Author: pbusardo

In an effort to corner the global market on electronic cigarettes based on popular members of the vaping community,  Sigelei is not only releasing the “Feel” but also the “Feta” based on popular Reviewer, Show Host, Restaurant Owner, Feta Cheese Connoisseur, and hell of a nice guy… Dimitris “The Vaping Greek”.

It is the first ever device to feature speech driven “earcons”.

In addition to the information contained on the screen, the unit will also speak valuable information, making the device perfect for the seeing impaired (of course the accent could further confuse some.) For example,

• When powered up, it will speak “Hello my Fellow Vaper”.
• When the resistance of your attached device is too low, it will speak “Low Kawl”.
• It can also speak the resistance of the attached device. Given the correct button press, it will speak “Your ohmage is…” followed by the resistance of the attached device.

Although they are trying to rush the device to market on the heels of the wildly popular “Feel” mod it’s not quite ready, but can be seen here in it’s pre-market edition, modeled by the Vaping Greek God himself… Dimitris…

Hey, Phil!

Jeff here, I just wanted to send you a quick email to say thanks for your great YouTube videos and reviews. As an amateur who quit cold turkey and went to vaping about a month ago, I’m just hitting that point now where I want more than just my stock eGo-C kit.

I’ve searched all over the web for vaping information – batteries, tanks, juice, maintenance, cleaning, you know, all that information the manufacturers don’t really package with their products – and nobody really has one central repository of clear, applicable eCig knowledge. But after watching quite a few of your videos, I feel like I’ve got a way better grasp on all this stuff and can make some better informed consumer decisions.

So thanks, and keep up the great work!

+Jeff

I’m going to be hanging out with Andre from The House Of Vapor and my buddy Drew (FO) tonight for CRUISE NIGHT!  Just look for the House Of Vapor tent.

Come out, chill, check out the rides, and have a vape!

Where: Eastern Hills Mall Parking Lot, Transit Road, Williamsville, NY
When: Wednesday 29th from 6PM till 9PM

Hope to see you there!

My path to get here…

At 63yrs old, after 40+yrs of smoking, and trying everything to quit, I had
continually failed. I was smoking 2 packs a day, and neither my health, nor my
wallet could afford it any longer. One day, sitting in the den, I’m hacking my lungs
up. Do I get any sympathy? No, my wife, who will gladly inform you that she is
“decades” younger than me, reminds me how much fun she will have as a young widow on
the life insurance money.

I decided all the hype on vaping had to have something behind it. I decided to give
it a try.

The first rule I learned was spend more for the good stuff, going cheap doesn’t work
for me. And costs more in the end.

The second rule is that vape shop owners may know their stuff, but the average clerk
they hire may not.

I went to a local vape shop in Boise named Vapoligy. Now, before I go on, let me
explain “local” for me, I live in the country, drive to the end of the world, then
go on 10 more miles. So a trip to the “local” vape shop is a 100 mile round trip.
It’s $15+ in gas, and 2 hours even if I just walk in and out.

I looked at their hardware, and decided since this was trying something that had
never worked for me before, I’d go with a “cheaper” setup. I picked a RIVA kit (eGo
clone), 2 batteries, charger, Stardust tank, and some drip atomizers. Almost $60.
Added 3 bottles of juice, so ended up spending about $90.

Mistake #1: I’m trying to replace cigarettes, so “naturally” I pick tobacco flavors.
Near as I can tell, no tobacco flavor tastes like real ciggs, and as a smoking
replacement they fail. Found out going to totally different flavors worked a lot
better. Chocolate Peppermint Patty, Pina Colada, French Vanilla all worked for me.
Of course this was a 2nd 100 mile trip to figure this out. Not to mention was 2 days
of more cigarettes because the original flavors were horrible!

Hardware Failure #1: One of the batteries will not charge. Road trip! Vapoligy
replaces it.

Hardware Failure #2: Stardust Clearomizers. the press fit plastic separates, leaks
all over the place. So another round trip, Vapoligy gracefully replace the Stardust
& and I buy 2 spares.

Hardware Failure #3-4-5: All 3 Stardusts are leaking, so 3 days. and 6 packs of
smokes later, ANOTHER road trip. This time the Vapoligy clerk convinces me what I
really need is a “better” clearomizer, and sells me 3 Kanger T3’s.

Hardware Failures #6-7-8: Kanger T3’s, leaking, gurgling, juice in mouth; 100%
worthless.

So at this point, I’ve wasted about $200, made 5 100 mile road trips, and put all
this vaping junk on the shelf, and am buying cartons of Marlboro’s.

Bottom line, now I’m pissed, and will be damned before I go near Vapoligy for any
hardware again, not even a drip tip. Now, that is probably unfair to the company,
they were nice folks, but I really felt I just wasn’t getting the advice I needed.
But I still knew I really need to kick the smoke habit, both for health & money.

Now, I’m a professional geek, I KNOW Google is my friend, and am kicking myself in
the butt for doing an impulse buy, and not researching before I wasted all the money
I did.

I hit Google, it leads me to YouTube, and a million reviews. I find Phil Busardo, I
find GrimmGreen, I find Rick at Vapor Alley.

After watching at least half of those million reviews, I decide I want a ZMax, And I
plan on buying one from Vapor Alley, they have the Sigelei Zmax V3 Stainless Steel
Telescopic Flat-Top (Tube Only) for about $85.

