Author: pbusardo

Quick update on this device:

I am talking with my supplier right now

He is going to add a vent hole to all the Super eGo VVs that he supplies

He asked me to thank you for the information and the honesty

Just thought you would like to know

Thanks Phil

A PBusardo Video – More on BogeGate and Other Stuff

Video Links:
Boge
Serenity Gear
Kiss Online 🙂
Motley Crüe 🙂

Note that the information contained in this video was communicated back to Boge.

This post may be a little controversial, but I’ll always give you my honest opinions on things.

So there has been a lot of talk in the community about PWM and reviewers “doing it wrong”.

I’ve said numerous times that I’m not an EE, but I “get by”. I do my very best to give you my exact opinion and experience on a device or product, and try to show you the tech side as well.

When I put out reviews of PWM devices, many time I get “scolded” behind the scenes by people far more intelligent than myself. I try to learn from these people and put the information I’ve learned to good use and in future reviews moving forward.

When I review devices that have PWM output and put these devices on the scope, I do show you and chart in average voltage, but I also try to explain to you why it doesn’t “feel” like the voltage I’m showing. I’ve mentioned things like “too much power”, “doesn’t feel like the setting”, “hits the coil with a large voltage”, “needs better tuning”, “duty cycles”, “vmax”, etc. So I think I’ve always known what’s going on, I think I’ve tried to explain what’s going on, but didn’t have the knowledge to express it in a real voltage number. It now sounds like we’ll have a device that will do just that. That’s a very good thing and I hope to be using one soon to more accurately show you what’s going on.

I’m always willing to learn and once learned, I’ll always be willing to share that with you in the reviews and in all my other correspondence.

My biggest gripe with these PWM devices all along is that they have a “voltage setting”, but they’re not really delivering the voltage you are setting it for. They don’t even come close to the accuracy of what I consider to be my reference, The ProVari. I personally feel that if a device is going to have a voltage setting, it should accurately deliver that voltage setting. I think some of these devices would be far better off having some kind of “power bar” that lights up and down as you increase and decrease the settings. A design like that would have prevented much of this hoopla, but hey, everyone is trying to be a… well… you know.

So that is the technical side of all this and one side of the coin, but I always say, “Whatever works to keep you off a traditional tobacco cigarette is the best device out there”. So if you can buy a less expensive device and you can get a satisfying vape out of that device, and it keeps you off of an analog cigarette do you really care? Does the average vaper really care? If you set a device for 3V and it feels like 4.2V on another device does that warrant a thumbs down? Perhaps, but I’m not convinced of that. This is why I put the experience side along with the tech side in my reviews.

A portion of the vaping community will say they’re doing it wrong and will have their own personal beliefs, knowledge, formulas, and equipment to prove that, YET… you push the button and it delivers a satisfying vape. The only difference is that you may need to use a different resistance carto or atty, or set your device to a bit of a different setting. So why discredit a device that is working to keep you off an analog, saved you a bit of money, and could potentially be the favorite device in your arsenal, or the only device in your arsenal.

Now, of course, if this is dangerous to you or harmful in some way, I will instantly change my tune!

Some say that these devices “hit harder”. Well, IMHO they’re actually just pushing more volts but you don’t know that because you think you’re getting what it’s set for. Yet… YOU LOVE IT. So do you care?

What’s the right way and what’s the wrong way? Is there a right way and a wrong way? If all this talk leads to a more accurate setting, then I think overall it’s a good thing, yet I can’t help but think of those people who like how hard their PWMs hit.

Two sides of the coin. Much room for debate. And potentially more vaping drama (which I hate by the way). OYE!

It will be interesting to see how all this plays out.

I’ll continue to do what I do and hopefully… soon… with some equipment that will allow me to do it more accurately.

Bottom line… VAPE ON!!

Off to the KISS concert I go. Wish me luck 🙂

A PBusardo Review – Super eGo VV 14500

Vendor Link: Country Road Vaping

Post Review Follow-up:

I am talking with my supplier right now

He is going to add a vent hole to all the Super eGo VVs that he supplies

He asked me to thank you for the information and the honesty

Just thought you would like to know

Thanks Phil

Photos:

I’ve finally been given the go-ahead to make this announcement.

ProVape and their international dealers will be the exclusive seller of the Z-Atty Pro by The House Of Hybrids (Zen).

If you’ve been waiting and/or wanting, hopefully you’ll be able to get one sooner now.

