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Hi. I'm still new to this and don't have a lot of mod experience. But. I recently purchased a Reo Mini and really like it. Simple durable design and very user friendly. Use this site for a ton of info and opinions on mods. Cool thing about the Reo is you can still drip if you want a change from what you have loaded in the unit. The rest of the time just sqounk and go!
Remit, I have a Phidias and a Reo Mini. Both are great PV's. A lot will depend on how you expect to use them. The Phidias to me is the best wooden bottom feeder on the market, others will have there faves as well. The Reo is a solid metal bottom feeder that will take lots of abuse and keep going.
I have an Ali'i, and while I really love it, I've found that now that I purchased a ProVari, my Ali'i is getting very little attention.
What I've found works perfect for ME is, a ProVari with a MAP tank! The tank holds slightly less then 5ml of juice (it'll hold 5ml, but works better if you don't fill it completely), which gives me two days of juice.
The ProVari's battery, even the smaller sized IMR18490 lasts me all day! Carry around a spare, and you're really all set for two full days of vaping!
If you can get past the appearance of the thing (looks like a science experiment gone wrong...), it's a perfect combo!
Both the ProVari and MAP tank are built to last! They're not inexpensive, but they'll give you amazing vap, great throat hit and consistency! Great flavor, and being the ProVari is variable voltage, you can really dial in the exact voltage you like for different juices...
Good luck!
What I've found works perfect for ME is, a ProVari with a MAP tank! The tank holds slightly less then 5ml of juice (it'll hold 5ml, but works better if you don't fill it completely), which gives me two days of juice.
The ProVari's battery, even the smaller sized IMR18490 lasts me all day! Carry around a spare, and you're really all set for two full days of vaping!
If you can get past the appearance of the thing (looks like a science experiment gone wrong...), it's a perfect combo!
Both the ProVari and MAP tank are built to last! They're not inexpensive, but they'll give you amazing vap, great throat hit and consistency! Great flavor, and being the ProVari is variable voltage, you can really dial in the exact voltage you like for different juices...
Good luck!
The ego is a great starter PV.
I mainly use the MonkeyBoxx and Phidias. The new variable volt MonkeyBoxx is the king of all IMO, well worth the $$$.
I mainly use the MonkeyBoxx and Phidias. The new variable volt MonkeyBoxx is the king of all IMO, well worth the $$$.
Couldnt agree more about the REO. Simple to use. Thats why I have 3 REO's. Fill the bottle, put on a low resistance 510 or 306 atomizer,put in a 18650 or 14500 battery (depending on what model you get), squeeze the bottle till you see juice coming out of the slots of the atomizer then push the button and your getting massive clouds of vapor!! Read the REO forums for more info. BTW this will get moved somewhere else. Your thread was posted in the wrong place. Just a heads up!
Hi Remit,
As you will see on my signature, I started with a cigarette-like electronic cigarette and I bought several models of that type. Like you, after about a month in, I began searching for an low maintenance model and came across a Mod database - here's the link for your easy access:
Battery Box e-Cig Mods | e-Cigarette Mods Database
Also, check out this link here on ECF:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...5-wonderful-world-mods-illustrated-guide.html
As you may know, mods come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Some prefer to stick with the tubular style -- and some go for the box type. I decided to go for a ReoMini because:
1 - Style: It is small, sleek and elegant and available in great colors
2 - Outstanding Build: No visible wires or soldered connections to worry about damaging
3 - Savings: I could use cartomizers and atomizers that I already had (510 and 901)
4 - Durability: Made of an aluminum type metal - I knew it would be durable
5 - Versatility: I could use my 510 and 901 atomizers and cartomizers, and the ReoMini also accepts 306 and 801 atomizers. I used a 306 for the first time with my ReoMini and it blew me away!
6 - Portability: The ReoMini only requires one extra battery if you are going to be out all day!
7 - Word of Mouth: I went to the Reo Forum and read tons of customer satisfaction posts and asked questions and experienced exceptional customer service from the maker of the Reo himself.
8 - Community: The ReoForum is a wonderful community of Reo owners who's help and support is but a post away.
If you like you can see more about the Reos at reosmods.com and Reos Mods forum here on ECF.
I found my perfect vape, and I hope you find yours too
Keep us posted -- feel free to add me as a friend.
