Steam Monkey... Vaporizers for Steam Powered Humans!

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Pretty sure I just left an entire turkey in the bathroom.

Morning all!


Just think of the poor turkey... :facepalm:

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(and this is one good reason not to put the stuffing IN the bird... lol)
 

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This is gonna sound sales pitchy at first but I'll put the negatives at the bottom:

I've had multiple RBAs now, I won't list them ebcause I don't want to look like I"m knocking another product but lets say at least 1 chinese RBA and a "higher dollar" RBA. The Aga-T is what i'm vaping now. I've been runnin boge in a tank for a year+ now and this is the first vape I've ha that made me want to switch permanently. The vivi's are great and a good vape but I am personally nto a huge fan of silica wicking (effects my flavor a little). I still recommend the vivis but this aga-T, once you get the set up that works for you, is an awesome vape. The wick hole is nice and large so I've got a big fat 500mesh wick in it and it's got enough height on the center post to use a big 28awg coil and still get decent resistance. I'm set up around 2.2 ohm now an vaping at 4.5v. Hits nice, warms up fast, wicks great.

Now.. the downsides. This IS a mass produced chinese product and if you've read on the aga-t at all, you'll see the primary complaint is the air hole not lining up. This is true. the airholes placement is seemingly random. Depending on how you set it up (horizontal coil with silica or vertical coil with mesh) you'll want the air hole in a different spot. The threads are tight enough to just unscrew the cap a little to line it up depending on how you like it which is nice.

My only complaint is the inconsistency of the air hole placement but for the price these are being sold at... really hard to beat. I'm vaping it over my more expensive RBA already and enjoying it more because of the fatter wick hole and easier set up. I'm TERRIBLE at getting rid of hot spots, took me about 10 minutes on this device right out of the box. Tank capacity is ~3.5ml it seems and with the fill screw out I havn't had a dry hit yet and I leave my device standing upright.

I'm very pleased with it overall. I know people will have an issue with the airhole cause if you don't get it lined up with the coil it has an effect on the quality of the vapor. I'm gonna disassemble all 50 of the ones I got and mix and match the caps to get the best line up possible on them all. If I find any that are just too far out to be able to be turned a little to fix it, i'll just pocket those for now until I come up with a better solution.

I might lose some sales tellin you guys that but I'd rather be transparent about the products I sell. Your experience is what drives me, I want you guys to have the best vape you can so you will continue to vape with or without your business going to me.
 

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ok... so...

I just disassembled all 50 aga-t's and played "match that cap" to line up the air holes and wick holes. I got most of htem lined up pretty well, some might need to have the top cap 'slightly' unscrewed, like 1/16th of a turn to line up perfect. The one I'm vaping is off about 1/16th of a turn when tightened down and it's hitting just fine.

There's an issue though.. some people might want the hole over by the silica wick set up side. I found a trick with the stuff that comes with the aga-t that fixes the issue of air hole alignment. The aga-t comes with some spare parts, including 2 extra o-rings. The smaller of thsoe two will fit down over the threads for the top cap pretty handily and give you a bit of a compression buffer for when you're screwing own the cap. If you do that, you've got about a full turn of play where you can line the hole up just right and not have a rattly top cap.

Air hole issue aside, I'm really enjoying this thing and it gets great reviews for good reason. It's a great little RBA and feels really solid in the hand. I've already killed about 5ml of juice in mine just today lol.

When I do my review video of the Aga-T I will include the little o-ring trick. I hope it doesn't scare any of you off from tryin it cause it's a pretty nice vape once it gets set up.
 

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WoW... I can't believe that you actually went thru all of that trouble to make sure they all lined up!! Just goes to show how much you really care about the products you sell...

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It's not the product, its the customer. I've said before why I started this store... I have been converting people to vaping for the last year and the store is my way to do it on a broader scale, have a single place to send people for the products I recommend they try, and hopefully help people get into and stay into vaping. If I don't sell something you are lookin for or if my products don't scratch your itch I'll get you over to some one who does (and try to carry that product in the future if there's enough demand for it) just to make sure you can keep on vaping and enjoy it.
 

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You have great prices compared to other sites. Are you planning on carrying any DIY juice?

Sometime early next year I will be carrying a limited selection of e-liquids. I primarily intend on carrying hardware but I do want to be at least a potential one stop shop :)

If you were asking if I"d be carrying DIY supplies... probably not anytime soon.
 

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and... mornin primates.

The zmax kits and ss mesh did in fact ship last night. Tracking info is in hand and I will be prepping for opening. I'm hoping shipping is on the speedier side and I can open sometime next week but I'm not holding my breath for that. I am not at the mercy of DHL.
 

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a bummer is I have a commitment in Dallas saturday night so if I end up opening saturday I'm gonna be working remote the whole time monitoring the store lol.

As soon as I have a date for the opening I'll be making another post specifically for the opening day and customer service. I want to have as many avenues as possible for people to get help or have their questions answered so I'll be monitoring the threads, IRC, my contact us page and obviously my store phone number. This thread will eventually go the way of the dodo to make room for contest threads.

SO... for now, this is the pre-launch Monkey Troop thread ;)
 
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