To all e-liquid/e-cig stores worldwide: Don't accept any of my orders until further notice!

[AndriaD]

I feel for you. I guess that's the "dark side" of your system. That's something that is hard to understand for somebody like me that doesn't live over there.

Here, if you have good insurance (most don't), you can choose any fancy hospital and you basically will pay peanuts for most procedures (there is always a part you have to pay). Obviously the hospital you choose has to have an agreement with your insurance company or system.

However, if you don't have insurance, you go to a public hospital and get the procedure there. It might take longer, you might die in the waiting room (although pretty rare) but it's free and despite all the complaining (me included) they are pretty competent. Heck, I know of some cases where the private hospitals didn't had the resources to help and sent the patients to the district hospital (which is public).

Not sure if it is true but a couple year's ago I wanted to make some short holidays in NY (I ended going to Malta, long story) but one thing I remember well was the travel agency warning us to take a special insurance because, in her words, "they going to let you die on the street if you don't have one".
I also remember a case that was here all over the news (because, like I said, EU has a health care system in most countries so we can't identify ourselves with your system) about a couple of girls that went for holidays to the states and one of them collapsed somewhere over there and at the hospital they discovered a brain tumor that was promptly removed. She returned to Portugal and a few weeks later she received a shocking $100.000 bill to pay... Not sure how it ended but at the time I was thinking ...? They charge emergency procedures? Lol, I know I must sound silly but I'm so unaware of how things work over there and in the health department things are so different...

Oh, medical care here is completely insane. There's this big damn deal that goes by the colloquial name "Obamacare", a/k/a "The Affordable Care Act"... which still leaves medical coverage in the hands of PRIVATE companies, who charge whatever they feel like, and it is STILL not affordable for those like us, who have no extra money for anything at all, so I don't have it. My husband is a veteran, so he gets his medical care very cheaply thru the VA (veteran's administration) but do they cover dependents? Noooooooooooo!

The reduction in my hospital bill was made possible by a private trust for the care of indigents. The emergency room doctor's bill was also reduced by 95.44%, probably via that same trust. I'm also engaged in wrangling with the anesthesiologists on the same issue, wanting to charge us more than my husband makes in a MONTH, and the surgeon is billing me even more than that! I really don't know where they think I'm supposed to get all these thousands of dollars, but they need to come face to face with a little of the reality that we deal with: WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY! We're barely surviving! Haven't heard back from the radiologist or the lab since I wrote them and sent along a copy of the hospital's charity notification, so it's possible they've dismissed my bill, probably via that same private trust.


Andria

 

[tchavei]

Well, not sure what is better... getting proper care and be in debt for the rest of your life or have almost free care but wait years to get it (planned, not urgent procedures for example). Heck, I received a letter 2 years after my father died that he finally was in line for a surgery he was prescribed 4 years earlier... duh.

Anyway, back to e-cigs

I did some math today.

I spent 150ml of my ADV in exactly 40 days. This means that 500ml should be ok for 133 days (4 and a half months, give or take). This gives an average of 3.75ml per day HOWEVER, thats not my real consumption because I cut the liquid down from 24mg to 18ml with VG

So basically, I've vaped 200ml in 40 days which is 5ml per day on average... not bad. I would have sworn it was much higher.

I bought 500ml on 6th august and have still 350ml left. This means that, unless I find an alternative, I will run out of liquid by Dec, 17... thats too close to holidays, will need to buy before.

Regards
Tony

 

[williamclarkonet]

This thread is so true

 

[AndriaD]

Well, not sure what is better... getting proper care and be in debt for the rest of your life or have almost free care but wait years to get it (planned, not urgent procedures for example). Heck, I received a letter 2 years after my father died that he finally was in line for a surgery he was prescribed 4 years earlier... duh.

Anyway, back to e-cigs

I did some math today.

I spent 150ml of my ADV in exactly 40 days. This means that 500ml should be ok for 133 days (4 and a half months, give or take). This gives an average of 3.75ml per day HOWEVER, thats not my real consumption because I cut the liquid down from 24mg to 18ml with VG

So basically, I've vaped 200ml in 40 days which is 5ml per day on average... not bad. I would have sworn it was much higher.

I bought 500ml on 6th august and have still 350ml left. This means that, unless I find an alternative, I will run out of liquid by Dec, 17... thats too close to holidays, will need to buy before.

Regards
Tony

Sounds about right. I can't swear to it, since I use so many different tanks and so many different eliquids to make up the 2 or 3 flavors I vape daily, but I suspect mine is about 5-6ml a day. I seem to vape just slightly less since I raised the mg again from 9mg to 10mg, and that was the plan; the PG/VG hurts me a lot more than the nicotine ever thought about. At least, I don't seem to go around with my PV in my hand every waking minute, which is probably a combination of a) knowing I need to vape less/raising the mg, and b) the novelty wearing off. I'm glad I raised it to 10mg though; the nicotine I buy is 100mg, and needing to end up at 10mg makes at least THAT aspect of my fumbling beginner efforts at DIY VERY simple! Especially since I don't have any syringes that can measure .01 ml. 0.1 is the most exact I can manage.

