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Once I have a whole counterful of dirty glass ejuice and/or nicotine bottles, I'll soak 'em for a couple hours in hot soapy water, along with their caps and/or droppers, then rinse with plain water and leave them lying on a paper towel for a couple days, to dry. When i get new bottles, i usually just put 'em in the dishwasher. This craziness of sterilizing them... that's just plain insane. PG is antimicrobial!
I've been using the same 2 60ml and 100ml bottles for my strawberry and cream for oh, i dunno.. a year or two, I reckon. I mix 90ml in the 100ml bottle, and pour into the 60ml bottle for actual use -- the 100ml bottle is one of my original glass Inawera shisha strawberry bottles, so it doesn't have a dropper, so I pour from it into the 60ml, which does have a dropper, which is how I put juice into my Achilles. Since both those bottles always have shisha strawberry ejuice in them, and mine is 86% PG, there is no reason at all to wash them, let alone STERILIZE them!!
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yep and no one except me lays a lip on my vape.
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So, I'm looking for opinions, on which of these two wraps would suit the blue-sparkles driptip better.
This is the driptip:
Here are the two wraps I'm considering:
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Multi-colored diamonds
Opinions?
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This is the driptip:
Here are the two wraps I'm considering:
Galactic
Multi-colored diamonds
Opinions?
Andria
idk muich about those sub-ohm tanks. but it FT say the glasss is for them, pretty much belive it.
are the fireluke and the fireluke 2 the same, idk.
https://www.fasttech.com/products/3051/10034938/9647540
I watched this guy saying in front of a news camera he was going to sit at home and smoke a couple of joints. His gf standing next to him told him "What if this goes viral... then you can't go outside", to which he replied "I can't go outside anyway"People are self isolating online.
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I watched this guy saying in front of a news camera he was going to sit at home and smoke a couple of joints. His gf standing next to him told him "What if this goes viral... then you can't go outside", to which he replied "I can't go outside anyway"
This tme of year, I don't wanna go outside! There's yellow dust EVERYWHERE from all the tree procreation going on with all these damn flowering trees! I think they're actually Bradford pear trees, but i call 'em "popcorn trees" because that's what they look like! Plus the redbuds, plum trees, and cherry trees... in a few weeks, the dogwoods. There'll be yellow shit everywhere for the next 6 wks!
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At least the shit is wearing a yellow vest so can more easily avoid running into it.This tme of year, I don't wanna go outside! There's yellow dust EVERYWHERE from all the tree procreation going on with all these damn flowering trees! I think they're actually Bradford pear trees, but i call 'em "popcorn trees" because that's what they look like! Plus the redbuds, plum trees, and cherry trees... in a few weeks, the dogwoods. There'll be yellow shit everywhere for the next 6 wks!
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Galactic!
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This tme of year, I don't wanna go outside! There's yellow dust EVERYWHERE from all the tree procreation going on with all these damn flowering trees! I think they're actually Bradford pear trees, but i call 'em "popcorn trees" because that's what they look like! Plus the redbuds, plum trees, and cherry trees... in a few weeks, the dogwoods. There'll be yellow shit everywhere for the next 6 wks!
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If that's happening in your area now, in three weeks it will be here. I am not looking forward to it.
Those two are the same size for sure. But also, the Smok Baby V2 glass will work on either of those Freemax tanks. I like the looks of the Baby V2 more, and it aslso appears to be thicker. I've never measured capacity though.
@Rhianne . there ^ ya go. JF, do you have any experience with these ? if they are the correct ones.
https://www.fasttech.com/search?Smok Baby V2 glass
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I love it that you are like an encyclopedic source of information as to what fits with what else. I don't know how you keep all that straight in your head, but you do an super job of it. I am impressed!
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I don't know this for sure, but it seems like that Baby V2 tank is recent enough that it should be easy to still find glass for it Stateside. Just a suggestion.
As far as what I've done today, I ordered three Asmodus Galatek RDAs from VaporRange. They were crazy cheap, $4.95 each, plus I used the BYEBYESUN code for 15% off, so I got those three for just over $12. Free shipping. They'll come in handy one of these days.
Except for one gallon of VG, my shopping tirade is now over. I have given hubbs my word. It's time. We don't know what's about to happen.
