I don’t know if I should admit to this as it’s a bit embarrassing. What the heck, I may as well. It’ll be good for the soul and will reinforce what NOT to do in the future. Here goes…
I posted previously about finally jumping onto the “squonk train” and how I set up the Pulse BF Box with the Wasp Nano on top. Mentioned it wasn’t hitting as hard as I thought with a 0.45 ohm build. Well, I got home from work the next night and rebuilt at 0.30 ohms and it still wasn’t rockin’ my world. Put it to the side and grabbed my Haku and dripped until bedtime.
As I walked around turning lights off and getting a drink of water and so on (I have my rituals for sure), a thought struck me. Why don’t I throw the battery into the VT Inbox and see exactly how much power is in the 18650.
OMG! The display ends up telling me “weak battery”. What a noob! But in my defence I’ve never used external batteries until now and it didn’t occur to me to charge ‘em up before using. Every mod I’ve ever used has always been good to go and always tells me how much power I have left (via the battery bar display) or blinks a light at me to remind me to recharge. Talk about embarrassing!
Anyways, took a couple of batteries to work today and charged ‘em up (took about 4 hours or so), got home and whacked one straight into the Pulse and now she’s hitting like a trooper Now I can actually savour the delights of one of my favourite recipes that always rocks in my Crown v1and Kanger SubTank Mini believe it or not. That “Banudding Cake” from @Daath (Lars) is an oldie but a goodie. Only change I made was using TPA BC instead of LA. Thanks mate.
The upside of all this is that it tastes even better than before. Happy days are here again! OK, I’ve finished embarrassing myself (for now anyway) and I’m sure I’ve taken up too much space and too much of your time so I’d better love and leave ya. Now to get the Recurve up’n’running…
So did a real quick search on the box. It can take a 20700 battery. My recommendation is to get one of the 20700 batteries and slap that in there. You might see a better vapor production from that. The issue I have seen with the adapters is that the connection is not always flush with those. Just my two cents.
Takes a bit to recognize/feel where the battery volts are at. Notice of less vapor and the flavor changes a bit which can be nice. With a squonker, you can start to roughly measure how many bottles ya get out of a battery too.
LMAO. Great share, and don’t worry, I’m sure you’re not the first to do this!
Generally speaking, all of my new Samsung batteries have arrived with a base charge of 3.44v on them.
This also happens to be the point where several chipsets start to taper off in power (intentional throttling). So it does not surprise me that the initial impression was less than impressive.
You got it sorted though, and I’m certain that by sharing your experience, you will have saved someone else from a panic situation. grins
Also very true! Though I haven’t gotten to that point yet… I have been able to figure out just how much ‘distance’ I’m getting out of the 7ml bottle on my Pulse Dual!
I thought I was going through liquid crazy fast with the Hermetic on the Pulse Dual… But by resetting the puff counter, I was pretty shocked (pleasantly so) to learn that I was getting ~85 draws per bottle full!
I know I’ve filled it at least 3 times between battery changes… But I haven’t run them all the way down yet to get an exact answer. But you’re quite right in that it’s easy to figure!
Only got the 18650’s as they were easier to source (well for me anyways) than the 20700’s. But yeah, definitely gonna order some 20700’s (for the Pulse specifically) and some 21700’s for the Inbox and the Topside mods I now have. And yes, absolutely understand and use Ohm’s Law properly. Couldn’t agree more my friend
Looking forward to being able to do that to tell you the truth (ha-ha).
I think that’s starting to happen now as we speak. Am I dealing with flavor nuances finally? Let’s see what happens.
Ah, that makes me feel a lot better Thanks for the encouragement brother…
Hello, Squonkers! I’m finally intersted in this after a long time of thinking I’m just fine with RDAs and RTAs. Now I’m curious enough to open this thread.
I started to read to find someone asking my question up there, but 1,395 posts is just too much right now(working). So…
How does one squonk if one usually flips flavors once or twice an hour? I’ve tried using one of my favorite mixes throughout a whole day and just had to switch it up to another. I also test new mixes and SFTs throughout the day, so i have 5-8 different mixes in a day.
Do you carry 4 different squonk bottles around, or just use the same flavor til the bottle runs dry?
Thanks! And, I will read the whole thread when i can.
Thanks! I’ve been one-mod-til-it-breaks kind of guy. I think this was my hang up. I only want to cary one mod out with me.
What are the results if i just let the cotton go almost dry so i can drip a new flavor while I’m on a squonk RDA? will the new flavor drip down into the squonk bottle and taint the flavor in there?
I not only carry more than one for the flavor reasons, these are man made things, things sometimes fail, I will not run by the corner store and pick up a pack of smokes. Be prepared.
If you squonk you need to invest in these a decent refill bottle and BIG batteries…unless you own a topside… I need one same flavor changing bottles is a pain.
If you are comfortable using mechs you will probably end up with 3 or 4 mods lol I was a one mod guy till I started squonking, now I have 3 squonk mods plus my old 3 battery Eleaf lol.
@Dardy if your using the pulse mech between .3 and .4 ohm I would guess you should probably swap batteries every time you empty a bottle, I don’t use the refill bottles so when I pull the bottle to fill I replace the battery too, if you have a charger that tells you your battery level then pull your battery at half a bottle and stick it on there just to see where your at.
There’s a build here for the Recurve I use it says to cut the legs on the coils 1\16" shorter than they recommend it eliminates spit back. Plus stuff that baby with rayon it will hit awesome.
Now I can actually savour the delights of one of my favourite recipes that always rocks in my Crown v1and Kanger SubTank Mini believe it or not. That “Banudding Cake” from @Daath (Lars) is an oldie but a goodie. Only change I made was using TPA BC instead of LA. Thanks mate.
Thanks for the encouragement brother…
same flavor changing bottles is a pain. 
