hehe last weekend I was getting dry hits on a 4mm coil with wick pressed into the juice channel. Tried with lesser and lesser amounts of cotton in channel till it worked properly...for a while, then dry hits came back. Went back to 3mm coil on the same juice and no dry hit prob. That's why I thought that maybe the wick from coil to deck was too thick, and it's not just trimming (which by itself is easy), but it needs to be cut like a layered hairstyle. The law of diminishing returns does apply vis-a-vis coil size.

And speaking of trimming, I cut off the lip of the juice port (the one on the flat side, not the ridged side) till it was flush with the silicone gasket. Not in an effort to stem a leak, but because each time I opened the cap, the silicone would distort and pull away from the wall of the topcap. Works fine now with smoother opening action.

Mild 7 was rebranded as Mevius.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100008723963...576990588768670

No idea if the Salem brand is still around or not....I haven't looked for cigs in ages

If there was winter here, you'd not need a heater!

U still need to steep. 50-50 and 60-40 (VG/PG percentage) juices need at least a week for me. U can try tasting after 3 days, but better flavor comes with patience. For 80-20 mixes, I let them be for 2-3 weeks, shaking and breathing once a day.

Aside: Anyone noticed a steady degradation of poslaju's service? Gonna be the 4th or 5th time this month I have to go to the paste orfice to extricate my parcel. It's just sitting there, being ignored with no attempt at delivery. I want my flavors, dammit!

Thanks! Clicked and shared and joined that e-cig forum. I love that little mod

https://www.fasttech.com/product/3311800-au...ement-stainless

Sorry I don't know of local sellers for that part.

If u don't mind an opinion from a fellow TFV4 user, just get another 510 drip tip from any vape shop. Unless you really want a cooler vape at higher wattage, the air flow control (AFC) of that drip tip is not very useful, with one exception: I find that on certain light fruity juices, leaving the AFC open just a hair can produce random "sparkles" of more concentrated flavor and sweetness. The effect is mainly felt on the tip and front part of my tongue (where most of the sweet receptors are located). I find that to be a nice change, but as I'm mostly on heavier flavors, that feature is unused most of the time.

It's so sleek and beautiful! But costs USD72.90 (approx RM318) sighhhh.

The sheer horror of that disasterous overhang!! Oh the humanityyyy!!!

....but I kinda like weird aesthetics now and then

Aye...u know what they say....one man's meat is another man's knobbly knob. Aharrr harr harrr



Saved by youtube...was about to use the shopee 11GADGET11 voucher b4 midnite and get RM10 off a Crius....and then I saw this:

Crius with a velocity style deck! WOOOOHOOO!

Aaah..u have me at a disadvantage sir...I've yet to try out the Crius. If it's merely on par with the Bellus, I'll get it for sure when the velocity deck version appears here. That new deck must have been what Richard Ng was hinting at

Yeah I know what u mean. Truth be told, it does look better on a larger mod, and sits fine on my larger vape machines.

But when I want a lighter load, it goes on my evic mini which goes into my pants pocket...sometimes causing ppl to stare

Lets have a bit of history first. In 2008, Joyetech made the Joye 510 e-cigarette. It became so popular that "510" became common reference to the cartridges that'd fit.

Today we have drip-tips, mods, drippers and tanks with "510 threading", meaning that they fit that particular kind of screw thread/aperture wich the Joye 510 has. "510" drip tips do not have screw threads, and are held in place by friction with the help of o-rings.

So if you buy any vaping device or accessory (eg drip tips), which conforms to the 510 size, you are assured that they will fit. The TFV4 drip tip, and the corresponding hole in the tank's top cap are "510" sized. And for the time being, if you like the coolness that the AFC of that drip tip gives, you'll have to get a replacement one from fasttech cos I dunno anyone locally selling it.

Flavor...very subjective, but I'll share my experience on a tobeco clone.

I've tried kanthal and nichrome builds of various sizes...meh @ flavor. It improved a bit more with 3mm Ti spaced coils 8 wraps, the cyclops open about 1mm, the "eyes" shut, using on a 510 drip tip. Haven't messed with claptons yet...lazy to make some...maybe this weekend or the next.

The simple fact of the matter is that the Velocity is a tall and airy dripper more suited to chucking. If u want flavor go for a low profile RDA.

Congrats on quitting cigs. Keep it up!!

lol! I've heard "faiten" a few times b4 too. Also heard "soobom" (sub-ohm) and "kental"

You mentioning the hammond when I was just pondering it is a bit of a coincidence. I have some very nicely seasoned hardwoods of local varities, and canadian rock maple (salvaged from a bowling alley). Was thinking of making myself a mod, and wondering if I should go unregulated or buy a DNA chip.

I saw Smok's's Treebox made of zebra wood in a vape shop, played with it a bit (very light mod, quality construction) and thought to myself: hey! I can do better. Had an image of red merbau main panels, with the lighter colored rock maple going all around top, bottom and sides. Been doing the costing of the components, woodstains, clear coating etc and with time and effort tossed in, it'd cost way more than a new ready-made evic mini. But if I were to get off my lazy butt and do it, it'd be a labor of love. Ahh decisions, decisions. Time to load up a dripper and have a hot cuppa.

Thanks for the link! The price is very good compared to the USD60 plus shipping for an Evolv DNA40. I'll look further into the modules offered by FT.

My FT package arrived at MPC PMIH (KLIA) on the 7th, 5 days after buying...and it still sitting there today. Sighhh. Anyways, nothing important in it...just trivial items. Sabarlah andy...sabarrr.

How about sharing a photo of yr FT goodies to help ease our minds?

I used Sgpost, registered. Next order I'll try China post and see how it goes. As long as the stuff arrives in 2-3 weeks, can't complain much...cos the prices are so cheap!

What made u feel that the general consensus here is like that?

Congrats on being an ex-smoker!

Most excellent! I'm sure you'll keep on being strong and determined. Vape on bro!!

ya! shopaholism is very persistent and draining. And they keep coming out with nice new shiny toys to tempt us.

There's one more thing which I term "cotton anxiety". I've read of many ppl wondering if Muji is organic, so I surfed to mujionline's eu and jp websites. Put the jp website thru google translate. Both sites made no mention of the cut cotton being organic, just unbleached.

Random thought inspired by mentions of Scottish roll wicking in the thread today:
Back in more primitive times, I'd boil cotton balls and dry them b4 using them as wicks. Once I tried to put the cotton balls in the washing machine to spin dry. Bad idea. They came out very flat and matted After they dried fully, I didn't want to waste the cotton, so I pulled them thin and rolled them up. Had I made a youtube vid and it became popular, the scottish roll would probably not exist today, and instead be known as "The Spin-Dry roll"

get #1 and #2

Suggest u wait for the Crius that comes with the Velocity-style deck, and then get that one too!