Just got my Riva!

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DerekUrban

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She wants a smaller unit that is just as good >.> preferably in pink.

Erm... at this moment in PV technology, that's not going to happen. The pink is easy, but you won't find a small battery that's just as good as a larger battery in terms of battery life and such.

There is a way around it though, get a PCC to go with whatever battery you choose. That way she can vape one and charge one all the time.
 

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You can't really go smaller with a Riva. The smallest Riva battery is 650mah and I doubt they are much smaller than 750mah.

Or you do mean skinnier? NOTE - do not buy auto batteries. Manuals are what most people here use and recommend for a variety of reasons. A pink manual mega xl Joye 510 would be 280ma, skinny and about 128mm long w/ a cartomizer. It would look slick - pink battery and black carto. But you'll have to see if you can find a pink mega kit. Not a good price here but this is what it would look like (but shorter with a Boge carto instead of atomizer and cart). The PCC you can find elsewhere is non-roomy metal:
Joye 510 Mega Kit (Pink)
The standard size manual 510s would be another option, with a PCC (NoSmokeVA.com has a nice PCC for the standard) but the standards are only 180mah and that is about 1.8 hours of moderate vaping.

OR head over to BoxMods.com and check out the Bic-lighter-sized "Little Sister 3.7v" so so cute and can be ordered in pink. That's a mod and it uses removable industrial type batteries. I am sort of drooling over that... (though not actually sure if it is smaller than 750mah Riva)

And for future reference. Slim 510's cannot use LR atomizers, LR cartomizers or the fast type of Riva/Ego charger cable. Any of those can damage slim 510 batteries.
 
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That would be the only difference.....meaning the battery life.....I am understanding you to say that you have a larger riva such as an 1100 or 1300 mah? and wife wants the reg version of 750 mah......vapor/taste/quality is all equal...
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hope i understood correctly.. if not then she might be happy with a joye 510 tank system, but be prepared that the hit may not be as strong as on the riva.

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Liberty-Flights.com is where a lot of people shop. Just make sure you use the US shop and press the 20% off in the upper left of the front page.

Re flavor - only the fat-battery models and mods can use low resistance atomizers and cartomizers which use charge faster and run hotter and can deliver a bigger more vapory hit. But I like the flavor fine on my 510 manuals - I use Boge standard resistance cartos all the time, only dripping on an atomizer to test juices. I only use thin juices in cartomizers but I will never be done trying juices. There are so many flavors, not all great, but plenty of really good ones. I fill blank BOge cartos with whatever I want.

If she wants to look at something prefilled see Vapor4Life.com - the MANUAL models. Not as safe from carto leaks as manual 510 (manual KR808ED-1 still have a hole in the end of the battery - just harder to damage than autos). They probably have pink, the cartos are soft-caps and if you keep one damp w/ juice it may work well 4-7 days. Some of the flavors are very overdone to me. But I have found some favorites by trying their sample packs of cartos. Now I buy their bottle juices and fill their blanks myself. I don't think the V4L cartos work well as long as the Boge 510 ones do. But I get plenty of use out of each. You can put a standard reisstance atomizer on a KR808D-1 for testing juices (w/ a cart for auto battery, cart or drip tip for manuals)
 
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It is a safe site, I have placed many orders with them, they charge $2.99 shipping and ship priority mail on all orders, so they are fast too. They are also very quick to correct any possible problems.

Edit: I thought you were asking about liberty-flights.com, I do not know anything about vividsmoke.com

The Pink Riva looks like this:

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Sorry, I misunderstood.

You will need a different charger if you order a skinny 510 battery, your Riva charger will ruin them.

Another idea (but still a fatter battery) would be a pink eGo passthrough battery from liberty-flights. You would then either need some cartomizers or another atomizer for it, but it would be easier to get by on one battery.
 

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You said battery charge length was no issue and earlier you said she wanted smaller. I was mentioning smaller options that are not equivalent. Actually the Bic-lighter shape Little Girl mod is more than equivalent since it has a 900mah 3.7v battery. The slim models are not equivalent.

BTW that site you linked is not a good price. That is a single battery single atty listing and doesn't even say if it comes with the charger. Any usable ecig kit should have 2 batteries, 2 atomizers (if it is a 3-piece, one being a spare) and a charger. Cignot.com has no-box Joye 510 for $36 for a full kit but I don't know if they have pink. This is a very short charge life ecig (180mah or about 1.8 hours of moderate vaping).
 
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I have the ego pass thru I really love it.. I would recommend you go this route because she really could get by with one battery.. and share any Low Resistance atties or cartos you buy. This battery vapes for hours and the BIG upside is you can vape and charge at the same time.

LF gives you a 6 month warranty too, which is really nice.
 
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