You say you got your starter pack for £30 but price is not everything when making your purchase. There are a lot of companies out there who are selling copies and many more companies who are selling what will soon be obsolite starter packs as the industry is forging ahead with new technology and you may find it harder to source nicotine cartridges for your e-cig. All I am saying is tread carefully my friend.
- Status
You say you got your starter pack for £30 but price is not everything when making your purchase. There are a lot of companies out there who are selling copies and many more companies who are selling what will soon be obsolite starter packs as the industry is forging ahead with new technology and you may find it harder to source nicotine cartridges for your e-cig. All I am saying is tread carefully my friend.
senek everyone has to start somewhere.
I doubt there are many who do not go on to try other models or brands after their first kit.
As for obsolete starter packs, I don`t see that it matters one bit as the batteries and atomisers are semi disposable anyway.
re simons £30 kits, I have purchased a few and there is nothing wrong with them,
his after sales service is also spot on.
I doubt there are many who do not go on to try other models or brands after their first kit.
As for obsolete starter packs, I don`t see that it matters one bit as the batteries and atomisers are semi disposable anyway.
re simons £30 kits, I have purchased a few and there is nothing wrong with them,
his after sales service is also spot on.
I don't need to check out Loong Totem, they have a terrible reputation. They frequently send out bad batteries and refuse to replace them unless you spend more money with them. They are overpriced, the cartridges don't taste good and they burn which could be toxic.
EDIT
If you do a tag search for Loong Totem you will get an idea of what they are like.
EDIT
If you do a tag search for Loong Totem you will get an idea of what they are like.
Last edited:
Keef.
I fully agree with you that everyone has to start somewhere and anyone who takes the courage to change from conventional cigarettes should be aplauded and encouraged in every way possable. I am merely pointing out that some Chinese companies are manufacturing what I believe to be a better e-cig.
Kate.
All I can say is that the views you have expressed have not been my experience and I a more than delighted with the product.
Senek, all I can say [in my limited experience] is that your posts read like a sales pitch for Long Totem (hope I got that right, never heard of them before).
I bought, what you'd consider to be a "duff deal", by buying my first eCig from an unknown UK supplier. Maybe I was just lucky, but I bought a good 'un.
Since my first purchase I've discovered these forums, I'm kicking myself at not finding them before, and I've since dscovered Simon at e-cigs.co.uk. I now have a company I feel I can trust, and rely on, to supply me [kinda locally] with the goods I need.
I sing Simon's praises at every opportunity, so I could be accused of being a hypocrite, but I only, and can only, commend him on the great customer service & competitive prices he has offered me. I couldn't dream of speaking on his behalf regarding new product lines etc.
Forgive me if I'm being unreasonable in my judgement, but, after reading these boards for a while, I regard Kate's comments highly, she is highly informative in the [yet, hugely unknown world] of eCigging. She's not a retailer, so has nothing to gain by pushing certain products and, has been shown in her reply to you, she's willing to try out new pruducts/retailers. If she thinks Long Tootem (sp?) have bad customer service etc, then who am I to argue?
As a relative newby myself, I'd be interested to know why exactly you recommend this company. Can you give us examples of the experience you've received, just like we have for smokester, cash etc?
I'm only too willing to have more companies at my disposal, more competition means less price
, so I'd be genuinely interested in having more companies to chose from, as I'm sure everyone on here would.I'm always on the lookout for cheaper prices; be it food, clothes, beer
etc. ECigs are no different... ETA: I also find a bit strange that you come onto a thread, started by a newbie (and some may say vulnerable) eCigger and tell them/us that our purchases are worthless, unless we buy from a certain Chinese company that I can't spell. (lol)
I really must shift this cynical streak I have...
Last edited:
pull the other one...loong totem are much too expensive,have awful customer service and their product is far from reliable or safe...as well as being generally considered tasteless and with hardly any throat hit...
and its not new either,its been out for ages-and still has all the problems it had on release...so much for forging ahead with new technology...
a 901 or other generic kit bought from a trusted UK supplier is a far better proposition...as is a kissbox or sedansa...
please any fluent Chinese speakers correct me if im not quite right here...but i think "loong totem" roughly translates as "culture of dragon"...its a phrase which is supposed to symbolize the Chinese spirit and nation...hmmm...
well anyway...im not saying the loong totem isnt a good idea...it is,but badly executed...IMO its not a viable option for daily esmoking as it stands...
Good for you Senek, I'm glad you are happy with your ecig. My views are based on more than one experience with Loong Totem, do some research before you advise a particular product. Do a tag search for Loong Totem and you'll see what I mean, most people who tried them are not happy, only one or two would recommend them.
There are many better performing, more cost effective ways to esmoke.
Senek, all I can say [in my limited experience] is that your posts read like a sales pitch for Long Totem (hope I got that right, never heard of them before).
I bought, what you'd consider to be a "duff deal", by buying my first eCig from an unknown UK supplier. Maybe I was just lucky, but I bought a good 'un.
Since my first purchase I've discovered these forums, I'm kicking myself at not finding them before, and I've since dscovered Simon at e-cigs.co.uk. I now have a company I feel I can trust, and rely on, to supply me [kinda locally] with the goods I need.
I sing Simon's praises at every opportunity, so I could be accused of being a hypocrite, but I only, and can only, commend him on the great customer service & competitive prices he has offered me. I couldn't dream of speaking on his behalf regarding new product lines etc.
Forgive me if I'm being unreasonable in my judgement, but, after reading these boards for a while, I regard Kate's comments highly, she is highly informative in the [yet, hugely unknown world] of eCigging. She's not a retailer, so has nothing to gain by pushing certain products and, has been shown in her reply to you, she's willing to try out new pruducts/retailers. If she thinks Long Tootem (sp?) have bad customer service etc, then who am I to argue?
