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I keep meaning to ask you Dude, WHAT possessed you to buy Jackfruit in the first place? It's an odd Asian flavor that most people are not familiar with. I liken it to someone buying Durian juice (which IS out there somewhere.)
Ummmm, no thanks and no thanks :laugh:
 

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I keep meaning to ask you Dude, WHAT possessed you to buy Jackfruit in the first place? It's an odd Asian flavor that most people are not familiar with. I liken it to someone buying Durian juice (which IS out there somewhere.)

Remember when Jurassic Park came out and they sold Raptor Bites, well they had jackfruit in them and were my favorite candy. . . ever. Anyways, I wanted to relive my childhood and find a jackfruit vape since nobody sells jackfruit anything. Vitamin Water had a jackfruit flavor for awhile and as soon as I discovered it and fell in love again, they discontinued it. So here I am, wishing someone would make a tasty jackfruit e-juice. High Desert Vapes carries it too but I don't feel like wasting another 6 bucks, get my hopes up and then be disappointed all over again.
 
Anyone order mbv hazle nut coffie? I got a 30 ml bottle thinking that it was going to be a more extra cream extra sugar type of coffee flavor but instead its like hazelnut coffee that is straight black it does taste just like hazelnut coffee the only problem is that it tqste like black coffie

now anyone know what i can add to this like another mbv flavor that will make it taste more like hazle nut coffie with extra cream and sugar?
mabey a cream flavor? Like bavarian cream or cream puff

I am a big fan of Sweet Cream for this purpose. It will "lighten" and "sweeten" your coffee, absolutely.
 

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I got vapemail. My lemonade and pink lemonade sample came today as did my Innokin Iclear 30, all from MBV. Loaded the pink lemonade into my protank straightaway. Love it so much I already ordered a 50 ml to go with my first dip into the RDA pool with the Smoke Octopus rda on MBV. Can't wait for arrival

Let me suggest the first thing you do with the octopus is rebuild the wick, and make the air hole just a little bit bigger. Personal feelings are that the stock wick sucks, but the dripper, with some small modifications works great.
 

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Suggestions on how to make a better wick? I, too, have the Octopus from MBV. I know it is made of aluminum, so making the air hole bigger might be easy, but not sure how to make a better wick. Is there a good video for this?

Let me suggest the first thing you do with the octopus is rebuild the wick, and make the air hole just a little bit bigger. Personal feelings are that the stock wick sucks, but the dripper, with some small modifications works great.
 

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Suggestions on how to make a better wick? I, too, have the Octopus from MBV. I know it is made of aluminum, so making the air hole bigger might be easy, but not sure how to make a better wick. Is there a good video for this?

My Igo-L is stainless steel and it was drilled low on the cap from factory, half the hole is covered by the deck. Started with 1/16 and then said screw it and drilled 5/64 because it's cut in half anyways, tastes great :) Anyways, I used a cordless screw gun and set it on the carpet in the garage and drilled it with a metal bit. Had no issues. If you get a chance try the Igo-L, you might find it a lot easier and better quality than octopus. IMO
I have been using the "microcoil" method, except instead of using a 1/16 drill bit to wrap the tight touching coils and then threading a 2mm silica wick through it, I have just double over my 1.5mm ekowool and wrap the microcoil on the wick. It's been working great. 10 wraps of 30g kanthal = 1.8-2.1 ohm coil.
Here is a great thread that started my experience
 
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Let me suggest the first thing you do with the octopus is rebuild the wick, and make the air hole just a little bit bigger. Personal feelings are that the stock wick sucks, but the dripper, with some small modifications works great.
Thanks for the suggestion. I intend to drill the hole out for sure, I did a lot of homework on rba and rda. Also ordered an aga t2 from another vendor today, going to try my hand at ss mesh. Shouldn't have to worry about tank cracking juices anymore. Right now my only any juice option is the Protank, I have been somewhat disappointed with it but that's too off topic. Thanks again, good lookin out ;)
 

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Suggestions on how to make a better wick? I, too, have the Octopus from MBV. I know it is made of aluminum, so making the air hole bigger might be easy, but not sure how to make a better wick. Is there a good video for this?

oddly enough GrimmGreen just did a video on that this weekend.
 

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Thanks for the suggestion. I intend to drill the hole out for sure, I did a lot of homework on rba and rda. Also ordered an aga t2 from another vendor today, going to try my hand at ss mesh. Shouldn't have to worry about tank cracking juices anymore. Right now my only any juice option is the Protank, I have been somewhat disappointed with it but that's too off topic. Thanks again, good lookin out ;)

Just be carefull on how big you make the hole. I wasn't paying close enough attention and made a bigger hole than I wanted. When I hit it, it was so airy that i thought it wasn't even firing. Then I exhaled and it looked like a steam train just came through the room.
 

