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All my buddys who have its every bit as good as the 28mm so im stoked to try it!!! Cuz I love both the 28 NM and Valhalla! Haha
~Wesyde1
You can beat the food here by any means IMO! Haha and yes it's gotten alot nicer her but it's still not where it could or should be, lived here all my 42yrs of life and couldn't picture living anywhere else. I love to travel but always can't wait to be home!So weird to me seeing NM posted.
Haven’t lived there in more than 25 years, haven’t visited since 2012...
Parents still live there though.
Last time I was there, a lot of gentrification projects...which was nice to see... cause it was truly trash there.
10 years there was more than enough
Highland to La Cueva in 89’
I do miss the food though.
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~Wesyde1
Did you try them, same deck I believe if you're talking about the Valhalla 28, with the solid silver pin? What was it about them that you thought was shit? Funny thing @~Don~ , I used to reside in New Mexico as well. It was when I was real young for about 4 years. I have some faint memories of the place. It was around Roswell
.999 Silver vs the Solid copper isn’t a significant improvement in that RDA. And pretty much on all my mechs I’m .999 silver and .999 on the 510
To me they both had terrible tolerances on the orings, and juice would bypass them and look like seepage and travel underneath the Rda constantly.
They also both had nasty heat transfer to my mechs... I run .09 or .10 on the Asgard Mini... zero heat transfer.
The Valhalla cap would get scorching hot for me, even the ultem nightmare would get hot.
Flavor was ok.
Lastly... they were bad with inherent voltage loss, and the little gains you would get from a .999 silver pin, would still be significantly less than the AM without one.
Go from 3.64v to 3.68v with silver is just wasted money, when the AM is 3.74+ with just the copper pin and nearly 3.8v with .999.
Now others have said it vapes fine for them... I even traded my last Valhalla to gadget for another AM... he says it’s perfectly fine and it didn’t exhibit the heat soak I experienced.
And that’s fine, I can build coils from simple claptons to fraliens and no matter what I tried, it was just trash for me.
But the one thing being a mech head I can’t ever get passed, is inherent voltage loss.
I test each RDA I buy with the same build, on the same mech, voltage read at the terminals via DMM.
I read people a lot who say something hits hard... and I see them using a mod and or Rda I voltage tested and they pretty much lose all credibility
especially when I say what’s the voltage read?“I vape .06/.07, trust me it hits hard”
That doesn’t say anything to me, but you’re a potato head.
Hits like a truck! And it’s a mod/Rda I tested... must be a Tonka
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Hit like a truck on The pocket book...
‘Dem Mofos run you over... back up take that hidden $20 from underneath your kids picture... get out and searches your pockets for change
Why one is enough for me
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What's the $20 gonna get you, one screw and maybe a sticker?Hit like a truck on The pocket book...
‘Dem Mofos run you over... back up take that hidden $20 from underneath your kids picture... get out and searches your pockets for change
Why one is enough for me
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Tell me they still have Blake’s there?
There was one on Iron road next to Highland High School back in the day I would go to almost daily for a green chili burger... Best $0.79 burger on my walk home.
Not that I think they are awesome to today’s standard of food’ism, but to a 14/15y old the, they were great.
If it dates me when I last lived there.
I installed more than half the HVAC systems at Cottonwood mall when it was being built
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What's the $20 gonna get you, one screw and maybe a sticker?
No no, the Billets hit your wallet like a truck... took everything AND the hidden $20
Then backed over your corpse and searched for pocket change
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Vapors Clouds/DWM Hammer of God "Four Horsemen" Edition #201 with 40mm Vapors Clouds Valhalla V2 RDA.
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Oh yeah Blakes has grown and has a few locations outside of NM now, in AZ and TX and still one of the best Green Chile Chz Brgrs you can get anywhere!!!Tell me they still have Blake’s there?
There was one on Iron road next to Highland High School back in the day I would go to almost daily for a green chili burger... Best $0.79 burger on my walk home.
Not that I think they are awesome to today’s standard of food’ism, but to a 14/15y old the, they were great.
If it dates me when I last lived there.
I installed more than half the HVAC systems at Cottonwood mall when it was being built
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~Wesyde1
I think a lot of it is subjective. To a lot of people any atty with some decent aliens and a tube is gonna knock their socks off cause they aren't used to that kind of response of vape. I respect the time put in and your tests and look forward to your opinion on a mech or atty you give your 2 cents on. Prob gonna pick up an OG grip in the near future because of your opinion on it. Thanks for your response!.999 Silver vs the Solid copper isn’t a significant improvement in that RDA. And pretty much on all my mechs I’m .999 silver and .999 on the 510
To me they both had terrible tolerances on the orings, and juice would bypass them and look like seepage and travel underneath the Rda constantly.
They also both had nasty heat transfer to my mechs... I run .09 or .10 on the Asgard Mini... zero heat transfer.
The Valhalla cap would get scorching hot for me, even the ultem nightmare would get hot.
Flavor was ok.
Lastly... they were bad with inherent voltage loss, and the little gains you would get from a .999 silver pin, would still be significantly less than the AM without one.
Go from 3.64v to 3.68v with silver is just wasted money, when the AM is 3.74+ with just the copper pin and nearly 3.8v with .999.
Now others have said it vapes fine for them... I even traded my last Valhalla to gadget for another AM... he says it’s perfectly fine and it didn’t exhibit the heat soak I experienced.
And that’s fine, I can build coils from simple claptons to fraliens and no matter what I tried, it was just trash for me.
But the one thing being a mech head I can’t ever get passed, is inherent voltage loss.
I test each RDA I buy with the same build, on the same mech, voltage read at the terminals via DMM.
