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Funny..... my wife says the same thing

Ok so recently i posted a in the newbie forum about all the e-juice's & providers I had tried out over the last year as a newbie vaper. Well my list just got shorter now that I tried some juice from the "Vape Dudes". Right out of the box (delivered today) I have thus far tried the 'buttery nipple' & 'blue honey'. Hands down the best vape I have ever had the pleasure of tasting in my LIFE. These things havn't even gone through my mandatory 5-day steep yet. Just smooth, sweet, delicious....if there was such a thing as A, B & C grade juices...these guys have officially tested out of class. This is quite possibly 100x better tasting/smoother & just all around a better vape than anything else I have ever tried. If you havn't tried these people out yet....stop whatever your doing....and order something from them right now. Their stuff is officially replacing my Gorilla Juice. Only downside it took about 6-7 days for my juice to show up via USPS from Plano, TX to the East Coast. i got my juice in 16mg....30% PG / 70% VG (and added 'extra flavor' for both which had no additional cost) oh and i put on the order comment form that i was a new customer....& if they gave out free samples...i would love to try the 'ice flavor'. Well apparently they have 2 different types of "ice"... ICE ICE & BLUBERRY ICE. Instead of asking me which kind I wanted...they threw BOTH...both in 10ML bottles...for free yo! I don't know if this is something they usually do...but i asked..and i got 20ML of free samples. And it's not like I made a big order...i just got two 30ML bottles of Juice. if u havn't been & wanna check em out...u can type "vape dudes" into google or just go to this link i made the vape dudes The only way I could be wrong about these guys juices...is if they have spiked my E-juice with heroin & I'm simply addicted to E-opiates now. Oh & if you've been a vape dudes juice customer for awhile...please reply in this post with your favorite juice flavor so i can order some more to try out :-)

Hi, I quit smoking tobacco in favor of Swedish snus about 3 and a half years ago, and was just recently introduced to vaping. I've had an Ego-C for a little over a week and really like it. This is the 2nd vape forum I've joined since then, as I confess to having become a wee bit obsessed about exploring everything happening in the world of PVs, even to the point of spending what little money I have fairly recklessly... ... In the last week I ordered a Provape-1 starter kit, a Vivi Nova and extra heads, a couple of RBAs for learning. These are on the way. I also purchased Boge LR510 cartos, one of which I'm vaping now on the Ego. And extra stuff: Type A attys, a drip head, both 1000mah and USB passthrough batteries. Not to mention a fairly hefty order of nicotine concentrate, tobbacco flavorings and dilutent along with bottles, medicine droppers, etc. I'm staying away from VV for now and got the Provape-1 because it is universally acclaimed as extremely well-made, durable and safe, and comes with a lifetime guarantee. Both aesthetically and practically, I value technological simplcity over features, bells and whistles, and my long-term goal with this is to be able to vape simply, effectively, durably and cost-efficiently. I just like tobacco flavor. There are flavorings called Real Cig, Turkish Blend, and French Pipe I've found from three different vendors which are very good, and I could juist stick with anyone of those and leave it at that. I may dink around a little bit with trying to come up with a DYI juice that tastes like a Camel Regular, but it's not a big deal... ...and that's my "howdy I'm new here" rant! Happy vaping!

I got the juice directly on the wick the coils still light up evenly. It sputtered a little but I guess it was because I put too much on it. Once I get more liquid I will know for sure if I have got it up and going right. I actually tried out by dripping on the coil and it seems to have a great taste now with no burning either. It is no longer catching fire either even when I jack it up to 6 volts it didn't even pop the coil either when it stayed on as long as it does.

I think I got it now. I think all it was was just that the wick was touching the bottom. I wrapped it around 3 times and it is all lighting up nice and even now. I am going to try some of this older liquid I have and see if it goes anywhere. But here is a new picture: Only problem is that this coil is probably really low resistance. Maybe .7 or something it is an inch long or less. I will be getting better photos eventually this webcam isn't the greatest. My phone is a little better. This is the best I will be able to do for a picture until I can get better lighting in my room. It may not look even in this picture but it is just like the above picture.

Thanks DayVape! I hope it is helpful to newbies. Hopefully Jdog will pop in and offer some tips too. She has a genuine Mini DID up and running better than mine! I so completely agree about the OHM meter. Without it, one will get HARD SHORTS and possibly ruin the mod. or at the least, go through a truck load of mod springs. It's not worth it. Besides, the OHM meter can be used to check off the store bought attys and cartos too. Even those can cause hard shorts if there's a short in them. The Genesis is just the easiest one ever for fixing those shorts so that they're usable instead of tossed. I've tossed too many attys and cartos in the last few years. Sucks. But, I've never had to toss my Genesis! (genuine DID's). It's impossible to always achieve the same exact thickness of rolled mesh. And when we change from, say, 325 to 400 size mesh or even to 500, we again have a brand new ball game. There is no EXACT ohm reading from numbers. We HAVE to have an OHM Meter reader. Thanks for pointing that out, DayVape!!