Andria

 

[AndriaD]

Just learned the exact amount of the check, and it's JUST big enough so I don't have to go back and chop necessary stuff from the budget... like food. *WHEW!*


Andria

 

[tchavei]

Nice

On the other hand I had a computer problem with my car today so I won't be buying anything vape related for a long time.



Regards
Tony

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[AndriaD]

Nice

On the other hand I had a computer problem with my car today so I won't be buying anything vape related for a long time.



Regards
Tony

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Oh dear. Those computers under the hood do some expensive damage. The last time we had a "maintenance check" they said we needed a new thermostat. I asked how much that would be, thinking it wouldn't be much... OVER $200???? We said skip it, it's warm weather, we don't NEED a thermostat. I'm hoping we can trade it in before January, if it's starting to do crap like that. We maintain a "car note" so we always have a reliable vehicle, and that's supposed to mean it doesn't nickle and dime us to death. +$200 is a pretty damn big dime.

Andria

 

[tchavei]

In that case imagine near 1000...

Damm car decided that it was being stolen, disabled the steering unlock and locked down the central computer... Permanently. Now I have to fill out the paperwork and send it to Germany because the maker needs proof of ownership to send a new circuit board... Basically not only loosing a mil but having to wait a week to clear everything, get the part and it be installed by the local dealer.

I miss the cars from the old days... One kick in the right place and they would work


Regards
Tony

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[tchavei]

My quartz nano tank and eLiquid base is out for delivery tomorrow.
Fasttech order landed in Portugal this afternoon... Now it's up to customs... Scenario A: it goes through and I have it in a couple of days, scenario B: it gets stuck for two weeks but then is released without problems, scenario C: it's inspected, taxed, then I'll be asked to send proof of payment, then they will ignore the value and decide how much they think it is worth, then they send it to me at my own expense plus the taxes I will have to pay... A month minimum.... Arg... I hate them.

Oh and since I was depressed because of the car, I asked my wife to give me ten bucks to steam off... Bought two torchy 18350 batteries with it and felt much better

Regards
Tony

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[Danielle Lindsay]

I just got in to this hobby 16 days ago and I already have 2 eGo-T that I don't use because I bought a Vamo V5 I had to it's anodized rainbow! I. Such a chick. Then I love buying different juices I have a bag already. If my fiancé saw it he'd have a cow over the last 2 orders I placed because I found a juice company I love. The EVOD 2 I adore and already own 2 but I know there will be a 3. Then I want to spend the money on a good tank. Dang I thought this was just me!

Oh I'm glad I'm not the only one hiding things! I agree with one of the beginning posters I'm prepping because.....Hey you never know.

 

[tchavei]

Welcome to the club lol.

Actually what bothers me most is not what I buy but the things that become obsolete with my new acquisitions... For example, I haven't touched my Protank and aerotank in weeks since I got a kayfun. If I had gone with a kf in the first place I would have saved money. My vv3... Well.. The last time I charged it was in middle of August and so on...



Regards
Tony

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[Danielle Lindsay]

When it's not in style in this world I have a feeling I'll be " gasping" a lot.

Or either cursing or praising technology depending on what I bought

 

[tchavei]

Somehow I get the feeling you're teasing me about my car... Lol

You're right though technology is great... When it works


Regards
Tony

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[AndriaD]

Well I was able to order my Blueberry Muffin today... yay. And the next check should be fabulous, he'll be getting even more overtime than usual. It's just a matter of *getting* to the next check. I'm seriously going to need some cartos soon; hopefully what I have will last until I make a payment on *my* credit card, when I should be able to afford it. If not I guess I could put my Blueberry Muffin into some other tank, I'm not exactly expiring for lack of tanks. I keep meaning to completely disassemble that troublesome KFL that has no airflow, and see if the block and whatever is lined up correctly; the insulator, I think? Apparently with that kind of KFL, with no adjustable airflow, if everything is not lined up correctly on the airhole, it can block airflow.

Danielle, I see you truly do have a raging case of shinyitis -- you're a real vaper!

Andria

 

[tchavei]

Hi there
The air on a kayfun, at least mine comes from the hole in the side and is adjusted with the screw on the bottom. I would check that path thoroughly.
The chanel continues until it meets the center screw which is hollow and, at the exact height of the lateral channel, has a hole to allow the air from the lateral channel to enter and go up exiting under the coil. It's important to check how that hole is placed relatively to the slot in the screw head so that when you tighten down the positive pole, you lineup the hole with the lateral channel.

Good luck

On a positive note, I got my quartz tank today. Seems to work nicely although when I filled it for the second time, I had some leaking during the process through the drip tip which never has happen before... It's working now but I will have to check what happened once I end this tank (don't want to waste more juice.



