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+1 I had two vamos and both broke after a while. My SVD shows no signs of failing though many months on.
Decided to take out a coil from my igo w because one was higher res. It's great now! 2.1ohms too so I can use VW on my SVD. I must say I forgot how nice it is to have that function after using a mech for months and swapping batts every 5 mins!
Thanks for the input guys and not as simple as lighter and fag to mouth but I have gone with Tauren's advice.
Still none the wiser on juice but I can trial and error till I find something I like. I went with Menthol for now, as a trial but can easily order some other if that doesn't work out. Cheers for the help men
Menthol is a good all rounder I find, even if you never smoked menthols. It's a bit of a learning curve at first, but stick with it and you'll find it's even easier than lighter to cigarette (ecig to mouth!).
Awesome, a Vapers lounge! Been Vaping since March last year totally given up on the Tobacco.
Just bought myself a nice Provari Mini and a Vision Eternity Tank to replace my old VgO2, and it's really goodI prefer the fruity flavours and get my juice from JacVapour who do some excellent UK Made flavours, Banana Milkshake, Strawberry Chew(its), and Raspberry my current favs.
BTW My Provari didn't come with Batteries, anyone else get one with them?
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Most tube mods won't come with batts unless you get a kit, so that's fairly normal.
I wouldn't bother with the 650mah, and would just get 2 x 1000mah batts.
I also am not a fan of usb chargers as my main charger, and recommend a decent mains charger to make sure your batteries and usb ports don't go pop.
Other than that, looks good. Twist batts are good and cheap, BDC atty should provide some good oomph, and menthol is a great starter flavour.
Nah, 1000mah twist batts would be fine. I would always recommend carrying a spare battery with you anyway, and they are very small as it is. a 1000mah ego battery with an atomiser on it is roughly the size of a small cigar, and fits nicely in the pocket with a bottle of liquid.
Awesome Lt_Red. Very nice indeed, I bet that cost a pretty penny
I'm considering the caravela or nemesis in 18350 size from FT but don't think the bottom will screw in or screw in flush with my button top battery plus a vape safe fuse.
I got my smokerainbow samples this morning. Not sure which to leave to steep, don't want to waste them as they're only 1ml, but dripper at the ready!
Wax seal at one end, and plastic to snip at the other end.
The Nemesis has a removable kick ring that would give you room to work with depending on how big the vapesafe fuse is (why not get a kick?)
That is priceless. They've exposed my desire to get all of OcUK sucking on large *****s and fondling hairy anuses!
Yeah it's fine. As you vape, some of the flavourings are left behind on the wick, and that starts to darken the liquid, along with the oxidation of the nicotine darkening it. You might notice if you keep refilling it that your vape starts to taste very strong as the concentration builds up, so it's worth rinsing it out every few fills. My brother gave me some pancake syrup that goes virtually black after one fill!
The wick needs to dry out, which is why it didn't vape well at first, otherwise that's standard procedure.
Currently vaping a batch of 2 day old capella coffee cake, and it is pretty vile. Mixed it 12% and it tastes more like ginger than coffee cake. Either this one needs some serious steeping or I'm vaping at the wrong wattage, but I am not a fan! Sadly it's all I brought to Guernsey with me so I'm stuck with it for a few days 
After years of messing about with clearos, tanks and the like, I'm much happier with an igo-w. It just works. Pop a microcoil in and swap the cotton out once a week. Easiest low maintenance device, and excellent flavour too. I always carried a bottle of liquid on me anyway so no change really. £5 from slowtech and everyone is a winner.
Try a few different wattages through the coil maybe? Sometimes too hot can really mess up some liquid's flavours. I tend to use a bit more cotton than others so it doesn't dry out so quickly. Still needs regular topping up, but a good 5 hits before that at least. As above, pics of the deck might help. Maybe a stray leg wire is burning the juice?
Actually I recently put a cotton wick in a nova and it was great. No leaks, great flavour, great tank volume. Easy to rewick too. Just got to hold the wick in place with a toothpick/drillbit while you clip the legs in and you get a straight shot at the coil when you unscrew the tank. Highly recommended. I've been on a dropper for months now and just couldn't go back to tanks though. So easy! So reliable!
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.
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!
As the other chaps have said. Mechs look great, are more compact, and very reliable. They are also fiddly because your atty needs to be the right resistance since you won't have VV/VW, and you'll find yourself changing batteries fairly often to get that 4V kick back. Either that or you put a kick mod in, and forfeit the benefit of no electronics. I'm tempted to get a kick myself just to have a more compact VV mod. I have no idea how you can tell when your batt is nearly dead though!
I would agree with the above. Having owned both, the SVD is more durable than the Vamo, so I would recommend the SVD. All you need to decide then is what atty to put on it, and whether you expect to vape a lot (18650 batts) or not too often (18350 batts) or have sets of each size. I tend to use 18350s for nights out.
Atty wise, I can't speak for the Kayfun lite, but it has been very popular so I expect it works well! Alternatively, you could forgo the tank and go to a dripper like the Igo-W (cheap clone available on FT for £5), or even have both for different situations/backup. Drippers are easy to work with, and they don't ever leak or give dry hits (provided you keep them topped up!). Just don't leave your juice at home
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