Author: pbusardo

Here’s the deal.  My friend Maria on Facebook was having an issue with her T3 today.  She reported burnt taste and then after pulling the”top wick” she reported a bad plastic flavor.

A thread went on trying to help her, but she gave up saying, “Scratch that I give up tastes plastic now, back to carto tank ugh”.

After having a stellar experience with the T3 in the Clearomizer Shootout, I just couldn’t believe.  Tonight I planned on doing some serious side by side vaping between a carto tank, a Vivi Nova, and a T3 anyway, so I broke a new one open and filled it with juice.  I gave it some time to soak in and took my first drag, the very same way I did with the T3 in the Shootout.

I was BLOWN away by the first drag!  Horrible dry, scratchy hit and some of the worst plastic flavor I’ve ever experienced!  ANYONE who would have tried this clearo would think I was out of my F*CKING MIND giving that clearo top place in the shootout and rightfully so!

After taking a closer look, they are different!

The one of the left is the T3 used in the shootout and it came from LiteCigUSA, if you notice it has black lettering (as it does on their site) as well as a smooth interior to the mouthpiece.  It has two air holes in the base.  The measurements go from the bottom to the top only.  It had stellar performance.

The one on the right is a T3 that came from GotVapes.  It has white lettering on the tank (as it does on their site) and a ridge in the mouthpiece.  It has three air holes in the base.  The measurements go both ways from top to bottom and bottom to top.  It made me and a friend choke!

Does anyone know if these are two different clearos?  Which is the real Kanger?  Are they both Kangers?  What the hell is going on?

This is so frustrating to me because anyone who tried this clearo would think I was recommending GARBAGE and I won’t let that happen!

Post Post Follow-up (1/10/13):

First, please note that this is not an attempt to throw a vendor under the bus, but rather an attempt to get to the bottom of why one was sooo good and one was sooo bad.

Daniel from GotVapes contacted me and assured me that they have authentic Kangers, order directly from the Kanger factory and not an agent, and even provided me with his reps Skype address.  He said the printing was different (white) on the colored/tinted tanks for better contrast.  He said the latest iteration he received from Kanger had the change in the printing (up and down with the 3ml mark on the top) and the additional air hole.

I’ve heard from several people since the first post who have used the ones from GotVapes without issue, and some who didn’t like them.  But then again, I’ve heard that about T3s from other vendors as well.

This may very well be very similar to the BogeGate issue.  Kanger gets a higher demand for the product, so they begin sourcing materials from other vendors.  They have to bring on more staff to build the things and thus tiny variations begin to occur.  These tiny variations lead to big differences in the vape experience.

After trying the both of these side by side, I can fully understand why some of you love them and some of you hate them.

I’m getting some new ones to try out.  I’m also going to tear these two apart to see if I can see any difference and post the results.  As I experience and hear more, I’ll let you know.

A PBusardo Review – Kir Fanis Prive Special ProVari Carto Tank & Punching Cartos

The first “integrated look” carto tank for the ProVari!

Vendor Link: GR-Modders Shop

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Hey, I wanted to say thanks for your information, I just started vaping
after smoking two packs a day for about the last 20 plus years…for me it is one
day at a time, been two weeks without “analog cigs”, my wife says that is a miracle.
Your videos have been very helpful; I appreciate your entertainment on the videos.
I work in corporate training, I always appreciate the guys that “get it” and use
humor and knowledge to engage people in the topic, you do that very well. Thanks
again, I will keep watching, Be safe!

Why the opposition to an industry that has the potential to save lives?  I just don’t get it.

This is why I stay out of the politics of vaping… because it drives me nuts.  So damn frustrating.

Now the European Commission wants to ban e-liquids with a higher nic content than 4mg/ml!

Here is the petition: The Petition

Here is where you can sign it: Sign the Petition

A PBusardo Review – Valley Vapes Triple V Pyrex Premium Carto Tank

It ain’t ugly no more but it is BIG! 🙂

Vendor Link: Valley Vapes

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From Janty…

The long awaited MiD series has been going through great developmental stage. We strive to provide you with the latest innovation which will not only offer a new vaping experience, but would also boost your business with an innovative product.

We are currently adding a few new features to our MiD such as the ability to program and vape user defined profiles through RMS and DC as well as a new mechanical development that introduces a zero force engaged battery screw lid.

For this reason, we have moved the shipment of your MiD review product to February 4, 2013. This is to give way for these new advanced features to be implemented in our production line and your review set. Hence, we at Janty Technology would like to apologize ahead for the delay. We understand that you’ve been anticipating our product, and it is through this anticipation that we work harder to provide you better technology. A technology that we don’t want you to miss.

Thank you for your kind understanding, and we look forward to your review.

My comments to this… Better to make it perfect out of the gate than to rush it to market not ready. I applaud them.

Ok, so there are a lot of people asking me about the status of BogeGate and if I’ve seen, heard, or experienced anything new. Here’s the deal…

Andrew from Crystal Clear Vaping has a couple of old (original) bricks of Boges left so I bought one from him. I’ve been happily vaping my carto tanks again ever since.

I’ve left a couple of messages with Boge (Stanley) looking for an update on the carto status and information on the rumor I heard that they changed their resistance wire source, but have not heard back.

As far as what I’ve heard from other vapers… I’ve heard both good and bad. I do recall Kevin from VP Live raving about the new Boge XLs and Russ agreeing that they’re better, but still not as good as the originals.

I’ll continue to post as I hear more. Sorry I haven’t been following this more closely.

Let me start off by saying this…

Attention Manufacturers… PROPER TESTING WILL AVOID SUCH ISSUES!

Thank you.

Ok, here’s the deal.  The Vamo has a potential spring issue.   The one I used in the review had, what I believe, was the original thin spring.  Note that I did not, nor do I receive ANY heat from the bottom cap.

People were having issues with that spring (rattly batteries) so they replaced it with a beefier one.  That spring may have an issue.

Is yours effected?  I honestly don’t know.  The post was found on Health Cabin relating to what they call the Bamboo which is a Vamo. Could the issue just be related to units purchased there? Again, I don’t know. I’m just passing along what I’ve heard.

This is one of the problems with all these versions and revisions coming out without proper in-lab, alpha, beta, and field testing and it really needs to stop. A properly tested and rock solid device should be far more important than rushing something to market.

So… if you are experiencing ANY heat from the bottom cap… STOP USING IT and contact your vendor regarding the issue.  Here is the post as seen on Health Cabin…

Dear customers,
We are very sorry to inform you that we discontinue selling eGo Bamboo APV(Stainless/Chrome/Black Chrome) for a while because the big wide spring in the cap has big resistance, which makes the Bamboo cap very hot when Bamboo is working, especially when Bamboo works at a high Voltage or Wattage with a low resistance atomizer.  We are working on new good springs with low resistances and expect to get new springs ready in some days.
We will resume selling the products  and their caps when the new springs are ready.
If you have Bamboos with the wider big wrong springs, please stop using the products and contact us by ticket system.
We are very sorry for the inconvenience.
If you have any questions or need any assistance, please feel free to let us know by using Help Desk and submiting a ticket.
We look forward to always being able to serve you better.
Health Cabin

Had some fun with this one as you knew I would… 🙂

A PBusardo Review – A Bunch from VaperVenue AKA Monkey Juice

In this review…

Orangutang
Tropic Monkey
Monkey Beach
Melon Yeti
Monkey Buns
Monkey Cream (even disturbing to type)

Vendor Link: VaperVenue

A PBusardo Review – The Electric Angel (EA) Mod

Vendor Link: FinnVape
Manufacturer Link: Electric Angel

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