M401/2/3 Supplier list

[wegster]

It seems my other models have a supplier list thread, but not the M401, aka Pilot, Evo, etc. Note the 402 and 403 batteries all screw onto the M401, are just different lengths. The prices shown are valid as of today, obviously may change, and links to USB passthroughs are shown as well.
If some are out of stock (OOS) labelled, this obviously may change, so check back with the link, as I doubt I'll be able to keep stock status updated
If anyone has additions, let me know. No association with any of them, but have had good service to date from multiple of the below.
Prices may be rounded up slightly, if something is $7.95 or $7.99, I call it $8. NOTE:

This list is meant to be as complete as possible for US suppliers, plus the common 'Ship to US' (a few Chinese vendors). If you want to see vendors from the UK and elsewhere, please PM me, will add as I'm able to..thanks!


M401
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STARTER KITS: (2 batteries, 1 atomizer, 5 pack of carts, charger, unless otherwise noted)
US
Midwest Vapor - $48 http://www.vaporoptions.com - $45
dietSMOKES.com - $49 (has colored bands on atty, red, yellow, blue)
The electronic cigarette super store!!! : Home - $69
http://www.vaporstation.com (EVO) - $45
http://litecigusa.com]LiteCig USA - $43, or $49 for dual atomizer kit
http://www.vaporstix.com] Vapor Stix - $50
myfreedomsmokes.com] My Freedom Smokes - $40 (NOTE - must use wholesale login, user: smoke: pass: puff for this price!)
China
Heaven-gifts.com Ruyandirect.com Best E-smoking Shop (China) - $33
www.eastmall.net - Eastmall International Co.,Ltd (China, David Yang, +$15 flat ship) - 40 Electronic Cigarettes | E-Cigarette | E-Cigs | Electric Cigarette from SMOORE (China) - 39.99 (401 or 402)
TRUEMAN ECIG USB Passthrough RN4081 M401 DSE084 DSE901 DSE801 DSE101 DSE103 DSE084 KR808 - (China) - $30
UK/Europe/elsewhere
http://www.esmokeshop.co.uk e-smokeshop UK - 35£ (also has larger kits)

Spare batteries:
US Vendors
Midwest Vapor - 15
http://www.vaporoptions.com - NA
dietSMOKES.com - 15
The electronic cigarette super store!!! : Home - 15
http://litecigusa.com] LiteCig USA - $12
http://www.vaporstix.com] Vapor Stix - Out of stock? (not listed)
myfreedomsmokes.com] My Freedom Smokes - $14 (NOTE - must use wholesale login, user: smoke: pass: puff for this price!)
China
Heaven-gifts.com Ruyandirect.com Best E-smoking Shop (China) - 10
www.eastmall.net - Eastmall International Co.,Ltd (China, David Yang, +$15 flat ship) - 12
Electronic Cigarettes | E-Cigarette | E-Cigs | Electric Cigarette from SMOORE (China) - 12
TRUEMAN ECIG USB Passthrough RN4081 M401 DSE084 DSE901 DSE801 DSE101 DSE103 DSE084 KR808 - (China) - NA (doesn't seem to carry)
UK/Europe/elsewhere
http://www.esmokeshop.co.uk e-smokeshop UK - 9£

Spare atomizers:
US Vendors
http://www.vaporoptions.com - 8
dietSMOKES.com - 10
The electronic cigarette super store!!! : Home - 11.50
Midwest Vapor - 10.50
http://litecigusa.com]LiteCig USA - $8
http://www.vaporstix.com] Vapor Stix - Out of stock? (not listed)
myfreedomsmokes.com] My Freedom Smokes - $8 (NOTE - must use wholesale login, user: smoke: pass: puff for this price!)
China
Heaven-gifts.com Ruyandirect.com Best E-smoking Shop (China) - 7
www.eastmall.net - Eastmall International Co.,Ltd (China, David Yang, +$15 flat ship) - 8 Electronic Cigarettes | E-Cigarette | E-Cigs | Electric Cigarette from SMOORE (China) - 8
TRUEMAN ECIG USB Passthrough RN4081 M401 DSE084 DSE901 DSE801 DSE101 DSE103 DSE084 KR808 - (China) - NA (doesn't seem to carry)
UK/Europe/elsewhere
http://www.esmokeshop.co.uk esmokeshop UK - 8£

