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[Skunk!]

Ordered a GeekVape Flint from Electric Tobacconist for $25 and free shipping at around noon and it already shipped

 

[YePsTeR]

Their shipping times are super fast!

 

[Skunk!]

Their shipping times are super fast!

This is the first time I ordered from them. I am impressed.

 

[DeloresRose]

Ordered a GeekVape Flint from Electric Tobacconist for $25 and free shipping at around noon and it already shipped

I really like mine. That’s a good deal, but too bad the could are out of stock. I snagged a gunmetal.

 

[madstabber]

Wait I thought fast charging was “bad” for batteries. I suffer at .5amps. One charger does 2 18650s at 1.0amps and that seems like heaven lol! So is 3.0 amps safe now?! I would love to get that charger!!

The miboxer can charge all 4 slots at 3 amps but it’s not great for the batteries. I think it would be safe with this charger because it monitors the temp so I think it will reduce charge if temps get excessive. My 21700’s I’ll charge up to 2 amps in a hurry but I don’t do it often and even when I do it doesn’t get hot so I’m not sure how bad it is for the batteries because I think the heat is what causes the reduction of life. I’m no expert so don’t quote me on that. Anyway it’s nice to have the option for fast charging when needed and it’s a very roomy charger even with the 21700’s

 

[Skunk!]

I really like mine. That’s a good deal, but too bad the could are out of stock. I snagged a gunmetal.

I have heard good things about them. I ended up getting black.

 

[Letitia]

Yeah I think I’d rather just keep more batteries around in a rotation than risk shortening their lives. Plus I really don’t need a 4th charger in my living room lol!

The 8 bay is a treat plus now I have a couple backup chargers. I don't think I've ever been in a rush to charge a pair of batteries. If I keep picking up single 21700 mods I might need to up that inventory some. My Therion 133/nano set up is still the first I grab in the morning and usually the last I use before bed tho. I do believe that I would actually grieve for that mod if I outlive it.

 

[Letitia]

Just checking in.

Have photos to share, not near PC.

Hope everyone OK

Hoping the same for you and your's.

 

[Letitia]

I really like mine. That’s a good deal, but too bad the could are out of stock. I snagged a gunmetal.

Don't you just hate spell check sometimes?!

 

[chanelvaps]

Guys, any of you have the Themis? Compare it to the Zeus X? I wonder, the Themis works great!

I asked about the Themis a few months ago and no one responded. So it is good huh?

 

[chanelvaps]

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On the blue Colossal, better with the black drip tip?

I think better with the clear drip tip. They all look FAB all dressed up and waiting to go out. Maybe you can find a green marble look drip tip for the Zeus atop the green Lustro

 

[jandrew]

Had a small(ish), and varietous[sic] semi-shiny spree ... ordered a nutsac (manbag dammit), an atmomixani anima rda, a thalia capo, a 521 mini tab, another etna rda, some coffee, and some nic.

 

[chanelvaps]

I am one of the people that Oxycontin was created for - control chronic pain without killing the patient of liver disease - as I have a disease of the nervous system that is the most painful chronic pain disease that exists. (CRPS in both my legs caused by a spinal injury)

The disease itself won't kill me but the pain is unimaginable, so much so I spent the first 6 months of this disease with a loaded gun in my hand trying to make it 5 minutes at a time without pulling the trigger.

staying alive for the next minute took all the willpower I could muster, I couldn't at first imagine a year down the road.

Once I was diagnosed with the disease I was finally treated for it.. but of course there isn't much they can do, sympathetic blocks every other day, and pain meds..

The pain meds saved my life. They gave me 100 mg of Oxycontin a day, with Vicodin for breakthrough pain, 2400 mg of Gabapentin a day for pain, meds to sleep at night because even with all those drugs they couldn't kill enough pain to induce sleep for more than 30 minutes to an hour..

I was one of the lucky ones in that I had awesome doctors and adequate pain control after diagnosis. Not everyone was as lucky as I was, and I actually knew someone in my support group that killed themselves because they weren't getting adequate pain control..

I got off the opiods after 10 years of my own accord. I didn't deal with addiction, I never even stepped down my doses, I just stopped taking them..

