Thanks Jim..
DID arrived today!!!! Omg it is satiny smooth. Building and burning now to try it out.
That sucks. Hope mine doesnt have problems with the shipping a crack also.. Im sure jim would send u a new one, but sucks u have to wait for it
After cigaret-lookalike, midrange and high-end it turns out there is another level...
Top-Class!
I thought this would be the perfect combination in the mid-size that would meet all the demands I had for my first 'life-time'-setup.
Well, I'm holding it in my hands right now and yes, for me this IS the perfect combination.
Everything is in balance in this combination
My compliments, Jim...excellent!
Thanks for such beautiful work done.
I'm very happy with it.
The next is bringing it to life and I'll make you some pictures for the album.
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The Gemini has landed!
My photo skills don't do this any justice at all, sorry.
While I love all my DIDs I think the Gemini so something particularly special. The design is outstanding and I received an absolutely flawless example with the typically high degree of craftsmanship and machining we're accustomed to seeing from Jim.
It vapes like the mini, which is to say, outstanding, except it has a slightly larger tank. It's the lines of the Gemini I truly love and I believe this is going to be my favorite. Notice the flow with Jim's drip tip. Yes, they are ALL Jim's drip tips in the pic, and high quality ones at that with a wide bore opening. While I think it looks great on the SS Zmax I can envision how it would look even better on a flat-top mod like a P+ or Caravella. Frankly, I don't believe any DID collection would be complete without it.
The only thing I find with the mini and Gemini is that pronounced chain vaping will heat up the top/tip more than on a standard DID. Not burning hot but certainly warmer. This is to be expected as the thinner metal and smaller chamber will not dissipate the heat as much as on a standard DID. This is not a problem for me as if I'm in the mood to chain vape I either use the standards or change the tip on the Gemini/mini to my longer Tanbur SS tip or another non-metal one.
I ran out of Maxes so I had to use my iTaste for the mini pose. It works well with the mini, particularly with a 2-ish ohm coil.
As for how they all work on the maxes....well, as you can see I have 3 of them and that should tell you something
Thanks again Jim for your excellent products and customer service!
Because I can't leave well enough alone!!! I'm a professional tinkerer!
I think I promised to post a few pics next time I had to do a dry burn of the coil on one of my DIDs.
All juice will eventually junk up a coil, reducing flavour and vapour production.
NEWSFLASH ! You dont need to build a new wick or a coil, simply follow the pictorial guide below:-
This is a pretty gunked up coil (allowed to get this bad for demonstration purposes)
Step 1
Gently remove the wick with a slight twisting motion, trying very hard not to disturb the coil
Step 2
This will leave you with the gunked up coil in place, like so
Step 3
Next, gently and in short bursts, fire up the device, until you obtain an even orange glow over the length of the coil, burning off gunked up deposits
Step 4
This will leave you with a relatively clean and functional coil, almost as good as the day you wrapped it I fired it a few more times after this pic, just to clean it a tad more...
Step 5
Now slide the wick, very gently, back into the coil, with a twisting motion, again without disturbing the coil. If, you do squash a wrap, you can open it back up again with a toothpick etc.
Note the arrow on the pic below, this is where the wire terminates on the centre post, there is still a little junk on the last little bit of wire, dont try and get it all I find that this helps insulate that last little bit of wire, this is a notorious hot spot and it eliminates it Bonus!
Hope that helps some of you .
