Author: pbusardo
From Dennis
Hi there and greetings from Port Macquarie, Australia. Thanks for the
effort you have put into this wonderful site, I’m sure it helps new and experienced
vapors alike. I’ve actually seen you on utube before I came across your site, you
helped me work out my evic supreme.
I got into vaping 3 years ago when a doctor visited my local bar, I thought he had a
laser pointer in his hand but then he put it in his mouth and “smoked” it. He gave
me a try and I loved it. Went home that night and orderd a starter kit online, it
arrived a week later and I haven’t had an analog since (well I’ve had the odd puff,
only to find it disgusting). The ecig was V2 with the pre filled cartridges. About a
year after that, I moved onto their Ex series and filled them with juice which was
a better flavor and throat hit as well as half the price. We even had a local
distributer who got stock to us in 48 hours for $10.
Eventually our government banned the sale of ecigs containing nicotine so I was
forced to go back to the American site. This led me to the V2 pro series 3, which I
thought was great. Unfortunately the American site was continually out of stock, but
I found a distributer in Australia who, although unable to supply juice containing
nicotine, had these devices called mods. I’ve purchased several of them and they
leave all V2 batteries for dead.
So now I get all my equipment locally apart from my juice, which I still get from V2
in America. I like their Sarah 24mg, which I mix with the non nicotine flavors
from my Australian distributer.
Well, that’s my story, hope you didn’t fall asleep. You sound like the kind of guy
though, who would be interested in a 100 % success story.
Keep up the great work, and of course, the humor………I love it.
All the best,Dennis
From Kenneth
Good evening Phil,
I just wanted to take the time and tell you that I really like your videos and thank you for making them.
I really enjoy vaping but my reasons for vaping are probably very different to most people because I had a bad cycling accident and because of the accident I am now disabled and have an acquired brain injury which makes learning things and most of all remembering things very difficult for me.Before, and after my accident I was a smoker and really enjoyed it because it made me feel like a normal person but because of my brain injury I am very forgetful and easily distracted which led to a few ‘accidents’ with lit cigarettes and also lighters and it became very dangerous for me to continue to smoke.
When I was told I was no longer allowed to smoke I looked for another alternative and found out about electronic cigarettes, so I contacted a lady named Elise, who has an online shop called Vaping Mad, (she makes some truly beautiful juices) who was very kind and helpful and never made me feel stupid or that I couldn’t ask a question and she even made some small videos for me to show me how to fill up the tanks and change the coil heads on my clearomizers.
That was a while ago now and I now have a nice collection of mods and atomizers and love spending time building a coil and and making my own flavoured juices and hearing my carers comment on how yummy they smell and make the house smell.
Last week my Kayfun 4 arrived and I spent the day with you stripping my Kayfun, washing it, rebuilding it and putting the different tanks on it and seeing which tank option I like the look of most of all, and eventually building a coil and vaping it and I had a really fun day and enjoyed your company.
I have a Semovar in my collection which is what used for my Kayfun 4, with the hybrid connection. After an hour or two my Semovar broke and I couldn’t use it which upset me a bit because Keith at Cloud9vaping is on holidays so I wouldn’t be able to send it to England for a while. I never realized how used to and how much I enjoyed variable wattage vaping till I couldn’t use my Semovar.
After watching some videos, including yours, I decided I should buy another variable wattage device and decided to buy a Provari P3, which arrived today, so I spent today with you and my Provari P3 going through all the menus and options and making some notes for myself to help me understand it more.
As I was doing that my carer came in to the room with a cup of coffee for me and I told her how helpful it was being able to watch what you are doing on the video and then doing it myself with my device and being able to pause and rewind your video and listen again in case I missed something and my carer told me I should write to you and tell you because it might make you smile and happy.
I wanted to say thank you for all your hard work and effort and I hope that you realize how much you help people, especially me, by making your videos and I also wanted to let you know that I love the charts too even if I sometimes don’t understand them completely and I really love how you let me know how your family is and show them on some of your videos because it makes me feel like it is more personal and you kind of make me feel like you are inviting me into your family. I hope that doesn’t sound strange and weird because I don’t mean it in a strange and weird way. Sometimes it is hard to write thoughts.
I hope you have a very good New Year’s Day and I look forward to watching your videos next year.
Kenneth
LOT’S-O-BOXES – YOU GET TO PICK WHAT’S NEXT!