As a relative newby myself, I'd be interested to know why exactly you recommend this company. Can you give us examples of the experience you've received, just like we have for smokester, cash etc?
I'm only too willing to have more companies at my disposal, more competition means less price
I'm always on the lookout for cheaper prices; be it food, clothes, beer
ETA: I also find a bit strange that you come onto a thread, started by a newbie (and some may say vulnerable) eCigger and tell them/us that our purchases are worthless, unless we buy from a certain Chinese company that I can't spell. (lol)
I really must shift this cynical streak I have...
As a newbie also I seem to have offended most of the the regulars who freely drop company names so I must desist for the moment from parting any coments I may have on the subject of e-cigs in the fear of drawing the rath of the cosys down on me. I have no hidden agenda and nothing whatsoever to do with the company I mentioned other than to use their product which was recomended to me by Chinese friends of mine after having problems with 2 other maker's e-cigs. Better not mention their names.
Senek, you think that was wrath? I apologise if you think I was offhand with you, however, walking onto a forum and saying you know better than hundreds of collected opinions is not really a good way to introduce yourself.
Did you read any of the comments about Loong Totem? You are not the only one to have tried them you know. There is a reason why they don't usually get recommended.
Welcome to the forum by the way.
Did you read any of the comments about Loong Totem? You are not the only one to have tried them you know. There is a reason why they don't usually get recommended.
Welcome to the forum by the way.
Thanks for the welcome Kate. I never intended that I be perceived as offering expert opinion and in reading back through my coments I can see that they may have been more forward than I meant them to be.
I have indeed read the coments but I will have to stick by my origional coment that I am entirely happy with the product so far. Should my opinion change in the future I shall be only too glad to share it with this thread.
You are most welcome, opinions and all, lol. It would be good if you would add your thoughts on a Loong Totem review thread if you can find one. The more opinions and experience we add the better.
I hope you continue to enjoy your ecig and the forum
I hope you continue to enjoy your ecig and the forum
You are most welcome, opinions and all, lol. It would be good if you would add your thoughts on a Loong Totem review thread if you can find one. The more opinions and experience we add the better.
I hope you continue to enjoy your ecig and the forum
Enjoying it so far. Do you know if anyone here has gotten any cartridges laboritory analised to ascertain their full contents?
There is a thread here about eliquid ingredients -
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ion/2202-ingredients-cartridges-e-liquid.html
Only two brands have publicly disclosed lab tests on their eliquid, Ruyan and Wicked -
http://healthnz.co.nz/RuyanCartridgeReport21-Oct-08.pdf
http://www.totallywicked-eliquid.co.uk/documents/about-the-fluid/D319.doc
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ion/2202-ingredients-cartridges-e-liquid.html
Only two brands have publicly disclosed lab tests on their eliquid, Ruyan and Wicked -
http://healthnz.co.nz/RuyanCartridgeReport21-Oct-08.pdf
http://www.totallywicked-eliquid.co.uk/documents/about-the-fluid/D319.doc
Sorry Senek, I normally keep my cynical thoughts to myself but last night I was full of courage i.e. red wine
-D) so I may have got a bit carried away with my comments. I was just worried that, seeing as this is a board for newbies, you were giving a false impression of the views expressed on here. Granted, a few posters on here are suppliers, but that's clearly marked under their usernames. And, as far as I'm aware, they're not allowed to discuss their own products (unless answering a query).
The majority of people, as Kate can be shown, are regular eCiggers, like you or I, who use their own time to review/discuss the pros and cons of eCigging in general.
I, for one, appreciate this site, and the great advice I've gleaned from it and I'd be mortified to think I'd caused an argument on here. Thanks for not responding to me in the arsey manner I replied to you.
Lou x
Sorry Senek, I normally keep my cynical thoughts to myself but last night I was full of courage i.e. red wine
I was just worried that, seeing as this is a board for newbies, you were giving a false impression of the views expressed on here. Granted, a few posters on here are suppliers, but that's clearly marked under their usernames. And, as far as I'm aware, they're not allowed to discuss their own products (unless answering a query).
The majority of people, as Kate can be shown, are regular eCiggers, like you or I, who use their own time to review/discuss the pros and cons of eCigging in general.
I, for one, appreciate this site, and the great advice I've gleaned from it and I'd be mortified to think I'd caused an argument on here. Thanks for not responding to me in the arsey manner I replied to you.
Lou x
Weggie burd. I am no angel here either so I must eat a large slice of humble pie also.
Thanks for the links Kate but the question I am attampting to pose is: Should we, as consumers of the contents of e-cig cartridges or liquid trust or accept what the manufacturers say regarding the contents or ingredients of their product or should we subject their products to independant analysis, after all, they are manufactured in a country whose health and production laws are not as stringent as the laws we live under yet we trust a one off analysis they publish.
Is there anyone who has access to a chemical analysis lab who could take up this mantle?
but the question I am attampting to pose is: Should we, as consumers of the contents of e-cig cartridges or liquid trust or accept what the manufacturers say regarding the contents or ingredients of their product or should we subject their products to independant analysis, after all, they are manufactured in a country whose health and production laws are not as stringent as the laws we live under yet we trust a one off analysis they publish.Is there anyone who has access to a chemical analysis lab who could take up this mantle?
Give him a boot to the head!
YouTube - The Frantics - Boot to the head!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdyleIAnx-w&feature=related
Last edited:
- Status
Similar threads