I worried about having that much drugs in my house at all times.. the street value of what I took was large, and I got my meds 3 months at a time, so, 3-9 thousand dollars worth of oxycontin in my house at any given time.. and I didn't like that after I learned it - which I learned from watching the news..

But by then I had a decade with the disease, a lot of time to learn how to mentally deal with the pain, and so I took the next step and tried dealing with the pain without the opiods.

Thing is, now I and others like me can't get a Vicodin for pain. A year a half ago when the pain had me bedridden, literally bedridden in pain, because of the opiod "epidemic", I was told there was nothing they could do further..

lol.. nothing they could do. I could sit in bed and rot.. and this is how they are treating ALL pain patients.. even my elderly mother who broke her hip, can't get more than a Tylenol 3..

If it weren't for my kids, and adequate pain control I wouldn't be here today. Quality of life is important, because without it, there is no life.

When people are in so much pain they can't get out of bed, we need to be allowing doctors to help them. I for one think this crisis is a great big lie.. I had to go through serious testing, one test after the other with more than one doctor concurring on my case before I could get treated for pain.. they don't hand the stuff out like it's candy.

Addicts are getting the drugs illegally in the first place, and because of drugs pouring through a porous border no one in congess is willing to close, pain patients are being punished..

I read your story with great interest. I am sorry about your condition and I am thankful mine is not severe. You are the exact example of those that need/needed it. Because some greedy DR's let it get out of control many are suffering without it that should have it. I praise you for getting off of the Opiates. It is hard for most and thankfully you are not one.

 

[Susaz]

I asked about the Themis a few months ago and no one responded. So it is good huh?

At least I like mine and it's easy to build! I don't have that many duals so no way to compare.

 

[lupinehorror]

morning all.
3 day weekend comingup if today can be got through. the cold, dark and soaking wet commute is becoming rather tiresome.
zeus x ready to ship. yihi mod (can't remember the name of it) has yet to hit these shores. FT replied to my ticket regarding the awol atty stand. the ball is back in their court. don't mind the rather treacley support from them. that's cancelled out by the monies saved over the last 606 days.
little else shiny planned but will do some mixing using the new wand of froth soon. pear cheesecake is on the menu and maybe something with grape juice.

 

[Tralfaz]

From what I think Mooch has said is that it shortens a batteries longevity.

Look at it this way, even of you end up shaving off 5-10% of the life of a $10 battery (and there's no guarantee you will), the amount of time you save over having to wait up to six times longer to charge it makes up for it many times over. We're willing to spend on new devices but when it comes to batteries, we need to hold on to them as long as possible? I've been vaping for around six and a half years and I have never had a cell 18350 and up die on me no matter how often or fast I've charged it.

I do swap batteries a lot in my mechs though, so I definitely notice long charge times. The chip in the MiBoxer is selectable, so you can charge from .5 up to 3A if you want to go slower. Otherwise it varies automatically based on the temp of the cell.

 

[DeloresRose]

Morning shiny people!

I do have a nice green drip tip for that X, but the one that’s on it is really on it. Maybe it’ll loosen up in time and I’ll be able to yank it off, but for now it’s staying I do think the air flow is better than on the duals. It seems to create a denser vapor, more flavor. But I’d really need more time side by side to be sure.

I ache all over but feel pretty accomplished. I replaced the switch in my ceiling fan that I yanked clean out about a month ago. I even bought the correct replacement on the first try. My service panel is marked, but not every individual thing is listed, so I had to go down to the basement 8 times to find the right breaker. At least that many times I had to climb the ladder. It’s not a job one can’t do solo, but it is a lot more work when there’s no helper to flip breakers and pick up the stuff you dropped. All that’s left is to lug that 50lb ladder out to the garage. But dammit, I have light today, yay me.

 

[Eskie]

Good morning shiners!

 

[lupinehorror]

the yihi mod has landed...at heathrow at least
extra mosfet for stratum zero got despite the fact it hasn't shipped yet. also managed to order silicone grease (for flashlights!), quad core coils for the freemax pro and some staple/staggered/fused 316L dohickies

 

[Letitia]

Good morning Shiny's
Squirrels and birds are keeping the kittens nicely entertained this morning. My June is getting close to dropping some more joy in the house.