Older Folks and Vaping

[jj2]

I think the Vivi Nova is the easiest to dryburn of all the clearos I've used. It will burn all the sugar gunk off in a couple of minutes. There are some good videos on dryburning if you haven't tried it yet.
My Vivi Novas last for months. In fact I haven't had to throw away a coil head yet. I don't use many dark or sweet juices though so I'm sure that makes some difference. I use mostly menthol 70/30 PG/VG though and it doesn't gunk them up as quick as other juices.

I use mainly cinnamon and VG and mine are hanging in really well.

 

[MikeE3]

With the clearo, I'd clean and dry burn after ever use. This sounds like a pain but not really since I have about 75 that I got in use. Bulk cleaning and dry burns.
With the Vivi Nova and T2 I put it off longer since it's so easy to refill. Still once it starts taking some effort to get a draw off them, I clean and dry burn them.

Doing the dry burn is something that worries me about the bottom feeders since I don't think that I can see the coil.

Good Golly! Do they all have a different juice flavor loaded? Yikes!

 

[jj2]

Good Golly! Do they all have a different juice flavor loaded? Yikes!

Yep but mainly do my cinnamon.

I only load about about 25 at a time. I just wait until I get to the last 25 before I clean and do the dry burn.

 

[jj2]

And Mike it use to be 100 but I've lost a few.

 

[radeljack]

I'll have to give the bunny tail, haha, a try radeljack. Thanks.

Mike is the one who came up with this I believe, I just follow along because it works.

 

[BacsiBob]

From the "For what it's worth" dept. I disassembled one of the T-3's that won't work to see if I can devise a work around. The coil and wick were covered by a length of something that looked like string with a gelatinous cover on it. About the same length as the wick. Really weird. I'm going to delve into this deeper because "curious minds want to know".

 

[Muldemar]

Thanks Mike I'm going to give myself a few days to master it because I really do like the way it vapes and looks. I haven't figured out the VW yet and need to read up on it a bit before I throw in the towel. lol The symbols and letters dont make much since though and might as well be written in Chinese. lol

Maybe this will help Tex

To access the menu system simply press the activation button quickly 3 times, you will then be able to cycle the following menu by pressing the same button:

1. Uu Adjust Voltage Up

2. Ud Adjust Voltage Down

3. So Standby (On/Off)

4. Uc Check voltage of battery

5. Ds Various Displays Sub-Menu

Do Display atomizer/cartomizer output voltage
Du Display battery output voltage
Dr Display atomizer/cartomizer resistance

6. LED On/Off

7. Voltage Power

Po: Constant Power (wattage) operation
Uo: Constant Voltage operation

8. Change voltage calculation method, RMS or mean calculation

 

[txtumbleweed]

Maybe this will help Tex

To access the menu system simply press the activation button quickly 3 times, you will then be able to cycle the following menu by pressing the same button:

1. Uu Adjust Voltage Up

2. Ud Adjust Voltage Down

3. So Standby (On/Off)

4. Uc Check voltage of battery

5. Ds Various Displays Sub-Menu

Do Display atomizer/cartomizer output voltage
Du Display battery output voltage
Dr Display atomizer/cartomizer resistance

6. LED On/Off

7. Voltage Power

Po: Constant Power (wattage) operation
Uo: Constant Voltage operation

8. Change voltage calculation method, RMS or mean calculation

Thanks Muldemar, Too bad the Chinese didn't simply put that in their pamphlet. lol
I spent 4 hrs at the VA today and managed to figure them all out except for #8
There are two to choose from on #8 ANS or NEA. Do you know which is which? I would guess ANS is RMS because an R kind of resembles an A and N is close to M in the alphabet.

It is getting a little better now that I figured out the Watt or power setting so all I will need most of the time is just P up or down.

 

[Muldemar]

Thanks Muldemar, Too bad the Chinese didn't simply put that in their pmphlet. lol
I spent 4 hrs at the VA today and managed to figure them all out except for #8
There are two to choose from on #8 ANS or NEA. Do you know which is which?

I sure dont Bud sorry..I got that info from an email today

SmokTech ZMAX

 

[MikeE3]

Thanks Muldemar, Too bad the Chinese didn't simply put that in their pamphlet. lol
I spent 4 hrs at the VA today and managed to figure them all out except for #8
There are two to choose from on #8 ANS or NEA. Do you know which is which? I would guess ANS is RMS because an R kind of resembles an A and N is close to M in the alphabet.

It is getting a little better now that I figured out the Watt or power setting so all I will need most of the time is just P up or down.

Does this help?

By now, I expect everyone has discovered the little hidden treasure compartment in the Zmax box? For those who haven't, pull up the ribbon tab, and in the subflooring below, put your finger in the hole (yeah, I know) and pull that out. Underneath are the printed instructions!

