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I'll include a love note in your next pen order and call you Brian if it makes you feel better?

This review is waaaay late but here it is. When I finally decided to try the eGo Twist I bought it from Brian at The Veteran Vapor. Also ordered the charger. The items came quickly and well packaged. The first time I tried to charge it the threads were a little weird and I had a hard time connecting the battery to take a charge. Since the charger is a different type than what I use with my pass throughs I assumed it was just me. The second time I couldn't get it to connect at all so I contacted Brian. At this point I didn't know if it was me, the Twist, or the charger or all of the above. Brian got back to me right away and insisted on sending out a new battery and charger immediately even after I told him I'd be happy to wait until he checked to see which one the culprit was. He sent me a brand new Twist and charger priority. Inside the box was also a slip for me to reuse the box with the prepaid shipping slip to return the items I already had. In the past with other vendors I usually had to pay to send things back. Only when they got the items and checked to make sure it wasn't working would they send out a replacement and possibly a refund on the shipping. Not so with Brian. The customer service I got from him was way beyond great. He even got back to me with an update. It was the charger after all and the Twist was just fine. These things happen from time to time with any product. I don't expect everything I buy to be perfect every time, and it was in no way Brian's fault that the charger didn't work right. But it's the way the transaction is handled that makes all the difference. Since then I've ordered as many things as I can from his store. The times when I contacted him asking questions, he's always answered quickly and politely. Of the things I've ordered, there were some extra goodies as his way to say, "thanks for the business!" If you want great customer service, quality products, excellent packaging and quick shipping... I highly recommend Brian and The Veteran Vapor. And Uma? Forget calling him Mark. I kept typing his name as Brain.

Ok so this originally was a reply I had posted in another thread. However I put SO MUCH TIME into it, I figured it might just deserve its own thread. And I would love for anyone else around here to add their input about my statements/make suggestions/tell me I'm wrong or whatever for fun/educational purposes! Also can somebody please suggest another provider of a flavor that comes close to matching Gorilla Juice or Boba's Bounty...for those times when its impossible to get your hands on the stuff!? Thanks!! <3 <3 :detective: So from my giant loss of $ (btw this is my personal taste) and hours of exhaustive testing. I hope to save a few newbies some time. And point you to a few flavors that I consider my 'main-stay' ..aka VAPE ALL DAY ERRR-DAY Gorilla Juice (18-24mg) & Boba's Bounty (18-24mg) both from www.avejuice.com (note you must create an account to view their products..takes 2-3 mins...worth it) IMO Boba's Bounty (if u smoked reg. full flavors) & Gorilla Juice (if u smoked lights/light menthols). If you smoked less than 1-pack a day start with a 11mg nicotine level. If you smoked 2+ start with 24mg nicotine level. Prices: 30ML = $16.30 ...and they offer a 100ML mega-bottle for $53.00 (with a spot top...