Regards
Tony

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[AndriaD]

Hi there
The air on a kayfun, at least mine comes from the hole in the side and is adjusted with the screw on the bottom. I would check that path thoroughly.
The chanel continues until it meets the center screw which is hollow and, at the exact height of the lateral channel, has a hole to allow the air from the lateral channel to enter and go up exiting under the coil. It's important to check how that hole is placed relatively to the slot in the screw head so that when you tighten down the positive pole, you lineup the hole with the lateral channel.

Ok... this one doesn't have a screw on the bottom (except the fill hole), or anywhere; it's not a "Plus," it's just a Kayfun Lite. I suspect that something around that airhole, under the block maybe? is somehow blocking the air channel. If I find that that is not the case, then the only option will be to drill out the airhole if possible. My husband has a drill and lots of bits, and I have a vise -- he wanted a bigger one for himself, but they were out of stock on them when we got mine, so I told him that for any task for which my vise was large enough, he's free to use it.

But I might just get one of my T3S's out of the drawer and use it; just before I got my first kayfun, I got a 5-pk of replacement coils, and I've only used one of them. It wouldn't be nearly as good as a kayfun, but maybe almost as good as the cartotank I usually put the blueberry muffin in. Although I need to check those coils, actually I don't recall if they're T3S or Protank coils. I've got a Hypertank2 if it turns out that they're Protanks rather than T3S coils.

Andria

 

[tchavei]

Ok... this one doesn't have a screw on the bottom (except the fill hole), or anywhere; it's not a "Plus," it's just a Kayfun Lite. I suspect that something around that airhole, under the block maybe? is somehow blocking the air channel. If I find that that is not the case, then the only option will be to drill out the airhole if possible. My husband has a drill and lots of bits, and I have a vise -- he wanted a bigger one for himself, but they were out of stock on them when we got mine, so I told him that for any task for which my vise was large enough, he's free to use it

Ok, it might not have the adjustable airflow screw but the channel is there. I would disassemble the thing completely i.e. remove the center post and positive screw and post and then stick a clip in the airhole and see if it comes out in the center and wiggle it making sure it is clean. If you use a torchlight from the bottom, you should clearly see the air channel from the side, if it's round and smooth and you can see the center section, its clear. Next step would be to use the same clip and stick it into the center screw from the top and see if it appears on the hole there is and wiggle it too. I then would blow through the air channel several times while assembling it slowly to see if or when the air gets restricted to try to identify the root cause. Unless there is a problem in design (and in that case there should be a ton of posts about it on ecf) then there must be an obstruction or something assembled the wrong way.

Don't forget to take pics while you do it... I love to see pics

Regards
Tony

PS: speaking of pics... here a pic of mine with the quartz kit... will try to find o-rings in black though... read is so... unmanly lol

 

[tchavei]

Fasttech order is out for delivery tomorrow. Should get it in the morning... Bummer... Now I'm going to have two quartz kits and a metal/poli nano too. Should have waited a couple of days and I wouldn't had to buy the kit in Spain. In the other hand, the Spanish kit is from hcigar and I Dont know the origin of the fasttech's one. Hoping they are the same.
Well, at least I finally will have my ceramic tweezers

OH and I figured out the leaking from yesterday. What happens is that the glass plus the metal ring are thicker than my previous simple polycarbonate tube so when you bottom fill too fast or at an angle, the space is so tight that the liquid can't escape fast enough to the bottom and is pushed directly into the feeding channels so it starts to leak through the drip tip.

The solution is to refill very slowly or use a needle.

I had a couple of eLiquid caps with a metal needle type heads that would be perfect but... Somehow... I threw them away during my last ecig drawer cleaning session... I feel so ...... right now



Regards
Tony

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[tchavei]

Dear diary of shame:

I got my Fasttech order today. Nothing I ordered I really needed but it was so satisfactory hitting that order button that I had to do it. I think I'll never drop this dam addiction but I always keep telling myself it could be worse. You don't get to keep nothing with drugs but being a shopaholic, you always gather new shiny stuff

I now have two backup nano tanks, Pyrex and stock and a pair of ceramic tweezers... Not happy with that, I also visited the local hardware store and got some black o-rings to replace the red ones of the tank.

I might be shopaholic but at least I'm one with style lol



Regards
Tony

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[AndriaD]

I'm just thrilled that I got my Blueberry Muffin today! BEFORE I ran out! YAY!

I'm about to run out of cartos, I have one left; if it's a decent one, it should last me all of next week, which might be long enough to get by until I can order and then receive some more. But just in case... I got one of my T3S's cleaned up yesterday. I determined that those coils I still have 4 of, are T3S rather than Protank. Which is fine, I always seemed to get more flavor from the T3S than the mini protank or hypertank. If the carto lasts the whole week, then I may not need it. But at least now I have a viable tank ready for whatever I might want to put in it.


Andria