Show us your Pit Stop

Recoiled and wicked the Subtank Mini this weekend

What an easy tank to pit stop. Simple 28g Kanthal wire coil - 8 wraps or so - comes out at 1.3 ohms.

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Nicely glowing

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Simple wicking with Rayon. The ‘bunny ears’ method. Wick pressing against the juice holes from inside

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So easy.

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Needless to say after a pit stop this tank is vaping beautifully. It’s not the biggest or best vape in the world but it’s very good for me on my VM Syrawberry and Paulies Guava mix. At low power - about 12 Watts.

And this tank doesn’t give any issues. No leaks. No dry hits. Just chugs along. And has been doing so for years.

Mind you - this wicking is giving me ideas on the Dvarw...
 
@Silver I was going to say the deck on the Sub Tank Mini has similarities to the Dvarw and even the KayFun’s. Looking at how you wicked this tank I can recommend you try this wicking style on your Dvarw as I have started to use a very similar wicking method in my Dvarw DL to restrict the airflow and improve the flavour making it a more saturated vape.

See below pic on my wicking technique, works perfectly and zero leaking, not that I ever had leaks with the Exocet Method.

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@Silver @Rob Fisher @CaliGuy Sorry to derail the thread, but what cameras are you using to get these close-up pics? I’ve tried with my phone (ok, it is an old iPhone 6s) but all I get is a blurry blob!

I use my iPhone 10 standard Square Pic mode using the built in 2x Zoom Function.

You will notice in all my photos that I use 1 or 3 locations as they have the best lighting which also play and important part.

You can also take a standard photo and try get it as focused as possiable. Then once you have the pic use the edit function to crop and zoom in, this also helps get a clearer close up on the older iPhones.
 
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Thanks @Rob Fisher @CaliGuy I’ve been due for an upgrade since Nov 2017, which coincidently is the same time I really started vaping, but have been upgrading vape equipment instead of my phone.

Read the new Huawei P30 and P30 Pro plus the new Samsung 10’s have really good camera’s, they all have 3x Rear Facing Cameras. iPhone cameras are good for getting realistic colours using their True Tone technology but they don’t have heaps of adjustment, more of a point and shoot camera and adjust afterwards.
 
@Silver @Rob Fisher @CaliGuy Sorry to derail the thread, but what cameras are you using to get these close-up pics? I’ve tried with my phone (ok, it is an old iPhone 6s) but all I get is a blurry blob!

What you can also do @Asterix - is what I did many times on my old iPhone 5S - just put the camera a bit further away (so it can focus) and then zoom in. Pictures usually come out decent enough for web use. If you are too close it won't focus properly. Rather go a bit further back (like say 10cm or so further back - and then just zoom in)
 
What you can also do @Asterix - is what I did many times on my old iPhone 5S - just put the camera a bit further away (so it can focus) and then zoom in. Pictures usually come out decent enough for web use. If you are too close it won't focus properly. Rather go a bit further back (like say 10cm or so further back - and then just zoom in)
Thanks @Silver will try this!
 
I’m laughing at how apt your photo is in this thread, but I’m sure you are not. My sympathies. (P.S was this before or after the whiskeys?o_O)

Sigh..........it was before the whiskeys. The whiskeys was because of this...........
 
The mighty RM2 on ‘thumper’ is getting a pitstop

Paracoil looks a bit tired but a light scrub with the toothbrush will have to do.

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Now for the juice which this Reo serves. Blackbird in a diluted fashion.

18mg base. 11 drops of VM menthol. And 25 drops of Blackbird. Am rationing it. Took the photo before shaking the bottle. You can see the Blackbird goes to the bottom even though I add it last.

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All wicked up and lubed up. CBV2.

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And voila! My MTL heaven restored! Thumping like a ferocious grizzly bear ;-)

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The mighty RM2 on ‘thumper’ is getting a pitstop

Paracoil looks a bit tired but a light scrub with the toothbrush will have to do.

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Now for the juice which this Reo serves. Blackbird in a diluted fashion.

18mg base. 11 drops of VM menthol. And 25 drops of Blackbird. Am rationing it. Took the photo before shaking the bottle. You can see the Blackbird goes to the bottom even though I add it last.

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All wicked up and lubed up. CBV2.

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And voila! My MTL heaven restored! Thumping like a ferocious grizzly bear ;-)

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That’s beautiful... Almost like reading poetry. How’s the throat hit?


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That’s beautiful... Almost like reading poetry. How’s the throat hit?


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Ooh, it’s lovely @Amir
It’s very high throat hit. Just two or three toots and I’m satisfied for a while
I find the touch of menthol just adds to the experience
 
Ooh, it’s lovely @Amir
It’s very high throat hit. Just two or three toots and I’m satisfied for a while
I find the touch of menthol just adds to the experience

The curiosity has captured me. I hope the next time we bump into each other I get to try this combo


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Pitstopped the Rose MTL yesterday.

Forgot to post it

It needed a new wick.

Coil was fine
Looking pretty good actually - after the toothbrush treatment. It’s a Clapton of sorts that came with the device. About 2.5mm ID. Reading 0.73 ohms on the VTC Mini.

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Flavour after the pitstop is super. It’s my Havana Nightz MTL vape at my desk and has been for some time. I like it a lot.
 
Quick pitstop of two desk Vapes to see me through the day or most of it.

It’s going to be Huntsman in Reo Silver and the usual Havana Nightz in the Rose MTL.

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That was quick

Ready for the morning !

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Ginormous pitstop for me. Have a tough week next week so want to have as many devices ready as possible.

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From left to right

Reo Black - new wick, fresh batt, refill

Reo Silver - same as above

Reo Red / OL16 - opened her up and gave her a good clean. Fire button was getting sticky. Dismantled and treated with deoxit gold. Rewick, fresh batt, refill. Now she is rocking and rolling

Dvarw - installed a new 3mm ID fused Clapton to try solve my leaking problem. Let’s see. Will post in the Dvarw thread when I get a chance. Rewick and refill

Rose MTL on VTC Mini - refill and fresh batt

Lemo1 on Sig - fresh batts and refill

Subtank Mini - just a refill

Skyline on Hotcig - refill and fresh batts

Hadaly / RX200 - just needed fresh batts

All set. Was one of my largest single pitstop sessions. Feels good. 9 devices attended to. I wanted to do the Billet Box but it needed rewicking and I ran out of time for it.

Am hoping the Dvarw behaves....
 
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