SupaDoopa

I have the basic EGO-T that mostly everyone starts off with. I'm looking to get something a little better. I noticed some people posting up the Magneto and stuff. What do you guys suggest? I am a pack every other day kinda guy. I started vaping and now I only have a cigarette, maybe two a day now - some days none unless I'm drinking.

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Zmax, vamo or SID for the battery.

Atomizers are a whole nother area. With personal tastes. I have a writeup a few pages back on the T2, T3, Protank. iClear 16 and 30 are also good.

Do you have just the Ego-t Battery or do you have the whole setup with the shitty punch carts? If the punch carts I would look into getting a different cart/atty setup first with the battery you have.

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NoPistons!

ecigs caused me to develop lumps on the back of my neck. i gave up on em, went back to real cigarettes and the lumps went away. My lungs, stamina, blood pressure and stress level are NOT grateful so i guess i'll have to go fetch my balls and quit cold turkey.

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DALAZ_68

doing so actually lol

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808_s13

After my ego twist, I went for a mechanical mod. The K101 is definately a good upgrade from an ego. I haven't had any experience with the magneto, but I'm sure its a solid product. When you decide on what mod you want, the kanger protank 2 is a awsome tank to run. Packs a great flavor.

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mad-ass

Here's the charger I use.
https://www.fasttech.com/products/1119500

and battery
https://www.fasttech.com/products/1143802

and the RSST RBA
https://www.fasttech.com/products/1428620

And the Mod I use. Telescoping Mechanical Mod.
https://www.fasttech.com/p/1408900

30G Kanthal A1 wire
Kanthal A1 Wire 30 Gauge 100 ft 0 39oz Resistance Resistor AWG A 1 | eBay

and the 400x400 SS Mesh
Stainless Steel Mesh #400 12" X 12"

There goes my whole setup, I started vaping with those cig looking one's in 2007, it crapped out and stopped, started again with eGo/510 batteries and tank setup from Volcano e-cigs in 2011, I just recently upgraded to the Mech. Mod couple of weeks ago. I'm pretty set on vaping supplies for next few years to rebuild the atty with except the juice of course.

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S14DB

Nitecore's are far beyond any other charger in quality and performance. Price is reasonable too compared to others.

This is the new hot shit battery:
$10.51 Samsung INR18650-20R 3.6V 2000mAh Rechargeable Li-Ion Batteries (2-Pack) - max discharging current 15A / unprotected at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping
Sony's are nice too...

RBA's and mech's may be a little advanced for the newb that's why I recomended the VV/VW
Found 15 vamo v3 at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping
You can get kits with Nitecore charger and Sony battery's.


Vivi Nova Killer
$8.28 Innokin iClear 30 Dual Coil Electronic Cigarette Round Mouth Atomizer (3.0ml) - translucent at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping

Ce4/Starmate/Ect killer
$3.00 Innokin iClear 16 Dual Coil Electronic Cigarette Round Mouth Atomizer (1.6ml) - translucent / 2.4

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ALTRNTV

Uncle Junks makes quality e-liquids.
Which one? lol

mad-ass

I was looking into vv/vw mods vs. Mech. Mod when I got mine.
I've read way too much and it seemed like everyone just eventually converts over to Genny RBA's and Mech. Mods because they are tired of messing around with the device settings and paying too much for replacement carto/atty. Plus the Mech. Mods came out before the vv/vw's did anyways and there is got to be a good reason why it's still being produced.

I don't think Mech. Mods are that much of advanced IMO..I mean that as in comparison of if you know how to chance shocks on your car, you know how to install coilovers kind of thing. as long as you know how to measure voltage and resistance..there shouldn't be any problems.

if you are going to do something that requires more maintenance in first place, why not care to learn a bit more about it?

The hardest thing I'm coming across with my setup is getting the wick/coil setup right. takes me couple of tries before I don't get any dry-hits.

and on those samsung batteries, I was looking at getting those, but I liked the fact that Sanyo battery I ordered has a built in protection[makes the batt longer by few mm, but I got a telescoping mod for a reason] and i've read way too many good reviews to not get them at the price they are at.

and post all your Fav. e-juices and links if possible, I 'm kind of getting tired of ordering from Mad-Vapes[their juice quality is very inconsistent and it's a hit and miss everytime even on a same flavor/strength reorders except 1 juice from them. Ultamint is my fav so far from them.] BUT their prices on juice is very hard to ignore.