ETA: Shopping is officially over. I ordered 1 gallon of VG and a liter of PG from Heartland Vapes just now. Total with shipping: $34.48. Best deal I've found anywhere.
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The galactic one is what I would choose. The tip is sparkly so it would go well with the cosmic theme. Really pretty, Andria.
No, they’re different. The FL Mesh has a screw off top and straight glass. The FL2 has bubble glass and a side fill port.
They’re both nice tanks, it’s just the screw top is easier. I just like the Mesh better for some reason, even though they use the same coils.
The bubble glass from the FL2 will fit the Mesh? I’d wondered if those two tanks were basically the same, but I never wanted to dismantle them to find out. Breaking glass is another thing, though. :sigh:
Thanks, Frank. You are a great source of vape info!!
Mixed up 60ml of juice. Nothing fancy. Just some mixed berry with menthol and koolada. Nice shake and vape. Also changed the build in my unicorn mech out for a more usable and safe 0.22 ohm build. Little higher than what I was aiming for but still a nice vape. Triple 28 gauge twisted kanthal.
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Have you considered making your own DIY cross-stitched leather modwrap?
Um, no... I really wouldn't know how; no idea how to make the pattern, I don't do cross-stitch, and in fact I HATE hand-sewing WITH A PURPLE PASSION! I've got a pair of jeans right now that need some hand-sewing, and I'm procrastinating for all I'm worth, because I HATE hand-sewing!
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Yeah, that's the one my son said, too... but to me, those blues just don't match. The blue in the multi-colored diamonds one looks like a better match, and the different geometric shapes sorta echo the sparkle shapes.
I'll look at some of the others, see if i can find another that really grabs me. Because the blue in that galactic one just doesn't look like a match, to me.
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Yeah, it's really early this year, due to all this warm weather. Normally it doesn't even really get started till maybe the end of March, not mid-March! And it sucks, having this going on while all this corona insanity is going on; I was out at Walmart yesterday, and between the pollen and the cold inside the store, my nose was dripping so I had to blow it... and getting death-stares from people who think I'm sick! I'm not sick, I have allergies, and cold ALWAYS makes the nose run! Idiots!!! IDIOTS EVERYWHERE EVEN WORSE THAN USUAL!!!!!!!!
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i thought the same thing. just keep looking, you'll find something.
Yes, they're basicly the same. My FLM tank has a grid pattern and came with a strait glass and screw off top. My FL2 tank is painted (not grid pattern), came with a bubble glass and slider top. Otherwise everything else is the same.The bubble glass from the FL2 will fit the Mesh? I’d wondered if those two tanks were basically the same, but I never wanted to dismantle them to find out. Breaking glass is another thing, though. :sigh:
Thanks, Frank. You are a great source of vape info!!
Freemax named their stuff confusingly. I don't even know what "Fireluke" is supposed to mean lol. The Fireluke 2 should've been called the Mesh 2 tank. The original Fireluke is way bigger and has much larger coils. The second version is just a dressed up Fireluke Mesh tank.
I had a pre release FLM tank. I wanted a bubble glass so it'd hold a bit more juice. When I got a Baby V2 I held it up to my FLM tank and they matched in height. I switched the glasses to make sure and they were compatible and they were. It wasn't until later that I got the FL2 tank. I actually prefer my old one to the FL2. Not a fan of Freemax slider tops at all. They come open easily (in my bag or pocket) and dump out all their juice.
Element just sent me a Freemax Mesh Pro instead of a Fire Luke Mesh. It is so heavy and big compared to the regular mesh. It’s even heavier than the mods I use as beaters everyday. (OBS Cube mod.)
I’ll keep it for a stash, but I’m slightly peeved. So now again, I’m looking for a FL Mesh in gun metal, which has apparently become the unicorn color!!
i like the slider top. but agree they are not good for carry.
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If you are seeing that, it will always look that way to you. Better to find something else. You'll be happier in the long run.
God, I bet you got Stares of Doom if you blew your nose in Walmart. It's a wonder you didn't get stoned to death with canned peaches.
Oh wait, there WERE no canned peaches. Hallelujah.
I’m looking for a FL Mesh in gun metal, which has apparently become the unicorn color!!
if you do not ask, you will not receive.
