A PBusardo Review

I just went on Youtube and saw that PBusardo has uploaded a video on Tilemahos and the Springomizer. A lot of it will be old news to GG fans but it was nice to see another view on it and to hear the respect Phil has for Imeo and his work. I wont post the video here but if you click on the picture below it will take you to Youtube where you can watch it. As always Phil is very thorough and very honest.

Another video I wanted to share is the one below by Andy Sutton. We are very close, here in the UK, to the possibility of some big changes in vaping. The Tobacco Product Directive could have a huge impact on the future of vaping in this country, this video highlights some of the issues.

As a final note please accept my apologies for the lack of input lately. I will be totally honest and admit I have been struggling to motivate myself. I will give myself a good kick in the backside though andget my head back in the game.

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Rebuilding the Springomizer

The Springomizer makes rebuilding a coil a job you can do in an instant. All you need do is push the spring/coil in, rewick and you're done. The coils themselves can be bought from the GG resellers for a very cheap price but what if you want to make your own? Being the inquisitive type I pulled my coil out and stretched it on the first day. In case I needed a spare I decided to go about making my own.

Home made (top) and original coil 

In the picture above you can see the coil I made on top with the real thing at the bottom. I used the 2.5mm coiling tool you can see below to wrap a tight coil. Then, leaving the coil on the tool, I stretched the coil out so it looked more like the original.

2.5mm Coiling Tool

With a bit of tweaking I came up with what you see in the last picture. I used 0.45mm 317L SS wire to wrap the coil and I think I did about 14 turns. I'm not sure what the ohms are as I forgot to check. In the picture you can see I could have used less turns so around 12 turns would probably have been better.

Blurry final result

I'm happy with the final result although I could probably improve upon it. It was really just a test to see if I could make my own spares as I have plenty of wire to mess around with. I just thought I would share this in case anyone ran out of coils or was interested in making their own. 

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GG Springomizer First Impression

Huge thank you to Imeo as today I received my GG Springomizer and it is a thing of beauty. The idea is so simple it's a wonder it hasn't been done before. The version I got I think is for the V2 Tilemahos, which I don't have. Because of this my centre pin was hanging way out on the bottom. To solve this I simply swapped the centre pin with the one on my old rebuildable part. Now it's a perfect fit on my Esterigon.

GG Springomizer

I have to say I really like this new method of building. I have plenty of wire to experiment with so I will be seeing if I can make my own coils although they are available to buy if that's what you'd prefer. Fitting the coil and wicking is a thousand times easier now and a lot quicker. I'm looking forward to having a good play with this piece of kit. I've only had a quick test of it using it like a dripper but it seems to perform as expected. I intend to strip my Tilemahos down and give it a full service before building it again.

In other news I am still deciding on October's Pic of the Month winner. I also saw something somewhere about new vendors for GG so I'll have to look that up. I am trying to catch up as my PC hard drive decided to stop working and it's taken me a while to get everything back to normal. If only computers were as reliable as GG items!

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