Micro Coil for the RBA on your REO

[hippieben]

30 gauge 2.5 ohm 12 ish wraps around an 18g needle. So much excellence.

Just need practice making the wicks from my giant wad of cotton.

 

[Thedan1284]

No doubt diy for juice is way to go. Seems complicated and overwhelming at first but certainly not beyond anybody's capability if you stick with it just like going to rba's for first time. The taste and dollar savings make it worth trying.

Received a liter of 24 mg from myfreedomsmokes today along with a couple simple flavorings and sweetener. Curious to see how this turns out.
In anticipation of the govt taking our right to purchase liquid nic base. I also purchased 500ml of 100mg for my fridge back at home. (Gotta tell my wife to double bag it and NOT to touch it or open it for that matter). As vaping gets more popular and gets spotlight/news time. I worry about the future restrictions

 

[bushmaster]

Received a liter of 24 mg from myfreedomsmokes today along with a couple simple flavorings and sweetener. Curious to see how this turns out.
In anticipation of the govt taking our right to purchase liquid nic base. I also purchased 500ml of 100mg for my fridge back at home. (Gotta tell my wife to double bag it and NOT to touch it or open it for that matter). As vaping gets more popular and gets spotlight/news time. I worry about the future restrictions

Freezing 100 mg. in glass was all the rage on ECF for awhile. Supposedly high-nic liquid leaches plastic bottles. This info is a year or more old but worth checking out if you're looking to store nic for a long period. Undoubtedly a fellow REOnaut more knowledgeable than I will respond anyway, so I'd just sit back and wait if I were you.

 

[super_X_drifter]

Freezing 100 mg. in glass was all the rage on ECF for awhile. Supposedly high-nic liquid leaches plastic bottles. This info is a year or more old but worth checking out if you're looking to store nic for a long period. Undoubtedly a fellow REOnaut more knowledgeable than I will respond anyway, so I'd just sit back and wait if I were you.

MFS ships their liters in glass. At least they did when I stocked up

 

[ukeman]

being both a Reo nut and a Pluid head has its drawbacks... but i did learn that you can freeze ejuice in glass as long as the bottle is not full. be very careful with it though... when frozen they feel/seem crack-able.

I didnn't know you could get 100mg nic fluid....
What is the formula for using something like that?

i think i shall look into it

 

[JC Okie]

^^^yes, they still do. I have 500ml of 100mg nic from MFS in the freezer as we speak.... It's been in there awhile, and I'm about ready to break it out and dilute it down. When I do, I'll replace it with another 500ml of "fresh" 100mg nic.

 

[super_X_drifter]

I just buy it mixed to the ratio I vape. It costs a little more but it's still cheap as hell. For the price of 2 cartons of smokes, I get enough premix to last about 2 years

 

[JC Okie]

being both a Reo nut and a Pluid head has its drawbacks... but i did learn that you can freeze ejuice in glass as long as the bottle is not full. be very careful with it though... when frozen they feel/seem crack-able.

I didnn't know you could get 100mg nic fluid....
What is the formula for using something like that?

i think i shall look into it

No...the bottle needs to BE full. The less room for any air in the bottle, the better. At least that's what I've always read.

How I cut it: First I cut it 50%/50% with 500ml of VG. So I end up with 1000ml of 50mg nic. I store half of it back in the freezer. (Now it's 500ml of 50mg nic) With the other 500ml, I just dole it out in a 120ml bottle as I need it. I keep it in the frig (not freezer) while I'm using it. Once I use up 120ml, I mix more. For that 120ml of nic juice that I use for mixing, I dilute it down to 25mg of nic....so I mix it half and half....60ml of nic and 60ml of VG. I use that 25mg nic juice with different flavors in my daily use bottles. I mix for myself (10 - 12mg) and for others (24mg), so I just mix theirs straight.....just put flavoring in a bottle (usually 30 ml bottles) and fill it up with 25mg juice....comes out pretty close to 24mg. For mine, I put my flavoring in my bottle, then use about half nic juice and half VG....comes out around 10-12mg or so.

Not all that scientific....but it works. And it's sooooo cheap......the biggest expense is the flavoring, and that's not bad.

 

[nerak]

No...the bottle needs to BE full. The less room for any air in the bottle, the better. At least that's what I've always read.

How I cut it: First I cut it 50%/50% with 500ml of VG. So I end up with 1000ml of 50mg nic. I store half of it back in the freezer. (Now it's 500ml of 50mg nic) With the other 500ml, I just dole it out in a 120ml bottle as I need it. I keep it in the frig (not freezer) while I'm using it. Once I use up 120ml, I mix more. For that 120ml of nic juice that I use for mixing, I dilute it down to 25mg of nic....so I mix it half and half....60ml of nic and 60ml of VG. I use that 25mg nic juice with different flavors in my daily use bottles. I mix for myself (10 - 12mg) and for others (24mg), so I just mix theirs straight.....just put flavoring in a bottle (usually 30 ml bottles) and fill it up with 25mg juice....comes out pretty close to 24mg. For mine, I put my flavoring in my bottle, then use about half nic juice and half VG....comes out around 10-12mg or so.

