White cloud was solely wholesaling to one exclusive retailer for a few months after Oct 2021 but now I see they are retailing again but solely to international customers and also local pickup orders.
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White cloud was solely wholesaling to one exclusive retailer for a few months after Oct 2021 but now I see they are retailing again but solely to international customers and also local pickup orders.
Hey Ed? Are you getting this buddy? Where’d you go?
Yeah, don't you hate it when the original poster never comes back to follow up on the thread.
My excuse was a rough work week. My wife's personal care assistant had a bad boyfriend day and I got no work done at home that day. Worked till midnight two days, and still didn't get it done when it was supposed to go out on Thursday. I'm destressing tonight and this is my first time back on ECF in days. But the thread is doing well without me.
About 2016 my son went to a rehab house and picked up vaping from the others. He would call me up and ask for money so he could go to the vape shop with the others. He talked about cloud contests and stuff I didn't understand at the time. He asked me for $150 to buy a mod, atomizer, cotton, and juice one time, and I couldn't believe the prices. He still has a pioneer IPV2 in excellent condition. He got an original Doge RDA and he said that he won a cloud contest with it. He talked reverently about Kennedy atomizers and stinger mods.
Eventually tried it too and struggled with the pen vapes, then went on to sub ohms, then rebuildables, then mixing juice, then mech mods, then making coils from wire, then stocking up, then buying the entire Doge catalog, then getting some Kennedy hardware, then buying from China, then to thinking "what am I going to do with all this stuff?"
I never got a stinger, but by today's standards, I'm assuming it is not as good as the mods that are out now.
Thanks to all contributors!
Peace be with you brother, our prayers.
To hell in a hand basket these days.
Thanks again for the thread.
To hell in a hand basket these days.
Thanks again for the thread.
I also just wanted to mention this was a really cool idea to start a forum thread on this. I'm really enjoying looking over the history that some of you guys have and your storytelling skills are amazing.
I remember when Provari was the Cadillac of vaping. I wanted one but couldn’t afford the price back in 2013/14. A few months ago, I was in a local vape store and they were having a clearance sale on old items they found in the stock room. One was a Provari for $5. I kick myself for not getting it.
Back before Provape went out of business, I bought a dozen Provari 2.5s, because I thought they were all I would ever need or want. Now I use a Pico or a pod mod 3/4ths of the time. I usually only use a Provari at home. 18490 batteries don't seem to last very long, and 18650 batteries make a Provari feel like a light saber. One of these days I need to sell my extra ones that I'm probably never going to use.
I can't but crack up at the finishing touches she puts on her atomizer drawing
What's wrong with me?
You're okay. I see something when I get a package and look at the Amazon logo arrow.
Thanks @Ed Brown for the thread,ok time to lay down one of stories.
Did mention once before the first time i tried a vape apparatus,looked something like this:
Like a pack of cigs that you actually plug in the wall...priceless!!
An ex flame of mine was a flight attendant,back from her trip from China she brought me one of these (she didn't like me smoking)
So anyway,about 2 weeks in of using it (by today's standards it was really bad lol but i did cut down on my cigarettes thou) i was at work on Saturday night.
Back in the day (think this was like 15 years ago or so...maybe more,time flies huh?¿) i worked as a DJ in a Disco-Pub.
In Spain Pubs close at 4 am,Disco-Pubs close in the wee hours of the morning,so anyway i get into work at 10 pm and after having a late dinner with the waiters/waitresses and the rest of the staff i get all my vinyl's in order for the big night.
Now i am not a heavy drinker,more like a social one and only if i go out.
While doing my Dj thing sometimes i would drink and other times just water and coke (cola),but that morning and afternoon i had been showing properties all day and i was exhausted...couldn't get into the groove so i decided i needed some liquid fuel.
This was about 11 pm closer to midnight thou,well anyway the night goes by and this is just one of those nights that it all goes FANTASTIC!! Awesome crowd,no fights,no drunks yelling to me so i would play a specific song and in general people were just dancing and having a good time.
About 4 am (still had 4 more hours of spinning) i needed a break,bit tipsy and i just had to get some fresh air,couple of Dj friends who had a free night were there so i asked one of them to just put a song or two because i needed a break.
I go outside and wanted a smoke but i had left my cigs in the Dj Booth,i did remember i had that cigalike thing on me so i took it out and proceeded to use it.
Now keep in mind i was ''tipsy'' not drunk,just in my ''happy'' place so in all my greatness i proceed to put the cigalike vape device in my mouth and use my lighter to light it up...yeah that happened.
