Simple dual 2.5mm, 26awg 316L SS horizontal contact coils setup on TC mode oni. Make sure not to use *too much* cotton going into the holes though, it might block the wicking. You might want to leave a little bit of space so that the tank can equalise pressure.

Once you receive your 'Cado, do clean it up thoroughly AND make sure the 510 screw is properly threaded/tight - coz otherwise you might get shorting (which *can* happen with the 'Cado, kicking you out of TC mode on the Pico).

But seriously, tip-over leaking and filling drama aside, being able to instantly access your coils at any time is one extremely convenient thing about the 'Cado (similarly, all the other Genny-likes).

This post has been edited by Eiraku: May 26 2016, 02:36 PM

As long as it fits, I don't see why not. Sure it's not *built* for notch like the Theorem, but I think it should work fine (if it fits ler).

You need to upgrade...

... your poison shield lol.

Personally I'm pretty happy edi with my setup so I'm good... thanks to the 'Cado being awesome.

Do feel like getting some Kendo Gold if they got offer or new peculiar/interesting juice at Saturday's vape thingy in Stadium Negara... but I'm otherwise set lol.

*Poison Shield at 100% and holding*

This post has been edited by Eiraku: May 26 2016, 07:15 PM

On a more serious side... TC 30-40W is plenty for me lol. Plus, you're never really sure if anybody's xxxW is true wattage until someone tests it anyway... and even then there's battery safety to consider.

Like, 2 batts 200w is already "iffy" when you do the maths and consider the battery tech available.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: May 27 2016, 04:41 PM

Damn the 'Cado can drink.

It's going through the 3ml tank like nuts lol. Sure, that's partly my fault, but the flavour is so goodingz.

On the other hand, some liquids that are okay on the GobMini is now rubbish on the 'Cado. Weird.

Also andyng38 thinking of getting another Pico with the Melo 3 + ECR heads for 12mg single coil stealth vaping (considering the 'Cado does so much cloudage it might just cause a traffic incident).

How's the performance like? Sufficient? Say I coil at 0.8ish ohms.

There's also this:



The BeyondVape Silo Beast RBA: An actual two post RBA for the Atlantis/Alt2 (and of course, the Silo Beast tank)... which means it probably fits the Melo as well.

Cost wise it's a bit steeper ler, USD8 no shipping. But two post FTW and decent actual insulators.

Just putting it here in case anybody's interested.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: May 27 2016, 11:15 PM

Not sure, but if you don't mind a crowd there's that Vape Expo thing (again) going on at Stadium Negara tomorrow and Sunday. I know VE is one of the anchor exhibitors... and VE always has VG stuff like the 'Cado.

But yeah, crowd. And there's no guarantee the prices are gonna be any better then a normal B&M anyway.

Also Lelong seems to have a few sellers, check out and call them lar?

And andyng38, the Notti X. Lol.

A few reviews up edi on Reddit, some so-so, some negative. That said, it's a dedicated MTL tank, and MTLers nowadays are a dying breed... so yeah.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: May 28 2016, 12:58 AM

Not to be all anal, but I don't think the Serp is an RDTA really, it's more a "straight" RTA. Both the 'Cado24 and the SoloFodi is pretty much RDTAs though.

From your list seems like you plan to run single coils (Cado = adapter, FodiF2 = single coil by design)?

Which is a shame as if you can do duals I'd say the iJoy Limitless is a pretty interesting RDTA. It's like the 'Cado and Theorem all rolled into one.

Also the Aromanizer, especially the Supreme one.

Vail isn't Pink a more hazelnuttish cream kinda? At least the Pink I know of is ler (the Dwap one).

This post has been edited by Eiraku: May 29 2016, 05:18 AM

Squape X, Pico RTA, Bachelor Nano, Hurricane, Erlkönigin.

I personally have just gotten used to semi lung (after so long lol) so slightly less focus on MTL stuff. I just got a clearance OLED Egrip (with CS base) for stealth MTLing purposes with Aspire BVCs though, and I might get a Bach Nano for MTL also.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: May 30 2016, 02:10 PM

Finally got to trying out the Kendo cotton I got from Mavex... and I've got to say, while I have oodles of KGD left to use, the Kendo stuff (at least the Gold I've tried) does end up having noticeably less of that cotton-y taste (after properly primed ler).