carts:
US Vendors
Midwest Vapor - $3/5 (blanks)
http://www.vaporoptions.com - .65 each (blanks)
dietSMOKES.com - $5, filled only (for 5)
http://litecigusa.com]LiteCig USA - $4.25 for 5 filled, $2.95 for blanks (5)
The electronic cigarette super store!!! : Home - NA
China
Heaven-gifts.com Ruyandirect.com Best E-smoking Shop (China) - 1.90 for 10 (blanks), $21 for 50 (filled) www.eastmall.net - Eastmall International Co.,Ltd (China, David Yang, +$15 flat ship) - $2 for 5 (blanks) Electronic Cigarettes | E-Cigarette | E-Cigs | Electric Cigarette from SMOORE (China) - $4/5 filled or blanks TRUEMAN ECIG USB Passthrough RN4081 M401 DSE084 DSE901 DSE801 DSE101 DSE103 DSE084 KR808 - (China) - NA (doesn't seem to carry)
UK/Europe/elsewhere
http://www.esmokeshop.co.uk esmokeshop UK - 8£/10 (flavored), 15£/25 (flavored), 29£/50 (flavored)

USB passthrough:
http://www.vaporoptions.com - $17.99
www.eastmall.net - Eastmall International Co.,Ltd (China, David Yang, +$15 flat ship) - 15
TRUEMAN ECIG (China) - $9

Note - Puresmoker is also coming out with a 'universal' USB passthrough, which may include an M401/2/3 adapter. Visit his (sponsor) forum and let him know if you'd be interested in an M401 adapter. Also, the JantyStick is supposed to eventually have an M401/2/3 adapter, which is itself has USB passthrough capabilities.

 

[Jim Davis]

Received 2 passthroughs form Trueman E-cig.
1 - M-401 and 1 - RN4081 @ $9.00ea.
No LED and a bit harder to draw on.

They're OK, but not as good as my others.

 

[RjG]

Nice list Thanks wegster!

 

[wegster]

Added LiteCig USA into list. Also have to call out - the list is in no order at this point, other than US suppliers first, followed by a few China vendors.

No association with any of them, have ordered from several but not all of the above to date, with zero problems.

Let me know if I'm missing anyone else.

 

[prr2freya]

Received 2 passthroughs form Trueman E-cig.
1 - M-401 and 1 - RN4081 @ $9.00ea.
No LED and a bit harder to draw on.

They're OK, but not as good as my others.

yeah.. the m401 passthrough from there is hard to drag on, but it works ok. I was thinking maybe it needs more power than my puter provides.. You have others with an easier draw? I have nothing to compare it to...

p.s... NICE LIST... Good to have all this in one place

 

[Adeem]

myfreedomsmokes.comkit $40battery $14atomizer $8cartridges (5 full/10 empty) $4very reasonable shipping and great customer service.To get these prices go to the wholesale page name: smoke, password: puff
edit: I have no association I'm just a satisfied customer

 

[enrogae]

Vaporstix.com has the m401 starter kit for $50, and when I ordered mine they shipped it that day. I'm very pleased with those folks thus far.

 

[wegster]

Added vaporstix and myfreedomsmokes to the list.

What is up with these 'wholesale' (to get normal retail :-/ ) sites anyways? It's not like it's a real wholesale price..

 

[Jim Davis]

yeah.. the m401 passthrough from there is hard to drag on, but it works ok. I was thinking maybe it needs more power than my puter provides.. You have others with an easier draw? I have nothing to compare it to...

p.s... NICE LIST... Good to have all this in one place

They're OK for $9.00. The one I using right now is from vaporguys, about $19 if my memory serves me right, has the LED too.

