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Hello, Dear vaping community. My name is Richard. I have been a vaper for a year and a half now and i must say, I've thoroughly enjoyed my experience.

I started vaping back in August 2014. My girlfriend was the one who got me into it. She didn't like that i smoked. I didn't even know what vaping was when she suggested to get into vaping :lol:. My first ever vape was a Kangertech EVOD which my girlfriend bought for my birthday. Amazing little thing. I used that until January 2015. I got gifted an Innokin Itaste SVD and a Vamo V2 by the girlfriends mother. I then started to use a vast variety of tanks which the girlfriends mother let me borrow. I can't remember the names of them.

Around June last year, I wanted to get into sub ohm vaping and try something new. I purchased a SMOK M80 Plus and a Kanger Subtank Plus. They blew me away. The airflow, the vapour, the flavour. It was amazing. I noticed that sub ohm tanks also work better with me due to the increased air flow, Along with high VG liquids.

I was happily vaping this combination until disaster struck around August time. The M80 suddenly got very hot in my pocket which was weird because i knew i locked it before i put it in my pocket. The M80's do have a history of autofiring. I didnt do any research before i bought it. i would've purchaced a different mod if i would have known. Anyway. I pulled it out of my pocket and noticed that it wouldn't fire anymore. I smelled the 510 on the M80 and it was burned out. I still don't know to this day what caused it to spontaneously combust. Maybe it was the autofiring I mentioned earlier.

So my girlfriend mum gave me her iTaste mvp 2 until i had the funds to purchase another sub ohm mod. It killed me. I was so used to sub ohming and having increased airflow that being back on 1.8 ohm coils killed my lungs/throat. I have asthma so that's probably why i got so affected by it.

Around October, I purchased the Aspire Odyssey kit (Aspire Pegasus V1 and the Triton). I absolutely loved it. The tank had much more airflow than the Subtank plus and the coils were much better quality. I used the 0.4 ohm ones. I also never had any spitback from the triton apart from when i accidentally got liquid in the chimney.

In january this year, I dropped my pegasus and it stopped reading atty's. I was panicked because i had no vape. I was back on the MVP for a few days until my new pegasus V2 arrived. Luckily, UK ecig store were having a sale so i got a new pegasus very cheap. Aspire even replaced the one i dropped. I just had to pay for delivery.

Now to the present. I recently purchased a SMOK X cube 2. i've wanted it for a while but didnt have the money to get it. I also purchased 2 tanks. The Aspire Cleito and the Uwell Crown. I heard good reviews about these tanks and once again UK ecigstore were having a sale so i purchased them. I also purchased a pair of Samsung 25R's for the mod. I'm also going to purchase a pair of LG HG2's once I have a bit more money.

Can people that have the Xcube 2 and/or any of the tanks i've recently purchased tell me your experience with it/them so far? Is there any tips and tricks i should know about?

I'd like to thank a fellow member named Mooch for his battery testing. It has helped me alot knowing which batteries to avoid and which batteries to get. I was so scared i was gonna blow my hand off due to having the wrong battery but their posts made me buy with confidence knowing that the batteries i purchase will be fit for purpose.

Thanks to everyone for taking the time to read this post. I do apologise for the length of it. Feel free to tell me your experience with vaping.

Once again, Thanks for reading and Happy Vaping.
 

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Hi, and welcome! My, but you've had some mod issues! I'm glad you found a few things that work for you.

I have a Crown and quite like it. No tricks; just fill and vape. It does tear through juice, though :).

Batteries can be scary - especially if you don't fully understand the relationship between battery draw and coil ohms. Might I suggest you read @Baditude blog on batteries? It's a great source of information and will help in your purchase decisions.
 
Hi, and welcome! My, but you've had some mod issues! I'm glad you found a few things that work for you.

I have a Crown and quite like it. No tricks; just fill and vape. It does tear through juice, though :).

Batteries can be scary - especially if you don't fully understand the relationship between battery draw and coil ohms. Might I suggest you read @Baditude blog on batteries? It's a great source of information and will help in your purchase decisions.

Only a couple haha. I have not got a problem with it ripping through juice. I make my liquid so I'm always supplied :p thanks for letting me know. I'll give that blog a read. Thanks for telling me about it :)
 

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OP, welcome to ECF and best of luck.

The Crown is a good sub ohm tank. Folks use different techniques but here is a great video about the proper priming and break in of your new coil/head:



Also, don't overfill the Crown and after cleaning make sure all the Orings are properly seated and lubed with juice before you assemble it.

Good luck!
:)

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Welcome to ECF! Thanks for sharing your story. Sorry about all of the mod problems! :)

Thanks for reading :D unfortunately things break. But when they do break, you upgrade :p

OP, welcome to ECF and best of luck.

The Crown is a good sub ohm tank. Folks use different techniques but here is a great video about the proper priming and break in of your new coil/head:



Also, don't overfill the Crown and after cleaning make sure all the Orings are properly seated and lubed with juice before you assemble it.

Good luck!
:)

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Thanks for reading and thanks for the tips and for finding that video for me :D
 
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UK ecig store had a sale?
Wow, wonders never cease.
Normally it's way too expensive.

Thanks for reading. I got the Cleito for 14.99 and the Crown for 15.99. I think its a good deal personally :p. sometimes their stuff is overpriced though, unfortunately.

Welcome to ECF. Sorry can't help you on the advice aspect; I use RTA's or RDA's. All about the Flavor here

That's no problem. Thanks for reading
 
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OP, welcome to ECF and best of luck.

The Crown is a good sub ohm tank. Folks use different techniques but here is a great video about the proper priming and break in of your new coil/head:



Also, don't overfill the Crown and after cleaning make sure all the Orings are properly seated and lubed with juice before you assemble it.

Good luck!
:)

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Outstanding video!! Very good info. Even through I do tend to favor the Ni200 coils more.
 
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Hello & welcome @TheManliest , from not so sunny Cornwall :)

Re UK ecig store - they were banned from AAE-C UK, not for their prices, but due to their dreadful customer service if anyone had an issue with anything they bought from them :(
 
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Hi "comrades",
My name is Thomas and I'm 3 months in vaping. No "analogs" at all. Ex smoker for more than 35 years, 40 c/day, bought an istick40+GS tank (X2 to be sure no accident will push me back), since then use 18mg nic , last month just unflavored base pg/vg 70/30. I feel already much better, and managed to introduce a couple of friends to vaping. Hope the better for you all!
 
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Hello & welcome @TheManliest , from not so sunny Cornwall :)

Re UK ecig store - they were banned from AAE-C UK, not for their prices, but due to their dreadful customer service if anyone had an issue with anything they bought from them :(

Oh really? From what I've heard, they always had good customer service. Hopefully, I'll have no issue with my tanks. Thanks for telling me and thanks for reading :D
 
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