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luvinit

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Cleaned my leaked on Rocket again, and it is still cycling through all the numbers an not firing.

Others who have had this...will it ever recover? Or is it RIP?

I could never get my first Rocket to work properly after tearing it apart to clean the spilled juice out of it. Mine is resting peacefully in it's little box (cuz I have a hard time throwing anything away!) and I just ordered a new one. The new one is working pretty flawlessly, btw.

The CE5... mehhh. I'm not much of a stardust fan anyway, and this seems very similar to me. It did leak a bit out of the battery end but not much, certainly not a tank full. Just a little in the battery connector. I'm on my third tank and getting some dry hits. A couple blank pulls seems to solve that.. but I don't think I'd buy one of these again.
 

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100% vg not a good test for leaking, that stuff is thick. I'd guess you'd see much more leaking with 100% pg.
VG CAN LEAK !! been there done that :D & 100% pg probably does flow easier ....

MY 100% vg is really (probably) 70-75vg/25-30 dist water & flavorings ,
I DIY and the vg base is pre-thinned w/dist. water ....so it is pretty thin ....
& I can't REALLY use much PG (allergy)....so I am A VG tester :D ...
well kinda ? since my VG is thinned it isn't quite the same as some VG juices...
well kinda ? since most commerical VG juices are NOW thinned ...(?? I have only tried a few):blink:

and cuz the non VG using folks are always sayin' ..."oh no VG! that stuff is too thick & won't WICK "
...which is BS cuz I chainvape VG 24/7 & it WICKS just fine ....

& actually from what I read ....I have better luck with most of the carto's out there than anyone else :p
& I have decided that "WICK type" carto's actually prefer VG ...
at least that is what my few experiments w/pg juices have shown.

??? hell IDK :lol: I was just stating what I am using for the record .... :blink:

and for the record I KNOW you weren't pickin' on me ....I just felt the NEED to have a VG RANT :D

....hopping off my VG Soap Box now
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oh & my CE5 is on tank 6 ...still NO LEAKS yet ...
off batt, in dish overnight ...sure is a "hissy" carto but still working GREAT !
 

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I'm so torn!

If I wait until tomorrow to jump on the new Alpha products that are supposed to be posted, am I going to miss my chance to get a dongle?

I REALLY want a dongle...
But I also want to play with the new stuff coming out!

Are there enough stock of the dongle that there'll still be some left tomorrow?

Please?!
 

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:lol: yup DH keeps glaring @ me about it ...:glare:
...even made some pissy comment about me suckin' it down :shock:
pfffttt* I told him ta' "Quit being SO jealous" ....buuahahahaha !!!
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:lol: Best response ever.

more alpha drops tomorow

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

Is it... wavy? :w00t:


Edit: Lettucehead, you might be safe to wait. There's 19 left and only one per person. Those of us who already got one aren't supposed to get another. Still, there were several people on this thread that missed the chance. I don't know if they got theirs yet or not! I know how you feel, though. I've dealt with that dilemma many times :laugh:
 
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I'm starting to think that it's my juice. I've been vaping sweet things almost exclusively lately since I have so much of it. Strawberry Pie, Strawberry Cheesecake, Cherry Cheesecake, Double Dutch Chocolate, White Chocolate, Sugar Cookie, Lemonade, the list goes on... :laugh:

My money would be on inconsistent manufacturing, I am vaping a 70/30 in my CE5 has not leaked one drop. At this point I think its the luck of the draw, I would assume and hope future runs of the CE5 will be made more consistent.
 

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My money would be on inconsistent manufacturing, I am vaping a 70/30 in my CE5 has not leaked one drop. At this point I think its the luck of the draw, I would assume and hope future runs of the CE5 will be made more consistent.

I was referring to a strange residue I find on my Alpha dongle from time to time. I haven't had any leaks from the Ce5 either.
 

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This third tank is accidentally a big test of the product. It's been a while since I've vaped anything with this type of plastic and I put some 80/20 lemonade in there. So far it hasn't cracked but the plastic is fairly cloudy. When shaken, this juice turns cloudy and opaque, so that might be why. I'll update you all if something changes.

Well, here's the update! Something seriously changed. Long story short, don't put lemonade in your new ce5. Just don't.

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I guess I got my wish, this thing won't be making any more noise. :closedeyes:

Oh well, it's all in the name of testing! As you can see, strong citrus flavors aren't likely to go well in this. The lemonade was sweet and sour and a very accurate flavor. I didn't even think before I put it in there since I've been using it in the Phoenixes for a while.

