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retic1959

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    Last night after drinking about 12 beers I decided I wanted to re-coil the KFC. So I went out to the garage grabbed my drill bit and supplies, came back up here and wrapped it up. Came out kind of low at 1.5, so I thought the beer must have made me miscount the wraps, no big deal its still functional and probably the best looking one I have wrapped yet. I decided to wick it using the "Navy Style" that I have seen people talk about a lot on other parts of the forum and it suppose to be better for higher VG ratio's. I use 20/80 (pg/vg) and have struggled a bit with wicking, but nothing terrible. I just noticed that at times it tasted a lot better than others. When I loaded it up with juice and hit it the first time, it was like nothing I had experienced so far. Tons of throat hit, flavor out of this world!! So this morning, I noticed that I had actually used a 1/16" bit instead of 5/64ths. I guess that would explain the lower ohm coil. Not sure if it was the Navy Nest, the lower OHM wrap, the 1/16" diameter, or what but I think I have found the wrap/wick set-up for me.
    Hmmmm great minds think alike , I got the same idea at about 2am and decided to rebuild , didn't need to all I really had to do was dryburn and rewick but I got the urge to tinker , didn't use a drillbit , didn't feel like retrieving them from the car so I used a small screwdriver , came out higher than I wanted 2.4 but wicked with boiled cotton ball and the flavor is still outstanding but I upped the wattage from 10 to 12.5 , might rebuild after this tank but probably just wind up refilling , this Huntsman is hard to put down , need more KFC's or a genuine when I can afford it .
     

    JayTater

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    Are those rm2's on top of the grands?

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    Nope. The raw Grand is a bottom fed ERA Hornet. The blue Grand is a Phoenix V4, home modified for bottom feed. Excellent performers, not as build friendly as an RM2 though.
     

    MrPicC

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    Anyone here familiar with this RBA ?

    Aqua Atomizer Clone - 101 Vape

    From the little I've heard about the clone, I'll steer clear myself.

    I sent my titan and kayfun lite out today. A bit of custom paint work in its future. I'm so damn excited to see what it looks like.
    I'm going Dune themed and full atreides colors :p yeah I'm a Dune geek so.
    Also ordered a nemi clone and atomo clone yesterday. Why? Well not sure honestly but I just couldn't help it.


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    Hmmmm great minds think alike , I got the same idea at about 2am and decided to rebuild , didn't need to all I really had to do was dryburn and rewick but I got the urge to tinker , didn't use a drillbit , didn't feel like retrieving them from the car so I used a small screwdriver , came out higher than I wanted 2.4 but wicked with boiled cotton ball and the flavor is still outstanding but I upped the wattage from 10 to 12.5 , might rebuild after this tank but probably just wind up refilling , this Huntsman is hard to put down , need more KFC's or a genuine when I can afford it .

    Hope your luck is better than mine, when I got the funds no one has them in-stock!!!!
     

    retic1959

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    From the little I've heard about the clone, I'll steer clear myself. I sent my titan and kayfun lite out today. A bit of custom paint work in its future. I'm so damn excited to see what it looks like. I'm going Dune themed and full atreides colors :p yeah I'm a Dune geek so. Also ordered a nemi clone and atomo clone yesterday. Why? Well not sure honestly but I just couldn't help it. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk
    I like Dune myself , I can't remember where I saw it but someone is making an ejuice called Shai Hallud , almost ordered it for the name alone .
     

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    From the little I've heard about the clone, I'll steer clear myself.

    I sent my titan and kayfun lite out today. A bit of custom paint work in its future. I'm so damn excited to see what it looks like.
    I'm going Dune themed and full atreides colors :p yeah I'm a Dune geek so.
    Also ordered a nemi clone and atomo clone yesterday. Why? Well not sure honestly but I just couldn't help it.


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    Please post some pictures when you get them back. I am not a dune freak, but I really like to look at custom painted things. Come to think of it I am not sure I have ever seen dune! :confused::facepalm:
     

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    From the little I've heard about the clone, I'll steer clear myself.

    I sent my titan and kayfun lite out today. A bit of custom paint work in its future. I'm so damn excited to see what it looks like.
    I'm going Dune themed and full atreides colors :p yeah I'm a Dune geek so.
    Also ordered a nemi clone and atomo clone yesterday. Why? Well not sure honestly but I just couldn't help it.


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    We want pix Pic.
     

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    Yeah, the cotton wicks are great, but NETs will do a number on them... I might stick to silica on my kfc, just to avoid rewicking so often.

