Welcome to Highbrow Vapor - Come on in and say hello! - Part 2

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aurea

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I just received two bottles from you all and first may I say that the packaging was Grade A incredible. I swear that box would have survived a nuclear explosion! Shipping time was super fast. But the juices, the juices!!! Holy Mary, knock my socks off, slap yo momma, ten shades of awesome! The Creme Brulee is absolutely divine. Almost, want to drink it out of the bottle!

Thank you so much!
 

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my ry4 is still too fresh has not mellowed yet, but I wanted some so I mixed 15 drops each:

RY4
vanilla bourbon bean
buttered run and then some


made a bit over a ml or so? in an empty 10 ml bottle, I am dripping on a IO6 that had dark french pipe run through it (that stuff really sticks around)

first vape is strong vanilla, in the middle a quite sweet ry4 at the end french pipe, drip-> repeat the cycle over again

The mix is quite satisfying.
 

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I didn't want to leave the house today knowing my limoncello would be here. What can I say, OMG this is so good! I am ordering more tonight even though I have a new bottle! Amazing flavor! Thank you so much! I think I have a new favorite! Do you have business cards I can hand out? :) Very happy customer indeed!
 

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From the testimonials, these juices sound fantastic. I will be placing an order probably tonight or tomorrow.
The Creme Brulee and Cheesecake Torte sound really good (among others).
Question: when i smoked, i smoked menthol. I really have no desire to try any tobacco flavored juices but I heard the Ry4 is more like caramel, which I love. Is this true? And how can I get a free little bottle to try, if at all possible?
 

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Just ordered a GG Ody iatty tank, so we'll see how well that goes......................I really don't know anything about rebuildables, but I'm about to learn I guess! Hmmm, which HB juice to put into it first????

I saw a video on that, don't you need an engineering degree to use one of those? :) On new hardware, I always use a flavor I have loaded in something else so I can compare them side by side.

On a side note, just tried my first tank this weekend. I really like them, but those little pinholes they use in the cartos don't even do the job for the 80/20 mix I like. I don't have a dremel, but luckily I had a fine tooth hacksaw laying around that did the trick :p
 

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Morning Berret and all. What tank and carty did you use? i use the smoktechs tanks 6ml with dcc and have never had a problem with any juices so far, thick or thin. thats a bummer dude.

I saw a video on that, don't you need an engineering degree to use one of those? :) On new hardware, I always use a flavor I have loaded in something else so I can compare them side by side.

On a side note, just tried my first tank this weekend. I really like them, but those little pinholes they use in the cartos don't even do the job for the 80/20 mix I like. I don't have a dremel, but luckily I had a fine tooth hacksaw laying around that did the trick :p
 

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I saw a video on that, don't you need an engineering degree to use one of those? :) On new hardware, I always use a flavor I have loaded in something else so I can compare them side by side.

On a side note, just tried my first tank this weekend. I really like them, but those little pinholes they use in the cartos don't even do the job for the 80/20 mix I like. I don't have a dremel, but luckily I had a fine tooth hacksaw laying around that did the trick :p

I don't know, we'll find out! Phil Busardo has a pretty good video on it. I'm probably just going to copy what he did, so some more research, and go from there. I just hope the flavor doesn't disappoint. I like tanks for driving sometimes, but honestly, I have pretty much reverted back to dripping because I can't stand the muted flavor most of the time. Thinking this Ody is a good idea because I have a 9 month old and having juice bottles around is not conducive. Always searching for the vaping holy grail I guess you could say!

When I do use tanks, though, I use Boge cartos and use this punch, it's really easy and the holes are much bigger:
Stainless Steel Carto Punch v2
 

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Morning Berret and all. What tank and carty did you use? i use the smoktechs tanks 6ml with dcc and have never had a problem with any juices so far, thick or thin. thats a bummer dude.

It's just a little 3.5ml smoktek tank with the 1.5 ohm dcc. It only had one tiny little punch hole in it though and that just wasn't doing my delicious RY4 any justice. You can't fit that much goodness through so small a hole :)
 

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When I do use tanks, though, I use Boge cartos and use this punch, it's really easy and the holes are much bigger:
Stainless Steel Carto Punch v2

I might have to pick one of those up. It's probably alot safer than using the hacksaw while holding the carto firm against my leg :)
 

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very interesting, i have two 3ml tanks, that dont work right for me either. they leak or the juice or the holes, dont know what, but i always have problems with the 3ml tanks. i dont bother with them anymore.