At the last minute, I find Electronicstix.com with the same unit, but a complete kit
with 2 18650 batteries, charger, and clearomizer for $75, plus an additional 5% off
coupon. Since I had been asking Rick at Vapor Alley a ton of questions that he gave
me great info on, I did give him the chance to price match. He honestly replied it
was a great deal he could not match, and told me to go for it. This guy deserves his
rep for helping people.

Electronic Stix is in Utah, but for the first time in this whole fiasco, I am lucky.
Timing couldn’t have been better. I was already scheduled to go to the Lagoon
Amusement Park that weekend for a family thing; niece in a “clogging” competition
(don’t ask). One of Electronic Stix’s store fronts was in the same town as my motel,
actually only a few blocks away. I scooted on over, bought the kit, and 2 additional
16350 batteries (which the sales person tells me I don’t need, and couldn’t
understand why I wanted). I did not waste my time explaining what “telescopic”
meant, and why I picked that model for it’s small form factor in the first place. I
also added a Vivi Nova tank.

This hardware setup worked! That trip to Utah was 1 month ago, and I can proudly say
I not touched a single “real” cigarette, and have no plans of ever doing so again.

In the month, the only changes to hardware is the new Smoktek Locking DCT tanks. I
really like the flavors better with DC 2.5ohm-2hole cartomizers at 7watts over the
Vivi Nova and locking tanks ends all the leaking, and slipping issues. I also got 2
more 16350’s and 4 port battery charger just for to make it more convenient.

So, thank you Phil, GG, Rick. I would still be smoking without your guidance. Words
like “You guys saved my life” sound melodramatic & over the top, but they are dang
close to the truth!

Tony

A PBusardo (not really a) Review & Contest – New Test Box & The Sigelei Telescoping V3s

In this video we meet another new test box, talk about some things I need to clarify with the Taifun review, take a look at both styles of the Sigelei Telescoping Z-Max, and throw a nice contest in to boot.

The Links:
VariTube

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After mentioning Tranya in the Boondock Vapes Juice review, guess who sent me some? 🙂
I was really curious about this one so I loaded it up in the Taifun. I like it!

It’s a nice, lightly flavored, fruity, blueberry type vape. I’m quite pleased with the vapor, and TH as well.

If this were a “on-cam” juice review, you’d see the thumbs up thingy right now. No street shout out, but a thumbs up for sure.  Nice vape!

Funny, when I think of Tranya, I always imagined some blend of peach, mango, melon, and orange based on it’s color!

Anyway… I hope you relish it as much as I 🙂

Hi Phil,

I have been smoking for far too long now and I have tried and failed to quit on
numerous occasions over the years. I have tried cold turkey (failed) and patches and
gum (expensive failure) and finally made some progress with an impulse purchase of a
Nicolites rechargeable e-cigarette. I found that the e-cig replicated the “feeling”
of smoking and this helped a lot. Unfortunately the battery life of this product was
pretty poor, generally expiring around lunchtime so I started to look for something
else.

I first purchased an SD Key Ring and cartomiser kit from a UK website and was really
pleased with the results – much longer battery life and a whole new world of
e-juices to choose from. Fantastic! I also noticed a more satisfying vapour
production which really helped satisfy any lingering craving for the evil weed! It
was whilst shopping on one of these sites that I found a link to one of your
reviews. I watched the video and immediately went onto YouTube to catch upon your
other reviews and I cannot thank you enough for helping me to make some well
informed product purchases based entirely on your frank and very amusing reviews!

I am now the proud owner of a Kanger Protank which is currently sitting beautifully
on top of my Lavatube V.2. This in turn is filled with the lovely Melon Boba e-juice
and I have never had so much fun and personal pleasure from vaping as I am now! I
have never even thought about buying a “regular” cigarette since I started. Am I
saving lots of money? No! I am spending it all on these new toys and I am having
lots of fun trying loads of different e-juices – Deadly Sin is on its way over from
the USA as I type this as I noticed you were vaping this in a review!

To anybody who has struggled to quit smoking, all I can say is give vaping a try.
You will absolutely love it and hopefully be able to stop smoking as a result. I
have successfully converted two of my work colleagues to vaping and we are having a
great time comparing our new kit and e-juices.

Thanks again Phil and keep up the great work. Your reviews are always informative
and enjoyable and I have found them to be invaluable in keeping me up to date with
new stuff to spend my hard earned cash on and I look forward to the next one!

Two months off of the evil weed and I can confidently say that I am never going back
thanks to the whole new world of vaping and thank you for being my guide during
those first pensive steps!

Kind Regards

Jerry
Basingstoke
Hampshire
United Kingdom Of Great Britain

A PBusardo Review -The Taifun RBA

This device with a mesh wick continues to impress the hell out of me. Just an amazing vape.
It’s one of those devices that’s going to be as good (or as bad) and the coil you build for it.

The Links:
SmokerStore

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A PBusardo Review – The Smoktech Natural

The Links:
ExhaleVapors

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A PBusardo Review – 7 From Halo

Midnight Apple
Cafe Mocha
Malibu
Belgian Cocoa
Twisted Java
Tiki Juice
Tribeca

The Links:
Halo Cigs

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