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!

So far so good on this unit. Ive already shot about 2 cartons worth of cigarettes and I havent experianced a jam yet. This is a pretty self explanitory machine. You can tell when you got too much tobacco in the chamber... it just doesnt feel right and it will look over full. If there is tobacco extending past the cutter line after filling... you got too much. I was nervous about buying this with the amount of reviews that I had read that this was a jam prone item and it had a "Learning Curve" well, thats partially true.. but mostly only when switching from a ribbon cut to a shag cut. so generally only a tube or two lost before getting the hang of it. I actually can shoot a 100 perfectly, never have any issues with that - although I struggle with shooting a King without excessive carrot top. I have been using Zen tubes. no problems there either all working perfectly. though I do take the time to always align the glue strip of the tube with where the grabber is on the machine. That little extra thickness makes a difference I believe. I just ordered 2lbs of Venguer... we will see in a few weeks how she holds up and I will update!**Update** Good news to report so far! It has been almost one month since I have purchased the machine and the results have been amazing. I shoot one Zen box of 250 tubes in a session, Then allow the machine to cool and any remaining tobacco is brushed and blown out waiting atleast a few hours before next session. Were at 7lbs of tobacco and roughly 1900 tubes have passed through the machine since we got her running, half king size and half 100s. Once supreme flavor and headache causing chemicals were gone my entire house hold jumped to the SYO/RYO train and we all take turns making our cartons for the week. Minus the few "learning" tubes that were damaged when I first got the machine, I still have yet to experiance a jam. The worst I have encountered is the occasional small piece torn off the end of the tube where the grabber holds it, and this has no effect on the sticks smoking qualitys. Still running on Zen FF tubes of both sizes. We will be soon moving to Vera Cruz Elegantes for our King sizes, as it has a more exciting look, a micro perf paper and 20mm filter, I will update on these tubes with this machine in the future. I have run through a few different tobaccos trying some low end and some high end stuff. Sparrow and Largo definitly at the low end of the spectrum, while Peter Stokkebye and Five Brothers easily sit at the top. In the end, I find D&R tobacco to be the perfect level in quality and taste for the dollar. I have grown to like the ribbon cut over the shag cut for SYO smokes. Ribbon is easy to stuff and get a consistent burn and draw almost everytime, while shag seems to need to be watched for its moisture content and its compaction in the chamber before stuffing.Just a little refrence and food for thought, This isnt perfect and more of an estimation.Using round numbers because its easier, lets look at inital investment cost. I paid 75$ for my machine, 65$ for a 12 pack of 2oz tobacco sampler kit, 55$ for 2 lbs of D&R Venguer, and 20$ for 5 boxes of Zen FF Kings. This is what we started with. So for roughly 215$ I was making my own smokes.Depending on how each cigarette is stuffed, I generally get about 2.5 to 3 cartons per pound of tobacco, so were looking at about 500 to 600 cigarettes per lb. So if I break that down to a total of 1000 smokes for my 2 original lbs - To cover my inital cost of the investment I am paying somewhere in the nature of 4.30$ a pack.Where I am at, I get my Marlboro cartons for more then 50$ each but I will use 50$ as a good start since it generally is the minimum for a carton. So what I saved not having to drive to go get packs or cartons and not paying full retail at gas stations for smokes, I have pretty much already covered my original cost within the month by not purchasing my normal 5 cartons. That justifys the original purchase to me. So now if you figure the cost of the Cigarettes without the intial overhead cost of purchase, 55$ for 2 lbs of D&R Venguer, 20$ for 5 boxes of Zen FF Kings, we have 75$. So for 75$ you get 1000 smokes, Do the math and your looking at 1.50$ cost per pack. Now thats a price I can enjoy and all the while im smoking higher quality paper and tobacco. So for minor increases in total cost, I can get a ultra premium smoke - cheaper then any over the counter Cigarette.I will Update as the abuse to the Machine continues.Good Luck with your adventure! Smoke Happy!

OMG I love my cigarettes rolling machine, my husband is the smoker and I needed a way that we could afford it. After researching the machine on line with reviews this machine stood out to me from other buyers and price too as the one to buy. It didn't take me long to get the hang of it after watching videos and practicing my husband likes mine even more than what we were buying for him. We took what was costing us almost $200.00 a month to around $40.00 a month now because of this easy to use machine. I highly recommend this brand for how easy it's to use and the quality of the cigarettes that it creates. The price has already paid for itself by money saved. The only other way that I can save money like this is if he would quit smoking, but he doesn't want to so this is how I am making it work on our limited budget. Buy one today it's a great way to save money as you entertain yourself with Netflix or a book on tape.