Shinyitus anonymous!! If you don't have it you will!!! Enablers Lurking!!!

[SnapDragon NY]

And just what pray tell is wrong with a good ole' boring Kbox????

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You have a great collection Pami-
I think what @nadalama probably means, price wise on what I spent for say the stabwood mods and Therions I had to have - are considered luxury items, which means I have shinyitis!

 

[Countrypami]

You have a great collection Pami-
I think what @nadalama probably means, price wise on what I spent for say the stabwood mods and Therions I had to have are considered a luxury item!

Oh I know... lol... I'm just giving her shit

 

[JuicyLucy]

stabwood mods and Therions I had to have - are considered luxury items!

I call bull; you need at least one of each - plus back ups for back ups - to survive vapocolypse!

 

[SnapDragon NY]

Oh I know... lol... I'm just giving her shit

LOL!!!!!

I thought it was funny that she nailed my shinyitis condition!

 

[SnapDragon NY]

I call bull; you need at least one of each - plus back ups for back ups - to survive vapocolypse!

LOL-
I have been working on that stabwood problem- LOL! I must be prepared!
Plus now that I got into squonking - my mods and RDAs have back ups for my back ups ......

 

[SnapDragon NY]

I need more coffee- I can't type or spell this morning-

 

[nadalama]

And just what pray tell is wrong with a good ole' boring Kbox????

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Well, I guess if I can dish it out, I have to be able to take it!

Not a thing, not a thing wrong with Kboxes. I have one myself. It's been one of the most reliable mods I've had.

 

[SnapDragon NY]

Well, I guess if I can dish it out, I have to be able to take it!

Not a thing, not a thing wrong with Kboxes. I have one myself. It's been one of the most reliable mods I've had.

LOL-

I have 3 Kanger Neboxes- I couldn't live without!
My 1st one is still going strong after 3 years- even left it out in the rain about a year ago and it is still working great. I tried to replace it with the new LV Orion- still love my Nebox!
The other 2 Neboxes are back ups! LOL!

 

[JuicyLucy]

@SnapDragon NY you forget, hon, we've seen your gear. You got Shiny-itis.

If you had Vapocalypse fear, you'd be buying plain old Picos and Kboxes.

I'm a big eLeaf fan

Here is longevity for ya - I lost this set up October of 2017 doing a purge on our chest freezer - thought it accidently got thrown away.

Well, come Halloween, Mr Juicy was digging around in there and what does he find at the bottom of the freezer under mounds of frozen chickens and cheap hamburger?

My iStick with Merlin - battery still charged and it fired right up and vaped

 

[nadalama]

I'm a big eLeaf fan

Here is longevity for ya - I lost this set up October of 2017 doing a purge on our chest freezer - thought it accidently got thrown away.

Well, come Halloween, Mr Juicy was digging around in there and what does he find at the bottom of the freezer under mounds of frozen chickens and cheap hamburger?

My iStick with Merlin - battery still charged and it fired right up and vaped

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That is incredible. Even beyond the mod and tank being incredible, the battery? What kind of battery did you have in there?

I have nothing at all against eLeaf or Kanger, at least when it comes to mods. I have two Picos, one resin and one Mega, an iStick 100TC, and a Kanger Kbox Mini Platinum. They are actually more accessible to me because I can't spend a lot on gear.

 

[SnapDragon NY]

I'm a big eLeaf fan

Here is longevity for ya - I lost this set up October of 2017 doing a purge on our chest freezer - thought it accidently got thrown away.

Well, come Halloween, Mr Juicy was digging around in there and what does he find at the bottom of the freezer under mounds of frozen chickens and cheap hamburger?

My iStick with Merlin - battery still charged and it fired right up and vaped

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Wow!
Amazing! Nice to find it and that it still works!

 

[JuicyLucy]

That is incredible. Even beyond the mod and tank being incredible, the battery? What kind of battery did you have in there?

I have nothing at all against eLeaf or Kanger, at least when it comes to mods. I have two Picos, one resin and one Mega, an iStick 100TC, and a Kanger Kbox Mini Platinum. They are actually more accessible to me because I can't spend a lot on gear.

Battery was a Sony VCT4

 

[Countrypami]

I'm a big eLeaf fan

Here is longevity for ya - I lost this set up October of 2017 doing a purge on our chest freezer - thought it accidently got thrown away.

