Biansi Imist

glasso wrote: »

no cone required for use?

No, just a battery and some juice and it's good to go!

Been using it all day and I'm impressed.
There's just the right amount of air coming through it for me, unlike some ego-t atties that feel like sucking on a blocked hosepipe.
Vapour and taste are excellent, when the wick is set right.

My one and only gripe is that I've had to adjust the wick a couple of times today, as it seems to lift slightly in the needle plate and I begin to get a slightly dry, muted taste. (perhaps I'm drawing too hard on it or it gets sucked up a tad when the tank is pulled off????)
That said, it's a simple 20 second job to set it right with finger nails or tweezers.

It's early days yet, but I've just ordered another one in case they go out of stock again, so I must be happy with them

Regarding making your own wicks, I've been looking into that for some time now.
I've not had much luck in finding a supply of silicone string yet. I see fibreglass rope for sale (used to seal oven doors and wood stoves) but I'm uneasy about using it, in case my lungs begin bleeding after a week
Perhaps that's what mine are made of anyway? I dunno!

I used the mesh from inside a dead atty to fix up a couple of wicks before, works fine.

derra wrote: »

I have a few small bits here that you can have, assuming it's very little that you need for each repair.
I get it from here for repairing the Bulli.
http://bulli-smoker.de/index.php?a=45
Is it possible to replace the wire in that atty?

Send me a PM and i'll post it off to ya, just don't expect much

That's very nice of you thanks

I suppose with the right tools and know how it would be possible to re-wire it, but they are not designed to really be repairable.
I would try to repair it if I had no other choice, but I think it would be a V fiddly and time consuming job.

I'd love to get a few bits of string to try it and if successful I'll order some. PM on the way, cheers.

Had a good poke around inside the atty and I don't think it's feasible to repair the coil without destroying it altogether

It's so small and tightly packed in, that getting to the underside (where the coil wire connects) without breaking the ceramic, would be a tall order.

Had a look on YT, but can't find anything about replacing coil wire.

Thanks for the offer though, I do appreciate it.

Green Hornet wrote: »

Is there any leaking at all with this Bianii system? Also, is the vapour warm or cool? I prefer warm myself.

No leaks whatsoever, now on day 3 and it's still storming along.

The draw seems cool to me and I just noticed that the increased airflow is probably due to the fact that there are 4 "air intake vents" on the base of the cone, unlike the ego which has 2.

I'm also only using about half the amount of juice that I used with the DCC's, as there is no mess or waste. That was probably my fault though for over filling the carts in case I ran them dry

Take a look at this

No idea what he's saying, but you get the idea anyway.
Have done this in the past, but I squeeze a piece of wire mesh around the top to keep it together. If you open up an old atty, you will find plenty of mesh inside.

I'm sure there are other/better ways to do it, but I had fairly good results with this method.

One week using the Imist and here are my findings:


It's great! Constant full vapour and great throat hit and flavour.
Absolutely no leaks whatsoever.
This is a keeper for me and I think I've finally found the one that "just works"

Initially had a problem with the wick, where it kept rising in the needle plate and causing dry hits. This was easily cured by pulling the wick down slightly.
Then I blew the wick out and lost it, but replaced with one of the included spares.
This has cured the wick problem, as it no longer needs adjusting.
I can only guess that the first wick was a tad too thin and kept shifting in the needle plate.

Yesterday I began to get a slightly burnt taste and opened the assembly to check it out.
The end of the wick was black, so I pulled it out and washed it under the tap.
This removed all the black stuff and after drying and priming it, I re-inserted it and it's working perfectly again.

Short of the Imist going out of production, I don't see myself changing to another device for a long time.
Over the years, I have been through the mill with several types of PV and mods.
Some were initially great, but then went downhill from there and no amount of cleaning or tweaking was going to bring it back.
Some worked very well, but the leaks or waste or inconsistency were too frustrating to be dealing with.
Some were pure sh1t from the word go

I see that the Imist is not widely available at the moment and vendors that do sell it are often low on parts.
I hope this is down to it's increasing popularity and not because it just didn't get an audience with most buyers.



In summary:

I love it, you may not!

I'm using the same tank for the past week.
I take it off and refill it 2 - 3 times per day, sometimes more.
I use a syringe with a blunt needle, through the silicone stopper.