Electronic Cigarette Accessories

510 Tank Electronic Cigarette

With the advent of the Tornado Tank at the beginning of the year, I thought it would only be a matter of time before the tank system was developed for the standard 510 style batteries, and as I thought the 510 tank system is now freely available, so I decided to give it a try.

I didn’t buy a full kit as I already had a handful of 510 batteries from previous kits, but they are getting a little old now, so I bought a white atomiser from Liberty Flights (Enter VAP10 for a 10% discount) as I already have white 510 batteries, plus two 510 batteries and an atomiser from Mirage Cigarettes, as I like the quality of finish on their products. One thing to note here is that you get 2 tank cartridges with every atomiser from Mirage Cigarettes, with liberty flights and other sellers however, you need to buy the cartridges separately.

As you would expect both these 510 tank systems are easy to use, simply remove the filling cap on the tank cartridge and fill with the e-liquid of your choice, then insert the cartridge into the atomizer and your ready to go, and as the tank cartridges are made from clear plastic you can easily tell how much liquid is in them.

The 510 range is noted for producing good throat hit and plenty of vapour, and the 510 tank is no different, if anything the tank may produce more vapour than the original 510 atomizer design. Something else the 510 range is noted for is that the flavour of e-liquids is muted compared to say a 901 atomizer or a clearomizer, but this isn’t necessarily a negative point. I personally find that some flavours taste better slightly better being muted. It’s just a matter of finding a liquid that you like the flavour of in the 510 tank atomizer, some liquids I prefer in the 510 tank atomizer others taste better in my clearomizers.

I couldn’t notice any difference between the two atomizers that I bought performance wise, both wicked will and produced equal amounts of vapour, but the Mirage Apollo 510 Tank cartridges are of a slightly different design than the standard ones you will get from Liberty Flights, which I presume are a Joytech design.

On the Mirage Apollo 510 cartridges there is a silicone filling cap with a circular hole in it that feeds the atomiser with liquid. With the Joytech design this filling cap is plastic, and the hole that feeds the liquid is sealed on new cartridges so you have to break the seal yourself, on first time use, by pushing them into the atomizer with a bit of force.

Mirage Cigarettes Apollo & Liberty Flights 510 Tank Cartridges

The cartridges for the Joytech design come with an outer silicone cap that will allow you to carry filled cartridges around with you without them leaking, The Mirage cigarette variety don’t have this outer cap though, so they will leak if filled and carried around loose. If you have any of the old 510 carts laying around though you can use the silicone caps from them to transport filled cartridges.

Of the two different cartridge designs I prefer the Mirage Cigarette design, as the silicone cap at the end is far easier to remove for filling than the plastic version of Joytech, plus you don’t have to force the cartridge into the atomiser on first use in order to puncture the caps seal. The only downside is that you can’t transport filled Mirage 510 Tank cartridges around unless you have some of the outer caps laying around.

Before rushing out to buy the Mirage Classic 510 Tank cartridges to use with your Joytech 510 Tank atomizers though, there is another difference to consider. The actual 510 Tank atomizer from Mirage Cigarettes is slightly smaller than the one I bought from Liberty Flights. The plastic tanks are also fractionally shorter on the Mirage as well, although with the silicon bung they seem to be exactly the same length overall.

Mirage Cigarettes Apollo & Liberty Flights 510 Tank Atomizers Size Difference

I did use the Mirage Classic atomizers with the Liberty Flights (Joytech) atomizers and didn’t have any leaking issues while in use, but if left laying down for any length of time, say overnight, then there would be some liquid pooled underneath it.

As both Mirage Cigarette and Liberty Flights atomisers have a standard 510 connection they will happily work on any 510 design of battery, so you can use a Mirage Cigarettes 510 tank atomizer with a Liberty Flights (Joytech) battery, or vice versa.

Of the two different versions of the 510 tank system I prefer the Mirage Cigarettes version, not because of performance as both seem to be pretty equal there, but rather on the quality of finish and the fact that the Mirage cigarettes 510 tank is slightly smaller. The finish on all Mirage cigarettes is excellent and doesn’t wear off, the black and gold combination also, I think, looks really smart.

Mirage Cigarettes Apollo & Liberty Flights 510 Tank Size Comparison

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KR808D-1 PCC – Universal Electronic Cigarette Charger?

