Smoktech Dual Coil Cartomizers

[Stownz]

So many different mixes of juice out there. Different flavors have different effects on the life of your attys and cartos as well. Different voltages as well. Too many variables to reliably say. I've been reading on e-cigs for years now, and there are so many theories about what kills attys and what doesn't.

I'll list a few definate equipment killers:
1)Too much voltage.
2)Improper cleaning agents and techniques.
3)Pure VG mixes: hell on cartos more then attys.
4)Insufficient filling of cartos. Those dry hits really tear up attys and cartos.

Debated death nails:
1) Dark Juices
2)Certain sweeteners
3)Anything rebranded by Gotvapes and advertised as "new and improved"

 

[earthpig]

Can't say I've gotten much more than 13ml, but then I destroyed the one, and I don't know how long it would have gone.

 

[fsroq]

So many different mixes of juice out there. Different flavors have different effects on the life of your attys and cartos as well. Different voltages as well. Too many variables to reliably say. I've been reading on e-cigs for years now, and there are so many theories about what kills attys and what doesn't.

I'll list a few definate equipment killers:
1)Too much voltage.
2)Improper cleaning agents and techniques.
3)Pure VG mixes: hell on cartos more then attys.
4)Insufficient filling of cartos. Those dry hits really tear up attys and cartos.

Debated death nails:
1) Dark Juices
2)Certain sweeteners
3)Anything rebranded by Gotvapes and advertised as "new and improved"

Most likely it must in my case be too thick (VG) liquid, and also sometimes insufficient filling. I´m stupid, I know this myself, but need somebody to tell me.
Most the time, I vape at 4.0 to 4.2 Volt, do you think this could be too high?

 

[Stownz]

Most likely it must in my case be too thick (VG) liquid, and also sometimes insufficient filling. I´m stupid, I know this myself, but need somebody to tell me.
Most the time, I vape at 4.0 to 4.2 Volt, do you think this could be too high?

not on a 1.5 ohm DC. Would be cutting it really really close on 1.5 anything else.

Remember also: If your not mixing your own juice, a lot of the suppliers out there are already thinning thier "pure VG" juice with water or PGA. Pure VG is very very very thick and viscous at lower temps.

 

[earthpig]

Yeah.
I vape mostly vg and have nearly exclusively in the dual coils.
It is a mix from Johnson Creek and is already thinned (i believe) with alcohol.
No issues if premature failure with it.

Yeah, I wouldn't run over 4v with em.
Read of too many burn issues with others pushing the limits.

 

[Stownz]

Size comparison vs Provari (no extender) and reo mini.

Confirmed that 1.5 dual coils will go all the way to 7 volts with the VV Army Tank mod by Jmarkus. VV + Bottomfeeder + Dual coil= win. There is no crappy 1.5 amp cuttoff in this mod vs my others.

 

[stratus]

Any videos on the Smok Tech Cartomizers? With so much buzz, I expected to see some videos on YouTube.

 

[Stownz]

Any videos on the Smok Tech Cartomizers? With so much buzz, I expected to see some videos on YouTube.

Want me to mix up some 100% VG juice with some VapeWizard in it on a brand new DualCoil and blow vape clouds at the camera? Only reason I watch some of the reviews anymore is because a hotty is vaping. That makes me smile deep inside everytime a beautiful woman blows a vape-ring. Watching the rest of the sellouts try to sell me a fail PV is just ... well ... waste of my time.

It is on my list of things to do ----- soon as I can get the wife unit's aproval----
1) Charm very beautiful woman in a bathing suit to do review for me.
2) Mix up pure VG juice and teach said woman to blow vape rings
3) Hand the Lady some really great mods to do reviews on, with no worrys about making suppliers mad.
4) Watch said woman take a hit on some of Stownz set-up and cough vapor through her nose.
5) Get Famous
6) WINNING

 

[Mindfield]

I have both pure PG and 50/50 (which I think is thinned because it's almost as thin as the PG) and both have been vaping perfectly fine, though again, I'm just past 3 days. Just the same, no change in performance and I've probably gone through close to 10ml at this point. I also have some what I presume is 50/50 from Velvet Vapors which is not thinned, and is indeed very viscous. I'm not even going to try. (I didn't like the mix anyway -- great tasting, but it turns out truly pure VG makes me cough.)

Any videos on the Smok Tech Cartomizers? With so much buzz, I expected to see some videos on YouTube.

There are a few on YouTube, including one by cozzcon, who's a member here. I watched them before I bought when I was doing research on them. Like most, it seems, he liked them, too.

 

[six]

3)Anything rebranded by Gotvapes and advertised as "new and improved"

You're a pull-no-punches tell-it-like-it-is sort of fellow, Stownz. I've seen two vendors behave really badly here on ECF. One guy demanded an apology from a customer for trying to solve a problem with his pv in a public forum. The other guy was still pushing the giantopieceofjunkwithextrarubberizedflavor-omizer on unsuspecting noobs long after anyone who touched one had already posted just how bad they were.

