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I read a little about this (and the Eclipse, also coming soon) - it's a variable voltage box mod, which is fantastic. It's a top feeder rather than a bottom feeder, so that will be different, but the look and variable voltage options are terrific.Problem is, I've read it's going to hit the market at $250-$275 rather than $136 for the REO.
I have both, but prefer the Buzz, actually. The Buzz is slightly heavier, but a half inch shorter at 4 1/4"s. The Infinity is the thickness of a roll of dimes, the Buzz like a roll of nickles. The Buzz is exTREMELY well built. Very rugged. The Ininity is not as durable. That extra length makes it more diffcult to carry around. The native connector on my Infinity has loosened, and I had not dropped it. It still vapes fine, but Notcigs already knows I'll be sending it back in for a repair as soon as I get my second, updated Buzz. The extra thickness of the Buzz I find to be more ergonomic in my hand. That extra half inch makes a surprisingly big difference. They vape equally well. I've dropped the Buzz, stepped on it, whatever, it's just built incredibly solidly.
That's the same logic behind my choice of a REO over a less expensive box mod. I read a review where some guy literally drove over it in his SUV and it didn't have a mark on it. I need that because I tend to drop/break stuff.
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Thanks, AJ.
That does look nice! Cool features too... variable voltage, built-in charger, sleek exterior... It almost looks like a flask. 
It says that its a top-feeder, so I'm guessing there's a small piece of tubing missing from the picture. From the small black circle on the top of the unit up to the connection between the drip tip and atomizer I would think. I'm curious if it uses standard batteries or has some type of proprietary battery pack.Very cool though and a nice find! 
Not sure its worth $250-$275 though!
You'll want to keep an extra atty on hand then, 'cause that's about the only thing you could possibly damage on this thing.
I just got my first IKENs. Outstanding!! I was sitting here vaping it on the pass thru tough. I thought i read that it was the LR version that couldn't be used on the pass thru?? I switched back to a battery until confirmed. I do like the extra capacity!!!
Here was the response I got from Isaac on the topic:
My interpretation of his note was that they are good for 5V, but not to use them with USB PT because cranking out that power constantly can fry a motherboard (fried his). I don;t know what other 5V options are out there other than USB PT, so I was a little confused. I'd sure love to use them on 5V if they work this good on 808 batteries.
JimId go the route of ordering the 36mg nic juice and using half the 2oz doubler to make it 18mg, or just buy 2oz of nic juice and a 4oz doubler.
Well they work like a champ on the pass thru but i'll have to read up more on USB power output. I'll assume the other place to use USB is with the car charger.
I'll be interested in anything you discover investigating. I'm thrilled simply using them on my XL batteries as they already exceed what I was getting using normal carts on the 5V PT. I hesitate to use the car USB adapter... if they can fry my motherboard I'm wary of risking the computer chip in my truck. I'm assuming there must be other 5V options that don't put any equipment at risk, although not in V4L equipment that I can find.
I've been on German Chocolate Cake for a while. Good stuff!As for the USB issue, it appears to me that a powered USB hub is the way to go. Eliminate the need for the motherboard to provide power. Although that brings the question "why is it USB at all then?" no data transfer, just power. I think i have one in the parts bin at home. I'll check it out using my old laptop. If it fries it i won't be upset but there has to be another option for this.Just put in my order for Bananas Foster and German Chocolate. Can't wait!
No worries, I went the 1oz/2oz route. I'm a Bananas Foster fiend at present but ultimately decided I don't want to tie myself to anything more than 2 oz of any single flavor. That's still a lot of juice for someone who rotates them frequently and there's so many I still want to get.
Times like these I wish I knew anything about electricity. If you come up with an el-cheapo USB assembly then definitely post it.
Yep. I have 7-8 atomizers and 3 batteries in rotation. Grabbing the unit, a spare battery, a spare atty, and the other 6ml bottle of juice (all of the above fits into one of those fuzzy carrying pouches that came with the Bloog/V4L batteries, and I know I'm good for about 4-6 days of vaping without having a refill/recharge anything.'Athletic Supporter said:
What is a "standard sized e-cig battery"?eta--do I need a syringe to refill the tanks?
That could do it! It makes me wonder if my Bloog charger wouldn't do the same thing. I'm going to Fry's later today so i'm going to see what options i find. The powered USB hub does work by the way.
I got a few when they restocked but they sold out fast. I thought I would have a REO by now or I would have bought more. Leoford did say they will be having an even bigger sale that is expected after everything is restocked.Still no blank carts in stock.
Those of you looking for REOs, keep your ears open. Rob said the other day that 4/11 "or a couple days sooner" is the next target date. Remember to log onto his site around 6:50 PM EDT on whatever date he finally announces as the delivery date and refresh every few minutes until they become available if you want to be guaranteed to get one. I don't know how many he's getting or how fast they sell out, but that's what I did and I got one, so there you go. Between this thread and IRL, I know of at least 5 people angling to get one from this batch.I got a few when they restocked but they sold out fast. I thought I would have a REO by now or I would have bought more. Leoford did say they will be having an even bigger sale that is expected after everything is restocked.Still no blank carts in stock.
I recall one of your initial posts indicated your smoking history was like Rovers'... so this initial reaction with 8 mg's doesn't surprise me in the slightest (other than the fact that a kiost had 8 mg's that were strong). I doubt Rovers would even be able to tell the difference between 8 mg juice and plain air inhales. He needed 24-36 mg to manage nic cravings.
