Wtf? BluCigs?!
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Dude, way to many folks are unhappy with this model to brush it off as user error. I'm glad you like yours and all, but these type of blu hating threads are on here every single day. There has to be a problem.
I'd say the XL or Mega ego cartomizers are equivalent to a half pack +... I put one on each of my batteries when I leave the house and I never worry about running out the 12-14 hours I am gone..
Rosa, it pleased me to no avail to see you reference the thread that I posted on Life After Blu Cigs. For a noob such as myself to see that gives me a feeling that I've helped someone. And that means the world. Cool!
Rosa, it pleased me to no avail to see you reference the thread that I posted on Life After Blu Cigs. For a noob such as myself to see that gives me a feeling that I've helped someone. And that means the world. Cool!
Your assessment in that thread was very balanced and IMO, very indicative of all that I've heard and read about the BLU, thanks for posting it!
I'm going to 2nd this for the most part. My little l88b Volcano, with a properly broken in atty, puts out just as much vapor as my 510, Hello 016 and box mod. It also feels much much closer to an analog than my other equipment in terms of TH. And I'm using stock carts.The trick is breaking in the atty, these models take several days to break in properly. People expect to be instantly putting out clouds of vapor as soon as they open the box, it doesn't work that way. I've tried stock Blu carts, there's nothing wrong with them. I've tried Blu batteries, there's nothing wrong with them.
Is everybody wrong? No. But I do think theres alot of impatience out there that if something doesn't work great instantly then it sucks. And once something gets a reputation for sucking then alot of people go into it with that mindset. All I know is that my "better" pvs are in a drawer collecting dust while my Volcano was the only one that killed my craving for cigs.
Yeah, I had the same problem started with Blu boy was I disapointed. Found this forum, and just like everyone recommends, I bought a Joye eGo, been happy with it since. I have bought a Riva battery since and personally I perfer the Joye resessed button over the Rivia protruding button, I find if I have the Riva in my case I haveto make sure to turn it sideways otherwise my bottles of e-juice click it on.
xg4bx - As long as you don't mind having to recharge the Blu and/or Volcano batteries every 10 to 30 minutes and/or fiddle around with a PCC, then stick with what you have. Personally, I (and many others) don't have time to be switching and recharging batteries all day long. That's why I ordered two eGo batteries (1000 mAh at cignot.com). And since I don't use atomizers, I bought the batteries and chargers separately, without paying the higher price for a kit.
I curently have all my others in a box and am back to using my Blu for the last 3 weeks. I feel more comfortable with a ciglike PV and I love my Blu/Volcano and when others ask about where to get one I tell them the Blu is not the best but for the same small model and convenience I refer them to Volcano. I also tell them about the 510 and my hubby shows them his. For beginner vapers like I once was, a large apparatus looking thing was not for me. I used my Blu for several months and had no intention of upgrading,but then I got curious after reading all the stuff on here about the 808 and 510 and bought both I still love my Blu with my 510 cartos and now I have both convenience and functionality. When others try my Blu I let them try a stock one and then tell them if they like mine they have to buy the cartos but with the Volcano you get all those carts so they can get started and have something to vape while waiting on the 510 cartos to arrive. No one I know has complained they also like the Blu some even like it stock and have been using it stock for the last 5 mos. So I think opinions are like...... not everyone is going to like the same thing and to each his own.
I started out with a Smokeless Delite starter kit and then bought a Volcano starter kit two days later, because I was having to wait an hour and a half every two hours for the first battery to recharge. They both gave me vaping satisfaction, but it became very frustrating having to recharge batteries constantly -- and I hated the atomizers and having to constantly drip into the cartridges, etc. Then I discovered cartomizers, and then I discovered USB passthroughs, so I ordered three passthroughs, and now I only use the passthroughs. One is connected to an AC adapter with an extension cord and a USB extension cord that will reach from my bed into the bathroom, one is connected to the USB port on one of my computers, and the third is connected to a car lighter adapter. There are no batteries in these Volcano Magma passthroughs, so I never have to mess around with recharging batteries. They work all the time, except once in awhile when I have to clean the threaded ends of the passthroughs with a little rubbing alcohol.
