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Chances are.....if you're a vaper who is reading this review....you are already lost....and when I say lost, I don't mean done for....I mean that you are so far down the rabbit hole of this foggy hobby of ours that even if you wanted to....you could probably never find your way out again.
You see....there are certain levels to being a vaper that myself....and you probably...have tumbled past without even noticing where one level ends..and another begins...until eventually you find yourself stumbling blindly through the thick custard rich smog utterly bewildered with only one burning question ever present in your mind....
Level 1 - The Reluctant Smoker - You smoke (urgh) ....but you don't really want to, you know it's killing you and you know that you are paying heavily with your hard earned cash for that privilege....you've tried an 'electronic cigarette' but it made you cough so it never really stuck.....although....it did taste nice.....
Level 2 - The Awkward Inbetweener - You have an 'electronic cigarette' that you use in the day but....when you are at home or out having a drink you might have the 'occasional' cancer stick because although you do enjoy this part time vape 'fad'....it's just not quite enough to keep you satisfied.
Level 3 - The Quitter - Congratulations, you have made the switch from coffin nails to a safer electronic alternative, you have found a liquid that you dig and you have powered through those awkward coughing weeks by battling those cravings as and when they arise simply by whipping out your 'vape pen' and having a little tootle puff on your 18mg peppermint liquid that only cost you a mere couple of pounds from your local newsagents.
Level 4 - The Shepherd encounter - You meet someone else that vapes, only they have a bigger pen than you, some may even have a box, and on this box there appears to be bigger tank....and out of this tank comes a cloud of the sweetest smelling Cumulonimbus that wisps past your nostrils peaking your intrigue and leaving your now chemical tasting peppermint liquid cowering in the corner smelling of nothing but cheap inadequacy.
Level 5 - The Upgrade - Your intrigue gets the better of you and you treat yourself to a new 'toy' ...nothing too much, say a 50w variable wattage box mod and something called a 'sub ohm' tank.....and while you're at it.....you might as well spend the extra ten pounds on a 30ml of that liquid that is named in such a way it could have literally come from your mother's fun bag...what's the sense in half assing it eh.....I mean....what's the worst that could happen.....you go home, you follow the instructions in setting this thing up...and when you're ready.... you take your first hit....and suddenly as the flavour of that sweet nectar hits your mistreated and tortured taste buds a vision of that Shepherd you met last week...suddenly appears before you....
And in an instant...you fully understand why that person with their little box of electronic wizardry...looked sooo fucking smug.
Level 6 - The Awakening - A tricky level this....I'd go as far as to say that the vast majority of vapers don't make it past this point, what they have is ample, overkill probably....they have discovered what they think is the top tier in electronic smoking cessation...and as long as they have this.....why would they need anything else??...Pretty soon the residual cravings left over from smoking will be gone and so will this .....'Vaping'....thing.....however....a select few....are never happy, they know there must be more........ these vapers have stumbled across the rabbit hole....and are peering into it....fearful....yet....utterly intrigued
They didn't realise just how big this thing was.....after all......this was just to give up smoking.....wasn't it?.....but....what if?
Ahh...the eternal question...."What if".....just the slightest whisper of that literal dark magic has sparked the birth of a thousand catastrophic fuck up's....'What if I just pressed that button that says don't press?' ......'What if I just hit him with this metal pipe a little bit?' .......'What if I just smoked that little rock just this one time?'........'What if I wore wore red trousers with a pink jumper?' (okay you've gone too far now you need a fucking word with someone) ...
"What if this little mod...wasn't all there was?.... What if I just bought something a little more powerful?....What if I learnt to make my own coils so I didn't have to spend money on pre-made's?....What if I learnt to make my own e-liquid?? I could save a fortune!.....What if I bought a dripper and tried that instead?....What if........what if................what if........?
Level 7......YOU....probably...... you're invested......you're in so deep that this whole vape culture has become sooo much more than just a way of giving up smoking, this is a way of life, chances are you already have an arsenal of vaping equipment that could stock a small shop, and you wile away your hours making intricate coils that could pass off as jewellery and even your spare time is taken up concocting e-liquid recipes that could well be served as deserts in a michelin star restaurant......you watch videos....you read reviews (obviously) ....you go to vape expo's.....and you might even have a part of your house dedicated to everything vape....your beloved 'vape station' - and whether you already have a vape station, or have just maybe started eyeing up that spare room, which currently houses a dusty exercise bike along with various other 90's artifacts that were just 'too good to throw away' and because one day you 'just might need them' ......this review .....is entirely....for you....and do you know why?....
