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[Myrany]

A FYi guys.

This atty https://www.fasttech.com/p/1422101 has all the bottom post shorting problems of the one it is cloning (A7).

Last night I built a 2.5 ohm coil on it. Was happily vaping on my REo for a few hours when suddenly insta hot spring collapse.

Checked the atty it was now reading .6 ohms. I never touched the coil and it dropped like that on its own.

I tried to rebuild it multiple times thinking it was something I did and NEVER got it to read above .65. At one point I had 15 wraps of 32 Kanthal and still .65.

I am reasonably certain it is the loose bottom pin problem of the A7 rearing its ugly little head. I am going to be pitching mine in the trash. I just can't trust it. I will save my pennies and get a second RM2 this M6 isn't worth the worry.

 

[lisancentraltx]

No that's not it.. It's this one,

$21.37 SvoeMesto Kayfun v3.1 ES Styled Rebuildable Atomizer (4.5mL) - stainless steel at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping



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https://www.fasttech.com/products/1494700 has a Scheduled Ship Date: 11/14/2013 - It's holding up one of my orders

A FYi guys.

This atty https://www.fasttech.com/p/1422101 has all the bottom post shorting problems of the one it is cloning (A7).

Last night I built a 2.5 ohm coil on it. Was happily vaping on my REo for a few hours when suddenly insta hot spring collapse.

Checked the atty it was now reading .6 ohms. I never touched the coil and it dropped like that on its own.

I tried to rebuild it multiple times thinking it was something I did and NEVER got it to read above .65. At one point I had 15 wraps of 32 Kanthal and still .65.

I am reasonably certain it is the loose bottom pin problem of the A7 rearing its ugly little head. I am going to be pitching mine in the trash. I just can't trust it. I will save my pennies and get a second RM2 this M6 isn't worth the worry.

Thanks for the heads up! I've got one of these.

 

[Ref Minor]

https://www.fasttech.com/products/1494700 has a Scheduled Ship Date: 11/14/2013 - It's holding up one of my orders

Thanks for the heads up! I've got one of these.

Mine is showing 11/08/2013
It used to show 11/04/2013

 

[Nuvene]

Stupid question but oh well... Are the AIOS clone only for the Chi You?

I'm curious about this too

 

[funkyZero]

Geez People, stop with the conspiracy Theories, fasttech sells a few million at most to the US out of China's annual export to the US of Four Hundred BILLION dollars. That is like a single drop of water in an Olympic swimming pool. Are people really saying the US government is trying to reverse the 300 Billion trade deficit they have by pissing about with a small retailers battery shipment.

Take off the tinfoil hat and go out and smell the roses.

It's not about tin foil hats, it's about reasoning.
The Chinese are known to buck the rules, they always have and probably always will do what is in their best interests.
Additionally, the IATA which governs the rules of air shipments allows all of the items that HK has officially banned as long as certain guidelines are followed. Fasttech, for instance, usually follows those guidelines, at least in my personal experience.
It is completely out of character for the Chinese to implement overly-restrictive rules (compared to the official IATA guidelines) that will hurt commerce. Therefor it is entirely reasonable to conclude that there is another motivator besides the official "safety" explanation...
be it "ancient aliens" or corporate influence. I don't think it is too far-fetched to believe that if a company can pay off US politicians for business advantages (fact) and the NSA will spy on foreign corporations for monetary reasons (fact), one doesn't have to wear a tin-foil hat to believe that it could possibly happen in China as well. Banning the shipment of these batteries across the board isn't a small thing to shrug off. It affects untold dollars worth of international sales. This affects a very large portion of consumer electronics.

Of course it is all speculation. There is a very small chance that this really is about safety. Thing is, most of us don't just take the word of our government as absolute truth. Unfortunately, they spend more time lying to us than they do telling us the truth. I think the same reservations regarding Chinese government are reasonable.
Outside of a few people (whom I generally disagree with), I don't think anyone is suggesting that Fasttech is solely responsible for what is happening, but many of us agree there is a high likelihood that the Chinese government is not doing this out of concerns for safety.