Ok, so I’ve been inundated with a plethora (yes, I said plethora) of box mods coming from China. Which do I review first? I want to know what’s most important to you so you get to pick.
At the top of TasteYourJuice there is a poll listing all the box mods that have come in and I’m prepared to review (DNA-40s will need to wait for the DNA-40 review which I’m working on… really… I am).
You may also want to know where the MVP3 is. It’s not yet ready for prime time, but once I have the final market version, it will be there as well.
So find the one you want to see reviewed the most/next and vote for it.
KANGER COTTON – IS IT KOH GEN DOH?
Kanger was nice enough to send us back with some of their cotton being used in the SubTank (new versions coming soon… HINT HINT).
Although I didn’t ask them specifically if they were sourcing it from (it’s Muji), I did take some photos for you. To the untrained eye (mine) it looks and feels like the same stuff which makes me kinda happy.
I have tried it in my builds and it appears to work just as well. No difference in taste either.
For all I know, it’s all coming out of the same cotton factory.
In the photos below, their cotton comes in the smaller sheets. Take a look and decide for yourself.
NEW IN THE QUEUE – 1/11/15 – THE SMOK XPRO M50
This is a handsome box and feels pretty solid, but I believe they totally missed the mark on battery insertion and replacement. You’re going to need to use the included (or your own) allen key to take off the bottom (4 screws) and insert the battery which fits very snugly making it difficult to remove.
Now sure it has a micro USB charge port and you probably won’t have to change the battery often, but believe me, the first time you’re out and about, run out of power, and you or your friend has a spare battery and you don’t want to wait for it to charge, you will be cursing this design.
The “reset” port/button concerns the crap out of me. Why would that be needed? Hmmmm.
She’ll fire up to 50 watts and down to a .2 ohm. Note that I haven’t run the numbers yet.
Shown with a Kayfun V4 and Vapor Shark rDNA for size comparisons.
NEW IN THE QUEUE – 1/11/15 – THE CLOUPOR MINI
New in the queue is the Cloupor Mini. You know what? Although I haven’t run the numbers, I’m impresses with this little f*cker. The buttons feel good. The device feels solid. A magnetic battery cover makes me happy. A spring loaded 510 pin would make it perfect although it is adjustable. Damn!!
Shown with a Kayfun V4 and next to a VaporShark for size comparisons.
Cloupor Mini 30W Features:
1. Size: 77.5mm*36mm*22mm
2. Output power: 7W-30W
3. Removable 18650 battery
4. VV/VW Mode can be switched manually
5. Vaping time counting ( 15S limited protection )
6. Output voltage : 3.6V—7.0V
7. Max output current: 10 Amps
8. Can build on 0.45-3.0 ohm atomizer
9. Adjustable 510 Pin
10. Ohms reading calculats to 0.01ohm
11. Reverse battery protection , no worry about installing battery improperly
12. Left & Right Mode
13. Magnet back cover,no need to use screwdriver,more convenient
14. Instead of screen lock, It can be turned off
15. Over charge protection
16. Colors: Black,Silver
PICTURE THIS…
Picture this…
Every competing e-liquid and hardware manufacture in America, sitting together in a single room, with a single goal…
To move vaping forward and to keep vaping alive, the way it is now. The way WE like it. The way WE choose to vape.
That’s just about what I witnessed today as Dimitris and I talked to over 70 electronic cigarette manufactures in Schenzhen China, united under the single flag of SEVIA. What is SEVIA?
The Shenzhen Electronic Vaporizer Industry Association (SEVIA) is committed to promoting Quality, Research & Development and Technological evolution of the Advanced Personal Vaporizer and electronic cigarette industry in Shenzhen and around the world.
You can read more about SEVIA here.
I would so very much like to see the companies in America use this model. It’s ok to compete, it’s ok to disagree, but we are far stronger together and united than apart.
As you know, I’m not the advocacy or political expert. I leave that to my Greek pal, but from my perspective, it was pretty damn cool seeing companies like Innokin, Kanger, and Aspire sitting right next to each other.
