I really like the chrome KGO with the tank on it. It's no different operationally, or quality wise than the black KGO with the tank on it--it just looks nicer (IMO). I think I like it better because the adapter (the fitting that hides the neck and connection between battery and tank) only comes in chrome, and kind of stands out on the other KGO colors. On the Chrome colored KGO it becomes part of the unit. They need to make a black (or gold since the black KGO has gold accents) tank adapters too.

(KGO e-cigarette with Smok Tech dual coil tank)

RAWR Chocolate Cherry E-Juice Review

I admit that I'm a chocoholic, and due to that, whenever I see a chocolate flavor, I have to try it. I especially love chocolate covered cherries, and am always hopeful that I'll find an e-juice that tastes exactly like that. So enter RAWRs Chocolate Cherry e-juice:

I've tried other versions of this, and could never really taste the cherry in it. I will give RAWR points for actually achieving a nice blend of chocolate with an exhale of cherry. The flavor is still a little milder than I'd like it to be. When it comes to chocolate and cherries, I really want a bold, standout, no mistaking it flavor, but so far, this is the closest I've come to finding a flavor that matches that of the real thing.

RAWR Chocolate Cherry: B

E-cigarette Makes an Appearance on "Two Broke Girls"!

In an overall positive light, the e-cigarette made its prime time debut (at least it's the first time I've ever seen one in a sit-com or series on regular TV. It had two brief but meaningful spots in the Monday Night series "Two Broke Girls." It was great to see it portrayed in an overall good light. Hopefully we'll see more of it in the weeks to come.

RAWR Truth Serum E-Juice Review

There are some e-juices you just have to order because of the name. That's the way it was with "Truth Serum" from RAWR. I couldn't help myself. I saw it in a post someone else made, and just had to try it.

I have to say I was quite surprised to find it had a slight fruit undertone, but was overall a very mild vape. I did order it with low menthol. It was suggested on the site, and you can choose from several levels of menthol. I'm not a huge fan of heavy menthol, but the single hit of mild menthol flavor is very nice, and probably adds a bit to the fruity flavor. Overall a very nice vape.

RAWR Truth Serum: A

Keeping an Eye Out for Symptoms

When you're new at trying something, you tend to worry over possible reactions, and are alert to symptoms. So far, with e-cigarettes I've had a very easy transaction from smoking to vaping, and feel much better--in general. However, I did have an unusual side-effect the other day. For about 2 days, I had an annoying twitch in my left eye. I immediately attributed it to the high 24mg of nicotine I've been vaping in order to conquer my cravings for cigarettes. Any less mg and I start to think and want cigarettes, so I've been keeping the levels at 24mg, and thought maybe it was catching up to me.

I tried lowering the nicotine content since I had a few samples of lesser strengths, but nothing really seemed to work long. Then someone on the ECF board mentioned a possible reaction to certain flavors or levels of PG or VG, the glycerin bases used to make e-liquids. Since all of my juices come in various mixtures of PG and VG, and I hadn't had any reaction to them up to the time the twitching started, I discounted a possible reaction to either of those. However, the flavor thought really hit home. The twitching started right after a new batch of e-juices in new flavors came in the mail, and I had been vaping Chocolate Liqueur very heavily.

I like the Chocolate Liqueur, its a very strong chocolate flavor, and by now you know I like chocolate, lol. Unfortunately, it seems that this particular flavor is a problem for me, at least used heavily. I am not throwing it out, since I do like it, but am going to try and see if after a while, I can't vape it occasionally, just not over a long period of time. Since changing out my flavor, (and I've used several others since) I haven't had any twitching problems at all in my eye (or anywhere else). I'm sure glad it was as simple as a flavor reaction, and not a problem with other aspects of the e-cigarette that I really enjoy, and has allowed me to be free of the stinky cancer sticks.

My KGO Collection is Growing

I originally ordered my KGO starter kit in chrome, but the company sent me black instead. I like the two black KGOs that came with the starter kit very much, and the gold accents make it very attractive. However, I couldn't shake the fact that I wanted chrome to start with from my mind, so I ordered a single KGO e-cigarette chrome battery with chrome collar and it came today.

I have to say that it really is a fingerprint magnet as someone mentioned on a post on ECF. It's pretty though. It will look really nice with the chrome adapter and tank. I can't comment on how it works since it is still getting its first charge, but I'm sure it will live up to the KGO name as my other two do. I don't know why they don't just call this silver, or stainless steel, when I see pictures of the "chrome" KGOs on the various sites it looks like it has a gold tint, but it must just be the reflections in it as you can see at the bottom of the picture here. It is actually just silver. I wish they still made the "gold" KGO, but I haven't seen that one in any of the purchase lists, although one site still mentions that color as one of the options (it isn't in their actual purchase list though).

Review of Blue Mist Vaping's Peach E-Juice

It seems that Blue Mist Vaping is one of my favorite e-juice companies, and it is. Not only are their juices largely very good, they are also very reasonably priced. That has let me get quite a collection of various flavors quickly. Today I tried their "Peach" and I have to say it's one of my favorites.

Peach is very distinct and the flavor lasts throughout the carto. I've had many flavors that were good the first hit or two, then faded into vapor so to speak. Not this one. The peachiness comes through every time. I really like that about this one.

Blue Mist Vaping "Peach": A+

Smok Tech Dual Coil Tank Kit Review

I've heard a lot about tanks, and how they really cut down on constantly topping off cartos, so I just had to try one. Not to mention they just look cool. So I purchased the Smok Tech Dual Coil Tank Kit from Hoosier E-Cig Supply. I'll say one thing for Brant from Hoosier: he sure does ship things out fast. I barely pressed submit on the order form before I got the shipping confirmation. He's great, and the tank is pretty awesome.

