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That was my thinking. Were any of yours the same kayfun lite plus V2 model? I just want to make sure before I bring it up to the shop.
Maybe, I will call the owner tomorrow. The shop acts like it does not come with it. Maybe the distributor burned the owner. I have known the owner a long time. I don't want myself or others getting burned if it is missing on all of their stock.

Yehh mines the v2. I've called up vape shops before (back in the days when vaperev was perpetually out of stock), not sure if they got it direct from SM or some distributor, but B&M's bulk orders usually comes as 2 separate boxes: one with all the attys, and a separate box with just a gabillion little baggies of spares. Unless your buddy got majorly screwed over by his source, if not he's holding on to your rightful spares. I would def bug the crap outta him.


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Yehh mines the v2. I've called up vape shops before (back in the days when vaperev was perpetually out of stock), not sure if they got it direct from SM or some distributor, but B&M's bulk orders usually comes as 2 separate boxes: one with all the attys, and a separate box with just a gabillion little baggies of spares. Unless your buddy got majorly screwed over by his source, if not he's holding on to your rightful spares. I would def bug the crap outta him.


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This is good info! I will definitely get to the bottom of this tomorrow. Thanks!
 

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Oh btw, fasttech sells straight 22mm m tanks of all colors at like what? A buck and change? And those suckers are tough as hell. I've dropped all my attys on every surface imaginable (3 were with me on ops in the Iraqi desert). They all work like a charm. I would spend a lot of money on an authentic atty, but I wouldn't waste money on a "legit" m tank.


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Oh btw, fasttech sells straight 22mm m tanks of all colors at like what? A buck and change? And those suckers are tough as hell. I've dropped all my attys on every surface imaginable (3 were with me on ops in the Iraqi desert). They all work like a charm. I would spend a lot of money on an authentic atty, but I wouldn't waste money on a "legit" m tank.


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Damn kiwi, I can't believe your buying clone plastic tubes, my impression of you is changed forever.
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Damn kiwi, I can't believe your buying clone plastic tubes, my impression of you is changed forever.
Lol

Hehehehe. I call it smart shopping. :D

But oh gosh. Let's be real. i GET paying for a damned well machine SS atty.

But I abhor these same manufacturers for selling dirt cheap replacement parts or accessories for ridiculous prices. Screws, orings, insulators. I mean cmonnnnn.


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actually the fogger cannot really accommodate wick tails in the channels, at least the version I have doesn't. with my fogger you basically have to set the wick tails just on the channel holes with maybe a few cotton fibers ever so gently tucked just in the top .5mm. this is just to secure them though, because if you actually place the tails down, you will get dry hits. maybe if these channels were bored out like the aqua tank, then that would be another story. now talking about the aqua, these channels are fairly big and deep, and is mandatory to actually place the entire wick tail down into them. this is imo, a great design and it works and wicks phenomenally. I had my kayfuns for quite some time before purchasing the aqua and after seeing just how great the aqua wicked, I thought about the same question you just asked. although I never had wicking issues with the kayfun, I was bored and figured that if I widened the vertical channels in the kayfun I could run my wick tails just like the aqua (or as you were thinking the fogger)just to see how much juicier the vape would be. I started on one of my kayfuns and widened to a point where I thought it was enough, I then tried the configuration and it didn't work. after one more round and a few more bits, I tried it once again to no avail. stepping back and comparing the depth of the aqua's channels to my now modded kayfun, I was only about half way and I decided not to continue. to make a long story short, this is why one of my kayfuns has extra wide channels, it was to emulate an aqua. after vaping this kayfun, and noticing a slightly juicier vape, I then modded a second kayfun to match, these are now the kayfuns I dedicate to sub ohm builds. I may try again and continue what I initially had in mind just like a lot of other ideas I have with the kayfuns. but to actually answer your question, the kayfuns vertical channels are not wide enough to slide a wick down and wick properly. if they were however, and you also enlarged the horizontal channel (maybe) and played around with wick tail placement, I do think it could work. the question would be possibly over wicking. in the aqua there is a juice control, this controls how much of the tails are being exposed by raising or lowering the chimney off the base.

Thank you again Divrr..

I had actually thought about marking the spot on the my lower chimney where it meets the horizontals and 'notching' it at those places ever so slightly to see if I could get better wicking. Then maybe opening up the verticals a little if I needed more.

Hmm, that $15 FT kayfun just might be in order as a test subject. For this and for the 'epoxy the chimney to the top cap' idea...


edit: But just to show.. this is the version I'm talking about.. The Original v4 and the latest (4.4?) are suppose to have the big channels..

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Sounds good. I have been using 28 gauge kanthal and organic cotton balls. Mine have been 1.1-1.2. It's been working great. I was trying all my juices again to see what they were like in it. Now,I am vaping some Curious Jorge for something different. I am enjoying it. Sounds like something funny is going on if you got the spares at vaperev. I noticed they listed the spares on their site. I got this one at local vape. Sounds like something fishy is going on. I think I will call Sky tomorrow.

