Lavatube

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 20-03-2012 2:39pm

cool stuff

Tom123 · 20-03-2012 9:45pm

derra wrote: »

Freedom Vape does have the Lavatube at low prices, Holiday15 is the current code.

http://freedomvape.co.uk/shop/category_2/Electronic-Cigarettes.html?sessid=DwluJU5hhFGAh2t6VxhZ7aD9TzJXTcaZmDqo84l7U2DARDaUL07ppb43YR8Acax1&shop_param=cid%3D%26

Going to finally order the LT, this evening.
Are these the "safe" batteries with this?

newmark · 20-03-2012 9:52pm

Tom123 wrote: »

derra wrote: »

Freedom Vape does have the Lavatube at low prices, Holiday15 is the current code.

http://freedomvape.co.uk/shop/category_2/Electronic-Cigarettes.html?sessid=DwluJU5hhFGAh2t6VxhZ7aD9TzJXTcaZmDqo84l7U2DARDaUL07ppb43YR8Acax1&shop_param=cid%3D%26

Going to finally order the LT, this evening.
Are these the "safe" batteries with this?

If u are ordering from freedomvape i think they are on holidays until 27th so you could be waiting a while for it!

derra · 20-03-2012 9:54pm

Tom123 wrote: »

Going to finally order the LT, this evening.
Are these the "safe" batteries with this?

I'm the last person you should be asking about batteries

One of the others will point you in the right direction.

Tom123 · 20-03-2012 9:56pm

derra wrote: »

I'm the last person you should be asking about batteries

One of the others will point you in the right direction.

I haven't a clue myself, I asked several times but I just can't get my head around it.
Only just starting to get my head around voltage, ohms and watts now.

newmark · 20-03-2012 9:59pm

Tom123 wrote: »

I haven't a clue myself, I asked several times but I just can't get my head around it.
Only just starting to get my head around voltage, ohms and watts now.

Hi Tom
The link you have put up isn't showing batteries, its just showing lavatubes and other bits. Maybe if you link it again or do you mean the batteries that are coming with the kit on the page you linked?

Tom123 · 20-03-2012 10:02pm

newmark wrote: »

Hi Tom
The link you have put up isn't showing batteries, its just showing lavatubes and other bits. Maybe if you link it again or do you mean the batteries that are coming with the kit on the page you linked?

It comes with these batteries

2 x 18650 Sanyo 2200mah Lithium Ion Batteries

p.s. we are so few sites stocking the LT now?

newmark · 20-03-2012 10:13pm

Tom123 wrote: »

It comes with these batteries

2 x 18650 Sanyo 2200mah Lithium Ion Batteries

p.s. we are so few sites stocking the LT now?

I think those sanyo batteries are not great, I believe these ones are a lot better though and are supposed to be the real deal

http://www.ecigwizard.com/shop/en/batteries/403-aw-18650-2000mah-high-drain.html discount code ECR69 gets them for £11.37 each

There was one of the lads here selling a lavatube body, if you want I can pm him and ask him to contact you? If you got that off him with the above batteries it might not work out too bad.

Liberty Flights also do them batteries cheaper than ecigwizard but they are out of stock at the moment and they have the lavatube new as well. I think the code ECF69 gets you 15% discount with them.

newmark · 20-03-2012 10:18pm

Tom123 wrote: »

It comes with these batteries

2 x 18650 Sanyo 2200mah Lithium Ion Batteries

p.s. we are so few sites stocking the LT now?

I heard some of the lads saying there is supposed to be a lavatube2 on the way so maybe they are waiting for that and not restocking the Lavatube.
I couldn't wait for the lavatube 2 myself though and got one from liberty flights last week. If I knew there was one coming very soon I might have but I couldn't pin down a date for it becoming available anywhere so took the plunge and got one.

Tom123 · 20-03-2012 10:39pm

newmark wrote: »

I think those sanyo batteries are not great, I believe these ones are a lot better though and are supposed to be the real deal

http://www.ecigwizard.com/shop/en/batteries/403-aw-18650-2000mah-high-drain.html discount code ECR69 gets them for £11.37 each

There was one of the lads here selling a lavatube body, if you want I can pm him and ask him to contact you? If you got that off him with the above batteries it might not work out too bad.

Liberty Flights also do them batteries cheaper than ecigwizard but they are out of stock at the moment and they have the lavatube new as well. I think the code ECF69 gets you 15% discount with them.

Cheers.

LF are out of LT stock as well. If someone is selling the LT I would definitely be interested.

newmark · 20-03-2012 10:52pm

Tom123 wrote: »

Cheers.

LF are out of LT stock as well. If someone is selling the LT I would definitely be interested.

I have messaged him to contact you but I'm not sure when he will be on next. I'm nearly sure he still has it though as I was talking to him about buying it for my friend the other day but my friend went for something else in the end as is only starting out in vaping.