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Element just sent me a Freemax Mesh Pro instead of a Fire Luke Mesh. It is so heavy and big compared to the regular mesh. It’s even heavier than the mods I use as beaters everyday. (OBS Cube mod.)
I’ll keep it for a stash, but I’m slightly peeved. So now again, I’m looking for a FL Mesh in gun metal, which has apparently become the unicorn color!!
I thought I knew where one was, but it's sold out now.
Vaping, surfing here and looking for a good, inexpensive regulated squonk on line.
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Element just sent me a Freemax Mesh Pro instead of a Fire Luke Mesh. It is so heavy and big compared to the regular mesh. It’s even heavier than the mods I use as beaters everyday. (OBS Cube mod.)
I’ll keep it for a stash, but I’m slightly peeved. So now again, I’m looking for a FL Mesh in gun metal, which has apparently become the unicorn color!!
I found some Freemax Fireluke tanks in gunmetal-
https://www.directvapor.com/fireluke-mesh-sub-ohm-tank-by-freemax/
https://www.vaporfi.com/fireluke-mesh-sub-ohm-tank-by-freemax/
https://www.electrictobacconist.com/freemax-fireluke-mesh-tank-p5364
https://cloudypeakvapes.com/products/freemax-fireluke-mesh-subohm-tank?variant=948033552388
I would let Element vape know they made a mistake by sending you the Pro Mesh tank, instead of a Fireluke mesh tank-
they didn't have the gunmetal color in stock but would maybe another color like the black or silver be OK? Have them send you a return postage label and ship it back in exchange for the right Freemax Fireluke tank.
https://www.elementvape.com/freemax-fireluke-mesh-sub-ohm-tank
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I'm speaking from a very biased perspective since I only just recently got back into the hobbiest side of things but, as far as inexpensive and regulated, I picked up a Luxotic MF Box from wismec a month or so ago for $15 and have no complaints with it. I primarily use 18650s but it supports 2x700 as well. The only negative I can see for long term is it uses a proprietary bottle but, at $15, you can stock up on them. It seems well made and has a good feel in the hand, the bottle is nice and soft to squonk, etc. They have been on sale from $15-20 everywhere as of late and I'll likely pick up a couple more the next time I see them at that price point just to put back. That's as far as my review can go though since I've only had it for a month.
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Thank you Brandon. That is one that I have been looking at as well. If I recall correctly, the only place I'm seeing it for that price is from China. I'm hoping to find one here in the States before I go that route. If you do find one, please pm me where. Thanks again.
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If you are seeing that, it will always look that way to you. Better to find something else. You'll be happier in the long run.
God, I bet you got Stares of Doom if you blew your nose in Walmart. It's a wonder you didn't get stoned to death with canned peaches.
Oh wait, there WERE no canned peaches. Hallelujah.
But there WAS canned pineapple!
Unfortunately I wasn't looking for any of that. I WAS looking for 2 small cans of Leseuer baby peas, but felt damned lucky to find a large can, so I grabbed it. And I even found both the Hormel regular chili that i like, and the hot spicy kind my son likes. Unfortunately I did not find any Summer Crisp corn, so I feel lucky that I still have one can in my canned goods drawer.My son was able to buy a 6 dbl-roll pkg of Cottonelle from one of his coworkers yesterday, and today he found a 6-roll pkg of Bounty at Publix, so we're good on paper products for the nonce. Haven't found any double-fiber bread whatsoever, and Walmart told my son today that they're not even ordering any, they're ordering ONLY the "hot sellers," fucking profiteers. so in the morning he's going out early again to scout for a loaf of Nature's Own wheat or honey wheat, for my husband's lunch sandwiches; I'm the only one who requires the dbl fiber, thx to my IBS, so thank god we bought two loaves at the end of Feb and stuck one of them in the freezer; still have nearly all of it left.
I have just about HAD IT with fucking crazy people, acting like this is the black death or fucking end of times or some bullshit like that.
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BTW, I had completely forgotten about this mod I have, which I wrapped back when i bought it dirt cheap because all the paint had chipped off and it looked like it had leprosy or something:
The SX-Mini M-class, I think it's called... It's heavy as hell, so not my first choice of mods, in fact it's been in the back of the drawer pretty much since i bought and wrapped it... but it will look good with that blue sparkly driptip, until I find something I like better to wrap one of my white minibooks. Too bad all the big wrap sites have abandoned regular mods in favor of all that pod bullshit, or I'd get another wrap like this one!