The harder draw seems like a tighter vacuum switch. You have to draw harder to activate it. It may loosen up a little with use.

Be careful of the wire. If you keep bending it where it enters the passthrough, it could break. I put a small glob of clear silicone on the end to protect the wire from bending sharply at that point.

 

[prr2freya]

Be careful of the wire. If you keep bending it where it enters the passthrough, it could break. I put a small glob of clear silicone on the end to protect the wire from bending sharply at that point.

I was concerned about that as well.. I don't have much to work with, so I used tape to stiffen it up and protect the wire:

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The harder draw seems like a tighter vacuum switch. You have to draw harder to activate it. It may loosen up a little with use.

Could the harder draw be caused by the Trueman passthroughs being made from the DSE401 batts instead of the m401 batts? I have never had a DSE401 batt and was told they are based on negative pressure as apposed to the mic in the m401. Were the DSE401 attys made differently? Maybe the atomizers are not in perfect sink with the passthrough. I do notice the little hole is in a diff place on this DSE based passthrough than the M batteries:

DSE-passthrough on the side. m-series straight shot... edit: It is my understanding that the little hole is where the mic is activated on the m-series and the big hole has a light plastic coating inside to protect the hardware... it's not juice getting in the big hole that shorts/clogs up the battery, but the little hole... I would assume the DSE version is the same? Maybe the m-series atty is not lined up properly with the DSE side hole and this causes a harder draw?

Also.. The screw threads on the DSE passthrough look and feel more crude and seem spaced a little farther apart. Could that also have an effect?

Umm.. yeah. before anyone asks.. The other day I started scraping the paint off the battery to try to get a shiny steel look.. with a nail file as it's all I have. metal was nasty smelling on my skin after holding so i used some crappy nail polish to cover it up.
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The one I using right now is from vaporguys, about $19 if my memory serves me right, has the LED too.

Are they in stock? and are they made from the m-series with the hole in the right place with the (what I believe to be) nicer screw threads? mayhaps next month I should check that out!

 

[Jim Davis]

Vaporguys is out of stock right now.

The holes in your new passthrough look like mine. My batts are the same as the passthrough. Keep in mind that the battery is activated through the center hole. That's where the vacuum switch is. If I suck on the passthrough without the cart, it's harder to activate than my others. That's why I'm leaning toward a stiff vacuum switch. I've had batteries with hard draw, and within a week or so of steady use, they got easier to draw on.

As far as looks go. Try a small piece of contact paper. It's vinyl, so the juice won't bother it. Pick a pattern, cut a small piece, and if you're very careful, you can cover your battery with any color or pattern. I'm thinking woodgrain for two of my 4081 white batteries. If you get the seam straight, and use a good razor knife, you'll be surprised at the results. And you can change it whenever you want.

You can also check out the craft store. A million possibilities for battery changes.

Edit; Your tape job looks exactly like my silicone job.

 

[prr2freya]

OK... I think maybe you have the DSE401 batteries then.. the m401(SMOORE) is activated by a mic instead of the vacuum. Someone on the forum took apart an m401 battery.. They have an extremely easy draw, but are also very sensitive to sound and wind. The DSE uses a negative pressure vacuum and are good for going to places like concerts and vaping wilst driving with the windows down. I want to get hold of a couple of those batteries as wel.. But once the jantyStick(manual version) comes out with a 401 adapter, all will be perfect! I asked Kao about his DSE batts:

I only use my M40x atomizers on the DSE401 batteries. The DSE401 as a whole has a much harder draw due to having a 2 hole atomizer, and the DSE401 batteries use pressure switch. I do notice a slightly harder draw when I use the DSE401 battery with my M40x atomizer. I rarely use the DSE401 batteries, I only use them when I go out to a club.

I'll keep using the passthrough and see if it "softens up" like your batteries

OK... done hijacking the purpose of this thread now! Thanks!

p.s.. If my tape job looks like your silicone job, then I'm on the right track!

