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ravendove

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With all the cartomizers and battery wraps smokeless image has, I think it would be great to include a "incognito" wrap:

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I would definitely buy them. And I know my future convert's: my neighbor, aunt, and sister, would too. Because not everyone wants to stand out with some odd, "loud", annoying & bright, looking contraption. We just want something simple & discreet. :blink: ;) :D
 

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You are showing a white battery with a #15 carto wrap on it. So they already exist.


Actually, no. That would be a photo shopped image I created. :D The white volt has quite a different appearance. While the one above would more closely imitate the appearance of a actual cigarette. Also keep in mind two things: 1. The cartomizers come in black only & 2. The starter kit selection(s) does not have all available LED/Battery color combinations. So, anyone who would otherwise make a different selection via those two options... Would be "settling" for what is currently listed. I guess the last thing to note is, not everyone will own a white battery? & It's easier to wrap them then it is to change them. :p

For comparison:

White Volt
 

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Interestingly enough, when I first started vaping, I didn't want a white battery, even though the white battery available to me at the time looked like what you are trying to picture, Ravendove. I went with the black battery. But, being me, I didn't want something that looked just like a regular cigarette. Still, people still thought I was "smoking" when they saw the black battery. Then, I lamented in another forum that I really would like a nice, deep red battery in lieu of the standard fare of white, black, chrome, or the blue a lot of batteries came out with. A PM from another vaper sent me to Smokeless Image, and I haven't looked back. Even though I have all the colors and green, blue, and red LEDs, people still think I'm "smoking." Turns out, there are some cigarette makers out there that do have their papers in colors, too. But mostly, people see the shape and the color doesn't really "click in" until they get up close and can actually see that it isn't an actual cigarette. I still have to convince them that vapor is not smoke, though.

That said, for those that do want that "cigarette paper" look, I could see SI implementing a white lined cigarette wrap, though that is the very thing I wanted to get away from while still maintaining the ritual so vital to helping me psychologically as I stopped the tobacco cigarettes. I wouldn't doubt the wrap would be something they (SI) might add.

But, when wrapping the batteries, I have found it is much easier to wrap a chrome/silver battery than one of the colored finish batteries. So, when I buy the chrome/silver batteries, I am usually looking to wrap them. They are too slippery for me to hold onto, otherwise. And, after seeing Rave's collection a few times, I know there are lots of other "wraps" available beyond SI should I go looking for them.
 

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Interestingly enough, when I first started vaping, I didn't want a white battery, even though the white battery available to me at the time looked like what you are trying to picture, Ravendove. I went with the black battery. But, being me, I didn't want something that looked just like a regular cigarette. Still, people still thought I was "smoking" when they saw the black battery. Then, I lamented in another forum that I really would like a nice, deep red battery in lieu of the standard fare of white, black, chrome, or the blue a lot of batteries came out with. A PM from another vaper sent me to Smokeless Image, and I haven't looked back. Even though I have all the colors and green, blue, and red LEDs, people still think I'm "smoking." Turns out, there are some cigarette makers out there that do have their papers in colors, too. But mostly, people see the shape and the color doesn't really "click in" until they get up close and can actually see that it isn't an actual cigarette. I still have to convince them that vapor is not smoke, though.

That said, for those that do want that "cigarette paper" look, I could see SI implementing a white lined cigarette wrap, though that is the very thing I wanted to get away from while still maintaining the ritual so vital to helping me psychologically as I stopped the tobacco cigarettes. I wouldn't doubt the wrap would be something they (SI) might add.

But, when wrapping the batteries, I have found it is much easier to wrap a chrome/silver battery than one of the colored finish batteries. So, when I buy the chrome/silver batteries, I am usually looking to wrap them. They are too slippery for me to hold onto, otherwise. And, after seeing Rave's collection a few times, I know there are lots of other "wraps" available beyond SI should I go looking for them.

Hi Kia!

Those other skins in my collection are not wraps offered by other companies. They are either self-adhesive shelf paper or automotive vinyl.
 

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Hi Kia!

Those other skins in my collection are not wraps offered by other companies. They are either self-adhesive shelf paper or automotive vinyl.

I know that, generally speaking, the whole color and wrap thing is kind of a "stlye statement" made by, again, generally and no offense to any style concious male, ladies. Give me a chrome (silver) battery and I'm happy. I do use automotive pinstripe tape when I need temporary markings for batteries, kind of a stripe design. Heck, I even peel the black wrappers off of cartos to get down to the satin steel to they match the chrome battery better.
 

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I know that, generally speaking, the whole color and wrap thing is kind of a "stlye statement" made by, again, generally and no offense to any style concious male, ladies. Give me a chrome (silver) battery and I'm happy. I do use automotive pinstripe tape when I need temporary markings for batteries, kind of a stripe design. Heck, I even peel the black wrappers off of cartos to get down to the satin steel to they match the chrome battery better.

Yeah - It's mostly a chick thing, but I know an awful lot of guys that would love to have my burl wood grain! :laugh:

The only problem that I have with the chrome is that I am constantly wiping fingerprints off of it. It drives me freaking crazy! I end up putting a skin on it. :facepalm:
 

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Yeah - It's mostly a chick thing, but I know an awful lot of guys that would love to have my burl wood grain! :laugh:

The only problem that I have with the chrome is that I am constantly wiping fingerprints off of it. It drives me freaking crazy! I end up putting a skin on it. :facepalm:

It's a guy thing, I guess. Fingerprints are kind of like a form of battle scars from being used.
 

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You have actual chrome on your car? How old is it? With the love affair auto designers have with painted plastic everything (I know, save the weight and the environment) there's hardly a piece of chrome anywhere now a days. I loved the big ole chrome bumpers on my old Suburban! The Lincoln that just died on me had two little chrome plated plastic strips on the corners of the bumpers, a poor immitation of the real thing but the best they can seem to do today.
 

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You have actual chrome on your car? How old is it? With the love affair auto designers have with painted plastic everything (I know, save the weight and the environment) there's hardly a piece of chrome anywhere now a days. I loved the big ole chrome bumpers on my old Suburban! The Lincoln that just died on me had two little chrome plated plastic strips on the corners of the bumpers, a poor immitation of the real thing but the best they can seem to do today.
haha, it's plastic chrome. 2008 Saturn Astra, which is really a rebranded Opel from Germany (I have to wait for parts from Germany, now that Saturn has closed down). The front grille and a huge strip of the back is plastic-chromed out. But you still have to buff them shiny! :)
 
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The rubber drip tips would be awesome in a multi-color pack of 5. :eek:) Either have a choice of 5 of the same or 5 different. Just a suggestion.
That would work if people didn't care about which 5 they got (I bet people would). Or the 5 most popular colors. Or set A & set B of 5 (like a dark set and a light set). But to do a custom-selected set of 5 would probably drive the order pullers crazy!
 
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