Then I discovered (from all the great members here) that the Joye eGo (which I hope to receive in the mail tomorrow) will last 8 to 12 hours before needing to be recharged. So, that's what I'll use when I'm not at home or in my car. All I have to do is fill several cartomizers every few days (use about four to eight cartos every day), and I've finally gotten to a much less hassle-free experience with vaping. It took a couple of weeks and lots of research, mainly on this forum and watching YouTube videos.
Then I discovered (from all the great members here) that the Joye eGo (which I hope to receive in the mail tomorrow) will last 8 to 12 hours before needing to be recharged. So, that's what I'll use when I'm not at home or in my car. All I have to do is fill several cartomizers every few days (use about four to eight cartos every day), and I've finally gotten to a much less hassle-free experience with vaping. It took a couple of weeks and lots of research, mainly on this forum and watching YouTube videos.
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xg4bx - My two little Volcano L88b batteries last about 10 minutes each (with pretty good throat hits and vapor), then they start losing power, and by 20 minutes at the most, they need to be recharged. It's way too much of a hassle for me.
I'd love to return the whole Volcano kit and kaboodle, but the local smoke shop owner charged me way too much when I first bought the kit (gave me only one battery, one charger, one box of carts, and one PCC for $79.95), and when I mentioned to him that Volcano was selling the $79.95 kit with 2 batteries and 5 boxes of carts, he gave me another battery and 4 more carts. But he still overcharged me by $10 (compared to what I could have bought it from volcanoecigs.com), and I didn't get the USB thing that comes with the $69.95 kit. Then one of the batteries died, so I returned it, and he gave me the only one he supposedly had, the one he used to show customers. That one hasn't worked right since I've had it. I also had to pay $5 each for two extra carts during my first visit and $13 for a 10 ml bottle of Menthol (the only liquid he had). So, I really don't want to enter his smoke shop ever again. I have a feeling he wouldn't refund any of my money, anyway.
Unfortunately, Blu spend alot of time and resources on marketing and advertising instead of putting out a good quality product. Alot of people will see one of the million Blu cig ad's and impulse buy one without knowing what else is out there. They'll get their kit w/ high expectations only to be really let down. Poor vapor, worse battery, constant charging and fiddling. My friend had a Blu that made ok vapor 1 of 10 times. His battery would die before the other was charged, got juice in his mouth if he drew on it too hard trying to get vapor. 2 days and it got sent back. People buy them(Blu) have problems or aren't satisfied and go back to smoking. Most thinking e-cig's/PV's are a "gimmick" which is just not true.
I almost got a Blu at first until I did some research. Luckily I stumbled onto a Vapor Tokers
Fatty. It's basically an eGo,Tornado etc.. but w/ bigger cart and longer atty. What Jantey have as their mega carts/atty's, but doesn't extra. Best decision so far. Vapor Tokers is out of Hawaii and are awesome guys. Straight shooters w/ every question I asked them. Top quality all the way.
Anyway, sorry for the long winded comments. I just hate to see people waste their money on junk and return to tobacco. Moral of the story, read,read,read. And spend the extra $20. you'll be glad you did. Vape on!
I almost got a Blu at first until I did some research. Luckily I stumbled onto a Vapor Tokers
Fatty. It's basically an eGo,Tornado etc.. but w/ bigger cart and longer atty. What Jantey have as their mega carts/atty's, but doesn't extra. Best decision so far. Vapor Tokers is out of Hawaii and are awesome guys. Straight shooters w/ every question I asked them. Top quality all the way.
Anyway, sorry for the long winded comments. I just hate to see people waste their money on junk and return to tobacco. Moral of the story, read,read,read. And spend the extra $20. you'll be glad you did. Vape on!
