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TropicalBob said:
VERY carefully read what's in McCormick's. I checked every one of them in my local grocery and none were suitable. Only flavor and PG will do. Never use fragrance oils, or any product with any oil in it. Forget killing the atomizer and think of your lungs coated with an oily film. The rarity of suitable extracts is why finding Bickford's online was such a blessed event.

OILS = Big NO NO ... Corn Syrup seems to be ok though.

How about Vanilla ...
Description :
Pure Vanilla Extract
Ingredients :
Vanilla Bean Extractives in Water, Alcohol (35%), and Corn Syrup.
Product Details :
Pure Vanilla Extract - mellow and flavorful, Gives cakes, cookies, dessert souffles, and meringues the extra flavor and wonderful aroma only pure vanilla can.
 

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They were ok- didn't really have flavours that I wanted, but they gave the carts a bit of flavor- but I saw oen person state not to use McCormicks because it ruined their atomizer due ot the sugars or something- I only used it for abotu two days testign it- but I'm goign to hold off until my Bickfords order comes- I think they are purer without all the sugars of McCormicks- I was dosing hte McComicks quite heavy- too heavy infact, but it didn't seem ot affect the atomizer that I know of. Used the Rum one which tasted ok, but it's got Caramel in it- then tried Raspberry which seemed a bit weak- I used them in a mix of Glycerin 80% or so, tobacco juice that I made up abotu 20& and prbably 1% of extract (which I'm not sure if it was the right kind of Glycerin or not- was in a skin care section of market) but that gave out a smoke/vapor I wasn't too happy with- Hung around thicker than PG vapor, was kidna rough on throat, had a bit of a smell, and left a bit of a taste I didn't care for- it might have overpowered the Extract falvor- Gonna try the PG with the extracts- I think it'll give a cleaner vapor and taste with very little smell, so it won't likely overpower the extracts to much.

I did try the McCormicks butter flavored extract, and at first it was kinda good tastign which Iwas surprised at, but then the taste just wouldn't leave lol- everything I ate or drank had a butter flavor- the reason I chose that extract was that it looked liek it had the least amount of extras in it= all it has is water, PG, and artificial flavor and color- all hte other extracts had liek caramel, corn syrup etc. i naddition to the PG- the Raspberry didn't have much extra- but seemed a it weak to me- but agian, that coulda been because of harsher Glycerin I used, or perhaps too strong a tobacco juice or something- will be messing aroudn with different combo flavos and mixes when my bickford order coems in- got some food grade PG coming with that order, so should get soem good mixed tastes- though I'm not a huge fan of flavored smokes- I do just like regular tobacco flavor, but will be interestign to test diff flavors

Side note- when goign out- be sure to take both batteries with ya- I keep forgettign and end up with dead battery before too long, and no wa to charge it.
 

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Cashmere- Al lthe McCormicks have alcohol inthem it seems- I'm not too sure ingesting atomized alcohol is a goodthing- anytiem somethign is atomized, it changes the chemical structure, and coudl becoem dangerous or harmful over hte logn term- The jury is still outover whether or not atmozing PG itself is bad. The Bickfords don't have alcohol unless stated- just water- flavor and PG- I decided to give upon the McCormicks and wait for hte bickfords for that reason (after I bought $20 of McCormicks extracts lol)
 

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RatInDaHat said:
i could be wrong, but i always thought one of the nice things about atomization was the fact that it didn't change the chemical structure, unlike burning something.

Regardless, not sure how much inhaled alcohol it takes to get a buzz.

-Dusty-

LOL ...

Now, wouldn't that be the new fad ... Alcohol buzz from alcohol atomization ... :lol: :lol: :lol:

Gonna give a Mccormicks a try while i wait ... $4 bucks ... the taste of these Zero nic carts is less then favorable ... lol ... or lack there of ... lol
 

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ps -- still trying to figure out how to inhale to produce best smoke. Some inhales i get lots, and others, i get none ... hmmm ...

I find slow steady puff (not inhale) till Ican't go any longer, then I inhale, and it seems to produce hte best vapor. Straight inhaling, I found is sparodic on amount of vapor- like you say. A full puff gives a very full inhale and exhale of vapor, Straight inhaling, even though the light coems on, I think somethimes it doesn't activate hte atomizer, as I've found that I can keep inhaling for a long time and the light never blinks- other times, the atomizer kicks in and you get a big inhale of vapor- Straight puffing htough always seems to activate the atomizer for soem reason- I've foudn that if I want to straight inhale, the best way is to start with a puff, and then immediately switch to inhaling without stopping- seems ot get atomizer kickstarted well that way

Naz -- (hope you don't mind i call you that...)

