your thoughts will be appreciated , and what havent you owned ? a mag mixer ?
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Two things with any mag stirrer: a set of various size stir bars (amazon) and flat bottom Erlenmeyer flasks or beakers. The flatter the better or the stir bars wander. I use cheapies from Nicotine River which are better than some more expensive ones I bought elsewhere because the bottom are domed. Mag Stirrers work great. I have two. One old one off ebay and another I paid a crazy price for. Not necessary.
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Please do , look forward to reading the review ā¦ and seeing some pics
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Thx for the info was looking at nic rivers flasks already.
Iāll check amazon for stirrers .
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Could also just be āToo new(s)ā 
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Caveat emptor.
I ordered this mixer from smokstore dot us
They still have not shipped the item although the order was placed on Nov 8. Iām not expecting too much I donāt think, but I emailed them 4 days ago and asked when it would ship. They told me it was going out next day. Nothing.
Just be warned. Glad I used PayPal.
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ah man that sucks , two days after this thread my mixer started acting up , the dial isnt working right , so i was waiting to hear your thoughts about this 
. Are you gonna wait for it ?? or cancel order ?
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Well I emailed them again last night after my last email went unanswered. Hereās what they told meā¦
hi,sorry for delay shipping,the suppleir not ship out them to us on time,but the good news is they will ship out them to us on afternoon.
so your parcel will be shipped out on tommorow,sure,after we shipped out your parcel,we will send you the tracking number and photos you require.
That was in response to me telling them if they didnāt reply by today I would get PayPal reimbursement started. So weāll see.
They list some good products at a nice price. They donāt, however, use the words authentic, style or clone like Iām used to seeing from Chinese sellers. Searching these words, authentic brings up 16 results, style - 7, and clone - 3.
So far I see their customer service sucks balls. Not sure what to think of the rest of it.
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Dude if my items donāt ship within 7 days I automatically open a claim with pay pal I usually see it shipped within the next 24 hours, especially when they print the shipping label but donāt ship it! I had one place print the label within 12 hours, then it never made it to the post office, I waited a week then opened a claim, shipped out the next day! With an email saying they where really backed up. So what you could print the label but you couldnāt put it on the box?
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So looks like maybe they not a dependable vendor?
Figured they would have better service than what Iām seeing .
Being a vendor in this forum , I figured the admin approved them as a reputable vendor.
Hope everything turns out okay. But not sure if I wanna order from them now
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I didnāt know this. Well maybe @smokstore1 or @smokstore will read this and realize we have expectations. 
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Yea , the vendors forum is how I found them.
So many sites out there advertising vape stuff . I donāt know who to trust or order from.
Liquid barn - a guy at the emergency room recommended the. To get started
Nic river I tried once I joined this site
. I say if they donāt send the item you ordered there probably needs to be a nasty warning in that vendors thread
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I donāt know man, If it was me Iād stay clear of them in any case.
I have a real strong bias towards buying old American made equipment whenever possible. Iām sure I donāt have to tell anyone what a crapshoot ebay is but Iāve been on there since 1999 and generally have decent luck buying stuff like this from individuals and not āstores.ā Heres a pic of a mag stirrer I bought for 35 bucks shipped. It was like new except the rubber pads on the bottom had disintegrated. Itās cast aluminum, doesnāt take up much bench space, and is very well made. I had a look inside and its the kind of thing that makes me smileā¦quality.
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I think we want to see the pics from what is insideā¦
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Ok give me a little bit and Iāll do that.
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Its very simple but high quality parts were used. 2nd photo is a wire wound rheostat which is very hard to find nowadays. Iām an old fart fond of analog devices for stuff like this. My guess is that this is from the 50s or 60s but I would have to disassemble to read the date code.
The motor is continuous duty rated and again high quality. Bearings have no wear or play. The top is a bar magnet which my guess is alnico. The housing is about 1/4" cast aluminum. I use this all the time. So a switch, rheostat, motor and bar magnet. Simple as could be. Best $35 bucks Iāve spent this year.
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Quite a deal for $35.
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These models show up om ebay fairly often. The main questions to ask is whether they have any noise or vibration. If someone says yes, run. My main thought about something like this is whether I would turn it on and leave it unattended. Not sure that I would want to do that with a Chinese motor in a cheap product. Each to their own and having worked in the electronics industry for a very long time, Iām probably overcautious.
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Nope. Thatās called earned wisdom, and is quite warranted IMHO.
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