i got mine bc it didnt have a heating element and it was ordered by a person i made juice for so it cost me 240ml of juice ( pretty cheap ) for me i believe at the time they paid 80 bucks
Yeah, this probably takes up leas than a quarter of the space. Its heavy and quiet and smooth running. It needs a pilot light so i can remember to turn it off. Iāve accidentally left it run for 2 or 3 days. I thought Iād recommend this to people because the build quality back then is so far beyond what is produced today that there is just no comparison. I hav another really nice one I paid $xxx,.00 for. It stirs my juice. This ebay one well, its stirs my juice LOL
What Iād be interested in knowing is in that Nitecore picture, is that a VG solution that it created that vortex in, or is it colored water. My 2 very old mag mixers will put a hell of a vortex in water. Put some VG on top and the spin bars just sit and shake.
I Yes I know. But Iāve found that in any advertisements for mag mixers the pictures they show is that of water being mixed rather than a more viscous fluid. Mostly because the standards that are set for any mag mixer is how well it mixes a fluid that has the viscosity of water. I donāt want to make a blanket statement about all mag mixers without having personal knowledge of them. But I can almost guarantee that that is colored water they are showing there.
Whereās @ozo when you need him?
I think that you are absolutely right about the pics being colored water. I was also hoping that @ozo would join in. While I wonāt presume to speak for him, its safe to say that he has stated repeatedly that a vortex like that pictured is both unnecessary and undesirable. Put simply, you donāt want to introduce air to your mix.
The use of heat is one of the most contentious subjects on the forum and I really donāt want to go there. But after reading about the NFF01, its entire concept centers around the use of the hotplate. My second stirrer has a hotplate but whether I use it or not depends entirely on what I am mixing and the quantity I am mixing. Generally, I donāt have any problem with either of my stirrers unless I try to mix more than 120 mils. If so, heat is essential to start the process.
Now for the monkey-wrench and what I see wrong with the claims that the NFF01 is designed entirely for ejuice mixing. Were I to design a stirrer for ejuice mixing it would be an overhead stirrer which would eliminate the problems of magnetic coupling like what you are experiencing. But overhead mixers have been around far longer than than mag stirrers. Have a look at ebay. They start at about $80 and the skyās the limit.
Then we could talk about homogenizers which are even more expensive. For me. the mag stirrers work very well. The overhead stirrers, which I may build for myself, would add extra cleaning time. And the homogenizersā¦ well, if I was a commercial juice maker I would definitely have one, but for a hobby, it would be absurd.
Once I emailed Smokstore, a kind hearted rep named Coco started emailing me very promptly. I was told they had not received their order as they had been promised and would be expecting them in a couple days. That didnāt happen and I got an email again informing me of the delay. Then they finally arrived and I was emailed again with photos of the product in hand. Then I checked their website and see they provided me a tracking number.
All in all, the only problem here was that initial lack of communication. Once I rattled their cage a little then communication stepped up nicely and I didnāt have to prompt them again for info. So I donāt want anything Iāve said to be construed as Smokstore being a bad vendor. Iām fully anticipating getting my product in good condition and their price was really good.
I picked up a couple of rare earth stirring bars. They function really well in thicker mixes. They are a little pricey and sometimes take some time to arrive per my experience.
Iāll bring it all here to this thread. And it will be a howās-your-father overview, not an in depth review. Especially since Iāve yet to use any magnetic mixer and have no point of reference.
Ok, so I got it today. Youāve seen pix of the outside. Hereās ones I took today.
Adding a couple magnets to try and get better resultsā¦
These are the only photos Iāll post. So why did I have it apart? Well because it didnāt work worth a flip. Nothing even approaching the 1200 rpm it claims. So I just had
to find out what was causing the resistance. Hmph, never found out. Oh well, Iāll ask for a refund but doubt Iāll get it. Will keep this thread updated. Fact is, this thing is a cheaply made hunk of junk and I strongly discourage anyone from purchasing it at any price.
Yes it does. But Iām happy to give the warning to others though. Iām quite sure Nitecore will get a big dose of negative feedback on these things, which could result in the NFF02.