 

[Ref Minor]

It's not about tin foil hats, it's about reasoning.
The Chinese are known to buck the rules, they always have and probably always will do what is in their best interests.
Additionally, the IATA which governs the rules of air shipments allows all of the items that HK has officially banned as long as certain guidelines are followed. Fasttech, for instance, usually follows those guidelines, at least in my personal experience.
It is completely out of character for the Chinese to implement overly-restrictive rules (compared to the official IATA guidelines) that will hurt commerce. Therefor it is entirely reasonable to conclude that there is another motivator besides the official "safety" explanation...
be it "ancient aliens" or corporate influence. I don't think it is too far-fetched to believe that if a company can pay off US politicians for business advantages (fact) and the NSA will spy on foreign corporations for monetary reasons (fact), one doesn't have to wear a tin-foil hat to believe that it could possibly happen in China as well. Banning the shipment of these batteries across the board isn't a small thing to shrug off. It affects untold dollars worth of international sales. This affects a very large portion of consumer electronics.

Of course it is all speculation. There is a very small chance that this really is about safety. Thing is, most of us don't just take the word of our government as absolute truth. Unfortunately, they spend more time lying to us than they do telling us the truth. I think the same reservations regarding Chinese government are reasonable.
Outside of a few people (whom I generally disagree with), I don't think anyone is suggesting that Fasttech is solely responsible for what is happening, but many of us agree there is a high likelihood that the Chinese government is not doing this out of concerns for safety.

Then please explain what the Chinese GVT gets out of batteries being shipped by sea rather than air and how a US politician being corrupt affects The Chinese postal system.

 

[Nev NYC]

Mine is showing a ship date of 11/7 but I thought maybe it would be ready sooner as my Nemesis originally had a ship date of 11/3 and was marked as ready to ship last Friday. I've ordered from FT almost 20 times since April with only 1 package never receive due to our great USPS. My last order from the end of August took almost a full month to arrive. I'd really like to order more Liqua but I don't trust that it won't make it out of HK. If you use Speedpost or DHL its defeats the purpose of dealing with FT for the added shipping expense..


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[Myrany]

Honestly I think Fasttech somehow got the IRE of the Postal Service over there and are now being shall we say "punished." WHo knows what caused it specifically but the fact is they are under intense scrutiny at Hong Kong post.

 

[Nev NYC]

Honestly I think Fasttech somehow got the IRE of the Postal Service over there and are now being shall we say "punished." WHo knows what caused it specifically but the fact is they are under intense scrutiny at Hong Kong post.

Maybe they need to "grease the wheels" if you know what I mean(wink wink).. I'm sure that would move things along..


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[lisancentraltx]

Mine is showing a ship date of 11/7 but I thought maybe it would be ready sooner as my Nemesis originally had a ship date of 11/3 and was marked as ready to ship last Friday. I've ordered from FT almost 20 times since April with only 1 package never receive due to our great USPS. My last order from the end of August took almost a full month to arrive. I'd really like to order more Liqua but I don't trust that it won't make it out of HK. If you use Speedpost or DHL its defeats the purpose of dealing with FT for the added shipping expense..

My juice got through:

Shipping via USPS First Class w/DC
Destination - United States of America
The item (LK040381205HK) is being processed for departure from Hong Kong as of 31-Oct-2013.

 

[crxess]

Per shipping practices, one bit of misunderstanding still seems to exist.

Any and all retailers Post shipping according the the Handler. Be it HKP, USPS, DHL or whom ever. Packages leaving for another country are required to have a Customs Deceleration on the package.

The package is then turned over to That carrier, NOT Customs. The Carrier May have facilities at both ends of customs. i.e. DHL air terminals.
The package leaves the carriers hands, is processed by Customs and is turned over to the proper continuing service for delivery if Not deemed in violation.

When tracking was working properly here in the US, USPS would update with inbound information including - Turned over to Customs - Outbound From customs, etc.

 

[grayscale]

16 days and no sign of my first order. No tracking on it, the first order was experimantal - $2.XX on a couple of "refiller" bottles, so to be fair it would not be a big loss. But.....
I couldn't help myself the other day and ordered a locking carto tank and a couple of copper drip tips. Again, not much, $10.XX, so not so bad if it doesn't show up, but at least this one did have tracking. I think I used the "slightly better" shipping option on it. The first one went snail mail.

 

[bluecat]

16 days and no sign of my first order. No tracking on it, the first order was experimantal - $2.XX on a couple of "refiller" bottles, so to be fair it would not be a big loss. But.....
I couldn't help myself the other day and ordered a locking carto tank and a couple of copper drip tips. Again, not much, $10.XX, so not so bad if it doesn't show up, but at least this one did have tracking. I think I used the "slightly better" shipping option on it. The first one went snail mail.

If you order under 10 bucks, I believe it is shipped without tracking unless you upgrade.