Talk about informative! Excellent write up Uma !! And an Ohm meter is a must have... you shouldn't be setting these up by simply eye-balling the coil.

Don't give up yet. It's worth it once you get past the learning curves. EXTREMELY worth it with a genuine genesis, to be honest, but at least worth the while with the clones. Every wick is different. In order to "know" for a fact the ohm, you need an OHM meter of some kind. The one I linked you to, or the provari is good. The first pic shows good even hot coils. Give yourself a pat for that. I'll try to outline some steps for you to check and cross off: 1. torch the wick, either with a torch or over the gas stove top. Try to keep it in the blue flame. The blue flame isn't as hot as the orange flame, which is good, because you don't want to make the mesh brittle. Too hot of a flame will brittle it. Hold it in one place until it turns bright orange, then move to the next spot. Repeat until the entire surface and edges of both sides have been oranged at least once, preferrably twice. 2. Fold over the far edge a little bit, crease it tight. 3. Straighten out a medium sized paper clip, or take a fat needle, and set it on the near edge, and roll the paper clip towards the folded far edge. 4. Check for fit in the hole. Make tighter or looser as needed. It should go in snug, but not tight. Just a little bit of friction. Some vapers prefer loose, to where there is an air between the rolled wick and the mesh. 5. Take nail clippers or scissors and cut the tank's end of the wick at a 45% angle. This allows the juice to enter easier. 6. Torch the wick again, paying extra attention to the newly cut end. You don't want any frayed edges touching any part of the atty/tank/ top cap, etc. 7. OPTIONAL step, and one that I do religously: Torch the rolled wick, then while hot, dunk it into cold water (preferably distilled water). Repeat 2 more times. This will stiffen the wick. (nice if you live on bumpy roads or have a thin wick). 8. OPTIONAL step, and another that I do all the time: Wet the wick with VG or whatever you have on hand. Light it on fire with your match or bic lighter. Let the fire die out naturally. Repeat this 2x's. It's called "seasoning the wick" 9. Cut your wire, and anneal it. Anneal means to heat it with your bic lighter all along it's width. Pinch the hot wire between your fingers and run your fingers along it's length. This smooths out the kinks, plus makes it easier to work with because it also makes the wire less springy. 10. Wrap your coil to your wick. There are many different ways to do it. The main rule on it, is that you want to wrap the coil snug, but never tight and never loose. You want perfect tension, and you will achieve that with practice. Perfect means you can lightly twist and lift the wick out and reinsert easily. You will remove the wick from time to time in order to dry burn your coils. A. Leaving tails for the negative screw and for the center post, wrap your wire around your wick at least 4 times. (many like to do 5/4). Set your wrapped wick into the hole, place the bottom tail under the negative screw and tighten the screw down. Now wrap the other tail and wrap it around the center post and tighten down the nut. Make sure there is not too much room between the center post and the wick. Think Captain Hook and pinch any spacey wire. TAKE OUT THAT PAPER CLIP now. LIFT the wick off the bottom of the tank. You don't want it to touch anything metal at any time. B. Look at the wires. The negative wire should be extremely close to the base, but NOT touching the base. The wires on the coil should be as equally spaced as possible. Make sure the wick isn't touching the center post. Make sure there is no highwire act going on between the center post and wick. C. With an OHM meter, check the ohm. If it's steady, you're good to go. If it says 0 there's a hard short. If it bounces around there's a minor short. Turn off the OHM meter, and with a toothpick or something, play with the coils until they all glow evenly and pretty much simutaneously. If one glows hotter than another, it's usually the coil beneath that one that needs scooting a bit. If the top coil is hot, tighten the nut, or kink a hook, or rewrap that part. Also, Sometimes, we just need to twist and lift the wick a bit to fix all shorts. Sometimes there's a frayed edge or something. Don't despair. You'll eventually figure it out. D. Set it on a mod that has a dull battery. Pulsate the coils. Pulsating will heal most minor shorts, oxidize the wick more, and be safer for your mod as well. Once all coils are glowing nicely, then REWET the wick, and fire it up, and check for spurts and sputters. You're aiming for a nice steady stream of white vapor into the heavens. A few sputters, spits are okay, but if it goes wild on you, you need to scoot some coils or oxidize your mesh more. E. TRIM the top of the wick so that it is level with or below the center post height. Fill up the tank, rewet your wick, and you're good go. Once you've achieved a great setup, you'll see it gets easier and easier and faster and faster to achieve. The good news is, the Wick will last you months and months, and the coil will last for a good 6 weeks or more too. Whenever it starts to lose pizazz, just take off a coil. The more seasoned and oxidized the wick gets, the less coils we can get away with. (LR) The fresher the battery, the hotter the vape too, so keep that in mind whenever lowering your resistance. I know this looks like a lot, and probably looks overwhelming, but just take one step at a time, check it off your to do list, and by the end of day you'll realize that it wasn't that much at all. Good luck.