For a long while now I’ve been looking for a decent PCC for mini sized electronic cigarettes. I’ve got the standard metal 510 PCC but never really got on with it due to the sharp corners, they’d dig in my leg, stab me in the hand or try to cut a hole in my pocket. I’ve also tried the M402 PCC for my Mirage Classic, but that proved to be unreliable.

I liked the idea of the flip style case of the KR808D-1 PCC but couldn’t find one for either the Mirage Classic or 510 series of electronic cigarette. As adapters are easily available, I thought I’d try a 510 to 901 and a 40x to 901 adaptor with the KR808D-1 PCC bought from ‘Liberty Flights’ to see if it would charge both my Mirage Classic and 510 batteries. I’m happy to say the PCC charged both batteries, but it’s not a perfect solution.

I’m not sure if it’s a fault with my PCC or something to do with the adaptor and batteries, but although the batteries charge OK, there is no way to tell when the batteries are fully charged as the battery charging light stays on permanently when a cigarette battery is attached.

The KR808D-1 PCC didn’t arrive with any instructions but after a quick google search I found that the cigarette battery charging light is supposed to slow flash on and off when full charge is reached. With my PCC this doesn’t happen.

I don’t actually have a KR808D-1 battery so I’m not sure how it would work with one, maybe I’ll invest in on to test it at some point, but I do have a 901 battery which I tried first. With the 901 battery the led at the end of the battery illuminates along with the PCC battery charging light when charging, and when charged the cigarette light goes out but the PCC light stays solidly lit.

With both my Mirage Classic (M402) and 510 batteries the PCC battery charging light comes on when the batteries are attached and battery LED flashes a few times before going out. It then remains like that with the PCC cigarette battery charging light staying lit until you remove the cigarette battery.

Although not knowing when your electronic cigarette batteries are charged is annoying it doesn’t seem to affect the KR808D-1 PCC’s performance. Obviously I can’t exactly say how long it takes to fully charge a battery or exactly how many times it can charge the battery, but it’s probably about 5 recharges for the Mirage Classic although I wouldn’t guarantee it, and so far I haven’t been in a situation where I couldn’t use my Mirage Classic due to having to wait for a battery to charge.

I do carry a fully assembled electronic cigarette around with me however, and use that until the battery runs down and then swap it with the one in the PCC. I’m also not a heavy vaper and tend to use it more like regular cigarette, except for the fact that I wouldn’t put a regular tobacco cigarette back in my pocket after smoking it.

I don’t know if the KR808D-1 PCC will have any detrimental affects on the Mirage Classic or 510 batteries or vice versa, but I haven’t noticed any over the last couple of weeks that I’ve been using it.

So if like me you have been looking for an alternative electronic cigarette PCC then you might want to consider giving the KR808D-1 PCC a try, coupled with the appropriate adaptor (see below). As I said, I don’t know it using 510 or Mirage Classic (M402) batteries with this PCC will cause any damage to the PCC itself or your cigarette batteries, so it’s up to you to decide if its worth the risk. All I can say is I’ve had no problems in the last couple of weeks.

I purchased my KR808D-1 PCC from ‘Liberty Flights’ see links below.

• KR808D-1 PCC click here
• 40X to 901 Adaptor click here
• 510 to 901 Adaptor click here

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Tornado Mega Cartomizer – Review

The Mega Tornado Cartomizer is my latest foray into the Mega line and after my experience with the Mega Tornado Atomisers I wasn’t to hopeful, although the other cartomizers I’ve tried had been better than their atomiser and cartridge counterparts, and these cartomizers were no different, a great improvement.

They do still have a leaking problem but no where near as bad as the atomizer. I purchased them from Totally Wicked e-Liquid. Like their 510 cartomizers they are only available pre-filled. This time the only option is tobacco flavour at 18mg strength, but you do get a choice of black and white.

On opening the package I found 2 Mega Tornado Cartomizers in clear plastic bags, one of which had already leaked quite a bit of brown liquid into its bag, which didn’t fill me with confidence. As it had already leaked after giving it a good cleaning with a tissue I stood it upright on a tissue expecting to see a flood of liquid. After an hour however this didn’t happen. A small amount did leak out but only enough to leave a small ring on the tissue.

