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LeoRex

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Leo if it's working for you that's great...patience isn't one of my strongest qualities:D

Nor mine.... ;) When I don't need something, patience is easy to come by. I didn't NEED that KFC... I wanted to give it a shot. If some of my gear broke and I was left stranded... like a blown charger or something... I wouldn't be so accommodating.

I have plenty of juice... gear is in good shape... so I can wait a few weeks.
 

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    Nice.... queuing up another FT order. Yeah, I know.. the last one took about 5 weeks to get here... but oh well... I'm patient. I don't NEED anything at the moment... KFC on my Vamo with CA, Chrident on my K100 with Legend. That's all a man needs. OK, now that I've slowed been assimilated into the KF collective.... I want a second. I'm lazy and that tank (among other things) has me hooked. And me, being also very cheap, is going back to FT for more gear. The holidays over there gives me time to ruminate on my shopping cart. I am probably going to go with one of the Russian 91% clones... I have a KFC, and I'd like something a little smaller to compliment it... and the RC has airflow control. In my limited experience with the big boy, pressure equalization is like THE most important thing when it comes to the vape quality (brings me back to my tank days where I was bubble watching to make sure my carts were wicking right), so the A/C is a must. Then after that, I'm adding in one of the 12w kicks (guessing it is Smok's). I was going to set it 11 or so, throw it in my K100 with some 18500s and just be lazy. Maybe not... Then I'm hemming and hawwing about that Nemi clone..... So having 10 days to think it over is key. I might just take the money and go by some more Cinful Apple... I just picked up a 50, and I forgot just how yum it is in the KFC... guessing I'll blow through the bottle quicker than I would have hoped. Decisions...
    Leo there's something I discovered about the R91% clone that FT sells , I replaced the crappy screws on my FT 3.1 with after market stainless screws but the screws on the R91% clone have a different pitch and the heads are soft and easily stripped , you can get replacement screws for it from FT for 62 cents for two but you have to wait 4 weeks to get them , the replacement screws for the 3.1 from Mr. Metric cost me 7 cents a piece and I had them within a week , that's a deal breaker for me , also the airflow on the R91% is much tighter and I can't get the flavor out of the R91% even with an identical build , also the positive block on the R91% is higher than the negative , you'll have to replace the insulator to remedy that , I did recommend the R91% to RJ because of the tighter draw but I have to recind it due to these issues , stick with the 3.1 is my recommendation now , the tobeco FT R91% is not worth the money .
     

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    Nice.... queuing up another FT order. Yeah, I know.. the last one took about 5 weeks to get here... but oh well... I'm patient. I don't NEED anything at the moment... KFC on my Vamo with CA, Chrident on my K100 with Legend. That's all a man needs.

    OK, now that I've slowed been assimilated into the KF collective.... I want a second. I'm lazy and that tank (among other things) has me hooked. And me, being also very cheap, is going back to FT for more gear. The holidays over there gives me time to ruminate on my shopping cart. I am probably going to go with one of the Russian 91% clones... I have a KFC, and I'd like something a little smaller to compliment it... and the RC has airflow control. In my limited experience with the big boy, pressure equalization is like THE most important thing when it comes to the vape quality (brings me back to my tank days where I was bubble watching to make sure my carts were wicking right), so the A/C is a must.

    Then after that, I'm adding in one of the 12w kicks (guessing it is Smok's). I was going to set it 11 or so, throw it in my K100 with some 18500s and just be lazy. Maybe not...

    Then I'm hemming and hawwing about that Nemi clone.....

    So having 10 days to think it over is key. I might just take the money and go by some more Cinful Apple... I just picked up a 50, and I forgot just how yum it is in the KFC... guessing I'll blow through the bottle quicker than I would have hoped.

    Decisions...

    I vote for the Neme clone. No, the Cinful Apple. No, the 91.

    I vote for all of them.
     

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    I need a couple of short drip tips, brushed finish for my KF mini and spheroid. Any recommendations? Of course I found some I love from Ohman but they're pretty pricey.

    Gosh, I see the shorties all over the place. Nice brushed ones. Can't think of where off the top of my head. Yes, some are very pricey. I think MP has some and I'm guessing he was budget conscious when he got them. Well, maybe not MP but his girl was. :)
     

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    OK, just got a 5ml syringe with a 16ga blunt tip. I had been using 18ga for a long time. The 16ga is definitely better. Knew it would. So if any of y'all are getting a fill syringe, get the 16ga for e-liquid. I could see going to 14ga if you have high VG. But the 16ga is fine for 70/30. 18 is too but the 16 is even better.
     

    retic1959

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    Vapemail !!! Just got my hcigar 3.1 in , nice zippered ballistic nylon travel case it came in , I'm liking the sandblasted matte finish on it , it's substantially heavier than my FT 3.1 clone , thicker steel used , it's apparent by comparing tank sections side by side , threading is excellent , butter smooth , lines are not as obvious , finer machining is apparent as well , that being said the threading on my FT 3.1 is also very smooth but the R91% tobeco clone threading is crunchy and would be easy to crossthread . BK has one of these coming so I'm going to rely on him to post photos . But I gotta say this is an impressive piece of gear , I haven't even cleaned or built it yet and I already want another one . I'll report back later after I get it cleaned and built
     

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    Vapemail !!! Just got my hcigar 3.1 in , nice zippered ballistic nylon travel case it came in , I'm liking the sandblasted matte finish on it , it's substantially heavier than my FT 3.1 clone , thicker steel used , it's apparent by comparing tank sections side by side , threading is excellent , butter smooth , lines are not as obvious , finer machining is apparent as well , that being said the threading on my FT 3.1 is also very smooth but the R91% tobeco clone threading is crunchy and would be easy to crossthread . BK has one of these coming so I'm going to rely on him to post photos . But I gotta say this is an impressive piece of gear , I haven't even cleaned or built it yet and I already want another one . I'll report back later after I get it cleaned and built

    Cool! Hcigar has a very nice reputation for making clones.
     

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    Vapemail !!! Just got my hcigar 3.1 in , nice zippered ballistic nylon travel case it came in , I'm liking the sandblasted matte finish on it , it's substantially heavier than my FT 3.1 clone , thicker steel used , it's apparent by comparing tank sections side by side , threading is excellent , butter smooth , lines are not as obvious , finer machining is apparent as well , that being said the threading on my FT 3.1 is also very smooth but the R91% tobeco clone threading is crunchy and would be easy to crossthread . BK has one of these coming so I'm going to rely on him to post photos . But I gotta say this is an impressive piece of gear , I haven't even cleaned or built it yet and I already want another one . I'll report back later after I get it cleaned and built

    Where'd you get it from Retic? Link please..
     

    retic1959

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    OK finished setting up the hcigar 3.1 with a 30ga 2.2 ohm microcoil wicked with organic cotton ball and filled with Huntsman , no leaks or weeping to be seen , vapes on par with my FT 3.1 which is to say awesome , but I'm really liking the better build quality of the hcigar , if I had anything negative to say it would be about the choice of post screws , they seem to be rounded underneath the head somewhat but they don't seem to be prone to stripping , still replaced them with cheesehead screws and nuts so capturing the wire is a piece of cake so all in all I'm impressed and very happy with this atty , big thumbs up on this one .
     
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