Author: pbusardo

Just one of the interesting outtakes from this letter…

If the WHO gets its way and extinguishes e-cigarettes, it will not only have passed up what is clearly one of the biggest public health innovations of the last three decades that could potentially save millions of lives, but it will have abrogated its own responsibility under its own charter to empower consumers to take control of their own health, something which they are already doing themselves in their millions.

Read the entire letter HERE.

A sincere THANK YOU to all involved! Please feel free to share!

Kanger is at is again, this time with the AeroTank Giant designed for your larger 26650 mods. Here is it sitting on top a Bam…

Solid construction, airflow controller, utilizes the new head design, and a solid vape.  A closer look is coming soon.

CASAA has issues a second call to action regarding the proposed FDA regulations.  Please share and ACT!  Click CASAA’s logo below to find out the details.

It’s confirmed!  I will be attending Vape Blast 2 in San Antonio Texas! Click the banner below for all the information.

From Dimitris (thanks for allowing me to post!):

Dimitris, Phil Busardo, Andre “The Knockoff Greek”, Michael “Field of Vapor”, and Andrew from Delaware Vapor discuss the current happenings in vaping politics, including NJOY’s foray into flavors, the FDA regulation, and how vendors and vapers can support advocacy groups to prevent overbearing regulation on e-cigs and vaping gear.

The Video:

Phil,

I just wanted to drop you a note as I think today, after 30 years of stinkies, I made the most significant vapor decision, and build my first coil for a Kayfun and wanted to let you know that your videos not only inspired me, but educated and prepared me well for my first ever RBA and coil build.

To my surprise, my first build was a success. While it wasn’t pretty (but a solid 1.4 ohm coil), because of what I had learned from you, I was fully armed with an ohm meter, a safe battery, some 28 gauge kanthal, and organic cotton. Once done – and after double/triple checking ohms and avoiding shorts, while guaranteeing good airflow – I put it in the kayfun with Boba’s Bounty ( I’m still having a hard time finding e liquids I like – Boba’s is one of the very few I like). You should have seen my wife’s face, after I yelled out “thank you PBusardo” after my first drag 😉

I can’t even explain right now how much of a game changer this is for me. The taste is so intense and delicious that I don’t want to touch an analog anymore (which – at least until today – I had still done occasionally).

So, here’s to you Phil – from another 45 year old – and now “1 day old modder” 😉

Cheers,
Pete

The Video:

I ran some tests on a few of the newer 30(+) amp rated batteries:

• The Sony VTC4 2100 mAh
• The Sony VTC5 2600 mAh (not on their site yet)
• The Efest 30A 2100 mAh
• The Efest 35A 2500 mAh

Big shout out to JJ Vapes for supplying the batteries for this testing.

These cells were all discharged and charged again several times (the same amount of times) prior to testing.

Note that I have some of the new Orbtronic SX30 cells on order to add to this test.

I ran two tests.  The first is a discharge test.  None of the batteries were able a constant 30 Amp draw without dropping below the cutoff voltage for the test.  So the test was adjusted to 20 Amps.  (Yes, I was surprised by the Efest 35A’s performance here as well).

You can click on the graphs below to see them larger.

The second test is a constant load of .2 ohms.

Take from these tests what you will as performance of these cells appears to be very similar.  However, to the (my) untrained eye, it appears that that VTC5 did better on the discharge test and the Efest 35A did slightly better on the .2ohm load test.  For my money, I’d go with the Sony VTC5 cell.

If anyone has more insight on the results of these graphs, please contact me.

Note that I can’t speak to the safety of one cell over the other.

Hey Phil,

I just wanted to say thanks for all of the great reviews. I love watching your
reviews, because I really like how you go into details on each product. Some other
reviewers are not as descriptive and usually leave me with unanswered questions.
Thanks again for all of your help, and I look forward to watching more of your
reviews of all the new stuff the keeps hitting the seen.

Sincerely,

Michael

Phil

First off I am 40 and smoked a pack and a half of Marlboro reds for 21 years. I am happy to say that I have been analog free for 2 months. My kids and wife are very happy that I am not smoking anymore. I can say that in the short time I have been vaping my sense of smell and taste are coming back. And I had my wife who is a nurse check my blood pressure 2 days ago and it has dropped. My top number was in the 140s and it stayed there for the past couple of years. I know this because I donate blood and get a yearly physical. When she checked it the other day it was at 130. I wish i remember the bottom number but I can’t. But she was happy by the result.

7 years ago I tried the prescription drug xyban with no success. Wanting to quit I decided to give e cigarettes a try. My first experience was with the Blu product. It seemed ok but after 2 days it started hurting my throat. I tried new units but had the same frustrating results. Went back to smoking.

2 months later the store I bought my analogs from started stocking e juice and I bought an evod starter kit. Tried this unit in the evenings and continued smoking during the day at work. On weekends I would only use the evod. It took me 2 weeks to figure out I could make this work. I gave the 3 remaining packs of analogs to a co worker because I knew I wouldn’t need them anymore.

I started doing research and came across your website. And let me say thank you for all the work and time you put in so people like me can get great information on products. You really helped me down the path I am on. I know I couldn’t have gotten as far as I have with vaping if not for people like you that are willing to give up their time to help people like me just getting started. It can be a little intimidating and you do a great job of answering questions that someone just getting started would have.

The 2 units I use are an Itaste vv version 3 with an aerotank mini. And I have a Provari with a Kayfun lite plus that I absolutely love. And again thank you for the videos that cut the learning curve down for me. I also have a kanger pro tank 3 that I use. I started vaping 24mg juice and just dropped to 18mg juice. I am happy to say that dropping down had worked fine for me and am looking forward dropping down to the next level with my nicotine.

Again thank you for all you do for the vaping community. And the help that you have given me getting to where I am at vaping.

Buddy