borno

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Good morning : ) Well, I ordered some 28ga. 316 ss wire from amazon because temco was out. It seems to exacerbate my metallic taste problem to a lesser extent than K or Nichrome. Now I'm thinking it's from the radiation and my be with me for a while. Now to rewick a bunch and see how it goes. ugh
 

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    @borno well, SS316 does contain chromium which is in both K and Nichrome. Nichrome and SS also share Nickel, but much less in the SS. All 3 are alloys (mixtures). Good luck.

    On the other hand, Titanium is pure but has drawbacks in that ramp up is lightning fast so you'd have to start lower than normal and work your way up. It is safe in straight watts and I have used it that way forever. I dry burn it at like 8 watts, and vape it at 25-30 watts in a boro.
     

    borno

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    @borno well, SS316 does contain chromium which is in both K and Nichrome. Nichrome and SS also share Nickel, but much less in the SS. All 3 are alloys (mixtures). Good luck.

    On the other hand, Titanium is pure but has drawbacks in that ramp up is lightning fast so you'd have to start lower than normal and work your way up. It is safe in straight watts and I have used it that way forever. I dry burn it at like 8 watts, and vape it at 25-30 watts in a boro.
    Thanks for the information. The ss seems a good bit better so far.
     

    AngeNZ

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    Morning shinies ;)

    It's taken me this long to notice that the bar up the top shows the battery % on my sx mini. No more squinting at the tiny number. (RTFM Ange)
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    englishmick

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    Saw an article titled 10 Best Vape Batteries Of 2025 on my feed today. All 10 had a link to Amazon. Never heard of any of them. Randomly checked a few reviews. One guy said brilliant battery, sometimes lasts me all day. One with a fancy charger said he checked it out and the 3600 mah was a little optimistic, it measured as 2000 mah. But he thought it was a great battery. Another said one of the ten in the pack wouldn't charge, and 2 others charged in just a few minutes and wouldn't power up his vape.

    Kind of suggests that a lot of vapers don't have a clue. Hopefully they aren't using mechs.

     

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    I only order from 18650 store these days.
    Really happy with the these 21700s.
     

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