat liquid up. I used 2mm silica and purchase wires to do my builds and they work great.

 

[Razorback]

Welcome NoMo.... domo arigato!