Penelope official and tips and tricks

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imeothanasis

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Great experience tom, I am very glad that you like Penny. Keep GG vaping buddy:)
I just bought a Penelope used and it did not come with any wire or wick. I decided to try and use what I had which was 32 Kanthal and 3mm Hemp wick. I double braided the 32 kanthal together and did a four wind of the coil and wired it up without any resistance wire. It comes up with a low 1.2 ohm resistance, massive vapor and no burning taste at all. I am thinking that possibly the hemp wick is less likely to burn than cotton or silica? It does heat up a bit which I imagine would be reduced by adding non-resistance wire. Do you see any problem using this setup in the future. Next time I will add a few more winds to get the resistance up to 1.5 to 1.8 range. Have run three tanks at wattages as high as 15 watts with no problems, dry burns or any problems. Simply Awesome!
 

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Any 1 knows who sells those cool loking penelope tanks in green, red, etc.

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i would love a blue tank like that.
 

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Finally finally got a GG atomizer tank after about a year... I did try an Ody dripper before but was intimidated by coil building, and you know there are so many options for RBA's and even clones of clones LOL.

After fiddling with other silica wick dripping RBA's for a year and even a Spheriod, actually a fancy RBA cartomizer (not knocking), I recently got a new PENELOPE with 24, yes 24 pre-made wires...

I am not good at DIY... that's why when I saw 1. a real GG RBA tank, 2. all those pre-made wires, I bought it.
I sold all my other RBA's ... 3 (in one hour) on the classies, and cleared room for setting up the Pene.

I thought it would be a "project" with lots of set backs. How many tries would it take?
I can't believe it....
First try... after washing out the tanks in warm soapy water, it took about 5 minutes... (I have made about a doz. silica wraps before).
and it fired like a champ.

My cranky Provari (seems all my fiddling with shorting rba's has psyched it out - shorts etc) has come back to life. It took the Pene on like it was married and works like it should now.

THe pre-made wire have a rather long R length but with 4 wraps on a double 3mm silica, it came out 1.7 Ohm (and stayed that way).

I have to say that after a couple years now, I'm better at vaping in general, but even if it took that long to get to really vaping a real GG :evil: I'm pretty proud of myself ;) and couldn't be happier with the quality of the Penelope, and of course not having to drip to have some really easy non stop vaping sessions with my favorite juice... which requires a non plastic tank btw.

One more thanks to Imeo and GG :toast:
 

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Just great UK, I am very glad for you buddy!:)
Finally finally got a GG atomizer tank after about a year... I did try an Ody dripper before but was intimidated by coil building, and you know there are so many options for RBA's and even clones of clones LOL.

After fiddling with other silica wick dripping RBA's for a year and even a Spheriod, actually a fancy RBA cartomizer (not knocking), I recently got a new PENELOPE with 24, yes 24 pre-made wires...

I am not good at DIY... that's why when I saw 1. a real GG RBA tank, 2. all those pre-made wires, I bought it.
I sold all my other RBA's ... 3 (in one hour) on the classies, and cleared room for setting up the Pene.

I thought it would be a "project" with lots of set backs. How many tries would it take?
I can't believe it....
First try... after washing out the tanks in warm soapy water, it took about 5 minutes... (I have made about a doz. silica wraps before).
and it fired like a champ.

My cranky Provari (seems all my fiddling with shorting rba's has psyched it out - shorts etc) has come back to life. It took the Pene on like it was married and works like it should now.

THe pre-made wire have a rather long R length but with 4 wraps on a double 3mm silica, it came out 1.7 Ohm (and stayed that way).

I have to say that after a couple years now, I'm better at vaping in general, but even if it took that long to get to really vaping a real GG :evil: I'm pretty proud of myself ;) and couldn't be happier with the quality of the Penelope, and of course not having to drip to have some really easy non stop vaping sessions with my favorite juice... which requires a non plastic tank btw.

One more thanks to Imeo and GG :toast:
 

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Any chance to find a new one Penelope on GG sites or anywhere?

You maybe catch a penelope at the classifieds, I didn´t has a penelope but I find at the classifieds and now she is coming to my hands, but normally is more expensive that if you buy it from the sellers.

I hope you are going to have the luck I has and you will be buying yours.

Cheers
 

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I just received the two sets of Penelope internals, which I pre-ordered from COV, and they are brilliant! I can have two completely wicked and coiled internals—ceramic, ceramic housing, housing ring, center post, plastic post washer, post nut, and bottom post o-ring—ready to drop into my Penelopes ... and I can do the re-building when I have the time and the inclination, at my convenience. Thank you, Imeo, for making this all-in-one package of Penelope internals available! They're great!
 

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Hi Imeo,

I have been waiting for the ceramics that you said would be on the COV site since you said that I would get them faster by waiting and ordering from them instead of my favorite friend, Vasillis, but they have been no where in sight and COV has problems with their site all the time, I got an email today at 5:30 that the Orings for the Penelope that I have been waiting for was in stock and I immediately click on the link and the site was dead for an hour and a half and now it is barely back on but it says that they aren't in stock and to notify me. I am concerned about this, I have paid over 400 on preorder for 2 of the new Ithakas and if there are this many problems getting parts for my GG products, I have been without one of my Penelopes for a few weeks because the ceramic broke when I used the torch like you said to clean it, and I am scared that this will be just the same with the new products, my wife and I use only your products, GGTS, Pene, etc but now I have given her my mod so I don't get screamed at until I get the ceramic.
 

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its like you have a ready to go "atomizer head" Scott. You just remove the one and put the other and in 10 seconds you vape again!
I always wanted people to have the ability to change heads, thats why I made Ody like that. Unfortunately China followed as usual :lol:
I just received the two sets of Penelope internals, which I pre-ordered from COV, and they are brilliant! I can have two completely wicked and coiled internals—ceramic, ceramic housing, housing ring, center post, plastic post washer, post nut, and bottom post o-ring—ready to drop into my Penelopes ... and I can do the re-building when I have the time and the inclination, at my convenience. Thank you, Imeo, for making this all-in-one package of Penelope internals available! They're great!
 

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But I send ceramics to COV nos. Maybe Bruce didnt ask me for many of those ceramics, thinking that what he ordered was enough. Maybe you have to ask Greek seller now. I was only trying to help you, not to delay you. If I did that by mistake I am really sorry nos:(
Hi Imeo,

I have been waiting for the ceramics that you said would be on the COV site since you said that I would get them faster by waiting and ordering from them instead of my favorite friend, Vasillis, but they have been no where in sight and COV has problems with their site all the time, I got an email today at 5:30 that the Orings for the Penelope that I have been waiting for was in stock and I immediately click on the link and the site was dead for an hour and a half and now it is barely back on but it says that they aren't in stock and to notify me. I am concerned about this, I have paid over 400 on preorder for 2 of the new Ithakas and if there are this many problems getting parts for my GG products, I have been without one of my Penelopes for a few weeks because the ceramic broke when I used the torch like you said to clean it, and I am scared that this will be just the same with the new products, my wife and I use only your products, GGTS, Pene, etc but now I have given her my mod so I don't get screamed at until I get the ceramic.
 

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I think that the GG that I will still make and support in the future are:

GGTS
Proteus

Penelope
Achilles and its tank

Ithaka is not on that list???!!!


Very good news, but occu is right. Hopefully Ithaka will be as well. That way I can order a second of peny and ithaka at a later time.
 
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