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Actually, I do have the IGO-L - it came in a trade AND the hole was already drilled out by the previous owner. A friend made a coil for me and it hits like a champ. Prior to that I was working with the Octopus and it left more to be desired. I will watch the GrimmGreen video, however, I don't know if I trust his knowledge after people here criticized his video on rebuilding the EVOD/Protank coil. Apparently, he overlooked a lot. I have been using Snaredrummer's video verbatim as a guide.

My Igo-L is stainless steel and it was drilled low on the cap from factory, half the hole is covered by the deck. Started with 1/16 and then said screw it and drilled 5/64 because it's cut in half anyways, tastes great :) Anyways, I used a cordless screw gun and set it on the carpet in the garage and drilled it with a metal bit. Had no issues. If you get a chance try the Igo-L, you might find it a lot easier and better quality than octopus. IMO
I have been using the "microcoil" method, except instead of using a 1/16 drill bit to wrap the tight touching coils and then threading a 2mm silica wick through it, I have just double over my 1.5mm ekowool and wrap the microcoil on the wick. It's been working great. 10 wraps of 30g kanthal = 1.8-2.1 ohm coil.
Here is a great thread that started my experience
 

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How are the micro coils working out for you, I have only been doing 3 or 4 wraps and it works fine but after perusing that link you posted i am intrigued to say the least. Is there really a big flavor difference and how does that compare to SS
I'm not BigLebowski, but would like to say the micro coil is a great technique on the IGO-L. I use cotton, so it's a much more mellow vape than ss (which I find to be harsh). The flavor is great, but the location of the coil relative to the airhole is key for me to find great flavor. There are several very helpful members on the micro coil thread.
Actually, I do have the IGO-L - it came in a trade AND the hole was already drilled out by the previous owner. A friend made a coil for me and it hits like a champ. Prior to that I was working with the Octopus and it left more to be desired. I will watch the GrimmGreen video, however, I don't know if I trust his knowledge after people here criticized his video on rebuilding the EVOD/Protank coil. Apparently, he overlooked a lot. I have been using Snaredrummer's video verbatim as a guide.
GrimmGreen has been doing videos for a long time. He has good knowledge about most things, but you are smart to watch more than one "teacher." I always do :)
 

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Oh. My. Goodness. Solar Flare - I couldn't stand the wait and curiosity was getting to me, so put a bit in my Protank and whoooooaaaaaa. It has a 'born on day' 7/4 so exactly 1 week old and it's crazy good. Can see it needs a bit more steeping but still it's crisp and tangy and menthol-ly. I was not a menthol smoker so it surprises me how much I like this. I see a much bigger bottle of this in my future!! As an added bonus, I never really gave my Protank any love so since I knew Solar Flare needed to be in glass that's what I'm using. Now I even like my Protank! Double win. :)

Quick question - I have some Cinnamon Roll steeping. It's not on the tank-cracker list, but wondered if I should invest in another Protank for it anyway? Love my Evods and don't want to melt the poor little things. TIA!
 

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Oh. My. Goodness. Solar Flare - I couldn't stand the wait and curiosity was getting to me, so put a bit in my Protank and whoooooaaaaaa. It has a 'born on day' 7/4 so exactly 1 week old and it's crazy good. Can see it needs a bit more steeping but still it's crisp and tangy and menthol-ly. I was not a menthol smoker so it surprises me how much I like this. I see a much bigger bottle of this in my future!! As an added bonus, I never really gave my Protank any love so since I knew Solar Flare needed to be in glass that's what I'm using. Now I even like my Protank! Double win. :)

Quick question - I have some Cinnamon Roll steeping. It's not on the tank-cracker list, but wondered if I should invest in another Protank for it anyway? Love my Evods and don't want to melt the poor little things. TIA!
Solar Flare is one of my favorites too...it really doesn't need a steep. It will change a little in the next few days, but doesn't change after that in my experience.

I've used Cinnamon Roll in plastic clearos without a problem, but there has been at least one post that I recall that a member "blamed" Cinnamon Roll for cracking a tank. I had been taught that bakery cinnamon flavoring is clearo-safe, but I suppose there might be a small risk involved here.
 

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Solar Flare is one of my favorites too...it really doesn't need a steep. It will change a little in the next few days, but doesn't change after that in my experience.

I've used Cinnamon Roll in plastic clearos without a problem, but there has been at least one post that I recall that a member "blamed" Cinnamon Roll for cracking a tank. I had been taught that bakery cinnamon flavoring is clearo-safe, but I suppose there might be a small risk involved here.

Thank you, Stoneface! The only reason I think I need to take the cap off and let Solar Flare 'breath' is just a teeny, tiny, perfumey thing - not enough to fuss over. And I think I will either buy another Protank for Cinnamon Roll, just to be on the safe side, or maybe those 'baby protanks' will show up in the next ten minutes or so. I reallly want some of those - this Protank looks kinda goofy on my ego-stick batteries. Well, very goofy actually! :blink:
 
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