Yes, like many of us, I took advantage of Liberty Flights sale on their Riva 510 - Light starter kit. Not too sure what makes this a light starter kit since it comes with the following:
2x 750 mah manual battery
1x Standard Atomizer
1x LR Atomizer (1.7 ohm resistance)
1x Atomizer Cone
10x Blank Cartridges
1x USB Charger
1x AC to USB connector
Now, before I talk about how this has been working for me, let me give you a little history. I have been an analog smoker for 26 years. I started when I was only 13. I really don't remember what life was before I started smoking. I have had my little "successes" with quitting but, obviously, the success was limited.
My first try at electronic cigarettes was with the Blu starter kit. Like many of us, their advertising makes vaping look just like smoking. It also made it look like a single cartridge was going to replace a pack of cigarettes. I also had a friend who purchased their kit and went weeks without an analog.
I placed my order and was sent the same "order delayed" message that everyone else gets. About 3 weeks later, I received an "order shipped" email. I honestly had forgotten that I placed the order.
A few days later, my Blu kit arrived at work. I quickly charged both batteries, read the manual, which was only a few pages, and started getting familiar with everything. Once everything was charged, my troubles began. I could only get about 10 good puffs from a single cart, not the 150 they advertise. I often had to play with the carts to get them to start working. My battery life was much less than expected and often time, the vapor production wasn't enough to feel like I took a puff. Things were terrible. That is when I found ECF.
After posting in the newbie forum about my troubles and among all of the "return it, it sucks" posts, there was some great advice. I quickly purchase juices, 510 atomizers and 510 cartomizers. Using these on the Blu kit made things much better but, just not good enough. I then starting dripping onto my atomizer and with that, I began to understand why people use them. It still was not like smoking analogs at all and it was still a bit complicated to get working. What troubled me the most was the battery life. I could only go a couple of hours between charges. Quickly, one of my batteries would barely hold a charge. As well, the battery was going off in my pocket all the time. I was still always playing with the thing to get it to work right. It was time for a new kit. I was going to try one more purchase and then give up if it didn't work.
I started looking around at all of the options and decided on a Volcano Magma. I was going to order it after asking a few simple questions in the forums. After a few responses, I decided to switch to the Volcano Inferno. My only concern was that it was HUGE! Then again, it is 1000 mah. As well, it was $60 and I had already invested $100 in something that wasn't working for me. Shortly after, someone posted about the Riva 510 from Liberty Flights. It was half the price of the Inferno. Even though it didn't come with a case, I could give vaping another shot without breaking the bank. I placed my order the Friday before last!
Now, why did I tell everyone all of this? It helps in understanding what I was looking for and the troubles that I have found electronic cigarettes to be. I was frustrated. I wanted easy! I wanted battery life! I wanted it to feel like an analog cigarette when I puffed!
The Riva 510 arrived on Thursday. It came in a nice gift box. The batteries, cone and an atomizer were at the top and the charges, cartridges and the low resistance atomizer was at the bottom. Everything had the protective plastic on it.
Removing the plastic reveals black batteries with gold accents. The cone is completely black. The atomizers are black with a gold connector. All of the cartridges are black. With my order I got 2 different style drip tips.
To be totally honest, I thought it would be complicated to put together the Riva 510. It looks complicated in the pictures. It just wasn't. You screw the atomizer, which already has a blank cartridge (without filler) on it, into the battery. Then you screw in the cone. If you want to use a pre-filled cart, you can pull off the blank cart on the atomizer and push on the pre-filled cart.
To charge the batteries, you can either place the charger into a USB port or the AC to USB adapter (which plugs into an AC outlet). It only takes a couple of hours to fully charge a completely dead battery.
So, how does it perform? Perfectly! It just works. I don't know how else to explain it. It just works! I drip a few drops of juice on the atomizer, pop on the blank cart, hold the botton for a second and then apply my lips. I take my drag, which doesn't need to be extremely slow and drawn out, and then inhale.
The vapor production is excellent. I really haven't tried the low resistance atomizer yet but, the standard atomizer works great. With the Blu, I had to slowly puff on the unit for around 10-12 seconds in order to get a decent drag. After "modding" the Blu, it was still around 8 seconds. With the Riva 510, I can get double the vapor of the Blu at around 4-5 seconds. I have found that taking a faster drag at about 6 seconds produces a vapor in a process that is much like smoking an analog.
As for battery life, I can go 12-14 hours between charges. I am not sure if my use is considered typical because I am still new because I don't use it like an analog cigarette. With an analog, I would go out for a smoke every 1 - 1.5 hours for a cigarette. With vapor, I will take about 3 or 4 drags every so often. Maybe every 20-25 minutes. Sometimes I will take about 5 or 6. It all depends on how I am feeling. With the Blu, this amounted to about 2 hours of use.
I love this Riva 510! It has made vaping easy! I am not constantly messing with it, not monitoring my battery all of the time, not puffing on it exact in order to get a tolerable amount of vapor. It just works. I drip and puff. No need to work on perfect technique. No more trouble.
So, to sum this up... If you have $30 ($38 when not on sale), the Riva 510 is the perfect solution for that hole it burns in your pocket. Head to Electronic Cigarette - Starter Kits - Riva 510 to place your order. They also have other excellent starter kits for your needs. As well, they charged me $2.99 for shipping from CA to FL. That's hard to beat also.
