Tam

I like it when you're on night shift and have time on your hands, @Adversarious1  

I like it when you're on night shift and have time on your hands, @Adversarious1  

I'm currently on night shift.  I have some time on my hands tonight and I needed something to keep my mind occupied in order to stay awake.  This article and the study it cites were a good way to do just that.  As a result of the digging I did, I'm going to go against the grain and play "Devil's Advocate" where this article is concerned.  It is shoddy and misleading journalism, at best.
The very first sentence of the article was inaccurate: "A recent study published in the journal of Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis revealed that e-cigarettes do not cause cancer, unlike tobacco." 
No, it didn't reveal that.  What the study revealed is that the nicotine contained in the aerosols from e-cigarettes did not appear to promote growth in tumor cells.  I could have told you that without conducting the study.  In fact, any number of people around here could have come to the same conclusion.  It has been widely known for a very long time that nicotine is not a cancer causing agent. Therefore logic tells us that nicotine will not promote growth in cancer cells.
From the study: Results from this study suggest that e-cigarettes may have reduced tumor promoter activity compared to conventional cigarettes and therefore may provide a safer alternative to cigarettes.
Suggest.  May have reduced.  May provide.  The authors/researchers were very careful not to state anything along the lines of "e-cigarettes do not cause cancer".
However; the purpose of the study wasn't to determine that the nicotine in e-cigs doesn't cause cancer, as the author apparently wants us to believe.  The actual purpose of the study was to essentially determine the usefulness of the Bhas 42 assay in further studies.  Essentially, this was a study of a study method.
Toward the end of article the author points out the FDA continues to warn about potential health risks from e-cigs.  That's true.  The FDA does warn about potential health risks.  Yet the author's own title of the article: VAPING found to be vastly safer than smoking cigarettes, yet the FDA ridiculously claims they pose identical risks to health - is grossly inaccurate and misleading.  No, the FDA does NOT claim e-cigarettes pose the identical risks posed by cigarettes.  They FDA warns (as opposed to claims) of potential health risks (as opposed to known health risks) and they openly state their concern that some of the products may contain ingredients that are toxic.  That's actually true.  Some of the ingredients found in some liquids are toxic in high enough doses.  Even water is toxic in high enough doses. 
While the FDA, in my opinion, has way over-stepped their boundaries where the deeming regulations are concerned, they are very careful not to make the claims the author asserts they make.  Yes, there needs to be some oversight.  No, that oversight should not include hardware.  That oversight should be limited to the actual items that contain the potentially - POTENTIALLY - toxic ingredients.
Sorry for my rant.  Just getting a little tired of seeing so many articles by "journalists" that either say the same thing over and over or, as is the case with this particular article, don't provide accurate details.  Do they not understand that the inaccuracies will actually do more harm than good?  Hopefully some legal beagle out there realizes that and is smart enough to separate the treasure (good articles) from the trash.

Se stai solo cercando il tubo vero e proprio allora consiglio il Dotmod Petri Lite. Non sono completamente sicuro del tasso di cambio tra l'euro e la sterlina britannica o dollaro americano, ma se Google fosse corretto, dovresti essere in grado di ottenere uno di questi per circa 120€.
 
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The OP was asking about recommendations for a good quality mech mod for about 120 euros.
I recommended the Dotmod Petri Lite.
Not only is Google your friend, so is Google translate
 

The wall adapter I use came with the iPower 80W TC, I also use the ones that came with the iStick 50W. Your adapter should NOT get hot when in use. If it does, I'd be looking at getting a new one. Never, and I mean NEVER plug the charger into a USB port on a computer or laptop. That's a good way to losing your PC/laptop should the cord get too hot. I always use a wall adapter and never leave it unattended (read: never charge it overnight while you're sleeping).

Of the mods I have with a built in battery, when they go bad they just stop working. That's just my experience, though.
Like @Bebop said, by the time you need to worry about that, you'll have several more new SHINY toys to play with. 

Love new toys....
 

It's a built in battery.   After a year or more it will gradually hold less and less of a charge and fade away eventually just stopping
 
but it won't matter because by then you'll have 5 or 6 different devices 😀

I would really like to see the 'deeming rules' go the way of the dodo. While I agree the vaping industry needs some oversight, they do not need the ridiculous amount the deeming rules proposed.
Thanks for the link!

