Today I ordered

heliguyheliguy · 19-06-2013 12:32AM

Fresh batch and a week steeped

was.deevey · 19-06-2013 02:24AM

How does chrome plating affect the voltage so much?

The "Chrome" used on those brass connections is AFAIK nickel plating rather than real chrome - Nickel however is certainly as conductive (if not moreso) than brass unless its a crappy nickel alloy they use :-S

(I sanded the connections on my Drawtube, that much extra was delivered, both on fully charged batteries measured off the charger)

My theory is that when you sand the connections you simply get more surface area actually hitting the battery and post correctly hence the increased hit in voltage.

I have my doubts weather its the metal itself actually causing the voltage drops.

Mr. Chrome · 19-06-2013 02:57AM

Jeez, I dunno, I got the natural from 3.54v to 3.8v under a 1.8ohm(i think) load, by sanding down all the contacts.
I dont think I increased suface area, I decreased it if anything because I slighty rounded off some of the contacts.
I could be wrong but I reckon the plating is just some p*ss poor Chinese mystery metal.

was.deevey · 19-06-2013 03:06AM

Some Copper/Nickel alloys only have 4% the conductivity of pure copper ...

Anyhow you should know all about chroming surely

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 19-06-2013 10:17AM

totallywicked are zionists?

artyeva · 19-06-2013 11:37AM

haven't bought anything in a week for aaaaages so treated myself to an igo-w. single coil for now till i get the dremel out and butcher it beyond all usibility pop a second airhole and try it dual coil.

Mr. Chrome · 19-06-2013 04:02PM

artyeva wrote: »

haven't bought anything in a week for aaaaages so treated myself to an igo-w. single coil for now till i get the dremel out and butcher it beyond all usibility pop a second airhole and try it dual coil.

Its a bit daft that they give you a dual coil set up, and only 1 hole.

StickyIcky · 19-06-2013 04:04PM

artyeva wrote: »

haven't bought anything in a week for aaaaages so treated myself to an igo-w. single coil for now till i get the dremel out and butcher it beyond all usibility pop a second airhole and try it dual coil.

Artyeva you're hilarious girl

still chuckling away here

artyeva · 19-06-2013 04:24PM

Mr. Chrome wrote: »

Its a bit daft that they give you a dual coil set up, and only 1 hole.

and they've engraved a logo on the opposite side. hopefully when i attack it with a chainsaw drill slowly and carefully with the correctly sized bit, i can get it under the logo but over the level of the base. the o-rings are nice, zero chance of the top cap coming off without considerable force.

StickyIcky wrote: »

Artyeva you're hilarious girl still chuckling away here

is that funny? it's true though, i'll probably make a haims of it. :P

jamie72 · 20-06-2013 12:32AM

Items Ordered:
2 of : Boge 510 Cartomizers - Low Resistance - Black
1 of : Kanger T3s Clearomizer
1 of : Kanger T3s Replacement Head - 1.7-1.9ohms
1 of : Orange Ice Cream - 10ml - 20mg

I never post here, but for some reason I feel the need to justify what I've bought today.

1. My mate wants to try Vaping, but can't stand clearomizers, even a slight pull from one and the throathit makes her gag uncontrollably. My soloution is to try her on carts, where the throathit should be lighter?

2.My beloved and much touted T2's have let me down. In the last three weeks, three have died for no apparent reason, and they have caused me to throw out good heads thinking they had gone faulty. One of them was only purchased about three weeks ago. The last one I have, just spat a load of juice in my mouth. So, lack of warmth or not, it's time to try something new. The Evod is too small and the pro-tank is too big. The only two bad reviews I can find of the T3s are from 'Anyone' on this forum and and ESI, which means (I hope) he was just unlucky. Being able to rebuild the heads is a big plus too.

3. I got off the fags with orange ice cream, vaped it solidly for months until I couldn't taste it anymore, hoping that maybe I can give it another go now.

TL;DR : Jamie needs reassurance he's making sense.