Probably not, especially after the "free" battery he gave you. What a crook.
Not necessarily, I agree with what xg4bx said about people being impatient and whatnot. Most people try it and send it back the same day, probably specifically because everybody tells them it will suck and they need to send it back as soon as the forum finds out they've ordered it. I'm not saying it's the best PV in the world. An average 510 hit is generally bettery than an average blu hit, but I find myself having to top off/change cartridges a lot more with the 510. That atty puts out so much vapor that it just burns up all the liquid after 15-20 drags sometimes. And the Blu can produce a hit comparable to the 510.
As far as batteries only lasting 10-20 minutes is concerned... Either A: you're lying, B: You chain vape and take the biggest drags known to man, C: your batteries are old/worn out from all your constant vaping, or D: Your batteries are and were defective from the beginning. I had batteries that would only take 15-20 minutes to charge when I first got my blu, and they would only last 20-30 minutes. I called customer service. They told me to try leaving them on the charger for like an hour or two and ignore the blue light. I tried that and it didn't work, so I sent the batteries back under warranty. In a week I had two new batteries that work just fine. Bad product? Not really. Bad quality control? Certainly. I think that's part of the problem. A lot of people get faulty hardware and think it's how the product is supposed to be and just get frustrated and fed up. I can understand that to an extent, but that's the impatience xg4bx was talking about.
The reasons I went with blu are because I could find a lot more about them, they were relatively cheap compared to other models I found on my own before this forum, and they had the 25 cartridges included(which I thought was a good idea cuz I was planning on using them, thinking refilling would be a pain). The PCC was a nice touch too. Others I was looking at included those crappy sites that have plain and menthol only and keep billing you every month and sending carts whether you need them or not and the green smoke. Before this forum, I didn't know what a 510 or anything else was. I made an uninformed purchase and there's better out there, but the blucig is not as horrible of a product that most make it out to be. That's all I'm saying. If it's so bad, why does mine work just fine and is nowhere near as bad as some of the horror stories I've heard about it? Explain that one for me please. I'm not trying to recommend people get the blu. But enough with all the crazy not entirely valid bashing. The Blu is a lot more like a cigarette than the 510 in terms of how much vapor is produced. The 510 is more like hitting a .... or a blunt.
When I used to play airsoft and visit forums, people complained left and right about how a company called HFC's guns were horrible and had no hopup. Everybody loved UHC. Well, I found out HFC DID have hopup, they shot generally with more power and accuracy than UHC, were more reliable, and much more durable. I still have my first HFC gun, from like 8 years ago. It works just fine. Meanwhile, every UHC gun except for the one most recently purchased and barely used is broken and gone. The one they kept promoting the most had all kinds of crap breaking off of it and kept jamming all the time. When it actually did shoot, it curved hard to the left every time. The majority is not always right. The blu is probably not sufficient for most heavy smokers or impatient people, but it's not the big POS most people make it out to be.
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Glad you like it, but I will continue to tell folks not to buy it. I think calling someone a liar because they, like lots and lots of other folks claim the batteries don't last very long is a bit much. So who is a patient person when it comes to getting their dose of nicotine? I sure as hell wasn't. As far as I'm concerned, looks mean squat when we are talking about ecigs. Ease of use, and functionality are the main factors. I doubt even a moderate smoker could go out for a night on the town with a blu and satisfy their nicotine urges without a pocketful of extra batteries. To me, that's unacceptable.
I was all excited about getting 6v device when I got started last year. Big let down imo. Constantly dripping and cleaning up over flow. And the taste of my fav juices went out the window. I found my happy medium with devices that use the 18650 batteries. Big clouds of vapor, same taste while staying at 3.7v.
I almost went with the Blu to start with, based on an outdated review on another (inferior) forum. That's part of the problem with making the choice for a first e-cig, all those outdated reviews out there on the net.
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