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FearTX

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Wicked the Chi-Krack with cotton this morning.... muuuuch better. I guess that officially makes me one of the people who doesn't get the appeal of mesh. I'm okay with that.

And also experiencing a Vanilla butternut infused nic high. :D

There are a few flavors that taste slightly better on mesh. Mesh gives a clean crisp edge to some flavors. I have burned my taste buds out from smoking and dipping over the years so I do not particularly appreciate the difference. Couple that with the ease of working with cotton and the annoyance of mesh. Cotton wins :)
Bubble Stone is another winner imo it is annoying to prep a wick though. Ceramic is nice but fragile. Cotton still wins.
 

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Have you ever watched Dexter? 8 seasons are on Netflix. If your not familiar with the show it is about a serial killer who only kills other serial killers. It is a pretty good show.

Actually he only kills murderers. Hunting another serial killer is usually a treat and takes place over the entire season. Ice Truck Killer, Trinity Killer (John Lithgow)
 

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There are a few flavors that taste slightly better on mesh. Mesh gives a clean crisp edge to some flavors. I have burned my taste buds out from smoking and dipping over the years so I do not particularly appreciate the difference. Couple that with the ease of working with cotton and the annoyance of mesh. Cotton wins :)
Bubble Stone is another winner imo it is annoying to prep a wick though. Ceramic is nice but fragile. Cotton still wins.

Mesh just seems like a hassle I don't wish to bother with. Ceramic might be appealing if the wicks were not so delicate and expensive. :p
 

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MVB Rocks on delivery....Saturday night, while distracted by grandkids, I attempted to mix up the last of my Blu Moo special Mix that I love dearly and because of the distractions(and a brain burp) I got it all wrong....I tried diligently to tough it out and just vape it but I couldn't.. I placed an order with MBV at 9pm Sunday evening for 5 new bottles of juice and they arrived today!! That's washington state to Nashville by midweek. Here is the itinerary January 15, 2014 , 11:49 am
Delivered
NASHVILLE, TN 37216
January 15, 2014 , 8:35 am
Out for Delivery
NASHVILLE, TN 37216
January 15, 2014 , 8:25 am
Sorting Complete
NASHVILLE, TN 37216
January 15, 2014 , 6:37 am
Arrival at Post Office
NASHVILLE, TN 37216
January 14, 2014
Depart USPS Sort Facility
NASHVILLE, TN 37230
January 14, 2014 , 9:57 pm
Processed through USPS Sort Facility
NASHVILLE, TN 37230
January 13, 2014 , 11:30 pm
Processed at USPS Origin Sort Facility
KENT, WA 98032
January 13, 2014
Electronic Shipping Info Received
January 13, 2014 , 4:27 pm
Dispatched to Sort Facility
BELLINGHAM, WA 98226
January 13, 2014 , 3:11 pm
Acceptance
BELLINGHAM, WA 98226
 
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Have you ever watched Dexter? 8 seasons are on Netflix. If your not familiar with the show it is about a serial killer who only kills other serial killers. It is a pretty good show.

Actually he only kills murderers. Hunting another serial killer is usually a treat and takes place over the entire season. Ice Truck Killer, Trinity Killer (John Lithgow)
 

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Mesh just seems like a hassle I don't wish to bother with. Ceramic might be appealing if the wicks were not so delicate and expensive. :p

It's not that bad, and it's slightly easier to wick a vertical coil with mesh... but changing the wick out without removing the coil is a more delicate operation than it is with cotton, so that side is kind of a wash, imo. Clean and crisp isn't really what I'm looking for with the flavors I usually vape, which may be part of why it didn't do anything for me... I can taste how it would be an advantage if I tended toward fruits and menthols, but since those are only occasional vapes for me, cotton works just as well, and makes swapping the wick out easier to boot.
 

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Actually he only kills murderers. Hunting another serial killer is usually a treat and takes place over the entire season. Ice Truck Killer, Trinity Killer (John Lithgow)

What??? Weird Double Post.

That's it. I am quitting the Internet. Hmmph
 
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MVB Rocks on delivery....Saturday night, while distracted by grandkids, I attempted to mix up the last of my Blu Moo special Mix that I love dearly and because of the distractions(and a brain burp) I got it all wrong....I tried diligently to tough it out and just vape it but I couldn't.. I placed an order with MBV at 9pm Sunday evening for 5 new bottles of juice and they arrived today!! That's washington state to Nashville by midweek. Here is the itinerary January 15, 2014 , 11:49 am
Delivered
NASHVILLE, TN 37216
January 15, 2014 , 8:35 am
Out for Delivery
NASHVILLE, TN 37216
January 15, 2014 , 8:25 am
Sorting Complete
NASHVILLE, TN 37216
January 15, 2014 , 6:37 am
Arrival at Post Office
NASHVILLE, TN 37216
January 14, 2014
Depart USPS Sort Facility
NASHVILLE, TN 37230
January 14, 2014 , 9:57 pm
Processed through USPS Sort Facility
NASHVILLE, TN 37230
January 13, 2014 , 11:30 pm
Processed at USPS Origin Sort Facility
KENT, WA 98032
January 13, 2014
Electronic Shipping Info Received
January 13, 2014 , 4:27 pm
Dispatched to Sort Facility
BELLINGHAM, WA 98226
January 13, 2014 , 3:11 pm
Acceptance
BELLINGHAM, WA 98226

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Every Christmas I put a bottle of Canadian Mist in the mailbox with a short handwritten thank you note.
Every year he responds with a fairly long handwritten thank you note.
The guy loves that Canadian Mist. And I always get my mail.