I would really like to see the 'deeming rules' go the way of the dodo. While I agree the vaping industry needs some oversight, they do not need the ridiculous amount the deeming rules proposed.
Thanks for the link!

Did you take a good look at the O-rings on the coils that leak versus the ones that don't? I seem to remember something like this in the past with different tanks and coils, of course, but it was the O-rings in that, too. In that case, just changing out the O-rings on the coil seemed to do the trick. Might give it a try?

I went from 18 nic to 3 nic my 1st year and it's been great.  
After 4 years the wife has decided to quit so I'm helping her with that.  I don't expect her to go cold turkey but she's stoked we've been off for 4 years and her time to quit
The good news - no pressure on me and I'm not quitting any time soon.  I'm toying with the idea of 0 nic though. 

I'm gonna go with... no, but I did, and found it to be informative (for the time), and interesting. None of the article's message said that PG is supposed to be "pretty toxic stuff."

In a nutshell, yes, I'm concerned about the long-term effects of vaping.  And in a nutshell, I would rather be inhaling 4 or 5 or 6 vaporized liquids/chemicals with relatively unknown effects that are FDA approved than inhaling 7000+ carcinogens that are KNOWN to have adverse effects on health (and are also FDA approved, by the way).  
I'm curious about where you got your information about the toxicity of PG, thoughh.  There are several old and inaccurate studies still floating around (and still being cited as 'gospel' by the fear mongering media) concerning PG.  The conditions used during those studies were unrealistic.

@Tam  Well, you've done it again.  Saved the day!  That did the trick. 

Mmmm Vanilla custard filled cinnamon danishes... Can you tell I haven't eaten anything today?   

I just received a Templar AIO kit by Vapor Talk in the mail yesterday.  Since setting it up I have been vaping on it exclusively.  Here are my first impressions.
Packaging: Very nice box art.  It is definitely representative of the Vapor Talk brand.  If I hadn’t already seen photos of the device I would have been tearing into the box in anticipation of checking out the contents.  Instead, I tore into the box in anticipation of actually getting my hands on what was inside.
The contents:  It’s no frills.  You get the mod, 2 coils, the standard USB charging cable and a manual that is easier to understand than most I have seen.
The mod: Very simple to set up and operate.  The hinged cover for the charging port (located on the bottom of the device) easily swings out of the way and has a magnet to keep it in place when the cover is in the ‘closed’ position.  The top comes off easily, even with the child proof design.  I had no trouble screwing a coil on and filling the reservoir/tank couldn’t have been simpler.  The appearance is sleek, fits well in my hand and appears to be constructed well.
There do appear to be a couple of minor differences and/or omissions between the manual and the device.  The manual says the charging light will flash 4 times to indicate a successful connection.  I connected the device to 6 different ports with two different charging cables and each time I got a solid red light.  This was after the initial “charging” because the fact the light didn’t flash 4 times was actually brought to my attention after the fact.  The device also must have been mostly charged because the charging light went from red to green in a matter of minutes.
The other omission I noticed from the manual is the battery mAh rating.  It isn’t listed in the manual but is listed on the VT website – 1000 mAh.
Operation: Charge it, 5 clicks to turn on, press the fire button, inhale and enjoy.  It doesn’t get much simpler than that. 
Experience: Overall it will serve as a very capable backup for me.  I have been using it exclusively for close to 24 hours as of this writing and other than the fact that I might need to step up the nicotine it has served its purpose.  I normally vape 3mg between .1 and .2 ohms, so going to .5 ohm just isn’t giving me the same “hit” I’m used to. 
I have done everything from short 1-2 second drags to longer 8-10 second drags.  Casual hits every few minutes to chain vaping.  The tank does get warm when chain vaping.
I will admit that I was actually hoping it would serve as a nice little stealth vaping device, but with .5 ohm coils and the way I do DTL hits, that just isn’t going to happen for me.  It might be a little stealthier if I up my PG, as the juice I have in it right now is a 10/90 PG/VG ratio, but even if I switch to a 50/50 or even a 60/40 I think I’m going to be producing quite a bit of vapor simply based on the way I vape.
The airflow does not appear to be adjustable.  That’s fine and doesn’t take away from the operation of the device; it’s just tighter than my personal preference.
Appears to vaporize the liquid and utilize the battery very efficiently.  I am still on the original 2ml of liquid I put in the tank, though I’m definitely getting toward the bottom end of that.  By comparison, I would have easily gone through 6-9ml of liquid with one of my normal setups with the amount of vaping I have done and I would have easily drained 2 2500 mAh batteries, though I have no idea how close to drained the battery is.  At 1000 mAh I would have though I'd have had to charge it a couple of times by now, but I'm still on the original charge.
 