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The SX-Mini M-class, I think it's called... It's heavy as hell, so not my first choice of mods, in fact it's been in the back of the drawer pretty much since i bought and wrapped it... but it will look good with that blue sparkly driptip, until I find something I like better to wrap one of my white minibooks. Too bad all the big wrap sites have abandoned regular mods in favor of all that pod bullshit, or I'd get another wrap like this one!
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That looks really nice, Andria. As far as I can see, that should look lovely with your new blue tip. Really pretty!
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Also this one -- some folks might recall when I got this, going absolutely NUTS because I couldn't find a driptip to match it -- so it's also been camping in the drawer pretty much since i got it:
Another strike against this one is that there is no USB port, so no emergency charging... but for around the house, it would be fine... not sure how good a match to that new driptip, but it's a possibility.
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59 bucks. 1 mod, 2 tanks, 10 coils. Ordered from 3 places today , all China. Let the fun begin. 
At least there were no ship fees.
Since the site for the mod was set in stone and they didn't have the RTA, and while deciding where to get the RTA, I browsed the sale/clearance depts.
Got these since I don't build coils. <$5 . Might find a use for the containers.
https://www.fasttech.com/product/9647371-thunderhead-creations-ni80-6-core-framed-staple
Not sure what I'll do with the sub ohm tank, Bigfoot as kit or nothing, = $31.
Topper = THC One RTA = $23
, all China. Let the fun begin. At least there were no ship fees.Since the site for the mod was set in stone and they didn't have the RTA, and while deciding where to get the RTA, I browsed the sale/clearance depts.
Got these since I don't build coils. <$5 . Might find a use for the containers.
https://www.fasttech.com/product/9647371-thunderhead-creations-ni80-6-core-framed-staple
Not sure what I'll do with the sub ohm tank, Bigfoot as kit or nothing, = $31.
Topper = THC One RTA = $23
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Last night while I was watching a COVID update on CNN (online, live TV), they played an LG commercial about "thermal runaway" related to 18650 batteries.
The caution was for consumers not to handle individual batteries. There was an animation about what happens when a battery (unprotected in a pocket or some such) comes in contact with other metal and goes berserk.
I cannot recall the exact terminology right now, but over and over the narrator of the commercial says something to the effect of "do not handle individual cells."
The commercial is a campaign against the marketing and sales of individual 18650 batteries to vapers and people who use them in flashlights, fans, and whatever else.
Just fyi. More crusading. Just what we need. Be sure you have good batteries.
Don't be surprised if you see this post in another thread. I plan to post it in a couple of places.
The caution was for consumers not to handle individual batteries. There was an animation about what happens when a battery (unprotected in a pocket or some such) comes in contact with other metal and goes berserk.
I cannot recall the exact terminology right now, but over and over the narrator of the commercial says something to the effect of "do not handle individual cells."
The commercial is a campaign against the marketing and sales of individual 18650 batteries to vapers and people who use them in flashlights, fans, and whatever else.
Just fyi. More crusading. Just what we need. Be sure you have good batteries.
Don't be surprised if you see this post in another thread. I plan to post it in a couple of places.
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Well those are nice cases... but not skins or wraps. A wrap goes directly on the mod, so you can still open the battery door (a minibook opens like a book).
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Got 2 gallons of PG and 1 of palm Derived VG in the post today. Need to get one more of VG to balance things out and then good for at least 4 years on PG/VG. About 3 years on all other vape consumables.
On second though will wait on getting the other gallon of VG and the freezer is chock full of survival food and VG does not keep as well as PG.
On second though will wait on getting the other gallon of VG and the freezer is chock full of survival food and VG does not keep as well as PG.
Got my PG/VG tracking today, that I ordered around 1 am.