Well, come Halloween, Mr Juicy was digging around in there and what does he find at the bottom of the freezer under mounds of frozen chickens and cheap hamburger?

My iStick with Merlin - battery still charged and it fired right up and vaped

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That is incredible. Even beyond the mod and tank being incredible, the battery? What kind of battery did you have in there?

I have nothing at all against eLeaf or Kanger, at least when it comes to mods. I have two Picos, one resin and one Mega, an iStick 100TC, and a Kanger Kbox Mini Platinum. They are actually more accessible to me because I can't spend a lot on gear.

THAT^^^^ is why Kanger, eLeaf, and Innokin are my go to's. I haven't had one quit on me yet. (Well, I did wear out the purple Nano but that was after 3 years of everyday use)

 

[nadalama]

You know, I just realized. The reason I have all these mods is....DIY!

I have forty-leven flavors of liquid, have to have all these different tanks and mods to accommodate all the different flavors! Does THAT make sense or what?

By the way, forty-leven is a LOT. That's like, so many I don't even KNOW how many.

Yeah, that's it.

 

[Countrypami]

You know, I just realized. The reason I have all these mods is....DIY!

I have forty-leven flavors of liquid, have to have all these different tanks and mods to accommodate all the different flavors! Does THAT make sense or what?

By the way, forty-leven is a LOT. That's like, so many I don't even KNOW how many.

Yeah, that's it.

That makes PERFECT sense. I currently have 15 setups on my desk, each one with a different juice. I like to be able to make quick changes.

 

[EMusic]

That makes PERFECT sense. I currently have 15 setups on my desk, each one with a different juice. I like to be able to make quick changes.

Same here!

 

[SnapDragon NY]

That is incredible. Even beyond the mod and tank being incredible, the battery? What kind of battery did you have in there?

I have nothing at all against eLeaf or Kanger, at least when it comes to mods. I have two Picos, one resin and one Mega, an iStick 100TC, and a Kanger Kbox Mini Platinum. They are actually more accessible to me because I can't spend a lot on gear.

I agree with you too- Kanger and eLeaf make some great mods and tanks- love my eLeafs too, I have a few!
I try to always buy my gear during a great sale or for a great price. I can't spend a lot either.

 

[The Cromwell]

And just what pray tell is wrong with a good ole' boring Kbox????

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Ahh Kbox minis.
I think I have 7 white ones and 2 platinum ones.
And around 10 - 12 Subtank Minis and enough spare parts to keep them going for many decades.
Only vape the STM's with the RBA. Gave all the factory coils for them away.

Been daily vaping one white Kbox mini and STM daily for over 3 years.

 

[Countrypami]

It's a little messy, but you get the picture. (The caps are to keep the cats from licking my drip tips.)

 

[Countrypami]

Ahh Kbox minis.
I think I have 7 white ones and 2 platinum ones.
And around 10 - 12 Subtank Minis and enough spare parts to keep them going for many decades.
Only vape the STM's with the RBA. Gave all the factory coils for them away.

I was just gonna message you! I'm loving these Vaporfi Volt 2's that I got. I'd bet ya anything they are re-branded Toptanks.

 

[joha_wa_alhimar]

I'm a big eLeaf fan

Here is longevity for ya - I lost this set up October of 2017 doing a purge on our chest freezer - thought it accidently got thrown away.

Well, come Halloween, Mr Juicy was digging around in there and what does he find at the bottom of the freezer under mounds of frozen chickens and cheap hamburger?

My iStick with Merlin - battery still charged and it fired right up and vaped

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That's what I call built to last

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[Huckleberried]

I have forty-leven flavors of liquid, have to have all these different tanks and mods to accommodate all the different flavors!

That right there is a good example of why people need more than one mod. This is completely normal behavior, you're fine.

 

[The Cromwell]

I was just gonna message you! I'm loving these Vaporfi Volt 2's that I got. I'd bet ya anything they are re-branded Toptanks.

They are not clones of the Toptank Mini. However made by Kangertech with some changes and branded Vapor Fi.

I have 1 Toptank Mini. Good tank.

However the RBA is is pretty much the STM V1 with the little juice holes at the bottom. Might starve a bit with thicker juice?

coils and RBA's should interchange with authentic STM parts.

 

[SnapDragon NY]

That makes PERFECT sense. I currently have 15 setups on my desk, each one with a different juice. I like to be able to make quick changes.