Tom123 · 21-03-2012 12:43am

OK just couldn't wait any longer so I ordered by LT from ecigwizard.com

LAVATUBEBODY Lavatube VV Mod - Body Only
TFIRECHRGR TrustFire Multifunction Charger No
AW2000MAHRED AW 18650 - 2000mAh - IMR High Drain - Genuine

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 21-03-2012 12:48am

cool stuff

ezsmoke have some boge 3ohms and if you look in the wheretobuy thread (i think) there's a coupon for.. something off for the next couple of days

you will need an oring I think to cover the end of the lavatube as those batteries are ever so slightly too long for it to screw on completely, but someone said any motor/hardware shop oughta have them. just bring the lavatube in so they know what size you need

Tom123 · 21-03-2012 12:55am

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

cool stuff

ezsmoke have some boge 3ohms and if you look in the wheretobuy thread (i think) there's a coupon for.. something off for the next couple of days

you will need an oring I think to cover the end of the lavatube as those batteries are ever so slightly too long for it to screw on completely, but someone said any motor/hardware shop oughta have them. just bring the lavatube in so they know what size you need

Cheers will have to investigate that oring when the LT arrives. And thanks for all the advise leading up to this much delayed purchase, I'd say you are sick of explaining batteries to me

Going to try out those 2.7ohms DCC I have for the DCT and have purchased 5 of these to keep me going

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 21-03-2012 1:00am

wtf

they're boge 3ohms
why the hell does the name say joye
there hafe been boge 3ohms on sale in ireland for the past few ****ing months?!

newmark · 21-03-2012 8:20am

Tom123 wrote: »

OK just couldn't wait any longer so I ordered by LT from ecigwizard.com

Excellent you sure to like it anyway its a great vape especially with the cartomisers...

newmark · 21-03-2012 8:25am

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

wtf

they're boge 3ohms
why the hell does the name say joye
there hafe been boge 3ohms on sale in ireland for the past few ****ing months?!

I cant believe it either and I scouring the net yesterday looking for cheapest place to get them! And I have looked at that website a lot and never twigged they were boges over the Joye heading in their description.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 21-03-2012 10:05am

i know!!

ordering from china is still cheaper but i'd definitely have ordered a load from them before I placed a chinese order if I'd known before now they were 3 ohm boges
**** I placed an order earlier yesterday and I'd have ordered some if i'd known they were 3 ohm boges

stevenmu · 21-03-2012 10:20am

Tom123 wrote: »

OK just couldn't wait any longer so I ordered by LT from ecigwizard.com

That's where I got mine last week and I'm happy enough with them, I ordered on a Sunday night and it was in my hands Friday which isn't too bad. I got the same batteries too, they are a little long so like Sir Digby says you might want to get an o-ring, but the gap left isn't very big so I don't know if it's really needed.

Tom123 · 21-03-2012 10:31am

My LT order is "being processed"

mrplop · 21-03-2012 11:53am

ordering from china is still cheaper but i'd definitely have ordered a load from them before I placed a chinese order if I'd known before now they were 3 ohm boges
**** I placed an order earlier yesterday and I'd have ordered some if i'd known they were 3 ohm boges

Dekang and Boge are all the same company - I think Joyetech are part of that group too.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 21-03-2012 11:58am

i knew boge and dekang were the same company, didnt know about joye though
so joye cartos are boge cartos? or do they manufacture different branded cartos

wishy id seen that post before i emailed TBS telling them to rename their joye cartos to boge cartos
dont I feel like a fool

mrplop · 21-03-2012 12:09pm

I'm not 100% sure about Boge and Joyetech - I know that Joye ejuice is produced by Dekang though. TBS do know that those cartos are Boge, the youtube link below the product is a Boge review by igetcha69.

*edit*

On doing a bit of research Joye and Boge may have affiliations but I think they are seperate entities.
The Joye cartos are very good with no break in time apparently.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 21-03-2012 1:48pm

oh aye I know they know they're boge, it's just I never once clicked into the link as all I saw was "joye 510" so never would have guessed they were boge 3ohms

Tom123 · 26-03-2012 6:23pm

Tom123 wrote: »

My LT order is "being processed"

Thought it would arrive today, but still no LT

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 26-03-2012 8:21pm

can take a week from the uk, should get it this week

newmark · 27-03-2012 9:02am

If anyone is waiting to order good 18650's for Lavatubes I've just seen on my facebook page that Liberty Flights just got back in the good AW IMR 2000Mah ones. They work out at less than €22 including free delivery for 2 of them if using discount code VAPEUK. http://www.liberty-flights.co.uk/product.asp?id=159

Tom123 · 27-03-2012 7:50pm

LT arrive

But having intermittent power cuts in the apartment so can't charge the batteries

How much difference will it make if I use the batteries without first charging?

Hunter Mahan · 27-03-2012 8:19pm

Tom123 wrote: »

LT arrive

But having intermittent power cuts in the apartment so can't charge the batteries

How much difference will it make if I use the batteries without first charging?

They normally come pre charged to about 3.9. So I would say work away. Put the batteries in turn it on, press the red button 7 times and it will tell you what charge is on the batteries.

