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Miarose

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Cool thing also is it's small enough to be entirely palmed, only the tip shows :)

However there's no hidin' the cloud ;)

Was wonderin' if the Reo was that small, its hard to tell by pictures...

i have an original mini, and a new mini 2.1 they are very tiny. like business card size. the grands are bigger, but i assume fairly small as well. go get one, so you can teach me. :p
 

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Amazon is right here (OK, 17 miles <-----thataway), i'd rather pay the shipping IF i want the product anytime soon. i used to love the free shipping, cuz it paid the tax (almost). BUT, they wouldn't ship the stuff for about a week - even if it sitting in Seattle! i didn't care if it was books or dvds, cuz i usually am behind on books. not so much dvds, but i can always pick up a book i haven't got to yet.

Amazon's free shipping used to be slower than molasses for me, but then they got a closer warehouse, and now they're pretty fast - unless it's board games, for some reason. Not a big deal because I rarely get my games from Amazon, since there are cheaper places to grab them. (For anyone who's wondering why anyone over the age of about 15 would buy *board games*, I play Eurogames, aka strategy games, aka "German games" - after WWII, Germany effectively banned the production of "war games" and "war toys," so while America was pumping out kids games and GI Joes, the German board game industry went an entirely different direction. Eurogames/"German games" are high strategy, low luck, can be played and enjoyed by all ages, and are usually beautifully produced... wooden playing pieces, always something to do on your turn, interesting themes, etc. (just glancing at my collection, I have a game about buying and training pets for your dungeon, a game about trading stuff in your Indian market stall, a cooperative game about rebuilding a city on another planet, a game about racing sled dogs, a Kennedy vs. Nixon campaign game, a medieval world deck building game, a few train games, a cooperative tower defense game, a cooperative dungeon crawl game where the characters are mice, and a game with a "dice wave" (when the top of the wave fills up with dice due to various player actions, you tip the wave over, and then everyone's sea creatures try to escape the shark... all handmade and handpainted player pieces crafted by two guys in Scotland in their garage). Anyway, these ain't your Monopoly or Yahtzee, is the point. :)

vapemail stuff is different. i'm used to venders getting stuff here in 1 to 3 days. 8 days is waaay too long for me! on my last free shipping order, i was really anxious, so i called after 3 days. waiting on 1 piece. i called a few days later, that piece was in. did they ship it? no! i asked why and they said because they still have 4 days until the "receive by" date gets here. :mad: so...like "we could ship it, but we don't want to!"

I'm mad at the post office atm because while they're usually excellent, they're shipping my current vapemail around from pillar to post due to the exact same rationale... the vendor shipped it out the same day, USPS gave themselves 5 days to get it from Orlando to Atlanta, then realized yesterday that yesterday was supposed to be the *delivery* date, so *now* it's speeding this way.

I wouldn't mind much except it's not technically *my* vapemail order... I needed a couple of adapters but was planning to wait for payday, a friend asked me if I could get her kids some egos and give her a crash course in how they work, and in exchange, she'd pay for the whole order (including my adapters). So now she's waiting for her egos and clearos and hoping they're here before her kids get here from out of town, and I look like a flake. Glad I have the tracking number, and thus can show her that I didn't lie about getting the order in and neither did the vendor.


the moral of the story is, they want you to pay for Amazon prime! :-x

Very true. I don't shop with Amazon often enough to make Prime worth it anymore... books I get from the library, CDs and DVDs I buy used, and for boardgames, I do one big order a year when I get my tax return and that's it.... so all Amazon's done by raising the free shipping limit is ensure that I'll shop there even less.

got a vape buffet going! pineapple peach, vanilla cup cake, banana split, ddl, cinn roll and whipped cream. livin' la vida loca! :ohmy:

Sounds delicious, Sam! That's my idea of a wild night, anyway.
 

