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Post by bookbear on Sept 6, 2018 21:32:54 GMT -7
Some months ago, I took Raywyn's advice and bit the budget bullet and bought a Kabuki v1.5. Gods, that thing is built like a tank! Heavy, solid, and great on flavor. I really like the set and forget draw adjustment. Never have to worry about having to reset that every time I fill the tank. The one drawback is that it is a bottom fill tank. That said, I now have three 
I did get a Vaproesso Veco tank so I could try their ceramic coils. It's a small tank, not badly built but in no way the equal of the Kabuki, construction-wise. But the ceramic coil is da bomb when it comes to flavor, and it's a top fill tank. The ceramic coils are Vaporesso's 'ECO' coils that use about 1/2 the usual metal.
Vape on!
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Post by raywyn on Oct 24, 2018 0:37:06 GMT -7
Some months ago, I took Raywyn's advice and bit the budget bullet and bought a Kabuki v1.5. Gods, that thing is built like a tank! Heavy, solid, and great on flavor. I really like the set and forget draw adjustment. Never have to worry about having to reset that every time I fill the tank. The one drawback is that it is a bottom fill tank. That said, I now have three I did get a Vaproesso Veco tank so I could try their ceramic coils. It's a small tank, not badly built but in no way the equal of the Kabuki, construction-wise. But the ceramic coil is da bomb when it comes to flavor, and it's a top fill tank. The ceramic coils are Vaporesso's 'ECO' coils that use about 1/2 the usual metal. Vape on!
Glad you like em. Yeah, most dropins are bottom fill these days.. but hey, its cool still 😉 |
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Post by scipio42 on Dec 1, 2018 20:30:30 GMT -7
Some months ago, I took Raywyn's advice and bit the budget bullet and bought a Kabuki v1.5. Gods, that thing is built like a tank! Heavy, solid, and great on flavor. I really like the set and forget draw adjustment. Never have to worry about having to reset that every time I fill the tank. The one drawback is that it is a bottom fill tank. That said, I now have three
I did get a Vaproesso Veco tank so I could try their ceramic coils. It's a small tank, not badly built but in no way the equal of the Kabuki, construction-wise. But the ceramic coil is da bomb when it comes to flavor, and it's a top fill tank. The ceramic coils are Vaporesso's 'ECO' coils that use about 1/2 the usual metal.
Vape on!
I'm totally new to vaping, coming from a few years of smoking a traditional pipe. I'm really enjoying the look of these pipes, but I'm getting a bit confused on the technical side of things. I looked at the Veco after you mentioned it and it sounds like the basic kit comes with sub-ohm coils, which I read were not optimal for NET e-liquids. Can you share what your setup is? I want the least fussy method, ideally with great pipe tobacco flavors. |
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Post by bookbear on Dec 4, 2018 16:51:16 GMT -7
Sorry to be so late in replying... life has a way of intruding. 
Anyway, I currently have two pipes, a Pipesmith Huntsman (unregulated) and a Freight Train Mods Oom Paul (DNA 40 regulated). I use the Veco tanks with .5 ohm ceramic coils on the Huntsman, and the Kabuki tanks with .7 ohm Aspire Nautilus BVC coils on the Oom Paul . I do swap them around now and then. Both set-ups are very good on flavor. I am not a cloud chaser, but the Kabuki does put out decent vapor. I have only tried the Black Note sampler of their NET liquids, so that really isn't a fair assessment of whether or not NET liquids gunk up coils more than non-NET tobacco flavored liquids do.
My tobacco flavors that I vape are Indigo's Express and The Dutchess, and Vape Wild's Peace Pipe. None of those are NETs. I am still looking for a really good cherry tobacco flavor.
For a break, I will vape Charlie's Chalk Dust's Mr. Meringue, Mt. Baker Vapor's Cinnamon Roll, and Vape Wild's Blackberries.
Hope that helps, and let me know if you have other questions. BTW, Vaporesso's Estoc tank is a more substantial tank than the Veco, and uses the same ECO ceramic coils.
Mark
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Post by scipio42 on Dec 4, 2018 19:52:38 GMT -7
No worries, I totally understand. I ducked into a local shop and picked up the Aspire K3 kit just to get a sense of the experience. I picked up Mug and Leaf Arabic Oasis as my starter liquid and it's pretty tasty, although doesn't really remind me of tobacco at all. The K3 included a 1.8ohm coil (I think I'm reading this right). They also carried the Nautilus mini, so I can get a local replacement if needs be.
I think I need to try to find at least one really nice tobacco flavor and then maybe experiment with CBD cartridges as well. Looking forward to picking up a pipe here soon. It's much more convenient for walking around and puffing than my traditional pipe.
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Post by PipeSmith on Dec 4, 2018 21:53:18 GMT -7
While I personally prefer a rebuildable tank, I do have a fair selection of styles that I build around/ test on, and set up for a respective client's presentation photos of their pipe.
I picked up a K3 when they first came out, and am not particularly impressed with it. The Nautilus 2 performed better - both more vapor & flavor in my opinion, and these two tanks use the same coil heads. Simply put, with all things being equal (coil head/ juice) it comes down to chamber of the tank in question; this is where the flavor is either focused and allowed to expand into the bouquet that one would expect, or can be stifled to little more than wispy vapor.
If you're running a 1.8 ohm coil head, you can change this to a lower ohm rating and this will help some, but the chamber honestly doesn't exist on the K3 to provide - for me - the piping experience I would expect. Again - for me - the K3 rates just above the convenience store introductory vaping products.
The Nautilus 2 does have somewhat better flavor, and I set up a number of pipes/ stems for them, but I still think there are better options available in the same relative price bracket that also use pre-made coil heads.
All of this being said, I believe a user should use what they're comfortable with, with the understanding that a particular tank or tanks that may be tried initially are not necessarily a true representation of the pipe experience that can just as easily be acquired with other tank(s) within the same or close to the same price point. I've seen too many folks new to vaping that are initially turned off simply as a result of not being lined up with the products that my best compliment their needs/ desired results.
While I have no personal knowledge of the vape shop visited, keep in mind that 95% of the vaping industry is directly targeted towards to the under-thirty customer, and this base is widely focused on the latest whiz-bang gadgetry and "hey, look at me" vaping. I field emails and telephone calls every week from around the country in which the customer, who is somewhat older, goes to their local vape shop in search of information or help, only to be met with a dismissive attitude by some youngster working the counter. Ultimately, they are guided towards what that particular store may have on the shelf, with no real consideration of the customer's own goals. Frankly, too many of these shops have the attitude towards the more mature vaper that, if you aren't looking to drop considerable money on their preferred Chinese box device and related atomizer - then you simply aren't their focus, and likely not worth their time.
This whole approach troubles and frustrates me, and is the epitome of the vaping industry shooting itself in the foot. I will help anyway I can to get you set up, as will the vast majority of posters on this forum. We're only a PM/ email/ text or phone call away...
/K
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Post by Peter on Dec 6, 2018 19:51:37 GMT -7
What he said.
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