Bouncer at the door (body builder,Russian,6 foot and a half,Thor like) slapped the silly out of me along with the cigalike vape device that landed on the pavement.
I hold my hand to my cheek and look at him and I'm like DUDE!!! He looks back and says Dude!! and like one of those 90's movies we both said like 5 or 6 dude's each.
Last dude the bouncer said he did it while looking down at the cigalike vape device and then voila' lightbulb and yeah i just realised that if he hadn't slapped me when i did i would have probably lost all my teeth due to my using a lighter to light the device with a battery in it...so yeah that happened.
I got another story regarding a cigarette vending machine but that one i am not telling...way too embarrassed
Did mention once before the first time i tried a vape apparatus,looked something like this:
Like a pack of cigs that you actually plug in the wall...priceless!!
An ex flame of mine was a flight attendant,back from her trip from China she brought me one of these (she didn't like me smoking)
So anyway,about 2 weeks in of using it (by today's standards it was really bad lol but i did cut down on my cigarettes thou) i was at work on Saturday night.
Back in the day (think this was like 15 years ago or so...maybe more,time flies huh?¿) i worked as a DJ in a Disco-Pub.
In Spain Pubs close at 4 am,Disco-Pubs close in the wee hours of the morning,so anyway i get into work at 10 pm and after having a late dinner with the waiters/waitresses and the rest of the staff i get all my vinyl's in order for the big night.
Now i am not a heavy drinker,more like a social one and only if i go out.
While doing my Dj thing sometimes i would drink and other times just water and coke (cola),but that morning and afternoon i had been showing properties all day and i was exhausted...couldn't get into the groove so i decided i needed some liquid fuel.
This was about 11 pm closer to midnight thou,well anyway the night goes by and this is just one of those nights that it all goes FANTASTIC!! Awesome crowd,no fights,no drunks yelling to me so i would play a specific song and in general people were just dancing and having a good time.
About 4 am (still had 4 more hours of spinning) i needed a break,bit tipsy and i just had to get some fresh air,couple of Dj friends who had a free night were there so i asked one of them to just put a song or two because i needed a break.
I go outside and wanted a smoke but i had left my cigs in the Dj Booth,i did remember i had that cigalike thing on me so i took it out and proceeded to use it.
Now keep in mind i was ''tipsy'' not drunk,just in my ''happy'' place so in all my greatness i proceed to put the cigalike vape device in my mouth and use my lighter to light it up...yeah that happened.
Bouncer at the door (body builder,Russian,6 foot and a half,Thor like) slapped the silly out of me along with the cigalike vape device that landed on the pavement.
I hold my hand to my cheek and look at him and I'm like DUDE!!! He looks back and says Dude!! and like one of those 90's movies we both said like 5 or 6 dude's each.
Last dude the bouncer said he did it while looking down at the cigalike vape device and then voila' lightbulb and yeah i just realised that if he hadn't slapped me when i did i would have probably lost all my teeth due to my using a lighter to light the device with a battery in it...so yeah that happened.
I got another story regarding a cigarette vending machine but that one i am not telling...way too embarrassed
I understand. I alternate a Sigllei and a Voopoo. I still have a light saber version {somewhere} from back then. They were sturdy and reliable.
Oh gee, this looks like fun!!
I kinda got started on a "Blue". Got a kit from Costco. I really liked the Coffee flavored ones. Only problems were that they did not last very long (cart or battery), cost a ton and put out little vape - however I could see the potential!
I saw enough in the 'Blue' to stop by a local vape shop and drop $100 on a pen like EGO VV mod and 15ML of 18MG Strawberry juice. This was enough for me to switch to vaping within 3 days. Then again there were the problems: 1.8ML tanks, expensive factory coils that ether did not work or worked for a few days and the battery life was dismal. While it was a 'hot vape' device (I could vape teathered) refilling the tank was a royal PITA.
I moved to a Nautilus Mini for a bit better coils and juice capacity and then to the full sized Nautilus on 1st single 18350 and then dual 18350 tube mods. (I still have them)
Then I decided to make the big jump: box mods and making my own coils that were temperature regulated. My 1st box mod was a SX-Mini (YiHi SX350J) along with an Eleaf Lemo2, Espire Atlantis and Kanger Subtank Mini. The thinking was I could get factory coils for the later two if the RBA's were a issue. I still have 3-4 Lemo2's in service.