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ALTRNTV

That's always the thing that annoys me the most, when you can't find where the coils are touching. What kind of wraps do you guys do? I do a 4-wrap build I like to call the "rock-on", because it looks like |,,| hence, the name given to it.

mad-ass

I do the 3/2 wrap, so just one less coil than yours. Note that I am using 30G kenthal a-1 wire as well, I'm thinking about going with 28G as well, [it's cheap enough to not care about for 100 ft of them].

I think I have found the reason of dry hits on my setup just a bit ago.
even with the normal "genny tilt vape" i was getting dry hits. I think it has a lot to do with the way the wick is made. Mine is out of SS mesh and is hollow-rolled, but the coils are very evenly spaced out from the bottom post[the negative/-] to top post[positive/+] so that the rate of juice wicking/flow wasn't enough to keep up with the way the coil was evaporating the liquid.

So later today, I'll try to get the coils to sit lower to the base while firing evenly, and if that doesn't work i'll add in one more coil wrap[higher resistance] and see if that does me better. With my 3/2 wrap, I'm getting about 0.6~7 omhs. But I also don't do any burn in/carbon build up process as a lot of the vid's i've been watching on YT...no one does the carbon build/burn in process anymore, but that might be the trick I need to do as well.

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808_s13

Vaporlabsonline.com is a California based business. They have 3 locations in socal. Ecig city also has 5 locations in socal. The reason why I like to check out these stores is because you have access to hundreds of eliquid to sample.

My favorite brands/flavors are:
E Liq cube: melon ball 6mg, pinkstarbust 6mg, lovepotion 6mg
Villan Vapors: pair of duecess 6mg
Uncle Jack's Genius: monicas eyes 6mg

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ALTRNTV

I hope some of you can make it out to my shop!



P.S. That dude's nails on that video above are nasty...

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mad-ass

Just out of pure boredom, i cleaned my RSST and recoiled it. 30g Kenthal A-1 wire and 400x400 SS Mesh.

I did the 4/3 wrap, came out to about 3.0 omhs unburned, and went down to about 2.6 omh's after burn in. RSST has really large wick hole, so I am able to take the mesh and wrap it around the rod of a Q-Tip while I am wrapping the coil around the stainless mesh wick. This helps a lot in many ways, it keeps the mesh straight and makes this 10x easier while wrapping the coil, and also allows the wick to have a hollow center with about 2.5 wraps of mesh.

I can chain vape without doing the normal genny tilt, and the wick is able to keep up with the burning from the coil.

Just sharing my experience from today.

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808_s13

Nice build with the rsst. I'm about to run a 30g twin coil on it

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AsleepAltima

I recoiled/rewicked my rda today. took an octopus wick split it into 4's, removed the existing coil and recoiled with 28 Kanthal @ 1.5 ohms.

808_s13

Build on my rsst with 3mm folded silica, wraped with a dual 30g coil at 4 wraps. Wasn't successful because the coil will dry out despite "the genesis tilt". Even tho its a folded wick, there was still a little bit of room inside the wick hole.

I aborted that setup and put ss mesh back on. Twin wrap, 3x with the same 30g

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ALTRNTV

My builds are usually around 0.35-0.42ohms on my Nimbus.

AsleepAltima

Mine is making clouds of smoke now and doesn't dry out fast. Battery life is amazing too. I would go lower on the resistance, but then battery life would suffer. I think I like how it is now.

808_s13

AsleepAltima, are you using a nimbus?

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mad-ass

I'm on same battery for 2+days now...i'll eventually die soon, but i think that's superb battery life.

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S14DB

If you are on a full mech mod then it depends on the battery. Some last longer when they get "hot"

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AsleepAltima

No, I have a phoenix v5 rda. Actually, I think this is the v7.

AsleepAltima

This one's going on 3 days now. Still amazing me with the amount of vapor this thing makes. Loving it!

mad-ass

dripper atty is...a dripper atty

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AsleepAltima

And I'll probably never go back to a tank. lol

S14DB

Tanks are nice for travel.

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AsleepAltima

Won't argue with that. Dangerous to try and drip fresh juice and drive. Lol