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Welcome, Dacholiday Dach! There are some little polypro 3ml tanks and some big honkin' 7ml pyrex tanks at Valley View Vapes... I've got a mix of everything and can vouch for their quality. The price speaks for itself - Ray makes a quality product and shares it with everyone since he could find nothing comparable when he started.
1. First time poster. I am new to vaping, but that sure is one cute little tank you got there.
Welcome, Dacholiday Dach! There are some little polypro 3ml tanks and some big honkin' 7ml pyrex tanks at Valley View Vapes... I've got a mix of everything and can vouch for their quality. The price speaks for itself - Ray makes a quality product and shares it with everyone since he could find nothing comparable when he started.
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Just spent two hours taking the starter out of my wifes car in front of an autozone. I have NEVER worked on cars before, and went into it blind. The clerk was helpful and came out and guided most of my effort. Gotta return tomorrow night to put it back in. Much harder than I though, and scary as HELL to get under a car on a simple tire jack..... Does make me feel manly as the wife pointed out
I too agree its bad karma to sell anything PIFed. I was offered, generously, a PV after I already had one on the way and kindly turned down the thoughtful offer. As nice as it would be to have extra equipment, if I dont need it, I shouldn't accept it. Very thankful for the offer, and very thankful for the PV on the way
Just spent two hours taking the starter out of my wifes car in front of an autozone. I have NEVER worked on cars before, and went into it blind. The clerk was helpful and came out and guided most of my effort. Gotta return tomorrow night to put it back in. Much harder than I though, and scary as HELL to get under a car on a simple tire jack..... Does make me feel manly as the wife pointed out
I too agree its bad karma to sell anything PIFed. I was offered, generously, a PV after I already had one on the way and kindly turned down the thoughtful offer. As nice as it would be to have extra equipment, if I dont need it, I shouldn't accept it. Very thankful for the offer, and very thankful for the PV on the way
02/24 Entry #5 . . .
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Got a new camera today! A canon t4i.. I foresee terabytes of baby pictures in my near future
Got a new camera today! A canon t4i.. I foresee terabytes of baby pictures in my near future
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great movie!! just saw it last week!! was quite impressed, esp with it being a true story. nice history lesson about iran
great movie!! just saw it last week!! was quite impressed, esp with it being a true story. nice history lesson about iran
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The last movie I saw was "Date Night" about 3 years ago
Can ya tell I don't get out much!
The last movie I saw was "Date Night" about 3 years ago
Can ya tell I don't get out much!
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Phew, I rebooted and got the vid to play.
I have a question for RPADTV...do you vape and review as soon as you receive ejuices or do you let them sit around awhile first? Just curious
1) I usually let e-liquids steep for about a month, but it's usually longer and sometimes shorter. It depends on (what passes for in my head as) the editorial calendar and the type of juice. I post the steeping notes on my site if people are curious as to when the bottles were opened and when the juices were vaped.
Also, yay for the contest being held in Central Time! I get to reset early.
g'nitez VVVers. RPAD, I dig your site, gonna catch up on your vids.
here's a bump so you can get in another post
here's a bump so you can get in another post
I like short videos too, if I am going to watch a review vid I check to see how long it is. If it's close to 10 minutes I skip it. 5 minutes is about max, shorter if it's just one juice or piece of equipment.
Thank you for your very thought out reply. I appreciate it and grinned a few times and didn't "hear" any defensiveness. Well done. You've won me over. I'm gonna subscribe
2) Thanks for giving my stuff a shot! It was a good question to ask. I'm actually going to write a column about it and refer to you.
And now I'm going to get really nerdy on you (and everyone else).
In addition to the equipment, nicotine, PG/VG, etc., I mentioned, there are some technical reasons as to why I believe vaping on camera isn't all that informative.
1) Compression -- If a video is shot on a webcam (like a lot of YouTube reviews are), it's really compressed and a lot of detail is lost. I shoot my stuff at 720p with a fairly good consumer-level camera, so there's much less compression than a webcam. Even still, a ton of detail is lost when YouTube converts the videos. So what I saw during shooting and what a viewer see when watching are really different.
2) Lighting -- This is the biggie here. Unless e-liquid reviews are shot in a studio under the same lighting conditions, the exhale can look very different. Again, a lot of people record on webcams in their home or home office. If there's a window nearby, the lighting will change; exhaled vape recorded at 1PM will look different than exhaled vape recorded at 11PM. So recording it and saying it's indicative of anything could be misleading. The position of the sun, clouds, the number of lights on in the room, etc. will alter the appearance of vape exhale on camera.
Right now, I'm using two locations to shoot -- one indoor and one outdoor. The lighting conditions are so different that I can vape the same e-liquid on camera and make the exhale look different by using the outdoor location or four different parts of the indoor location. Since I try to switch up spots for variety, vaping on camera is potentially misleading (and I'd look silly).
Lighting is such a big deal when it comes to recording. The boss at Yahoo! Studios told me that he would rather shoot with a VHS camera and a light kit than a top-of-the-line HD camera and no light kit. The effects of lighting can be dramatic. I can make 100% PG juice seem as cloudy as 100% VG with the right lights. I don't think this is something most e-liquid video reviewers think about.
[And yes, I realize these are things that few people think or care about, but I'm using this post as a dry run for my column.]
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[Thanks for the bump levisdaddy!]
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Don't be doing this again. Never, ever. I lost a brother 2 weeks after his 22nd birthday because he had a 'friend' and a wife that thought it would be funny to shove on a jacked up car to scare him as he laid under it... The car bounced 4 times and he was gone the first bounce, when it crushed his skull.
Don't be doing this again. Never, ever. I lost a brother 2 weeks after his 22nd birthday because he had a 'friend' and a wife that thought it would be funny to shove on a jacked up car to scare him as he laid under it... The car bounced 4 times and he was gone the first bounce, when it crushed his skull.
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oh my, i dont even know how to respond. that is awful and horrifying, and they both deserve to be imprisoned.
#1 (actually get a new days post in before bedtime!)
good night again everyone. may your monday be full of joy
good night again everyone. may your monday be full of joy
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