Yippee they arrived yesterday, having only been shipped the day before by ecig wizard, tremendous service!
Nice presentation box, opened it and there it was my Lavatube kit. I changed the American plug for a UK one first, (can't be bothered with adaptors!) and popped both batteries in to charge, but one already had a full charge, BONUS! that meant I could start testing out my new toy.
First though my first impressions of the Lavatube. I had read many reviews and I must admit all the short comings of the tube, but mine was perfect. The end cap was smooth, not stiff, there was already the safety end hole in place, when I fitted the tank if it was out by 0.25 of a degree then I need better glasses, so all the original faults the reviews in the past wrote of, seem on mine to have been listened to and rectified.
I primed the carto in the puff diddy tank, then spent about 10 mins trying to work out how to fill the tank, had to get some help from Andy at The Vapor Trail in Eastbourne, once he showed me how to fill the tank it all made sense, but quick instructions would have been helpful.
I set the voltage at 4.0 and started to vape .............................. it made my favourite RY4 taste of new carto, it was disgusting! Not to be deterred I took the voltage down to 3.3 and set it at that and slowly vaped through half a tank of RY4, taking time to bed in the carto. By the time half a tank had gone I was getting my favourite flavour through with loads of smoke, so I started to wind up the tube 0.1 volts at a time until I got to 3.6 volts where it has stayed for the time being.
I have now started my second day on the first battery, and there is still about another 2 - 3 hrs left before I will need to change the battery. I still get a slight hint of new carto, but that is now very reduced. The kit came with two atomisers, but no drip tips so if I hadn't purchased the puff tanks as an extra I would not have been able to use this out of the box, which would have been disappointing.
The tube is great, looks good, feels good in the hand (I have big hands so it suits me) and everything works better than I expected having read many previous reviews. The on / off switch is great, the fire button a nice click under your thumb, the voltage up / down buttons easy to use even with big thumbs like mine and easy to set the voltage. Overall I would give my model 10/10 for looks, 10/10 for use, 11/10 for price.
I hope this helps others.
Nice presentation box, opened it and there it was my Lavatube kit. I changed the American plug for a UK one first, (can't be bothered with adaptors!) and popped both batteries in to charge, but one already had a full charge, BONUS! that meant I could start testing out my new toy.
First though my first impressions of the Lavatube. I had read many reviews and I must admit all the short comings of the tube, but mine was perfect. The end cap was smooth, not stiff, there was already the safety end hole in place, when I fitted the tank if it was out by 0.25 of a degree then I need better glasses, so all the original faults the reviews in the past wrote of, seem on mine to have been listened to and rectified.
I primed the carto in the puff diddy tank, then spent about 10 mins trying to work out how to fill the tank, had to get some help from Andy at The Vapor Trail in Eastbourne, once he showed me how to fill the tank it all made sense, but quick instructions would have been helpful.
I set the voltage at 4.0 and started to vape .............................. it made my favourite RY4 taste of new carto, it was disgusting! Not to be deterred I took the voltage down to 3.3 and set it at that and slowly vaped through half a tank of RY4, taking time to bed in the carto. By the time half a tank had gone I was getting my favourite flavour through with loads of smoke, so I started to wind up the tube 0.1 volts at a time until I got to 3.6 volts where it has stayed for the time being.
I have now started my second day on the first battery, and there is still about another 2 - 3 hrs left before I will need to change the battery. I still get a slight hint of new carto, but that is now very reduced. The kit came with two atomisers, but no drip tips so if I hadn't purchased the puff tanks as an extra I would not have been able to use this out of the box, which would have been disappointing.
The tube is great, looks good, feels good in the hand (I have big hands so it suits me) and everything works better than I expected having read many previous reviews. The on / off switch is great, the fire button a nice click under your thumb, the voltage up / down buttons easy to use even with big thumbs like mine and easy to set the voltage. Overall I would give my model 10/10 for looks, 10/10 for use, 11/10 for price.
I hope this helps others.
