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1. Learn DIY.
2. Only vape rebuildable Attys.
3. Stock up on vape hardware, attys and mods. Including some mechs, as all regulateds will all eventually die.
If you buy mechs get decent ones and you MUST learn battery/Mech safety. Many vids on youtube
on the subject. Mooch is the best singler source of battery/mech safety.

PG/VG will not be banned unless marketed or labelled for use in vaping.
Same with wire and cotton and flavorings.
Batteries can be obtained. None of the major battery brands have ever endorsed their products for vaping anyway.

Edit:
Freebase nic may well become problematic to get in the not too distant future so get some of that in the freezer. I expect nic to be only sold to licensed tobacco manufacturers in the future.
Hope I am wrong though.
 
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I need 1. and 3.
I have everything for 1 to start (need more flavors), except nic that went bad in heat while being delivered that I have a coupon for,,,I just haven't mixed anything yet :huh:

For 2 I'm thinking black friday sales for a few things, unless it looks like I'll get shut out. Some suppliers, at least a couple, no longer ship to US.
 

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2. Only vape rebuildable Attys.
I was going to hedge my bets by pulling the trigger on an Augvape Intake Dual, just now. But I waited too long. Of the vendors I know, only Elementvape had them in stock, and now they're down to just rainbow coloured. *ick* So I have what I have. If I get screwed, I get screwed and that's life.
 

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I need 1. and 3.
I have everything for 1 to start (need more flavors), except nic that went bad in heat while being delivered that I have a coupon for,,,I just haven't mixed anything yet :huh:

For 2 I'm thinking black friday sales for a few things, unless it looks like I'll get shut out. Some suppliers, at least a couple, no longer ship to US.
You can go ahead and get mechs just do not use until you know how to safely do it.
I recommend mechs with a 510 center pin so you can use rebuildable tanks on them if you build properly and are not restricted to RDA's with protruding center pins where your atty 510 center pin comes into direct contact with the top of the battery.
ALWAYS check any atty build on a regulated m0d or ohm meter for shorts and proper resistance before using on a mech.

Black Friday sales may still be a vape thing this year or may not. I am thinking probably will be.
I would not however count on Easter sales and such next spring.
 

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I was going to hedge my bets by pulling the trigger on an Augvape Intake Dual, just now. But I waited too long. Of the vendors I know, only Elementvape had them in stock, and now they're down to just rainbow coloured. *ick* So I have what I have. If I get screwed, I get screwed and that's life.
Yeah I wish I had gotten more of the original Pico Squeeze mods....
 

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You can go ahead and get mechs just do not use until you know how to safely do it.
I recommend mechs with a 510 center pin so you can use rebuildable tanks on them if you build properly and are not restricted to RDA's with protruding center pins where your atty 510 center pin comes into direct contact with the top of the battery.
ALWAYS check any atty build on a regulated m0d or ohm meter for shorts and proper resistance before using on a mech.

Black Friday sales may still be a vape thing this year or may not. I am thinking probably will be.
I would not however count on Easter sales and such next spring.
I didn't know I indicated I didn't know how to properly use a mech???? Which I do !

Or maybe you meant that as a general reply, while quoting me???
 
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I didn't know I indicated I didn't know how to properly use a mech????

Or maybe you meant that as a general reply, while quoting me???
Sorry bad assumption on my part.
Apologies.

I just did some browsing and it appears that cheap decent mech clones are pretty much a thing of the past.
used to be able to pick up decent nemesis clones for around $10. FT seems to be all sold out of nemesis clones and pretty much all things nemesis.

I picked up all my mechs years past on clearance. Got a couple of New Yorker mods for $10 each which were actually better per reviewers than the Manhattan mod they cloned. Have a couple Nemmys and a few others too.

Not sure that I ever paid over $10 for any of them.
 

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Be sure to include RDA's in that, while great to have RTA's breaking glass would end up making those useless and its fair to reason that glass will become a lost cause trying to source.
 

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Really sad that it's come to this. When I first started I didn't want to DIY anything and if I had to I would have kept on smoking.
But maybe that's the point. Keep everyone smoking and keep the taxes coming in from BT?
 