In case you are wondering, the size of the mega tornado cartomizer is the same width as the tornado and slightly longer than an assembled atomiser and cartridge. Part of the length however is the outer sleeve which doubles as the cone you would normally use. Once attached to the battery the whole unit is about the same length as the standard tornado with atomiser and cartridge.

Tornado Mega Cartomizer Comparison

Tornado Mega Catomizer

So I screwed it on to a standard manual battery I took a few drags, and was greeted with plumes of vapour and a strong throat hit that had me coughing, mainly because I don’t normally vape anything over 12mg in strength and the 18mg that came pre-filled was a little to strong for me, which is also why it took me the best part of 2 days to vape it out.

One of the first things I noticed was that the Mega Tornado Cartomizer was a lot quieter than the mega atomizer and cartridge. It still crackled and fizzed but it didn’t have the same hiss that the cartridge produced as air was drawn through it.

I could also put the Tornado down on end and make a coffee without coming back to a stream of liquid running down the battery. There was slight leakage over time so still wouldn’t chance using them with automatic batteries, but the leakage was more akin to that produced by direct dripping.

Once I managed to empty the Mega Tornado Cartomizer I had to refill it, so headed over to youtube and watched a few videos on the subject. As with the atomiser it was recommended to stick to about 1.5ml of liquid.

The recommended method seemed to be to remove the cover in the mouthpiece followed by the inner liquid trap and then pierce the centre filling hole and fill with a syringe. I tried this but no matter how slowly I tried to fill the cartomizer liquid would simply flow straight out the hole in the battery end.

I then saw another method using a 5ml dropper bottle to force liquid in directly from the battery end, this time liquid dripped from the mouth piece. I then resorted to simple dripping a drip at a time on the hole in the battery end, after 10 or so drops once again liquid started dripping out the mouth piece.

After a while I figured my VG based liquids were to thick to soak straight into the wading and it was just running straight through instead of soaking in. So I hit on the idea of using a glass dropper to squeeze around 7 or 8 drops worth of liquid into the hole in the battery end and then lay the Mega Tornado Cartomizer on its side for a minute or so, and then repeat another 3 times. This method seemed to work allowing the liquid time to soak in.

Once refilled the cartomizer worked as expected the only problem was that the vanilla I used to fill the cartomizer was tainted by the residual flavour of the pre-filled tobacco, in the second cartomizer I used a stronger flavour in the form of Parma Violet which totally masked the tobacco flavour and produced plenty of vapour and the expected amount of throat hit.

Whilst a whole lot better than the Mega Atomisers I still probably wouldn’t use these on a regular basis unless they are sold unfilled. Whilst I don’t find the prefilled tobacco flavour unpleasant, I wouldn’t buy it out of choice and definitely not at 18mg strength, so trying to vape it out is a bit of a chore. Also as you can only really refill with 1.5ml of liquid and not the 2.5ml as advertised. While the whistle tip style is comfortable in the mouth I personally prefer to use the standard 510 cartomizer, which is also quicker to empty, holds around 1ml of e-liquid and doesn’t leak.

Product results as of Thursday 23rd of February 2012

Mega Tornado Cartomizer The Mega Tornado Catomiser holds over 2.5ml of E.Juice. The Cartomizer is an atomizer and pre filled cartridge all rolled into one. ...

£2.99

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Tornado Mega Atomiser – Review

Following on with my investigation of the Mega Tornado accessories I purchased a couple of Mega Tornado Atomisers and a box of unfilled cartridges from Totally Wicked e-Liquid. After my good experiences of the Mega Automatic Battery I was looking forward to trying the Mega Atomiser, however my experience wasn’t so good with these.

On arrival as you would expect I was eager to try them out so I immediately unpacked an atomiser tucked a tissue into it and blew out any primer fluid. I then unpacked a blank cartridge and filled it with 40 drops of liquid. They are listed as being able to hold 2.5ml of liquid and as on average 20 drops equates to about 1ml I thought it would be under filled.

I then added a couple of drops to the bridge of the atomiser and eagerly pushed the cartridge into the atomiser, screwed it onto a standard tornado battery and took a drag. After a few drags I was rewarded with a good flavour, nice throat hit and clouds of vapour.

