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Nigel
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Oh my God yes, so true!!! Thanks for reminding me to get my fat ass back under the bar!
Any of You Guys Into Vaping?
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CoolGuitarGear
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You can claim low CO, but that does not take into account any of the other chemicals. I believe you are looking for an excuse to vape or continue vaping, knowing full well it's not good for you, but better than smoking cigarettes. I'm OK with that... not my body, but the fact remains that vaping is not clean air, which means it wasn't meant for your lungs (or your arteries, brain, etc.). Most of us have nasty habits and need to accept any health consequences of those habits, rather than rationalizing them. Michael Douglas possibly ate too much pussy, and got throat cancer (bacteria in the mouth does not like bacteria down below, which is why you should rinse with mouth wash and make certain she's clean prior... just sayin').
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
I hear ya bro'.
I singled out CO 'cause it's the one you brought up.
I singled out CO 'cause it's the one you brought up.
CoolGuitarGear
Well-known member
I was using it as an example, that it's invisible (the guy blowing in the kleenex), but is not a good thing to inhale. Just because his vaping appears 'clean,' does not mean there are not health consequences associated with it.
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
Of course!
psychodave
Well-known member
Hahah. I’m actually laughing out loud.
tallcoolone
Well-known member
Why do some people have such strong opinions about what other people do?
Exactly.
CoolGuitarGear
Well-known member
Why do some people have such strong opinions about what other people say?
Exactly
tallcoolone
Well-known member
Because sometimes people need to be reminded that their opinions aren’t always needed. Esp after the 3rd and 4th time they are repeated
We get it, you think vaping is harmful.
CoolGuitarGear
Well-known member
Some people need to mind their own fucking business, particularly having a conversation with a fellow board member. But I guess you're above me and can voice Your opinion. And even a retard knows vaping is harmful. It's not fucking AIR, but vaping fumes of various chemicals. Or do you think that's really healthy? I'm friendly with the OP and my comment toward his health and safety was of genuine concern and for him, not you.
tallcoolone
Well-known member
“Mind their own business” he says while preaching from his soapbox about what he believes others should and shouldn’t do. Over and over and over again…
CoolGuitarGear
Well-known member
Hey, dumbass... did I tell him NOT to vape? Again, my message was not directed to YOU. Currently, you're on your soapbox preaching away, right dumbass?
tallcoolone
Well-known member
Nope, I am simply letting you know that you were incessantly repeating yourself and it was ok to STFU. Grrr lol.
CoolGuitarGear
Well-known member
And I am simply letting you know that you, too, are incessantly repeating yourself, and I wish you would STFU, Grrr lol
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
This explains a lot. LameStream media here in Oz only gives one angle too - it'll kill ya!
sytharnia1560
Well-known member
All I know is putting water vapor into your lungs does not seem like a great idea
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
That's 100% fine brother.
I used to be a competitive swimmer. 5 hours a day in basically 100%-humidified air drawn deeply into the lungs, along with constant droplets and lots of splashes.
Then there're the countless therapeutic steaming methods, that've been around for centuries, where you boil up herbs, cover the pot and your head with a towel and breathe deeply.
Then there are steam rooms.
Then there's the fact that all the air we breathe contains water, just to varying degrees - more in the tropics and of course during and following rain, so I think it's safe to say that we're designed for it, just as our skin is too - just not 24-hour 100% immersion, which'd be the equivalent of breathing water.
I used to be a competitive swimmer. 5 hours a day in basically 100%-humidified air drawn deeply into the lungs, along with constant droplets and lots of splashes.
Then there're the countless therapeutic steaming methods, that've been around for centuries, where you boil up herbs, cover the pot and your head with a towel and breathe deeply.
Then there are steam rooms.
Then there's the fact that all the air we breathe contains water, just to varying degrees - more in the tropics and of course during and following rain, so I think it's safe to say that we're designed for it, just as our skin is too - just not 24-hour 100% immersion, which'd be the equivalent of breathing water.
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
OK, so after a long wait 'cause the postal service is screwed due to COVID, I finally received my first big vape order.
I've been borrowing my buddy's Geek Vape Aegis Mini for 6 months so was really looking forward to owning my own mod and atomiser. Went for the Geek Vape Legend 2. This thing can crank out 200w and is built like a tank, scoring even-higher on the fancy toughness-rating system (forgotten what it's called). Waterproof (you can drop it into a metre of water for half an hour and it'll still work), dust-proof and shockproof. The Mini was a favourite with tradies and other factory and outdoor workers 'cause of its robustness and this thing takes it to a new level.