Plus it's much easier to work with, being all fluffed up BUT still arranged in-grain... with KGD you have the painstakingly fluff every piece you cut or risk having overpacked cotton (which IMHO makes the cotton taste worse).

Now let's just see if it outperforms KGD in the long haul.

I do have a pack of Eco too given as a freebie, and I've already stuffed a portion of that into my emergency build kit.

In other news, I picked up some new pals for me daily driver Pico and my long suffering last resort mech mod:



VTC for at home drippin (with the Fodi lol) and an Egrip OLED (with CS Base + Aspire BVCs) for stealth MTLing (and general in-car emergency backup). Both were on clearance so yeah. I regret not picking up a other Egrip though, you can never have enough backups (lol).

Now just need to CF wrap both of 'em.



P.S. Apparently the Hurricane Junior is inbound soon. Will be waiting impatiently for the FT clones to arrive so I can replace my old leaky TFGT with this for the mechie.



This post has been edited by Eiraku: May 31 2016, 12:13 AM

XTAR stuff FTW. For a 4-slotter the VC4 is nice, though it doesn't use microUSB cables like the VC2/MC2/MC1/MC0 (so no ready spares).

Thanks for the guide. Personally I already felt something was off when the HG2s/browns practically flooded the market since last month (both expos got LG browns by the boatloads)... and then Abam Mooch from ECF posted his finding, which I reposted over here some time ago.

For me looking at the top insulator (glossy = fake, matte = ori) is enough 90% of the time, though apparently it's only a matter of time before counterfeiters get that right too.

I personally prefer Sammy 25R5s (or 30Qs, but I've yet to see anybody stocking those) to LG batts though, so it's less of an issue for me.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 2 2016, 07:16 PM

Err, you mean MTL tanks right? To quote myself:

And of course the venerable Kayfun/Russian, of any version.

For "tanks" (aka ones that use replaceable coils) most of the earlier Aspire stuff has tight draws (like the Nautilus) and the new Nautilus X (but it supposedly not as good as the old stuff).

andyng38 Yeah, nic does affect flavors AFAIK, often in a bad way lol. A shame I like nic... though dual coiling and DTL has cut my bottle-load to half.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 2 2016, 09:32 PM

Myself I'm getting used to the initial taste of SS now after moving to TC. But yeah, kanthal does have its own "taste" (as do SS, Ni and Ti)... and it's only gonna get more apparent now that we're subohming.

But normally, at least for me, that metallic-ish taste is only there while the coils are "breaking in". It's like that darned cotton taste lol.

Also, check your gums. Smoking makes your gums "kecut" and vaping loosens them up again, possibly leading to bloody gums. Blood DOES taste like iron lol.... but that doesn't explain why you only get that taste from straight kanthal (and not claps).

Funnily enough though, too much vaping gives you cotton mouth coz VG is a humidicant and it absorbs water (which is one of the reasons why we sometimes get cracked tongues)... so go figure.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 2 2016, 09:50 PM

I prolly mixed up dessicant and humectant (which are actually kinda the same lol) resulting in humidicant. Oh well.

Also, is it just me or are locally made liquids over-sweetened most of the time? I can barely taste the "flavours" over the sweeteners in some of the liqs I tried during the two Expos.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 3 2016, 12:33 AM

Very much agreed on the first point. Makes for a very agonising experience when testing out local juices.

The mixes my local guy does are okay as far as sweetness goes (for me anyway), and I've only gone through two ADV flavour changes with his juices so far (yeah, I'm pretty boring as far as ADVs go).

That said, I do have days when I wanna go out and try something new. So far I've only found a handful of local juices I like enough to buy... which is sad considering our market is supposedly "2nd in the world".

That said, maybe I'm just not searching hard enough lol. Now that I have a half decent dripping setup maybe I should go out there and try more stuff.