Whilst in use the atomiser makes quite a bit of noise sizzling and crackling away, and you get a hissing noise as air is drawn through the cartridge. It’s not to bad to start with but after a while the noise began to get on my nerves.

Eventually I put the tornado down as I normally do by standing upright on the end of the battery and went and made a coffee. Came back and picked up the tornado to find a stream of liquid running down the side of the battery.

Tornado Mega Atomiser Detail

Thinking that maybe it was a faulty atomiser I tried again with the second one, this time standing it on a tissue and watched the liquid pour out the bottom after a few minutes. Not sure if I had a faulty pair of atomisers or if it was a problem with the cartridge filler I thought I’d try replacing the filler with fluval and got the same result.

At this point I decided to do a little investigation on the forums where I found it was recommended not to fill with more than 1.5ml of liquid, and not to disturb the cartridge filler and even fill with a syringe so that liquid is inserted at the base of the cartridge, then top off with a few drops so that the wool is wet when it comes into contact with the bridge of the atomiser. This helped a little but if left stood on a tissue liquid would still eventually leak out.

Other advice recommended that you hold the Tornado horizontally while in use and the cartridge be removed from the battery when not in use and stored cartridge down, which indicated to me that leaking was a common problem.

Add the leaking issue to the noise they make and they are way too much trouble for me. I like an electronic cigarette that I can just pick up and use, without having to hold in a certain way, and that I can put down to answer the door or phone or simply make a coffee without coming back to pool of liquid on my desk or table. I definitely wouldn’t use them as my main device or carry them around with me.

Mega Atomiser Comparison

I may have just been unlucky and received 2 defective atomisers but judging by some of the forum posts I don’t believe I was. Having said that though many people think they are excellent and say they haven’t had any leaking problems.

One theory I’ve thought of is that maybe heavy smokers don’t notice the problem as they are constantly using their Mega Tornados so liquid doesn’t get the chance to leak out, while I quite often put mine down. They do produce good flavour and vapour so if you like to direct drip they could be good for that. I’ve seen people asking for drip tips for them so people obviously use them in this way.

If after this write up you still want to try them all I’d say is make sure you use a manual battery, as the chances of ruining an automatic battery by leaking liquid managing to find its way inside the battery is a fairly high risk with the Mega Tornado Atomiser.

Product results as of Thursday 23rd of February 2012

	Mega Tornado Atomiser Each Mega Tornado Atomiser and Cartridges can hold over 2.5ml of e-liquid. This should be sufficient to last the average user the whole day w...	£10.99
	Low Resistance Tornado Mega Atomiser The Low Resistance (LR) Atomiser are the same size as the reglar Tornado Mega Atomisers but allow the user to experience of higher voltage vaping on a...	£6.99
	Tornado Mega Atomiser Cartridges These Tornado Mega Atomiser Cartridges are supplied unfilled, allowing you to fill them with your favorite e-liquid. Each cartridge can hold ...	£4.99

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Mega Tornado Automatic Battery – Review

Having purchased a Tornado compact kit and found a cartomizer that works perfectly with it, I thought I’d investigate some of the Mega upgrades for it, starting with an automatic Mega Tornado battery (also available in manual form). As I have a platinum standard Tornado I thought I’d go for a white auto Mega Tornado battery, plus a white cone, for a change.

As you would expect from the name, the Mega Tornado battery is larger than the standard battery and also stores more power. Size wise it is the same diameter but 25mm longer having a length of 95mm as opposed to the 70mm of the standard Tornado battery.

Power wise the Mega Tornado battery has a rating of 1000 mAh as opposed to the 650 mAh rating of the standard battery. In real terms this means you get more usage time between charges with the website stating between 12-24 hours as opposed to 8-12 hours.

In practice I found that if I used it as my main electronic cigarette, the Mega Tornado battery would last me a full day and quite often nearly 2 days, and I’d say I’m a light to medium vaper. Some days I’ll vape more than others, it all depends what I’m doing and how busy I am. A standard Tornado battery probably last me around 8-10 hours, I’d have to charge it once a day.

Regular & Mega Tornado Comaprison

As with most auto batteries I find you have to use a different inhale technique with the Auto Mega Tornado battery than you would with manuals in order to get the most out of them. With a manual battery you simply press the button and inhale, however with the auto you need to take one or two short primer puffs before your main drag. The primer puffs just pre-heat the atomiser, and is much the same method I would use when I smoked my hand rolled cigs so it feels fairly natural to me.