Both wires do not go to the center post... that would mean you have them both on the positive terminal. The bottom end of the wire goes under one screw.. and the top end goes to the center post. Also, you need to use these on a device that checks the resistance of the coil or you have no idea what voltage to vape at. They are said to be 'advanced user devices' for a reason... you must have knowledge of how to properly use them. This is not meant to bash you... I'm simply saying that you need to know what you are doing to set it up properly.

Same here, kitsune. Throwing away a carto after a single use is wasteful and expensive. Polyfill holds the e-liquid between the strands, but the individual strands are non-absorbent. You can completely remove any residual flavors by drawing hot sterile water in through the carto's threaded end using a syringe, and then you simply air-dry them. You can do that several times before the draw becomes too tight for comfort. As for cleanliness, it's not like we're filling them in an alley by the dumpster. Any germs you pick up while filling cartos are germs you're breathing in anyway, right?

Hee. You're cute. So far I'm really liking these things a LOT! I hope they continue to work well...

Dripping really is great for changing flavors frequently. Its not convenient when out and about, but as home its great. No unscrewing, the drip tip allows you to drip directly to the atomizer. 2 drips is good for 5-6 draws and then add a couple more drops, vape and repeat. the T2 clearomizers are another great way to go. I haven't tried them yet, but I think Tameiki has me convinced. I change flavors frequently throughout the day.

You have the atomizer screwed into your battery and a drip tip on top of the atomizer. The drip shield keeps things from getting messy and goes over the atomizer. You drip a couple of drops of liquid straight into the drip tip and enjoy. It's not that much work and the flavor you get is amazing! I can switch off complementary flavors with nearly every time I need a few more drops of liquid. It's simply wonderful and a great way to be able to switch flavors quickly.

I got a couple and tried them. The small 1 ml size is really convenient for me and it's working well, the best bottom feeder I've tried yet. There's a review I wrote in the e-cig review part of this forum. If my opinion is worth anything... I just ordered a bunch more.

I was never a Boge fanboi like others. Come on Joe get with the times Boges are so 2011

Welcome to the forum Striker. We like the spell checker cuz we aren't learned peoples here.

I like to add a little rum flavor to all my fruit flavors.

I think my suspicions are correct. I received a free 10ml bottle of coconut cream pie from Vape Dudes and I knew right away that these dudes are serious about making quality e-liquid with fantastic flavors.

And this is why I have a bunch of T2 clearomizers sitting in front of me. I keep a different flavor in each one and switch. When I switched flavors in them the wicks always seemed to retain some of the old flavor for too long. My taste buds like different flavors. A LOT of different flavors, which is why I switched to direct dripping. It's much easier to go from one flavor to the other and the taste is... you can't get it from a clearomizer although my T2s come close. The only time I still use clearomizers these days is when I'm in the car going from one place to the next, otherwise it's got to be dripping! :P

I get it all the time, and people seem to lay off when you clear up a HUGE misconception about both smoking and vaping. NICOTINE DOES NOT CAUSE CANCER!! I've found that an overwhelming amount of non-smokers assume that nicotine is the most harmful part about smoking, and that even alone, it causes cancer. Generally, once i explain to people that nicotine alone is very similar to caffeine, and that it is not a carginogen, and it is not what's harmful about cigarettes (it just keeps you inhaling what IS harmful), they generally are more accepting. I feel like that's been one of the biggest suprises in telling people about vaping is they think nicotine is what causes cancer in cigarettes.

I have no illusions that I have traded one habit for another, I also know, I would still be smoking if I hadn't found vaping. It really doesn't bother me what people think about it....I just reply: would you rather I was still smoking cigarettes? If its strangers...I really, really don't care what they think.

It doesnt bother me anymore. I know that my vaping is a better alternative to smoking. The nay sayers can kiss my ass.

A "Mod" was any alteration to the vaping set up (back in the day when we only had the 510 and 901) or make your own (i.e. box mod). so, I guess if you look at the original definition of a 'Mod'......never mind....its making my head hurt. By the original definition, everything I own is a 'Mod'.....

I started to quit smoking and stayed because Its affordable, stylish and tons of flavors.