So, finalised details for Saturday's (err... today?) little vape pow-wow is as below (considering Rasta VM getting no response):

Start location: Chatime PV128 (open until late - but might move if it becomes too extended).
Time: 9.30/10pm - whenever (hopefully end before sahur lol).

Main attraction: TristanX's large collection of DIY juices. My not so large collection of only-God-knows juices. Friendly conversation (lol).

Current participants:
1. Eiraku
2. TristanX
3. snake1983
4. iceman31 (pending)

So yeah, anybody else interested do come over.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 2 2016, 03:39 AM

Kamler... I tried, but nobody really showed any support for the initial Rasta plan so yeah. Unfortunately you weren't around to rouse the troops either lol.

But this thing is this on lol. At least this small scale one lar.

PV128. Sorry was driving just now... and after that directly had to settle some urgent family business (death in the family) so couldn't post here immediately.

Anyway, a pic from yesterday's little pow-wow:

Well, it IS top filling lol... IF your bottles are narrow-tips and if you run your wicks with enough space for it to fit... the wicking holes ARE the filling holes. Otherwise you need a syringe or your SOL.

On the other hand, if you want side filling there's always the Limitless... though that one is 24mm (but nope, no juice control either).

As for juice control, TBH not sure how it could work unless you're running deck-short wicks. Anything longer would probably get stuck in the juice control mechanism. Hence why there aren't *any* Genny-likes (Fodi, 'Cado, Haze, Nectar, Limitless, Theorem, VeloTank, Orca) with JFC yet...

... though I'm personally waiting for some smart engineer to come solve this problem for us myself as I really like the wet, flavourful vape from a good Genny-like.



In the meantime, you *can* run the 'Cado with jusssssst enough cotton that juice won't seep out the top *that* easily (too much and you'll get dry hits + difficulty refilling however... so yeah). A good guideline for "just enough cotton" is whatever fits a 3mm ID coil (coz the wick holes are 3mm too).

Another possible solution: The hybrid mesh + cotton wick. Mesh into the holes up to the deck and cotton right down to *just* the decks. Supposedly gives you perfect wicking with nothing coming up the top. Supposedly. I don't have any mesh so I couldn't try it out (and it sounds like a PITA so I'm not sure I wanna lol).

Or (like me) you can just get used to keeping your 'Cado upright at all times... I carry it around in a vertical belt pouch and even with my (old) sub-optimal wicks (I used to run smaller then 3mm ID coils) it doesn't really vomit juice as easily as you would think... unless you filled it *totally* full to the very brim and then ran around with it.

Or... well... you can get a tank WITH JFC like the Griffin. Though personally the 'Cado does win over the Griff in outright flavour and ease of rebuilding though IMHO. But... you know... at least the Griff doesn't... well... vomit up the top.

TristanX You, my friend, is a very... very dangerous man indeed. That said, I like your brand of danger so BRING IT ONNNN lol.

Really mang? Pizza? Pffft...



This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 3 2016, 02:27 PM

Then you need to wait for the Augvape Orca RDTA, bro. Its like a postless 'Cado with really huge wick holes = you don't need syringe... or even a narrow-tip bottle. You can probably just drip into the wick holes with a glass dropper. It's 22mm too so yeah it will fit anything the Baby 'Cado can.

Only catch... err.. it's not really out yet. Try later this month. Maybe. Also huge wick holes = more juice vomit if violently shaken.

TBH, I always run duals on my Baby (22) 'Cado... and I never need to mess with my wicks either. I just poke my narrow-tip bottle *into* the hole *with* the wicks still inside (no "pulling my wicks out" if that's what you mean by "messing" with them) and fill.

Granted my wicks are not totally packed in the holes though, so this still kinda works.

BTW, this is what my narrow-tip bottles look like:


YMMV, as usual though. What works for me might not work for you. Just felt like sharing that you don't really need to "mess" with the wicks (or use syringes) to refill anyway... IF you have similar bottles as I do.

HOWEVER... if your bottle tips are too fat (like Moo Choco Milk bottles) or too short (like some unicorn bottles)... or if you only have glass dripper bottles... well, then your initial observation would probably be correct and you *would* probably need a syringe (or new bottles) as you MIGHT NOT be able to fit them fat tips or short tips or glass drippers into the Baby 'Cado wick holes to fill the tank.

In that case? The Augvape Orca...

... or new "refill" bottles (they are like, what, RM3-5 each).

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 3 2016, 06:57 PM

Depends... do you want the flexibility to be able to do dual coils? Otherwise the Serpent is the clear choice - it does only singles and does singles very well.

Also wicking. Are you good at wicking channel feeders (kayfun and the like) because the Serp is a channel feeder. The 'Cado is a much simpler affair as far as wicking goes (IMHO anyway).