    Btw, now that it's settled in, pretty impressed with the flavor on the kfc. That evaporation chamber does a great job of concentrating the vapor. Only gripe is that I think the refill valve is bound up a bit.... not sure it's working as well as it should. It isn't leaking, but I don't think it's working as designed. I'd there a slide valve or something, or does it just work on pressure alone?
     

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    Dune is one of the greatest scifi book series ever created more then a crappy 1984 movie.. :)
    I'd buy some Shai-halud for sure well depending on flavor..
    If your really interested in watching the 2000 SciFI channels Frank Herberts Dune was a fantastic watch and about 6 hours long. It deviated from the original book in some ways but still much better then anything David Lynch could have ever done..
    I went with the Atreides crest minus the hawk. The titan is ridged so the hawk wouldn't of worked. Matte black and dark green for both the titan and kayfun. Pics in a few weeks when it gets back :)
     

    retic1959

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    Yeah, the cotton wicks are great, but NETs will do a number on them... I might stick to silica on my kfc, just to avoid rewicking so often. Btw, now that it's settled in, pretty impressed with the flavor on the kfc. That evaporation chamber does a great job of concentrating the vapor. Only gripe is that I think the refill valve is bound up a bit.... not sure it's working as well as it should. It isn't leaking, but I don't think it's working as designed. I'd there a slide valve or something, or does it just work on pressure alone?
    I dunno but Pbusardo complained about the fill valve on the genuine Kayfun not working with the supplied bottle , I can't remember what he used but it was a plastic tip that worked not metal , it's easy enough to fill from the top anyway but you might want to watch Pbusardo's review on youtube , sorry I don't have the link for it Leo , I have to use a separate app to watch youtube .
     

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    Yeah, the cotton wicks are great, but NETs will do a number on them... I might stick to silica on my kfc, just to avoid rewicking so often.

    Btw, now that it's settled in, pretty impressed with the flavor on the kfc. That evaporation chamber does a great job of concentrating the vapor. Only gripe is that I think the refill valve is bound up a bit.... not sure it's working as well as it should. It isn't leaking, but I don't think it's working as designed. I'd there a slide valve or something, or does it just work on pressure alone?

    I tried using that fill screw thing twice with a bottle, both times it seemed like it wasnt taking any juice then BAM its spewing out everywhere. I just fill from the top now.
    Not sure where I seen the method I use, but I havent had it flood at all.
    Take top off, Hold finger over air-hole, fill till its about half way up the top sleeve, start the top on, slowly flip upside down, finish screwing top on, remove finger from air-hole, let sit a couple mins and ....
    ENJOY HUNTSMAN!!!!!
     

    retic1959

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    Dune is one of the greatest scifi book series ever created more then a crappy 1984 movie.. :) I'd buy some Shai-halud for sure well depending on flavor.. If your really interested in watching the 2000 SciFI channels Frank Herberts Dune was a fantastic watch and about 6 hours long. It deviated from the original book in some ways but still much better then anything David Lynch could have ever done.. I went with the Atreides crest minus the hawk. The titan is ridged so the hawk wouldn't of worked. Matte black and dark green for both the titan and kayfun. Pics in a few weeks when it gets back :)
    I watched that version when it was on SciFi MP , the Syfy channel is incapable of producing that quality of a program and I've read most of the Dune series books , I'll have to search for that juice , it was a tobacco flavor , don't think it was a NET though .
     

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    I looked over at a sample bottle of Razzberry and noticed it had darkened up a tad.. good its starting to steep/age. And then I thought... hmmm all the different ways to enhance the steeping process... and out of the corner of my eye I see my Brass tumbler ( for reloading bullets) and thought "shaking" ........... I wonder hmmm
     

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    I watched that version when it was on SciFi MP , the Syfy channel is incapable of producing that quality of a program and I've read most of the Dune series books , I'll have to search for that juice , it was a tobacco flavor , don't think it was a NET though .

    If you haven't ready hunters of Dune and sandworms of Dune then don't... Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson did a fantastic job of doing the prequels but boy did they do a number on the "final books"
    It all seemed so forced.
    That juice has an awesome graphic on the site but the sound of that tobacco makes me cringe. Honestly would of thought it would be a cinnamon spice. Makes so much sense and anything but just doesn't say shai-hulud to me.

    BTW since plugging up my hcigar kayfun fill hole up, I'm getting nothing but pure bliss. I've even grown to appreciate the top fill method. I still prefer the bottom screw of the lite but for the price fantastic performance. If you see em at a decent price pick one or 3 up.

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