Lipton Pyramid Teabag Filling in 5 Steps

[woooozzaa]

Hey guys,

Though I'de take 15 minutes out of my day to share with you how I rebuild my 510 carts with lipton's great pyramid style teabags. This filling as been working great for me! It holds alot more liquid and took care of that wierd plastic taste I got from using the standart polyfiber material included on stock carts. I'll try to explain myself as best I can but keep in mind I'm french. They say an image is worth 1000 words but my Aspire One's webcam is only worth about 500...still here's the breakdown of how I do this.

Step 1:



Go out and buy it...should be quite simple lol. This is the kind I got, any grocery store should carry these. Got mine at 2.49$ CND for a pack of 20.

Step 2:



Cut along the seem where the string is attached and empty the contents of the teabag. (or eat it whichever)

Step 3:



Fold about a mm of the material to give yourself a head start on rolling the thing up. I like to roll it real tight on the first half and then go a little looser. (<- is that a real word lol?) This part is what can be a little tricky, but nothing that'll waste 24h of your time really. If you roll it up too tight you wont be able too hold as much liquid or worst, you'll think you can by filling those air pockets with juice which will just run right out flooding your atomizer when you flip the cart upside down lol. On the other side, too loose and they just wont fit inside the cart.

Step 4:



Fold your rolled up material in half lenghtwise and jam it in the cart. It should give a little resistence on its way in. If it just falls in there its too loose, in that case take it out and let it unroll itself a tad bit and try again.

Step 5:



Push the material all the way in then gently pull it back out about 2mm. You want to cut the exess material but not flush with the cart. If you take a look inside your atomizer you'll notice a little arch. This arch needs to have "some" pressure on the cart filling to have a good wicking effect but not too much or again, when you'll put your cart on your atty with too much pressure it will squeeze out alot of liquid in one shot and flood your atty. Here's another picture of what it looks like done and inserted back in.



About 1.5 - 2mm looks about right. If its too deep in there you'll simply notice that you wont run your cart as dry. I drop a single drop at the time on one side of the filling leaving a little spot dry to let the air flow up and watch how the fillng absorbs it. Once it starts pooling at the top I empty by dropper and suck out the exess. You want the filling to hold the liquid, not the cart haha.

Well folks that's about as much detail as I can give about this simple mod. Seriously I think I might've over complicated the thing, it takes me about a minute to build a cart now. Just keep a spare atty and cart set in case you manage to mess things up.

I'll also attach the images in case imageshack messes up.

Have fun!

[storminyte]

Thanks WOOOO I have tried this a few times with no luck! All the things you said that would happen has happened and I said "FORGET IT"!!! With these great instructions, I finally got it to work perfect.
Thanks for the great tutorial!

[sid]

Thanks alot for the instruction. It's really helpful!

[Flitzanu]

i don't have experience with the 510, just the 901, but seriously are the carts that much bigger on a 510? there's no way i can shove a full Pyramid tea bag in my 901 cart! thanks for your tips, i've been struggling with this one for a while. i'll try your method too and see what i can get

edit: also meant to say, you pointed out you're French, i think you did a good job explaining in English

[Misty]

Thanks, Wooozaa!! - easy going instructions and great pics -

As Fliztanu asks a good question - do you use 1 full bag for each cart - the teabag is pretty big and there doesn't seem to be too much wasted teabag in your pic??

and..can this work for 801s penstyle also?

[thatron]

That's pretty much what I do, but with coffee filters, in my 801 and 901. Good stuff.

[woooozzaa]

As Fliztanu asks a good question - do you use 1 full bag for each cart - the teabag is pretty big and there doesn't seem to be too much wasted teabag in your pic??

Yeah I use the whole thing, its not that much, unless there are different teabag sizes that is. It doesn't stretch or expand so it has to fit kinda snug in there. About other e-cigs, I don't see why it wouldn't work. Its not like Lipton made these for the 510 lol. Its just a matter of fitting the material in. I've stuffed a blucig's cartridge for fun and it works fine, was kinda small to work with but it works ok.

That's pretty much what I do, but with coffee filters, in my 801 and 901. Good stuff.

thatron, don't these deteriorate over time? That's another advantage of this material, I just pull it out (keeping it folded) and give it a rince. Been using the same fillings I started with for about two weeks now. How about you give it a try and take pictures of how you build your 801/901 carts to help other people out .

also meant to say, you pointed out you're French, i think you did a good job explaining in English

Why thank yee!

[marg]

Thank you Woooozzaa

[kevofnb]

just tried this works better than original stuff in the cart. my firs try was not successful i didn't cut enough of the tea bag off. i looked at the indent of another cart then trimmed until i got the same depth. no flooding works great.

[thatron]

Originally Posted by woooozzaa

thatron, don't these deteriorate over time? That's another advantage of this material, I just pull it out (keeping it folded) and give it a rince. Been using the same fillings I started with for about two weeks now.

I never thought about reusing the coffee filters, they aren't very durable that way. I guess if you can do that with tea bags, they'd be more practical that way.