Finally, the 'Cado vomits juice out the top when held upside down... no matter how well you wick it. Granted if you wick it perfect it won't vomit any more than a few drops but the Serpent, done properly, won't vomit AT ALL.

I love my 'Cado yes, but these are the things to need to confirm first when deciding between these two. Otherwise flavour is about the same IMHO, with the edge going slightly to a dual coiled 'Cado (though it will definitely suck juice accordingly lol).

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 3 2016, 10:17 PM

Yeah VE and VH would be my first places to search for it. Why not install and try the Shopee app? It does have quite a decent amount of vape stuff in it, though personally I haven't tried looking for the Serp. However my deals with the app so far has been very encouraging.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 4 2016, 12:39 AM

You're making me want a Crown V1 lol (you make me want everything). How's the RBA section look like on that thing? Single coil only? How's the OCCs?

Feel like running a Nugget (or one of those Dovpo Embers) one of these days. Wanna put a Hastur V2S on it for low profile dripping or just the VeloV2 and maybe I can run some l
rugged no-leak tank on the VTC (like the Serp or the Crown - for the OCCs just in case).

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 4 2016, 12:48 AM

Lol I can relate.

Tried all sorts of stuff with the 'Cado (twisted khans, twisted SS, Clap SS)... ended up with normal single strand spaced 3mm dual 316l coils anyway. Better efficiency lol.

Thanks for the info-share on the Crown. Looks cramped. Maybe I'll just stick to a Serp then for my mini throwaround tank.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 4 2016, 12:45 PM

Actually planning to use it with either a Nugget or an Ember... or on the VTC if I feel like drippin' with the nanomods. But yeah, by size itself the Serp should fit any of those well.

For me the Pico already has a perma-partner: The 'Cado. At least until something better comes along ler.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 4 2016, 02:30 PM

Unfortunately I'm diggin' the copper one (which needs MAP and therefore exempt from FREEDOM). Now torn on staying with the copper or settling with the cheaper silver one. Heeeesh.

Err... As long as it doesn't become this:





This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 5 2016, 02:37 PM

Why not my current fave DT: The GMv2's "swirl flow" tip. Sounds like completely gimmicky BS... and yet I get far less spitback on these then I do on a normal smoothbore DT. More flavour too, though I might just be imagining things.

Plus, double o-rings so it's secure as eff. It cheap too, and there's a black one if you want.

That said, it is a single cast SS DT, so if you overtoke a hot build with it, the tip *will* get rather toasty. Also the "rifiling" can be a PITA to clean lol.

Check it out here (FT): https://goo.gl/7RW8VP

The Fodi's hybrid acrylic DTs is a nice alternative, but a tad more spitbacky (smoothbore) and single o-ring only. The hybrid construction is pretty good at protecting your lips from heat though.

Linky here (FT): https://goo.gl/6HQ3m7

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 5 2016, 05:38 PM

For above 2500mah, it's either thoe LG Browns or the Sammy 30Q really, and the Sammy is pretty hard to find locally. Also, be mindful of LG Brown fakes/clones - though Alexng has been pretty legit so far.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 7 2016, 01:13 PM

Hence "so far". So much of that though. On the other hand, like TristanX mentioned, the "lemon law" (there are always lemons, even in a batch of QCed stuff) does still apply... though it's fair that you're cautious.

TBH, I've never really used LGs (I only run Sammies). If you can find Sammy 30Qs, get those (think I saw some up on Shopee). Still pretty much legit all the way coz I haven't heard stories of anyone cloning those yet.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 7 2016, 01:09 PM

Or those... the very same (type) of batts I'm using for all my mods incidentally.

Nope. Thought I saw on Shopee or Lelong once though. AFAIK most B&Ms don't even know what a 30Q is lol, which is sad.

So I keep buying 25R5s... which most B&Ms don't even mark up too much due to the current Cokelat ramp in popularity.

On unrelated news, just tried spacing my twist khans on the VeloV2... now wondering why I didn't do that in the first place. Discernably better flavour and a much smoother hit.

This spaced "thing" is REAL lol.

Funny that we actually went spaced -> contact -> spaced. Very ironic lol.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 7 2016, 03:29 PM

- double posted lol -

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 9 2016, 01:47 PM

I actually was surfing over alexng's customers' review of their HG2s... and I couldn't find anything that even sounds close so was wondering about this myself.

Anyway, which VE did you get your HGs from boss? Most of the ones I go to only have the 25S5s in stock.

What ID coils are you using? I'm running 3mm coils with loose fitting cotton wicks. But yeah, initially the cotton taste does take a whole lot longer to "go away" on the 'Cado... probably because the 'Cado transmits flavour so well it does so with even the cotton "flavour".

And this is with Kendo cotton mind you.

You do need to keep the cotton not so tight and loosely packed in the coils though. I find that tight, packed wicks just makes the cotton taste even stronger.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 9 2016, 08:02 PM