The elusive Blu finally graced my mailbox with its presence this afternoon. I ordered it on 5/29 after seeing an ad on some website and doing a little bit of research. Should have done a bit more. I seemed to have only stumbled upon those reviews done by Blu affiliates. Didn't stumble upon this great resource known as ECF until after I hit submit. In any case, 28 days for it to get to me. In that time, I have done a ton of reading on here, learned the terminology, the to do's and the what not to do's. After returning from vacation with my order still in "Pending" status, I went ahead and ordered a DSE901 from Parked at Dietsmokes and I absolutly love the thing. Good throat hit with the higher strength liquid, reasonable battery life, easy to find parts, and a decent amount of vapor. I would like to mention that after receiving my 901, I finished the pack of analogs that I had purchased that morning and I have not bought one since. One week analog free for this guy. Also just ordered a Joye510 from Ruyandirect. Hasn't gotten into my hands yet, but I've heard many a good thing about it and am looking forward to receiving it.
Now onto the Blu. Opened it up, nice packaging... Love the PCC. I didn't get the free 2nd atomizer that I read in one of these posts that CS claims it was sending out with newly shipped orders. Oh well. Plugged everything in right away and forgot about it while I slept after work. Woke up and everything was ready to go. Put it all together, only half excited to try it out because the novelty has worn off in the month it took to get here. Problem number one: I hate the foil over the carts. I am sure I can just use a paper clip to scrape it out as others have mentioned, but it is definately an inconvenience. The first cart I used, I simply followed the suggested method of putting it on the atomizer and giving it a twist to separate the foil. With this method, I found many pieces of foil stuck to my atomizer and it wouldn't put out any significant amount of vapor at all. So i took it apart, cleaned the atty off, pulled the foil out of the cart, and tried again. A little better, but not by much. I get about as much vapor out of my primer puff on my 901 as I do with a full drag on the Blu. Oh well, right, it is a super-mini. I can't expect the world here. Give her some time to break in I guess. Have been using it thoughout the day, and I would say its mediocre at best. I have been able to get moderately acceptable vapor by dripping, but I don't want to have to resort to that as my only option. I will update this thoughout the week with any new observations and findings. Maybe it will get better after I give the atty a few good days of use to break in, although I have been going pretty heavy throughout the day with not much if any change. One thing I will give the blu, however, is that the flavors supplied with the kit do taste pretty decent. Not a redeeming trait by anyones standard, but hey, its something. As of right now, I would recommend anyone interested in the Blu as a primary PV or a first PV to hold off and examine some other routes. I am a big fan of my 901, and it is very user friendly. I have heard the same in terms of the 510 that I have on order, but can't vouch for it personally. The Blu hasn't been all bad though. If I didn't make the mistake of ordering one, I never would have found this site, and I would still be smoking 20 analogs a day. $60 well spent to get off of those, even if I am not particularly fond of the unit at this point. Here is to hoping the blu pulls through.... If not, I guess I have 30 days to get a full refund. Any questions, feel free to ask, but like I said, I will try to update this through the next week so that perhaps others that are currently in the situation that I was a month ago can make an informed decision about what product will be right for them.
Regards,
Nate
Now onto the Blu. Opened it up, nice packaging... Love the PCC. I didn't get the free 2nd atomizer that I read in one of these posts that CS claims it was sending out with newly shipped orders. Oh well. Plugged everything in right away and forgot about it while I slept after work. Woke up and everything was ready to go. Put it all together, only half excited to try it out because the novelty has worn off in the month it took to get here. Problem number one: I hate the foil over the carts. I am sure I can just use a paper clip to scrape it out as others have mentioned, but it is definately an inconvenience. The first cart I used, I simply followed the suggested method of putting it on the atomizer and giving it a twist to separate the foil. With this method, I found many pieces of foil stuck to my atomizer and it wouldn't put out any significant amount of vapor at all. So i took it apart, cleaned the atty off, pulled the foil out of the cart, and tried again. A little better, but not by much. I get about as much vapor out of my primer puff on my 901 as I do with a full drag on the Blu. Oh well, right, it is a super-mini. I can't expect the world here. Give her some time to break in I guess. Have been using it thoughout the day, and I would say its mediocre at best. I have been able to get moderately acceptable vapor by dripping, but I don't want to have to resort to that as my only option. I will update this thoughout the week with any new observations and findings. Maybe it will get better after I give the atty a few good days of use to break in, although I have been going pretty heavy throughout the day with not much if any change. One thing I will give the blu, however, is that the flavors supplied with the kit do taste pretty decent. Not a redeeming trait by anyones standard, but hey, its something. As of right now, I would recommend anyone interested in the Blu as a primary PV or a first PV to hold off and examine some other routes. I am a big fan of my 901, and it is very user friendly. I have heard the same in terms of the 510 that I have on order, but can't vouch for it personally. The Blu hasn't been all bad though. If I didn't make the mistake of ordering one, I never would have found this site, and I would still be smoking 20 analogs a day. $60 well spent to get off of those, even if I am not particularly fond of the unit at this point. Here is to hoping the blu pulls through.... If not, I guess I have 30 days to get a full refund. Any questions, feel free to ask, but like I said, I will try to update this through the next week so that perhaps others that are currently in the situation that I was a month ago can make an informed decision about what product will be right for them.
Regards,
Nate
