Let me make a wild guess...u bought it by mail order from some seller on facebook?

May your IMRs arrive soon...and thanks for the photos! Grubs holding a clappy coil...very nice!

From altsmo? I thought they were a reputable company. Thank you for sharing your experience. Think I'll just stick to buying attys from brick n mortar shops.

How much was the aromamizer rdta, and are u ok with using that stretchy band to control airflow?

Sjdvda shared with us in post #1122:

I'll be going to get one soon.

After you get another Velocity, could you please update us on your evaluation of it? It would be much appreciated because I'm wanting to get one too

Since u know where to buy the stuff, I won't get into that.

To get a cool sensation, you can use menthol/cooling agent + flavoring. Experiment with combos of them. For my own taste, cooling agent is sufficient. Be careful about what you use to get the mint flavor; avoid oils.

I don't use any sweeteners as the VG is sweet enough for my taste. Some filtered lime juice helps accentuate fruit flavors to make them "pop".

Be patient and let the stuff age ("steep") and breathe. Note the 3 leftmost bottles in the pic below and their differences in color (all follow the same recipe). The one one on the extreme left was from the batch mixed on 8th Oct (warm water steeping), 2nd one was on 15th Oct (unaided steeping), 3rd one was on 20th Oct (ultrasonic steeping). The 1st and 3rd are smooth and very tasty (but the 1st one is better). 2nd one will take more time before it's ready.

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I've never used steam engine. For my recipes, I use eJuice Me Up http://ejuice.breaktru.com/recipes.html (download link near bottom of page).

Hope you'll be enjoying yr own very economical ejuice soon...and much less gunk on coils/cotton

Whatever container u use, better to label it clearly. I use masking tape for an ersatz label.

Once I had mixed a plain 60/40 juice into a clean hand-soap container (500ml) because I liked the pump dispenser. Left it on the kitchen sink when some friends came to visit, and they had brought some food. Next thing I heard from the kitchen was, "Aiyaah...how come your soap so funny one aaah?". One of them had washed his hands and face with my juice

I was too busy trying not to laugh too much, and getting him to rinse thoroughly.

Am writing in to thank you for your recommendation of CloudGear. Got me a Tobeco Velocity

For RM60, I have no complaints and am happy with it! It's a very affordable clone and one can't expect the quality of the original. As long as it works as it should, I am OK. The following are my observations.

Very minor -ves:
There were 3 small loose burrs, the finishing on the lip of the deck and inside the well is a bit wonky, threading has a few tiny rough spots (does not affect screwing) and one post is approx 0.2mm taller than the other.

The +ves:
The lack of machine oil surprised me (but I'm gonna wash it thoroughly anyways). External finish is good. Fit of the components are nice and snug, the grub screws hold firmly, it has the "locking"/positioning guide, and the AFC does what it's supposed to do.

Think I'll put Ti coils on it

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Didn't buy online. I went to CloudGear Vape Studio in SS15 and bought there. The price I paid for the Velocity was discounted from RM80 to RM60 because I bought a bunch of other stuff from them as well.

Sorry I don't know. Was after the full-sized version. Oh no...poisoned....now I'll have to get the mini too! This is like an addiction!!

Try messaging them on facebook; they're responsive. https://www.facebook.com/Cloudgearvapestudio

The Malay gent who served me (I believe his name was Zam) is most knowledgeable.

The Malay gent did not wear specs. And yes it is a nice place. Am waiting for their new stocks to come in sometime next week; got my eye on a carbon fiber hybrid mech mod Maybe they'll have the Velocity mini then too *fingers crossed*

If your coils are going over themselves, lessen the pressure. Just keep it slightly gentle but firm, and let each new wrap push the coiling cylinder back.

How long a coil lasts depends on the coil material, how good yr wicking is, what u vape, how often u vape, how hot u vape, and how often u dry burn. NOTE: do NOT dry-burn Ti coils...google why u shouldn't do so.