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I love MBV, its my only place for liquid, but it would be my only vendor period if they would offer 808 batteries, chargers & clearos. I only use 808's and it riles me that I have to pay separate shipping for juice & supplies . I would be in heaven if I could just get all my stuff in one place. :(

I guess first, maybe email them and make a suggestion :)

Secondly, that's pretty much the norm for most of us, our needs are so varied that there isn't a single vendor that could possibly supply it all ;) Ya do your best at making the purchase worth while to limit the additional shipping costs. I get wick and wire from England, DIY flavorings, Nic, PG and VG from at least 4, batteries from another and juice from 3 currently :facepalm:
 

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I love MBV, its my only place for liquid, but it would be my only vendor period if they would offer 808 batteries, chargers & clearos. I only use 808's and it riles me that I have to pay separate shipping for juice & supplies . I would be in heaven if I could just get all my stuff in one place. :(

I've moved on from 808s (nothing wrong with them, I just run them dead too fast!) but I have *long* since given up on ever getting everything from one place. Juice from MBV, but they don't stock my coils, so coils from this other place, but they're sold out of adaptors, so adapters from this other place, but they don't have the clearomizers mom prefers, so those from this *other* place, and a friend wants an ego twist, but the best price on those is this *other* place, and...

One payday, I placed orders with 7 different sites in 5 minutes, and that was with a lot of consolidating and "I'll pick that up later"s, and with all the juice still coming from MBV. I was crossing my fingers and hoping my card wouldn't get shut down for "fraud protection," but I didn't dare space them out or I'd forget one of the orders I meant to put in, lol.

I love that vaping allows for so much customization, but the flip side of that is no one site will *ever* have *everything* you want on hand.
 

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I tried conning myself first, and that didn't work either :lol:

if i couldn't con myself into thinking i'm not a flipping lunatic, i'd be a lunatic. of course i'm masquerading as a lunatic in order to not actually be one (which i probably an anyway :facepalm:)

so i'm not sure if i am conning me, or if i'm just conning myself! :ohmy:

true story! :?:
 

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if i couldn't con myself into thinking i'm not a flipping lunatic, i'd be a lunatic. of course i'm masquerading as a lunatic in order to not actually be one (which i probably an anyway :facepalm:)

so i'm not sure if i am conning me, or if i'm just conning myself! :ohmy:

true story! :?:
I try to keep my crazy in my pocket and only bring it out in case of emergencies :D
 

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Congrats on your 7 months Kat!! My 7 months is today, now that it's after midnight here. I'm usually late to the thread also because of my crazy sleep schedule. What volt number do you use with your caramel candy? Just curious as mine persists in having a burned taste to it on both my Provari and on my spinners and ego pass through.....frustrating because I really want to like it!

Because of my schedule, I'm always late to the thread. :(

For out and about and stealth vaping at work, I have black ego 650's and a 350. I also have a pink ego twist, just because I like pink. :)
But the threads got stripped, so it will only work with one of my chargers. Bummer.

For home, when I chain vape, I have a stainless steel Vamo V2 from FT and a chrome Vamo V3 from a stateside vendor. Love them both for different reasons. I use the V2 in long mode with an 18650 battery, and the V3 in shorty mode with a 18350 battery. The difference in battery time is noticeable. I prefer the LED readout and the button feel of the V2 over the V3, it just feels more sturdy, but I like the hand feel of the V3 better with the groove pattern instead of slick.

The BIGGEST benefit of a Vamo over an ego is the VV/VW. I didn't think that would be a big difference, but it is. I haven't mastered variable watts, but variable volts makes a huge difference in juice flavor and vapor. They take on very different flavors when you have the option of going from 3.7 to 4.3 (or whatever volts). Same if you use a top coil, bottom coil, or cartomizer.

When I first started vaping 7 months ago (today yay!), I never dreamed there was more after stopping the cigs and using an ego. Wow, was I wrong! I feel like I've just started the journey! ;)

Edit: Still vaping MBV caramel candy. Can't put this stuff down! Keeping on topic. :)
 

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agreed! to me, one of the best features of the Provari is that the vape quality stays exactly the same til the battery dies. I've never used a VW device but may pick up an inexpensive one just to see what it's all about. For now, the Provari and the ego style batteries cover all of my needs, and I use them all every day.