On another note, anybody know where I can get SS430 from locally? Not that 316 TC isn't already working decently for me, but the supposed superior TC accuracy of 430 (and 410) has got my curiosity peaked.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 3 2016, 02:01 PM

Thanks for the recommendations, boss.

Personally I'm still pretty much a kanthal guy at heart, though TC SS is also not bad... if not a little bit too... "variable" in 316/317 form (hence the search for 430). Not that it's not serviceable though, we're running "adjustable" mods after all.

Really, back when I first tried out rebuilding (Smok RDA wooo) they were already using kanthal... with silica wicks though. Coiling was a horrible affair, so it wasn't long before I went back to consumable atties. It took the Taifun (and cotton) to bring me back lol... I never did go into the original Genny mesh craze either.

But yeah, silica wicks... *shudder*

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 3 2016, 04:57 PM

Plug it into a decent 2.1A capable wall charger. I doubt laptop USB can provide the needed amps to charge 18650s at any reasonable amount of time. IINM, a normal 1A wall charger should work too.

That said, I thought the VC4 comes with a wall plug? I know the MC1/2 doesn't (a have a lot of those), and I plug those into my Anker/Orico multiport chargers no problem.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 3 2016, 05:45 PM

And nearly foolproof, to almost Taifun GT levels.

Where I twiddled endlessly to make the GobMini work AND not leak or give me Lucifer's pubes; it was like sumbat coils, sumbat cotton, sumbat juice, wait to fully wick and enjoy oni for the 'Cado.

Plus on the fly coil/cotton adjustments and impromptu degunking/cleaning (jolok2 gunk on coil with needle, wipe with tissue = good for another day or so).

Buuuuut, as per all Genny-likes, tip it over (without overcottoning the holes) = leak liao lor lol. Also the need for a needlepoint bottle for refilling.

That said, somebody combined mesh AND cotton on their 'Cado and managed to get an awesome no leak setup. It was like rolled mesh into the tank up to the holes, and short tailed cotton barely into the tip of the mesh.

Might try it later, but usually I malas lol.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 4 2016, 02:34 PM

I just don't fill the cotton up pun... as a result I have to watch it when the tank is totally full (I usually don't fill it full). Too much cotton and you get restricted wicking pun.

Do the mesh combo thing if you want it more leak proof.

The 'Cado. With the meshcotton combo thing supposedly it won't... well... throw up as much juice (check back last page for details).

For me, a tank "leaks" when it's not supposed to piss juice but it is... like the GobMini, which leaks out of the bottom and even into your mouth summore unless you get the cotton perfect, and sometimes even when you do.

For the 'Cado, juice just comes out the top lol... it's just the nature of the beast. Even if you wick the 'Cado perfect, hang it upside down for a while and juice *will* come out (as it will with ANY Genny-likes, the mighty Theorem included).

Which is for me much better than some other tanks which would "leak" with no rhyme and reason (sometimes they do, sometimes they don't). At least with the 'Cado, I can just keep it upright and it should be fine.

To be fair though, a 'Cado with actual juice control would be rad - so I can just throw the thing into my bag or pocket without worrying about juice coming out. I wonder how they could achieve that though.

So... next tank to test: The Aromanizer (whichever one fits the Pico) and maybe the Conqueror... if ever Wotofo releases a mini version of that beast.

andyng38 The GobMini is just very, very picky about the amount of cotton it needs, even more so than other channel-fed tanks like it. Too little and it floods and leaks down the AFC (and I mean serious pouring leakage, at least 1/4 tank). Too much and it's a dry hut parade.

And even when you get it near perfect, after every refill, you have to blow the chamber dry or it will start seriously leaking again.

To be fair, I was MTLing it (restricted lung at most) and it seems that tight draws make the flooding/leaking issue worse so thats that. Maybe it would fair better as a lung tank.

Also, more continous practice might have gotten me to a technique to wicking it perfect that I can reliably reproduce, but as it stood before I gave up and got the 'Cado, every rewick with the GobMini meant wasting a couple of mils of juice each time from leakage... trying to get it not to leak.

Leakception right there folks.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 4 2016, 08:21 PM