All my used carto's are TOAST !!

[unit40]

What am I doing wrong here? I have been trying to clean out my carts every which way and can't seem to get the nasty - OK - burnt taste out of them. So I decide to rip one open and......burnt, cooked, charcoal. I decide to sucessively tear open one after another and find the same thing. I can't believe that I am excessively vaping to the point of spontaneous combustion but there has to be some explanation. This is only happening with the carts I am using while vaping Tasty Vapor tobacco. The carts i have been using are V4L blanks, both gold and black. Anyone here rip open a cart and find the black death inside of it? What the heck am I doing wrong here if anything? What the heck have I been vaping all along? Maybe I should take shorter drags??

[bornagainst]

The only time I burn a cartomizer is when I overvape it.

Vape less, refill more. When you start to lose vapor and taste, STOP vaping it.

Should do the trick.

[harpo]

Top off more.

[Lightgeoduck]

I have on some occations,, that's because I had a carto that I vaped dry and didn't have liquid to refill... I pushed the limits on them trying to vape it all... in turn it burns the little wrap in the carto... and once you burn that there is no salvaging

its always best to make sure its always wet... as far as juices go some VG based mixes are really thick so you might not have gotten the carto completely wet like you thought

that's just my educated guess though

[aubergine]

I did that at first.

Now I can see the end coming in time, except with the menthols. they veil that first not altogether unpleasant toasty marshmallow taste.

I top the menthols BEFORE I see it coming.

[unit40]

Ok, I should vape less, top off more. But can you blame me? I'm vaping Tasty Vapor!! Maybe I should just swap between a couple of cartos. But I never seemed to have this problem with the other juices. I have vaped all VG juice just fine before. My current mix is 30%VG. Maybe I'm leaning too heavy on my manual battery button for too long. Does anyone here have any suggestions regarding different manufacturer's carto quality? So far I have purchased all of my blanks from V4L, but I see that Midwest Vapor's are actually a better bargain. Anyone deal with them?

[Lightgeoduck]

Ok, I should vape less, top off more. But can you blame me? I'm vaping Tasty Vapor!! Maybe I should just swap between a couple of cartos. But I never seemed to have this problem with the other juices. I have vaped all VG juice just fine before. My current mix is 30%VG. Maybe I'm leaning too heavy on my manual battery button for too long. Does anyone here have any suggestions regarding different manufacturer's carto quality? So far I have purchased all of my blanks from V4L, but I see that Midwest Vapor's are actually a better bargain. Anyone deal with them?

hmm can't remember if I ordered from midwest vapor's or not,, but I do believe they provide good service and product

I ordered my blanks from cigeasy and directly from china... they are all the same as far as blanks go if they are the current production..... NOW if V4L comes out with blank premiums that is a different carto (quailty I am unsure to comment)

[Cielo]

90% of all my juices are from tastyvapor, including tobacco. I have not ever had an issue with cartos turning black inside. I have some that have a slightly yellow discoloration to them but most are fairly white and many of my cartos have been used since Nov of last year. It does sound that you are vaping them too dry AND that you arent cleaning them on a regular basis. I found that the taste and vapor production is reduced after about the 3rd or 4th refill. Mine go into the dirty bin and soaked for at least 20 minutes in vodka then rinsed out with hot water. I blow excess water out and let dry overnight.

If you are looking to buy more cartos, lecig just got in a shipment of the blank cartz with the new easy to remove mouthpiece. Many of my cartz are from Lecig and I am very pleased with them. In fact, just placed another order Hope you figure out what is happening.

[miss MiA]

I found that the taste and vapor production is reduced after about the 3rd or 4th refill. Mine go into the dirty bin and soaked for at least 20 minutes in vodka then rinsed out with hot water. I blow excess water out and let dry overnight.

Approximately what proportion of vodka to cartos would be good for each batch of cleanings? I have a ~huge~ backlog of once-used cartos I want to catch up on (like, hundreds!), and it'll probably be tempting to throw in too many cartos at once per measure of vodka! So how many at a time to how much vodka, and then should I dump and refill the vodka before putting in more cartos? Also, is 100 proof vodka best or doesn't it matter really? Tia!

[Cielo]

I use straight vodka with the highest proof vodka i can find! I clean them weekly which amounts to the size of a med size glass baby food container. Fill it so that it covers all the cartz, put the lid on and shake it real good then let them sit for 20 minutes to an hour and shake real good before taking them out. Use fresh vodka/everclear (whichever is cheaper) each time you clean. Once tried to save and reuse and was just nasty and didnt clean the taste out of the next batch. Last, I rinse them real good with hot water and blow out excess. From my experience they need to dry 24 hrs or longer because the vapor production will not be as good if there is still some water in them.

I would cry if i had to clean 100's of cartos! lol. A med size baby food jar holds 15-20 cartz, which is about how many I use a week. Good luck and if i lived up there I would volunteer to help you clean them out.