 

[fsroq]

not on a 1.5 ohm DC. Would be cutting it really really close on 1.5 anything else.

Remember also: If your not mixing your own juice, a lot of the suppliers out there are already thinning thier "pure VG" juice with water or PGA. Pure VG is very very very thick and viscous at lower temps.

The VG and PG I use for mixing are pure. The VG is thinned by me first 80% VG 20% Vodka. The pg is pure but thin enough, so I use it as is. I think I have to put a few % more of vodka to the PG. It is so thick that I even cant handle it with the thickest needle I Have. Will go up to 75/25 VG/Vodka.

Later most of my juices are 70/30 PG/Thinned VG, with around 5% aroma concentrate and using 52% PG nic base to bring it up to final 18 mg nic.

One of the problems I have is that I am vaping sometimes at places where it is extremely hot, and at others where it is rather cold, and then the liquid viscosity changes, and it behaves diferent. I´ll have to live with that.

Thanks for the good advise.

 

[fsroq]

Want me to mix up some 100% VG juice with some VapeWizard in it on a brand new DualCoil and blow vape clouds at the camera? Only reason I watch some of the reviews anymore is because a hotty is vaping. That makes me smile deep inside everytime a beautiful woman blows a vape-ring. Watching the rest of the sellouts try to sell me a fail PV is just ... well ... waste of my time.

It is on my list of things to do ----- soon as I can get the wife unit's aproval----
1) Charm very beautiful woman in a bathing suit to do review for me.
2) Mix up pure VG juice and teach said woman to blow vape rings
3) Hand the Lady some really great mods to do reviews on, with no worrys about making suppliers mad.
4) Watch said woman take a hit on some of Stownz set-up and cough vapor through her nose.
5) Get Famous
6) WINNING

Whats she selling, I´ll get a ton of it.

 

[Stownz]

You're a pull-no-punches tell-it-like-it-is sort of fellow, Stownz. I've seen two vendors behave really badly here on ECF. One guy demanded an apology from a customer for trying to solve a problem with his pv in a public forum. The other guy was still pushing the giantopieceofjunkwithextrarubberizedflavor-omizer on unsuspecting noobs long after anyone who touched one had already posted just how bad they were.

Easier if you just shorten their entire product line to "Failomizer"

 

[roadrash]

Debated death nails:

3)Anything rebranded by Gotvapes and advertised as "new and improved"

 

[tsunamei]

I've been using the same 3 dual cores since May 6. Don't know if it's just "luck of the draw" but these things are "built like a brick ....house". I'm using one on a Ego battery, another on a Riva battery and a third one on a "lil sister variable" set at approx. 5.5 volts and burn through about 4ml of a juice a day. The only reason I find one might need to be replaced is because of slightly harder draw or because the black ones look like they've been "tie dyed." Otherwise, they still produce the same flavor and "mushroom of vapor" since day 1. The only maintenance I might do is blow out the old juice every couple of days. In the past 7 weeks, I managed to accumulate over 120 of these things because of sales or different colors...can't wait to try out a new one!

 

[fsroq]

Dont let the chinese know, or soon they´ll make them fail, you are destroying the demand of their production when they last that long. lol

 

[Stownz]

Dont let the chinese know, or soon they´ll make them fail, you are destroying the demand of their production when they last that long. lol

too true !!

 

[six]

Easier if you just shorten their entire product line to "Failomizer"

Just wanted to be clear about which failomizer I was talking about There are quite a few.

 

[fsroq]

Just wanted to be clear about which failomizer I was talking about There are quite a few.

They where just that, failomizers, nevertheless, cannt wait to get some CE3. The CE2 that worked where great.

 

[Mindfield]

I've been using the same 3 dual cores since May 6. Don't know if it's just "luck of the draw" but these things are "built like a brick ....house". I'm using one on a Ego battery, another on a Riva battery and a third one on a "lil sister variable" set at approx. 5.5 volts and burn through about 4ml of a juice a day. The only reason I find one might need to be replaced is because of slightly harder draw or because the black ones look like they've been "tie dyed." Otherwise, they still produce the same flavor and "mushroom of vapor" since day 1. The only maintenance I might do is blow out the old juice every couple of days. In the past 7 weeks, I managed to accumulate over 120 of these things because of sales or different colors...can't wait to try out a new one!

That's a pretty awesome track record, and jibes with my gut feeling that these things are strong like proverbial bull. I'm only on day 4 but there is absolutely no change in vapour or TH. With 510s and eGo XLs by this time it'd be fading a bit and I'd have blown them out at least once already. With A and B tanks ... well, with the exception of one they'd either have burnt wicks or I'd have blown them out a dozen times and given them rinses or IPA soaks twice by now. Still got 4 of the 5 unopened, and I suspect I probably won't have to for a while. These are seriously awesome value with excellent performance for the money. Even the battery life isn't as bad as I thought it would be. I can still go a full day on 1000mAh eGo batts. I still want to get a NoEgo and some batteries, though. And more of these carts.