Great news, and thanks again for the updates! I thought these style attys were generally using a silica wick but I'm pretty sure you've mentioned using an SS wick in yours recently. Think you could post a photo or two of your current wick setup?
Mark Bugs Bottom Feeding Rebuildable Atomizer (prototype) initial impressions
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Great news, and thanks again for the updates! I thought these style attys were generally using a silica wick but I'm pretty sure you've mentioned using an SS wick in yours recently. Think you could post a photo or two of your current wick setup?
No word yet. Production is starting on the bases, which are interchangeable with all 3 versions.
Received another post today that FB voting will end soon....bad news for those not on FB....good news for those wanting a Chalice as soon as possible!
Well, it's had a fair amount of juice through it, so I don't know how effective a picture will be (and OKC is going through non-stop thunder and hail storms, so the light won't be good). I'll recoil it in a couple of days and take a picture while it's fresh.
And you can use SS mesh in this, you just have to make sure it's oxidized well since it's sitting on the metal floor of the mod. Main advantages are that the juice tastes cleaner and the wick lasts longer.
That's still to be determined. They may try to distribute it themselves if they can get a website up to snuff in time, or they may go through a distributor (cloud9vaping in the UK sells their Mark T infinity rebuildable atty). That's all I'm aware of at this point.
Definitely want one of these! I have a Provari w/ Mark-T Infinity for home. This on a Reo Mini would be great for a work/driving setup...
Let's just say that my VV Grand and my BFF drew an awful lot of attention at the Vape Meet at Tulsa last Saturday. A LOT of attention.
With a week old ss mesh wick and coil and some Havana Gold blend, it was quite a hit. Thank God Vapor Kings had a lot of drip tip condoms available!
But...HERE'S the interesting part.... the fact that it was rebuildable drew a lot of attention, BUT it was the draw, easy juicing action and taste of the juice that really impressed people about it, without exception.
The curious would take a long slow draw, blow out of cloud of vapor, roll their eyes, take a long hard look at the mod and ask: "WHERE can I get one of these?!?"* It seemed the fact that it was rebuildable took secondary importance to the general characteristics of the atty itself once they vaped it; a fact that I would have to agree with. HH 357 owners compared it favorably to their attys.
Unless the BFF completely breaks, explodes or kills me in the next couple of weeks, I'm starting to become convinced that it-along with the VV Reo-is the freakin' future of vaping.
One other observation is that the combo does quite well with a full bottle....I don't want to say it autofeeds with thick VG juice, but it doesn't seem that I have to squonk it very much, even with how heavily I've been hitting it. It's a little bit more effort once the bottle starts becoming less than half full, but that's a characteristic I can live with.
BTW, thanks to Rob and Michelle for really treating us right at the Vape Meet at Vapor Kings. Excellent hospitality, and killer door prizes! Sterno and I both won Ego C kits...the missus got mine** and he's kind of excited of having his first non-Reo ("Cool! Now I can take this out with me and keep my Reos safe at home!!!") mod.
A quick little production note for those of you who bothered reading all of this: They're still on track to be released by the end of the month, and the price will AT WORST CASE SCENARIO be no more than their existing Mark T Infinity attys....150 USD.
*With a few folks saying, "Jesus, who do I have to blow to get one of these?!?" Too bad most of them were dudes...
**I live in a mammocracy; she has the boobies, ergo, she makes the rules.
With a week old ss mesh wick and coil and some Havana Gold blend, it was quite a hit. Thank God Vapor Kings had a lot of drip tip condoms available!
But...HERE'S the interesting part.... the fact that it was rebuildable drew a lot of attention, BUT it was the draw, easy juicing action and taste of the juice that really impressed people about it, without exception.
The curious would take a long slow draw, blow out of cloud of vapor, roll their eyes, take a long hard look at the mod and ask: "WHERE can I get one of these?!?"* It seemed the fact that it was rebuildable took secondary importance to the general characteristics of the atty itself once they vaped it; a fact that I would have to agree with. HH 357 owners compared it favorably to their attys.