Vaporguys is out of stock right now.

The holes in your new passthrough look like mine. My batts are the same as the passthrough. Keep in mind that the battery is activated through the center hole. That's where the vacuum switch is. If I suck on the passthrough without the cart, it's harder to activate than my others. That's why I'm leaning toward a stiff vacuum switch. I've had batteries with hard draw, and within a week or so of steady use, they got easier to draw on.

As far as looks go. Try a small piece of contact paper. It's vinyl, so the juice won't bother it. Pick a pattern, cut a small piece, and if you're very careful, you can cover your battery with any color or pattern. I'm thinking woodgrain for two of my 4081 white batteries. If you get the seam straight, and use a good razor knife, you'll be surprised at the results. And you can change it whenever you want.

You can also check out the craft store. A million possibilities for battery changes.

Edit; Your tape job looks exactly like my silicone job.

 

[Jim Davis]

I gave my sound activated batts to my brother-in-law. I found them "self vaping" from the whine of the jet engines on my last trip. Not good.

 

[prr2freya]

I gave my sound activated batts to my brother-in-law. I found them "self vaping" from the whine of the jet engines on my last trip. Not good.

sorry.. yes... not good... but the wording was funny... or I'm tired and silly

 

[JonHarm]

freya - it appears the new DSE401 Passthroughs are mic'd now too. Adam sent me some and they're a completely different beast then the ones I had before. They're easy to see because the wire's thinner, and they behave JUST LIKE M series - yelling at them triggers the battery. I'm much happier, as I burned through two old-style passthroughs due to switch issues.

 

[Tom09]

Nice list, thanks for a place to keep it together.
Might add the Intellicig EVOlution: www.intellicig.com UK
EVOlution starter kit (1x atomizer, 2x batteries, USB charger, 5x carts) 29£
spare atomizer 8£, spare battery 9£, filled carts for 6£ (10x), 14£ (25x), 50£ (100x)

I have personally bought 401s from Intellicig and from Ruyandirect. Can only say the best about both companies. In addition, recognized that there is also www.vaporsdelight.com , selling standard EVO kits for $50 in the US. Don’t know anything about the latter company, though.

 

[wegster]

Adding or update a few more.
InnoVapor has an EVO intro kit for $35, single atty, battery, black EVO: Specials : InnoVapor, The Finest in Personal Vaporizers
Also:
Innovapor EVO starter kit - 2 batteries, attys, 10x EcuPure filled carts $45: EVOlver EVO Parts Kit |2 Batteries|2Atomizers|10 Carts|ECOpure| - $45.00 : InnoVapor, The Finest in Personal Vaporizers
They also have Pelican cased other EVO kits and parts.

VaporStation has the EVO starter (single batt, atty, USB charger) for $34, although I don't see parts listed there:
Vapor Station

 

[Tom09]

Adding some suppliers of interest for continental Europe. As pointed out by asdrubale, the M401 is also sold by Litecig.com (NL) and Partysmoker.nl (NL); Partymoker’s program is also available at Partynebula.de (GER).

Litecig.com has presently M-401 and M-402 starter kits (2 batts, 1 atomizer, 5 carts, charger) for 35 EUR. Extra battery for 10 EUR, 5 pre-filled carts for 3 EUR, but apparently does not sell atomizers.

Partysmoker.nl has “RPS Mini” starter kits (= M401; 1 batt, 1 atomizer, 5 carts, mains charger, additional charger cable) for 60 EUR. All parts come with an extended two year warranty. Battery for 12.50 EUR, atomizer for 10 EUR, 5 pre-filled carts for 3 EUR.

 

[wegster]

Adding another: (with free shipping)
Rocky Mountain Vapor you have reached the mountain top of electronic cigarettes! : Home
Current pricing:
atomizers - 7
Batteries - 11
carts - 4
passthrough - 15
kit - 42

 

[Hex]

Good job on the list. Once my site is up you can add me to it