$52.00 without)...no price savings ordering a larger amount....but trust me after your first order you'll order 100ml at a time! Downsides: Seems like a operation run by a family/1-person/or just a couple of employees honestly. Their demand is high & many times they run out/cut off orders after their daily 'limit'. I'm not sure if it's because they run their business more like a hobby than a business...if its to keep demand up like a line outside of a club...or if its because they like staying small to keep quality up. But just assume you may run into issues ordering depending on the month of the year. Now for a flavor you can enjoy all day long when you're not looking for that 'analog/cig/tabacco or whatever you wanna call it * flavor *....then....I suggest... Blueberry Waffle (18mg) from www.vaporshark.com I travel all over the country for both fun + business. I happened to stop into Miami Florida's very first 'storefront' vapor shop. They have a full-time staff of E-liquid Barrista's. And these guys take their business very SERIOUS. This is a talented outfit of nicotine delivery dealers let me tell ya. I tried several of their flavors but the one that 'hit all the marks' was blueberry waffle. And they have the BEST blueberry waffle in America..Period. Also when you order online...at say 3AM...by 7AM when they walk into the office, they get your stuff made & shipped by 7:45AM. For an extra $7 shipping fee you can have your juice in 72 hours. Now the reason I'm suggesting these guys besides great tasting E-liquid/Quality...is the SPEED at which they get it CUSTOM BREWED FOR YOU THAT MORNING & DELIVERED. They are incredibly professional. The 3 day's it takes for USPS to ship it to you leaves just enough time for it to steep properly...so no need to wait over a week for it to taste good...like with many other providers. Lastly they offer their liquids in 8mg, 12mg, 18mg, 24mg & get this...36mg ...omg!? Downside: Premium pricing. $20 for a 30ML bottle, then add $7 for USPS Priority (1-3 Day) shipping. So you're looking at $27.00, but the turn-around time AKA the time from ordering to showing up in your doorstep...I find it to be the best amongst all providers by a LONG SHOT purely in terms of turn-around time. Now then....on to novelty flavors & once a day/week kind of stuff. Juices that are good...but you may or may not end up vaping all day. I suggest (IMO) If I'm looking for a variety of quality 'misc' flavors/great customer service & quick turn-around I typically turn to E-liquids from www.thevaporroom.net These guys have an incredible 'full selection' of I want to say 50+ flavors. All of which taste exactly as advertised. And all of which are great...the quality is bordering on perfection. Another upside to this provider is that they offer nicotine levels of 0mg, 6mg, 12mg, 18mg, 24mg & then 30mg! Most providers don't offer a 30mg for the heaviest of smokers. I can personally suggest their Mountain Dew aka Mt. Do (18mg) , Blue Cotton Candy (18mg) , & the 555 Menthol (18mg). The 555 menthol & Mt. Do I could ALMOST vape all day. Downsides: I just couldn't find a single flavor on their list that ended up being my 'all day vape'. However I've heard many people mention that their RY4 is a perfect all-day vape. Prices are slightly above average (think $1 more per 30ml) but thats worth it for their service/quality & free samples! Also they charge $1 extra for 100% VG mixes however most providers do not even offer a 100% VG option. So its a trade off. Once again though...great e-juice provider IMO and many on this forum agree. Ok well I hope you enjoyed my book....I spent an hour typing this just trying to help out some newbs OMG!? Well its time well spent considering the hours of questions I first asked when I got on Vapor Talk. Which btw...is by far the BEST/most helpful Electronic Cigarette / Nicotine Vaporizer forum on the internet. And yes I signed up and tried 15 of them before settling on this forum as the absolute best! And a special thanks to all of you here at vapor talk forums that helped me in my life-long mission of finally/officially becoming an EX SMOKER (as of 9/9/2012). happy vaping and 1 love <3 mz dejavu -aka- twerk while i vape