Unless the BFF completely breaks, explodes or kills me in the next couple of weeks, I'm starting to become convinced that it-along with the VV Reo-is the freakin' future of vaping.
One other observation is that the combo does quite well with a full bottle....I don't want to say it autofeeds with thick VG juice, but it doesn't seem that I have to squonk it very much, even with how heavily I've been hitting it. It's a little bit more effort once the bottle starts becoming less than half full, but that's a characteristic I can live with.
BTW, thanks to Rob and Michelle for really treating us right at the Vape Meet at Vapor Kings. Excellent hospitality, and killer door prizes! Sterno and I both won Ego C kits...the missus got mine** and he's kind of excited of having his first non-Reo ("Cool! Now I can take this out with me and keep my Reos safe at home!!!") mod.
A quick little production note for those of you who bothered reading all of this: They're still on track to be released by the end of the month, and the price will AT WORST CASE SCENARIO be no more than their existing Mark T Infinity attys....150 USD.
*With a few folks saying, "Jesus, who do I have to blow to get one of these?!?" Too bad most of them were dudes...
**I live in a mammocracy; she has the boobies, ergo, she makes the rules.
Everyone who has tried this thing has liked it, I kiddeth you not. My first vaping convert, who is a rabid silver bullet enthusiast, was asking how to get one after one or two drags.
Can't wait Clyde, and you should get to keep yours for free for all of the reporting you've been doing. Its been a great resource for us and each update you provide just increase our excitement.
Kind of you to say, thanks. This prototype is mine, but I'm under no obligation except to give my honest opinion.
I like to play with toys, and I love to talk....and getting my hands on this prototype early is truly a labor of love.
I like to play with toys, and I love to talk....and getting my hands on this prototype early is truly a labor of love.
Oh, one other thing....
Really impressed by the battery life on the VV Grand. Put batteries in at 8am, and didn't have to switch them out til 3pm on Saturday. At a vape meet. With dozens of people trying it, IN ADDITION to my vaping it like a research monkey.
Okay, two things: the button on the VV Grand was a crowd pleaser as well.
I'm tempted to make this into a "Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition" parody, but I'll quit here.
Really impressed by the battery life on the VV Grand. Put batteries in at 8am, and didn't have to switch them out til 3pm on Saturday. At a vape meet. With dozens of people trying it, IN ADDITION to my vaping it like a research monkey.
Okay, two things: the button on the VV Grand was a crowd pleaser as well.
I'm tempted to make this into a "Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition" parody, but I'll quit here.
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LOL, man you are just making me more jealous. Rebuildable BF atty AND a VV Grand? You are having a very good month my friend
No kidding, I am truly blessed and defecating in tall cotton, my friend! I was going to give the ego-c I won at the vape meet away before she who must be obeyed* called dibs. BUT...with the VV Grand and this becoming available, everyone should get a piece of this action. I dreamed about this combo for months before the components became available...and my dreams came true!
*Again, I live in a mammocracy...but the perks of fiefdom make it bearable...
*Again, I live in a mammocracy...but the perks of fiefdom make it bearable...
No kidding, I am truly blessed and defecating in tall cotton, my friend! I was going to give the ego-c I won at the vape meet away before she who must be obeyed* called dibs. BUT...with the VV Grand and this becoming available, everyone should get a piece of this action. I dreamed about this combo for months before the components became available...and my dreams came true!
*Again, I live in a mammocracy...but the perks of fiefdom make it bearable...
You are very well versed Clyde!
Are there any pink Chalices?
kidding kidding
You are very well versed Clyde!
Are there any pink Chalices?
No, all 3 designs are in polished SS. Thanks for the compliment! Sometimes, I go to meetings with a bunch of twentysomethings who blanch and shrug at some of my word choices. It reminds me of a scene from the HBO series "Dead Like Me":
Rube: "Better be careful with your drinking, Mason. After all, 'Bacchus has drowned more men than Poseidon'.
Mason: "Bacchus? Who is that?"
Rube: "Oh, he's the Greek god of 'Why don't you read a
book?!?'".- Status