In my own experience, if I vape DIY juice, a coil made of kanthal can last up to 3-4 weeks, Ti and nichrome lasts up to 2-3 weeks. I just change when the flavor reaches a certain point...I can't describe it, but that flavor tells me that the coil is a gone case and it's not worth cleaning and rewicking any more. Sickly sweet local juices with colorants will gunk coils faster resulting in more cleaning/dry burns and hence a shorter lifespan.

BTW, don't forget to update yr Evic mini's firmware if it's not already on v1.20. It's my fav carry-around mod and works great.

You're most welcome I thoroughly enjoy the small size and ease of portability, and you heard right. We haz 75watts now, and I can almost see the LG HG2 batt level drop with every 2 tokes at that setting BTW, you may wanna read up on the Evic mini having real step down (bucking) capability vs the IPV D2's faux step down emulation. I'm not too techy and don't know the implications of real step down vs emulating step down by firing shorter pulses though. As long as I get vapor the way I want it, I'm a happy puffer!

Below are some drippers used with that mod and my ever-faithful flavorful Zephyrus. Been only using the Velocity for a day...it can chuck some serious clouds and the AFC is excellent...but still my fav Snubnose dripper seems to produce better flavor (despite having tried various airflow settings on the Velocity; but I'll keep searching for sweet spots) . Kanthal on the zephy, and a mix of nichrome and Ti (spaced) coils on the rest. Nichrome has a faster ramp-up time than kanthal, but I may be migrating to more Ti coils because it produces a "cleaner" taste. Vape on bro!

https://www.facebook.com/Cloudgearvapestudio

Scroll down to their post on 11th Oct. I had wanted to get one...but the AFC band put me off...not to my taste.

It's been my experience that certain drippers seem to perform better with certain flavor ranges. How your tongue reacts to them is entirely a personal thing, so you'll have to experiment. Clone RDAs r cheep anyways. Some RDAs can chuck clouds better than others while others can give a very intense flavor. Coil type and placement, air flow, fluid dynamics, your style of vapor intake and taste buds all play a part in how the taste and feel of the vape is to you.

If you place importance on cloud-chucking and a very easy build, get a Velocity. It's the easiest build I ever did (see pic below). 3 post/4 hole decks are the 2nd easiest, and the 3 post/3 holes is the fiddliest of them all. There's also postless decks (I forgot the names), but I've yet to play with one.

Fair warning: if you want intense flavor, the Velocity may not be for you. I keep going back to my Snubnose RDA because the intense flavors it produces really suits me.

I see you've been given a very good link in post #2717! Try searching for "evic mini step down forum" as keywords. I came across quite a few of those posts about the stepdown and several had rather detailed info on the workings of power supply modules, bucking and boosting etc, but as I'm not very tech-wise in electronics, I just gave them a cursory glance.

Drippers can produce flavors more intense than an RTA, and can also handle thicker juices which could choke an RTA. My latest "F&N orange" main flavor with slightly creamy undertones and strong menthol/cooling agent concoction is such an example...it's fit only for use in drippers. Dunno why but I like my juices to be thicker than normal, and yes I do prefer drippers but use RTAs only as a convenience while driving. Some flavor profiles which taste great on a dripper may have quite a different result in an RTA.

The great thing about vaping is that you can adjust, customize, mix and match to suit yr personal tastes and preferences. To me, the act of using a dripper can be quite relaxing. I don't really chase clouds (and yes I wasted money on the Velocity clone); flavor's more my speed.

Congrats on the arrival of yr evic mini! Yes I do like that color. Makes for a refreshing change from the normal grey/black of mainstream mods. Had no idea it was called Tiffany blue always thought of it as some shade of teal.
As a rule I never grab something that's very new on the market; prefer to wait till they iron out most if not all the bugs. And now with firmware v1.20, hopefully the evic mini has become a better device. There was much anger over earlier units...probs with TC. I had some fun flipping the display...it's nice to see the numbers as I vape! May your unit bring u much enjoyment!!