The draw is relatively smooth and you don’t have to suck like crazy to get a decent amount of vapour, especially if you take the primer puffs. Manual batteries though probably produce more vapour as you have more control over how long the battery is active.

Again like other auto batteries there is a small hole in the the top where the battery connects to the atomiser, this allows air into the battery so that it activates when you inhale. This hole can also let in liquid which can damage the battery, so if you direct drip then a Manual battery would be a better choice, as the battery is sealed and it’s easy to flood the atomiser when direct dripping which can lead to liquid finding its way into an automatic.

Regular & Mega Tornado Battery Comparison

If you are a heavy smoker then these batteries will probably be great addition to your kit, and as they are also available as manual batteries you have the choice of which to buy. For me though they are a bit to big and I wouldn’t want to use them all time. They are quite good for using as cigar though. I now tend to have it attached to a cartomizer with one of my fruity flavours and use it when relaxing in the evenings, I only have to charge it once or twice a week that way.

Product results as of Thursday 23rd of February 2012

	510 Titan / Tornado 10 Battery Mega Mains Charger The 510 Titan/Tornado 10 Battery Mega Mains Charger can charge 10 batteries at a time. Not only will it charge the JOYE510 and TORNADO model ...	£22.99
	510 Titan / Tornado 5 Battery Mega Mains Charger The 510 Titan/Tornado 5 Battery Mega Mains Charger can charge 5 batteries at a time, not only will it charge the Joye 510 model it will charge JOYE306...	£16.99
	Tornado Mega Battery - Automatic The Mega Automatic Battery for the Tornado comes with a 1000mAh Capacity. This means your average user will get between 12-24 hours use befor...	£14.99
	Tornado Mega Battery - Manual The Mega Manual Battery for the Tornado comes with a 1000mAh Capacity. This means your average user will get between 12-24 hours use before n...	£14.99

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Titan 510 Cartomizer – Review

If you haven’t heard of a cartomizer before, al they are is the combination of the atomiser and cartridge system into on single unit, this effectively turns your 3 piece electronic cigarette into a 2 piece device. I personally prefer them to the traditional cartridge system as they seem to work a whole let better.

I’ve had a Titan 510 for about just over 3 months now and couldn’t really get on with the cartridge system. I found that the e-liquid wouldn’t flow properly, and I would be continually topping up the cartridge up with about four drops at a time although the cartridge held about 16 drops. I tried various different fillers and modifications but could never use all the liquid in the cartridge, which seemed fairly wasteful to me.

The Titan 510 Cartomizer has given me a new appreciation of my Titan 510 electronic cigarette, as it holds more liquid than the cartridge system but doesn’t have any of the wicking problems associated with the cartridges. Even my thicker VG liquids seem to flow properly.

Another thing I’ve noticed is that the different flavours of e-liquids taste better through the 510 Cartomizer than the cartridge system, while still providing a good throat hit and decent vapour production.

Size-wise the Titan 510 Cartomizers are the almost the same size as the assembled atomiser and cartridge system, maybe just a mill or 2 longer, but it’s not something that you’ll really notice.

Cartomiser V Atomiser & Cartridge Size Comparison

The draw is also nice and smooth and not to dissimilar to what I remember a regular tobacco cigarette to be like. When you inhale the 510 Cartomizer makes a crackling / fizzing sort of noise but it’s not to loud.

They are available from Totally Wicked / TECC for £1.99 pre-filled with either their tobacco or Menthol flavours, at strengths of 18mg, 14mg and 11mg. I’m not going to state how long they last as I find that it greatly varies between users, as everyone has their own vapeing habits. But what I will say is that they hold around 20 drops or 1ml of liquid.

Now you might think that £1.99 seems fairly expensive compared to a regular atomiser and cartridge system, and if they were a single use item I might agree, but the 510 Cartomizers can be refilled. I’ve heard of people re-filling them 20-30 times before they die. I can’t really confirm this as I haven’t had mine long enough yet, but have refilled them about 6 times at the time of writing this. Also the more 510 Cartomizers you buy at a time the cheaper they get. Buying in 25′s costs £43.79 which is about £1.75 each.