To start with, I bought the smaller of the two tank kits offered by Smok Tech. It is a 3.5 mil tank, although I'm not sure it actually holds that much. I'd say more like 2 in the tank, unless they are adding what is held inside the carto as well. Then I can see it being 3.5 mil.

It's an attractive tank. I like the way it  looks on my pv. It comes with the clear drip tip pictured. That's kind of neat as well because it's a little longer than the drip tips I've found online and ordered. It is a tight fitting little thing though. You have to really press it on the end of the carto.

Okay, now on to the actual review of the Smok Teck Dual Coil tank. So far--no leaks! That's a really cool thing. However, this is not something we ladies can toss in a purse. It WILL leak if turned completely upside down. (Learned from experience).

The tank is pretty easy to fill following standard tank filling methods that you can find on youtube.

The downsides: I've heard that heavy juices work well in the tank, but I'm not finding that to be true. I can't get my 60% VG e-juice to flow. There is a solution to that, and that's to punch a slightly bigger hole in the carto. The pre-punched hole is way down at the bottom of the tank in the cartomizer. It's very VERY tiny. I switched out the heavier juice for a 30% VG blend, and that does seem to be working.

This may also just be a carto issue. I'll update the review here if it turns out that any of the replacement cartos can pull in the heavier juices.


UPDATE: I didn't even wait. The carto I was using was burning up from lack of fluid. If you buy this tank, and have to get the pre-punched cartos that come with it. PUNCH a BIGGER hole in it! I did that (although I broke out a new pre-punched carto) and it is working like a CHAMP.


I am not sure yet if I can use just regular LR dual coil cartos with this tank because it has that flange groove underneath it. However, I may try that since I have to punch out holes anyway, I may as well use cheaper cartos and just punch the holes in them myself from the start.

Taste: I'm finding that what I've heard about tanks dulling the flavor of the ejuices to be somewhat true. However, unfortunately it does 't dull a bad tasting juice all that well. If you have some very strong e-juice that you like, but find overpowering, here's a good way to use it.

The taste also improved now that the suction is working better through the bigger holes. This is even with my 20% VG e-juice, so not extremely thick.

In addition to the tank, I also purchased the adapter thread so it would look nice on my KGO. The adapter is NOT necessary for using the tank. It is simply ornamental, but nice to have when you want your e-cigarette to look good in public. Here's a picture of the KGO with the tank and adapter thread.

If you look at the base of the tank, right above the button on the battery, you'll see that with the adapter it is a smooth line from the battery up to the tank instead of being able to see the battery  neck and threads like you can above.

The only drawback to the adapter is that it only comes (at least from Hoosier) in chrome, so it will kind of stand out a little on the darker or other colored KGOs. Since I just ordered a chrome KGO I'm not worried about it though. It will look sharp on there.

Overall: Smok Tech Dual Coil Tank -- A for the tank, C for the pre-punched cartos.

I may upgrade that if the draw issue ends up just being a less than perfect carto.

My Review of Copper Creek Chocolate Chip Cookies and Black Raspberry e-Juices

I just got my shipment of e-juices from Copper Creek. As usual, I only ordered a couple until I saw how they were. I am impressed!

The basics: You can choose your level of nicotine when you select each of the flavors, but they are all the same PG/VG mix. I was a little worried because the VG level was a little higher than I normally buy. Copper Creek uses a 40/60 PG to VG ratio. I usually buy 80/20. VG is pretty "sweet" and thought higher levels than the 20 I usually purchased would be too sweet, ESPECIALLY  a 60% level. It's actually very good though.

You can't beat the price either. Each bottle is $9.00 which seems like a lot, but it's for 15ml making it a very reasonably priced e-juice. I also like when e-juice manufacturers use regular caps instead of child-proof caps. I understand the need for child-proof, BUT I have no children here, and those cp caps are a pain to open.

Chocolate Chip Cookie

This is a VERY rich, thick chocolate taste with the cookie dough taste on the exhale. I like it a LOT.

Black Raspberry

Since I like black raspberries, I wasn't surprised that I liked this very authentic flavor. What did surprise me is that I liked it almost more than the chocolate chip cookie flavor. You may be able to tell how much I like it by the level of juice left in the bottle as compared to the level of juice left in the chocolate chip cookie bottle, and that's just from today. It has a very distinct black raspberry flavor that is just strong enough to linger. I've tried other berry blends from other companies, and the flavor was usually somewhat weak. You could taste it, but it didn't stay even for the length of time the vapor was present. 

Both of these flavors were GREAT right out of the package. I just shook them up a little and dropped them on my atomizer. Once I determined they were excellent, I loaded them each into a cartomizer for further vaping.

Okay, now for the Boooooo:

I was happy to receive a sample with my order. That's always a nice touch from an e-juice manufacturer. It's good advertising too... usually. Not so much this time. While I was very impressed that not only did they send a sample, they sent one in my perferred nicotine level (unlike Blue Mist that sent a sample in a MUCH lower nic level: still a good practice, but not quite as impressive), I can't say I was super impressed with the flavor though. Copper Creek sent me a sample of Irish Creme.

On first drag, okay, I liked it. Then I exhaled.

Ewwww. Seriously, I had to fight off the gag as I tried to suck it out of my atomizer. Thank heavens I didn't waste a carto on it.

Now, I'll say that it may just be me, and all taste is individual. I don't like whiskey, and I think that was the exhale flavor. I gave it to my son who thought it was fine, so he has a nice little sample.

Overall: Copper Creek e-Juices -- A+