DublinCJM · 20-06-2013 01:30AM

jamie72 wrote: »

Items Ordered:
2 of : Boge 510 Cartomizers - Low Resistance - Black
1 of : Kanger T3s Clearomizer
1 of : Kanger T3s Replacement Head - 1.7-1.9ohms
1 of : Orange Ice Cream - 10ml - 20mg

I never post here, but for some reason I feel the need to justify what I've bought today.

1. My mate wants to try Vaping, but can't stand clearomizers, even a slight pull from one and the throathit makes her gag uncontrollably. My soloution is to try her on carts, where the throathit should be lighter?

2.My beloved and much touted T2's have let me down. In the last three weeks, three have died for no apparent reason, and they have caused me to throw out good heads thinking they had gone faulty. One of them was only purchased about three weeks ago. The last one I have, just spat a load of juice in my mouth. So, lack of warmth or not, it's time to try something new. The Evod is too small and the pro-tank is too big. The only two bad reviews I can find of the T3s are from 'Anyone' on this forum and and ESI, which means (I hope) he was just unlucky. Being able to rebuild the heads is a big plus too.

3. I got off the fags with orange ice cream, vaped it solidly for months until I couldn't taste it anymore, hoping that maybe I can give it another go now.

TL;DR : Jamie needs reassurance he's making sense.

Only been vaping a few weeks now and started on the t2, but have tried to experiment a bit cos there's so many different reviews of the different clearos out there. This week I've had a go on the the evod (it's working well) and very easy to use, nice flavour and TH. The t3S is a brilliant vape on the el toro Virginia prime, but maybe that's the juice too.

Have also tried the t5 and its good but found it a bit hard to fill and it doesn't take much juice.

Have the protank too which I'm gonna try tomorrow.

It's a few quid trying them all out but in the long run it will be so much cheaper than the smokes!!

jamie72 · 20-06-2013 01:39AM

It's a bit of craic as well when you have plenty of gear, but when everything breaks and you're low on funds, vaping can be irratating. Let us know how you get on with the pro-tank and maybe a comparison of all three with virgina prime.

DublinCJM · 20-06-2013 01:56AM

Yeah sure. Going to try something else in the protank first cos the Virginia prime is working well in the T3S. Will update when I do!

Burdock · 20-06-2013 07:37PM

Sigelei 19
Agr tank
5 boge LR cartos
5 boge SR cartos

Having a bad time with cartos at the moment, they keep flooding. Going to give them one more chance

redkid · 20-06-2013 09:47PM

A couple of 306 drip tips, a couple of evod coils a couple of syringes and an igo-L

StickyIcky · 20-06-2013 09:51PM

Burdock wrote: »

Sigelei 19
Agr tank
5 boge LR cartos
5 boge SR cartos

Having a bad time with cartos at the moment, they keep flooding. Going to give them one more chance

If they keep flooding then maybe you're punching too deep with your carto punch?

This is what I do anyway, look where the black wire is and punch the hole on the other side. When I hear the crack like I've gone through the side I give it a quarter twist more then untwist. Sometimes it looks like the hole didn't punch and it's just the dent, but there is a hole it's just pretty small. I find that works best for me and I vape 50/50 pg vg mix. The times I've gone mad and made a big hole or when I was playing around with two holes either side it was flooding but not really since then.

Burdock · 20-06-2013 10:43PM

StickyIcky wrote: »

If they keep flooding then maybe you're punching too deep with your carto punch?

This is what I do anyway, look where the black wire is and punch the hole on the other side. When I hear the crack like I've gone through the side I give it a quarter twist more then untwist. Sometimes it looks like the hole didn't punch and it's just the dent, but there is a hole it's just pretty small. I find that works best for me and I vape 50/50 pg vg mix. The times I've gone mad and made a big hole or when I was playing around with two holes either side it was flooding but not really since then.

I think it may be my punch, I twist until I hear the click and stop. The punch I bought may just suck ! It's a generic / no brand name one from bargainvapour.com

StickyIcky · 21-06-2013 12:20AM

Burdock wrote: »

I think it may be my punch, I twist until I hear the click and stop. The punch I bought may just suck ! It's a generic / no brand name one from bargainvapour.com

Dunno one I've got is a 5 euro job. How often do they flood. What pg vg juice do you vape? What battery, what tank?

