Lava tube opinions

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Doublexl85

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I've been vaping on eGo and eGo twist batts for awhile now and wanna move up a bit at an affordable price. The guys that run my local vape shop swear by the Lava Tube and it's all I every see them using, they let me put my atty on and give it a shot, I thought it was good but I don't know as much about them as most of you guys. Is it a good investment or is their something better in the same price range? FYI it's be used with a single coil or dual coil tank.

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For dual coils, you'll need a device more powerful than an L-Rider Lava-Vtube version 1.0 or 2.0. Those have a 2.5 amp limit and don't cut it with DCs.

A Young-June Vtube 1.5t would be fine. The higher 3 amp limit and a very innovative implementation of Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) provide a much more powerful vape that handles DCs easily. Pay a little more (but still under $100), and you could get a SmokTech Vmax. 5 amp limit with all the vaping power you could want (and more). The Beast of APVs.
 

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I would have to agree with billherbst on dual coils.

However, i have used the version 2 and love it, and have actually found that by moving to LR sing coil for my tanks, i do not need to go much above 4.4V for the sweet spot. If you are going to have a tank full of 100% VG though you may want to have a 3 hole punched cart..make it a few kicking around.

I have tried to use the star dust on it with the 510 to ego adapter and have found that the draw is far to airy for my liking, while using a boge or horizontal coil kanger is rather airy in the draw but putting a ego cone on it (unfortunate mine is black) gives you that better draw.

Overall it would appear the battery life in the version 2 is much better, and i do love how the center pin is spring loaded, so no worries on the dreaded post pull. It would appear there is a 2.2 (or 2.5) version soon which is supposed to have a higher amp limit still (?) and have a stacked battery configuration (?)

my honest thoughts? The Version two is by far the most durable as anything as shown in these Vendor Video's Starting at post 2

I am leery about the 1.5t after i have seen and read a few who have switched it to off and then pressed the power button to find out that you have low power mode still with the carts, but then again they could just be a few faulty ones in the bunch.

I have heard a lot of good things about the VMax as well, but my only complaint on them is that sometimes i am on the go, and cannot stop what i am doing to press the button countless times to go up in voltage then a certain number of button pressing to get to the down voltage or read my ohms of a cart, or even to power off, i like the nice easy use way of thinking.
 

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:toast: might want to look into what billherbst said as well, i mean the 1.5T might be a good thing for you too, as it would indeed have the higher amp limit.....i got the Version 2 as i tend to not watch where i put it or rest it, so again if it is just some models or all with the flaw of low power mode i am not sure, i am just OCD that way :p
 

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I've been reading alot about different APV's on this forum for a while now. I've been thinking of getting a Lavatube as well. I went with a Ego Twist just to try out the VV before hand though. I did find a Lavatube (they call it a Starfire) with a 3.9 amp switch but I'm unsure about what version it is. If you care to check it out its on Starfire VV
 

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I've been reading alot about different APV's on this forum for a while now. I've been thinking of getting a Lavatube as well. I went with a Ego Twist just to try out the VV before hand though. I did find a Lavatube (they call it a Starfire) with a 3.9 amp switch but I'm unsure about what version it is. If you care to check it out its on Starfire VV

First thanks for the other name, there was a discussion on this more recently...ahh love the trolls, and i was saying there is no set name for them.....Now by looking at it, it is the version 1.5T.....but, i would like to ask, when you turn it on, does it have a volt meter on the screen? one click of reading the ohms? and is it metal top and end caps? (makes it a version 1.5T) or are they plastic? (makes it a 1.5).

Don't ask me why they added the "t", as it is only a revision of a revision and there is a......i will save you from your eyes going cross eyed here and now
 

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First thanks for the other name, there was a discussion on this more recently...ahh love the trolls, and i was saying there is no set name for them.....Now by looking at it, it is the version 1.5T.....but, i would like to ask, when you turn it on, does it have a volt meter on the screen? one click of reading the ohms? and is it metal top and end caps? (makes it a version 1.5T) or are they plastic? (makes it a 1.5).
I'm not sure. I haven't bought one yet. I'm on a limited budget. Not to mention my GF will probly put a foot in my rear end if she saw I just bought another PV. Figured I'd give it a month or so until I buy one lol.
 

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DUUUUUUUDDDEEE!!!!! I know the solution for this one! (and before the women want to send a tactfully planted foot dead center up my......atty, this is meant more for humor with no disrespect meant at all)

First it is not wise to upset the supplier of ones nookie. if you are already headed to the dog house, you must activate the cute mode at once, and in the most tender voice say the following phrase and follow through on it: you so pretty! you want a massage? chocolate? pancakes in bed tomorrow? have i told you, you so pretty! This is the secret married man's tool (yes i am married) and has been put in place by the pioneers of no-inside-voice and get in trouble a lot (i helped write the manual for this emergency maneuver)

Now once you are out of the dog house zone, gently.....and i am talking feather light....bring up how you "gave up" smoking and how this is your new hobby, how the cigarettes no longer cause you to stink of them.....

In a blinding fast maneuver introduce her to the one thing she really likes and makes her feel like a school girl over again (in this case Hello kitty), and make your you are schooled even in the basic's of HK....then slyly encourage her to buy anything and everything she likes (even pick out some things), this is now her hobby and has something she likes.....

At this time you are more then free and clear to talk about purchases of PV's, and APV's (just nothing at the provari or Darwin level, i am still trying to figure that out, i have my wife on the fence for another saber touch)....Oh and don't forget to mention that a cart/atty ONLY lasts about 3 to 4 weeks then you MUST get a new one ;)

And that is how you get what you want :D

Now if you see me nailed to the walls in this thread, it means Class wife got to me (i am gently joking, she is very nice to talk to), grab the crow bar and help me down at that time :D

Class wife you so pretty! do you want a new PV? Chocolate juice? new ego? have i told you that you so pretty?
 

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