Just reading through this thread, I'm glad I didn't jump in and buy one just yet.
For those of us who have vaped 100% VG juices from AVE, their product (while great) is very thick. This is probably the toughest test you're going to put on any cart - if it can wick this VG it can wick anything. The darker 100% VG juice in particular - is brutal on my Stone tank.
I've given up trying to vape this particular juice line on anything other than the Fluxos. Fluxos, for some reason (maybe it's the design, the size of the cart, etc) seem to handle the thick, dark juices better. They don't last long and need to be rinsed / dry burned after every couple of fills, but they hold up pretty well and are inexpensive to replace.
Just curious.. are all the manufacturers using the same wicking and coil material now across different products - i.e. the Stone, the ViVi Nova, Fluxos, Stardust, and Visions?
I think Bad brought up a point regarding the trimmed wicks, etc.
For example, I've never been able to get a bottom coil device to work with anything more than 20% VG - the juice just never gets to the coils and every other inhale is a dry burn. With the Stone III, I could get 100% VG to wick, but only after pulling off the silicone cap and running a half a tank through it without the cap until the wicks were well saturated - even then it wasn't something I could chain vape on.
Anyway, I work in the software industry. In my job, I'm forever putting together lists of "known issues" with "workarounds".
I'd say what the vaping community could use, outside of this thread (as it really doesn't have much to do with GV and their products - I have no problem with them at all) is some sort of list of what the "best device" for certain vendors e-juice would be. Just from a performance perspective.
We all have our favorite vendors and our favorite juice, but (as an example), you're never going to get Boba's Bounty or Gorilla Juice to work the same on a bottom coil design as you are on a DC carto, etc. (100% VG, dark, thick liquid). A different VG vendor might be different - say Virgin Vapor, Intellicig, etc.
I've said it in other threads as well - I think it's pretty tough (silly even) to expect any cart/atty vendor to test every single type of juice on every single type of device. We can expect that a clear 80% PG juice is going to vape great on whatever you put it on - but with so many different mom & pop vendors out there making juice these days - it's tough to know what mix of base + flavorings are going to work well on any given device (oh and don't even get me started on voltage! that's a whole 'nuther kettle of fish).
If someone who does a lot of reviews wants to put together a google doc somewhere with data they've gathered, I think it would help folks a lot in knowing what to purchase to use with their favorite liquid.
Edit: If nobody else wants to take this on, I'll see if I can put something together after my big move (moving 1000 miles in 2 weeks). Ideally, we'd see a spreadsheet with headings for "Juice Mfg and Flavor" / "PG/VG percent" / "Cart / Tank tested" / "Voltage" / "TH" / "Vapor Production" / "Flavor" / "Overall Performance" (excellent, good, fair, poor) that type of thing..