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Black Friday sales may still be a vape thing this year or may not. I am thinking probably will be.
I would not however count on Easter sales and such next spring.
I definitely would not wait for anything or expect anything. The way things are moving so quickly, we may not have a tomorrow.

Alibaba not shipping to US, Ecigexpress no longer selling DIY supplies, Real Flavors closing its doors today, President having an announcement tonight. Everything can change by tomorrow.

Do not wait, Do not expect any sales!
 

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I definitely would not wait for anything or expect anything. The way things are moving so quickly, we may not have a tomorrow.

Alibaba not shipping to US, Ecigexpress no longer selling DIY supplies, Real Flavors closing its doors today, President having an announcement tonight. Everything can change by tomorrow.

Do not wait, Do not expect any sales!
Just checked their site. Real Flavors is officially closed down.
 

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President having an announcement tonight.
Cite?

Do not expect any sales!
Sales? To hell with sales. Just try to find what you want in stock somewhere.

I suspect the problem here is a perfect storm: People seeing there'll be a crunch so they're stocking up. Stores had inadequate stock and China is on vacation.

I still have my old RTAs, but I'm loath to mess with them again. If worse comes to worse I also still have my old RDAs, two of which are pretty nice. I can always fall back to them.

Really annoys me I missed on that RTA by this >< much, though
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Really sad that it's come to this. When I first started I didn't want to DIY anything and if I had to I would have kept on smoking.
But maybe that's the point. Keep everyone smoking and keep the taxes coming in from BT?

Thats exactly the point. They want the tobacco taxes even at the expense of human life, to you know "save children"
 

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If only my finances were better I’d be stocking up. I really need to YouTube DIY juice videos, I’m completely lost on how to start, even when reading the DIY threads.

I really don’t want to go back to cigarettes. I absolutely love vaping and feel so much better doing so.
 

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1. Learn DIY.
2. Only vape rebuildable Attys.
3. Stock up on vape hardware, attys and mods. Including some mechs, as all regulateds will all eventually die.
If you buy mechs get decent ones and you MUST learn battery/Mech safety. Many vids on youtube
on the subject. Mooch is the best singler source of battery/mech safety.

PG/VG will not be banned unless marketed or labelled for use in vaping.
Same with wire and cotton and flavorings.
Batteries can be obtained. None of the major battery brands have ever endorsed their products for vaping anyway.

Edit:
Freebase nic may well become problematic to get in the not too distant future so get some of that in the freezer. I expect nic to be only sold to licensed tobacco manufacturers in the future.
Hope I am wrong though.
Good advice, did this in Uk before TDP, It didn't turn out as bad as we thought but it was not a vaping ban.

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Be sure to include RDA's in that, while great to have RTA's breaking glass would end up making those useless and its fair to reason that glass will become a lost cause trying to source.
Yep however I have enough replacement glass to last me a long time on my tanks.
I think I have 30 for my Sub Tank Minis and about the same for my OG Merlins
along with replacement gaskets, bases and RBA decks.
 

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Sorry bad assumption on my part.
Apologies.

I just did some browsing and it appears that cheap decent mech clones are pretty much a thing of the past.
used to be able to pick up decent nemesis clones for around $10. FT seems to be all sold out of nemesis clones and pretty much all things nemesis.

I picked up all my mechs years past on clearance. Got a couple of New Yorker mods for $10 each which were actually better per reviewers than the Manhattan mod they cloned. Have a couple Nemmys and a few others too.

Not sure that I ever paid over $10 for any of them.

There are some old-school mech clones for $10 on silvervapes.com. I got a humongous Stingray 26650 from them a few weeks ago. Not the color I initially ordered, but they e-mailed and asked about a substitution first and I agreed, so. Inventory on the website may or may not be correct.

Some for not much more on vaporider.com also.
 

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Another FT order placed just now for RTA glass of various kinds, battery wraps, cotton, two coil jigs, another RDA, all marked "In Stock."

I got paranoid about the order I placed earlier today, so cancelled the one item that would have held that order up until 10/22. Everything else is set to ship on 10/15 (we'll see about that).
 

