Ban The Pods!

I'm Philadelphia for about a week while my wife has surgery. Philadelphia hospitals have a reputation like Philadelphia Lawyers: The best. She had decompression surgery on her neck to relieve pressure on her spinal cord. She got through the surgery ok, and we'll hope for a good recovery. Since hospital visiting hours don't start until noon, I've had the opportunity to visit quite a few shops in and around the city.

The vast majority of the "shops" listed by google are smoke shops that sell tobacco, CBD, sometimes marijuana paraphernalia, and a modest selection of vaping stuff. Most of that is pods and e-liquid. There are a few dedicated to vaping, but again, pods reign supreme. The clerks shrug their shoulders and say, "that's what people want to buy." Two shops had a couple RDAs and RTAs, one had a couple mechanical mods on a dusty shelf, but the clerk knew nothing about them. I tried to tell him about constant contact switches, but all I got was a blank expression on his face. This store was the only one I found that actually had cotton and wire, although he had to go into the back room to bring out an old box of disorganized wire spools, some of which were unspooled. It was all plain wire too. One shop had a small number of premade coils.

A big disappointment was Vapordelphia, an iconic destination store back in the day. All pods, CBD, and e-liquid.

Another disappointment was Preferred Vapor, which did mail order business until the ban. Their web site still shows a vaping lounge and juice bar, which now are closed due to covid. The clerk said that the store probably won't survive much longer.

The other thing that really struck me was that while driving around the city, I did not see one, not one person vaping. Of course most people are walking down the sidewalks wearing masks, and people would probably flip out if you blow a cloud their way.

Over all, it's a pretty sad state of affairs. The used record shops are good though.  

Can someone suggest an online source for purchasing a organizer for my vaping device, pods, atomizers, and juices? I'm particularly concerned about the positioning of the pods, because I'm a weekend only vaper, and during the week I take the pods off and sit them resovoir tip down, as I was instructed to do. Thanks.  

Are there any pods or AIO that handle high levels of PG (50 to 100%)? And any suggestions of what to do with the Suorin Air I can't use?

I literally just got my order, a Suorin Air and after opening the box, the insert lets me know its useless to me. I didn't remember to factor in types of ejuice when I was researching vape pods. Apparently it won't do well with anything less than 60VG/40PG and my lungs can't handle that ratio. The most I can do is a 50/50 blend but since I've been making my own its easier to just do pure PG. Especially since all I make is menthol using crystals.

 

As the question speaks for itself, I’ve run into this scenario a few times specifically with vype. Every now and then, every puff since the first one tastes like a burnt and already used coil. It seems to happen in 1 in every 5 pods or so. Is this just bad luck, or is could it be a possibility they are reusing pods to save money, and if it were the case, would it be considered illegal to sell already used pods?  

E-cigarette cancer warning as new study finds mint and menthol flavour risk

The study of menthol and peppermint vapes revealed high concentrations of a carcinogenic additive called pulegone that US watchdogs recently banned in food.

The pulegone additive, a constituent of oil extracts from mint plants, is believed to cause liver cancer if absorbed in high enough quantities.​

Mint, menthol e-cigarette liquids high in cancer-causing compound: study - Reuters

The findings, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine​

Vape Pods Taste Minty Thanks to Extremely High Levels of a Chemical Banned in Food

But despite all the evidence that pulegone is carcinogenic and causes liver toxicity, researchers found the chemical is present in mint and menthol-flavored e-cig liquid at levels far above a safe threshold.​

This study is the latest in a growing pile of proof to how little-regulated e-cigs and vapes are. To illustrate that, researchers compared pulegone levels in mint and menthol e-cig liquid to levels in menthol cigarettes. At all levels of daily consumption, pulegone exposure from vape pods are significantly higher than exposure from cigarettes, with rates ranging from 44 to 1,608 times higher.​

So much for Juul's best seller - menthol.  

Senate eyes e-cigarette crackdown

Here is the scariest part of the article. “Refillable cartridges are an invitation to hazardous concoctions, and we need to get them off the market too.”

They want to get rid of everything other than disposable carts in tobacco flavor. Plus they want to tax them the rate of cigarettes. The whole thing is BS. I am so angry right now.  

So I've got an Orion DNA system. Pods. And my juice keeps burning my throat even with new pods. The cotton isn't burnt and my juice is salt. Same brand I've been using for a while in fact. But now it's just starting to burn the back of my throat like free based juice. Idk what's up with that. My friend has the same device, and same pods (.25) as me and not only is his quieter, but it doesn't burn my throat either. Any advice?  

1/2 a Pack Marlboro Light smoker looking to get off analogs.
Looking for simple starter device to use with freebase 50/50 PG/VG liquid.
I have tried several pods systems with nicsalts and did not like them at all.
Have heard good things about the following and wondering which would be best to start with?
Maybe something else?

EGO AIO
Geek Vape Flint
Smok Nord 22  

Hello forum,

I have been lazy for a while and have been using disposable pods sytem. It is costly so im telling myself to switch back to refillable pods so hopefully i will get some feedbacks on what to get.

I already have an orion but what i also like about my disposable vapes is how lightweight it is, and the orion is not so light weight. Thinking about getting the vaporesso luxe q, what do you think?

i will also be needing new juice finding the right flavor to me has always been the tough one. Anyways, again im lazy, any suggestion which juice company ships juice with the skinny nozzle type bottle so i dont have to pour from one to another?

Last question .... i have once tried this azuki flavor and loved it, anyone has idea who makes azuki flavor?

Thank you all, in advance.  

I had this thought yesterday. I'm pretty sure that the mechanics for such an idea is not currently in place, but it would be cool if there was a weekly or monthly Hitlist chart for e juice, just like there is for music, movies and other things.

The chart would track the top online retailers and also some brick & mortars that participate. That would cover most places where people buy e juice I believe.

Wouldn't it be cool to see what the #1 selling e juice in the USA is for this week? Wouldn't it be cool to notice if an unknown, brand new flavor made its way in to the chart for a certain week?

Everybody has different tastes in juice, and some juices that people boast about is the same exact juice that other people hate. Reviews are 100% subjective, but this chart wouldn't be, because it would be based on sales data and nothing else. It wouldn't tell somebody how juices taste, but it would tell somebody how much juices are selling compared to other juices, based on their chart position.

I would be more likely to test a juice that was high on the charts, instead of relying on somebody else's subjective review. Either way, I just think that it would be cool to see such a chart, and to have it updated every week or every month, just for the sake of curiousity and entertainment. It would also be a good thing for juice manufacturers in my opinion, because it could help to drive more sales for popular juices.