Here's the unit in the colours I opted for:
Mine looks better 'cause I changed the screen's theme to blue-and-white. Also, I took the mouthpiece from the Aegis Mini and swapped it with this one. The Legend's Zeus Tank mouthpiece has a bigger hole in it but it sacrifices sidewall thickness in order to achieve this. Makes it trickier to avoid burning your lips, so I was stoked to find that it was interchangeable with the Cerberus tank's one on the Mini. Awesome sauce!
Went for these newfangled Hohm Life batteries at $14.90 AU each. They supposedly use a unique chemical formula that's geared towards vape units. Was always a Sony man 'cause they're renowned for their consistency but so far I'm happy. Of course, their internal resistances off-the-shelf varied from 53 to 120mΩ, but the other parameters show up pretty-evenly on the Nitcore SC4 charger I've opted for. Great charger, can highly recommend:
I experimented with vanilla essence from the supermarket. Just my own hair-brained idea. I distilled down the liquid to remove the alcohol and mixed it with plain 100% vegetable glycerine from the health shop.
At first it had a slightly-burned aftertaste to it and I put this down to suspended solid particles created by my overdoing the reduction on the stove 'til some of it was solid. After a day or two the VG had fully dissolved them and the liquid was clear with a rich amber colour. Beautiful to look at and not bad to vape, but by that point I'd already given up on this as a long-term solution (get it - solution? Uugghh...) 'cause the reduction process was a PITA.
So, after researching for quite a while, I've opted to buy food-grade base liquid at 70% VG / 30% PG and add off-the-shelf flavour concentrates. Started with vanilla custard and Virginia tobacco flavours 'cause I like vanilla custard for its creaminess and am a big vanilla fan, along with a hint of tobacco, the latter bringing it down-to-earth, so to speak.
Been experimenting for 5 days now with percentages. I have the following steeping - I noticed that after a few days juices tasted much better:
17% Vanilla Custard / 9.5% Virginia Tobacco
10% Vanilla Custard / 5% Virginia Tobacco
10% Vanilla Custard / 10% Virginia Tobacco
Allowing them to steep for 2->3 days before I test them properly, but initial signs are fantastic. So clean-tasting. I'm in Hog Heaven™.
As a bonus, the ol' wallet appreciates this move too. I can make 3L of juice for around $100. Yes, you read that correctly! "Normal" juice off the shelf here in Oz is around 20->22 dollars for 30ml and of course you have no way of knowing what's in it.
So, $100 for $2000->$2200 worth of juice at standard 30ml (most-popular size) prices. Mind-blowing value. I spent almost that much on a single pouch of organic tobacco here in Oz, which'd only last 2 weeks, so I'm vaping for probably a year for the price of 30g of tobacco. The government taxes on tobacco here in Oz are insane - the highest in the world. If they want that tax money they ought to drop the duties back down to something reasonable or they'll lose all that spending moolah to vaping and the tobacco black market. Classic case of shooting one's self in the foot through unadulterated greed.
Anyway, hope someone enjoys my first, and probably only-ever, review of a "vape haul" (is there such a thing? I know gals on YouTube do "bikini hauls").
I've been borrowing my buddy's Geek Vape Aegis Mini for 6 months so was really looking forward to owning my own mod and atomiser. Went for the Geek Vape Legend 2. This thing can crank out 200w and is built like a tank, scoring even-higher on the fancy toughness-rating system (forgotten what it's called). Waterproof (you can drop it into a metre of water for half an hour and it'll still work), dust-proof and shockproof. The Mini was a favourite with tradies and other factory and outdoor workers 'cause of its robustness and this thing takes it to a new level.
Here's the unit in the colours I opted for:
Mine looks better 'cause I changed the screen's theme to blue-and-white. Also, I took the mouthpiece from the Aegis Mini and swapped it with this one. The Legend's Zeus Tank mouthpiece has a bigger hole in it but it sacrifices sidewall thickness in order to achieve this. Makes it trickier to avoid burning your lips, so I was stoked to find that it was interchangeable with the Cerberus tank's one on the Mini. Awesome sauce!