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1. Learn DIY.
2. Only vape rebuildable Attys.
3. Stock up on vape hardware, attys and mods. Including some mechs, as all regulateds will all eventually die.
If you buy mechs get decent ones and you MUST learn battery/Mech safety. Many vids on youtube
on the subject. Mooch is the best singler source of battery/mech safety.

PG/VG will not be banned unless marketed or labelled for use in vaping.
Same with wire and cotton and flavorings.
Batteries can be obtained. None of the major battery brands have ever endorsed their products for vaping anyway.

Edit:
Freebase nic may well become problematic to get in the not too distant future so get some of that in the freezer. I expect nic to be only sold to licensed tobacco manufacturers in the future.
Hope I am wrong though.
Good list.
But "as all regulateds will all eventually die." so will I , only not sure which will come first..:devil:
 

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Good list.
But "as all regulateds will all eventually die." so will I , only not sure which will come first..:devil:
Yep I hope I have enough regulateds stashed away to last till I die.
About 1/2 of my vaping is done on unreg switchfet mods though.

I have the components and knowledge to make mosfet/switchfet mods.
Or repair them.
 

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Yep I hope I have enough regulateds stashed away to last till I die.
About 1/2 of my vaping is done on unreg switchfet mods though.

I have the components and knowledge to make mosfet/switchfet mods.
Or repair them.
I figure I can convert dead ones to Mosfet fired... or use a 6 volt motorcycle battery , jumper cables and iron pipe :giggle:
 

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I figure I can convert dead ones to Mosfet fired... or use a 6 volt motorcycle battery , jumper cables and iron pipe :giggle:
Yep my planned last resort if I run out of regulated mods. Just convert them to mosfet fired.
Replace the circuit board in them with an MP3 player?
 

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Yep my planned last resort if I run out of regulated mods. Just convert them to mosfet fired.
Replace the circuit board in them with an MP3 player?
with Bluetooth I hope. There is a shop in Canada that sells boards and parts, my next big investment. Of course Mouser probably has all the parts we need.
 

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with Bluetooth I hope. There is a shop in Canada that sells boards and parts, my next big investment. Of course Mouser probably has all the parts we need.
I have little BT and MP3 boards and little Micro USB LI charger boards with protection. All pruchased at Ali Express for around 15% or less of what Digi Key and mouser and such want for them.
get like 10 mosfets from them for less than 1 costs at mouser.
 

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So, no announcement from the WH, after all?
 

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Well, I held off on panic buying. Now I'm inclined to wait and see if the RTA I want comes back in stock. With a little luck that'll happen and the same store will also have other stuph I want so I don't have to take a bath on shipping. <crosses fingers>
 

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Also says this:
  • If you are an adult who uses e-cigarettes instead of cigarette smoking, do not return to smoking cigarettes.
  • If you choose to use these products, monitor yourself for symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath, chest pain) and promptly seek medical attention if you have concerns about your health.
 

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  • If you choose to use these products, monitor yourself for symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath, chest pain) and promptly seek medical attention if you have concerns about your health.
I acquired a pulse oxymeter to keep an eye on things. Having an engineering mindset, I like measurables :)
 

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monitor yourself for symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath, chest pain) and promptly seek medical attention if you have concerns about your health.
Glad they told me that because usually when I have shortness of breath, chest pains, or other critical symptoms,,,
...I just brush it off as being normal.
Like when you ask an employee somewhere a specific question that can even have just a yes or no answer, but they turn it into a mind reading contest and want to ask you questions and/or give you information or advice, instead of just answering the question.
 

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But go ahead and light up that good old cigarette because we KNOW that it will fuck you up and those around you, but there's no plans to ban those.
 

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It's impossible to predict which way the White House will go on this one. On the one hand Trump was quick to take action on illegal immigration and economic abuse by China and others. On the other hand he's been cautious about new firearms regulations and has been eliminating bureaucratic red tape.

What would be nice to see would be for the White House to review the 500 page Deeming Rule and tell the FDA to cut it down to something remotely reasonable. And to tell the tobacco industry to bugger off. That, with its history, it's in no position to be pointing fingers at anybody else.
 

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