Hi,
I just discovered e-cigarettes a couple of weeks ago. I am happy to say I have completely eliminated analogues already! But I sure have a lot of questions.
I am using KR808D1 gear, which happened by accident but seems to be working well for me. I started with a 'cig20' battery and two cartridges from a buddy who didnt like them. It worked for me... until the battery died. A little googling and I ordered a compatible charger, along with a passthrough and 10 more compatible pre-filled cartomizers, from myvaporshop.
They shipped the order quickly without any problems, the charger works fine. The passthrough works great, although I was a bit put off at first, it seems to run very noticeably hotter than the battery does, but once I got used to it it's fine. I like the battery better with a new cart though, and think the passthrough works better after the cart has been used a bit.
But as to the pre-filled carts... well I am using them. I got chocolate and virginia tobacco, I assume these are the same liquid I would get buying their least expensive eliquid in the same flavor, and I cannot say I am a fan. It doesnt taste anywhere near as good as the cig20 carts did. I still have one of those that isnt dead and I stick it on the pass through now and then for a mouthful that really tastes good. It's their standard 'tobacco' flavour.
I can see they are outrageously overpriced, and their liquid probably isnt anything special, but it might take me a long time and a lot of bottles of juice to find the same thing, so I am hoping someone has some insight into what the critical difference in the taste I am sensing is. The difference is so striking I suspect it may have to do with the base, VG or something? But I havent the experience at this point for that to be anything more than a blind guess. That cart seems to vape more easily, particularly on the battery, and it just tastes so much better.
I also tried two disposables while waiting for the charger to come in, a 7's menthol (not impressed) and a 'smokeless selects' e-cigar. The latter is a very interesting piece. My favourite vape so far. Massively overpriced on-line but I pay less than half that for them at the local smoke shop. Seems to last a decent amount of time (it isnt dead yet, I have been taking it easy on that one since I got my order also, but the manufacturers claims would put it at equal to ~9 carts so the price is only a little higher than the cheap carts) and it tastes *great*. The only thing is it could use a little more quantity of vapor production but it works for me anyway.
But... I understand most people refill carts. Might be my next step. Sounds messy
So... what I am contemplating now is ordering a couple bottles of juice. Avoiding the extremely inexpensive brand that I presume these carts were filled with and trying some others. I have been googling on the subject for a couple of days now, and trying to narrow it down to just a couple to use to refill these carts. I figure to stay with one tobacco flavor and one foofoo, so I can use the colors of the existing carts to identify which one takes which juice - I mean, I'd like to just order 50 of each instead, but there is no point in buying more juice than I can use in a couple of weeks.
In fact, at the moment, I have enough carts I dont really need to order anything immediately. I just really want to try another flavour I suppose. But should I actually just get liquid and refill these things immediately when they run out, re-using them until they need to be thrown away, BEFORE opening a new cart? Or is it ok to use 10 carts over a couple weeks and just sit them down until you get near the end, then order juice and refill them all? I think I read somewhere they would actually dry out and then not work well when you refill? So do you just open 2-4 carts and keep refilling those until they need replaced, then unseal new ones?
And, yeah, I would like to order another battery and some juice I guess. Recommendations on the juice? Is anyone familiar enough with the two I liked (the throw-away cigar and the cig20 tobacco flavour) to comment on what would be close to those?
I just discovered e-cigarettes a couple of weeks ago. I am happy to say I have completely eliminated analogues already! But I sure have a lot of questions.
I am using KR808D1 gear, which happened by accident but seems to be working well for me. I started with a 'cig20' battery and two cartridges from a buddy who didnt like them. It worked for me... until the battery died. A little googling and I ordered a compatible charger, along with a passthrough and 10 more compatible pre-filled cartomizers, from myvaporshop.
They shipped the order quickly without any problems, the charger works fine. The passthrough works great, although I was a bit put off at first, it seems to run very noticeably hotter than the battery does, but once I got used to it it's fine. I like the battery better with a new cart though, and think the passthrough works better after the cart has been used a bit.
But as to the pre-filled carts... well I am using them. I got chocolate and virginia tobacco, I assume these are the same liquid I would get buying their least expensive eliquid in the same flavor, and I cannot say I am a fan. It doesnt taste anywhere near as good as the cig20 carts did. I still have one of those that isnt dead and I stick it on the pass through now and then for a mouthful that really tastes good. It's their standard 'tobacco' flavour.
I can see they are outrageously overpriced, and their liquid probably isnt anything special, but it might take me a long time and a lot of bottles of juice to find the same thing, so I am hoping someone has some insight into what the critical difference in the taste I am sensing is. The difference is so striking I suspect it may have to do with the base, VG or something? But I havent the experience at this point for that to be anything more than a blind guess. That cart seems to vape more easily, particularly on the battery, and it just tastes so much better.
I also tried two disposables while waiting for the charger to come in, a 7's menthol (not impressed) and a 'smokeless selects' e-cigar. The latter is a very interesting piece. My favourite vape so far. Massively overpriced on-line but I pay less than half that for them at the local smoke shop. Seems to last a decent amount of time (it isnt dead yet, I have been taking it easy on that one since I got my order also, but the manufacturers claims would put it at equal to ~9 carts so the price is only a little higher than the cheap carts) and it tastes *great*. The only thing is it could use a little more quantity of vapor production but it works for me anyway.
But... I understand most people refill carts. Might be my next step. Sounds messy
So... what I am contemplating now is ordering a couple bottles of juice. Avoiding the extremely inexpensive brand that I presume these carts were filled with and trying some others. I have been googling on the subject for a couple of days now, and trying to narrow it down to just a couple to use to refill these carts. I figure to stay with one tobacco flavor and one foofoo, so I can use the colors of the existing carts to identify which one takes which juice - I mean, I'd like to just order 50 of each instead, but there is no point in buying more juice than I can use in a couple of weeks.
In fact, at the moment, I have enough carts I dont really need to order anything immediately. I just really want to try another flavour I suppose. But should I actually just get liquid and refill these things immediately when they run out, re-using them until they need to be thrown away, BEFORE opening a new cart? Or is it ok to use 10 carts over a couple weeks and just sit them down until you get near the end, then order juice and refill them all? I think I read somewhere they would actually dry out and then not work well when you refill? So do you just open 2-4 carts and keep refilling those until they need replaced, then unseal new ones?
And, yeah, I would like to order another battery and some juice I guess. Recommendations on the juice? Is anyone familiar enough with the two I liked (the throw-away cigar and the cig20 tobacco flavour) to comment on what would be close to those?
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The leaky ones came from e-bay when I tried to save a buck
