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[Redbird11]

I'd certainly be trying. Surely customs has more important things to look out for, than a few drip tips. Or an rta or two
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Wow, they are not messing around. I guess I will be buying my future vape gear from the guy in a creepy black van down the road.

 

[AngeNZ]

Clouds were amazing again this morning:

I've uploaded more from yesterday to my Flickr a/c
Ange NZ

You guys know I could care less about ratings here, I've even got the alerts for them turned off. But what has completely amazed and humbled me, is on Flickr - two professional photographers faved (liked) one of my pics

 

[DeloresRose]

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Sue's computer desk and it is not even at its worst as I cleaned it up a bit last weekend.

I showed you all my desk last time I cleaned it. I bet that’s been a year ago by now lol

 

[DeloresRose]

Wow, they are not messing around. I guess I will be buying my future vape gear from the guy in a creepy black van down the road.

Hey now, that’s lady to you, and it’s a black Traverse, not a van!

 

[DeloresRose]

So I ordered some more flavors that I forgot about. They came, and I did don’t even open the box because I thought it was bar and chain oil for my pole saw and I didn’t want to mess with it.

My memory has never been great but I’m starting to worry. Hope it’s just the stress...

Anyway, I mixed some tests of the FA watermelon and raspberry, and they have a weird under flavor. It’s similar to whatever that taste is in tobacco flavors - which is why I never found one of those I like.
Does anyone else taste that? I can smell it, too. Will it fade? I mean the fruit part of the flavors are good, but this almost drowns them out.
I bought some other flavors - not fruits - and they smell fine, haven’t tested yet.

 

[DeloresRose]

And that double posted and just as I was about to sort that out, my Dreamer came apart. Excuse me while I hunt under the couch for my contact switch.

 

[stabwood is good]

After I soaked them overnight in soapy water, I spent all late afternoon and early evening coiling my new trinkets. Well, I did nap also in the Florida sun.

 

[Redbird11]

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Spent all late afternoon and early evening coiling my new trinkets. Well, I did nap also in the Florida sun.

It's always fun to have new vape stuff to play with.

 

[Redbird11]

Hey now, that’s lady to you, and it’s a black Traverse, not a van!

Oh you sell in that area too? Well I guess I can do some price comparisons before I buy.

 

[Resistance]

My old Samsung Galaxy S7 mobile phone died yesterday.
Apps crashing continually including system apps. No amount of rebooting, clearing caches or data helped. Served me pretty well the last 3 or 4 years. Battery wasn't really holding a charge anymore either.
So now I'm in the process of transferring the data to a new Samsung Galaxy A12. Looks a decent phone with a nice large screen. Pretty much the cheapest of the current Samsung range available locally - hopefully the camera will do Bludger justice.

Try to factory reset the s7. It might work and keep it as a backup

 

[Resistance]

Greetings and goodnight Shiny Folk!

 

[ShowMeTwice]

Anyway, I mixed some tests of the FA watermelon and raspberry, and they have a weird under flavor.

You did a mix of those together or as single flavors?

Which raspberry? FA? If so I never got any weird taste from that.

You might be tasting the rind in the watermelon.

When I used to mix FA Watermelon I did so at 3.5%. I always added 0.5-0.75% FA Strawberry (Red Touch) to boost the watermelon flavor, add some sweetness and it helps to kill off the rind taste.

HIC's note:
FA Watermelon (Red Summer) As with most FA fruits, this is very realistic, fresh fruit flavor - including some seeds and rind. It’s not very sweet, not like candy watermelon flavors at all. Standalone 4-5% is not unreasonable; it’s one of FA’s least strong flavorings. Adding sweeter fruit flavors to FA Watermelon can make it taste stronger; try that instead of adding Sucralose or other plain sweeteners.



The majority of fruit flavors are SnV. The MF fruit flavors are not. If you have a pre-mixed base (say like a cheesecake or something) you can add your fruits and SnV. If mixing from scratch with bakery flavors then they'll need steeping.

It’s similar to whatever that taste is in tobacco flavors - which is why I never found one of those I like.
Does anyone else taste that? I can smell it, too. Will it fade? I mean the fruit part of the flavors are good, but this almost drowns them out.

I don't do tobacco flavors or NET's, so IDK.


If both the watermelon and raspberry are FA they are SnV flavors. I never got any weird tastes from either of those.

 

[ShowMeTwice]

I've uploaded more from yesterday to my Flickr a/c

I love the photo you have of Luna on your Flickr page. Very classy.

Ange, the photos you have up there are awesome.

 

[Pigs]

Try to factory reset the s7. It might work and keep it as a backup

Thanks for the advice @Resistance . Will do that for sure

 

[Pigs]

I love how the Abyss looks, and the Ether rba sounds amazing. But the price of the AIO, Ether RBA and the SBS kit, at this stage is well out of my reach.

