Yeah, I dunno. Likely the wick I suppose.Only thing I can think is there was some machine oil left on a leg or deck or something....or the wick inside the coil wasn't fully saturated.
Yeah, I dunno. Likely the wick I suppose.Only thing I can think is there was some machine oil left on a leg or deck or something....or the wick inside the coil wasn't fully saturated.
Nah, the calculator's right with it being at 51W. It's hitting beautifully now and the flavor is great. I'm just wondering how having it set at 15W could give me a burnt taste, and having it set at 51W hasn't yet. Seems odd.

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I stopped reviewing when my cancer hit but yup I know exactly what you mean....always a Chinese package in the mail box and stress trying to test everything and get the reviews done. You pretty much have to give up your fave setups
Also...I got fed up with the pods too!!
There have been a ton of pods. That does get a little old. Some pod mods are decent though.
I like the ursa quest rba quite a bit.Agreed. I collected a few of them and none of them were used a second time. They are just badly designed RBAs...IMO.
One that does impress me is the Aspire Prime pod RBA. Here it is on the left...as a comparison to the other midgets.
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Top view. It's a little bit bigger, and easier to build. Most importantly, it let's through enough air to make proper flavor....the midgets don't have any airflow. I still need glasses to build it, but hey, I need glasses to build anything...
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It's the perfect little RBA for a pod setup.
Wasn't me. I only used the elevate a few days and boxed it. Good rta but had others I liked better. I've been pretty much using the same build for several years so rarely have to dial in my wattage.i remember something similar with elevate_ not sure if it was @Letitia said something about the power not being high enough.. felt counterintuitive ah-knoh bodd edd worgdd..![]()
i only have the one for right now, but they are asking me for my next request before I even get the current item. I imagine if I got the reviews posted the same day or next that I received them, they’d start coming faster.
Good marketing with the US vape ban....who can get the biggest slice of the pie!!Sourcemore was sending two at a time but this time sent one. I’ve had stuff arrive already from voopoo, Vaporesso, geekvape, sourcemore, and Freemax. At least two or three expected next week. I’m not complaining but it’s odd how everything is coming close around the same time.
Wasn't me. I only used the elevate a few days and boxed it. Good rta but had others I liked better. I've been pretty much using the same build for several years so rarely have to dial in my wattage.
Luxe Q is a good one. No leaks, pull the pod and it’s bone dry inside. It’s about time to change the pod now, but it lasted all this time - what’s it been, 3 weeks since I posted my review? I ordered more pods from ft but I may pop in to the local shop and see if they have them.
Hopefully my DTs from FT will be delivered Monday. Saturday night here. Cold wind, stir-fry on the go. I love the weekends!!
Thinking of you @AngeNZ with this massive deluge of rain predicted for you people down there...![]()

Wooooooow, I just checked steam engine to see how accurate the inputs were and the heat flux said 51W/7.6V for this 1.13 ohm build... I would have never raised the wattage that high. I thought for non-sub-ohm builds, people were often staying in the 10-20W range? I suppose the clapton vs. round wire has mostly to do with this?

Brilliant, thank youI had my lens cloth in a bag in my pocket, but completely forgot about it. I saw the frost on the outside of the lens, but didn't check the lens itself until I was inside. Live and learn.
I'd read a tip somewhere to use the self-timer as a poor man's shutter release, and I was using that, which definitely made a difference. And I was trying to zoom in too far, you're right there. It's got the equiv. of a 24mm-840mm. Less zoomy-zoom next time.
Here's some other pics of the blood moon. You can spot the professional photographers a mile away, and the non-pros who've 100% saturated:
In pictures: Blood supermoon lights up the skies of Aotearoa
My fave from Mark Gee:
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And my sunrise/moonset pic from the following morning:
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I think I just figured out how to spin the perfect coil.
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I think I just figured out how to spin the perfect coil.
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How does it vape? 

Brilliant, thank youI had my lens cloth in a bag in my pocket, but completely forgot about it. I saw the frost on the outside of the lens, but didn't check the lens itself until I was inside. Live and learn.
I'd read a tip somewhere to use the self-timer as a poor man's shutter release, and I was using that, which definitely made a difference. And I was trying to zoom in too far, you're right there. It's got the equiv. of a 24mm-840mm. Less zoomy-zoom next time.
Here's some other pics of the blood moon. You can spot the professional photographers a mile away, and the non-pros who've 100% saturated:
In pictures: Blood supermoon lights up the skies of Aotearoa
My fave from Mark Gee:
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And my sunrise/moonset pic from the following morning:
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Rotate once in a while and check out something else stunning. And of course keep the zombie horde in my peripherals. 

That and also the Solo is just a single coil deck,with the Arbiter 28mm RTA you can pop in 2 coils.
But yeah the switch thingy to go from MTL to RTL is exclusive to the Solo.
Is the only difference between the OXVA Arbiter RTA and Solo, the ability to convert from MTL to RDL? The RTA I have coming has a 810 on it. At least in the picture it does.
There's a huuuge difference between the OG dual coil Arbiter and the new single coil. The innovative deck and chimney of the OG which create a top then bottom/around airflow isn't passed onto the single coil's airflow and deck design. In my opinion, they shouldn't have called the new single coil "Arbiter"; the new single is too much of a departure.