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Fuck my life that's gotta be the most long-winded intro in the history of long drawn out literal doo doo's.....sometimes...I impress even myself.....annnyhoo.....welcome once more my level 6/7 vaping virtuoso's ....why 7 you might ask?....Well....because anyone in the realm of 8, 9 or 10 will either be getting paid by YouTube for reviewing whatever I am reviewing, are already selling what I am reviewing, or actually made whatever I am reviewing.....they make the cash....from level 7 and under....they....took it to the top....so chances are, they ain't reading this nonsense...so.....WTF am I reviewing??....Well.....lots of stuff actually....and I fucking love stuff....who doesn't love stuff??
Today I will be branching out from the norm, not actual mods or RDA's or tanks or anything in fact that you can actually use to vape with......(almost) ....this time, our gaze is transfixed onto that special area of your abode that we all like to call...the vape station, the area where you create your magic, a personal space dedicated to your collection of stuffs that help you make your aimless wanderings around this never ending rabbit warren.....all the more pleasurable....specifically...if you're thinking of getting your first vape station together.
Courtesy of my (by now completely bored of me demanding all kinds of weird shit to review) friends from the East.... Cvapor...I present to you....a glorious mess on my vape station work top....
Tools and gadgets....probably my second biggest weakness....countless times sat in front of the laptop of an evening thinking....'Do i really need that?'......The answer is almost always a resounding YES even when the opposite is clearly the correct answer in almost all instances.
So, although the intro may well have been ever so slightly lengthy..(slightly??)...there really won't be an awful lot to tell you about the actual items, primarily because I'd be here all fucking night....but all being well....if you are looking at setting yourself up with a vaping version of a man cave (or femme den) then these items might just peak your interest....hand picked by me...and tested for 2 months exclusively....so let's crack....the fuck on.
First up...we'll start simple, we all have them.....or at least should do....but maybe not quite like this...with the ability to charge 8 batteries at once, we have the Nitecore Intellicharger i8 battery charger.
The Lowdown
A slightly different approach than other chargers because not only can it charge 8 batteries at once, but it also does it vertically...and with 2 banks of 4 slots sitting back to back...saving you valuable desk space, which for me, with my limited summer house vape station real estate.....and almost teenage approach to keeping things tidy....is a necessity.
Chances are.....if you're a vaper who is reading this review....you are already lost....and when I say lost, I don't mean done for....I mean that you are so far down the rabbit hole of this foggy hobby of ours that even if you wanted to....you could probably never find your way out again.
You see....there are certain levels to being a vaper that myself....and you probably...have tumbled past without even noticing where one level ends..and another begins...until eventually you find yourself stumbling blindly through the thick custard rich smog utterly bewildered with only one burning question ever present in your mind....
Level 1 - The Reluctant Smoker - You smoke (urgh) ....but you don't really want to, you know it's killing you and you know that you are paying heavily with your hard earned cash for that privilege....you've tried an 'electronic cigarette' but it made you cough so it never really stuck.....although....it did taste nice.....
Level 2 - The Awkward Inbetweener - You have an 'electronic cigarette' that you use in the day but....when you are at home or out having a drink you might have the 'occasional' cancer stick because although you do enjoy this part time vape 'fad'....it's just not quite enough to keep you satisfied.
Level 3 - The Quitter - Congratulations, you have made the switch from coffin nails to a safer electronic alternative, you have found a liquid that you dig and you have powered through those awkward coughing weeks by battling those cravings as and when they arise simply by whipping out your 'vape pen' and having a little tootle puff on your 18mg peppermint liquid that only cost you a mere couple of pounds from your local newsagents.
Level 4 - The Shepherd encounter - You meet someone else that vapes, only they have a bigger pen than you, some may even have a box, and on this box there appears to be bigger tank....and out of this tank comes a cloud of the sweetest smelling Cumulonimbus that wisps past your nostrils peaking your intrigue and leaving your now chemical tasting peppermint liquid cowering in the corner smelling of nothing but cheap inadequacy.
Level 5 - The Upgrade - Your intrigue gets the better of you and you treat yourself to a new 'toy' ...nothing too much, say a 50w variable wattage box mod and something called a 'sub ohm' tank.....and while you're at it.....you might as well spend the extra ten pounds on a 30ml of that liquid that is named in such a way it could have literally come from your mother's fun bag...what's the sense in half assing it eh.....I mean....what's the worst that could happen.....you go home, you follow the instructions in setting this thing up...and when you're ready.... you take your first hit....and suddenly as the flavour of that sweet nectar hits your mistreated and tortured taste buds a vision of that Shepherd you met last week...suddenly appears before you....
