ProVarinati Diner & Saloon and Beyond

[kas122461]

@stols001 ... Take a look at how this guy mounts a coil on the Pico. The Pico fundamentally reminds me of the Doggystyle deck mounting screws. The way he does it looks like it would position and stabilize the coil, especially helping those with shaky hands or tremors the way he temporarily wraps the wire back around the jig. Just a thought, maybe something to try ...

EDIT: He doesn't say what the mod is in his video ... ProVari Radius

I also do that when I am building coils on this style deck, mostly on my kayfun's. I don't think I ever saw a video of anyone doing it this way. I just needed something to hold the wire in place while I tightened the screws. The one thing I do that he doesn't, is I then take a pair of tweezers, and pinch the wires closer around the screws, before I tighten them down. My

KAS

 

[Hobbs]

I had a horrible scare this morning.
Went to refill the tank on my mini dragon...
Decided to give it a new wick.
All done, filled up and back together...

E1 !!

What ??

Remove tank, look at things, all looks fine.
Put it back together.

E1 !

Pulled and replaced battery several times...

E1 !

Put tank on another ProVari...works fine. Put that tank on dragon...

E1 !

Ohmagosh...what the heck ??

Got out the alcohol and q-tips, cleaned everything, ran battery nipple across paper...
Put it back together...

E1 !

I'm thinking oh-noooooooo.

I set it aside and walked away from it.
Went back about 20 minutes later and went through everything all over again...

E1 !


So close to crying

I don't know WHAT made me decide to run through the menu...

How the hell did that thing get set at 5.9 ?
I keep it at 3.3 !

All good now


shew !
That was stressful !

HA !!! ... isn't it weird we have one hand that "knows the deal" but the other hand likes to fool around pushing buttons when no one is looking

 

[ENAUD]

@stols001 ... Take a look at how this guy mounts a coil on the Pico. The Pico fundamentally reminds me of the Doggystyle deck mounting screws. The way he does it looks like it would position and stabilize the coil, especially helping those with shaky hands or tremors the way he temporarily wraps the wire back around the jig. Just a thought, maybe something to try ...

EDIT: He doesn't say what the mod is in his video ... ProVari Radius

I wonder why he never mentions the Radius? Funny...that is a pretty neat trick with the wire though.

 

[Hobbs]

I wonder why he never mentions the Radius? Funny...that is a pretty neat trick with the wire though.

Only thing I can figure is because maybe he made the vid after the Radius was no longer being produced and not widely available. Dunno

 

[ENAUD]

Only thing I can figure is because maybe he made the vid after the Radius was no longer being produced and not widely available. Dunno

Ah, you weren't around when the Radius was released...that clown did one of the first video reviews of the Radius, and he trashed it. He was given the mod for Christmas by his wife or girlfriend, and had actually wanted something else, his demeanor and facial expressions were that of disgust and disappointment. It was kind of funny really, and also not at the same time... I might go see if it's still up on his channel still...

 

[ENAUD]

Yeah, the vid is still on his channel, can't be linked here because of language, just scroll way down in his video list , he deleted a lot of the comments and then said that he didn't delete them in a reply. Used to call himself the vaping dummy

 

[Hobbs]

Yep, found a written review he made. Same thing. Can't link for language. He wasn't happy with the box the Radius came in and it went downhill from there. Well, shoot.

 

[jwbnyc]

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That's a real nice box.

 

[Hobbs]

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That's a real nice box.

He said (word between brackets is one I substituted) ...

"I was shocked to receive a Provari Radius from my wife as a Christmas gift. I would have never expected her to feed my curiosity on vaping, let alone spend $200 on something she knows nothing about.

It’s a Provari!!

Wait.. What do I know about Provari? Nothing much really except the fact that they cost a bomb and have a cult-like following.

I have felt and used a Provari in vape shops, but that was the tube mod version. I have read about the Radius, Provari’s new box mod, but never rally paid much attention to it.

So my first impression, knowing that this was a premium device, was terrible. Here’s why..

The Radius came in an ugly, cheap cardboard box! I mean, the packaging was so [bad] even my Subox Mini box felt more high quality."

... he wrote his review on Christmas day 2015 and he went on to trash the Radius just as E said. I feel sorry for his wife. What an idiot.

 

[Hobbs]

Just gotta say you have one heck of a memory E !!! ... that was almost 2 years ago now. Somehow I'm not interested in seeing him do an updated review of the Radius LOL. But use it he does and apparently with no problems.

 

[Hobbs]

OH !!! ... and just noticed this blue one is the pic he posted with his written review. The one in his video I linked is a white Radius. He MUST have gotten another one they are so terrible LMAO (don't know which one he got first though)

 

[ENAUD]

OH !!! ... and just noticed this blue one is the pic he posted with his written review. The one in his video I linked is a white Radius. He MUST have gotten another one they are so terrible LMAO

He was just getting started back then, had only been vaping for like six months, my thoughts were that he was bashing Provape to garner some street cred or something silly along those lines. I'm actually a little surprised that he hung in there and made as many vids as he has. And yeah, I did notice right away that the ghost white was a different Radius than the one he had reviewed. People can be so funny sometimes....

 

[jwbnyc]

Wow. He really wasn't liking the Radius.

Went and watched the review.

The polycarbonate body really chapped him.

Maybe we should buy him a Glock.

 

[jwbnyc]

Here's something weird.

The site won't let me log in on Chrome with the same password I just used to log in on Firefox.

#headscratcher

 

[ENAUD]

Here's something weird.

The site won't let me log in on Chrome with the same password I just used to log in on Firefox.

#headscratcher

That's weird, maybe clear cookies will help?

 

[Hobbs]

Strange. This guy had a similar issue and it may have been related to some chrome extensions he had in his browser. Can you disable chrome add-ons and try and login?
Google Groups

 

[jwbnyc]

Not cookies. Clearing the browser started this.

I'll take a look at add ons, but this is affecting all browsers except Firefox.

 

[Hobbs]

Speaking of cotton ... when E mentioned that the Muji looked a lot like the bulk order of KGD (Koh Gen Do) he has ... that lead me to do some searches and that's how I stumbled onto the Radius guys videos. He did a blind comparison of muji and KGD in his wicking war series. Physically he couldn't see much difference but every blind test he did, he concluded without fail that KGD cotton had better flavor taste than muji cotton. Not sure what flavor juice he was using.

I'm very happy so far (still on first tank) with the muji, but I vape non-flavored. If I vaped flavored, I might try a different wicking material. Some have described the taste of cotton wicking as "irky" ... or whatever. I like it. I like the very subtle organic woodsy taste of cotton. So there's that dimension to my non-flavored vape experience I guess. Anyway, pretty sure I'll continue to be quite happy with muji. Hope so. I have a bunch of it LOL.

 

[jwbnyc]

... aaannnddd... Chrome's back.

Just like that.

 

[jwbnyc]

I didn't like KGD so much.

I ended up going with Shiseido.

It's a little more processed than KGD, or Muji, a little finer, but still organic with no additives.