All in all I am really impressed with the 510 Cartomizers and would highly recommend them. They will fit any device that uses a 510 atomiser such as the Tornado or Screwdriver. At the price it is well worth trying out 1 or 2 and making up your own mind.

Product results as of Thursday 23rd of February 2012

Titan 510 / Tornado Cartomizer The Titan 510 / Tornado Cartomizer combines the regular atomizer and cartridge into 1 single unit, making the electronic cigarette simpler to use.

£1.99

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Titan 510 PCC Review

In case your wondering, PCC stands for ‘Portable Charging Case’ or ‘Personal Charging Case’ . They are designed to allow you to charge your Titan 510 Electronic Cigarette batteries while on the move, and with the Titan 510′s short battery life this is a must have item for anyone who is on the move a lot.

One of the biggest problems with the Titan 510 electronic cigarette is that their batteries don’t last very long between charges, so if you spend a lot of time away from a power source you’d probably need to carry 3 or fully charged batteries, and then have to remember to recharge them each night. The Titan 510 PCC goes a long way to solving this problem as a fully charged PCC can fully recharge at least 4 510 batteries.

I ordered my Titan 510 PCC from the TECC / Totally Wicked website and, as always, it arrived the day after it was despatched. The PCC came in it’s own black cardboard presentation box, inside which was a usb power cable for charging and the Titan 510 PCC, which in my case was Purple, but it’s also available in Dark Blue/Purple, Black or silver.

The PCC case is about the size of a pack of 10 Superking cigarettes and measures approx 10.7cm x 4.3cm x 1.8cm, so its not going to feel out of place in your pocket. Inside the PCC there is room to store 2 spare cartridges, 1 atomiser and cartridge combined and 1 automatic or manual battery.

Titan 510 PCC

The Lid of the Tian 510 PCC hinges along the top back edge and flips open like a regular pack of cigarettes. To open the lid you simply press a button on the side of the case and it flies open due to being spring loaded, so its a good idea to place a finger on the top as it can fly back at quite a speed.

The battery slot has a spring at the bottom of it and when you close the lid the battery is pressed down onto the charging unit, and begins to charge automatically if it is need of a charge. When you open the PCC the battery springs back up off of the charging connection, which is another reason for placing a finger on top of the lid when you open it, otherwise you may find the battery shoots out if your holding it horizontally.

On the bottom left of Titan 510 PCC case you will find three indicator lights that only light up under specific circumstances. Each light has it’s own meaning as follows:

• Top Light – This illuminates red when the Titan 510 battery is being charged and goes out when charging is complete.
• Middle Light – This glows red when the PCC battery needs to be recharged. It will turn off a short while after being connected to a power source.
• Bottom Light – This will glow red when the PCC battery is being charged and turn to green when the PCC battery is fully recharged. Once disconnected from the power source the light goes out.

On the bottom of the case is the USB cable connection for charging the PCC. Charging is just a simple matter of plugging one end of the supplied USB cable into the Titan 510 PCC and the other end into any available powered USB port on your computer, laptop or suitable mains power supply. When you plug in the USB cable into the PCC you’ll see the bottom one of three lights turn red and then change to green when charging is complete, which takes around 4 hours for a full charge from flat.

Titan 510 PCC Indicator Lights

So does it work and is it any good?

For most users I’d say it is an excellent device and works well and is a must have device for any Titan 510 user. Whenever you put your Titan 510 battery back into the PCC it is automatically recharged back to full strength, be it just a top up charge or a full recharge, so you always have a fully charged battery.

There some things that could be improved however. For one thing I’d have liked the PCC case to be slightly wider so it was more like a pack of 20 regular cigarettes, this would then allow it to accommodate a second battery.

For light to medium smokers this probably won’t be an issue, so long as you remember to put your Titan 510 battery back in the PCC, but for heavy smokers and those people that like to keep a cigarette in their hands, they may find that they drain the battery and then have to wait 45 minutes or so before they can use it again. A spare battery slot means you could be using one battery while the other charges.

The extra space would also allow for a couple of extra cartridges to be stored, or maybe a small dropper bottle could be accommodated in the case, giving the user the choice of direct dripping or refilling their cartridges on the move.