2x 750 mah manual battery
1x Standard Atomizer
1x LR Atomizer (1.7 ohm resistance)
1x Atomizer Cone
10x Blank Cartridges
1x USB Charger
1x AC to USB connector
Now, before I talk about how this has been working for me, let me give you a little history. I have been an analog smoker for 26 years. I started when I was only 13. I really don't remember what life was before I started smoking. I have had my little "successes" with quitting but, obviously, the success was limited.
My first try at electronic cigarettes was with the Blu starter kit. Like many of us, their advertising makes vaping look just like smoking. It also made it look like a single cartridge was going to replace a pack of cigarettes. I also had a friend who purchased their kit and went weeks without an analog.
I placed my order and was sent the same "order delayed" message that everyone else gets. About 3 weeks later, I received an "order shipped" email. I honestly had forgotten that I placed the order.
A few days later, my Blu kit arrived at work. I quickly charged both batteries, read the manual, which was only a few pages, and started getting familiar with everything. Once everything was charged, my troubles began. I could only get about 10 good puffs from a single cart, not the 150 they advertise. I often had to play with the carts to get them to start working. My battery life was much less than expected and often time, the vapor production wasn't enough to feel like I took a puff. Things were terrible. That is when I found ECF.
After posting in the newbie forum about my troubles and among all of the "return it, it sucks" posts, there was some great advice. I quickly purchase juices, 510 atomizers and 510 cartomizers. Using these on the Blu kit made things much better but, just not good enough. I then starting dripping onto my atomizer and with that, I began to understand why people use them. It still was not like smoking analogs at all and it was still a bit complicated to get working. What troubled me the most was the battery life. I could only go a couple of hours between charges. Quickly, one of my batteries would barely hold a charge. As well, the battery was going off in my pocket all the time. I was still always playing with the thing to get it to work right. It was time for a new kit. I was going to try one more purchase and then give up if it didn't work.
I started looking around at all of the options and decided on a Volcano Magma. I was going to order it after asking a few simple questions in the forums. After a few responses, I decided to switch to the Volcano Inferno. My only concern was that it was HUGE! Then again, it is 1000 mah. As well, it was $60 and I had already invested $100 in something that wasn't working for me. Shortly after, someone posted about the Riva 510 from Liberty Flights. It was half the price of the Inferno. Even though it didn't come with a case, I could give vaping another shot without breaking the bank. I placed my order the Friday before last!
Now, why did I tell everyone all of this? It helps in understanding what I was looking for and the troubles that I have found electronic cigarettes to be. I was frustrated. I wanted easy! I wanted battery life! I wanted it to feel like an analog cigarette when I puffed!
The Riva 510 arrived on Thursday. It came in a nice gift box. The batteries, cone and an atomizer were at the top and the charges, cartridges and the low resistance atomizer was at the bottom. Everything had the protective plastic on it.
Removing the plastic reveals black batteries with gold accents. The cone is completely black. The atomizers are black with a gold connector. All of the cartridges are black. With my order I got 2 different style drip tips.
To be totally honest, I thought it would be complicated to put together the Riva 510. It looks complicated in the pictures. It just wasn't. You screw the atomizer, which already has a blank cartridge (without filler) on it, into the battery. Then you screw in the cone. If you want to use a pre-filled cart, you can pull off the blank cart on the atomizer and push on the pre-filled cart.
To charge the batteries, you can either place the charger into a USB port or the AC to USB adapter (which plugs into an AC outlet). It only takes a couple of hours to fully charge a completely dead battery.
So, how does it perform? Perfectly! It just works. I don't know how else to explain it. It just works! I drip a few drops of juice on the atomizer, pop on the blank cart, hold the botton for a second and then apply my lips. I take my drag, which doesn't need to be extremely slow and drawn out, and then inhale.
The vapor production is excellent. I really haven't tried the low resistance atomizer yet but, the standard atomizer works great. With the Blu, I had to slowly puff on the unit for around 10-12 seconds in order to get a decent drag. After "modding" the Blu, it was still around 8 seconds. With the Riva 510, I can get double the vapor of the Blu at around 4-5 seconds. I have found that taking a faster drag at about 6 seconds produces a vapor in a process that is much like smoking an analog.
As for battery life, I can go 12-14 hours between charges. I am not sure if my use is considered typical because I am still new because I don't use it like an analog cigarette. With an analog, I would go out for a smoke every 1 - 1.5 hours for a cigarette. With vapor, I will take about 3 or 4 drags every so often. Maybe every 20-25 minutes. Sometimes I will take about 5 or 6. It all depends on how I am feeling. With the Blu, this amounted to about 2 hours of use.
I love this Riva 510! It has made vaping easy! I am not constantly messing with it, not monitoring my battery all of the time, not puffing on it exact in order to get a tolerable amount of vapor. It just works. I drip and puff. No need to work on perfect technique. No more trouble.
So, to sum this up... If you have $30 ($38 when not on sale), the Riva 510 is the perfect solution for that hole it burns in your pocket. Head to Electronic Cigarette - Starter Kits - Riva 510 to place your order. They also have other excellent starter kits for your needs. As well, they charged me $2.99 for shipping from CA to FL. That's hard to beat also.
