Powermatic 2 Electric Cigarette Injector Machine

So, let me start out saying that if you can quit then you should! That being said, I've been a smoker of cigarettes, pipes, and cigars for 20 years. Sad, I know. However, this thing is slicker than snot! Works awesome! There were quite a few questions that I had before purchasing this machine that I could not find anywhere on the internet, so I thought that I would try to answer them here and it may help you. 1. Does pipe tobacco taste and feel like cigarette tobacco? Well, yes and no. If you have ever smoked a pipe or a cigar then you know how harsh the "throat feel" and "mouth feel" can be. If you order a bagged tobacco like "The Good Stuff" Gold or "Gambler" Gold then it is extremely close to light cigarette tobacco. Does it taste exactly like a Maralboro? No, not quite. But darn close. Close enough where I will roll my own from now on. 2. Does it take a lot of time? No. I learned how much to pack into the machine very quickly. I experimented with about 5 cigarettes on how much to pack into the machine. Feeling a Maralboro cigarette's firmness against the RYO product. You learn very quickly how much pressure is need to make a butt. It took me about an hour to make 100 cigarettes and I got very fast towards the end. So I'm sure my next 100 will be much faster. 3. How cost effective is it? I made 5 packs in 1 hour (and I will get much faster) for about $1.85 a pack. Cigarettes in Maine are about $8.00 a pack, so you do the math where you life. 4. How is the machine? Very easy!! Its very slick and works awesome. I bought it based on the reviews on amazon. It got here in 24 hours. It is fairly heavy and requires very little effort to operate. Seems well constructed. The side pan isn't really necessary. I make cigs on a cookie sheet pan to catch the loose tobacco and reuse it later. I got down to about 5 to 6 cigs a minute in the first hour. 5. What cigarette tubes and tobacco should I order? Well, this is only my opinion and not fact. I went with Gambler Red king filters and a 6 oz back of "The Good Stuff" gold and "Gambler" gold. Both seem very similar to me. I smoked Maralboro lights for many years and I don't notice enough difference to really care based on the money that I am saving. I have 1000 tubes to go through and I'm not that picky. However, I will try the Gambler Light tubes next time. The smoke I RYO is now a cross between a Maralboro Red and a Maralboro Light. Once again I am not that picky given that I'm saving so much money. Bottom line: pick some tubes and tobacco and give it a shot. I've been happy with what I selected so far and will mess around with brand a little in the future. 6. Should I do it" Yes! Do it NOW! I cannot believe how long I waited to do this because I was afraid that I wouldn't like it or that it would be too much trouble. It's easy and really not that time consuming givin all of the times that I hopped in my truck or stopped on my way to and from work to grab a pack of smokes. I feel like a fool for not doing this years ago. Do it! Massive savings!

To me, this machine is worth it's weight in gold! We still really love it! We roll at least 4 packs a day on it everyday, so we've rolled a LOT of cigs with it over the last 11 months. BUT we did have a problem with it which is what I wanted to tell you all about in case one of you gets it, so you can avoid a lot of aggravation. Quite awhile ago, it suddenly stopped working right and wouldn't pack the tobacco all the way into the tube. There was no way we could afford another one or afford to send it to them to be fixed like they say to, so we did the only thing we could, tried to fix it ourselves. My husband took it completely apart, but didn't see anything at all wrong with it, so he cleaned it out good using a can of compressed air that we use on our computers, and put it back together again. It worked! A few months later the same thing started to happen. This time we didn't take it apart, but instead just blew air into every hole we could find and again it worked. Now we do that just whenever we think about it to keep it running smoothly. Again in a few more months the same thing happened and we did take it apart, but the only thing we've ever been able to figure is that bits of tobacco eventually build up and cause the problem. Personally, I think it gets in there through the tiny hole right in front of the lever. Part of the reason we think this is the problem is because when it acts up, you can "feel" the difference when you try to roll a cig. It "feels like" somethings in there and once that something is out, it runs just fine. Some of the tobacco that gets caught up in it can't be very big though as it's more like dust when you blow it out. Of course there's some in it big enough to see too. I think the tobacco just eventually got stuck in the worst possible place and that's what caused it to stop working. But, it's an easy fix and that's what counts. So, if you get one, which I still very much recommend, I'd suggest cleaning it with air every once in awhile, like every few weeks or once a month, just to prevent the problem. But if you wind up with it not filling the tube completely like it did to us, don't panic, just open it up and blow it all out really good. Then put it back together and you should be good to go again. Oh, I also suggest going with a good grade of tobacco. When this problem happened, just to see if there'd be a difference, we decided to try the same tobacco shown in the DVD. They say it costs a little more, but it was the same price as the one we were using before. But I can tell you that the type of tobacco you use in it does in fact make a difference. So it's worth it to get the better tobacco. It's the fine stuff that seems to get stuck and cause the problems anyway. Another thing that others also say and we also found to be true is that the brand of tubes you use also can make a big difference. I never had a problem rolling mine, but my husband's were a pain in the neck at times. He finally switched over to the same brand of tubes I use and we were both shocked at how much better they worked. They look and measure the same as the other brand, but for some reason the machine likes my brand better... so why fight it? lol Now he uses the same brand I do...they both cost the same amount anyway so it wasn't a big deal. (I use Royal Majestic tubes and get the menthol 100's; he uses the Royal Majestic tubes now too but gets the regular size non menthol for his. Then he decided to try switching to 100's so we'd always be rolling the same size and that too made a big difference. Don't know why, but each change made a very good machine even better! I'm not suggesting that these are the only tubes that work well or the only tobacco that does. I'm sure there are other brands just as good. What I'd suggest is to experiment till you find what works best for you that you like. Of course, if it's not giving you a problem with the ones you usually buy, then you don't even have to consider it. The others actually worked fine, it's just that these are even better. Oh and about how quick it works...it's fast!!!.... So it's a great little machine! Even with the problem we had, I'd still give it 5 stars!

tres bon produit ses ma 2er machine

Très très bien

J'ai longtemps hésité et finalement je suis ravie de mon achat. La machine est facile à utiliser, le résultat est vraiment top et la confection rapide. Je recommande

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