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Steeping Chart for e-liquid

New products on the website. April 12, 2014

Here are the new products sheduled to show up this coming week:

- DCT Dual Coil Clearomizers. 6.0ml with dual bottom coils!

  Reccommended for use with batteries 900mAH and over. 510 threading.

-DCT Dual Coil Clearomizers. 3.5ml with dual bottom coils!

  Reccommended for use with batteries 900mAH and over. 510 threading.

-3.5ml BCC Bottom Coil Clearomizers. 3.5ml of liquid with a flat mouth piece.

Safe vaping power chart.

FORT VAPE may make/sell 18650 battery chargers. (Chargers for APV and mods)

I ordered 2 charging boards today. I am unable to find a cool or stylish battery charger for e-cig APV batteries. The board is easily plugged in via USB cable, and will charge 1 18650 rechargable battery. This should prove to be a worthwhile project, as they will be useful, fun to make and cheap.

The board is actually pretty common in the electronics world, and should work with very little work. The board's model number is TP4056. It claims to be fully assembled and ready to go with little soldering. It even claims to have charging/ready LEDs on it to monitor progress. We wil see...

Here is a picture of the board (right)...

In addition, we may add some sort of DC ammeter to check incoming current (just for fun, below)...

Sample product ordered for testing. "Vamo V5" mod on the way. Review/unboxing soon

We here at Fort Vape may be getting into the APV (mod) market in the near future. We will see how well and easy the mod works before putting up on the site. I am excited to try and review this, as I've never held or used a mod before. After endless hours of reading, this was the model chosen. It should arrive around March 17, so we will post more when it arrives..we ordered black...

Here's a pic: Here's the batteries ordered: 

CE4 CLEAROMIZERS only $1.99 while supplies last!!!

CE4 CLEAROMIZERS - only $1.99 right now! Only while limited quantities last! Yes, $1.99!

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Our e-liquids on FORTVAPE.com

We feel we have the greatest and best tasting e-liquids (e-juices) made for electronic cigarettes. All E-Liquids on our site are made by us, and made with only the highest quality ingredients and highest quality food grade flavorings available.

All of ourE-Liquids are mixed with only 100% USP Grade Kosher Certified  PURE Propylene Glycol (PG) and 100% USP Grade Kosher Certified  PURE Vegetable Glycerin (VG). ALL BASE INGREDIENTS ARE MANUFACTURED AND MIXED IN THE  USA. Chemical certifications and MSDS are available if requested for e-liquid ingredients.

If you order an e-liquid with a "strength" of 0mg, it can be considered 100% nicotine free!

IF YOU WANT ANY KIND OF SPECIAL MIX, PLEASE INCLUDE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR ORDER. WE WILL TRY TO ACCOMODATE ANY REQUEST! We can do "double flavor" and almost any PG/VG ratio you need.

Also note: The higher the nicotine level is in an e-liquid, the more the nicotine will "mute" or "mask" the e-liquid's flavoring.

You may notice that the flavor in your e-liquid gets "stronger" or "better" by letting it set (with the cap off or loose) in a cool, dark area for a couple of days before vaping. This is also called "STEEPING". We mix your e-liquid fresh for every order. It is always mixed the day we ship it.

E-Liquid usually has a "life" of approximately one year from purchase- if always stored in a cool, dark area. Never leave your electronic cigarette or bottle(s) of e-liquids in direct sunlight or high temperatures for any length of time. Please dispose of any e-liquids that have not been used (even if handled correctly) after one year.

If your e-liquid develops a "hot" or "burnt" taste, your atomizer (coil) has probably seen its life. In this case, change your atomizer or clearomizer. Coils that use a higher resistance usually help e-liquid's flavors shine, and will perform the best and longest. We do not sell coils or products that offer lower than normal vaping resistance. Keep extra coils or clearomizers on hand- you never know when you will need one. They do wear out.

Never ingest any e-liquid. Always store e-liquids out of the reach of children and pets.  Nicotine is very dangerous if mishandled or misused. Any concentration of nicotine can be deadly for a child or animal.

A word about our CLOVE e-liquid flavor

We do feel that our CLOVE e-liquid flavor DOES resemble clove cigarettes, or clove gum. After vaping this for a week, it was concluded that this flavor does resemble Djarum Black clove cigarettes.

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CASAA: New study confirms that chemicals in electronic cigarettes pose minimal health risk

PR Newswire

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 8, 2013

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- E-cigarette users can breathe a little easier today. A study just released by Professor Igor Burstyn, Drexel University School of Public Health, confirms that chemicals in electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) pose no health concern for users or bystanders. This is the first definitive study of e-cigarette chemistry, and finds that there are no health concerns based on generally accepted exposure limits.

E-cigarettes are devices that heat a nicotine solution to create an aerosol (called "vapor") that the user inhales, similar to smoking a cigarette. They are used as a low-risk substitute for smoking by millions of former smokers, and their increasing popularity seems to account for the current downward trend in smoking in the U.S. and some other countries. While experts agree that the risks posed by e-cigarettes are significantly less than those posed by smoking, there had been some debate about how much lower the risk was.

By reviewing over 9,000 observations about the chemistry of the vapor and the liquid in e-cigarettes, Dr. Burstyn was able to determine that the levels of contaminants e-cigarette users are exposed to are insignificant, far below levels that would pose any health risk. Additionally, there is no health risk to bystanders. Proposals to ban e-cigarettes in places where smoking is banned have been based on concern there is a potential risk to bystanders, but the study shows there is no concern.