I keep ten full set ups on my kitchen counter- same reasons, they are all filled with different juice!
My BIL a non smoker, non vaper, came to my house on Thanksgiving and thought I have too much stuff- LOL!
Good thing he didn't see the inside of my vape cabinets- this " stuff " has kept me from cigarettes for 4 years!

 

[Huckleberried]

That's the name of the game!

 

[nadalama]

I have 1 setup in my purse, 9 setups on the table next to my chair, and 8 on the chest of drawers next to my bed. For the most part, I think they're all loaded with different flavors, although Pink Bubblegum and Cinnaflakes might be in more than one.

Squonking has just increased the herd. Four of the 9 on my table are squonkers, all of which are fairly new, because I've just recently started with that. There really wasn't much of a learning curve, and for great flavor, they beat everything else I have hands-down. Who knew? Yeah, I know, y'all did, but I wasn't listening for a while there. Figured all that building would get the better of me, but it really hasn't. It's a lot easier once you have decent tools.

 

[The Cromwell]

I keep ten full set ups on my kitchen counter- same reasons, they are all filled with different juice!
My BIL a non smoker, non vaper, came to my house on Thanksgiving and thought I have too much stuff- LOL!
Good thing he didn't see the inside of my vape cabinets- this " stuff " has kept me from cigarettes for 4 years!

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Yep 4 years smoke free in January for me.
And including all the buy and try vape stuff I have saved at least 75% over what I would have spent smoking. And I now have enough hardware to last me the rest of my life.

I will not HAVE to buy anything vape related at all next year.
Maybe for 2 years. then just juice mixing ingredients and a few new batteries, although I got around 4 years on my first batteries and just replaced them all.

I even have 3 replacement boards for my Kbox minis.

 

[nadalama]

Yep 4 years smoke free in January for me.
And including all the buy and try vape stuff I have saved at least 75% over what I would have spent smoking. And I now have enough hardware to last me the rest of my life.

I will not HAVE to buy anything vape related at all next year.
Maybe for 2 years. then just juice mixing ingredients and a few new batteries, although I got around 4 years on my first batteries and just replaced them all.

I even have 3 replacement boards for my Kbox minis.

That signature box of mine says I've saved over $18k in the 7.5 years I've been vaping (at the price that cigs were when I stopped smoking). There's no way in this world I've spent more than $4k on hardware, coils, juice, cotton, wire, tools, cases, the whole shebang. I'd say my savings percentage is about the same as @The Cromwell 's, and it's been a whole lot more fun and a whole lot healthier than smoking.

Just think. Where can you go to have all these fun conversations with neat people about SMOKING? Yuck. What would you do? Compare who has the stinkiest ashtrays or the smelliest car? Who had burned the most holes in their bed sheets without being burned alive? AND my doc tells me that if I hadn't told him I use electronics, he'd have thought my lungs belong to a non-smoker, which of course I am, but...

This. Get this now. I just had to sign up for next year's cafeteria benefits at my job. I am going to have to pay $37 every two weeks more for my health insurance than other people because the insurance company considers me a smoker if I use e-cigs. They can pull me in for a BLOOD TEST, and if I test positive for NICOTINE, they will label me a smoker and charge me accordingly. AND if I say I'm a non-smoker and they find this out later? They can make me pay all the difference in premiums from our renewal date up to that time.

How do you like them apples?

 

[The Cromwell]

This. Get this now. I just had to sign up for next year's cafeteria benefits at my job. I am going to have to pay $37 every two weeks more for my health insurance than other people because the insurance company considers me a smoker if I use e-cigs. They can pull me in for a BLOOD TEST, and if I test positive for NICOTINE, they will label me a smoker and charge me accordingly. AND if I say I'm a non-smoker and they find this out later? They can make me pay all the difference in premiums from our renewal date up to that time.
How do you like them apples?

Same with my insurance. IT IS ALL ABOUT MONEY.
And in April my Obamacare ins goes up $200/mo.
But in April I go on Medicare.

 

[nadalama]

Same with my insurance. IT IS ALL ABOUT MONEY.
And in April my Obamacare ins goes up $200/mo.
But in April I go on Medicare.

It is absolutely all about money. I couldn't agree more.

 

[JuicyLucy]

How do you like them apples?

That is one BAD apple

 

[The Cromwell]

OOPS I meant that my Obamacare goes up $200 in January.

 

[The Cromwell]

It is absolutely all about money. I couldn't agree more.