Went for these newfangled Hohm Life batteries at $14.90 AU each. They supposedly use a unique chemical formula that's geared towards vape units. Was always a Sony man 'cause they're renowned for their consistency but so far I'm happy. Of course, their internal resistances off-the-shelf varied from 53 to 120mΩ, but the other parameters show up pretty-evenly on the Nitcore SC4 charger I've opted for. Great charger, can highly recommend:
Being a man of my word, here's the follow-up:
I experimented with vanilla essence from the supermarket. Just my own hair-brained idea. I distilled down the liquid to remove the alcohol and mixed it with plain 100% vegetable glycerine from the health shop.
At first it had a slightly-burned aftertaste to it and I put this down to suspended solid particles created by my overdoing the reduction on the stove 'til some of it was solid. After a day or two the VG had fully dissolved them and the liquid was clear with a rich amber colour. Beautiful to look at and not bad to vape, but by that point I'd already given up on this as a long-term solution (get it - solution? Uugghh...) 'cause the reduction process was a PITA.
So, after researching for quite a while, I've opted to buy food-grade base liquid at 70% VG / 30% PG and add off-the-shelf flavour concentrates. Started with vanilla custard and Virginia tobacco flavours 'cause I like vanilla custard for its creaminess and am a big vanilla fan, along with a hint of tobacco, the latter bringing it down-to-earth, so to speak.
Been experimenting for 5 days now with percentages. I have the following steeping - I noticed that after a few days juices tasted much better:
17% Vanilla Custard / 9.5% Virginia Tobacco
10% Vanilla Custard / 5% Virginia Tobacco
10% Vanilla Custard / 10% Virginia Tobacco
Allowing them to steep for 2->3 days before I test them properly, but initial signs are fantastic. So clean-tasting. I'm in Hog Heaven™.
As a bonus, the ol' wallet appreciates this move too. I can make 3L of juice for around $100. Yes, you read that correctly! "Normal" juice off the shelf here in Oz is around 20->22 dollars for 30ml and of course you have no way of knowing what's in it.
So, $100 for $2000->$2200 worth of juice at standard 30ml (most-popular size) prices. Mind-blowing value. I spent almost that much on a single pouch of organic tobacco here in Oz, which'd only last 2 weeks, so I'm vaping for probably a year for the price of 30g of tobacco. The government taxes on tobacco here in Oz are insane - the highest in the world. If they want that tax money they ought to drop the duties back down to something reasonable or they'll lose all that spending moolah to vaping and the tobacco black market. Classic case of shooting one's self in the foot through unadulterated greed.
Anyway, hope someone enjoys my first, and probably only-ever, review of a "vape haul" (is there such a thing? I know gals on YouTube do "bikini hauls").
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
Welcome, Hazy!
Out of line? Of course not mate.
Have you tried Nic salts?
It took you a year to work your way down from 18mg to 6 and then more time to get from there to 3. I believe Nic salts would've taken you from 18 to 3 (or even less) in one fell swoop.
For those who don't know:
The usual nicotine additives you buy are refined / isolated / purified so that the active ingredient is pure nicotine. We should all know that as a general rule of thumb, the more you refine and isolate a natural product down to a particular component, the more-addictive and "poisonous" / disruptive it becomes.
Nic salts are made by soaking the plant leaves and allowing all the complimentary buffers, alkaloids and whatnot to leach out in-ratio. The nicotine isn't then isolated, so you get the naturally-buffered experience, which as you might expect, is far-more satisfying, greatly increasing intervals between tokes.
Curious about that nic price. Nic salts are cheaper compared to "normal" nic, but your $39 for 5 years seems incredible. Link?
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
Thanks man.
I was late to the party and therefore wasn't able to take advantage before the law changed. I've only been able to get 50mg flavoured salts that I dilute 1:17 for a 3mb result. The 10ml bottles cost around 12 bucks each.
Still, it's a Helluva-lot cheaper than the 24mb clear Nic juice I was getting previously for $20 for 30ml. Much-smoother too and of course more-satisfying.
I was late to the party and therefore wasn't able to take advantage before the law changed. I've only been able to get 50mg flavoured salts that I dilute 1:17 for a 3mb result. The 10ml bottles cost around 12 bucks each.
Still, it's a Helluva-lot cheaper than the 24mb clear Nic juice I was getting previously for $20 for 30ml. Much-smoother too and of course more-satisfying.