When you say flooding what do you mean, gurgling?

Burdock · 21-06-2013 12:39AM

StickyIcky wrote: »

Dunno one I've got is a 5 euro job. How often do they flood. What pg vg juice do you vape? What battery, what tank?

When you say flooding what do you mean, gurgling?

High PG content so they are quite thin juices, I use either my evic with a telescopic kir fanis body, my vamo or my sigelei, with an AGR tank and carto.
First couple of vapes is usually fine but if I leave it down for a few minutes the carto gurgles and sometimes hot liquid comes out through the drop tip
Using my AGA at the moment

StickyIcky · 21-06-2013 12:52AM

If you want send me 3ml of your juice, I'll punch a new carto and try it. If it vapes ok I'll send you the carto and juice back to try.

Mr. Chrome · 21-06-2013 01:18AM

Maybe try cutting a little slot with a junior hacksaw, thats how I did it after my punch went blunt after punching a few cartos.
I had to stop using my agr v2 because it kept flooding. I had the v1 before that and it still works perfect today. The vendor reckoned some v2s had an issue with air pressure or something. The top caps weren't properly sealed and allowing air in, but he wasnt sure himself.
Or it could be your juice,...or your cartos, I dunno :-)

Eli Nich · 21-06-2013 08:00AM

+1 for the looks Ionised, it is really freaking awesome

Rattleshakes · 21-06-2013 08:02AM

Probably has more to do with the AGR than the boge.I would have thought the only way you can flood a boge is too add too much liquid or fill the tank incorrectly.I use those €5 jobbies and find them ok.How are you filling the AGR?

Rattleshakes · 21-06-2013 08:21AM

1x Kanger cartomizer.

Green Hornet · 21-06-2013 08:41AM

The Kangers are pretty good but tend to be hotter if I remember right. Last time I tried them I put them into a tank and the draw was brutal stiff but the previous times I hadn't used a tank and the draw was fine. Might have screwed them up punching them somehow.

What about the innokin cartos? Anyone ever try them? Innokin seem to be a good brand.

colly10 · 21-06-2013 01:05PM

Burdock wrote: »

Having a bad time with cartos at the moment, they keep flooding. Going to give them one more chance

Each time you punch a carto, pay attention to the number of turns you made from the time the carto punch connects with the carto. If it floods make fewer turns next time till you have a hole size that works

Ionised · 21-06-2013 01:15PM

I was having all sorts of problems getting holes without squashing cartos (using one of the basic carto punches from one of the usual vendors).

In the end I got this http://www.ebay.ie/itm/221008167221 on a reccomendation at it has transformed my carto experience. It has such a sharp punch and an autostop so you can't just dig into the carto. It also does not squash cartos at all.

Rattleshakes · 21-06-2013 02:28PM

Ionised wrote: »

I was having all sorts of problems getting holes without squashing cartos (using one of the basic carto punches from one of the usual vendors).

In the end I got this http://www.ebay.ie/itm/221008167221 on a reccomendation at it has transformed my carto experience. It has such a sharp punch and an autostop so you can't just dig into the carto. It also does not squash cartos at all.

Looks interesting.The generic punchers become blunt far too quickly,still usable, but squash the balls out of the carto.Think I'll give this one a try.

Ionised · 21-06-2013 02:34PM

Rattleshakes wrote: »

Looks interesting.The generic punchers become blunt far too quickly,still usable, but squash the balls out of the carto.Think I'll give this one a try.

I'm sure they can be gotten locally somewhere. Apparently used in air conditioning system repair.

Thecageyone · 21-06-2013 06:56PM

Still awaiting the Vamo V3 I ordered from "Fasttech" 11 days ago. Not so fast then, eh?

I'm betting customs have it and are scratching their holes, wondering what to do as it's only €24 worth. They're entitled to about €4.50 in charges. No doubt they will add on an extra re-postal charge too. &*^%$

Today I ordered

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