I think you're on to something. Many of us have make e-cig holders of some kind but on that resembles an ashtray is a great idea.

Well you could just go simple. Just size up some brackets to your ecig after that screw them to the wall and there you go. You can slip them in the bracket and then it will stay upright and won't fall either. Not sure why you would need to do this unless you have something like a clearomizer in which could flood if it isn't kept upright. I just take mine off and let them sit upright.

You could also get a plain, clear acrylic one and put the stick-on rhinestones on it for added bling...

They are nice.I use mine at home and use cartomisers while out for that reason.

Why thank you, jowaddle. After about the fiftieth time that I accidentally knocked my e-cig over I started looking at test tube holders. Those were too many holes and not enough "interesting" shapes or colors. Then, one of them reminded me of a toothbrush holder and... they really do work well!

Oh well such is life.Now something ever happened to http://www.tastykake.com/ then time is short.just sayin...

I have tried 15 different vendors suggested on this forum. I have ordered well over $1500 in e-juice/samplers etc. that all mostly got thrown out/given away...or I liked it...but only vape it occasionally. So from my giant loss of $ (btw this is my personal taste) and hours of exhaustive testing. I hope to save you some time. And point you to a few flavors that I consider my 'main-stay' ..aka VAPE ALL DAY ERRR-DAY Gorilla Juice (18-24mg) & Boba's Bounty (18-24mg) both from www.avejuice.com (note you must create an account to view their products..takes 2-3 mins...worth it) IMO Boba's Bounty (if u smoked reg. full flavors) & Gorilla Juice (if u smoked lights/light menthols). If you smoked less than 1-pack a day start with a 11mg nicotine level. If you smoked 2+ start with 24mg nicotine level. Prices: 30ML = $16.30 ...and they offer a 100ML mega-bottle for $53.00 (with a spot top...$52.00 without)...no price savings ordering a larger amount....but trust me after your first order you'll order 100ml at a time! Downsides: Seems like a operation run by just 2-3 people. Their demand is high & many times they run out/cut off orders after their daily 'limit'. I'm not sure if it's because they run their business more like a hobby than a business...if its to keep demand up like a line outside of a club...or if its because they like staying small to keep quality up. But just assume you may run into issues ordering depending on the month of the year. Now for a flavor you can enjoy all day long when you're not looking for that 'analog/cig/tabacco or whatever you wanna call it * flavor *....then....I suggest... Blueberry Waffle (18mg) from www.vaporshark.com I travel all over the country for both fun + business. I happened to stop into Miami Florida's very first 'storefront' vapor shop. They have a full-time staff of E-liquid Barrista's. And these guys take their business very SERIOUS. This is a talented outfit of nicotine delivery dealers let me tell ya. I tried several of their flavors but the one that 'hit all the marks' was blueberry waffle. And they have the BEST blueberry waffle in America..Period. Also when you order online...at say 3AM...by 7AM when they walk into the office, they get your stuff made & shipped by 7:45AM. For an extra $7 shipping fee you can have your juice in 72 hours. Now the reason I'm suggesting these guys besides great tasting E-liquid/Quality...is the SPEED at which they get it CUSTOM BREWED FOR YOU THAT MORNING & DELIVERED. They are incredibly professional. The 3 day's it takes for USPS to ship it to you leaves just enough time for it to steep properly...so no need to wait over a week for it to taste good...like with many other providers. Lastly they offer their liquids in 8mg, 12mg, 18mg, 24mg & get this...36mg ...omg!? Downside: Premium pricing. $20 for a 30ML bottle, then add $7 for USPS Priority (1-3 Day) shipping. So you're looking at $27.00, but the turn-around time AKA the time from ordering to showing up in your doorstep...I find it to be..the best amongst all providers by a LONG SHOT. Now then....on to novelty flavors & once a day/week kind of stuff. Juices that are good...but you may or may not end up vaping all day. I suggest (IMO) If I'm looking for a variety of quality 'misc' flavors/great customer service & quick turn-around I typically turn to E-liquids from www.thevaporroom.net These guys have an incredible 'full selection' of I want to say 50+ flavors. All of which taste exactly as advertised. And all of which are great...the quality is bordering on perfection. Another upside to this provider is that they offer nicotine levels of 0mg, 6mg, 12mg, 18mg, 24mg & then 30mg! Most providers don't offer a 30mg for the heaviest of smokers. I can personally suggest their Mountain Dew aka Mt. Do (18mg) , Blue Cotton Candy (18mg) , & the 555 Menthol (18mg). The 555 menthol & Mt. Do I could ALMOST vape all day. Downsides: I just couldn't find a single flavor on their list that ended up being my 'all day vape'. However I've heard many people mention that their RY4 is a perfect all-day vape. Prices are slightly above average (think $1 more per 30ml) but thats worth it for their service/quality & free samples! Also they charge $1 extra for 100% VG mixes for some reason...most other sites however do not even offer 100% VG. So its a trade off. Ok hope you enjoyed my book....I spent an hour here helping someone OMG!? Well its time well spent considering the hours of questions I first asked when I got on Vapor Talk. Which btw...is by far the BEST/most helpful Electronic Cigarette / Nicotine Vaporizer forum on the internet. And yes I signed up and tried 15 of them before settling on this forum as the absolute best! One Love & Happy Vaping! Team Dejavu

Hi Vaping Friends, I thought I'd share this idea. I was constantly losing my e-cigarette the first few weeks I started vaping. Between me and my dad, we came up with this idea. It's so cheap and really handy. All I did was buy a pack of mechanical pencils from the dollar store, take the metal clip off the top then stretch it out just a little and stick it on the top of my pipe. No more losing my e-cigarette. Just be careful that you don't put too much juice in if you're using a drip tip because if it leaks out, it might get it on your shirt. I did this once, but dish washing liquid got it right out. No stains. Vaping Forever, Jo

Great idea although I prefer to keep mine upright. Less chance it'll leak. These days you can find some really fancy toothbrush holders. That's what I use for my eGo batteries and they work like a charm!

have been hearing good things about the Kanger T3 clearomizer, though.

Very cool looking, although I think my wife would look at me funny if I walked around the house with an ashtray with sparkley jewels.

