How long has your atomizer lasted ?

[LuckySevens4U]

Don't ask me. I'm cranky. I lost 4 in a week and a half due to passthroughs on a Kensington.

[e-pipeman]

Don't ask me. I'm cranky. I lost 4 in a week and a half due to passthroughs on a Kensington.

Kensington...near Chelsea? Am I missing something?

[LuckySevens4U]

Kensington...near Chelsea? Am I missing something?

Huh?

[e-pipeman]

Huh?

That's what I thought.

[SmokinScott]

Is it possible atty death is caused by overheating?

Is atty death more prevelent in self-cleaning models? How much heat does this cycle generate and for how long?

Letting the cart run dry, might be like leaving an empty pan on the stove with the burner on. Bad for the pan, as it has no food to transfer the heat to. Again, overheating the atty.

Naw, can't be that. Must be cooties.

[KoS]

Pilot 401 from Puresmoke. I drip(no cart) and rotate 2 attys. I just put up 1 atty after almost 2 months due to eratic performance, burt taste and mainly it just wont hole the juice anymore. 1 drop goes straight to the batt. I will give it to the 401 batts, they may be sensitive but I have wiped quite bit of juice out of them and had to suck some out (yuk) (no jokes please ) but they still work. Not big on the evo batts especialy the smaller atom. I got a 2-3 sec cuttoff. Havent played withe the evo atty yet.

Just about to play with some 901's from TW when my GG gets here and some batts from deal extream for my own mods (pending )

[littlechef]

My 901 that I purchased in October is still working like new.

[Vapor]

I found that soaking them in diet coke (has less sugar) at least once a week will keep you atomizer working like a champ for longer than if you didnt clean it.

My 510 atomizer i have had to soak with diet coke twice since i started using it. Both times my atomizer was getting wimpy as hell and really hot.

soak it overnight,
then rinse it with water to get all the crap out,
blowdry it completly (this is important)
lubricate atom with liquid and burn up all the residue left by pressing the manual button for 5 sec intervals until you do not hear a sizzling sound anymore.

After all of that, the atomizer should be really clean and should last you a long time. Theres many experienced members that have noticed atomizers dying because of the built up residue, not because of malfunction.

When i have the time i want to go out and buy some ice machine cleaner, i believe it was the member sun vaporer that first tried this method with success (im sorry if i got the wrong person). Of course use safe chemicals and use at your own risk

So far i have had one 901 atomizer die on me because i was too stupid to dry it completely after rinsing it with water.

[Withnail]

I've just gone through 2 pen-style atomizers in about a week.

Performance on both was fantastic at first then within days became so feeble they were unusable. I tried boiling them in water for about half an hour but it hasn't made any difference. I'm now down to one working atomizer and debating whether to continue with the 'hobby' or just quit. I only use low-strength liquid so quitting shouldn't be too difficult.

[Amy]

I'm still on the first one (a Janty KB classic) and have gotten about 18 days so far.