You are the 2nd person to say they have an OEM v2 that didnt come with the spares kit... Maybe they dont anymore?
 

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Tell me if this is bad practice. I turn on the vaporizer a bit before pulling on it. I guess I got into that habit 'cause my nemesis's are so unreliable, nothing worse than a drag without the thing working. I was wondering if doing this repeat ably (I chain vape) could I be burning the wick a little at a time? When I analyze my spent coils (not nearly as often since finding the pads) its always burn around the edges of the coil.
 

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Thank you again Divrr..

I had actually thought about marking the spot on the my lower chimney where it meets the horizontals and 'notching' it at those places ever so slightly to see if I could get better wicking. Then maybe opening up the verticals a little if I needed more.

Hmm, that $15 FT kayfun just might be in order as a test subject. For this and for the 'epoxy the chimney to the top cap' idea...


edit: But just to show.. this is the version I'm talking about.. The Original v4 and the latest (4.4?) are suppose to have the big channels..
Sounds like its worth a try. I can't believe no one has tried the $15 fastech KFL yet. You'll almost have to buy two so you can campare the results directly. Let up know how it go, wicking is indeed the weekspot on the KLF, especially for those of us with fast lungs.
 

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The one I bought from Intaste came with the kit. One I bought from VapinArt did not.

That is what I had heard. Kayfuns usually come with a spare kit, and even a screwdriver most of the time. I appreciate your input. I will definitely call the owner. I knew him before he even had a vape shop.
 

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Tell me if this is bad practice. I turn on the vaporizer a bit before pulling on it. I guess I got into that habit 'cause my nemesis's are so unreliable, nothing worse than a drag without the thing working. I was wondering if doing this repeat ably (I chain vape) could I be burning the wick a little at a time? When I analyze my spent coils (not nearly as often since finding the pads) its always burn around the edges of the coil.

I do that too.. came from my EVOD days when it took a sec to warm up. Not sure if its causing it to burn or not though as its only about 0.5 sec to a sec..
 

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Sounds like its worth a try. I can't believe no one has tried the $15 fastech KFL yet. You'll almost have to buy two so you can campare the results directly. Let up know how it go, wicking is indeed the weekspot on the KLF, especially for those of us with fast lungs.

I just might... need to play a little :)

However, while there, I noticed this: $17.61 M8 Glass Tank Rebuildable Atomizer (4ml) - chromed brass at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping Kinda like a Rocky RDA, but with a smaller well and no screws.. I am intrigued :)
 

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Yea the marketing department is always the dumbest. Once I get a few more builds and confidence with these KLF's I'll buy one. I have no allegiance to Tribeca. I think they all get their tooling from the same place, my theory with clones is but early before the factory reps setup wears out.
 

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Does anyone sell a holder for the deck when fitting the coil to the electrodes and threading the cotton?

If you have a spare EVOD base laying around, you can glue that to a piece of wood or something weighty to make your own build platform. The EVOD heads are 510-threaded, so the bases work fine for holding a Kayfun deck. I recently made a little build platform with a couple piece of flamed walnut I've had laying around for years, an EVOD base and some lead fishing weights (I drilled divots in the two pieces of wood, glued in some lead fishing weights and then sandwiched the two pieces together to make the base. Now it's got a bit more weight to it, but you can't see the lead weights at all.) I'll have to get a couple pics up one of these days, although I haven't put a clear finish on it yet. Works great though!
 

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Hehehehe. I call it smart shopping. :D

But oh gosh. Let's be real. i GET paying for a damned well machine SS atty.

But I abhor these same manufacturers for selling dirt cheap replacement parts or accessories for ridiculous prices. Screws, orings, insulators. I mean cmonnnnn.


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I hear ya! I saw someone wanting almost 10 bucks for screws!
I'll go to ace hardware and pay 60cents a piece or a hobby shop, even cheaper. It's a damn screw
 

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Thank you again Divrr..

I had actually thought about marking the spot on the my lower chimney where it meets the horizontals and 'notching' it at those places ever so slightly to see if I could get better wicking. Then maybe opening up the verticals a little if I needed more.

Hmm, that $15 FT kayfun just might be in order as a test subject. For this and for the 'epoxy the chimney to the top cap' idea...


edit: But just to show.. this is the version I'm talking about.. The Original v4 and the latest (4.4?) are suppose to have the big channels..

fogger-v4-rba.jpg
Definitely not the fogger I have, my channels are nowhere near that deep. Now those look like the aquas channels. Although my fogger has small ones, it vapes really good so it's fine. Man there seems to be a lot of fogger variations out there, I guess just like the kayfun.
 
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