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So I’m dripping some random liquids today from my stash and I came across one that I thought I’d write about prior to the review. PRIMO from All About Vapor.

This is a nice liquid! It’s a cross between a tobacco and dessert vape. It’s got a nice tobacco flavor with a creamy vanilla note. I’m also getting a very distinct “toasted nut” flavor from this one. Not too sweet by any means.

It’s labelled 16mg which is a little high for me and I can really feel it. May need to try their 11mg as they don’t offer a 12mg.

Vaping it on the ProVari set at 3.7 with a Stingray atomizer.

I have another one of their liquids and I’m excited to try it now.

Vendor Link: Primo from All About Vapor

Jamie AKA ProTreX from the VP Live Vape Team was driving through town and contacted me. I was more than happy having him over the crib.

We vaped, talked, laughed, and vaped some more.

Here he is watching the VP Live broadcast in the man cave! How did they manage without him?

I’ve completed the time trials and evaluation of the two chrome Lavatubes. The first is from L-Rider and the second is from Young June. I have a clear favorite. It’s the next review I’m working on. This one may have to wait until after my little fishing adventure.

Looks like my beloved Slap Yo Mama tank filler tool from Big Daddy Vapor has been duplicated, made less expensive, and is beginning to make it’s rounds.

I found it here at Avid: Cartomizer Tank Filler Adapter

Big Daddy Vapor has a cheaper Delrin version as well. Delrin Slap Yo’ Mama Multi-Purpose Adapter

Ok, so I did a quick rebuild on this to see how it would work using the same materials I use to build my Odysseus coils.

• Wick from Clouds Of Vapor
• Resistance wire is Kanthal A-1 32 awg

It’s better than the pre-installed coil, but still not something I’d enjoy vaping. The wicks, as I expected, are simply not keeping up.

I have been able to get some decent vapes off of it and have experienced some TH now. If I let it sit and rest between vapes, I can one or two decent hits before it gets weak. Chain vaping is impossible.

Rebuilding it wasn’t too bad. Although the Odysseus is more complicated, I felt it was also an easier build. It’s close quarters in the Vivi for sure.

Comments:

• Be careful when you remove the assembly from the tank. The shaft could separate like it did on me. You could then potentially rip out the leads.  See photos.
• When you unscrew the larger mount, it may separate from the body. If you hold the terminal, only the screw will come out. See photos.
• Getting the wick in the pre-drilled holes wasn’t bad at all.  Just wet the tip and tighten it up a bit.
• I wound up with a coil of 1.7 Ohms.  See photos.

Here is a gallery that shows some photos I took along the way. If you click the upper right ‘I’ you’ll see some notes.

Next step… out comes the drill and mesh 🙂

A PBusardo Review – Smoktech Vivi Rebuildable Tank

Vendor Link:
Smoktech

UPDATE:
Even at 3.7 (see below), one or two vapes in and it’s dry and scratchy using the pre-installed coil. And those one or two on the way to the dry scratchy hits are not fully saturated, satisfying, nor do they have any hint of a throat hit. Next step, rebuild it. It is, after all, a rebuildable.

I think Smoktech would have been further along selling you the blank platform to experiment with for yourself. Maybe don’t even put the wick holes in, but allow the user to create their own wick holes, OR offer a version with two holes for a silica type wick or a single hole for a genesis/mesh type wick, because out of the box, using the pre-installed coil, it’s a complete fail, at least for me.

NOTE:
Some comments have been made that I pushed too many volts to this in the vid. I’m going to give it another shot with less volts, but my fear is that it did not produce any TH at 4.1V… so I could only assume less volts would result in a very unsatisfying vape. I’ll post the results here. (see above)

Gallery:

Look who’s got some new colors coming out. They remind of my purdy, variable voltage, vaping Easter eggs.
It would be nice to find one of these in your Easter Basket. Thank you Easter Bunny… Bok Bok.

(shown with permission of ProVape)

A PBusardo Review – Kidney Puncher – Punch Kit

Vendor Link:
Kidney Puncher

Gallery:

VIRGINIA BOUND!!

The hotel is booked and I’m excited to be going!

Get all the info here: VAPERCON 2012

From Mr. Stanley Chen:

Dear Phil,

Yes, “D” means “disposable”.

We appreciate your recommendation about listing our clients and lazering our logo or company name on the metal casing. We’ll evaluate this and get back to you when we have made the decision.

Best regards.

Stanley