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retic1959

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    I think I've settled in at a point where I'll chase gear on a periodic basis (like once a year) instead of whenever a new gadget is released. The pace at which new stuff is being introduced has accelerated 10-fold in the time I've been vaping. It was easier to chase gear before. Not so much anymore. It gets real expensive and I'm not vaping with good stuff most of the time. The same applies to juice. I had been doing so much sampling that half my time I was vaping crap I didn't like. Hence, my effort to go lean. Come first of the year I'll look at a few new things. Perhaps there will be a noticeable jump in quality in that time. Even then, I wont go hog wild. Those day are over for me.
    The thing is especially with RDA's most of the so called new stuff is just the same basic design with a facelift , the thing that separated the Magma for me was the undercoil airflow , I figured that it's very similar in that respect to a Kayfun and I know how well that works , that and the hemi head chamber along with the 1ml capacity sealed the deal , it blows the doors off of everything I've got , but every other topper I've looked at in either RDA's or RBA's really hasn't offered a game changing improvement over what I already have so other than maybe a 28.5mm or 30mm Magma I'm done for toppers , I am waiting to see what Provape does before I consider another regulated device , I might grab an 18650 mech to fill that slot but nothing expensive for sure , I enjoy looking at gear and discussing it but I'm pretty happy with what I've got .
     

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    The thing is especially with RDA's most of the so called new stuff is just the same basic design with a facelift , the thing that separated the Magma for me was the undercoil airflow , I figured that it's very similar in that respect to a Kayfun and I know how well that works , that and the hemi head chamber along with the 1ml capacity sealed the deal , it blows the doors off of everything I've got , but every other topper I've looked at in either RDA's or RBA's really hasn't offered a game changing improvement over what I already have so other than maybe a 28.5mm or 30mm Magma I'm done for toppers , I am waiting to see what Provape does before I consider another regulated device , I might grab an 18650 mech to fill that slot but nothing expensive for sure , I enjoy looking at gear and discussing it but I'm pretty happy with what I've got .

    This sounds like a good plan.. stick with it! :)
     

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    I only got one and that's enough for me. Katie's look nice though and those diamonds were done last night? No scabbing or bleeding? Most be a new tattooing method than I'm used to. :blink:
    It was in the oozing phase at the point of the picture. Usually does that for around 24hrs before it starts to dry out. Our artist is very light handed and also uses a rotary machine which causes much less trauma to the skin than a tradition machine. Its almost silent too I've always been used to the buzzing sound with my tattoos


    I remember when I only had one, now Im on way way to running out of space lol
     

    DavidOH

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    I went wild for awhile. I was fixated on gear at first. Didn't care about the juice. Learned a lot actually. Then moved on to finding good flavors (hence, HHV). Just want to settle in and enjoy for now. I'll check back in now and again. If I'm you, I'd feel pretty good that you found a top shelf juicemaker with HHV. In other words, you haven't really missed much by not sampling a dozen other vendors.

    I was also lucky enough to have a couple B/Ms that I could get juice from at the start. It kept me from having to take chances with online venders. Plus the luck of trying HHV as my first online order. As for gear there's a lot that I'd like to have. But I can only use one at a time and things are changing to fast to jump on everything. I'm not about collecting mods.
     

    Chakris

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    The thing is especially with RDA's most of the so called new stuff is just the same basic design with a facelift , the thing that separated the Magma for me was the undercoil airflow , I figured that it's very similar in that respect to a Kayfun and I know how well that works , that and the hemi head chamber along with the 1ml capacity sealed the deal , it blows the doors off of everything I've got , but every other topper I've looked at in either RDA's or RBA's really hasn't offered a game changing improvement over what I already have so other than maybe a 28.5mm or 30mm Magma I'm done for toppers , I am waiting to see what Provape does before I consider another regulated device , I might grab an 18650 mech to fill that slot but nothing expensive for sure , I enjoy looking at gear and discussing it but I'm pretty happy with what I've got .

    Whoa one ml capacity? I may just look into one. Sometimes 3-5 ml is just too much juice.
     

    Chakris

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    It was in the oozing phase at the point of the picture. Usually does that for around 24hrs before it starts to dry out. Our artist is very light handed and also uses a rotary machine which causes much less trauma to the skin than a tradition machine. Its almost silent too I've always been used to the buzzing sound with my tattoos


    I remember when I only had one, now Im on way way to running out of space lol
    Some of hers look like they used an airbrush. :)
    I've only had it for 30 years. Got it in Hanford, CA when I was stationed at NAS Lamoore.
     

    MrPicC

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    Im gear and juice crazy. Heres justs what scattered in the vape lair. Mostly retired stuff, this is about 1/8 of what I have. I know I need to clean it up lol
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    What's the 26650 for?
    Trying to get a better view of them mods ol

    Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk
     

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    What's the 26650 for?
    Trying to get a better view of them mods ol

    Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk
    I have a few 26650 mods

    Ss Mutant Clone - Garbage
    Copper Mutant Clone - Beast
    2 Hades - 1 legit and 1 clone
    Tesla - China orginal
    There's 2 more that I'm forgetting too
     
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    I was also lucky enough to have a couple B/Ms that I could get juice from at the start. It kept me from having to take chances with online venders. Plus the luck of trying HHV as my first online order. As for gear there's a lot that I'd like to have. But I can only use one at a time and things are changing to fast to jump on everything. I'm not about collecting mods.

    I hear yuh David. It can get costly and unless you're into the hobby aspect, it's just not necessary to have a gazillion PVs.
     
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