Bryan SMASH! Grrr...
What exactly is your definition of 'trolling'? Because, like everyone else here, I'm entitled to my opinion about VCV and my experiences with the vendor. I don't believe I was being disrespectful, attacking anyone or dumping on their product. I was merely pointing out that for those less than pleased with the quality of their juices (and according to this lengthy thread, there's several), there are alternatives out there which I'd encourage them to try. Where's the harm? No agenda. No 'campaign'. Just helping people with choices. Afterall, if the vaping world revolved solely around VCV, Ahlusion, Mt. Baker and Boba's Bounty...the world would be kinda of a boring place for vapers, don't ya think?
As for Caterpillar, they must've fairly recently changed their formula with some PG. I know when I discovered them at ECC last year, they touted their prominence in the 100% VG market designed by a Cal Poly chemist. What a blunder. My apologies. And please, don't put words in my mouth. I never stated they were my favorite vendor.
Vape on!
Hi Dan, sorry but I do have to agree with Bryan. Yes you are absolutely entitled to your juice opinions! Every SINGLE post is exactly that - someone's opinion of a particular juice! I think when you jump in and say things like "don't understand why they are worshipped" and "way overrated" etc etc that's borderline disrespectful on a thread of more happy campers than not with VCV. For instance, I'm not going to go over to the MBV thread or the Ahlusion thread and be like "MAN! I really don't understand why these have a following here! Please try these juices instead!" (Because that is my opinion esp with MBV - but seriously some things are better left unsaid - absolutely nothing good would come of me doing that.) I believe there are 100 VG threads for you to use as an outlet for suggesting others trying the vendors you named. Also, per the newest notice on the General E-liquid discussion forum, I think it is essential we stay ON TOPIC of VCV juices exclusively and what equipment we get the best flavor with them from. Thanks!
Bryan SMASH! Grrr...
What exactly is your definition of 'trolling'? Because, like everyone else here, I'm entitled to my opinion about VCV and my experiences with the vendor. I don't believe I was being disrespectful, attacking anyone or dumping on their product. I was merely pointing out that for those less than pleased with the quality of their juices (and according to this lengthy thread, there are several), there are alternatives out there which I'd encourage them to try. Where's the harm? No agenda. No 'campaign'. Just helping people with choices. Afterall, if the vaping world revolved solely around VCV, Ahlusion, Mt. Baker and Boba's Bounty...the world would be kinda of a boring place for vapers, don't ya think?
As for Caterpillar, they must've fairly recently changed their formula with some PG. I know when I discovered them at ECC last year, they touted their prominence in the 100% VG market designed by a Cal Poly chemist. What a blunder. My apologies. And please, don't put words in my mouth. I never stated they were my favorite vendor.
Vape on!
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I emailed them a few weeks ago asking about sample packs and they said:
"Unfortunately, we are not currently able to offer sample sized packages for sale. We are looking to offer this again in the future."
So it seems so...
My (roughly) 2.1 ohms are vaped anywhere from 6 - 7.5 watts / 3.5 - 4 volts... depending on the juice/flavor, my mood & my nic needs at any given time
How do you mean "hot"? I know if I start cranking up the voltage and/or chain-vape for too long, the silver metal band below the mouthpiece can oftentimes get fairly warm (which is why I wish the mouthpiece were a little longer).. but that cools down pretty quickly by cutting back on the 2 things above
Not sure why you're experiencing loss of vapor production.. Does it happen when the juice is getting low? If so, do you make sure the wicks are saturated? Sometimes I leave mine on their side to help with that.. Sometimes I'll also hold them horizontally & slowly twirl them around a few times, letting the juice coat all the wicks from top to bottom... Is any juice/condensation collecting up near the mouthpiece? If so, unscrew the mouthpiece & let the stuff go back down
Not sure what else it could be, other than which PV are you using? If it's a lower-end one, I'm wondering if maybe as the battery drains it's not giving off as much power as it does with a fully-charged one -- and hence vapor levels fall off
Keep in mind that the iClear 16 is a dual-coil, which means it takes more power to operate to its full potential.. also with a relatively higher ohm (2.1), that, too, takes more power than a lower one (say, a 1.5 ohm)
Here's a pretty cool spreadsheet showing the relationship between ohms, volts, watts & amp draw...
