Older Folks and Vaping

[frankie1]

Wanna thank all those that have been contributing to the Raven issue. Just got two and dry burned one of 'em. Have yet to fill it due to trying to catch up here. I'll do a follow up a lil' later.

BTW, the dry burn did give evidence of residual manufacturing fluid. Burn 'em 'fore ya vape 'em!

Totally wrapped up in tracking Isaac!!! Headed down to da Keys 5:30 AM yesterday (320 miles & 6.5 hours each way) to 'button up' our travel trailer on Big Pine Key. Got back 1:00 this AM. Got a bit of a nap and just checking in on ya'll. Will be a while before I get up to speed wid ya.

Catch ya'll later... off to WeatherUnderground...

Oh, sorry I missed da celebration!

Iffy....lf you're on the Suncoast, you might have been just as well off to stay on Big Pine.....LOL! I'm watching it too....I am inland about 70 miles NE of Tampa so we are usually OK....just gotta watch the whirly birds!!!

 

[jj2]

Stay dry and safe Iffy!!!

 

[dayworks]

I think I as well would have to throw in votes for the companion products: Vision Vivi Nova and Vision Vivi Nova Mini.

I can't believe I'm quoting my own post, but I felt some elaboration was in order...

For any who may not know, the two products mentioned previously are designated as "rebuildables" which means you can replace their parts. Nicely, the only part that most people will ever need to replace is the head/coil sub-assembly which has a notably shorter lifespan than the other components of these models (and all other tanks and cartos). The coils are cheap and replacing one simply amounts to screwing out an old one and screwing in a new one. Also, coils used in the Vivi Nova and Vivi Nova Mini are interchangeable.

In addition to the Vision's Vivi tanks, they also makes a carto dubbed the Vision Stardust Rebuildable Clearomizer. Like the Vivi Nova and its smaller sibling, all of this carto's parts are replaceable. Of particular note is that, while the Stardust Rebuildable comes with a different head than the Vivis, the head/coil assemblies of both families are interchangeable. So, due to the vision of Vision, you have three tank options, all of which share their most critical component. I like that kind of thinking. There is at least a light year of difference between that approach and the debacle of the Raven product release we are witnessing.

 

[dayworks]

Y'all Floridians stay safe.

 

[MikeE3]

dayworks - now this is a rebuildable (he he). It's called the TBC-1, a Chinese knockoff of the Bulli A2. Got this one for a few bucks in a co-op. Last night I tried it as shipped and it sucked, actually I sucked nothing but hot air from it. So today, I did some forum reading and youtube watching and tonight I rebuilt it.

Step 1: a SS mesh wick, wrapped with Kanthal A1 32 awg. Getting a 2.3Ω reading with it. Right close to my sweet spot of 2.5Ω.

Then make a SS tube, lined with 2 pieces of 6 strand 2mm bamboo cotton. I used a piece of 325 mesh, 14x18mm, un-oxidized.

This wicks the juice from an eGo tank to the coil.

Put the top sleeve on, insert an eGo Type-A tank and begin vaping.

edit: Iffy - sorry for the low quality pics, my camera was downstairs and I was too lazy to get it. These where done with my iPhone.

 

[Kat56]

Yup, T2s and M3s are my daily fixtures. I still carry 650 KGO batteries at work and use a variety of stuff at home - hardly ever use VV anymore though as it just ain't needed with 1.8 ohm T2s...

I'm gonna have to get around to trying the M3's. I just love being able to replace the coil head, but the M3's do seem interesting too! I'm mostly using my Ego-T Mod - I finally got one YAY

 

[Kat56]

Okay I got a sister who wants to get back into vaping. She has an eGo that is one and a half to two years old. Let's put it this way, cartomizers were just becoming popular. She doesn't want to buy new.

What I'd like is some recommendations of what tank/cartomizer she should use. The simpler the better because it took me hours just to get down how to load a cart!

Some added info. Vaping makes her cough but she wants the throat hit. I think she is up to try any flavor but smokes generic analogs.

And thanks

jj I've found that the 1.8 ohm T2's work really well on an Ego battery. I think "throat hit" is one of the reasons I like menthol and mint flavors, but then I was a menthol smoker. I wonder if she could get some "flash" and add a drop or so to whatever e-liquids she might prefer. I haven't tried the flash, but might be worth a try

 

[jj2]

Now if you use SS mesh as the wick would you use a long piece if you used it in something like the Vivi?

 

[MikeE3]

Now if you use SS mesh as the wick would you use a long piece if you used it in something like the Vivi?

Yes you would use a long piece of mesh rolled and then carefully bent into a "U" shape. Wick a Vivi with mesh is tricky because the slots in the head are narrow and bending the SS wick into a "U" without kinking it. I've not considered doing it yet. Some folks have drilled out the bottom of the 'slot' to make it bigger and opend the side channels with a dremel wheel. To bend the wick, it helps to have a piece of coper wire inside it when you roll it. Then bend to shape and slip the copper wire out. "Ivapealot" (used to post here at times) has done it, if I remember correctly. You might try PMing him about it.

I thought about doing a hybrid SS / cotton yarn wick for the Vivi. Thread a long piece of cotton through a short section of SS mesh. The short section needs to fit inside the head with the coil wrapped on it. I was thinking this setup might allow for using the cotton for wicking and the SS section would allow a dry burn to clean the coil. But thats a small section of SS mesh to work with.

