Tootle Puffers, Part Three! (The Sequel of the Redux)

[corn flakes]

Just while I think about it. For TP's who are still stocking up.....China celebrates their May Day in a couple of weeks so expect some sales, also Health Cabin will celebrate their anniversary at the same time so if previous years are anything to go by, the deals are excellent.

Thanks. Health cabin has something I might want. Would like another 20% from fast tech

Thanks @Krisma - I'm toying with the idea of a kayfun mini v3 clone for my stash so will keep my eyes open - and I dare say add in a few other things if I go for it I've never ordered anything from China yet so it might be a good time to start

I am going to try the kayfun mini V3

 

[DebiK]

Thanks. Health cabin has something I might want. Would like another 20% from fast tech



I am going to try the Kayfun mini V3

Me too, on the Fasttech % off!

 

[Katdarling]

 

[Woofer]

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OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Katdarling]

Don't get your knickers in a twist, Woofs. I just buy cute things so I can do pretty pics.

 

[Woofer]

Don't get your knickers in a twist, Woofs. I just buy cute things so I can do pretty pics.

Not twisted, more like hopeful.

 

[Katdarling]

 

[Kenna]

love to hear your story and glad it happened

I follow the same story line - smoked hard and heavy about 45 yrs, started vapin' and never smoked again
just qwit ! I still look back and can't believe it, cigarettes were my friend, like cutting off a few fingers if I qwit...


Vape≈Smart and Prosper

. . . . . .

Exactly. 44 years, pad, menthol 120's here. Never thought vaping would do anything more than help me cut back on cigs. BOOM! Instant non-smoker.

 

[Kenna]

Reading all these posts about bad vape shops makes me realize how lucky I am to have the lone shop in my little town. I stumbled in there on a whim a few weeks back just to get an idea what the whole vaping thing was about. Told the lady I didn't want to buy anything but just wanted to learn a bit. She took about an hour telling me about all the benefits. I tested a bunch of flavors but wasn't impressed. Was using a really cheap battery with those plastic mouthpiece covers and everything was muted and weak. I finally decided I did like the strawberry.

She guided me to an iStick Basic, one of the cheapest products she had, and told me when if I decided to try something, this should be it. It was $39.99 and included 12ml of any juice I wanted plus an extra coil. It dawned on me that I could buy that thing for less than a carton of cigarettes and give vaping a try. I told her I wanted to give it a shot. If she had led me to something more expensive and complicated, I absolutely would not have bought anything since I truly had no intention of quitting smokes at that point.

She loaded it with juice, showed me how to replace the coil when the time came and, at my insistence, mixed my strawberry juice at 30mg...lol. Bless her, she did as I asked but also handed a second free bottle made at 18 mg and told me if I found the 30mg harsh or unpleasant to vape, just mix it half and half with the 18 to make a more reasonable 24mg vape. Needless to say, that's exactly what I did about 30 minutes later.

Here's the thing. After smoking for 48 years and working my way up to more than a carton a week of Winston reds (the long ones) I never smoked another cigarette from that day. I haven't really even wanted one. That's what's so remarkable.

Anyway, this is my long-winded way of saying the lady at my local vape shop probably saved my life. She most certainly made it more pleasant. She was patient, enthusiastic and not out to make a bunch of money off an unknowing doofus who just showed up with a bunch of annoying questions. God bless her.

Now that is a good vape shop. Sadly, I can't say the same for the one in my little town. They are one of a chain of about 10 around the area. I've been in 3 of them & only 1 was at all pleasant or even business like.

 

[Kenna]

I spend about $40 a month on Hangsen juice at something like 20 cents per milliliter in 50ml bottles.

The wick and wire costs are negligible. I bought a box each of Sally's cotton and rayon last year, along with a package of Koh Gen Do cotton from Amazon a few months ago. I have Kanthal, SS 316L, and Titanium wire in spools that will last for years.

One of the best deals I've found was the Koh Gen Do for about $12 from Amazon. It's a bag of 80 sheets of KGD that will overfill a cigar box. Each sheet can be separated into two sheets, so one sheet will make about 12 wicks or even twice that if you save the cutoff from one wick for the next wick.

Amazon.com : Koh Gen Do Organic Cotton 80 sheets for Skin Care : Beauty

Lol! I separate KGD into 2 layers & each layer gets cut in half length wise, & then in half widthwise. I don't remove the outer layers that have been ironed flat. That gives me 8 smaller pieces. I cut strips of wick cutting along the grain. I get about 4 or 5 wicks from each piece. I use them in my KFLv2's, Prometey, & Magma's, & Igo L. They are the right size & wick great, & I'm a DL vaper. In the drippers I can use one cut wick for duel coils.