Welp, I broke my first RTA glass ever today. I had a good run (7? 8 years?). I threw my setups in my work bag with my tablet/calendar and set it on the counter in the kitchen when I got home like I always do. I opened the fridge to get a drink and to the floor it went. I thought everything was fine as my first concern was the tablet (obviously) but it's in 2 cases with plenty of protection. Anywho, I took my bag upstairs while the wife was on a conference call (she's on work from home duty) to put batteries on charge and jump online for awhile and my a-plus pissed all over my desk. How I didn't notice the shattered glass, I don't know but I touched it and it fell into 100 pieces. LOL
Then, I had my second brain fart. I got my old box of spare glasses I'd bought a couple years ago and it only had 2 20ml glasses and a chimney with some o-rings. I thought, no big deal. I can use that until my spare glass kits (I ordered 3) with the 5, 10, and 20ml tanks come in. I took it apart, cleaned the glass out, put a new o-ring in the base, screwed on the chimney extention and the 20ml glass, and filled it up. No leaks after an hour which is a good thing because the lip on the base had a decent dent in it that I straightened out with some needle nose pliers before putting it all together. Fortunately, there was no damage to the base where the o-ring goes/glass sits.
Then, I remembered I had just ordered this replacement a-plus 3 weeks ago so I have the box with the spare 10ml glass.
The good thing is I have the spare 10ml glass and my 3 spare glass kits (5, 10, and 20ml) come in to work on Monday. My drip tips come in to work on Saturday also so I'll have my ideal setup back running Monday around lunch time but for the next little while, I'm rocking the ridiculous 20ml glass until I run it dry and take the tank apart again. LOL
No biggie.
Then, I had my second brain fart. I got my old box of spare glasses I'd bought a couple years ago and it only had 2 20ml glasses and a chimney with some o-rings. I thought, no big deal. I can use that until my spare glass kits (I ordered 3) with the 5, 10, and 20ml tanks come in. I took it apart, cleaned the glass out, put a new o-ring in the base, screwed on the chimney extention and the 20ml glass, and filled it up. No leaks after an hour which is a good thing because the lip on the base had a decent dent in it that I straightened out with some needle nose pliers before putting it all together. Fortunately, there was no damage to the base where the o-ring goes/glass sits.
Then, I remembered I had just ordered this replacement a-plus 3 weeks ago so I have the box with the spare 10ml glass.
The good thing is I have the spare 10ml glass and my 3 spare glass kits (5, 10, and 20ml) come in to work on Monday. My drip tips come in to work on Saturday also so I'll have my ideal setup back running Monday around lunch time but for the next little while, I'm rocking the ridiculous 20ml glass until I run it dry and take the tank apart again. LOL
No biggie.
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Got my new driptips! Haven't tried the orange one yet, but this one:
..looks pretty spiffy just with the white mod!
This morning, I put a battery first in the Sx Mini M-class... the battery door on that is SUCH a bastard, I won't be using it unless I just leave a battery in it and charge via USB, if that's even possible with that mod, I dunno. The blue CF IV, something has apparently happened to it, in the months it's been in the drawer, and the display is SO faint, it can hardly be seen at all, and I also remembered my major dissatisfaction with those CF IV TC-18650s... the damn fire button is raised so little, it's hard to tell you're even hitting it. And of course there's no USB port at all, so if you're out and the battery gets low, you're fucked.
The driptip isn't as slender as I had hoped it would be, so it takes some getting used to, the size of it in my mouth, but the inner part is slender enough, the draw is still tight, so that's good. It's acrylic, so it's not cold, it won't get hot, and it doesn't have any kind of weird taste as some plastics and even som metals do, and won't break too easily, as glass will.
So, I'm fairly happy.
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..looks pretty spiffy just with the white mod!
This morning, I put a battery first in the Sx Mini M-class... the battery door on that is SUCH a bastard, I won't be using it unless I just leave a battery in it and charge via USB, if that's even possible with that mod, I dunno. The blue CF IV, something has apparently happened to it, in the months it's been in the drawer, and the display is SO faint, it can hardly be seen at all, and I also remembered my major dissatisfaction with those CF IV TC-18650s... the damn fire button is raised so little, it's hard to tell you're even hitting it. And of course there's no USB port at all, so if you're out and the battery gets low, you're fucked.
The driptip isn't as slender as I had hoped it would be, so it takes some getting used to, the size of it in my mouth, but the inner part is slender enough, the draw is still tight, so that's good. It's acrylic, so it's not cold, it won't get hot, and it doesn't have any kind of weird taste as some plastics and even som metals do, and won't break too easily, as glass will.
So, I'm fairly happy.
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