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12-18-2011, 11:17 AM
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#1 | | Darth Vaper Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Leftern Mass
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| The local convenience store got a box of Blu Disposables yesterday. A girl I know bought one and I saw her at a local watering hole, but by the time she got there I wasn't seeing too well and didn't notice the Blu logo. I took a couple hits and was astounded at the amount of vapor the thing was producing. By that time my taste buds were also gone so I couldn't tell it had Johnson's Creek juice in it (as D said a long time ago, "it tastes like shortbread cookies"). I was going to ask her for hers when it quits, but I went for a cuppa this morning and couldn't resist.
It's a $10 unit  but it is bigger than a standard 'mini', so I'm guessing it's a 280mah battery. Unfortunately, it's ONE piece, so there doesn't appear to be a way to recharge it; once it's done, it's done. It also has what looks like a cartomizer with the hard plastic tip, so I guess you could add juice by yanking the tip out and refilling, but unless you can charge the battery there's no point.
Still, my first impression is WOW! It throws out a TON of vapor, and with the Johnson's juice it has an OK flavor. It says "Traditional Flavor", but, we're talking Johnson's Creek here, so you get...shortbread cookie. Still, not bad by any means.
I bought it at 9 AM and have been hitting it for about a full hour and it's still throwing a cloud. IIRC, it was Count Vapula who was saying the Blu was an OK e cig, and I can see why. Of course, the package says "Equals ten packs", but we all know it's more like "Equals 10 ciggies..." if that.
I'm going to keep using it throughout the day and come up with more later. Gotta say though, if you're out and about and run out of juice or batteries, this is a GOOD alternative to get you through until you can get replenished!
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12-18-2011, 11:27 AM
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#2 | | Couldnt take it anymore Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mod impersonation carries a stiff penalty YKWYA
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| Yea..I tested one of those before and its 100% VG with very little flavor and no removable carto...10.00 seems awful high no matter how good it is to be honest
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12-18-2011, 11:34 AM
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#3 | | Darth Vaper Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Leftern Mass
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Originally Posted by berger  Yea..I tested one of those before and its 100% VG with very little flavor and no removable carto...10.00 seems awful high no matter how good it is to be honest | 7-11 is selling NJOYs for $19.95, but they can be charged, but $19.95 for replacement carts!
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12-18-2011, 11:46 AM
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#4 | | Darth Vaper Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Leftern Mass
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| So, not being able to leave ANYTHING alone, I popped out the hard plastic tip. It is pretty much a standard cartomizer, center coil down the middle and filler around it, but there is not a lot of filler taste at all. Tha flavor of the juice really shines through. There is NOT a lot of juice in this thing, so I filled it with some of my tobacco mix, a combination of VG/PG juices and a Nicotine "fortifier". Replaced the tip with a soft tip from a Boge, and the thing is still vaping up a storm. I would put it against a 650 eGo with a 2.5 ohm cart easily. Now, the only thing that remains is battery life....
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12-18-2011, 12:05 PM
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#5 | | Supplier Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Pearland, Tx
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| I know wetwire used the Blu and the Century 21 (I think) at first and he liked them. I've been testing out a disposable unit for 2 weeks now. The batt and cartos are still going strong.