And in an instant...you fully understand why that person with their little box of electronic wizardry...looked sooo fucking smug.
Level 6 - The Awakening - A tricky level this....I'd go as far as to say that the vast majority of vapers don't make it past this point, what they have is ample, overkill probably....they have discovered what they think is the top tier in electronic smoking cessation...and as long as they have this.....why would they need anything else??...Pretty soon the residual cravings left over from smoking will be gone and so will this .....'Vaping'....thing.....however....a select few....are never happy, they know there must be more........ these vapers have stumbled across the rabbit hole....and are peering into it....fearful....yet....utterly intrigued
They didn't realise just how big this thing was.....after all......this was just to give up smoking.....wasn't it?.....but....what if?
Ahh...the eternal question...."What if".....just the slightest whisper of that literal dark magic has sparked the birth of a thousand catastrophic fuck up's....'What if I just pressed that button that says don't press?' ......'What if I just hit him with this metal pipe a little bit?' .......'What if I just smoked that little rock just this one time?'........'What if I wore wore red trousers with a pink jumper?' (okay you've gone too far now you need a fucking word with someone) ...
"What if this little mod...wasn't all there was?.... What if I just bought something a little more powerful?....What if I learnt to make my own coils so I didn't have to spend money on pre-made's?....What if I learnt to make my own e-liquid?? I could save a fortune!.....What if I bought a dripper and tried that instead?....What if........what if................what if........?
Level 7......YOU....probably...... you're invested......you're in so deep that this whole vape culture has become sooo much more than just a way of giving up smoking, this is a way of life, chances are you already have an arsenal of vaping equipment that could stock a small shop, and you wile away your hours making intricate coils that could pass off as jewellery and even your spare time is taken up concocting e-liquid recipes that could well be served as deserts in a michelin star restaurant......you watch videos....you read reviews (obviously) ....you go to vape expo's.....and you might even have a part of your house dedicated to everything vape....your beloved 'vape station' - and whether you already have a vape station, or have just maybe started eyeing up that spare room, which currently houses a dusty exercise bike along with various other 90's artifacts that were just 'too good to throw away' and because one day you 'just might need them' ......this review .....is entirely....for you....and do you know why?....
....................................................................................................................
Fuck my life that's gotta be the most long-winded intro in the history of long drawn out literal doo doo's.....sometimes...I impress even myself.....annnyhoo.....welcome once more my level 6/7 vaping virtuoso's ....why 7 you might ask?....Well....because anyone in the realm of 8, 9 or 10 will either be getting paid by YouTube for reviewing whatever I am reviewing, are already selling what I am reviewing, or actually made whatever I am reviewing.....they make the cash....from level 7 and under....they....took it to the top....so chances are, they ain't reading this nonsense...so.....WTF am I reviewing??....Well.....lots of stuff actually....and I fucking love stuff....who doesn't love stuff??
Today I will be branching out from the norm, not actual mods or RDA's or tanks or anything in fact that you can actually use to vape with......(almost) ....this time, our gaze is transfixed onto that special area of your abode that we all like to call...the vape station, the area where you create your magic, a personal space dedicated to your collection of stuffs that help you make your aimless wanderings around this never ending rabbit warren.....all the more pleasurable....specifically...if you're thinking of getting your first vape station together.
Courtesy of my (by now completely bored of me demanding all kinds of weird shit to review) friends from the East.... Cvapor...I present to you....a glorious mess on my vape station work top....
Tools and gadgets....probably my second biggest weakness....countless times sat in front of the laptop of an evening thinking....'Do i really need that?'......The answer is almost always a resounding YES even when the opposite is clearly the correct answer in almost all instances.
So, although the intro may well have been ever so slightly lengthy..(slightly??)...there really won't be an awful lot to tell you about the actual items, primarily because I'd be here all fucking night....but all being well....if you are looking at setting yourself up with a vaping version of a man cave (or femme den) then these items might just peak your interest....hand picked by me...and tested for 2 months exclusively....so let's crack....the fuck on.
First up...we'll start simple, we all have them.....or at least should do....but maybe not quite like this...with the ability to charge 8 batteries at once, we have the Nitecore Intellicharger i8 battery charger.
The Lowdown
A slightly different approach than other chargers because not only can it charge 8 batteries at once, but it also does it vertically...and with 2 banks of 4 slots sitting back to back...saving you valuable desk space, which for me, with my limited summer house vape station real estate.....and almost teenage approach to keeping things tidy....is a necessity.
