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It's a custard, going to mix up a few variations as said. It probably does need a week or two more but this is just a ml or two in my KFL to sample, problem is I'm nearly out of premixed custard at the moment.
 
balky12 said:
Hey all! Looking to upgrade by vaper, currently using http://www.myshishapen.co.uk/products/rechargeable-refillable-electronic-shisha-pen

Have no real problems with it, only when changing flavours the clearomizer will still taste of old flavour for a while, I know simple solution is to buy clearomizer for each flavour.

What do people suggest for an upgrade on my vaper? Nothing to fancy, not sure if variable voltage is my thing.
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The best upgrade for you is going to be a different atomiser to replace your clearos. You'll still be able to use your existing battery if you want, but those ego-style batteries don't put out much voltage, so some people might find them a bit lacking in "oomph".

That's where variable voltage comes in. More vapour/throat hit, provided your wick and coil can take the extra heat without burning your liquid (this is where a good atomiser comes in).

If you are happy with the current setup you have, maybe pick up a few different types of atomiser to put on your battery to see how they compare to what you have now. Rebuildable atomisers can allow you to replace the wick and coil so you get the best flavour all the time without shelling out loads on new atty heads. You can even rewick most disposable attys like novas/protanks etc. If you feel like you aren't getting enough hit/vapour, maybe look into an ego twist battery. Gives you a taste of what variable voltage can offer, but in the same size/form as your existing battery. They're cheap too.

I wouldn't recommend a mechanical mod unless you already have a bit of experience rewicking and coiling atties. It would just be a bit too much hassle and could put you off.
 
NirK said:
Hmm well sort of agree but personally I would stick with the safe chemistry batteries at all times with any mod etc. Sure it will be fine whatever he does, but I would chuck the trustfire POS tbh, for example
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What happened there? Was that due to a crappy battery or charger?

My kit came with a trust fire batteries and charger. I've just ordered 2 Efest 800 mAh IMR batteries as a replacement. Hopefully the charger isn't a fire hazard, it doesn't appear as cheap and nasty as some of the others I've seen.
 
W!ll said:
It's a custard, going to mix up a few variations as said. It probably does need a week or two more but this is just a ml or two in my KFL to sample, problem is I'm nearly out of premixed custard at the moment.
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If its tasting good already, get a production line going.
I make a batch every 2 weeks, that way when i am running low, the next batch is ready :)
 
Might just do that, Perhaps I'll make up as much of this recipe as possible and then order some replacement flavours and try after that. It's kind of sad really an absolute wealth of flavours and I am totally in love with Custard all the time.
 
Bluntwrapped said:
What happened there? Was that due to a crappy battery or charger?

My kit came with a trust fire batteries and charger. I've just ordered 2 Efest 800 mAh IMR batteries as a replacement. Hopefully the charger isn't a fire hazard, it doesn't appear as cheap and nasty as some of the others I've seen.
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Is it the TR-001? It has just been recalled, I used one for about 2 years and never had a problem.
 
Crowort said:
Is it the TR-001? It has just been recalled, I used one for about 2 years and never had a problem.
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I think it is the TR-001 yeah, I don't have it with me at work today but I'll check when I get back home tonight.

I've just done a quick search, seems these have been recalled in countries using the 2 pin power plug. A representative of Trustfire has been quoted saying they're fine for UK use and the recall doesn't apply here.

I've seen various images of the internals of the charger some include a safety fuse and others don't.

I'll maybe open mine up tonight and have a look. The charger was included as part of a kit. If I'm left in any doubt I'll send the seller a message and see what they say.
 
Devrij said:
The best upgrade for you is going to be a different atomiser to replace your clearos. You'll still be able to use your existing battery if you want, but those ego-style batteries don't put out much voltage, so some people might find them a bit lacking in "oomph".

That's where variable voltage comes in. More vapour/throat hit, provided your wick and coil can take the extra heat without burning your liquid (this is where a good atomiser comes in).

If you are happy with the current setup you have, maybe pick up a few different types of atomiser to put on your battery to see how they compare to what you have now. Rebuildable atomisers can allow you to replace the wick and coil so you get the best flavour all the time without shelling out loads on new atty heads. You can even rewick most disposable attys like novas/protanks etc. If you feel like you aren't getting enough hit/vapour, maybe look into an ego twist battery. Gives you a taste of what variable voltage can offer, but in the same size/form as your existing battery. They're cheap too.

