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donesmokin

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I agree with many of your points. I bought Authentic Smoktech 510 Dual coils Cartomizers (5-Pack) 2.5ohms

$7.61 Authentic Smoktech 510 Dual Coils Cartomizers (5-Pack) 5-pack - 2.5 ± 0.2

I relied on advice in the reviews. One of them pointed directly to these cartomizers. Foolish move on my part. I didn't have a clue that you need a 6 volt battery to drive one of these. fasttech doesn't help a newbie out much. And, they don't carry single coil cartomizers. Domestic vendors offer better descriptions and lots of tips for clueless people like me. Spending $7.61 wasn't so painful. Waiting weeks to receive something I knew wasn't going to work for me was. I was able to buy 5 single coil cartomizers from MadVapes for a total of $7.95. Lesson learned.

I still need to find a use for these 2.5ohm Dual Coils.

I have to run the Vamo at 12.5 watts to get a decent vape from 2.5 DC cartos. Everything else runs at 10 watts. Won't make that mistake again!
 
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I got 4 egos in the past, two on a kit for my father in law and two for me, all of them lost connection to the atty as well as to the charger... that's four bad ones of four, I don't order egos from FT anymore but everything else has worked great for me

Not trying to get you to change your mind, but have you tried lifting the centre pin on the ego slightly with a toothpick, it is a fairly common problem, it happens to Joyetechs and Spinners too. The centre post gets pushed down slightly when the atty is screwed on tightly.
 

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Well couldn't wait until Oct. Just put an order for an X6 clearo and the nemy clone. X6 ship date 10/2 Nemy 10/11. Will be interesting when I receive them.

Also grabbed the Smoktech Kick from Madvapes. Which do you think I will get sooner? :evil:

You're asking whether something will get to you faster from a seller in the US, where I assume you are, or from a seller on the other side of the world, with security delays, a week-long national holiday going on, and the black hole of San Francisco?

Really? ??? And your point in ordering from FT might be???

I feel a major attack of the snarkies coming on...
 

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Not trying to get you to change your mind, but have you tried lifting the centre pin on the ego slightly with a toothpick, it is a fairly common problem, it happens to Joyetechs and Spinners too. The centre post gets pushed down slightly when the atty is screwed on tightly.

i tought that was the issue but didn't worked
 

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Not trying to get you to change your mind, but have you tried lifting the centre pin on the ego slightly with a toothpick, it is a fairly common problem, it happens to Joyetechs and Spinners too. The centre post gets pushed down slightly when the atty is screwed on tightly.

I have a CE4 clearomizer that only works on the eGo battery it came with. I've taken the stance that "if it's not broken, don't fix it". I'm sure the remedy you mention would be the solution. But, since I have several options available I don't sweat the small stuff.
 

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You're asking whether something will get to you faster from a seller in the US, where I assume you are, or from a seller on the other side of the world, with security delays, a week-long national holiday going on, and the black hole of San Francisco?

Really? ??? And your point in ordering from FT might be???

I feel a major attack of the snarkies coming on...

With all the comments on orders I thought I would lighten the mood. Hence the "devilish" symbol.

Ship date is 10/11 which is approx 15 days from now. Every order in the past from fasttech has been 6 days to my door from the time I got the little picture. Hong Kong to Cincinnati in 6 days? Heck some US supplies (of any product) doesn't always have that.

I order from fasttech because i haven't been dissappointed in a product yet. Well I can't seem to vape my clove liquid from them again. I am not a big fan of the X8 carto that came with the tank, but it is usable.

Everything else has been good to go. I do rebuild the X6 heads but I love them better than my viva's.

A few posts ago (well many this thread moves fast) I posted I was trying to hold off to October for my next purchase. I budget my vape supplies and try to stick within that budget. Fasttech has made that much easier for me to hold true too.
 

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I order from fast tech with the expectation that it will take some time
Im not complaining only asking if I should contact them at this point

I had ordered a chi you clone where there was to be wait time for it to be in stock
when the day past by 5 days that it was supposed to be in stock and it was not yet mailed
I emailed them the next day it showed shipped September 19, 2013 , 3:10 pm international letter excepted Hong Kong

Ok now its 9/27 and it still shows the same
If it showed in CA and it was held up there I would not be concerned

Anyone have any experience or thoughts?
 

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Any suggestions for other places to get decent ego batteries at prices similar to FT?

Hi Angie. I kinda gave up on my FT order. It is on a slowboat I guess. It will arrive sooner or later. I assume later. I went to DiscountVapers, still more expensive but OK. Did not brake my bank. Not over inflated. I bought a genuine vision spinner. As long as I am going to pay full price, I wanted a quality product. I am sure it will serve me better than the 4 fastech cheepies anyway.
 
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bluecat

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I order from fast tech with the expectation that it will take some time
Im not complaining only asking if I should contact them at this point

I had ordered a chi you clone where there was to be wait time for it to be in stock
when the day past by 5 days that it was supposed to be in stock and it was not yet mailed
I emailed them the next day it showed shipped September 19, 2013 , 3:10 pm international letter excepted Hong Kong

Ok now its 9/27 and it still shows the same
If it showed in CA and it was held up there I would not be concerned

Anyone have any experience or thoughts?

My guess... really just a guess. They may have put it on the boat. That may be why it hasn't hit San Fran yet. Purely thinking out loud on it.

BTW.. Used to live in Elmont. Cheers mate.
 

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Im at 17 days and my order is still in Hong Kong. Guess I shouldnt have ordered batteries...... I knew better, cause all you good ECF members told me so.... Oh well....

There have been many people including myself that didn't order batteries and are still waiting for their early Sept order(s).
 

JRudey

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There have been many people including myself that didn't order batteries and are still waiting for their early Sept order(s).

Maybe you'll be lucky like I was. USPS doesn't seem to upload all of the shipments to the tracking system.

Tracking Number: RQ215017705SG

This one jumped all the way to Minneapolis without being reported. Who knows how many times it was scanned. None of the scans ever made it to the tracking system.
 
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