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...xZLVd5aDkwUEJEZXc&f=true&noheader=false&gid=1
Finally... Not sure how long you've been using them, but maybe it's time for a rinse with warm water, then dry-burn & rinse again, like in that video? Night Shift will probably gunk it up a little quicker.. But if it's been 8 to 10 fills, it's definitely time... If not, is everything assembled tightly? Maybe the coil head (with wicks) isn't screwed tight enough to the base.. grab the knurled base (vertical grooves) & unscrew from the plastic tank part (w/no juice inside!), then grab the middle knurled part (bottom of head) & unscrew & then re-screw the head) and re-assemble again
Can be a little tricky to troubleshoot when you don't have it in front of you, but just throwing out a bunch of stuff off the top of my head
Might have to play around using any/all of the above suggestions.. but as you use a particular topper model more, you learn all its quirks & what-not, and adapt your vaping style, and troubleshooting & optimal peformance becomes 2nd nature
And if they're really new, like only 1 to 2 fills in, sometimes these things just take a couple fills before they start breaking in.. I don't recall with my 16's, but I remember my iClear 30's taking a couple fills & days before they started performing a lot better
Anyway, glad to hear you like them, otherwise.. You can get some surprisingly pretty sick vapor, flavor & throat-hits from these little buggers
P.S. I also vape at an angle.. not straight up & down, and not horizonally... more inbetween, maybe like a 45-degree angle? Helps with better wicking
My (roughly) 2.1 ohms are vaped anywhere from 6 - 7.5 watts / 3.5 - 4 volts... depending on the juice/flavor, my mood & my nic needs at any given time
How do you mean "hot"? I know if I start cranking up the voltage and/or chain-vape for too long, the silver metal band below the mouthpiece can oftentimes get fairly warm (which is why I wish the mouthpiece were a little longer).. but that cools down pretty quickly by cutting back on the 2 things above
Not sure why you're experiencing loss of vapor production.. Does it happen when the juice is getting low? If so, do you make sure the wicks are saturated? Sometimes I leave mine on their side to help with that.. Sometimes I'll also hold them horizontally & slowly twirl them around a few times, letting the juice coat all the wicks from top to bottom... Is any juice/condensation collecting up near the mouthpiece? If so, unscrew the mouthpiece & let the stuff go back down
Not sure what else it could be, other than which PV are you using? If it's a lower-end one, I'm wondering if maybe as the battery drains it's not giving off as much power as it does with a fully-charged one -- and hence vapor levels fall off
Keep in mind that the iClear 16 is a dual-coil, which means it takes more power to operate to its full potential.. also with a relatively higher ohm (2.1), that, too, takes more power than a lower one (say, a 1.5 ohm)
Here's a pretty cool spreadsheet showing the relationship between ohms, volts, watts & amp draw...
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...xZLVd5aDkwUEJEZXc&f=true&noheader=false&gid=1
Finally... Not sure how long you've been using them, but maybe it's time for a rinse with warm water, then dry-burn & rinse again, like in that video? Night Shift will probably gunk it up a little quicker.. But if it's been 8 to 10 fills, it's definitely time... If not, is everything assembled tightly? Maybe the coil head (with wicks) isn't screwed tight enough to the base.. grab the knurled base (vertical grooves) & unscrew from the plastic tank part (w/no juice inside!), then grab the middle knurled part (bottom of head) & unscrew & then re-screw the head) and re-assemble again
Can be a little tricky to troubleshoot when you don't have it in front of you, but just throwing out a bunch of stuff off the top of my head
Might have to play around using any/all of the above suggestions.. but as you use a particular topper model more, you learn all its quirks & what-not, and adapt your vaping style, and troubleshooting & optimal peformance becomes 2nd nature
And if they're really new, like only 1 to 2 fills in, sometimes these things just take a couple fills before they start breaking in.. I don't recall with my 16's, but I remember my iClear 30's taking a couple fills & days before they started performing a lot better
Anyway, glad to hear you like them, otherwise.. You can get some surprisingly pretty sick vapor, flavor & throat-hits from these little buggers
P.S. I also vape at an angle.. not straight up & down, and not horizonally... more inbetween, maybe like a 45-degree angle? Helps with better wicking
I basically have one clearo for every flavor, heh.. just keep refilling each like 8-10 times with the same flavor (for the 16's, anyway.. fewer for the 30's), then that's when I rinse/dry-burn/rinse... The wicks hold up surprisingly well.. they might get a little unraveled after a while, but they still work fine.. After cleaning, I also use the straightened paperclip trick to straighten the wicks after re-assembled (except the mouthpiece) prior to the fill
Once you get to "learn" whatever juices you've been using for a while, I don't even bother rinsing if I'm using a different flavor in there for some reason, if it's not time for a cleaning.. Just try to keep fruits with fruits, desserts with desserts, etc., if you want.. Though once I did get an interesting combo for a fill or two when I didn't rinse: put some Harvest Berry in a clearo that previously had Night Shift in there -- I called it "Jelly Doughnut"
Also another good use for Unflavored.. I'll use it for a fill or two between flavor changes.. gets the prior taste out without having to rinse the clearo
Anyway, that's the thing with a PV.. many of them, especially at the lower-end, aren't always firing at the level you set it to.. if you ever watch pbusardo on YouTube, for example, he'll use some sort of scope thing which displays on his computer... Basically shows graphs of what it should be firing at based on Ohm's Law, versus what it's actually firing at.. I've seen stuff with differences of half a volt!
So take my voltage/wattage range with a grain of salt.. Yours might be firing at a different level than what you set it to.. Just one of the many reasons why I finally got a very accurate ProVari
Woo hoo got some Sour Skittles and Blue Beard to try
(Problems of a juice junkie) LOL