From Dimitris:
We had a very successful conference today in Shenzhen China. The Shenzhen Electronic Vaporizer Industry Association lead by Innokin, Kanger and Aspire gathered over 70 manufacturers of ecigs and were presented the current status of the industry and the challenges we face both in the US and EU. We also had a 2 hour Q and A session. Both me and Phil Busardo were proud to part of it and doing our small part but it was also rewarding and refreshing seeing the manufacturers organize and willing to assist in the uphill battles we will face as an industry globally. It is a great start and I look forward for the effort being international soon. United we can accomplish great things. It’s time to be pro active and aggressively move forward.
THE INNOKIN MVP 3 FIRST LOOK
We got to see, hold, and vape the new Innokin MVP 3. This may not be the final market version, but it is the version we were shown.
It’s a 30 watt device able to fire down to a .4 ohm load, a large capacity 3800 mAh battery is contained inside, and it can still charge your electronic devices with it’s integrated USB charge cable.
From Nuno
Dear Phil,
Portuguese guy here. I was a smoker for 20 years (10-15 cigs a day). Started with a basic kit, and in 2 days I had fully quit smoking. That was three and a half months ago.
Just a few days after starting vaping I discovered your site and videos which guided me towards more advanced vaping. Nowadays vaping my favorite juices is such a great experience that I just don’t see myself ever going back to cigarettes.
Thanks for your work and your videos, I find them very educational and I like your unbiased opinions.
Happy new year
—
Nuno
From Justin
I just wanted to write you and say thank you.
I had tried vaping before and I started with an evod that just didn’t work for me. I
quit vaping and during that time I discovered your youtube show and site. This
sparked a renewed interest and I ended up saving up for a provari 2.5 device and
loved it until I fell into a trap with bad tanks that flooded all the time and
unfortunatly I just found it easier to go back to the cigs because I couldn’t afford
a decent tank replacement. I continued to watch your show and I at the time I was
really thinking of coming back, with rumors of the new tanks (atlantis) coming out
and you did a vaporflask show and I never thought I’d like that but your review
convinced me I spent a decent amount of time saving for it (unfortunatly its now my
only device as my provari can’t fire that low to support my tank) and about the
time I had saved enough (and took an advance from my christmas present from my
family. Your review of the atlantis came out and I have gone back down from a 3-4
pack a day habit it had become again to less then a pack a day at this point after
less then 30 days, and I find myself at the point of not wanting to smoke a cig at
all, hopefully you will review the optional atlantis tank they are releasing because
I tried to find a sub but its no longer in my budget so its not an option, so I can
make it through a work day (I have a hard time carrying my juice around the juice I
like is in glass bottles which seem to leak and cause problems.)Also before I get t why I think you are the perfect reviewer for me let me say one
more thing, I joined the vaporflask owners group so I found about about that show
they did and watched it and learned they manufacture in MN and I was already
interested in one of your shows on the flask that you did for the evolve boards and
provari’s I truthfully don’t know how popular they are or if they would even do it
but because your tour videos are so fun and the build quality of the flask is so
amazing I would LOVE to see you do one of those if possible.As I said before without you I would have left vaping forever, Vaping when I joined
he 1st time and even upgraded to the provari had become (at least locally and the
online spaces I visited) a elitist area everyone was mech mod or nothing but if you
have to go regulated at the time it was your a looser (actually was called that at a
B&M for not being able to buy a provari and buying the ego the 1st time.)Along you came and you seem to think the same way I do regulated is just safer I’m
older myself and I know I’m not perfect and having worked around electronics most of
my life I even know my ability to make a mistake even when I now what I’m doing so
I’ve always been a regulated person I tried a mech once and it just frighted me
because one dumb mistake at the wrong time in the right conditions and there you go.
It was enjoyable to watch your videos because you didn’t pass judgement on the
vapors just informed and what you focused on I was most interested in, I of course
haven’t really tried rebuilding just because it something I’d like to learn in
person and the investment at this time if I don’t like it is just not something I
do, and the ease of use of throwaway coils just appeals to me. Even on videos I
know I probably won’t buy I always enjoy watching your videos always feel like I’m
being informed and not judged, and many times I wish I could pick a bunch of these
things up.I know this is long winded and I hope you were able to read it but I will restate
one thing one more time. Thank you Pete Busardo for being here and being the one
reviewer I really could connect to and learn from, Thank you for being a guy I
actually wish I was friends with because that’s the aura you project here is a
friend talking to you and informing you not a robot, and most of all thank you for
being the only one out there to truely help me quit smoking, I can never repay you
for the years you’ve added to my life.Thank you,
Justin
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