I love my reos but when I dont want to deal with the decreasing vape quality im all over my provari love me some VV sometimes
 

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agreed! to me, one of the best features of the Provari is that the vape quality stays exactly the same til the battery dies. I've never used a VW device but may pick up an inexpensive one just to see what it's all about. For now, the Provari and the ego style batteries cover all of my needs, and I use them all every day.

The MVP 2.0 is like that re: consistent vape all the way to the end, too. I just ran it all the way dead - took 3 1/2 days at about 1000 puffs a day - then plugged it back in and used it as a pass through till it had a full charge again (about an hour - half an hour if I plug it into the wall.) VV, VW, ohm checker, $43 shipped at 101vape. I use VV more than VW because VV allows for a little more fine tuning, but VW is great for when I want to switch between tanks that have coils with different resistances - I always hit the button to set it back to VW before I switch tanks, just so I don't forget and pop my coil.

It's a little heavy, that's the only bad thing I can say about it... but with everything it does, that's a very minor complaint indeed.
 

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Just placed my first order with MBV. The reviews here, the pricing, and the first name basis had me sold. I went a bit overboard and got 6 flavors... I can't believe the pricing! Seriously. $2.50 to upgrade from 15 to 30ml made it a no-brainer... hope the quality is as good as everyone says... that's a lot of juice! (well, my biggest order as yet)

I didn't see wicks on the site, so I think there will be a new order after some research...
 

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Just placed my first order with MBV. The reviews here, the pricing, and the first name basis had me sold. I went a bit overboard and got 6 flavors... I can't believe the pricing! Seriously. $2.50 to upgrade from 15 to 30ml made it a no-brainer... hope the quality is as good as everyone says... that's a lot of juice! (well, my biggest order as yet)

I didn't see wicks on the site, so I think there will be a new order after some research...

I think you'll be very happy. Just make sure you give them some steep time... when they say your juice is freshly made, they mean it! That's a good thing, but it means the flavors need some time to age and develop. Most flavors are vapeable after a week or two of steep time (make sure you take the caps off to let the juice breathe, and shake them once in a while, caps on of course).

Darker juices might need a month to six weeks to reach their full potential. If you're low on juice or patience, a hot water steep will speed up the process and get your juice vapable in a few hours, although the flavor will continue to evolve and deepen over the following weeks.

No one will like *every* juice of course, but most of the people who write off MBV as a whole are guilty of *only* trying their juices fresh out of the mail and never going back to them after they've had a chance to steep - with MBV, steeping really does make all the difference in the world.

If you already knew all of this, my apologies; just figured I'd cover all the bases.

Re: wicks and coils, the selection is scant at the moment; they do carry some vivi nova coils here, but they're all out of stock right now.
 
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The MVP 2.0 is like that re: consistent vape all the way to the end, too. I just ran it all the way dead - took 3 1/2 days at about 1000 puffs a day - then plugged it back in and used it as a pass through till it had a full charge again (about an hour - half an hour if I plug it into the wall.) VV, VW, ohm checker, $43 shipped at 101vape. I use VV more than VW because VV allows for a little more fine tuning, but VW is great for when I want to switch between tanks that have coils with different resistances - I always hit the button to set it back to VW before I switch tanks, just so I don't forget and pop my coil.

It's a little heavy, that's the only bad thing I can say about it... but with everything it does, that's a very minor complaint indeed.

thats probably why i like vw better and don't get burnt tastes like i do with vv. i swap tanks constantly.

Just placed my first order with MBV. The reviews here, the pricing, and the first name basis had me sold. I went a bit overboard and got 6 flavors... I can't believe the pricing! Seriously. $2.50 to upgrade from 15 to 30ml made it a no-brainer... hope the quality is as good as everyone says... that's a lot of juice! (well, my biggest order as yet)

I didn't see wicks on the site, so I think there will be a new order after some research...

well....!! WHAT FLAVORS! :)
 
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