As I stated in the above quoted post, the tank got cloudy pretty quickly. I vaped through it and it tasted fine. It looked fine. I didn't notice any of the black ick in the tank. Once I finished it up, or as close as possible since you just can't get that last bit of juice, I tried to twist the top off. It gave me some extra resistance but I got it out and it was a big melted mess!

You can see in the pictures that some of the tip was left in the tank. It was like the tank scraped the sides of the tip off as I was pulling it out. Maybe it's the plastic that tip is made out of because there's a thread around here somewhere about stardust tips melting with cinnamon/big red flavors.

That nasty brown/black stuff on the side is from the melted tip. I guess there was some juice up near the top that washed down some of the melted plastic when I took the tip out. I dunno.

Anyway, I can't test it any further obviously, unless I figure out how to take it apart, clean it out and put it back together with one of my old stardust tips. It's worth a shot.

Final review-

Performance - 5/5
Vapor - 5/5
Flavor - 5/5
Durability - 2/5 - Too easily damaged by acidic juices.

Disclaimer before someone jumps on me about it: 3 tanks isn't enough to properly test an item. Regardless, this is information worth knowing. This is just what I've experienced with the ce5. I wish I had another one :lol: I'd just stick to strawberry cheesecake ;)
 

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:lol: Best response ever. ty ...snicker I thought it was a GOOD ONE !

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

Is it... wavy? :w00t: Let's HOPE SO !!!!! YIPPPEEEE


Ahh I need to learn how to read more good and better-er.
NICE save....:lol:

post edit : awww what a drag bonny, & yup been there & it was yucky lookin' ! I think it was honeysuckle that melted mine ...& I'm SO sorry I did NOT catch it when you posted ...cuz when you said you put lemonade in it , I thought "wrong ! wrong!" but I could NOT remember WHY? I was thinkin' it was so wrong :facepalm: so I just let it pass ...my bad sorry :oops: I have dead brain cell issues too. :facepalm:
 
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NICE save....:lol:

post edit : awww what a drag bonny, & yup been there & it was yucky lookin' ! I think it was honeysuckle that melted mine ...& I'm SO sorry I did NOT catch it when you posted ...cuz when you said you put lemonade in it , I thought "wrong ! wrong!" but I could NOT remember WHY? I was thinkin' it was so wrong :facepalm: so I just let it pass ...my bad sorry :oops: I have dead brain cell issues too. :facepalm:

Oh, no worries. I knew it was bad once I realized I'd done it! But then I decided I'd just be the guinea pig in the group :laugh: I mean, you never know when a tank can withstand that sorta juice til you try it!

Aluminum tips for the stardust would be excellent! Still, the tank clouded up quite a bit. Maybe we can get an aluminum one of those too? :D
 

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I'm starting to think that it's my juice. I've been vaping sweet things almost exclusively lately since I have so much of it. Strawberry Pie, Strawberry Cheesecake, Cherry Cheesecake, Double Dutch Chocolate, White Chocolate, Sugar Cookie, Lemonade, the list goes on... :laugh:

you'd be best to stop that. I use hypermint exclusively now, mix of menthol and mint and 99% of the problems I had went away. For starters cartomizers last more than a week now. Those sweet juices just gunk up almost immediately. I loved cinnamon, but it would kill the cartos, tried cherry limeade, it killed them too.
 

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you'd be best to stop that. I use hypermint exclusively now, mix of menthol and mint and 99% of the problems I had went away. For starters cartomizers last more than a week now. Those sweet juices just gunk up almost immediately. I loved cinnamon, but it would kill the cartos, tried cherry limeade, it killed them too.

Thanks, I do love my menthol. I've been out for a little while, need to get another bottle.

The sweet juices don't give me any trouble, I have small and large Phoenix bottom coils that are 2 months old, give or take. I'm careful to keep them clean and take good care of them, though. It's the dark sweet flavors that can really gunk stuff up. I have a dedicated carto for the chocolate, it's very notorious.

Are you all ready for more flavors, how about 16 new flavors dropping all day long

Alpha juice?! Did you post that in the right thread?? All day tomorrow?

and taking notes on the ce5, already sent pics and info to them.

Glad I could be of help, I'd love to see this thing on the shelves. It's really great.
 
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