I’d also prefer it to be made from a rigid plastic with rounded corners rather than the metal that it is made of at the moment, as the corners can occasionally dig into your leg if your carrying it in your trouser pocket.

Even without these improvements the Titan 510 PCC case is a great piece of kit. I use it all the time now to charge my white automatic Titan 510, even when in the house. Whenever I use the Titan 510 I always replace it in the PCC when I’m finished with it. All I need do then is simply give the PCC a top-up charge every night, and as both Titan 510 battery and PCC battery can be charged at the same time there is no need to remove the Titan 510 battery.

I personally feel that the PCC makes the experience of using your Titan 510 as close as possible to using a regular tobacco cigarette, especially if you use an automatic battery.

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Titan 510 Automatic Battery Electronic Cigarette Review

If you have read my previous review of the Titan 510 compact kit you’ll know that I wasn’t all that impressed with the manual battery that can with the kit, so I decided to order a white Titan 510 automatic battery and a new atomiser to go with it to see how that compared to the manual version.

The battery life of the Titan 510 electronic cigarette isn’t all that good either so I decided to order the Titan PCC at the same time as the Titan 510 automatic battery and atomiser. As usual with TECC / Totally Wicked, the items arrived the day after they were dispatched from their warehouse.

If you like your electronic cigarettes to look and imitate real tobacco cigarettes then the all white Titan 510 with automatic battery may well be just the ticket, whilst being larger than a normal tobacco cigarette, from a distance it can easily be mistaken for the real thing. In fact a couple of people who had gotten used to seeing me with the gold Titan 510 thought I had reverted back to tobacco cigarettes.

The draw on the automatic Titan 510 electronic cigarette is just right in my opinion and is nice and smooth with a slight bit of resistance, but you don’t have to suck so hard that it makes your jaw ache. The battery is activated and the atomiser starts to produce vapour as soon as you begin to inhale, without the need to remember to press a button, just the way a tobacco cigarette would react.

On the manual Titan 510 I found that the atomiser would start to generate a burnt taste after taking 10 – 15 drags, and you’d need to top up the cartridge with 2 or three drops of fluid. With the automatic battery this problem seems to disappear and I can get 50-60 drags before having to top up the cartridge with 10-12 drops of fluid.

Why the cartridges should last longer before needing topping up I’m not sure. At first I thought it must be the atomiser so I used the automatic battery with my gold atomiser and got the same result. If I then used the white atomiser with my gold manual battery I’m back to topping up the cartridges every 10-15 drags. The only thing I can think of is that the way I use the manual battery means it’s active longer, but no matter how I try I can’t get the manual battery and cartridge to last longer than 15 drags between top ups.

Now I really like the Titan 510 electronic cigarette with the automatic battery, but it still has a few problems. One of the main ones is that the portable battery is too sensitive and can be activated by vibrations and wind, and I’ve also heard people say loud noises will activate it, but I can’t say I’ve noticed that problem.

Putting it down on a hard surface such as a table will often start the battery for a second or two. Blowing on the LED at the end of the battery will also activate it, so if you are outside on a windy day or in a car with the windows open you may find that it smokes itself.

For me these aren’t serious problems but they may be to you. If I’m out on a windy day or a passenger in a car, holding the Titan by the battery with my fingers curled around the LED solves the wind problem, but probably not so easy if your driving. As to the vibration problem, simply separating the battery from the atomiser when not in use will prevent any damage from occurring due to accidental activation. You definitely won’t want to drop it fully assembled into your pocket, unless your looking for something to keep you warm in the winter.

Another problem, if you can call it that, is that the automatic battery seems to have a 2 second cut off, in that the battery won’t remain active in one go for more than 2 seconds at a time, but there is no delay before it can be activated again. You can for example take two consecutive 2 second inhales, but can’t have one 4 second inhale.

Again I don’t find this a problem and tend to take two quick primer puffs to get the atomiser working and then a full 2 second inhale. Having smoked hand rolled cigarettes, that don’t contain chemicals to keep them burning like factory made cigarettes, this is something I’d often find myself doing anyway as the rolly started to go out. The vapour production isn’t as good as on the manual battery but it is certainly enough for me and is more than my Super produces.