In The British Isles where they have socialized medicine the doctors are officially recommending vaping as a less dangerous alternative to smoking. Saves the government and taxpayers money.
Over here in our capitalistic medical care system doctors are officially prohibited from recommending vaping.
See a pattern?

 

[joha_wa_alhimar]

In The British Isles where they have socialized medicine the doctors are officially recommending vaping as a less dangerous alternative to smoking. Saves the government and taxpayers money.
Over here in our capitalistic medical care system doctors are officially prohibited from recommending vaping.
See a pattern?

We also have a lot of interference from the tobacco industry

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[The Cromwell]

We also have a lot of interference from the tobacco industry

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Another BIG difference between socialized British medicine is that in the British system, drug company reps are NOT allowed to contact any medical professional to promote their products or give money or samples to them.

 

[Countrypami]

Boy, it sure got quite in here. No one's fallen off the wagon recently?

 

[JuicyLucy]

Boy, it sure got quite in here. No one's fallen off the wagon recently?

Not me - nothing since July!

 

[gsmit1]

Boy, it sure got quite in here. No one's fallen off the wagon recently?

I don't think I ever really got on yet.

 

[JuicyLucy]

Can't believe I didn't get myself a vape for Christmas - first time in years, lol

 

[Countrypami]

Can't believe I didn't get myself a vape for Christmas - first time in years, lol

It's never too late!

 

[nadalama]

Yeah, you do have to be on the wagon in order to fall off again.

 

[MrMeowgi]

My last purchase was last weekend. 2 reload x rda clones from fasttech. Hope I like them. Lol

 

[SnapDragon NY]

My last purchase was last weekend. 2 reload x rda clones from fasttech. Hope I like them. Lol

I just got my SS Kaees Solomon V2 RTA from FT on Saturday the 22nd of December- I ordered that on Black Friday.
Since I am a glutton for punishment- I ordered the Black and some more battery wraps from FT 15% off sale - probably see that the end of January.
I also ordered the Ultroner EOS I in Pink stabwood from Ultroner in China on December 5th- I have no idea when that will show up here- LOL!

 

[gsmit1]

 

[Jinx'd]

And just what pray tell is wrong with a good ole' boring Kbox????

all of those bands, and you don't have VU bands

 

[nadalama]

I'm waiting on:

Fireluke tank and RBA, Ammit MTL RDA, and some wire from eightvape
Nicotine from perfectvape
Smok G80 kit from breazy
Mod wrap from vaporskinz
RBA for Smok Spirals from myvaporstore
Squonk bottles, replacement door for Wismec Luxotic BF, O-atty, replacement deck for Hussar RTA from fasttech

I haven't bought a piece of Smok gear in years, and frankly don't know what possessed me the other day, except that the G80 kit that came with a Spirals tank, for which you can get a single-coil RBA, was the same price or less than the Baby Beast tank by itself. I'd been looking at the Beast/Prince tanks for a while because of the RBAs available, but was a little nervous about the RBAs being dual coil and small. Like the single coil better, and I'm not put off by the restricted air flow in the Spirals tank. Also needed a mod that would better accommodate the Fireluke tank, most of my mods are 22mm or thereabouts. I had several that held bigger tanks, but the Apollo CTRL, the ipv Vesta, and the Sig Evaya have all died.

So you can see how that little obsessive voice talked me right into this, yes? Just whispering in my ear, yeah, that will work for that, and it isn't that much money, and it's probably a price you won't see again, and you NEED it for this or that, blah blah blah. Addictive personalities can talk themselves into just about anything, given time.

 

[The Cromwell]

THAT^^^^ is why Kanger, eLeaf, and Innokin are my go to's. I haven't had one quit on me yet. (Well, I did wear out the purple Nano but that was after 3 years of everyday use)

With the Kbox mini you just have to know their one thing.
If you drop them the spring loaded battery terminal might get stuck.
A little Torx bit and 15 min and good to go again. The little spring inside the contact gets jammed and requires a bit of disassembly.
Have had to do this a couple of times. Hardwood floors and dropped mods...

 

[jwill]

Boy, it sure got quite in here. No one's fallen off the wagon recently?

Fell off the wagon, chopped it up for kindling, burned it and now hitchhiking.

 

[Jinx'd]

just took this pic. far as I know, I have the only one I have seen in here.

 

[gsmit1]

just took this pic. far as I know, I have the only one I have seen in here.

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I don't wanna burst your bubble but I have a feeling there are a few other left hands around here.