So I posted before about being brand new to the e-cig and here is the thing I'm not sure of. I bought a starter kit from modern vapor.com (arrived 2 days ago), the most expensive one they have for the Sidesho. I ordered pre-filled cartridges so I could learn to do one thing at a time...ha ha. This kit came with 3 complete e-cigs, which is super awesome but I'm a little confused. The sidesho uses atomizers and I'm not getting much vapor at all, these are all new and I've used all 3 atomizers, also an automatic and manual battery. Here's the question, do I have to "break" the atomizers in to get vapor, do I have to wait in-between puffs or what? batteries are all charged, cartridges are full and the first puff is awesome...but after that, not much happens. I love the feel and the look of the sidesho and am hoping someone can shed some light on this. Smoked 3 analogs today because of the non-vapor issue and they were gross.... Boo hoo! Help me before my lungs collapse...ha ha!
Sidesho e-cig help
- Thread starter Sandee1321
- Start date
- th_trl_thread_readers 0
- Status
Sidesho is not a powerful unit. It's a modified M401 or M402. I vape an M401 as one of my ecigs but I would only recommend it to an ultralights smoker or a light smoker of lights who is willing to fiddle with tiny carts. I replaced the juice cart stuffing with blue foam (after the stuffing got old and boggy) and I use juices I have bought elsewhere (mostly 70pg/30vg blends for more vapor). It can give be a decent drag fairly often, satisfies my nicotine craving, but very rarely a big throat hit. It is a tasty model though. One downside to it is that as lovely as it looks, the diameter of a cigarette only allows a small atty and tiny carts - basically super-mini size atty and carts with a somewhat better battery life.
It's possible you are getting an even weaker experience that you should though - maybe the carts are a bit dry or the stuffing has shifted. But if you didn't buy juice then not much way to do anything about that.
BTW - if you are commenting about visible vapor (hard to tell?) if the carts are filled with 100% PG juice than that doesn't make as visible a vapor as a blend like 70pg/30vg.
One thing you can try, in case the cart stuffing shifted, is to give the assembled ecig a quick jerk lengthwise, from cart toward LED.
It's possible you are getting an even weaker experience that you should though - maybe the carts are a bit dry or the stuffing has shifted. But if you didn't buy juice then not much way to do anything about that.
BTW - if you are commenting about visible vapor (hard to tell?) if the carts are filled with 100% PG juice than that doesn't make as visible a vapor as a blend like 70pg/30vg.
One thing you can try, in case the cart stuffing shifted, is to give the assembled ecig a quick jerk lengthwise, from cart toward LED.
Last edited:
Not sure about the unit myself. Hopefully someone else will jump in and give you some help.
Could be the unit is not powerful enough due to battery size.
Bigger battery, bigger results.
Could be the unit is not powerful enough due to battery size.
Bigger battery, bigger results.
Oh!!
Do you mean nothing nothing? Are they automatic batteries or manual?
Auto - try a small puff first to warm atty then your real darg.
All - did you drag too long or hold he button down too long? Some batteries have a 5 or 10 second cutoff and if you activate them longer they will cut out and not let you vape for anywhere from 10 seconds to a minute and a half.
Do you mean nothing nothing? Are they automatic batteries or manual?
Auto - try a small puff first to warm atty then your real darg.
All - did you drag too long or hold he button down too long? Some batteries have a 5 or 10 second cutoff and if you activate them longer they will cut out and not let you vape for anywhere from 10 seconds to a minute and a half.
Or you should contact ModernVapors - they are the ones that modified M401 and they say they made it better - maybe they will have some suggestions.
Thanks for the info, I'll answer some of your questions to the best of my ability. I received 1 manual and 1 automatic, also the usb passthrough. They are all pretty much the same....first hit is okay and after that I get nothing. I ordered another Atomizer and Battery just incase it was something I managed to screw up being a noob, but this one is the same. I did contact them and received a reply on different things to troubleshoot, none of them worked. I followed up with them and have heard nothing. Im super bummed too let me tell ya, I cant stand the taste of regular cigs anymore and I find that until I order something that works, thats what Im stuck with. Just ordered the 2 part customized cig from Premiumecigarette.com. Hope that isnt another $150.00 worth of disappointment. I just want to vape with something super awesome, it seems my search continues. My order should arrive within 2-3 days, my fingers are crossed. Anyone tried these ones before??? Want some input BEFORE I open the box...LOL. Thanks Everyone!!!!
Nope. The recommended 2-piece is KR808D-1 aka Vapor King at Vapor4Life.com or Bloog MaxxFusion at BloogPlanet.com because this two-piece has the most support from reasonably-priced vendors, has more adapters available, has a fat-battery version from CigEasy
Most rebrander 2-pieces are one of 4 different models - either E9 aka KR808D-2 (incompatible with KR808D-1 but similar in performance) or RN4081 (a less popular 2-piece which might only be available as an automatic and is also sometimes sold as a 3-piece). Or the E8 - I don't know much about that but I get the impression it is smaller and has smaller threads. And just occasionally a rebrander will actually use KR808D-1.
Based on this list, Premium (or at least some model they sell) is an E8
A Brief Cartridge and Atomizer Compatiblity Guide | Excellent Electric Cigarette Information!
The 2-piece should give you better drags than the Sidesho. However, if your vendor used the typical rebrander claim that a cart for the 2-piece last as long as a pack of cigarettes, that is a lie (and I see they do use that lie in their kit descriptions). Premium also has somewhat jacked up prices. Not as bad as some I have seen, but $25 for a battery is $6-10 too much. They also charge several dollars more for filled cartos. If you are lucky will they be the easier-to-refill soft-caps (rebranders usually sell hard-caps).
Most rebrander 2-pieces are one of 4 different models - either E9 aka KR808D-2 (incompatible with KR808D-1 but similar in performance) or RN4081 (a less popular 2-piece which might only be available as an automatic and is also sometimes sold as a 3-piece). Or the E8 - I don't know much about that but I get the impression it is smaller and has smaller threads. And just occasionally a rebrander will actually use KR808D-1.
Based on this list, Premium (or at least some model they sell) is an E8
A Brief Cartridge and Atomizer Compatiblity Guide | Excellent Electric Cigarette Information!
The 2-piece should give you better drags than the Sidesho. However, if your vendor used the typical rebrander claim that a cart for the 2-piece last as long as a pack of cigarettes, that is a lie (and I see they do use that lie in their kit descriptions). Premium also has somewhat jacked up prices. Not as bad as some I have seen, but $25 for a battery is $6-10 too much. They also charge several dollars more for filled cartos. If you are lucky will they be the easier-to-refill soft-caps (rebranders usually sell hard-caps).
- Status
Similar threads
- Locked
