I highly highly recommend manual 510. Totally sealed on the threaded end so the battery is extremely difficult to damage or kill with juice leaks. Won't turn on by accident from wind or vibration. Less work. Gives more control of the hit. Downside - you can't vape with a scissors finger hold - so what.
I recommend Joye brand so you don't accidentally get a reverse polarity clone. You could check Cignot.com for Joye 510 manual prices - they list both the barrel color and LCD color
To make a white 510 look even more like a cigarette you could also use tan or white Boge standard resistance cartomizers (instead of the atomizer and cart) - see NiteLiteVapor for those and you cannot use the LR ones on slim 510. I find I can get the most use (1-2 weeks or more) out of a Boge carto with thinner clearer juices. I like to use 80pg/20vg and since cartos are somewhere between difficult and impossible to clean and dry, I only put juices I like in cartos. I use a drip tip to test juices on a manual battery w/ atomizer. Any juices that are not liked can often be saved by mixing with a good tobacco juice or a good vanilla juice or any flavor that is a good flavor blend.
And NoSmokeVA.com has a cigarette-pack look PCC (charging case) in the shape of a cigarette pack.
Things to be aware of -
It is good to have extra charging cables so more than one battery can be charged at once at home and charging cables for work are good. I use 4-port 2amp USB to AC adapters but you can also use a PC's motherboard USB ports for charging batteries. I also find it very helpful to have a 3rd battery - I leave my ecig set up all night while the other two batteries charge. With a cartomizer on it that means it is ready to vape when I get up - no fighting with atty+cart trying to get that first drag. When I go to work I take the 2 charged batteries with me and put the overnight one on the charger. My late-night and overnight battery is a Joye 510 mega xl manual.
short battery life. 100mah is about 1 hour of moderate vaping. Joye 510 is 180mah. The much longer Joye 510 mega xl is 280mah (I use mega xl manual battery at home and when out I use the short ones. I have charging cables at home and at work, and use the NoSmokeVA PCC when out as well as a charged Riva 510 battery is an extra backup)
And 510 (like all decent slim ecigs) is slightly thicker than a real cigarette (it's about 9.2mm diameter). But the plus side is those cartomizers! 510 is the most popular threading by far so it has nice cartomizers available.
And re atomizers - they usually arrive with nasty tasting primer on them. It will be necessary to get that off by blowing out, * priming well with juice, waiting, vape it off w/o inhaling, blow out, and repeat from * until it tastes OK.
I recommend Joye brand so you don't accidentally get a reverse polarity clone. You could check Cignot.com for Joye 510 manual prices - they list both the barrel color and LCD color
To make a white 510 look even more like a cigarette you could also use tan or white Boge standard resistance cartomizers (instead of the atomizer and cart) - see NiteLiteVapor for those and you cannot use the LR ones on slim 510. I find I can get the most use (1-2 weeks or more) out of a Boge carto with thinner clearer juices. I like to use 80pg/20vg and since cartos are somewhere between difficult and impossible to clean and dry, I only put juices I like in cartos. I use a drip tip to test juices on a manual battery w/ atomizer. Any juices that are not liked can often be saved by mixing with a good tobacco juice or a good vanilla juice or any flavor that is a good flavor blend.
And NoSmokeVA.com has a cigarette-pack look PCC (charging case) in the shape of a cigarette pack.
Things to be aware of -
It is good to have extra charging cables so more than one battery can be charged at once at home and charging cables for work are good. I use 4-port 2amp USB to AC adapters but you can also use a PC's motherboard USB ports for charging batteries. I also find it very helpful to have a 3rd battery - I leave my ecig set up all night while the other two batteries charge. With a cartomizer on it that means it is ready to vape when I get up - no fighting with atty+cart trying to get that first drag. When I go to work I take the 2 charged batteries with me and put the overnight one on the charger. My late-night and overnight battery is a Joye 510 mega xl manual.
short battery life. 100mah is about 1 hour of moderate vaping. Joye 510 is 180mah. The much longer Joye 510 mega xl is 280mah (I use mega xl manual battery at home and when out I use the short ones. I have charging cables at home and at work, and use the NoSmokeVA PCC when out as well as a charged Riva 510 battery is an extra backup)
And 510 (like all decent slim ecigs) is slightly thicker than a real cigarette (it's about 9.2mm diameter). But the plus side is those cartomizers! 510 is the most popular threading by far so it has nice cartomizers available.
And re atomizers - they usually arrive with nasty tasting primer on them. It will be necessary to get that off by blowing out, * priming well with juice, waiting, vape it off w/o inhaling, blow out, and repeat from * until it tastes OK.
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...I have this unit as well as the 501 Yeti and Silver Bullet Mod. I still use the E9 and like it, but investing in something with more battery power is a wise move also