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12-18-2011, 12:13 PM
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12-18-2011, 12:51 PM
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#7 | | Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: From Above
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| Yea honestly your right, I started out with the Njoy and bought a couple of 280mah bats and some cartos started DIY and yes I have to admit the new bats and org bat would put out a ton of vapor just like my ego I have now but the flavor of that Njoy was horrible. I just moved up cause I got tired of recharging, and those 280's I would get at least 3 hrs out of them
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12-18-2011, 01:10 PM
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#8 | | Vapezilla Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Escaping Hades
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| $10 for a disposable equal to 10 cigs, $20 for a small batt that can be recharged but need an additional $20 for cartos.... jeeze... would be cheaper to smoke and much less hassle. For that amount of money could get a real nice mod and come out cheaper. | |
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12-18-2011, 01:15 PM
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#9 | | Gangsta Chimp Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Joplin, MO - USA
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Originally Posted by RY4 ...For that amount of money could get a real nice mod and come out cheaper. | Yeah, but only if you know the ropes. I've been saying all along that I don't begrudge my NPro, because it introduced me to vaping. Sure, there are serious drawbacks to those kinds of models (which is why I moved on), but they sell to more 1st timers than any big-battery mod sort of PV could ever do. | |
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12-18-2011, 01:25 PM
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#10 | | Vapezilla Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Escaping Hades
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Originally Posted by quasimod Yeah, but only if you know the ropes. I've been saying all along that I don't begrudge my NPro, because it introduced me to vaping. Sure, there are serious drawbacks to those kinds of models (which is why I moved on), but they sell to more 1st timers than any big-battery mod sort of PV could ever do. | Very true, but I feel companies like that are taking a huge advantage of someone's lack of knowledge to the product. To me, it says something about a company that is willing to just take the first large sales by overcharging and making stuff that forces the end user to return to them for supplies. I have never used their products so I can't say how good or bad they are but knowing a little something about the other stuff out there to compare it to, I'd say they are taking advantage of people. | |
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12-18-2011, 01:35 PM
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#11 | | Gangsta Chimp Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Joplin, MO - USA
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| I totally understand where you're coming from, but consider the markup they have to make just to make a profit on a product they weren't sure would even sell. Big risks should provide big rewards, if things "pan out" (intentional Gold Rush Era slang, haha). Once they decide they like it, they can start looking for better deals. That NJoy Npro probably saved a good bit of my life, so I think overall it was worth it, and I don't begrudge them a nickel. | |
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12-18-2011, 01:50 PM
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#12 | | Vapezilla Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Escaping Hades
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Originally Posted by quasimod I totally understand where you're coming from, but consider the markup they have to make just to make a profit on a product they weren't sure would even sell. Big risks should provide big rewards, if things "pan out" (intentional Gold Rush Era slang, haha). Once they decide they like it, they can start looking for better deals. That NJoy Npro probably saved a good bit of my life, so I think overall it was worth it, and I don't begrudge them a nickel. | LOL! Gold Rush slang... hehehehe... I am glad to see them coming more into the market and introducing it to those who never heard of it. Maybe as more enter, pricing will become more competitive... then of course the gov will have to get their hands in the cookie jar. 
I bought the very expensive SmokeStik when I started. Spent nearly $400 on my first e-cig purchase, which eventually lead me to seeking cheaper alternatives and longer battery life, which lead me here.  I don't begrudge SmokeStik either and they were kind enough to accept my return of the kit and cartos and refunded money. | |
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12-18-2011, 03:01 PM
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#13 | | Gangsta Chimp Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Joplin, MO - USA
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| Wow, $400 would have hurt my feelings a bit, I was paying around $90 for my starter kits... Therein lies the difference in our point of views, I would imagine, LOL! | |
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12-18-2011, 03:07 PM
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#14 | | Vapezilla Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Escaping Hades
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Originally Posted by quasimod Wow, $400 would have hurt my feelings a bit, I was paying around $90 for my starter kits... Therein lies the difference in our point of views, I would imagine, LOL! | Hehehe, that was before I knew about refilling cartos  Most of that cost was in the 100 cartos I bought... blahahahhaha live and learn.. I can't recall but I think the battery kit was around 100 but can't remember. My order with shipping almost topped $400. | |
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12-18-2011, 03:08 PM
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#15 | | Couldnt take it anymore Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mod impersonation carries a stiff penalty YKWYA
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| hell..I dropped about 300 on smoking everywhere junk before I figured the game out...They know they wont be getting much in repeat business so they go in for the kill right off the bat. Im more concerned more poeple get turned off by that then those that stick...from that aspect the blu almost seems like a good deal
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12-18-2011, 04:59 PM
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#16 | | Darth Vaper Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Leftern Mass
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Originally Posted by quasimod Yeah, but only if you know the ropes. I've been saying all along that I don't begrudge my NPro, because it introduced me to vaping. Sure, there are serious drawbacks to those kinds of models (which is why I moved on), but they sell to more 1st timers than any big-battery mod sort of PV could ever do. | Quote:
Originally Posted by RY4 Very true, but I feel companies like that are taking a huge advantage of someone's lack of knowledge to the product. To me, it says something about a company that is willing to just take the first large sales by overcharging and making stuff that forces the end user to return to them for supplies. I have never used their products so I can't say how good or bad they are but knowing a little something about the other stuff out there to compare it to, I'd say they are taking advantage of people. | Actually, for a "try it before you spend megabucks" thing, it is really not bad. I have been pointing them out to people and saying, get one of those, and if you like it, come see me! 
