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Cleito is good. Are you into dripping?

Like 947 says Samsung 25r, Samsung 30qs or Sony VT5s

A simple Nitecore Intellicharger i4 would be fine
 
I mostly use 25r's (both the green and the blue ones), a few VTC4's and VTC5's too, and have a Nitecore D4 and LiitoKala Engineer Lii-500 charger. They both do the job well enough.

As for tanks, I am a fan of the subtank mini. No top-fill, but apart from that, pretty decent. I have a couple OBS-Crius V3's but don't like them as much as the subtank. But I prefer flavour over vapour, and the Crius is pretty good at vapour and I find the subtank to be better at flavour.

If you prefer flavour, I have yet to come accross a RTA that is better than the Kayfun. The flavour I get from the Kayfun is just the best I've experienced from an RTA. Short of some drippers. But it doesn't lend itself to direct lung inhales, which I do really prefer as a vaping style.
 
jesus2nd said:
I am tempted to delve into the world of dripping, does look a little daunting though!
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It can be, at first. But so long as you have a decent mod or ohm meter, it's pretty decent. I much prefer the flavour you can get from certain builds in certain drippers. But it's equally as good for vaopour on certain drippers too. It's not much use for when your out and about though, unless you don't mind carrying a juice bottle everywhere and dripping on the move. But excellent for practicing coils and wicking when you're at home.

You could start off with a relatively easy to build clone. They don't cost much. Just pick up a velocity clone and an El Cabron clone from Fasttech to get started. That should be a good flavour and a good cloud dripper sorted. Probably about £13 for the 2. Pick China Post and it should be pretty quick. They are both easy to build on, and will both give you a shot at different build decks, and experiences of what you can get from dripping.

You could pick up a coil master while your at it : https://www.fasttech.com/products/0...master-v3-6-in-1-e-cigarette-wire-coil-winder Only £4 and will help massively when starting out.

If it's not for you, it's not much money, and you can sell them on anyway.
 
Gee said:
Charger wise, Opus BT-3100 V2.2/LiitoKala Lii-500/Xtar VC4. Nitecore's are crap imo.

Batteries, as above; Samsung 25R5/Samsung 30Q/Sony VTC5.
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Iv had a Nitecore i2 and an i4 since I started vaping nearly 4 years ago. Havnt had a single problem with both of them
 
kPATm said:
Iv had a Nitecore i2 and an i4 since I started vaping nearly 4 years ago. Havnt had a single problem with both of them
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I'm sure you haven't, but for me I need something that does more than 4x0.375A charging.

Both the Opus & Liito do 4x1A charging and the Opus can do 2x2A charging. The VC4 (Xtar) does 2x1A or 4x0.5A.
 
Gee said:
I'm sure you haven't, but for me I need something that does more than 4x0.375A charging.

Both the Opus & Liito do 4x1A charging and the Opus can do 2x2A charging. The VC4 (Xtar) does 2x1A or 4x0.5A.
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0.375A charging is more sympathetic to the battery though. I have zero qualms with using my Nitecore, and I had an i4 before the D4.

I use both my D4 and my Liito though. I have the Liito in the office and the D4 in the garage. But when using the Liito I do set it to 0.5A charging. I'm never in so much of a hurry as to need to risk my battery life for a faster charge.

Of course, I do rotate around 20 batteries, so usually have a couple fully charged anyway.
 
xs2man said:
It can be, at first. But so long as you have a decent mod or ohm meter, it's pretty decent. I much prefer the flavour you can get from certain builds in certain drippers. But it's equally as good for vaopour on certain drippers too. It's not much use for when your out and about though, unless you don't mind carrying a juice bottle everywhere and dripping on the move. But excellent for practicing coils and wicking when you're at home.

You could start off with a relatively easy to build clone. They don't cost much. Just pick up a velocity clone and an El Cabron clone from Fasttech to get started. That should be a good flavour and a good cloud dripper sorted. Probably about £13 for the 2. Pick China Post and it should be pretty quick. They are both easy to build on, and will both give you a shot at different build decks, and experiences of what you can get from dripping.