This was the first study funded by the by The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives (CASAA) Research Fund. CASAA, the leading consumer advocacy group promoting the availability and use of low-risk alternatives to smoking, is an all-volunteer, donation-funded organization. CASAA President Elaine Keller said of the study, "Over the years, there have been a lot of small studies of e-cigarette liquid and vapor, but those studies were either ignored or misinterpreted. Those that showed even the slightest contamination were used for propaganda by those who object to e-cigarettes because they look like smoking. We realized that an expert review was needed to give an unbiased explanation of the available scientific evidence for our membership and policy makers. We reached out to our membership and they enthusiastically donated to make it possible."

CASAA Scientific Director, Carl V. Phillips, summarized the importance of the study, saying "It has always been clear that e-cigarettes were much lower risk than smoking, but there was uncertainty about whether continuing to inhale a mix of chemicals posed a measurable risk. Even those of us who have long encouraged smokers to switch are a bit surprised that even the worst-case-scenario risks are so low. This study assures us that e-cigarettes are as low risk as other smoke-free tobacco and nicotine products, like smokeless tobacco and NRT. All of these products are about 99% less harmful than smoking, and so smokers who switch to them gain basically the same health benefits as if they quit tobacco and nicotine entirely."

Dr. Phillips added that "there has been a call for 'regulatory science' by the FDA. This is exactly the type of science that is needed to make good regulation and informed individual decisions: it summarizes all of the available knowledge and puts the numbers in a useful perspective."

The study did caution that e-cigarette users are inhaling substantial quantities of the main chemicals in e-cigarette liquid (propylene glycol and glycerin). While these chemicals are not considered dangerous and the levels are far below occupational exposure limits, Dr. Burstyn did suggest ongoing monitoring to confirm that there is no risk. The chemical contaminants are of even less concern. While there have been many claims that formaldehyde, acrolein, nitrosamines, metals, and ethylene glycol found in e-cigarette vapor poses a health hazard, the study concluded that all of these have been found only at trivial levels that pose no health concern.

The study did not address the effects of nicotine because e-cigarette users are consuming it intentionally. Nicotine, when it does not involve smoking, is very low risk and has not been clearly shown to cause any disease. However, like caffeine and other common indulgences, it may cause some tiny risk of heart attack and stroke, and so e-cigarettes, along with other tobacco and nicotine products, are probably not risk-free. If there is any risk from nicotine, however, it is so low that it is similar to everyday hazards like drinking coffee or eating dessert, and is far less than the risk from smoking.

The study is available at http://publichealth.drexel.edu/SiteData/docs/ms08/f90349264250e603/ms08.pdf.

SOURCE Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association

I found a good article...check it out

I try not to use other websites and other peoples' stories, but I stumbled across this article about e-cigarrettes that is prettty interesting...

Why FORT VAPE exists...the story should be told

I was sitting at the computer tonight, hoping my payment gateway gets set-up and running soon. A thought just hit me...why not tell the story of why I vape, and how FORTVAPE.com came about? Here it goes...

It was around Novemeber 2010, and I was hearing and seeing advertisements about "electronic cigarettes". I have never heard of them, but they sounded interesting. There weren't many different brands to research, and no one I know had ever heard of electronic cigarettes (let alone "vaping"). After reading about them for a while, I bought a BLU e-cig starter kit.

My new kit consisted of 2 batteries, 5 cartidges (cartomizers), a USB charger and a case to hold it all. I charged up the batteries and started "vaping". It wasn't too bad, but in no time I was "vaping" so much that I had both batteries dead all of the time, and no charged batteries. So, needless to say, I was smoking regular "analogue" cigarettes again. My friend BLU got packed up in the desk, and never heard from again. I was back to 1-2 packs of cigarrettes again.

It wasn't until August 2013 (three years later), that I started hearing about e-cigs again. A couple of fellow co-workers talked about it at work, and even bragged a bunch how they could "smoke at work". I thought they were onto something...

After hearing where they bought the stuff, I had to go check it out. I did a bit of research on the web to get some basic terminology down, and drove to the store here in Fort Wayne...the rest is history.

I told the sales person I had heard of vaping, and he showed me some basic products and starter kits. He also let me try a variety of "e-juices", so I could get a taste of the flavors. I liked the tobacco flavors. By the time I left I, spent another $50.00 (ouch again), and have vaped ever since. I guess I fell in love. The next week, I found I had quit buying and smoking real cigarettes. I hadn't even planned on that, but I realized very quickly I was saved from cigarrettes. I realized several things quickly over the next month, and within 3-4 months of buying my electronic cigarette starter kit that I was done with traditional cigarettes, and I had a web-based business up and running.

I have found that electronic cigarettes saved me from the nasty habit of smoking regular cigarettes. I had smoked for 25 years, and could not quit. I took up e-cigs, and quit almost right away. I started my first e-juice bottle at a strength of 24mg/ml, and found that was making me sick. I quickly adjusted my nicotine levels to between 6 and 9 ml/mg, and have been doing nicely. I would not suggest more than 12-16mg to anyone, as they would feel sick and give up e-cigs quickly. That is just my opinion.

Anyway, I had a business permit, and shifted the direction of my business to the online sales of e-cigs, parts and e-liquids (which I make). I sell them on my site and on eBay (username FORT_VAPE). I hope others can find the fun and ease of e-cigs. I got my sense of smell and tast back. I feel more energetic. I don't stink. I think smoking regular cigarettes really is nasty. I never believed it until now. I want to share the feelings with others...FORT VAPE was born.

I started FORT VAPE for 2 main reasons: 1... I want to bring fair prices to customers (after getting stabbed by a local retail store), and 2... I want others to feel "FREE" from regular cigarettes, period.

You don't have to quit...but you CAN switch. This post is my own personal opinion, and I am not implying that e-cigarettes are or should be used as a smoking cessasion program.

New E-juice mixes...Apple and Green Apple

We just mixed 2 new flavors tonight...6mg Apple and 6mg Green Apple. They are actually quite nice. Go to the website and order some.