 
 
 

I'm taking the survey now.  Funny thing about all the pictures...none of them has created an craving, urge, desire or need to vape, but some of them have caused a craving for red vines, created an urge to use a pencil to write this response by hand and an inexplicable desire to pick my nose.

You know you're a true member of the VT forums when you can successfully derail any topic posted.
 

....and it tastes pretty good!
Accidently put the wrong juice in the wrong tank
And it's a winner! Lol
 
Love happy accidents. 😃

That's brilliant!  Their mostly home brew so I can "suck it up" until I get to half bottle point and brew up a half batch of zero.  You just rescued about 500ml of juice!!!!
 
Now I'm excited!  Can't wait to see what they taste like at 3mg.  Gotta to be better. 

Adulting sucks.  :( 

Thanks, everyone!
@Bebop you weren't too far behind me when you came on. I'm glad you came to VT -- and stayed, this place wouldn't be the same without you and your wit and knowledge that you pass to new and experienced vapers alike. 
@Edna, you've been a very welcome addition and a very quick learner! I look forward to seeing your first year vaperversary soon.
@Earthling789, you know... I might actually have some old CE4s in my stash o'stuff. Might need to take a look one of these days and go through all that to see what gets unearthed. Sort of like a vaping time capsule, lol. Thanks for sticking around and being such a valuable resource to old and new vapers.
@Walt, this place is special because we have members like you so come, ask questions, listen to the answers given, and then pass that along to new people coming in. I'm looking forward to seeing you around for years to come!

Just got this in from VT - The Templar AIO kit (along with a sampler of VT Black Label Crown Jewels).  Thanks to @Christopher!!
Charged up.  Filled up.  Being vaped as I write this.  First impressions to come later this weekend.

Even after year of trying everything that was available, I was never able to stop smoking. One day, five years ago, I saw a co-worker outside sucking on what looked like a pen (eGo T 650 mAh) and exhaling plumes of what looked like smoke but smelled so much better. I stopped and starting asking questions. That night after work I stopped by the B&M and bought myself my first vape gear: an eGo-T 650 mAh battery, two CE4 tanks with 1.5 ohm coils with a 5-pack back up, an AC adapter, a charging cable, and three bottles of juice.
Back then, it cost a total of $165.00
A few days later I went back and discovered that eGo had a new battery out -- a 650 passthrough! And Kanger put out a new tank -- a T2 with top coils/short wick.
I started vaping and collecting more back ups, more juices, never really looking back. The six packs of smokes I had in the fridge remained there for another two years until I finally threw them away. The first six months or so, I'd tempt fate and would light up just to see if I still liked it or not.
The answer would be... not.
Haven't looked back since. Around the first six month mark, I was playing on the internet and discovered a different vape forum. It was too big, the people weren't very patient with "noobs", nor were they very kind or friendly so I continued looking around.
Hey! Check out this new place I found! It's called Vapor Talk. The people were very friendly, very knowledgeable, and I felt welcomed here. It's where I call 'home' now. The people are wonderful, they are all about helping new vapers with their questions no matter how many times they answer the same thing. They enjoy derailing threads, but that only makes the conversation more interesting and the subject comes back around... eventually. Yes, we do periodically get some bad apples here, but it's rare and they usually get tired of our slower pace and go away. The good ones stay. Eventually, I was asked to become an admin here, and it was a scary thing, and I'm still learning.
This long-winded thing is my way of saying a BIG THANK YOU! to @Christopher for starting this forum, to my fellow admins and mods, and to all the wonderful members here (both old and new), who make the forum a place to hang my hat. These days, after all this time, I no longer have any doubts that I'll ever go back to smoking. Vaper Talk has played a huge part in helping with this. Happy 5-year vaperversary to me!