New Bit of Kit
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Well done Bazzer 
To give you an idea of the difference in battery life, your Nicolites will be about 180 mAh & the Riva 1100 is 11oo mAh.
To give you an idea of the difference in battery life, your Nicolites will be about 180 mAh & the Riva 1100 is 11oo mAh.
Bazzer, .... is right You should easily get a day out of each 1100 mAh battery before they need to be recharged
You should easily get a day out of each 1100 mAh battery before they need to be recharged
Bazzer, .... is right
Probably be obselete when it eventually shows up
.....(Sarcastically).....LOL
Yea it arrived today, complete with the 2 bottles of juice that I had ordered, so far so good.Charged up the 2 1100mah batteries, took out 2 carts and totally filled them using the condom method, they were saturated (properly), feeling really pleased I started to build up the 2, one for one flavour and one for the other.Well, fired up the first one, took a drag.......JESUS CHRIST....must have been the worst thing I have ever tasted, total chemical taste, really disgusting, so I thought I would give it a bigger drag just to make sure.....Wish I had not done that.....tasted worse
So not being one to give up I fired up the second one
me, just when you think things couldn't get worse ....this one is worse. Now these carts were totally full, so it can't be the coils burning dry, but these tasted totally crap. So I took an empty Nicolites cart and filled one with one of these juices from Vape escape, (flavours were....Gold and Silver 18 mg 10 ml and Three 5's 18 mg 10 ml by the way) They taste just the same......Totally Naff....The Riva looks like a good bit of kit, solid ,well built but have had to order some good juice from Paradise, so until that arrives I will not be using the Riva, just my trusty Nicolites 
Hey Bazzer, I just ordered the very same kit from vape escape, so we can compare notes when they arrive! I'll be moving on from the E-Lites which I believe are similar to the Nicolites
DM
No worries, Just don't get those 2 juices in my previous post
That's a massive shame mate. Got to say I steer away from tobacco juices when vaping and more towards menthol/fruit, which initially I never thought I would. I have found that for best taste you'll do well to beat the mini nova vape escape do and whack them on your riva.
I found the Benson Fences, Golden Virginia and Old Holbon from Paradise quite good, Lemon Menthol is refreshing too.....Took a look on Vape Escape site and saw a review done by that bald Geezer. He was vaping these juices like there was no tomorrow (he couldn't do that with these 2 I have here, he would be throwing up all over the vid, and look like my Avatar).....
So with me being a bit soppy (lightening not striking twice and all that) I have ordered the same juices that the Bald Geezer is vaping......so we will see....
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I've no idea who makes the 555 & gold & silver that vape Escape sell, but not heard any other bad reviews about them. Whenever I've bought juice from Vape Escape, I've gone for either the Griz juices or HS.
My set just arrived. Gotta say, amazing recommendation Chrissie...the quality of this kit is incredible, and impressed so far with Vape Escapes service. Now just gotta charge the batteries up and learn how to fill stuff with juice properly
Sorry to hear your juices were no good Bazzer. I'll let you know if the USA mix is any better. I'm looking for a good substitute for Marlboro, so I think I'll be finding the best tobacco flavour until I've totally kicked the analogs, then start experimenting with the more interesting flavours. With all the recipes and whatnot, it kinda reminds me of Jelly Bellys
DM
Sorry to hear your juices were no good Bazzer. I'll let you know if the USA mix is any better. I'm looking for a good substitute for Marlboro, so I think I'll be finding the best tobacco flavour until I've totally kicked the analogs, then start experimenting with the more interesting flavours. With all the recipes and whatnot, it kinda reminds me of Jelly Bellys
DM
DM, the batteries come with a factory charge, so you can use one straight away while fully charging the other.
Here is a vid showing the best way to fill a cartomiser for the first time. After doing it this way, just keep the carto topped up by dripping a few drops of juice into the wadding -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjh2hsZcjco
And here is a video showing you how to fill the vision ego clearomiser you got with your kit -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LPjcMZEhQk&feature=player_embedded
Here is a vid showing the best way to fill a cartomiser for the first time. After doing it this way, just keep the carto topped up by dripping a few drops of juice into the wadding -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjh2hsZcjco
And here is a video showing you how to fill the vision ego clearomiser you got with your kit -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LPjcMZEhQk&feature=player_embedded
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Ha, you knew I'd have already played around with at least one of the batteries without charging it
Good tip on filling the cartomiser though. I had spent about 20 mins gradually filling it from the top. Seems to work fine so far, but I'll use that method for the next one. The clearomiser was pretty easy to figure out though.
DM
Good tip on filling the cartomiser though. I had spent about 20 mins gradually filling it from the top. Seems to work fine so far, but I'll use that method for the next one. The clearomiser was pretty easy to figure out though.
DM
Lol, glad you did play around with it straight away
BTW, the batteries have no memory, so don't worry about using them when not fully charged or charging them before fully drained. If anything, it's best to not fully drain them.
BTW, the batteries have no memory, so don't worry about using them when not fully charged or charging them before fully drained. If anything, it's best to not fully drain them.
Well I have given this a right good go today 
Refilled / rinsed out the 2 carts that I had previously had those duff juices in, refilled with Golden Virginia 36mg 
with a mega throat hit and the other one with Lemon Menthol and have to say its pretty good, plenty of vapour (using 50/50 mix) from Paradise. Still on the first battery that I fully charged before using which I think is terrific as it has had a very hard first day So all in all very good first day 
Refilled / rinsed out the 2 carts that I had previously had those duff juices in, refilled with Golden Virginia 36mg with a mega throat hit and the other one with Lemon Menthol and have to say its pretty good, plenty of vapour (using 50/50 mix) from Paradise. Still on the first battery that I fully charged before using which I think is terrific as it has had a very hard first day So all in all very good first day - Status