Not at all- I shorten everyone's nicknames too
 

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TropicalBob said:
VERY carefully read what's in McCormick's. I checked every one of them in my local grocery and none were suitable. Only flavor and PG will do. Never use fragrance oils, or any product with any oil in it. Forget killing the atomizer and think of your lungs coated with an oily film. The rarity of suitable extracts is why finding Bickford's online was such a blessed event.



I've said it before, and will say it again:

McCormick's killed my atomizer.
Do Not Use It In Your E-cig.

McCormick was not made for an atomiser.
 

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RatInDaHat said:
i could be wrong, but i always thought one of the nice things about atomization was the fact that it didn't change the chemical structure, unlike burning something.

Regardless, not sure how much inhaled alcohol it takes to get a buzz.

-Dusty-

I think I read that atomizing does change chemical structure of liquids- but I could be wrong though. It takes a lot of alcohol inhaling to = even 1 shot of alcohol- I posted a link to a site that discussed this fad awhile ago- Alcohol inhaling bars were popping up- much like hte O2 bars were awhile ago- takes 20 minutes of steady inhaling ot = one shot- but they claim there was no hangover gettign alcohol that way- just not sure what it was doign to hteir health on other ways though- here's hte link to hte thread http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/phpBB3/propylene-glycol-inhaling--t474s10.html
 

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What WAS this topic about? Oh well. It's interesting. There's a whole thread here somewhere about vaporizing alcohol. It's very fast -- check YouTube videos of guys getting bombed in 5 minutes or less. It's also illegal to do in Florida.

The amount of alcohol in extracts will not give you a buzz and should have nothing but positive cleaning effects on the atomizer. But stick with gourmet stuff, folks. I use Cook's Vanilla Extract, flavor, water some alcohol. Still saving my pennies to order Bickford's Kahlua.
 

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Here are some pics of the Smart Fixx. I'll post some pics of vapor production as soon as my wife is willing to model some more. :D

Here is one of the end of the battery and the end of the atomizer that screws into the battery:[attachment=2:32uxpubp]Battat.JPG[/attachment:32uxpubp]

Here is a shot of the end of the battery and looking into the atomizer:[attachment=0:32uxpubp]attfixx.JPG[/attachment:32uxpubp]

Here is one of my wife holding the Smart Fixx:[attachment=1:32uxpubp]handfixx2.jpg[/attachment:32uxpubp]
 

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great clear pictures- Man- I just love hte looks of this penstyle- one of hte better looking ones I've seen- the only other one I really like hte looks of is the brown/tan one tht Leoford demostrated in one of his videos- can't remember which model it was though- Njoy maybe? Not really crazy bout hte looks of other style pens I've seen- but style aint really the thing most important but I just gotta say, the SmartFixx is just stylish looking imo. I didn't htink i could ever get used ot a penstyle- that's why I ordered the mini from Smartfixx t o begin with, but after tryign the pen, I've becoem quite used toit. Thanks for postign those- give folsk a good idea what the pens look like
 

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I think someoen said once that they SmartFixx and NJoy had same manufacturer or parts supplier or something. I'd be interested in seeing a comparison between the vapor from and NJoy and a SmartFixx- see how they stack up agaisnt each other. I know the SmartFixx Carts last a wicked long time 300-400 full inhales at least (although some Carts don't last quite that long, and at around the 300 mark they start gettign pretty tasteless and I'm sure the nicotine is long since evaporated lol, but the vapor still smokes on for quite soem time with nice htick clouds)
 

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I'm not sure- I only haveo ne brand myself- also, I would order the penstyle atomizer- the mini in my opinion just seems liek really cheap- I've had two now and they really don't allow for nearly long enough drag- heat up too quick, and my first one only lasted two days. I think I read soemwhere that the penstlye cats are interchangeable with the NJoy, but I can't be positive on that. If ya got the cash, the penstyle is $89 - the atomizer alone comes to $40 (Which I sispect is about $35 over the cost of production)- but if ya get the pen, the service fro mthem is fantastic and very fast in my experience & they stand behind any parts that break down, so it might be worth it to get the whole thing- the carts are expensive, but if you're dripping, the carts can hold quite a bit it seems & last for quite awhile in my experience- I don't htink you'll be dissappointed, but hten again I don't have an NJoy to compare mine to so don't know how the two compare performance-wise- might be that the NJoy is better- I just don't know,
 
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