What bad hardware have you bought ?
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Actually won all these but still trash...
VTC Dual, Read Wrong Ohm's and got progressively worse, random weak battery issues even at 5w >.>
VTC Basic, Read Wrong Ohm's and got progressively worse, was internal battery and it would get hot while charging.
Vaptio Ascension 150 kit, died Within 7 days of receiving it, the O-rings in the tank that came with it after a while made your juice taste like rubber... Gross..
Geekvape Eagle Tank, leaked like crazy, they sent me a new base and it still leaked like crazy.
Joyetech Cubis Pro Tank, pops like crazy, I literally got a blister in my mouth once from it..
Some cheap brass clone rda, I swear this thing had excess lead in it, made me sick when using it..
VTC Dual, Read Wrong Ohm's and got progressively worse, random weak battery issues even at 5w >.>
VTC Basic, Read Wrong Ohm's and got progressively worse, was internal battery and it would get hot while charging.
Vaptio Ascension 150 kit, died Within 7 days of receiving it, the O-rings in the tank that came with it after a while made your juice taste like rubber... Gross..
Geekvape Eagle Tank, leaked like crazy, they sent me a new base and it still leaked like crazy.
Joyetech Cubis Pro Tank, pops like crazy, I literally got a blister in my mouth once from it..
Some cheap brass clone rda, I swear this thing had excess lead in it, made me sick when using it..
The original Protank had this problem, too. And after you broke the vacuum, you had leak issues.
Pretty much everything I've bought from Smok up until I got my Baby Alien. Tanks and mods alike..... Hated them. I do like the Baby Alien though.
I've had countless tanks that were flat out useless junk.
I've got a rebranded Tornado clone dripper from Swagg Sauce that has almost zero airflow. It's usable but barely.
I've had countless tanks that were flat out useless junk.
I've got a rebranded Tornado clone dripper from Swagg Sauce that has almost zero airflow. It's usable but barely.
The first TANK I bought (I think it was called a CE6 or something like that). Up until that point I was using bottom coil CE3's. (looked a lot like a cartomizer in shape and size but was made of clear plastic). We got to use those tanks exactly one time before the tank part cracked. I actually bought 2 of them at the time (one for me and one for hubby) both cracked immediately. Decided to stick with our CE3's for a long time after that fiasco.
I've considered every purchase since then as a learning experience and have enjoyed each and every one of them until I moved on to something else. Today I am really liking my GS-AIR toppers but my favorites are still my SMOKtech ARO II for great taste, ease of use and all around dependability. With rebuilt coils they cost me almost nothing to use. I bought a lifetime supply of them back when I could get them for a couple a bucks each. I figured they would eventually wear out but up to now I've only had to toss 2 because they cracked after being dropped numerous times.
Both hubby and I have been happy with them for about 3 years now. I figure, Why chase the next best thing when you've found something that just plain works and works well
I've considered every purchase since then as a learning experience and have enjoyed each and every one of them until I moved on to something else. Today I am really liking my GS-AIR toppers but my favorites are still my SMOKtech ARO II for great taste, ease of use and all around dependability. With rebuilt coils they cost me almost nothing to use. I bought a lifetime supply of them back when I could get them for a couple a bucks each. I figured they would eventually wear out but up to now I've only had to toss 2 because they cracked after being dropped numerous times.
Both hubby and I have been happy with them for about 3 years now. I figure, Why chase the next best thing when you've found something that just plain works and works well
Like some others the vaperflask squonker, oh it still works fine I just can't find any 18650s the will fit in the tightly milled battery port. There has been several rdas with claims of great flavor that couldn't be duplicated. I guess with experience you learn what will work and not, but damx that learning curve shouldn't be so expensive.
The worst purchases ever were the ProVari and the REO.
kidding folks....settle down.
kidding folks....settle down.
I Forgot to add the Pax Juul. Hated that thing. 80% of my gear is Mtl and I found it to have horrible vapor production and satisfaction. Don't know what the hype is all about.
Regarding micro USB: everyone is entitled to their opinion, but know that every phone manufacturer on the international standards board disagrees with you.
The problem with micro USB has to do with the actual international standards design spec: it was never designed to be used as a power source and has a specified number of insertions 1/10th of what a power plug should have. This is why micro USB cables often wear out in as little as a few weeks.
UsbC was rushed out years ahead of its projected deadline primarily because of this issue.
I do agree that there is very little in the way of usbC hardware out currently. My personal attitude ATM is to only buy mods with removable batteries and swap them out rather than using the port to recharge the battery in the device.
Like I said, controversial. The main takeaway I think is that if your istick or whatever dies, suspect the micro USB port
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I ordered 6 or 8 highly recommended MTL RTA's with adjustable airflow and juice flow several months ago while looking for a Kayfun upgrade.
The Augvape Merlin is way too ticky for me. Adjusting airflow and making it stay where you set it is ridiculous. You have to develop a coordinated style where you adjust air and juice flow at the same time. Still, it's going to change every time to remove it from the mod since it locks in place while screwed onto the mod and loosens up when you remove it. It's one of those tanks that should be top filled while it's screwed down onto the mod.
At least that was my experience. I'm still vaping the same old Kayfuns and haven't found the modern day equivalent that's easy to deal with. Too many atomizers are multi-purpose and I haven't found one that works as well as the KF Mini V3 or the KF Lite Plus V2.
The Augvape Merlin is way too ticky for me. Adjusting airflow and making it stay where you set it is ridiculous. You have to develop a coordinated style where you adjust air and juice flow at the same time. Still, it's going to change every time to remove it from the mod since it locks in place while screwed onto the mod and loosens up when you remove it. It's one of those tanks that should be top filled while it's screwed down onto the mod.
At least that was my experience. I'm still vaping the same old Kayfuns and haven't found the modern day equivalent that's easy to deal with. Too many atomizers are multi-purpose and I haven't found one that works as well as the KF Mini V3 or the KF Lite Plus V2.
The wonderful piece of crap that is called smok skyhook rdta box 300 puffs and started leaking like a siv, and the herakles plus subohm tank which is now in my fishtank as decoration and that fish doesn't even go near it lol
SMOK H-Priv
Not comfortable in hand, on first tank leak the mod glitched and since then once you power it up it always turns the voltage up non stop, seems like liquid got into the right button lol.
Not comfortable in hand, on first tank leak the mod glitched and since then once you power it up it always turns the voltage up non stop, seems like liquid got into the right button lol.
Yep micro usb was never intended for the amount of power modern smartphones are pushing through them. It was an old standard designed for ipods and the old cell phones with 300 mah batteries. For that use it did fine, I've still got my old basic phone that I bought off of ebay that still charges just fine. Micro usb has a stated lifetime of 10,000 cycles fyi. Yep my mods use external batteries also, I just like knowing I can swap a fully charged set in if the one in the mod dies.
The memories are too painful. "Dammit! That thing cost 10% of another REO..."
2 days after I bought my Wismec rx300 I lost all my temp control profiles. Like they never existed. All fixed with Arctic Fox. Only problem I've ever had.
The leaking problem in the original PT was lack of wicking material. If you bought some 1mm silica and laid it right across the top so it stuck out both sides it didn't leak or take the usually 2 flavor wicks inside the head and set them so some of each stuck out the sides it didn't leak. Best fix was to remove the silica altogether in a new head and replace with cotton into the stock coil. The few PT heads that I did use before I rebuilt them didn't leak with that little bit of revamping the flavor wicks or adding the wick across the top.
Yes.. break the vacuum and they leak but that still goes for a multitude of attys still sold today.
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