I've been looking at SXK billet boxes and bridges. And maybe just a Bantam Box to start me off. The Exocet v2 rba looks right up my alley, especially since I know how to wick it

I also saw a new rba show up at 3f, made by Monarchy Vapes:
Buy SXK MOBB Mimi Style RBA w/ 3.5mm Air Pin Silver for Billet / BB

Ange - the Bantam box is a different experience because of the 18350 limitations. I love my Bantam but it's not like vaping a Billet.
If I were you I'd go with an SXK BB clone first. The Sevo 70 chip is fine imo and a good price for what you get. The DNA 60 is a better chip of course if that works with your budget,

Buy SXK BB Style 70W Black 18650 AIO Box Mod Kit w/ USB Port with Logo

You can make big improvements to the hand feel of the SXK BB clone (60W DNA or Sevo 70) by sanding down the G10 door panels with very fine sand paper. I even ended up rubbing mine for hours with standard white printer paper after applying Renaissance Wax (thanks @Daniel Forsyth ).

It will never be as good, but ends up a lot closer to the beautiful smooth feel of the BBV authentic G10 doors. I love G10 so I've never bothered with many 3rd party door panels but there are heaps to choose from. Charlie has some beauties.

I'm sure you've bumped into this thread too:

SXK Billet box...

 

[ShowMeTwice]

Wow, they are not messing around. I guess I will be buying my future vape gear from the guy in a creepy black van down the road.

Around here I look for the creepy guy in his Yellow Cab. He always has a great selection of gear in his trunk. Last time I bought a few grungy DT's on clearance.

 

[DeloresRose]

You did a mix of those together or as single flavors?

Which raspberry? FA? If so I never got any weird taste from that.

You might be tasting the rind in the watermelon.

When I used to mix FA Watermelon I did so at 3.5%. I always added 0.5-0.75% FA Strawberry (Red Touch) to boost the watermelon flavor, add some sweetness and it helps to kill off the rind taste.

HIC's note:
FA Watermelon (Red Summer) As with most FA fruits, this is very realistic, fresh fruit flavor - including some seeds and rind. It’s not very sweet, not like candy watermelon flavors at all. Standalone 4-5% is not unreasonable; it’s one of FA’s least strong flavorings. Adding sweeter fruit flavors to FA Watermelon can make it taste stronger; try that instead of adding Sucralose or other plain sweeteners.



The majority of fruit flavors are SnV. The MF fruit flavors are not. If you have a pre-mixed base (say like a cheesecake or something) you can add your fruits and SnV. If mixing from scratch with bakery flavors then they'll need steeping.



I don't do tobacco flavors or NET's, so IDK.


If both the watermelon and raspberry are FA they are SnV flavors. I never got any weird tastes from either of those.

Yeah they’re bothFA, both SFTs, and I’ve used loads of fruits in other brands, I’ve always found them okay right away. This is like that additive Acetal pyrazine (sp?)

sometimes I smell/taste it in coffee flavors too.

no idea why that would be in fruit - or anything for that matter, it’s gross lol.
Or maybe it’s just me, things don’t taste normal to me.

 

[Pigs]

Autumn arvo walk. Macro setting on the budget A12 phone caught a few wallpaper shots. This one an introduced Western Australian eucalypt.
(No coil porn yet @AngeNZ )

I know I'm a bit strange but I prefer a vase full of interesting green leaves than brightly coloured flowers.

 

[charlie1465]

I love how the Abyss looks, and the Ether rba sounds amazing. But the price of the AIO, Ether RBA and the SBS kit, at this stage is well out of my reach.

I've been looking at SXK billet boxes and bridges. And maybe just a Bantam Box to start me off. The Exocet v2 rba looks right up my alley, especially since I know how to wick it

I also saw a new rba show up at 3f, made by Monarchy Vapes:
Buy SXK MOBB Mimi Style RBA w/ 3.5mm Air Pin Silver for Billet / BB

Yes the Bantam is a good start...just battery life is a bit of an issue....

Yes I saw the MOBB too. It's a good Rba according to Rob Fisher. He loves his.

My Dvarw wicking has much improved yooou!! Hasn't changed wicking life though....3-5 days max before I get that funky taste.... nothing like a fresh wick

Hope all is well with you

 

[charlie1465]

So I ordered some more flavors that I forgot about. They came, and I did don’t even open the box because I thought it was bar and chain oil for my pole saw and I didn’t want to mess with it.

My memory has never been great but I’m starting to worry. Hope it’s just the stress...

Anyway, I mixed some tests of the FA watermelon and raspberry, and they have a weird under flavor. It’s similar to whatever that taste is in tobacco flavors - which is why I never found one of those I like.
Does anyone else taste that? I can smell it, too. Will it fade? I mean the fruit part of the flavors are good, but this almost drowns them out.
I bought some other flavors - not fruits - and they smell fine, haven’t tested yet.

Both of those flavours taste great to me but I've never single tested them The Berryl does irritate my lungs though and it does fade but the watermelon stays nice and bright in a mix.

When the Berryl fades a bit it stops irritating. Try them in a mix and see if you still get that off taste??