That darn burning taste

[MNZ]

jd, I think the solid metal bridge is there to prevent the wool bridge from being pressed onto the heating coil. I would imagine that the turbulence and resulting pressure drop, suction effectively, of our inhalations could place quite a bit of pressure onto the wool bridge from the cartridge material, that coming into contact with the heating coil could potentially cause all sorts of nasty things to happen, not the least of which could be a wee shock in the gob mate ! Oh and the death of it's electronics.

Looking at the possible airflow patterns, I think that the droplets are created from the basket surrounding the pot rather than from the bridge, that I think is there only to draw the liquid into the basket.

[jdrancor]

Perhaps there is a more effective way of getting the liquid to the mesh surrounding the wire basket. The cartridge-wool to the steel-wool transfer leaves alot to be desired - mainly that you can end up with a bunch of liquid left in the bottom of the cart. The straw method, as detailed by Katink, about halfway down the page works allright, and provides a longer time between cart-replacements. There must be a better way.

Combine this with a non-burning atomizer center, and we've got something.

[Nazareth]

Originally Posted by RatInDaHat

hell, if someone makes a good ultrasonic one, i'd pay the price. .

Me too- We're already paying big prices for devices that don't last, how much more expensive would an ultrasonic one be? I'd rather pay another 50$ and get somethign that's goign to last 6-8 months or more, than to have to keep paying for atomizers that burn out- this would also be a boon for the ecig makers as they could then stop having to replace the atomizers, and would make hteir money off of Cart sales, battery sales & accesory sales.

[MNZ]

my thoughts on cartridge design will the subject of my next long post

[jdrancor]

I can't wait to hear! MNZ, you've got a really great grasp of the working of these things. It's a pleasure to read.

[TheEmperorOfIceCream]

Whaddya need to have and is it contagious?

[jarvis]

I was just thinking about my cartridge idea, and now realize it's a silly waste. The only thing that wears out on these things is the coil/thread heating element, So the cheapest/most conservative thing would be to make an e-cig where this part is easily replaceable. Thereby we could buy a whole bag of the little rope/coils for a dollar or two, then just flip back the steel wool bridge and plug a new one in as needed.

Oh, and you guys with rn4081s watch out for your cleaning cycle. It's like a mission impossible device destructor. The light will start flashing and you will hear the atomizer bubbling for about 20 seconds. It almost always leaves a bit of a burnt taste, and if you don't have the atomizer completely saturated/full of e-liquid when the cycle decides to start, there goes your thread! This cleaning cycle is dictated by the battery, as it is what stores the number-of-puffs info apparently, so I lost a brand new atomizer the other day. I took a couple drags off it, put it in my pocket and noticed my pocket was burbling, took it out to find it flashing the cleaning cycle, and yep it was burnt...

[RatInDaHat]

i've gotten into the habit of removing my battery whenever it flashes on my mini.. Sometimes it does that. After that it tastes like smoking a firework for half a day.

[jarvis]

yes, I really don't understand what this "cleaning cycle" is supposed to achieve. In the manual it claims to heat clean the atomizer, and as we all know from the way these things work, you can't heat clean a fiber.

[RatInDaHat]

I think it is an engineered failure. Self Cleaning Looks cool on paper, but not so cool in action.

-Dusty-