Tom123 · 27-03-2012 10:22pm

WOW!!

3 ohm bodge at 6 volts packs a punch!

newmark · 28-03-2012 12:09am

Tom123 wrote: »

WOW!!

3 ohm bodge at 6 volts packs a punch!

Enjoy!

eeloe · 29-03-2012 10:00pm

http://www.health-e-vape.co.uk/new-chrome-v2-lavatube-variable-voltage-premium-mega-bundle-kit-special-offer-pre-order--1088-p.asp

Lavatube v2!!!!!

It's just a redesign tho, still has the 2.5amp limit, so no rocking dual coils over 3.7v.

Still looks sweet as a nut tho!

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 29-03-2012 10:15pm

not sure I like the chrome look, pain in the balls about the amp limit too

--edit

from a ukvapers thread

"Il wait for the other one from smok 5amp version. "

smoke are making a 5 amp limit LT clone?!

eeloe · 29-03-2012 10:50pm

http://ukvapers.com/topic/17201-smok-variable-voltage-coming-soon/

Aye, I prefer the look of the LT to the Smok one to be honest!

wingnut32 · 29-03-2012 10:56pm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

not sure I like the chrome look, pain in the balls about the amp limit too

--edit

from a ukvapers thread

"Il wait for the other one from smok 5amp version. "

smoke are making a 5 amp limit LT clone?!

Its called the varivolt at the minute, dont think this is going to be as cheap as the LT but it has a 5 amp cut off for sure.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 29-03-2012 10:58pm

ugh, one button control
boo

"pres button, wait 5 seconds, cycle to voltage control, blah blah blah blah blah"

eeloe · 29-03-2012 11:06pm

Yep, if the LT v2 is as good as the pics, it's deffo the way to go, up, down, on/off and a loud pedal....way to go!

Provari killer? :-)

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 29-03-2012 11:07pm

cheap provari alternative still I'd say, but still an improvement on the LT for the same/similar price is pretty cool

eeloe · 29-03-2012 11:10pm

The only thing that was ever turning me off the lavatube was the questionable build quality....

It appear with this they may have sorted it out....think I might bite the bullet and put my name on the pre order list....It'll be a HORRIBLE 6 week wait tho...

stevenmu · 30-03-2012 9:10am

Not sure if this is a genuine V2 or not, one of the US stores was selling these as a special edition V1 a week or two ago. They were saying that it was pretty much the exact same except it had an eGo compatible connector.

Link to Reddit thread

Pictures:

eeloe · 30-03-2012 12:44pm

Aye, it does appear to be more of a limited edition design, as apposed to a v2 version, still slick tho!

mrplop · 30-03-2012 2:29pm

There's a few now, the Smoktech version which has a 4amp limitation, the Lavatube V2 and the Tobeco - which is the ugliest thing I've ever seen:eek:

563031_136078193187671_100003564721949_145517_1979475641_n-1.jpg

new-chrome-v2-lavatube-variable-voltage-premium-mega-bundle-kit-special-offer-pre-order--2-1088-p.jpg

The Smok and V2 look like things you should be picking small hairs off.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 30-03-2012 2:30pm

the smoktech one apparently uses stacked batteries

mrplop · 30-03-2012 2:40pm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

the smoktech one apparently uses stacked batteries

I thought that was dodgy?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 30-03-2012 2:46pm

aye, dont know the specifics but I've seen a lot of people on other ecig sites warning against it

from ukvapers

DISCLAIMER: I am not an expert and this post could be total BS but I am posting it to further the collective knowledge.

As far as I can make out its not shorting thats a problem but the fact that time and again from experience people are saying that one battery is always being worked much harder than the other, whether thats deduced from battery heat or how much charge a battery has lost.

We are always warned not to stack an older battery with a newer battery in series, well after a time if the above is true then isn't one of the batteries technically aging faster. Now you will be rotating these batteries around in most cases without knowing it when you take them out and replace them so over time they should be aging about the same. But just like you can roll heads 100 times if you toss a coin enough times it is my opinion there are some seriously unlucky mofos who have been doing the same with batteries until the overworked one freaks out.

http://ukvapers.com/topic/17201-smok-variable-voltage-coming-soon/

mrplop · 30-03-2012 3:10pm

I'd say it's something that could addressed with protection circuitry of some kind.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 01-04-2012 3:46pm

http://2smok.com/mod-s/thundervolt/thundervolt-730.html

2smok has lavatube (thundervolt) bodies for 36 euro, full kit for 52 euro

iirc, postage is reasonable from this crowd. comes from spain im pretty sure so postage shouldnt be too long.

i think its part of their easter sale, valid until april 8th according to the email I got

eeloe · 01-04-2012 8:34pm

That's the pre order list isn't it?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 01-04-2012 8:41pm

nah, it's an original LT not a new version or anything
just cheaper than anywhere else afaik

tommy2bad · 01-04-2012 8:57pm

Love the finish on the Smok ones, kinda like the old Ronson lighters.

Lavatube

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