For some time now I have been considering getting a backup for my Provari....just in case it decides to fail....!

After all, nothing lasts forever, and I'd hate to think I was stranded and unable to vape.

So, my question is, can anyone recommend an inexpensive but reasonably reliable unit I can keep handy as a backup ?

Pete,

Are you using the Nautillus on your Provari..?

I love the hand drawn bits on the 3rd image....it reminds if the stuff we did in the 70's

Whilst I still have to occasionally pinch myself when I think of the 3D modelling and rendering we do now, there is still something very 'honest' about a raw and tactile hand made physical model.

It won't be long before we all have a 3D printer on our desks....and, just like Architectural Illustrators, the professional Model Makers will slowly be forced into retirement.

You've taken on the purest form of housing, by that I mean 'simplicity' is the purest form.

It is difficult and extremely challenging.

When I was a student in the '70's we had an assignment to design a caravan.....I believe it was one of the most difficult things I have ever had to do.

I have never enjoyed designing large houses for the wealthy....they are invariably indulgent and wasteful of materials.

By the way mate, there is nothing wrong with being a bit OCD and anal about modules, wastage, grids, zones etc....that is exactly what is required to produce good work...!

"But Officer, I swear I didn't plant that cannabis crop....it kinda just, well, appeared"

you've got me paranoid now...!!

i have googled the question of smoke detectors and vaping, and indeed there are many instances of smoke detectors being activated

it would appear that some types of detectors are more likely to be activated

@kwistenbiebel said:

ps: @Gareth: Just so you know, vapour DOES set of smoke alarms.
I did it by accident when i moved into my new place a month ago.
Thought it was good to tell you this... on the other hand we could have gotten a good laugh out of you setting of your buildings alarm...but we're good people here lol

Geeeeeez......thanks for telling me that...!

I haven't had a problem yet though, and I vape all day with the smoke detector almost directly above me

yep....i noticed food and wine and coffee tastes so much better.

If you lived here in Australia, a packet of smokes would cost you around $20 a packet....so just a pack a day smoker here would have saved around $7,500....!!

I have a serviced office in Mawson Lakes near Adelaide and smoking in this building is prohibited.....but I sit here and vape all day.

It's bloody funny when I look out of my office window and watch all the smokers standing outside in the stinking heat in summer and the freezing cold of winter to feed their smelly habit while I sit here vaping in the comfort of my office...!!

.....and it doesn't trigger the smoke alarm either

Well done Pete

How are your energy levels, sense of taste, general well being etc after 1 year...?

Glad you are staying with it mate.

I still have one or two nice non-nic flavours from when I started in October and vape them occasionally. I can vape them for an hour or so, but I still want the 'nic kick' though...!

I'm still vaping 18mg and should probably try cutting down to 12mg soon.

Tried an analogue stinky a few days ago....took 3 drags of it....it was disgusting....!!

yeh, i should be able to post a few over the next month or so.

<70m2 ?....2 bedroom ?....if so, they would be ideal for some of the mining towns..!

mine are <100m2 and are 3 bedroom

the old tape measure was a great invention and has stood the test of time

....until now maybe...!

amazing....well done guys

although, 250,000 shouldn't be surprising 'cos this is a great place....!

PS....how old is Dan's baseball cap...?

looking good mate

i guess you have already looked at plywood cladding ?....or is it dark stained/painted plywood you are considering using ?

i am also developing a suite of compact, lightweight, low cost housing models...it's a lot of fun after working on a few large medical projects recently.

Thats a good point Oli.

Good equipment is important, but finding good vapes in the early stages pretty well sets up the path of interest and persistence.

I bought some absolutely crap nicotine liquids which took about 4 or 5 weeks to arrive, in the meantime I was vaping some quite nice non-nic liquids. Whilst I wasn't getting the nicotine hits I needed at that stage, I did find some pleasant flavours which I was then able to order from the US with nicotine in them.

For those who don't understand what I just said, in Australia we can't buy nicotine liquids from Australian suppliers, but they do however sell liquids made in the USA which are nicotine free. This gives us the opportunity to test those flavours and either buy them direct from the US supplier, or alternatively mix an unflavoured nicotine (which we also have to buy from overseas) with the liquids in Australia which can be bought as 'doublers'.

However, because we can't easily purchase liquids, one could easily be discouraged from persisting.

well done Oli

I recently bought some Aspire BDC Vivi Nova's with glass tanks. They have an exterior metal sleeve (in assorted colours).....in certain light conditions, and especially with some of the clear liquids the two small and thin 'windows'are probably too small to see how much liquid is in the tank, but the vape is very good.

@futurepast said:

SCORE!!!!!Went to a garage sale got a bag of about 50 2 ohm cartos for my ProVari for a $1

Bargain...!!

All is good now....

the "**C:\Users<YourUserName>\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2014\SketchUp\Plugins**" worked a treat

Thank you...!!

...life should be easier than this

Yep...it's in the same place as my other downloaded plugins.

I can see it when I open the folder with all the others in there, but it isn't there when I use the extensions from within SU.

I have changed the folder from .zip to .rbz. but I can't get the folder to show as a selection when I click 'Install Extension'.

All other plugins have installed successfully into SU2014 over the past day, but KT is giving me a bit of grief....!!