As you will see on my signature, I started with a cigarette-like electronic cigarette and I bought several models of that type. Like you, after about a month in, I began searching for an low maintenance model and came across a Mod database - here's the link for your easy access:
Battery Box e-Cig Mods | e-Cigarette Mods Database
Also, check out this link here on ECF:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...5-wonderful-world-mods-illustrated-guide.html
As you may know, mods come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Some prefer to stick with the tubular style -- and some go for the box type. I decided to go for a ReoMini because:
1 - Style: It is small, sleek and elegant and available in great colors
2 - Outstanding Build: No visible wires or soldered connections to worry about damaging
3 - Savings: I could use cartomizers and atomizers that I already had (510 and 901)
4 - Durability: Made of an aluminum type metal - I knew it would be durable
5 - Versatility: I could use my 510 and 901 atomizers and cartomizers, and the ReoMini also accepts 306 and 801 atomizers. I used a 306 for the first time with my ReoMini and it blew me away!
6 - Portability: The ReoMini only requires one extra battery if you are going to be out all day!
7 - Word of Mouth: I went to the Reo Forum and read tons of customer satisfaction posts and asked questions and experienced exceptional customer service from the maker of the Reo himself.
8 - Community: The ReoForum is a wonderful community of Reo owners who's help and support is but a post away.
If you like you can see more about the Reos at reosmods.com and Reos Mods forum here on ECF.
I found my perfect vape, and I hope you find yours too
Keep us posted -- feel free to add me as a friend.
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List of feeder models available...with links
Monkeyboxx...hardwoods (regular, VV, and mini)
Phidias Feedimus...hardwood
Ali'i...Journeyman...hardwood...vv available
Sweetvapes...hardwood
Southpaw...hardwood...vv coming soon
Integrity...plastic...made in UK
Reo...Grand & Mini are aluminum...Woodvil is hardwood
Brian's Box Mods...hardwood...14500 & 18650
Old Goat Box Mods (aka Big Stu's Box Mods)...plastic
Monkeyboxx...hardwoods (regular, VV, and mini)
Phidias Feedimus...hardwood
Ali'i...Journeyman...hardwood...vv available
Sweetvapes...hardwood
Southpaw...hardwood...vv coming soon
Integrity...plastic...made in UK
Reo...Grand & Mini are aluminum...Woodvil is hardwood
Brian's Box Mods...hardwood...14500 & 18650
Old Goat Box Mods (aka Big Stu's Box Mods)...plastic
How'd you ever get 3 Reo's? I have signed up on the website to be notified when they are in stock and have never heard a word..maybe I don't know the right people lol...
Popular current bottom-feeders:
REO (Aluminum Mini, Aluminum Grand, original Wood Grand, and newer Woodvil)
Phidias (wood)
Ali'i (wood)
Journeyman (wood)
Wetbox (plastic)
Old Goat/Stu's (plastic)
Red Sky Scallywag (wood)
Monkeyboxx (wood)
Southpaw (wood)
Sweet Vapes (wood)
Others may be available, but those are the most popular, as far as I know (if I've omitted any, I apologize).
The various bottom-feeders share common features: They all use an internal bottle for holding juice (usually 3ml or 6ml) that can be refilled or swapped out. They all feed the juice upwards through a hole in the center of the atty/carto connector via tubing (rigid stainless steel, flexible vinyl/silicone, or a syringe needle) into the bottom of the atty/carto (thus, "bottom-feeder"). Juice is "delivered" by squeezing the internal feed bottle (or "squonking" in the parlance of bottom-feeders) either manually through a cutout in the mod or by pressing a button.
From there, differences abound. Each bottom-feeder uses a slightly different design for feeding. The "boxes" vary from barebones (2AA plastic Old Goat and Wetbox) through artisan hand-crafted furniture-grade woods (many), to rare and astonishing figured woods (again, many). At least one (Sweet Vapes) is not a "box" at all, but a variation on a pistol-grip shape.
Sizes of the finished units vary widely, from small (Old Goat, Wetbox, REO mini) through medium (Red Sky), to relatively substantial (Phidias, REO Grand, Ali'i, Southpaw), and finally to quite a handful (Monkeyboxx, Sweet Vapes).
Almost any combination of batteries and power options is available from one mod or another: 17500 and 18650 batteries, or a pair of 123a; with voltages of 3.7, 5 regulated, 6, 7.4, and variable.
Prices vary widely, of course. At the 2AA plastic box low-end, we're talking $40-$60. From there, the wood boxes and REOs leap from $100 on up, with the full bells-and-whistles rare-figured-wood and VV options catapulting the price above $200.
All the various bottom-feeder custom mods have huge followings of devoted fans who wax euphoric about their chosen model by filling hundreds of pages of threads here on ECF. That said, what is less obvious is that not everyone ends up bonding to his or her bottom-feeder, despite their seemingly overwhelming popularity.
To cite just one possible downside: Juice leaks are an inevitable fact of life in the world of vaping, whatever style PV one uses, but bottom-feeders increase the likelihood of leaking for varying reasons---imperfect feed systems, overzealous squonking, caps to feed bottles not screwed on tightly enough, etc.). However inconvenient wiping off an occasional external overflow may be, opening one's bottom-feeder to find that juice has leaked all over the inside can be truly aggravating and a PITA to clean up. I'm not implying that this happens for everyone or necessarily often (so please don't flame me), but it can and does occur. I know, because I own three bottom-feeders.