Not all that scientific....but it works. And it's sooooo cheap......the biggest expense is the flavoring, and that's not bad.

I read through half of that and got lost! I have a liter of 100mg in my freezer also.

 

[bushmaster]

No...the bottle needs to BE full. The less room for any air in the bottle, the better. At least that's what I've always read.

How I cut it: First I cut it 50%/50% with 500ml of VG. So I end up with 1000ml of 50mg nic. I store half of it back in the freezer. (Now it's 500ml of 50mg nic) With the other 500ml, I just dole it out in a 120ml bottle as I need it. I keep it in the frig (not freezer) while I'm using it. Once I use up 120ml, I mix more. For that 120ml of nic juice that I use for mixing, I dilute it down to 25mg of nic....so I mix it half and half....60ml of nic and 60ml of VG. I use that 25mg nic juice with different flavors in my daily use bottles. I mix for myself (10 - 12mg) and for others (24mg), so I just mix theirs straight.....just put flavoring in a bottle (usually 30 ml bottles) and fill it up with 25mg juice....comes out pretty close to 24mg. For mine, I put my flavoring in my bottle, then use about half nic juice and half VG....comes out around 10-12mg or so.

Not all that scientific....but it works. And it's sooooo cheap......the biggest expense is the flavoring, and that's not bad.

Same here--zero headspace or as close to that as possible. Air is the killer.

 

[Bob57]

My nic stash is frozen in 60 ml bottles with poly cone lids, no air at all.
keep one bottle in the fridge to mix from, all in 60mg.

 

[liveone]

Guys I'm thinking about drilling my stock airhole on my rm2. Any tips? I don't have a vice or even small drill bits lol so gonna have to make a trip to Lowes or something. I just have a hand drill.

What do I need to get so that I can emerge from this diy without a ruined cap and all my fingers?

 

[pdib]

Guys I'm thinking about drilling my stock airhole on my rm2. Any tips? I don't have a vice or even small drill bits lol so gonna have to make a trip to Lowes or something. I just have a hand drill.

What do I need to get so that I can emerge from this diy without a ruined cap and all my fingers?

So. Lowe's doesn't have the sizes you need. You want sizes, #56, #55 and maybe #54*. Alternatively, the RM2 is pretty soft. I would suggest you start with reaming the hole a little at a time (firmly, and with some wiggling and twisting and some sincerity, tho). If you don't have a fine awl, ice pick, corkscrew, pointy thing on a swiss army knife, you could buy something like that at lowe's.



*or 1.3, 1.4, & 1.5 mm

edit: eh, throw in #53 too

 

[liveone]

So. Lowe's doesn't have the sizes you need. You want sizes, #56, #55 and maybe #54*. Alternatively, the RM2 is pretty soft. I would suggest you start with reaming the hole a little at a time (firmly, and with some wiggling and twisting and some sincerity, tho). If you don't have a fine awl, ice pick, corkscrew, pointy thing on a swiss army knife, you could buy something like that at lowe's.


*or 1.3, 1.4, & 1.5 mm

edit: eh, throw in #53 too

Great tip pdib! I took a finishing nail with a squarish tip and bent it so that I can reach the airhole from both sides. I held it in place with pliers and ground the top back and forth with nail tip inside the airhole. Worked nicely and the draw is perfect now.

 

[Gigdujour]

I just buy it mixed to the ratio I vape. It costs a little more but it's still cheap as hell. For the price of 2 cartons of smokes, I get enough premix to last about 2 years

I've been buying it in the 50mg/ml base and using the e-juice app on my iPhone to get my targeted nic level Where do you folks get your nic base? (I'm always looking for a better deal)

 

[super_X_drifter]

^
Wizard labs and My Freedom Smokes.

 

[Xobeloot]

^
Wizard labs and My Freedom Smokes.

Same here.

 

[Xobeloot]

So. Lowe's doesn't have the sizes you need. You want sizes, #56, #55 and maybe #54*. Alternatively, the RM2 is pretty soft. I would suggest you start with reaming the hole a little at a time (firmly, and with some wiggling and twisting and some sincerity, tho). If you don't have a fine awl, ice pick, corkscrew, pointy thing on a swiss army knife, you could buy something like that at lowe's.


*or 1.3, 1.4, & 1.5 mm

edit: eh, throw in #53 too

I used an 18g IV needle. Cut through like butter and gave me that fraction of a mm that I needed

 

[debzcf]

I've been buying it in the 50mg/ml base and using the e-juice app on my iPhone to get my targeted nic level Where do you folks get your nic base? (I'm always looking for a better deal)

My Freedom Smokes. Plus, shipping is very cheap.

 

[pdib]

sorry, slow on the uptake. Is drug store variety VG same/same?