should i have purchased the 'original'?

[Citrus]

If it's an ego-style battery, you can try prising up the centre pin slightly. It might be that it just isn't connecting - they sometimes get sort of squashed down. I'll try to scare up the video showing how.

ETA:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x95J3ljQ54

 

[MadTz]

They are more expensive and that's them dropping there prices recently too

 

[KulrMeStoopid]

They do seem expensive.

They are a bit more than the competition, unless you an find something on one of their Yo Yo sales.

My TW battery, authentic joyetech, has been the only battery in nearly 2 years of me vaping, to have vented and basically commit suicide, while my off branded ones...still going.

 

[Fleabag]

I got an unbranded one from a market initially - actually worked fine, but it contained a battery of much smaller capacity than advertised.

I've bought one from Ebay that lasted for 2 charges!

The others I have (all also unbranded) were from a local shop and FastTech and all perform very well.

There are plenty of vendors selling good eGo style batteries, but most of them aren't selling off ebay or out of a suitcase in shopping centres!

When you're first shopping online, you can't avoid TW, as search engines will point you there - fortunately, I figured they were overpriced before I committed to my first collection of DIY ingredients (I found this place in time and bought them from the marketplace).

From what I can gather, most vendors affiliated with POTV are small companies borne out of a passion for vaping, and will offer good customer service and, most importantly, sort any problems out if anything goes wrong.

I strongly recommend an eGo & Evod set if you're looking for a new kit - a few here sell single or double sets and Evod's a much better starter tank than a CE4 in my opinion (if I could go back, I'd do most things the same, but I'd skip the struggle of getting a decent vape from the varied quality of CE4s and go straight for the Evod)

 

[Abyss]

If it's an ego-style battery, you can try prising up the centre pin slightly. It might be that it just isn't connecting - they sometimes get sort of squashed down. I'll try to scare up the video showing how.

ETA:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x95J3ljQ54

Cheers mate. I'm at work now. But will try that in the morning.

 

[Abyss]

They are more expensive and that's them dropping there prices recently too

Probably paying extra for their fancy packaging.

 

[Abyss]

They are a bit more than the competition, unless you an find something on one of their Yo Yo sales.

My TW battery, authentic joyetech, has been the only battery in nearly 2 years of me vaping, to have vented and basically commit suicide, while my off branded ones...still going.

I paid about £6 for my other battery. It's like this one http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?sbk=1&nav=SEARCH&itemId=111191845684

 

[MadTz]

yep my sis was stung heavily twice by them and when she spoke to me she was alittle quite and would not say how much she paid in comparison to the kit I was using @ the time a lesson learned

She now wished she ask for now advice first before jumping in... live & learn

 

[Abyss]

I got an unbranded one from a market initially - actually worked fine, but it contained a battery of much smaller capacity than advertised.

I've bought one from Ebay that lasted for 2 charges!

The others I have (all also unbranded) were from a local shop and FastTech and all perform very well.

There are plenty of vendors selling good eGo style batteries, but most of them aren't selling off ebay or out of a suitcase in shopping centres!

When you're first shopping online, you can't avoid TW, as search engines will point you there - fortunately, I figured they were overpriced before I committed to my first collection of DIY ingredients (I found this place in time and bought them from the marketplace).

From what I can gather, most vendors affiliated with POTV are small companies borne out of a passion for vaping, and will offer good customer service and, most importantly, sort any problems out if anything goes wrong.

I strongly recommend an eGo & Evod set if you're looking for a new kit - a few here sell single or double sets and Evod's a much better starter tank than a CE4 in my opinion (if I could go back, I'd do most things the same, but I'd skip the struggle of getting a decent vape from the varied quality of CE4s and go straight for the Evod)

I'll take a look at fasttech thanks. Mine is a ce4 bit not sure what an evod is. But I'll have a read up on it. The ce4 that came with mine was finished after about 4 days. It tasted burnt and disgusting. I ordered 5 off eBay for £10 but they only arrived today. So far they seem ok. Do you know how long a ce4 should generally last? Thanks.

 

[Fleabag]

I'll take a look at fasttech thanks. Mine is a ce4 bit not sure what an evod is. But I'll have a read up on it. The ce4 that came with mine was finished after about 4 days. It tasted burnt and disgusting. I ordered 5 off eBay for £10 but they only arrived today. So far they seem ok. Do you know how long a ce4 should generally last? Thanks.

How long's a piece of string?
The burnt taste can be rectified with a good wash through with hot water & dry naturally/dry burn (put it on the battery and fire it up a few times empty to dry the wick) - so that tank isn't necessarily dead.

However, the coils will go eventually - I never had one die, but I moved onto Evods and then protanks, protank minis etc before that happened (I'd bought some CE4s that I've since found were 4+ohm, which explains why I got no vapour). Some CE4s may last weeks, others might pop after a few days. Standard CE4s don't have replaceble coils, so you have to chuck and replace.

Evods, Protanks, Protank Minis are all bottom coil Kanger tanks and take the same replacement heads, so it's handy having just one type of head that will work with a few tanks. It's also cheaper in the long run, because you're not replacing the entire tank when the coil goes, just the head (or you can recoil them yourself for pennies apiece). You can pick up Evods for £3-£5, so they are very economical compared to the disposable CE4s (which sometimes cost as much as a fiver themselves)