Although bottom-feeders replicate the clean, rich flavor of atty-dripping, arguably in a more convenient way, some people just prefer the ritual of dripping. Others like the "simplicity" of cartomizers with their less-frequent topping off. Still others love tanks in any of their numerous sizes and styles: straight CE2s, MAP tanks, syringe mods, Ego-T, etc.
Bottom-feeders are ideal for people who tend to like an all-day vape of a single flavor; they are less perfect for those who flit from one juice to another every five minutes (as I do).
All in all, this particular niche within vaping is yet another example of the mind-boggling diversity of products available here at the final feverish flowering of the global consumer marketplace during the twilight years of modern industrial society. Anything one wants and/or can afford is within reach---at least, for a little while longer, until the Big Collapse hits. So stock up now, kids, while all this stuff is easy to get and fairly cheap.
REO (Aluminum Mini, Aluminum Grand, original Wood Grand, and newer Woodvil)
Phidias (wood)
Ali'i (wood)
Journeyman (wood)
Wetbox (plastic)
Old Goat/Stu's (plastic)
Red Sky Scallywag (wood)
Monkeyboxx (wood)
Southpaw (wood)
Sweet Vapes (wood)
Others may be available, but those are the most popular, as far as I know (if I've omitted any, I apologize).
The various bottom-feeders share common features: They all use an internal bottle for holding juice (usually 3ml or 6ml) that can be refilled or swapped out. They all feed the juice upwards through a hole in the center of the atty/carto connector via tubing (rigid stainless steel, flexible vinyl/silicone, or a syringe needle) into the bottom of the atty/carto (thus, "bottom-feeder"). Juice is "delivered" by squeezing the internal feed bottle (or "squonking" in the parlance of bottom-feeders) either manually through a cutout in the mod or by pressing a button.
From there, differences abound. Each bottom-feeder uses a slightly different design for feeding. The "boxes" vary from barebones (2AA plastic Old Goat and Wetbox) through artisan hand-crafted furniture-grade woods (many), to rare and astonishing figured woods (again, many). At least one (Sweet Vapes) is not a "box" at all, but a variation on a pistol-grip shape.
Sizes of the finished units vary widely, from small (Old Goat, Wetbox, REO mini) through medium (Red Sky), to relatively substantial (Phidias, REO Grand, Ali'i, Southpaw), and finally to quite a handful (Monkeyboxx, Sweet Vapes).
Almost any combination of batteries and power options is available from one mod or another: 17500 and 18650 batteries, or a pair of 123a; with voltages of 3.7, 5 regulated, 6, 7.4, and variable.
Prices vary widely, of course. At the 2AA plastic box low-end, we're talking $40-$60. From there, the wood boxes and REOs leap from $100 on up, with the full bells-and-whistles rare-figured-wood and VV options catapulting the price above $200.
All the various bottom-feeder custom mods have huge followings of devoted fans who wax euphoric about their chosen model by filling hundreds of pages of threads here on ECF. That said, what is less obvious is that not everyone ends up bonding to his or her bottom-feeder, despite their seemingly overwhelming popularity.
To cite just one possible downside: Juice leaks are an inevitable fact of life in the world of vaping, whatever style PV one uses, but bottom-feeders increase the likelihood of leaking for varying reasons---imperfect feed systems, overzealous squonking, caps to feed bottles not screwed on tightly enough, etc.). However inconvenient wiping off an occasional external overflow may be, opening one's bottom-feeder to find that juice has leaked all over the inside can be truly aggravating and a PITA to clean up. I'm not implying that this happens for everyone or necessarily often (so please don't flame me), but it can and does occur. I know, because I own three bottom-feeders.
Although bottom-feeders replicate the clean, rich flavor of atty-dripping, arguably in a more convenient way, some people just prefer the ritual of dripping. Others like the "simplicity" of cartomizers with their less-frequent topping off. Still others love tanks in any of their numerous sizes and styles: straight CE2s, MAP tanks, syringe mods, Ego-T, etc.
Bottom-feeders are ideal for people who tend to like an all-day vape of a single flavor; they are less perfect for those who flit from one juice to another every five minutes (as I do).
All in all, this particular niche within vaping is yet another example of the mind-boggling diversity of products available here at the final feverish flowering of the global consumer marketplace during the twilight years of modern industrial society. Anything one wants and/or can afford is within reach---at least, for a little while longer, until the Big Collapse hits. So stock up now, kids, while all this stuff is easy to get and fairly cheap.
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