You could pick up a coil master while your at it : https://www.fasttech.com/products/0...master-v3-6-in-1-e-cigarette-wire-coil-winder Only £4 and will help massively when starting out.

If it's not for you, it's not much money, and you can sell them on anyway.
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Cheers buddy, I'll have a look at a few walkthroughs to see if I can get my head around it! Reckon I'd be good dripping with my VTC mini or would I need something more ballsy like that wisemec?
 
xs2man said:
0.375A charging is more sympathetic to the battery though. I have zero qualms with using my Nitecore, and I had an i4 before the D4.

I use both my D4 and my Liito though. I have the Liito in the office and the D4 in the garage. But when using the Liito I do set it to 0.5A charging. I'm never in so much of a hurry as to need to risk my battery life for a faster charge.

Of course, I do rotate around 20 batteries, so usually have a couple fully charged anyway.
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It depends on the batteries. Samung 25R's for example can be charged at 1.25A with no issues. Usually speaking, anything smaller than an 18650 needs to be charged at the lower currents (<0.5A). Providing they don't get hot during charging, they'll maintain their life.
 
The Nitecore makes a buzzing noise when it's powered on when not charging.

I have a i2 but the new um models don't seem to have this feature.

I personally charage all my batteries at 1.0amp now a days, modern good batteries support 2 amp charging but it is true that charging at higher amps does reduces lift span.

I'm under the believe that the battery should be replaced in 6-12 months if used regularly as there will be newer and better batteries in 6/12 months time, so you will want to be changing your batteries anyway.
 
Wish I had opted for a faster charger - my Nitecore D2 takes approx 4.5 hours to fully charge 2 samsung 30Qs.
I have 4 batteries and only a single battery mod so not really a big problem.
 
slinxy said:
I personally charage all my batteries at 1.0amp now a days, modern good batteries support 2 amp charging but it is true that charging at higher amps does reduces lift span.

I'm under the believe that the battery should be replaced in 6-12 months if used regularly as there will be newer and better batteries in 6/12 months time, so you will want to be changing your batteries anyway.
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Exactly this.

To quote Mooch:
Charging at a slower rate is better, to a point. Most of our 18650 batteries have a "standard" charge rate of 1.0A-1.5A and a "rapid" charge rate of up to 4A. Charging at 0.5A might help extend the life of your batteries a bit but if the batteries are not getting warm at 1.0A then that's a good compromise between battery life and convenience. Going down to 0.375A or 0.25A won't help much versus charging at 0.5A.

Charge 18350's at 0.5A until you know that they aren't getting more than a bit warm.

Charge 26650's at 1.0A until you know that they aren't getting more than a bit warm. The better 26650's can be charged at up 2.0A without adversely affecting battery life.
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Well,my spending for the month has gone a bit mental. Bought a Sunbox E7 monster and Origen v2 squonk set up a few weeks ago and then yesterday I bought a genuine pancake dripper and another Sunbox squonker. This time I got the E7 MODULO DNA40 with extra carbon fibre wrap doors and some nice wood ones plus a leather pouch for it to take on holiday with me.

Ive spent well over £500 this month and thats without juice so I'm done for a while. TBH I now have my perfect home/work setup so I will be buying juice only...and maybe a few drip tips :p
 
slinxy said:
The Nitecore makes a buzzing noise when it's powered on when not charging.

I have a i2 but the new um models don't seem to have this feature.

I personally charage all my batteries at 1.0amp now a days, modern good batteries support 2 amp charging but it is true that charging at higher amps does reduces lift span.

I'm under the believe that the battery should be replaced in 6-12 months if used regularly as there will be newer and better batteries in 6/12 months time, so you will want to be changing your batteries anyway.
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Urgh my i2 has the nice buzzing feature, which is why it now lives at work in a noisy workshop.

The efest luc6 is worth a mention, £35, does 6x0.5a, 4x1a and 2x2a plus some other combinations, very happy with mine :)
 
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