Easter Egg found in our Vivi Novas

[deltr]

^{I posted this to reddit's r/electronic_cigarette with good feedback, so I wanted to definitely make sure it's on ECF}​

Good news, everyone!

So you have your Vivi Nova or a Nova Mini (like me), and you love them. I do too; they are great. The only gripe I ever had with them was a pool of liquid kept gathering in the top cap below where the drip tip sits. It's common, yeah. All my pleas for help within the community were met with 'that's just how it is' and I dealt with it.

One day I was cleaning my drip tip, then I got out of the shower and started cleaning these mouth pieces for the novas. I sprayed compressed air in and this little guy on the right popped out.

Wat dis? It has one right-angle end, and one rounded (slightly) end.

I tried positioning it in all different parts of the drip tip to see if it could reduce juice traveling up the tip and getting into my mouth. Nothing showed results until I tried placing it inside the top cap

The result? You guessed it. Damn you're smart. Dry as a bone.

_{TL;DR: There's a small grommet hidden in those stock
drip tips that can be used to keep your top cap from
flooding with condensation all the time.}
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[Darksyde]

Cool! I've got a nova on the way and I appreciate the heads up!

 

[Un-Loco]

I dont get it, your nova heads didnt come with the rubber cap on the tip? Is this a new rubber tip?

 

[deltr]

I dont get it, your nova heads didnt come with the rubber cap on the tip? Is this a new rubber tip?

Of course they did. The product wouldn't work at all without that piece. The hat for the atomizer head seals the center post to the bottom of the top cap. This smaller sleeve i'm talking about is found inside the stock black drip tip that is included with the Vivi Nova.

 

[MrKV]

Right away when I had got my tank I put my own tip on. Just found the stock tip and pushed that little seal out, I would've never realized this without this post. Never really had too much of a problem without it but good looks

 

[anavidfan]

Hi guys, I found this a while ago and it was an amazing find. Out of three I have only one had the little tube in the mouth piece. Since then I have "guarded" this little piece but somehow Ive lost it. I wonder if there is anyway to get another, it now keeps getting juice down the center pole and I get gurgling etc. I guess I can search to see if I can get maybe a small aquarium tubing and see if I can cut it to fit.

 

[Petej]

I just picked up Vivi mini yesterday and found the little rubber tube inside my drip tip. Popped in the top cap and viola! No more juice in the mouth! Thank you for suggesting this!

 

[pericat]

Well. How about that.

That thing fell out of my tip the first time I washed it. I couldn't think what it might be for, so I just stuck it back in and washed more carefully next time. Figured I'd eventually find out what it was, and now I have.

Thank you; nice, very nice detective work!

 

[Bama Bomb]

Excellent find!! Thank you.

 

[aDeLx]

wow i never realized, Thanks!

 

[bigbassbrent]

Thanks for this vivi tip, I just tried it. And alos thanks for posting the reddit r/electronic_cigarette. I love reddit, now I have more to read on my phone's reddit app!

 

[Clovery]

thanks for the heads up! this worked for my mini but not for my regular vivi nova.

 

[gmypc]

Looked at mine - must have washed down the drain the first time cleaning it

Oh well, now I have to buy another one

 

[rik701]

Another tip that i read on her somewhere is to continue hitting after you let off of the power button for a sec to clear out all the vapor so you don't have the condensation being left in the unit. That is what i do when i remember to. But i have never had too much of an issue with this.

 

[ninjuh]

Yeah this works on the mini but not the regular. Doing this with the regular actually forces the rubber piece down on top of the other rubber piece over the coil head, causing it to become dislodged & all sorts of tweaked out. Good find tho. I wonder what the real purpose of this rubber piece in the tip is tho?

 

[tater_salad]

I've kept mine in the drip tip.. but at one point I stuffed it down just enough for it to stay in the center hole in the metal top.. didn't relly notice a difference.

 

[bsidb]

I was curious why one tank had to be tipped and dabbed with tissue,and anouther(the one with the piece it tip) did not. Had not noticed it before but would tip and get no discharge and now know its that piece doing it. The tanks I have are not mini's and only 2 of 3 have the insert.All from gotvapes at differnt times, the newest SVT with metal tube and window has it.

 

[Phil McRotch]

Nice. I'm actually waiting on my Vivi Mini to arrive either tomorrow or Thursday. I would have instantly swapped out the drip tip and never give a second thought about it..

Time to probe the stock drip tip

ETA: Just got my Mini Vivi - found the easter egg in the stock drip tip. I tried it without the silicon insert and I haven't really had any juice/condensation going into my drip tip. But I put it in the top cap anyway since it's supposed to be there.

Anyway, it works perfectly. Juice that I thought was pretty nasty in a carto tank, actually came out pretty damn good in the Vivi.. Makes me wonder why I never got one in the first place.

 

[heater]

I had my top off with the drip tip attached and pushed a Q-tip through to clean the drip tip and saw the plastic piece coming out of the top cap. I pushed it until it almost came out and then put the cap on the tank figuring the plastic piece would adjust it self to the right position.
I had no idea what i was doing, now i do. Thanks

 

[IceManJP]

Ok so this will have pics because i tried to explain it to someone before and i simply had to show it.

1. Vivivnova mini Atomizer disassembled



2. Disassembled drip tip





3. All disassembled parts of ati and tip



4. Combined the drip tip rubber tube and the metal ring from the top of the ati



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