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softpuke

fasttech vs. canada vapes for ordering hardware?

UPDATE: thank you everyone for your help + for replying so quickly! i've ordered from fasttech (and swapped to the innokin zenith d22 instead of the nautilus 2 because of the bullshit aspire payment issue). leaving this up in case anyone else has a similar question in the future.

hey folks!

context: i'm somewhat new to vaping, and i'm looking to upgrade my setup. i've been using a joyetech ego aio for a year and a half now, and i'm frustrated by the low battery life and how finicky this device and its coils are. i've done a bunch of research, and i think i'm going to upgrade to an eleaf istick pico 75w mod + the nautilus 2 tank. (chose these because i want something small, discreet, and MTL.)

the question: i'd prefer to buy as much hardware from the same place/shipment as possible (mod, tank, coils), and fasttech and canadavapes.com are the only vendors i've found with both of these in stock for a reasonable price ($84 and $107 respectively). does anyone have advice on which vendor to go with?

i know fasttech is cheap, but i'm concerned about the authenticity of products and how long they take to ship — additionally, i've heard that buying batteries off there is a bad idea? ordering from canada vapes will ship faster, but i haven't been able to find out much info on whether they're a reputable vendor or not.

any advice/insight would be greatly appreciated! thanks in advance.

Posted Apr 1, 2019, 9:13 PM UTC · edited

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mcxme•

Fasttech stuff is authentic or they have both authentic and clones. It will be labeled

Fasttech takes 2 and half weeks as long as you choose epacket which cost pennies to add as shipping option. Downside is you cant order eliquid with nic or batteries with epacket option

Have had no issues with them

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InfiniteApathyBritish Columbia•

FT is in $usd, don't get caught by that heheh.

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doctormink•

I get caught by that every. single. time. Rationally I know it's more than the listed price, but the sucker side of me seems to be the one filling up my cart.

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InfiniteApathyBritish Columbia•

Ditto, then my credit card makes me bend over and take the exchange rate where the sun don't shine.

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nnDMT420•

You can make the prices appear in CAD! I did it a while ago. CC still gets charged in USD though.

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iLLNiSS•

i know fasttech is cheap, but i'm concerned about the authenticity of products

If it says authentic it's authentic. If it says something like 'styled' it's a clone.

and how long they take to ship

If it says in stock it'll ship within a day or two. If it says estimated date of xx then they are waiting on stock and it could be delayed depending on how much they ordered. Generally their estimated stock dates are accurate, but not set in stone. Ship with e-packet and itll get here within 2 weeks of ship date.

additionally, i've heard that buying batteries off there is a bad idea?

You won't be able to buy batteries from them if you are shipping to Canada.

I've never heard of canada vapes but I wouldn't be concerned at all with fasttech. I've been ordering there for years now and haven't had any issues.

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saionarafan987•

If fasttech says it's authentic, I trust it... There's lots of replacement products, only order authentic. I've never ordered batteries, not sure if they have authentic batteries but I don't think they air ship batteries, so anything with batteries would be on the slow boat from China.

I recently switched to the smok nord, and I priced it from fasttech and found it slightly cheaper than dashvapes... Not much more cheaper than the taxes though. Then realized the nord has an internal battery and shipping would be slow... Ended up going with dashvapes.

I used to get smok coils for the baby beast from fasttech and remember it being big savings, but it doesn't seem like it anymore... Currency exchange must have changed, as even the baby beast coils were close to domestic prices.

Edit: is that 60 dollars Canadian from fasttech,for the pico/Nautilus/5 pack of coils... with at least two 18650 batteries and a battery charger?

I got almost 60 Canadian without the batteries and a charger when I added them to cart with Canadian currency (you'll get dinged by your credit card for the exchange as well)... Batteries and a charger which you'd want to get somewhere else by the looks of the fasttech search results I got.

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ron2016•

I recently ordered juice from canadavapes.com and received the shipment via Canada Post 8 business days later. This is exactly as they indicated on the shipping information part of their site. I live in a rural area.

I just ordered the exact same mod but in a kit from another site. The tank with the kit is a little small for my liking so I ordered an additional tank, batteries, and a charger. Still waiting on the order so can't really comment on that site yet.

I'm a little hesitant ordering outside Canada because I don't know how customs works for an order like this.

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guntherslunt•

No real worries. I have something like 700 Fasttech orders, and no problems or fees yet!

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ron2016•

Wow. That's a lot. Thanks.

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Noctrin•

I get my fasttech orders in under 2 weeks, usually 6 business days. They have 1 shipping options for like 1$ i think it's canadapost via china something forgot.

Never had issues with quality/authenticity. One time i had something break they sent me replacement parts at no charge

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mixsomnia•

Fasttech is great but IMO aliexpress is better because you can see the rating of individual seller

and sellers are not allowed to claim genuine products if it isn't.

I recently ordered a dna triade 250c to canada and saved almost 100$ and it took about 14 days to get here with epacket. The seller was heavensgifts and they have 98% approval rating and thousands of orders its easy to see all that info in aliexpress. The DNA was authentic I checked on evolv and only cost me 150$ in canada these sell for over 200+ tax generally.

As a rule you shouldn't buy any batteries from china ever, unless its a part of the mod i guess IDK

for batteries buy from illumn, imrbatteries lionwholesale

My order from illumn to canada was cheaper than buying anywhere in canada took about a week and you know they are legit not rewrapped.

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crocosurfer•

Fasttech ...ok if you don't order anything with batteries...

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