Hi all. Thought I'd make my first post on this forum a review of my new toy, the joye (ovale) ego-c. Disclaimer: I'm not a vendor or associated with any vendor in any way. I've been vaping for 3 years, and gone through a bunch of equipment: 901s, 401s, 808s, 510s, 306s, egos and ego variants. The ego-c is new from joye and I believe is currently only offered by ovale and I know totally wicked will be getting it shortly. I expect many other joye Distributors will get it in the new year. If your not familiar with it, the ego-c is essentially an ego-t with a removable, replaceable, disposable atty. there are a few other improvements, as I discuss below, also, check out joyetech's website and there's a couple YouTube reviews of it too. Got my ego-c nov 17 at 5 pm. Been using it exclusively since then (just under 48 hrs as of this posting) Couple of assumptions first: Normally I'm a carto guy, LR Boge cartos on either the silver bullet or the kgo battery. I tend to like 80/20 16 or 18 mg juice in tobacco and/or coffee and Carmel favors. I am not a big fruity flavor person. I have not tried the ego-t before I got the ego-c. Last, I am not a "fiddler" I do not want to have to fiddle with my PV just to get it to consistently vape the way I want. I want to pick it up, vape and put it away. That's why I normally don't drip, toss my cartos when they start to leak, burn, taste bad and don't mix juices in cartos (or attys when I do drip). That said, here's my first impressions: 24 hr overview: The ego-c rocks. Wow. The kit: pretty standard starter kit: comes with 2 ego natural batteries with 5 click, 2 cones, 2 atty bases which hold the replaceable atty module, a blister pack of 5 attys, USB cable, USB wall plug, 5 tanks, small packet of rubber replacement end caps, little cloth pouch, bottle of mystery juice and instructions. Fit & finish: first rate, nice hand feel, branding all over it but tasteful. Vapor production: tons. Bloog/volt like (my experience is that Bloog/volt put out tons of vapor). Seriously a lot better vapor production than my normal setup. Taste: very good. Compared to the carto, I think this is a bit lower in taste. However, that could be because the juices I like taste better when they are really cooked/almost burnt (Carmelized). The ego-c is seems to be producing a "cleaner" vape and taste is affected. However, fruity juices do taste good to me in this (again, I normally run hotter so fruits in that environment get burned/chemical tasting) TH: good, of course this all depends on the juice. Battery: I think joye has improved the batteries somehow. Took one off the charger at 4pm, drove to vape meet in York,PA and put it back I charger at midnight. Vaped pretty much entire time and the battery still had life in it. I was not seeing the yellow light. All in all I'd rate my use tonight as high end for me and it lasted. Very good. Tanks: no leaking, uses the standard ego-t tanks. Used both the ones the ego-c came with and type A ego-t tanks I got from a vendor today. Atty: have only used 1 atty and have thrown a bunch of juices at it: thin, thick, light, dark, menthol, non-menthol. Just blow it out, swap tanks (or wash the tank with warm water and refil) and boom, right back at it. In fact, you need not even blow it out if going from one juice flavor to complementary one. First couple of puffs juice flavors combine, but after that, atty delivers flavor from only juice in tank. Obviously, more time will tell but after 24 hrs, quite impressed. I have a couple of LR ego-t tanks I got for comparison, but haven't had the opportunity yet to use them, so I'll update later. One positive of the atty is that I think the design really optimizes juice delivery to it. I mean,it's basically a bridge less atty, the spike has a small bit of wicking in it, but it's really a straight shot from the tank to the atty coil. Someone told me that the ego-c atty is basically a bridge-less 306, and that might be a good way to think of it. Overall impressions: really like it. For me, I need a PV that's small, unobtrusive , holds a 1/2 days (8 to 10 hrs) worth of juice (or swappable carts/tanks) and battery lasts 1/2 day. Like I said, I'm not a fiddler- don't normally want to be messing with bottles of juice, dripping, filling cartos when I'm at work/out and about (basically ill fiddle when im on the couch). This seems to fit all those requirements. Obviously, the ego-c has all of the pluses of the ego-t, the hope is that joye has addressed the minuses. Experience so far says they have. More time with it will tell. Bringing my SB to work has issues, and this looks like an awesome replacement. I love the fact that the attys can be changed and are cheaper than the ego-t attys. seems silly but I have a mental block about having to toss a 10-12 dollar ego-t atty vice tossing a $6 one. I also don't want to have to engage in atty maintenance if I don't want to. Option of tossing a $6 atty is palatable. My hope is that eventually ego-c will be "the" standard ego style tank PV in future, resulting in price drops to 3-4 dollars an atty. that's carto range there. Plus, the ego-c attys should/could last longer: they can be blown, cleaned with alcohol and burned, where cartos are much bigger hassle. So that's it for first impressions. Still need to do a comparison by using ego-t LR atty. at some point, I'll write up a more detailed review, with pics/vids and such, but want to give it 2 weeks of use. I have heard that joye is gonna be releasing a LR ego-c atty a full ego-c launch which is awesome. One concern I have is that I think replacement attys will be hard to come by for a few weeks/months as joye rolls out the ego-c. That kind of sucks, so I'll have to watch ovale and TW sites like a hawk to score some additional attys. My recommendation is this: ovale is offering the ego-c for 69 bucks. My understanding is that end of November this goes up to 129. I also heard joyetech is cracking down on its distributors on pricing, so I'm not sure what will be the real street price once it's widely available. But, 69 is a steal for the kit if you are in the market for an ego tank style or newbie. If the price goes up, or you already have an ego or ego tank style then at least get the cone and the attys to add to your ego/ego-t setup.