It's just a little 3.5ml smoktek tank with the 1.5 ohm dcc. It only had one tiny little punch hole in it though and that just wasn't doing my delicious RY4 any justice. You can't fit that much goodness through so small a hole :)
 

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I got one of the latest Vision Viva Nova v2.5 tanks from GotVapes on Thursday and I'm loving it

It is based on a CE2 type of head that is replaceable ( or rebuildable for those more ambitious of you ). 3.5ml capacity, currently they carry 3 different ohm heads, 1.8 ohm, 2.4 ohm and 2.8 ohm ( it comes will all 3 btw ). The brighter flavor notes are really accented and these are not muted flavors like a polyfil carto has ( at least for me )... The head are super easy to clean and dry burn so they work like new again up until they finally wear out ( not sure how long they last, a Stardust which uses a similar head, I've hear can last months ). I haven't had a single problem with leaks on this at all.

I had also tried the v1 Viva Nova, these did have problems, almost no flavor and the heads had serious QC problems... these problems were all addressed on the latest version... BTW, if you got a VN v1, the new heads fit on it also... :D

Speaking about Stardusts... they are about to release Stardust 2.0 ( do not confuse this with v2 or v3 which are different revisions )... These will also use the same heads as the Viva Nova and will about a 1.6ml capacity and fit nicely on eGo sized PV's.

These have been the most fiddle free vaporizer I've used to date... Clean, clear unmuted flavors like many CE2's have. They disassemble very easily for cleaning, I'd say almost stupid simple almost even... They do accent the higher note flavors more than the lower ones and some may not like that.. but that is the only concern I have and it isn't a big one to me.

Randy
 

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From the testimonials, these juices sound fantastic. I will be placing an order probably tonight or tomorrow.
The Creme Brulee and Cheesecake Torte sound really good (among others).
Question: when i smoked, i smoked menthol. I really have no desire to try any tobacco flavored juices but I heard the Ry4 is more like caramel, which I love. Is this true? And how can I get a free little bottle to try, if at all possible?

The RY4 is to die for... It's actually a combination of several flavors... vanilla, carmel and cocoa are the more noticable flavors beyond the tobacco you get on exhale... I even have Bryan add menthol to mine and it's now quickly becoming the first one I pick up before the other tobacco's I've got.

Oh... I know you said you weren't interested but the tobacco's... don't even compare an analog to them... an analog is bland and has no character at all. The HBV tobacco's are complex and very interesting...
 

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Thanks rdsok, I've been eyeballing the Viva Nova, but held off due to the issues they've had.

I don't know about the Stardusts, I've wanted to like them so much, but I've ordered them from three different vendors on three separate occasions and have had the same problem - inconsistent wicking. Some hits were great, others were weak and others were just burnt. At least the burnt ones had great throat hit :)

I just don't think I trust much that comes out of the gotvapes website, it all seems so "experimental" to me, like nothing was really put through it's paces before being released.
 

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Startdusts are a tough one... first, everyone and their dog makes a copycat... makes it hard to compare them when you aren't certain if they are made by Vision or not... They have gone through several revisions but of the ones I'm pretty sure where Vision branded.. I've not seen an issue with dry hits... partially muted flavor or a hard pull is what I've read most consistantly.

GotVapes isn't selling anything different than other places... the main difference I see with them is that they are actively working with their vendors to give them the feedback they get from their clients so that when issues are found, they can be addressed. So the industry as a whole has two sides to it... the crooks that copy anything they can and don't worry about anything like quality just to make a buck... and the ones that are trying to advance the industry and make it better. The first ones are easy to understand why there are issue with their products, they don't worry about QC period. The companies that are trying to make advancements... do move through new products a lot and in doing so, there will be a bomb on occasion that doesn't work for a lot of people even when they test it a lot themselves.

I relate the companies that are trying to make advancements in PV products are a lot like the same type of companies that are trying to advance software on computers... There is no way they can test for every scenerio so the end users ( us ) sometimes feel like we are guinea pigs... when in fact it is just from it being such a complex issue that testing can only catch a part of any possible issue that may exist.
 
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