Eheim filterpad mod

[plantlvr]

I ordered the blue fish filter from amazon, can't wait to try this! Thanks to everyone and esp storminyte!

[cmdrmaxwell]

Hi there, I'm the one who re-vived this thread and now I have a question for the 810 users! I bought 1 801 atty to try the bigger carts but all I get is leak, leak, leak! How are you cutting the foam for these larger carts? I never get leakage on my 510 but can't seem to find the right size for the 801. Obviously, I'm not cutting a large enough piece. I'll work on it more today, just don't like wasting juice.

i have been using it on my vapre51 w an 801 atty. i cut it the width of the cart and a little longer than twice the length fold in half and stuff it in. it works OK but i notice i still have to push it down to soak up the liquid at the bottom which i dont have to do on my 510 and 401.

[CloudBurst]

I always push it down before I refill, I realized I was causing a huge air bubble if I didn't. Once I realized that, I get alot more juice in at the refill point. Try it and see, at first you don't even realize it. Fill it as you normally would and when you think it's full try pressing it down & see what happens. More room for more juice, I swear!

[seminolewind]

I've been using this stuff for several months. I use it in a 901. In an 801, I had leakage. Too big.
It works the best if you change to a new one every few days. I don't think they work the same even if rinsed and reused. I use a fresh one. It's cheap enough that I can replace often, and I put the old ones in a syringe and squeeze the juice into the new one.

[jerrydon10]

OK.....I waited to post until I knew for sure. The brass filler tasted like metal and the atty still tastes like it 3 days after removing the brass.

So I ordered the blue aquarium filter foam from Petco and have been trying it for several days.

Like others, although it wicked amazingly well, I seemed to get a weird taste after a couple of days. What was I sucking into my lungs....So....I capped it with a small wool ball that I read about in another forum. The OP in that forum graciously sent me a sample of that wool (thank you for that).

Wool on the atty is tasteless, wicks well, and doesn't burn.

I knew I was onto something as it worked well all day yesterday with just a little topping off.

This morning, I wondered what would happen if I added the straw mod to the foam/wool contraption.

It rocks!!

I dropped a drop of juice on the bridge, slipped the cartridge on and flooded the atty. After clearing that out, I vaped huge, consistent vapes until the cartridge was bone dry.

Eureka! I have found it.

I am using a 901 cart on a 510 atty. Now all I have to solve is the 510's little battery problem. I hope that solution arrives today in the form of 3 801 batts and adapters to fit them to the 510 atty.

I think I will have the perfect e-cig without running around the mall looking like I am sucking on the small end of a baseball bat.

[DC2]

This morning, I wondered what would happen if I added the straw mod to the foam/wool contraption.

Here is what I don't understand about the straw mod...

You apparently have to leave a space at the bottom underneath the filler.
So what keeps the atomizer bridge from pushing the filler down?
And do you have to keep pullling it back up again?

[jerrydon10]

Well, I didn't leave a space. I just used the straw mod as a way to get air to the bottom. If I did use a space, it wouldn't be a space, it would be juice there.

I fill an empty cart all the way to the top, then drop in the foam, it absorbs it all, then the straw and top it off with the wool which gets soaked with the liquid on top.

Don't prime the bridge as that will end up in your mouth.

[DC2]

If I did use a space, it wouldn't be a space, it would be juice there.

Yeah, that's another thing that always puzzled me about the straw mod.
Maybe I should go post all this stuff over on the straw mod thread.

[jdkochla]

I tried using the Marineland Hot Magnum Cannister size U and I got leakage.
I even tried topping off with some polyfill and it seems the foam does not hold the
liquid, it just drains into the atomizer. What am I doing wrong?? (Joye 510)

[KevinD872]

I tried using the Marineland Hot Magnum Cannister size U and I got leakage.
I even tried topping off with some polyfill and it seems the foam does not hold the
liquid, it just drains into the atomizer. What am I doing wrong?? (Joye 510)

I was leaving the thickness at stock then cutting it about 1/8" wider than the width of the cart. For length, you can cut it even with the top edge of the cart (I preferred about 1/8" short of the edge of the cart). I think someone mentioned that the foam had to be loose otherwise it wouldn't wick, but that has not been my experience. You can even try doubling the length and folding in half before stuffing in the cart, which will create an even tighter seal between the foam and cart.

And of course, try not to overfill it. Remember that when you push the cart onto the atty, this will squeeze the foam a bit and release a bit of liquid into the atty resulting in either flooding or leaking. I usually take at least 10 puffs or so every time I refill a cart before I put it down to help avoid potential leaks.