Next up was locking in my juice supply. At the time I could get 8oz of 100mg nicotine for ~$10 shipped and 40oz of VG was ~$12 so after ordering some bottles and syringes for measuring I was making my own unflavored juice. (I still generally vape unflavored most of the time)
Given in my smoking days I was spending ~$2400 a year there was a number of years that I bought ALOT of different vaping related stuff. As long as I was spending less on vaping...
I've pretty much settled on single battery TC regulated (must have programmable TCR) mods driving mostly single simple wire single coil builds (I do have some dual coil atomizers in service) with <=30W. Tanks need to be top fill and at least 3ml if not 5ml. Mostly DL or restricted DL.
Many of the mods are 'point of use' where I have 2 on the night stand, a handful by where I drink my coffee in the AM and my profile picture shows what I have to the right of me while I watch TV in the evening (there's 1/2 a dozen more to the left of me).
I have enough vaping stuff to last more than my lifetime.
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I kinda got started on a "Blue". Got a kit from Costco. I really liked the Coffee flavored ones. Only problems were that they did not last very long (cart or battery), cost a ton and put out little vape - however I could see the potential!
I saw enough in the 'Blue' to stop by a local vape shop and drop $100 on a pen like EGO VV mod and 15ML of 18MG Strawberry juice. This was enough for me to switch to vaping within 3 days. Then again there were the problems: 1.8ML tanks, expensive factory coils that ether did not work or worked for a few days and the battery life was dismal. While it was a 'hot vape' device (I could vape teathered) refilling the tank was a royal PITA.
I moved to a Nautilus Mini for a bit better coils and juice capacity and then to the full sized Nautilus on 1st single 18350 and then dual 18350 tube mods. (I still have them)
Then I decided to make the big jump: box mods and making my own coils that were temperature regulated. My 1st box mod was a SX-Mini (YiHi SX350J) along with an Eleaf Lemo2, Espire Atlantis and Kanger Subtank Mini. The thinking was I could get factory coils for the later two if the RBA's were a issue. I still have 3-4 Lemo2's in service.
Next up was locking in my juice supply. At the time I could get 8oz of 100mg nicotine for ~$10 shipped and 40oz of VG was ~$12 so after ordering some bottles and syringes for measuring I was making my own unflavored juice. (I still generally vape unflavored most of the time)
Given in my smoking days I was spending ~$2400 a year there was a number of years that I bought ALOT of different vaping related stuff. As long as I was spending less on vaping...
I've pretty much settled on single battery TC regulated (must have programmable TCR) mods driving mostly single simple wire single coil builds (I do have some dual coil atomizers in service) with <=30W. Tanks need to be top fill and at least 3ml if not 5ml. Mostly DL or restricted DL.
Many of the mods are 'point of use' where I have 2 on the night stand, a handful by where I drink my coffee in the AM and my profile picture shows what I have to the right of me while I watch TV in the evening (there's 1/2 a dozen more to the left of me).
I have enough vaping stuff to last more than my lifetime.
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P.S.
Anyone want to buy a couple of bricks of Boge cartos or 200 silica wick 2.4 ohm clearomiser coils ? Only joking - they will remain in my loft along with the carto-tanks, clearos, Lava-Tubes and assorted tat awaiting their renaissance.
Anyone want to buy a couple of bricks of Boge cartos or 200 silica wick 2.4 ohm clearomiser coils ? Only joking - they will remain in my loft along with the carto-tanks, clearos, Lava-Tubes and assorted tat awaiting their renaissance.
I like to think back about when I started in around 2009 or 2010. The stuff was so small, it was a tiny little coil. I can't remember what battery I used but someone homemade it for cheap and I bought it on here. It worked, but the difference in power and production from that to the sub-ohm stuff out now, is just mind boggling.
I am so nostalgic, I went back to find my first mod I bought that a member made.
Box Mod start at $27 Batteries, Chargers, LR Atomizers, More
Love that guy who made it, I see he hasn't logged in since 2014 unfortunately though. That thing was amazing back then!!
Box Mod start at $27 Batteries, Chargers, LR Atomizers, More
Love that guy who made it, I see he hasn't logged in since 2014 unfortunately though. That thing was amazing back then!!
Can't remember the mod-maker, but at the time, this was my custom made pride-n-joy... Dual 510 VV squonk box to slay all others.. LoL!! 
Dual 510 VV squonk box to slay all others.. LoL!! This thread making me want to find a 5pk of Boge LR's right now and a Volt cigalike.