 

[jj2]

Yes you would use a long piece of mesh rolled and then carefully bent into a "U" shape. Wick a Vivi with mesh is tricky because the slots in the head are narrow and bending the SS wick into a "U" without kinking it. I've not considered doing it yet. Some folks have drilled out the bottom of the 'slot' to make it bigger and opend the side channels with a dremel wheel. To bend the wick, it helps to have a piece of coper wire inside it when you roll it. Then bend to shape and slip the copper wire out. "Ivapealot" (used to post here at times) has done it, if I remember correctly. You might try PMing him about it.

I thought about doing a hybrid SS / cotton yarn wick for the Vivi. Thread a long piece of cotton through a short section of SS mesh. The short section needs to fit inside the head with the coil wrapped on it. I was thinking this setup might allow for using the cotton for wicking and the SS section would allow a dry burn to clean the coil. But thats a small section of SS mesh to work with.

Sounds complicated but I do have some SS mesh around here somewhere.

Thanks Mike.

 

[yiddleboge6]

dayworks - now this is a rebuildable (he he). It's called the TBC-1, a Chinese knockoff of the Bulli A2. Got this one for a few bucks in a co-op. Last night I tried it as shipped and it sucked, actually I sucked nothing but hot air from it. So today, I did some forum reading and youtube watching and tonight I rebuilt it.

Step 1: a SS mesh wick, wrapped with Kanthal A1 32 awg. Getting a 2.3Ω reading with it. Right close to my sweet spot of 2.5Ω.

Then make a SS tube, lined with 2 pieces of 6 strand 2mm bamboo cotton. I used a piece of 325 mesh, 14x18mm, un-oxidized.

This wicks the juice from an eGo tank to the coil.

Put the top sleeve on, insert an eGo Type-A tank and begin vaping.

edit: Iffy - sorry for the low quality pics, my camera was downstairs and I was too lazy to get it. These where done with my iPhone.

Mike, correct me if I'm wrong here, but I thought the ss mesh had to be oxidized to prevent shorting?

 

[Kat56]

I need to repair a couple of the tips for my Kanger T2's. Does anyone know if super glue would be safe to use? If not, is there a glue that will work and be vaping safe?

 

[dayworks]

dayworks - now this is a rebuildable (he he). It's called the TBC-1, a Chinese knockoff of the Bulli A2. Got this one for a few bucks in a co-op. Last night I tried it as shipped and it sucked, actually I sucked nothing but hot air from it. So today, I did some forum reading and youtube watching and tonight I rebuilt it.

Step 1: a SS mesh wick, wrapped with Kanthal A1 32 awg. Getting a 2.3Ω reading with it. Right close to my sweet spot of 2.5Ω.

Then make a SS tube, lined with 2 pieces of 6 strand 2mm bamboo cotton. I used a piece of 325 mesh, 14x18mm, un-oxidized.

This wicks the juice from an eGo tank to the coil.

Put the top sleeve on, insert an eGo Type-A tank and begin vaping.

edit: Iffy - sorry for the low quality pics, my camera was downstairs and I was too lazy to get it. These where done with my iPhone.

That's cool, MikeE! I think that knowledge will become invaluable after the powers that be come down hard on the eCig community and we all have ended up making our own vaping tools, OR perhaps when the SHTF—whichever comes first.

 

[txtumbleweed]

I need to repair a couple of the tips for my Kanger T2's. Does anyone know if super glue would be safe to use? If not, is there a glue that will work and be vaping safe?

I used Gorilla glue which is similar and I don't see where there would be a problem.

 

[jj2]

I found with silicone anyway that it needs to time to dry and sit or you'll taste the darn stuff!

 

[dayworks]

I need to repair a couple of the tips for my Kanger T2's. Does anyone know if super glue would be safe to use? If not, is there a glue that will work and be vaping safe?

I used Gorilla glue which is similar and I don't see where there would be a problem.

I wouldn't use any glue. I would just get new tips. Most glues give off gas when heated and Super Glue type fumes will permanently destroy chunks of lung tissue within seconds. Too much of it is capable of killing a person in around the same time frame. It could be argued that the heat generated by vaping heads is not high enough to produce dangerous levels of vapors from those glues. To that I recommend that you read my sig. Mis dos centavos.

 

[Kat56]

Thanks tx and jj. I will use the super glue and let it sit a good several days. When I can't smell the glue any more, I'll try using one of them. Have one that cracked down the side, and one that the tip completely came off the metal thread part.

Good night everyone!

 

[Kat56]

LOL thanks day. I'm also looking for the best price to buy some new tips. Ummm...or a place that has them in stock. I'm pretty tough though

 

[jj2]

I wouldn't use any glue. I would just get new tips. Most glues give off gas when heated and Super Glue type fumes will permanently destroy chunks of lung tissue within seconds. Too much of it is capable of killing a person in around the same time frame. It could be argued that the heat generated by vaping heads is not high enough to produce dangerous levels of vapors from those glues. To that I recommend that you read my sig. Mis dos centavos.

Kat I hope you read this.

 

[txtumbleweed]

I need to repair a couple of the tips for my Kanger T2's. Does anyone know if super glue would be safe to use? If not, is there a glue that will work and be vaping safe?

If you think it is unsafe DV has the drip tips for 1.79 and I've seen them for .99 elsewhere as well. Kanger T2 Drip Tip

Here is where I saw them fo .99 but I don't know shipping charges. I've never bought from them yet. http://stormysvaporcellar.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=29&products_id=671

I reglued mine and I'm still kickin but if you are worried about it I would buy some tips. Of course I cut my teeth by chewing on baby bed painted with lead paint too so I might be immune to a little super glue. lol