BTW is that the X8? I love my X8. Dropped it cracked it.. got some nail polish and put it on the crack. Works again. The little devil kept dumping liquid on me and couldn't figure it out.. till I saw the very small crack.

 

[e-pipeman]

Mine is showing a ship date of 11/7 but I thought maybe it would be ready sooner as my Nemesis originally had a ship date of 11/3 and was marked as ready to ship last Friday. I've ordered from FT almost 20 times since April with only 1 package never receive due to our great USPS. My last order from the end of August took almost a full month to arrive. I'd really like to order more Liqua but I don't trust that it won't make it out of HK. If you use Speedpost or DHL its defeats the purpose of dealing with FT for the added shipping expense..


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I ordered 180ml of Liqua from FT the other day (apple - my adv). If it comes on a slow boat, that's fine. I have had many orders from FT and all have arrived up until now. I will say that it takes longer than it used to, but I am more than happy to sacrifice speedy delivery for keen pricing.

 

[Maggiemw]

On a lighter note, my first major non-vaping purchase arrived from FT today. A really cool iFive X2 tablet. The younger ECF members will not find that so incredible, but I'm a little old lady, and until 2 months ago didn't know what a quad-core was... I've been exploring it for the last 6 or 7 hours and am happy, happy, happy. It's my ipod and smartphone on steroids.

I decided that my October vaping budget would go to something other than vaping, given the quantity of stuff I'd ordered in September (and will probably buy in November too). So after much market research, and a budget extension, the iFive X2 arrived in my shopping cart, along with a neat case with a USB keyboard (because I like keyboards...) and a thingamabob that would let the usb keyboard connect to the tablet's mini-usb connection. It all works and all looks great. The only slight problem was the lack of an English manual, but the description said it would only have a Chinese one, so I'd already found one before the little guy even got here.

It went though SGP before FT temporarily stopped using them. SGP only kept it in inspection for a week...

I have absolutely no problems waiting. I expect to, and it is definitely worth it to me, as an equivalent configuration would have been 2 to 3 times more expensive here.

Vape in peace and serenity!

 

[lisancentraltx]

Gratz Maggiemw! I got a Samsung Galaxy something or other a bit ago, brought it to work a few times, and then packed it away... I use it to read eBooks when I am in the mood, but little else My cell phone is an old thing that I forget to charge most of the time...

 

[Capt.shay]

I've been eyeballing a tablet, please let us know if you have any problems with it. Looks like a solid product.

 

[mgjohn]

It's not about tin foil hats, it's about reasoning.
The Chinese are known to buck the rules, they always have and probably always will do what is in their best interests.
Additionally, the IATA which governs the rules of air shipments allows all of the items that HK has officially banned as long as certain guidelines are followed. Fasttech, for instance, usually follows those guidelines, at least in my personal experience.
It is completely out of character for the Chinese to implement overly-restrictive rules (compared to the official IATA guidelines) that will hurt commerce. Therefor it is entirely reasonable to conclude that there is another motivator besides the official "safety" explanation...
be it "ancient aliens" or corporate influence. I don't think it is too far-fetched to believe that if a company can pay off US politicians for business advantages (fact) and the NSA will spy on foreign corporations for monetary reasons (fact), one doesn't have to wear a tin-foil hat to believe that it could possibly happen in China as well. Banning the shipment of these batteries across the board isn't a small thing to shrug off. It affects untold dollars worth of international sales. This affects a very large portion of consumer electronics.

Of course it is all speculation. There is a very small chance that this really is about safety. Thing is, most of us don't just take the word of our government as absolute truth. Unfortunately, they spend more time lying to us than they do telling us the truth. I think the same reservations regarding Chinese government are reasonable.
Outside of a few people (whom I generally disagree with), I don't think anyone is suggesting that Fasttech is solely responsible for what is happening, but many of us agree there is a high likelihood that the Chinese government is not doing this out of concerns for safety.

+1 Thank you

 

[klynnn]

Maggie post a link to the one you got. I started with the cheaper one so will see how it goes. Never had a smartphone or tablet. This ought to be a trip. Mine has made it through HK and on the way. I am busy ordering digital calipers and multimeters.

 

[grayscale]

If you order under 10 bucks, I believe it is shipped without tracking unless you upgrade.

BTW is that the X8? I love my X8. Dropped it cracked it.. got some nail polish and put it on the crack. Works again. The little devil kept dumping liquid on me and couldn't figure it out.. till I saw the very small crack.

It is the U-DCT.