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12-18-2011, 05:02 PM
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#17 | | Darth Vaper Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Leftern Mass
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Originally Posted by berger hell..I dropped about 300 on smoking everywhere junk before I figured the game out...They know they wont be getting much in repeat business so they go in for the kill right off the bat. Im more concerned more poeple get turned off by that then those that stick...from that aspect the blu almost seems like a good deal | I had ONE "Smoking Everywhere" cig, and it was a "freebie"...with a $70 "subscription" for about $20 worth of carts. Then I came HERE and started asking and decided a 510 was what I wanted. I have spent probably $500 in 510s, juice, atomizers and carts...since I started 2 years ago...
Damn sight better than cigs at $8 a pack, or even RYOs at $3 a pack!
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12-18-2011, 07:54 PM
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#18 | | Couldnt take it anymore Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mod impersonation carries a stiff penalty YKWYA
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| yea..hard to believe how much money we dumped smoking..
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12-18-2011, 08:18 PM
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#19 | | Hypervaporation in effect Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Deep in the Heart of the greatest state in the Union
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| Berger - They have changed the juice since your review. They are great on taste. In fact I will say this. From all the different juices in different battery configs. Ego, mods, minis etc. The Blu is without doubt the best vape I have had. And Steam, my own personal tastes are that the Blu has the best flavor I have had also. My wife on the other hand only liked them instead of loved them like me.
As for any kind of cookie taste.. not at all. Maybe they are different. Mine was very smoky/woody kinda taste. The best tasting vape I have had so far. I wish I new which juice they used. I wrote extensively about them here awhile back.
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12-18-2011, 09:04 PM
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#20 | | Darth Vaper Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Leftern Mass
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| Burned it out. Battery quit after about 3 hours...
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12-18-2011, 09:08 PM
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#21 | | Vapezilla Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Escaping Hades
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Originally Posted by wetwire Berger - They have changed the juice since your review. They are great on taste. In fact I will say this. From all the different juices in different battery configs. Ego, mods, minis etc. The Blu is without doubt the best vape I have had. And Steam, my own personal tastes are that the Blu has the best flavor I have had also. My wife on the other hand only liked them instead of loved them like me.
As for any kind of cookie taste.. not at all. Maybe they are different. Mine was very smoky/woody kinda taste. The best tasting vape I have had so far. I wish I new which juice they used. I wrote extensively about them here awhile back. | Are they the ones that use Johnson Creek? | |
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12-18-2011, 11:29 PM
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#22 | | Hypervaporation in effect Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Deep in the Heart of the greatest state in the Union
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Originally Posted by RY4 Are they the ones that use Johnson Creek? | yes
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12-18-2011, 11:32 PM
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#23 | | Vapezilla Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Escaping Hades
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Originally Posted by wetwire yes | So couldn't you just buy the juice from them or is that one they only sell to Blu for their cartos? | |
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12-19-2011, 07:13 AM
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#24 | | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Long Island, NY
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| Get a 510 passthru for 15 bucks-or just a 510 manual starter kit for 25- http://www.myvaporstore.com/SRT_510_...p/510srt-m.htm
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12-19-2011, 12:11 PM
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#25 | | Darth Vaper Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Leftern Mass
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Originally Posted by jacatro | LOL,,,have a look in the Mod section, "Yet another flashlight mod", and "NOT another flashlight mod"
I was just trying the Blu for fun!
BTW, welcome to the forum. I hope someone has given you an official uniform by now!
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