Please do not contact ProVape until the announcement is officially made on their Facebook page.

Links:

ProVape’s Facebook Page
ProVape’s Web Page
House Of Hybrids (Zen’s) Web Page

Looks like there may be one or two available once the announcement is made 🙂 …

My review is coming soon!

Based on the voters Bryan won the MONKEY BOAT contest with 92 votes!

My personal favorite is still from FunkyVapes so you get something too!

See all the results here: RESULTS

Hi Phil,
Just to let you know that I look forward to seeing an update of your videos in my e
mail each day.

Had my last analog and first vape on 8 April ’09, and never looked back.

I believe in KISS and at my age (72) that is more necessity than choice.

I started with 808s and just recently switched to the Ego Twist! Was hesitant
because I do have so much 808 gear but I’d better go with the flow cause I certainly
don’t want to be caught having minimal choices in my vaping arsenal!

I’m almost embarrassed to say that I have shied away from DIY. My vaping friend
and I have talked about it extensively, and we’ve both tried it with no success.
However, the DIY bug has hit me once more, and I’ve read then read and read even
more on ECF and watched videos ad nauseam.
So, I’m about to enter the DIY realm and experiment with some basic mixing. The
calculators online should direct me well….however they don’t tell me how to mix
with nic that has no PG or VG base……

Anyway, I digress and do apologize.

I’m typing this with the intent of letting you know that you are helping more folks
than you know….. the new vapers as well as the veterans.

Be well and again thank you!

Grace

This is my vapeing time line as follows.

I’m 46 now and had smoked for 25 years until I was diagnosed with non hodjkins lymphoma in 2007 at the age of 41. I was stage three so the cancer team ran me through all the tests and started chemo within 3 weeks. I continued to smoke but felt I was trying to counter all the team was doing to save my life.

Well after 6 heavy chemo rounds I started on to 25 hits of radiation to my left neck, the original site, which was 8 cm. After all that I moved closer to the cancer center and low and behold, I walked into a tavern that sold 401 starter kits and me and my girlfriend each bought one for a total of $115.00.

I was able to cut my analog consumption in half in three weeks but she gave up. I cruised through the net and found ECF and Puresmokers Prodigy soon to be released. I got one but I don’t think many of us were ready to throw 5 Volts onto a 2.3 Ohm 510 atty. My capacitor cooked and I sent it back. I then found electronicstix and bought a 510 kit and it was great. My analog use was down to 5-10 a day. I bought 2 Janty Sticks and mostly enjoyed the 801 atomizers on my power supply at 4.5 Volts.

Any way, I got into buying mods bigtime, GGTS, GGTB, GG SLIM, Prodigy, the Don, and many others to help keep me off the weeds… One note, Out of all the VV devices I have used, and sold, I would recommend just using a 510 lr, (1.5) Ohm atomizer on a imr battery for great vapor. I felt I had to do too much math to figure out why my mod said I couldn’t do what I wanted. I don’t like that. Mechanical mods are my staple now, as a matter of fact, I just sold my Provari mini on ECF tonite.

Thought I give the v2 a shot but it bossed me around too much also. Seems that the Ohms creep down and you get a E1, E2 and thankfully I sold it before I threw it out of the window. I have been vapeing exclusively for 2 1/2 years now and help others to discover the tobacco harm reduction benefits of vapeing. Although my cancer has come back, I feel it could be worse if I didn’t turn to vapeing.

And Phil,… Oh Phil,… You do make me laugh with your light hearted jokes while you do reviews and they are so informative! I already know what works for me and am getting into REAtties more and more,I got an Ody for my pro mini… Anywhoo… Thank you PB for the great reviews and the fun manner in which you present them! And thanx for all the other pioneer e-cig reviewers like GrimmGreen, Igetcha69…hmm, whats the 69 for?, and Leaford, the cat with all the birds… where did he go??? So keep up the good work Phil and I always pass on to noobs your, and the others YouTube channels to help get them started feeling better! Love you all….

Rich lithiumdaze on ECF Vape On!!!

A PBusardo Review – 6 from Poseidon Vaping

Vendor Link: Poseidon Vaping

Aphrodite
Artemus
Athena (Street Shout Out)
Dionysus
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Poseidon’s Punch

So my wife looks down at her new Pink ProVari with a Vivi Nova tank.  She sees the wicks inside and says,

“Oh how cute, it has pigtails.”