It also still produces a good throat hit, or at least I find it does but most of the time I use 0mg liquids, so heavy smokers may not find it produces as much of a hit as I do. The nicotine strength of the liquid you use will also have an effect on this.

The battery life on both the automatic and manual batteries is on the low side lasting around an hour and a half of heavy use. Even if you are a fairly light user you are going to run into problems with dead batteries especially if you are away from a power source for any length of time or only have one battery. That is of course unless you have the Titan PCC (Portable charging Case).

All in all I’m really pleased with the Titan 510 electronic cigarette and Automatic battery, so much so that my poor little Super hasn’t been out in about a week. If it wasn’t for the battery being so sensitive I’d probably say this was the best starter device for anyone making the switch from tobacco to electronic cigarettes. But I can see the sensitive battery causing real problems for some people.

I was going to include the Titan PCC in this review but thought I’d give it it’s own post.

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TECC Super Mini Clasp Case

TECC Super Mini Clasp Case

As I now seem to be accumulating parts for my Super Mini I thought it was time to get a case to keep them in, rather than just putting the assembled super and a spare battery loose in my shirt pocket as I head out of the door.

So I had a look on the TECC website and purchased a clasp case from the Super’s accessories page. I purchased the black version, but it also comes in Red, Silver and a Tartan design. At the time of ordering they were having a 50% off sale, so they were experiencing higher than normal order levels and my case wasn’t dispatched until the following day and arrived the day after.

There was no fancy packaging with the case, it arrived in a polythene bag enclosed in a padded jiffy bag for delivery, which isn’t a problem as I’m always moaning about packaging anyway.

The case itself is well made and sturdy and closes with a nice snap. It’s not going to pop open in tour pocket all the time either. Inside the case has a nice velvet type finish. The base area where the batteries and atomisers slot in is made from a thin moulded plastic which does the job but feels a little flimsy, but then at the price you can’t complain.

The dimensions of the case are approx: Length 9.5cm x Width 6.5cm x Height 1.5cm

Now the description says the case carries 2 Electronic Cigarette batteries, 1 atomiser and a few spare cartridges. But it would appear that that description isn’t correct.

As far as I can work out the clasp case only has room for 2 Batteries and either 2 atomisers out of the nicotine cartridge or 1 atomiser and cartridge combined, with no room for any spare cartridges.

The lack of room for spare cartridges isn’t really a problem to me as I use an old 35mm film canister to carry them in (see here) but it would have been nice to have been able to keep a couple of cartridges in the case.

The batteries fit snugly into the slots provided in the base and won’t fall out if you open the case upside down. The atomisers out of the nicotine cartridge however are a different story and are not griped at all and slide up and down the central slot. If you put the atomiser inside a cartridge though it fits nice and snugly, but this obviously isn’t what it was designed for.

As the area that the batteries sit in is just a piece of moulded plastic I am tempted to extend the central section so that it holds a third battery, and keep the atomisers and cartridges separately.

All in all this is a good little case for the Super (or any RN4081 model) if all you want is to protect your batteries and atomiser from damage while carrying it around with you. If you want to carry some spare cartridges as well then you’ll need something else for that.

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Spare Cartridge Holder – 34mm Film Container

35mm Film Container / Nicotine Cartridge Holder

If you are old enough to remember the days before digital photography when cameras used 35mm film, then you may still have some of the containers that the film came in lying at the back of your junk drawer, I know I did.

These containers are the perfect size for carnying some spare nicotine cartridges or atomizers for your favourite electronic cigarette, or even a plastic 5ml dropper bottle and an atomiser if you prefer to direct drip.

5ml Dropper & Atomiser

I tend to use these 35mm film containers with my Super Mini (RN4081) and each container has space for 7 cartridges inside. I currently tend to use 3 atomisers, each one with a different flavour cartridge. In the black cartridge I use French Apple Tart and Tiramisu, in brown cartridges I have Roasted Nut and in a white cartridge, which came with a replacement atomiser, I use Totally Wicked’s Hilton e-liquid.

Most of the time I just use them to keep my 5ml plastic dropper bottles of e-liquid and the related atomiser together, so that they don’t get mixed up. I can then just grab the container I want as I head out of the door.

If you like this idea but don’t have any of they film containers they can usually be found quite readily on ebay, either empty or you may find some out of date film being sold off cheap.

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