If he likes Canadian mist and you want to give him a treat then I would highly recommend Wisers delux, it is excellent and better quality, my personal favorite
 

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Well I think I finally got my mother to completly switch over to vaping. I have been keeping her well supplied with everything she needs and I even gave her my old Vamo and I keep everything filled and charged for her. I have been telling her for the longest time just to quit buying cigarettes...if they are not there she can't smoke them. She prefers the carto tanks so I decided to dust off mine as well.

I think I might have gotten a bad batch last time and it steered me away for awhile. I ordered some more and these work great! Mind you I love my Protanks and my Aro's but some flavors just call for a cartomizer sometimes.
 

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On the topic of cotton, I have found I far prefer sterile cotton gauze. I haven't ever tried to actually pull it through the coil, though, seems like it would be a PITA. But it can put up with an accidental dry fire or three much better than regular cotton. And for whatever reason, it seems to wick juice better and has a great flavor. I may have to try wrapping a coil around some gauze, but that sort of defeats the purpose and ease of swapping wicks out.
 

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On the topic of cotton, I have found I far prefer sterile cotton gauze. I haven't ever tried to actually pull it through the coil, though, seems like it would be a PITA. But it can put up with an accidental dry fire or three much better than regular cotton. And for whatever reason, it seems to wick juice better and has a great flavor. I may have to try wrapping a coil around some gauze, but that sort of defeats the purpose and ease of swapping wicks out.


It is a huge pain in the ..... I did the quickie rewick of my PT2. The one where the guy in the vid just rewicks the existing coil with cotton in about 5 seconds. First, my old eyes struggle to see the opening in the coil. Lit magnifying glass on the way from Amazon. Second, it's like trying to thread a needle with weak, constantly shifting thread. Third, if you over twist or don't use *just* the right amount of cotton, you get MAJOR gurgling and leaking and no smoke. I'm still trying to figure it out.
And it looks so easy in the vid. :p




Addendum: I did buy a ball of cotton yarn to try as wicks in the KFL clone. Yarn has a little sturdiness to it, ya know?
 

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It is a huge pain in the ..... I did the quickie rewick of my PT2. The one where the guy in the vid just rewicks the existing coil with cotton in about 5 seconds. First, my old eyes struggle to see the opening in the coil. Lit magnifying glass on the way from Amazon. Second, it's like trying to thread a needle with weak, constantly shifting thread. Third, if you over twist or don't use *just* the right amount of cotton, you get MAJOR gurgling and leaking and no smoke. I'm still trying to figure it out.
And it looks so easy in the vid. :p




Addendum: I did buy a ball of cotton yarn to try as wicks in the KFL clone. Yarn has a little sturdiness to it, ya know?

Cotton yarn is something I would like to try. I have quit trying to recoil any of my clearos. I've pretty much given up on them, although I do like the iClear 30, and think I'd like the iClear 16, perhaps some of the new ones. But really, I'm a dripper anymore. I'd rather put any future atomizer purchases toward something like a Kayfun/Russian, perhaps a Kraken. Where did you pick up your cotton yarn? I feel like it would stand up to the heat of a low resistance coil about as well as gauze does.
 

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By the way.....
I see James 'liked' my post about Mt Baker giving us all free R91s after the view number on this thread hits a million.
I can only assume that makes it a done deal. Hurray!

Oh, I'm sure he's sending you one just for thinking of it. Genius! I suppose we need to start spamming this thread, we should hit a million in a couple days. :p
 

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Cotton yarn is something I would like to try. I have quit trying to recoil any of my clearos. I've pretty much given up on them, although I do like the iClear 30, and think I'd like the iClear 16, perhaps some of the new ones. But really, I'm a dripper anymore. I'd rather put any future atomizer purchases toward something like a Kayfun/Russian, perhaps a Kraken. Where did you pick up your cotton yarn? I feel like it would stand up to the heat of a low resistance coil about as well as gauze does.


I bought it at some big crafting store in a strip mall. Michaels. 2 bucks for a big ball or hank or whatever they call it. I don't think it's sterilized or anything, but make sure you buy it undyed and unperfumed. Yes, they perfume some of them. They do weird things to yarn.
 
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