BTW, the instructions were printed before the 8th menu option;

Menu 8 is labeled 8MA (I guess; don't know why)
Options are:
MEA = "MEAn" or average voltage (same behavior as previous Zmax)
RMS = "Root Mean Square" or the RMS voltage (newer, more accurate setting)

Outstanding job on this co-op, Shek! The Zmax looks—and on about one hour's test, performs—amazing! It looks like a ProVari twin, and using the RMS option, performs like one ... with variable wattage! Smoooooooooth ...

 

[FranC]

Thanks Muldemar, Too bad the Chinese didn't simply put that in their pamphlet. lol
I spent 4 hrs at the VA today and managed to figure them all out except for #8
There are two to choose from on #8 ANS or NEA. Do you know which is which? I would guess ANS is RMS because an R kind of resembles an A and N is close to M in the alphabet.

It is getting a little better now that I figured out the Watt or power setting so all I will need most of the time is just P up or down.

Make sure you go to the 8th menu and set it for "ANS", which is actually the "RMS" function....that'll give you the best performance.

The other option "NEA" is if you want to use the 'old' non-accurate outputs of the previous Zmax.

 

[Iffy]

set it for "ANS"...

The other option "NEA"

ANS = Absolutely Not Sure
NEA = Not Exactly Accurate

 

[BigNasty]

WOW!!! Just got my 2 mini vivi novas in (Thanks gotvapes) vaping hush on vision spinner @ 3.8 ish and it tastes better than on the phoenix,Id thought that a bottom coil would give me better taste but I guess I was wrong, got 2 more juices too but dont really like em maybe they will be better if they steep they are hawaiian temple and urban tropics but hush is freakin awesome in the vivi, dont think ill ever find the right juice,I think im going to get a couple more vivis and maybe try out the kanger bottom coil too . Im lovin this 2 months and ive had maybe 3 nasty butts took a couple hits and chucked em .

 

[Muldemar]

WOW!!! Just got my 2 mini vivi novas in (Thanks gotvapes) vaping hush on vision spinner @ 3.8 ish and it tastes better than on the phoenix,Id thought that a bottom coil would give me better taste but I guess I was wrong, got 2 more juices too but dont really like em maybe they will be better if they steep they are hawaiian temple and urban tropics but hush is freakin awesome in the vivi, dont think ill ever find the right juice,I think im going to get a couple more vivis and maybe try out the kanger bottom coil too . Im lovin this 2 months and ive had maybe 3 nasty butts took a couple hits and chucked em .

Your doing awesome Bud
I havent tryed it yet..But ALOT of ppl love that Hush joose

 

[Janet H]

With the clearo, I'd clean and dry burn after ever use. This sounds like a pain but not really since I have about 75 that I got in use. Bulk cleaning and dry burns.
With the Vivi Nova and T2 I put it off longer since it's so easy to refill. Still once it starts taking some effort to get a draw off them, I clean and dry burn them.

Doing the dry burn is something that worries me about the bottom feeders since I don't think that I can see the coil.

72 in use? Really?

Oops. wrote this before I saw your answer about using 25 at a time.

 

[Kat56]

Happy to hear you are doing so well BigNasty! That's a whooooole bunch of butts not smoked - WOOT!

 

[txtumbleweed]

Make sure you go to the 8th menu and set it for "ANS", which is actually the "RMS" function....that'll give you the best performance.

The other option "NEA" is if you want to use the 'old' non-accurate outputs of the previous Zmax.

That is what I thought and did but I couldn't tell any difference. It is working very good and I'm liking it better now that I know how to work it but would still prefer three buttons with simpler menu.
Thanks for the help FranC and good one Iffy!

 

[Janet H]

WOW!!! Just got my 2 mini vivi novas in (Thanks gotvapes) vaping hush on vision spinner @ 3.8 ish and it tastes better than on the phoenix,Id thought that a bottom coil would give me better taste but I guess I was wrong, got 2 more juices too but dont really like em maybe they will be better if they steep they are hawaiian temple and urban tropics but hush is freakin awesome in the vivi, dont think ill ever find the right juice,I think im going to get a couple more vivis and maybe try out the kanger bottom coil too . Im lovin this 2 months and ive had maybe 3 nasty butts took a couple hits and chucked em .

You're doing great Big!! Ain't it fun? Your juices might taste better if you let them steep or you could try mixing them - listen to me, like I know what I'm talking about. I just started mixing my own juices. But it does make sense to try mixing a couple of similar juices. Like fruits together or tobaccos together. I've heard people say they'll try mixing up a juice and if they don't like it, just dump it in a bottle. Every once in awhile they taste it and sometimes it's pretty good. You never know.

 

[txtumbleweed]

Does this help?

Yep, they just use an A for R and n for m like I thought. lol oh yeah and u for v. Once you figure out the lingo it isn't quite as confusing.
Po for Wattage or Power- dA for resistance and du for voltage and do for loaded voltage. lol

 

[Muldemar]

Yep, they just use an A for R and n for m like I thought. lol oh yeah and u for v. Once you figure out the lingo it isn't quite as confusing.
do for Power- dA for resistance and du for voltage. lol

do da du..got to be a song there somewhere:lol;
Glad you got it figured out Tex