A peek into my photo archives I found this one from 2015:
While I still have all but the "Blue" on the left, the photo represents my first 6 vaping 'mods' and progression from left to right. (Blue, unsure VV, Sigeli V3, Sigeli Vmax, Vamo V10, SXMini)
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While I still have all but the "Blue" on the left, the photo represents my first 6 vaping 'mods' and progression from left to right. (Blue, unsure VV, Sigeli V3, Sigeli Vmax, Vamo V10, SXMini)
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I started with two joyetech 510 cigalike kits and liquids from ruyandirect. It didn't take long before I got tired of charging batteries and kept reading the modder forum and started making 14500 boxes using connectors that I ripped out of old 510 batteries. From there it was an Xhaler and a couple of Trog screwdrivers. Not sure why but it took me a while before I came on board with the egos and ego twists. I remember stacking tenergy batteries in the Xhaler. I picked up a Prodigy and Protege used and used those for a while. I still have a protege, the Xhaler and a Trog Screwdriver just for nostalgia. The last several years have just been a blur of one box mod after the next and more recently one pod after the next. I just can't imagine using only a pod all the time. They have their place in the rotation but not all day every day. It took me a long time compared to most to get into rebuildable tanks but can't imagine going back. I still have some 510 cartos and 801 atties in a toolbox at home that I can't bring myself to throw away.
Holy crap, yo.Thanks @Ed Brown for the thread,ok time to lay down one of stories.
Did mention once before the first time i tried a vape apparatus,looked something like this:
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Like a pack of cigs that you actually plug in the wall...priceless!!
An ex flame of mine was a flight attendant,back from her trip from China she brought me one of these (she didn't like me smoking)
So anyway,about 2 weeks in of using it (by today's standards it was really bad lol but i did cut down on my cigarettes thou) i was at work on Saturday night.
Back in the day (think this was like 15 years ago or so...maybe more,time flies huh?¿) i worked as a DJ in a Disco-Pub.
In Spain Pubs close at 4 am,Disco-Pubs close in the wee hours of the morning,so anyway i get into work at 10 pm and after having a late dinner with the waiters/waitresses and the rest of the staff i get all my vinyl's in order for the big night.
Now i am not a heavy drinker,more like a social one and only if i go out.
While doing my Dj thing sometimes i would drink and other times just water and coke (cola),but that morning and afternoon i had been showing properties all day and i was exhausted...couldn't get into the groove so i decided i needed some liquid fuel.
This was about 11 pm closer to midnight thou,well anyway the night goes by and this is just one of those nights that it all goes FANTASTIC!! Awesome crowd,no fights,no drunks yelling to me so i would play a specific song and in general people were just dancing and having a good time.
About 4 am (still had 4 more hours of spinning) i needed a break,bit tipsy and i just had to get some fresh air,couple of Dj friends who had a free night were there so i asked one of them to just put a song or two because i needed a break.
I go outside and wanted a smoke but i had left my cigs in the Dj Booth,i did remember i had that cigalike thing on me so i took it out and proceeded to use it.
Now keep in mind i was ''tipsy'' not drunk,just in my ''happy'' place so in all my greatness i proceed to put the cigalike vape device in my mouth and use my lighter to light it up...yeah that happened.
Bouncer at the door (body builder,Russian,6 foot and a half,Thor like) slapped the silly out of me along with the cigalike vape device that landed on the pavement.
I hold my hand to my cheek and look at him and I'm like DUDE!!! He looks back and says Dude!! and like one of those 90's movies we both said like 5 or 6 dude's each.
Last dude the bouncer said he did it while looking down at the cigalike vape device and then voila' lightbulb and yeah i just realised that if he hadn't slapped me when i did i would have probably lost all my teeth due to my using a lighter to light the device with a battery in it...so yeah that happened.
I got another story regarding a cigarette vending machine but that one i am not telling...way too embarrassed
I used an eGo and dripped for a couple of years. Best no-leak system in existence.
Blue foam never worked for me (nor any of the other hacks).
<<== The username here comes from those tiny strands of "wicking" from the bridge to the coil in the old-style 510 atomizers. They would sometimes overheat and "pop". One of my first questions on ecf was about atomizers "popping" their wick-strands...hence AttyPops. lol
Blue foam never worked for me (nor any of the other hacks).
<<== The username here comes from those tiny strands of "wicking" from the bridge to the coil in the old-style 510 atomizers. They would sometimes overheat and "pop". One of my first questions on ecf was about atomizers "popping" their wick-strands...hence AttyPops. lol
Like many others here, I first lived with the mechanical devices where the wattage decreased as the battery discharged. I was ecstatic when the first sticks like the Twist and other VV/VW sticks came out.
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