I wouldn't recommend a mechanical mod unless you already have a bit of experience rewicking and coiling atties. It would just be a bit too much hassle and could put you off.
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Thanks, would a Ego twist and a pro tank work together? It much work to re-coil/wick the pro tank?
 
Just got the itaste mvp 2 and aerotank through the post and loaded up with my usually tame 12mg RY4. Set to 9 watts mode and aerotank to a half tight draw and in a few large puffs it's blown my head clear off. So much vapour

What a amazing step up from my old ego twist and protank 1...

Gotta go easy now :)

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I need to sort out a setup for Glastonbury this year as i wouldn't want to take my normal kit.

The Aerotanks look ideal. Thinking of a couple of these, along with 2 x fasttech mech clones of some sort and a bunch of fasttech IMR 18500s.
 
The mrs has decided that she wants to buy me a mechanical mod as I keep going on about how I want to try one but can never justify the cost.

So, what's a nice mech mod in 18650 size at around the £100 mark? There seem to be so many. Looking at the Smok-e mountain vanilla at the moment.
 
balky12 said:
Thanks, would a Ego twist and a pro tank work together? It much work to re-coil/wick the pro tank?
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It would, but a protank mini would be better. The full size protank would want a plinth/beauty ring to support it so it didn't look silly/snap at the threads.

I find protanks a bit fiddly to rewick myself, and getting it wrong can cause leaks as they are bottom coiled. Despite lots of newer atties out there, I'm still a fan of vivi novas (mini novas equally good), and I find them much easier to rewick. Youtube some tutorials on rewicking either and see what you think you'd get on with. Novas are great when you wrap a coil with cotton wick, and if you wrap a coil around a toothpick and keep it there to hold the coil in place (it sits neatly in the wick groove) while you clip the legs into place, it's then very easy to yank out the old cotton and just thread a new wisp of cotton through when you need to replace the wick without having to replace the coil. Like I said, see what seems like the easiest for you though. Some guys on here swear by protanks and think novas are old hat!
 
Gregster said:
https://student.societyforscience.org/article/dangerous-rise-electronic-cigarettes

Full of crap or?
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Yes, full of crap. Would you like examples, apart from the massively speculative nature of the article and the frequent use of the word "if" and the clear anti-e-cig bias?

Let's look at what is, at first glance, the most damaging statement:

Goniewicz and his team have studied and detected only a handful of these harmful chemicals in the vapors from e-cigarettes.

That may sound like good news. However, that handful includes compounds called nitrosamines. These potent cancer-causing chemicals are thought to be the main culprits that lead to lung cancer in tobacco smokers
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(Note the use of the word "thought" there)

Wow. Sounds bad, eh? Let's do some really basic research then...the worst nitrosamines are found in products like latex (which I hope you aren't vaping), but these tobacco-specific nitrosamines are...surprise!...found in tobacco. The Wiki article says:

They have been detected in American style "smokeless" tobacco products, but Health New Zealand concluded, in their study, that carcinogens and toxicants were present only below harmful levels.
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...like pretty much anything else we put into our bodies, willingly or otherwise, that isn't a piece of lettuce or something. The defence rests.

Want more? How about the article's doom-mongering crap about how nicotine works at acetylcholine receptors. They "train" your brain to GROW NEW RECEPTORS! And then when you take the nicotine away, those receptors DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! Someone save us!

You know what else does just this? Caffeine. Yeah. Put down that cup of tea!

Oh go on then, one more...some serious speculative tripe about the possible (i.e. unsupported, unproven) effects on kids. Well, as pro-vaping as I am, I wouldn't offer my e-cig to my kids to try...

I could take apart the rest of the article but you get the picture. It's an attack piece with some money behind it, nothing more. And I haven't even mentioned all the pro-vaping scientists and doctors out there who see vaping as the rest of us do - literally a life-saver.

(Apologies for the snark in this post - it's directed entirely at the author of the article, not the person who asked about it)
 
Gave it the benefit of the doubt to begin with... and then it got to quoting Stan Glantz and his complete misinterpretation of his own data.

Complete, unfounded nonsense full of supposition and ignorance.
 
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