I read people a lot who say something hits hard... and I see them using a mod and or Rda I voltage tested and they pretty much lose all credibilityespecially when I say what’s the voltage read?
“I vape .06/.07, trust me it hits hard”
That doesn’t say anything to me, but you’re a potato head.
Hits like a truck! And it’s a mod/Rda I tested... must be a Tonka
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I think i paid more than $20 for this sticker packWhat's the $20 gonna get you, one screw and maybe a sticker?
~Wesyde1
And just have some fun when ppl say hits like a truck that could mean so many different trucks from a Subaru Brat to a Mack diesel! Hahaha and to me all my mechs hit hard with the right build except my Pulse squonk. That hits like a little girl....999 Silver vs the Solid copper isn’t a significant improvement in that RDA. And pretty much on all my mechs I’m .999 silver and .999 on the 510
To me they both had terrible tolerances on the orings, and juice would bypass them and look like seepage and travel underneath the Rda constantly.
They also both had nasty heat transfer to my mechs... I run .09 or .10 on the Asgard Mini... zero heat transfer.
The Valhalla cap would get scorching hot for me, even the ultem nightmare would get hot.
Flavor was ok.
Lastly... they were bad with inherent voltage loss, and the little gains you would get from a .999 silver pin, would still be significantly less than the AM without one.
Go from 3.64v to 3.68v with silver is just wasted money, when the AM is 3.74+ with just the copper pin and nearly 3.8v with .999.
Now others have said it vapes fine for them... I even traded my last Valhalla to gadget for another AM... he says it’s perfectly fine and it didn’t exhibit the heat soak I experienced.
And that’s fine, I can build coils from simple claptons to fraliens and no matter what I tried, it was just trash for me.
But the one thing being a mech head I can’t ever get passed, is inherent voltage loss.
I test each RDA I buy with the same build, on the same mech, voltage read at the terminals via DMM.
I read people a lot who say something hits hard... and I see them using a mod and or Rda I voltage tested and they pretty much lose all credibility
“I vape .06/.07, trust me it hits hard”
That doesn’t say anything to me, but you’re a potato head.
Hits like a truck! And it’s a mod/Rda I tested... must be a Tonka
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But for reals tho, thank you for your response and the study of actual voltage loss as I never woulda guessed. I like both my Val and NM and enjoy them as much as other rdas as to me they all have their place in my vape world and we all have different vape worlds and that's what makes it awesome is all the options we all have
~Wesyde1
Alright guys 1st impressions of the NM25...they have a solid copper 510 pin!!! Haha same deck just smaller. Awesome AF with a .1Ω build chucking clouds and flavor!!! Oring tolerances feel great so far but we'll see how they last in time. Over all 10/10 for 1st impressions will report back later with extended use hahaha
Nightmare 25 sitting on the Snow Caps Denali!!!
~Wesyde1
Nightmare 25 sitting on the Snow Caps Denali!!!
~Wesyde1
2.5mm coils cut so that they either sit on or are just off the deck. Pull them up and toward the middle so that there is maybe a mm between the coil and the ultem airflow insert. Take the insert out of the cap and put it on the deck to determine this and you should just see the bottom of the coil in the slot part on the bottom of the airflow.
Do it like that and you can't go wrong imho.
Thanks for that!
I personally wasn't a fan of that chip in a single 18650 set up, added battery life with a 21700 should compensate for the battery efficiency of that chip though. I'll take a 60 over the 75C all day.
They make Matte Black and Satin Black. I didn't want the aluminum top so I hunted down the Matte Black one while I could. I found it in a shop in NJ that I never heard of. Can't think of the name now either.
Vaperscloudz should be pumping out colored caps/beauty rings like crazy. People would pay good money for them.
For an RDA that size there's not a ton of room in there. 2,5 is the right size, again imho. Also, because there's not a ton of room there's less ways to get it wrong, but you can, Usually by setting the build too high. It will mute a bit if you do that.
It's easy to get it right, but it won't be at it's best if you don't. It can get a little spitty with the coils too high too.
I agree. This one I just bought is the Matte Black.
Good point on the caps and beauty rings, seems like a missed opportunity
They made a bunch of colors but only with the rda, more money for them and ppl still bought em
~Wesyde1
Both are the same efficiency, it’s the added power draw of the color screen vs the old style that makes it seem much worse
All from memory though... haven’t looked at the data sheets or on the forums for confirmation in a long while...though fairly confident that the E-Rating is right
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It is actually a 21700. I just don't like the 75c chip. Much prefer a DNA60. And Pioneer is just not ny fav. I have three. All in trade, lol. Gettting rid of one tomorrow for this ...
I didn't know that....... And now I am wondering which one I got
It's the Matte that's been very difficult to findI didn't know that....... And now I am wondering which one I got
Arg, gotta check my email......
@debinnv is still around, she's just been busy with family.
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Glad you got the Matte!
I know mine is closer to a satin black than matte its the one I posted earlier fwiwI didn't know that....... And now I am wondering which one I got
~Wesyde1
I'd be fine with that for sure. Not looking for a particular matchy matchy, just didn't want shinny
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I'm still here, just been doing family stuff. I'm touched you asked.
Albert has the matt not the satin
We all missed you.
It matches the Arcless perfectly as does the Temple 25mm, I have 1 of each in each of my Arcless's hahaIf I can live with that motherledge, it will mainly go on the Doom X and Thunderhorse, Maybe Bogan. If not, lots of 25 homes.
~Wesyde1
Does look great on thereIt matches the Arcless perfectly as does the Temple 25mm, I have 1 of each in each of my Arcless's haha
~Wesyde1
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Well gosh all. Thank you. I am still alive and well. Like @gadget! had mentioned, just busy with family right now is all.
Love you guys so much. 
You're getting all that for a single Pioneer?