I read a study not long ago that said a regular cigarette delivers 1.5mg of nicotine per cigarette, while a 16mg juice delivers .15mg in an equivalent # of "drags." So, even if you use 36mg juice, 10-12 drags (arbitrarily choosing that as the # of drags in which you'd smoke an analog), you're still only getting about 30% of the nicotine delivered that you'd get from an analog, so I don't know that people fretting over their nicotine content is necessary. If this is accurate, you need worry less about how much nicotine is in your juice and more about simulating the smoking experience enough to keep you from actually putting match to tobacco.
Lemme try and cover all topics.1. Standard sized e-cig batteries are just the smaller ones that resemble an actual cigarette. The ego batteries are not standard sized. I use those exact same atomizers on the exact same batteries you have. You'll be good.
I think I saw that posted earlier in the thread and it did make me less worried about nic levels. Having first hand experience with the difference between just 18-24, however, it is not surprising at all that a heavy smoker would have weak experience with 8 mg. I'm confident I would have too, and I was a relatively light smoker (half PAD of Camel lights). I haven't tried 8 mg, but have to believe there is an immense difference in satisfaction from 8 mg to 24 mg, regardless of how much nicotine vs. cigs you're actually absorbing. At first I was left wanting by 18s, while 24s filled my void and then some.
Nice to know the numbers, and I pretty much went strong for the two extras I ordered (24mg). I went through enough of one of the included tanks today already to manage adding a couple drops of cappacino to it and noticed an immediate improvement all around. I'm beginning to think everybody around here is waiting to see how this works!
Awesome stuff--thanks! Those "two plastic inserts"--would that be where it seats into the atomizer? If so then I already poked it out, trying to get some of the 24mg juice into it. I wasn't too worried about messing one up experimenting!
I have less of a frame of reference as I've been vaping 24mg since jumpstreet and continue to do so. However, the few times I've taken sample carts from my brother, who uses 16mg, I haven't noticed that much difference. It's more about the TH of the juice than the nic content for me, I think.
Take a look at this picture here: TankThe left side, the part that you actually, ummm, suck on, is where the inserts that I'm talking about are. The tiny hole in which the vapor gets transferred, pull it out with a paperclip. Below it is another one, take that one out also. See if you notice a difference.
That's true, I'm probably more a TH addict than a nic addict at this point. But TH varies quite a bit by flavor type. Coffee and Expresso for example, I can barely handle 24 but 18 is almost perfect TH for me. Mocha/Cola at 18 OTOH doesn't give me enough TH, so I typically get those in 24. Bananas Foster/Capuccino/Choco Banana I don't notice much of a difference between 24/18, so I go 18. I too don't have first hand knowledge on 8 mg liquids, and I'm sure some of them are better than others from a TH standpoint, but think I read it's a general rule that decreased nic mg decreases TH. I'll definitely be looking at the good TH flavors like Coffee/Expresso if I look to step down nic level.
Congrats! This actually makes a lot of sense to me. I find I can barely feel TH of 18s after using 24, but my throat 'reboots' overnight and 18s are fine again the next day. I'd guess you nailed it that your throat regains sensitivity as you get accustomed to a step down, which is what I'm hoping to be true. Not sure I ever want to completely give up e-cigging, it's fun, but I would like to eventually transition to use only when drinking, golfing, playing poker - outings where I've historically craved cigs.
Threw the atty (that I cleaned by soaking for 20 minutes in vinegar then rinsed with hot water) back on the Grand, and to be honest I can't taste any remnants of the cinnamin flavor. Seams just fine to me.
Thank you. I enjoy it too, so to say I want to get "off" vaping may be a little strong. It's probably better to say we don't want to be dependent upon it. I do find I like the tastes of several flavors so we may still do it on occassion, but the goal is to get off the dependency and just do it for the enjoyment. Does that make sense?
I'm not sure how the design of MaxxFus is compared to V4L, but there are 3 tiny holes in the V4L batty, right where the cart screws on, that need to be cleaned with a safety pin occasionally. That is where air intakes and they tend to get gummed up, decreasing air flow. I occasionally take a wet wipe and clean that whole area, including screw threads. On auto batteries, there is also a center hole on the connecting end that I push a small paper clip through occasionally to similarly remove build up. Manuals don't have that center hole.Here's a youtube clip of a guy cleaning a V4L auto battery. He uses a toothpick to clean the small holes and I might try that but doesn't seem like the best tool. Safety pin does the job for me I wonder if a toothpick is small enough for the job.
Make sure the holes below the threading are all clear. I usually clean my batteries with a little alcohol and let them dry. I haven't really had any problems with my batteries and I dropped one of my batteries in a toilet a few days after I first got it 6 weeks ago.
All of their batteries are auto. They have a tri-fecta that has a manual auto option, and can even convert into a pass thru. I haven't used it but it looks pretty cool. They should work with your cartos, although I have had some V4L cartos that did not fit on my Bloog MF batteries. If you get anything you have to get some maxxfusion cartos since are they are far and away the best cartomizers.
You mean the little holes below the thread? The Bloog has 4 little holes at even intervals around the connection just below the thread. I've already tried to clean out the one intake hole. I've gotta be doing something wrong and it's driving me bananas.
I will usually clean it with a Q tip, and then I cut the stick of the toothpick off with some scissors to make a sharp edge. Dip that in some alcohol and dig that into the grooves that the Q tip wont fit.
Yeah, those sound like the ones. They are air intake and tend to get filled over time. Just poke a safety pin or needle through them a few times and see if that helps. If you carry the batty in your pocket a lot you also might have some lint in the lighted end of the battery. I pried the top off and cleared the cap off and it helps a lame battery I had. Not sure if the top of the MF pops off too but you might try that if all else fails.