 

[Katdarling]

Pics of the KGD cuts, Kenna? Pwetty pweeze?

 

[Alter]

love to hear your story and glad it happened

I follow the same story line - smoked hard and heavy about 45 yrs, started vapin' and never smoked again
just qwit ! I still look back and can't believe it, cigarettes were my friend, like cutting off a few fingers if I qwit...


Vape≈Smart and Prosper

. . . . . .

I smoked well over a pack a day for 35 years, the last 20 years were magnum home rollies. I tried quitting but within 2 days my wife didn't like my disposition and bought me a pack of cigs to calm the wild beast. Tried patches but at work they would sweat off and I would continue to smoke while wearing them. Tried the gum but I didn't like chewing wood flavored rubber and they had very little effect of me curving smoking. It took a lousy ego kit and Chinese 555 juice that now tastes like crap that got me off the cigs but my first bad CE4 coil to kick start me into finding out what makes these things tick and the rest is vaping history.

 

[rhelton]

I know good sir, all is good!

I was pondering one of the Coil Master 521 Tab's as well, but didn't need a new desktop toy to raise any questions from SWMBO...

I keep thinking I need one of those too I bet they are handy. But......I do not rebuild that often I have gotten to the point of when I slap a build in I keep it in there for as long as possible and change the cotton once a week or two.

 

[Kenna]

I keep thinking I need one of those too I bet they are handy. But......I do not rebuild that often I have gotten to the point of when I slap a build in I keep it in there for as long as possible and change the cotton once a week or two.

I change wick & dry burn coil when the flavor fades. I recoil when flavor fades or when the smell starts to smell metallic. About 3 months.
@Katdarling, i'll post piccs tomorrow. What do you want to see?
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[rhelton]

I change wick & dry burn coil when the flavor fades. I recoil when flavor fades or when the smell starts to smell metallic. About 3 months.
@Katdarling, i'll post piccs tomorrow. What do you want to see?
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I would say 3 months is about right for changing coils for me too. Have you used any SS wire yet? I have some but it gives a weird after taste I think. It maybe just the kind I have its UD 316. I thought about trying some other kind but afraid it will be the same.

 

[Katdarling]

Oh thanks, Kenna. I'd love to see just what you described with the splits and the cuts.

 

[Krisma]

Oh thanks, Kenna. I'd love to see just what you described with the splits and the cuts.

It's a slippery slope there Ms Darlink

 

[DaveP]

I would say 3 months is about right for changing coils for me too. Have you used any SS wire yet? I have some but it gives a weird after taste I think. It maybe just the kind I have its UD 316. I thought about trying some other kind but afraid it will be the same.

I bought a 100' roll of SS316L from Amazon. It comes from Copper Wire USA for about $8. It's good wire. I stopped trying to anneal it with a torch. I just wipe it clean with a cloth and alcohol, wind up a coil, and install it. I dry burn to a dull glow and douse it under the sink faucet to cool it. The steely taste goes away once you do that.

Don't let it get really red when you dry burn. When you see the first glow release the button. It's hot enough at that point to remove any remaining contaminants and create the alumina coating that prevents shorted coils.

 

[DaveP]

With KGD (or any cotton) I've found that tighter is better for flavor. I've always made cotton wicks that will slip and slide back and forth through the coil easily. I assumed that the juice would swell it once it was wetted.

For a while now, I've been making KGD wicks that I have to twist really tight on the end to enter the coil. I have to twist the wick and pull it to make it slide through the coil. I get a little bunch up on either side of the coil when it's in place. If I do that, there's a boost in flavor that I never got from smaller wicking.

I always avoided a tight wick thinking it would starve from the pressure at the coil. Not so. My wicks these days would bend the coil legs if I didn't twist and pull at the same time to make it move through the coil.

 

[rhelton]

I bought a 100' roll of SS316L from Amazon. It comes from Copper Wire USA for about $8. It's good wire. I stopped trying to anneal it with a torch. I just wipe it clean with a cloth and alcohol, wind up a coil, and install it. I dry burn to a dull glow and douse it under the sink faucet to cool it. The steely taste goes away once you do that.

Don't let it get really red when you dry burn. When you see the first glow release the button. It's hot enough at that point to remove any remaining contaminants and create the alumina coating that prevents shorted coils.

Alright ill try that thank you.