Cartridge filler materials

[rhoneil]

Every once in a while I would get a faint burnt taste BUT I feel that its due to an empty atty and not the actual burning of the PTB material. If I feel that there is still some juice in the cart I would take a strong drag followed by a smother drag and its immediately better. I guess its just pulling more juice on the bridge.

"R" plug mod: this was working well but when i found that the juice was staying at the folds I moved to the folded, rolled, frayed plug mod. But since there was still some juice in it i turned the "R" upside down and vaped the rest.

The new mod im using has very few frayed ends near the atty (if any) this will ensure that we are not burning things we dont want burnt.

Phone: AT&T Fuze, i really like it, Im not sure that the youtube video does it justice but i like it. it makes it easy to make these videos and upload. funny, Im sitting it on top of a rubiks cube to hold it up while I shoot.

rho

hope this helps

[Blueyefox]

Hello, my first post. I've been Vaping about a month.
I am constantly reading this forum and trying things. I tried the pyramid tea bag, rolled, shredded, and it didn't seem to drain the liquid very well for me, I was always having to top it off. I also had the atomizer melt my cartidges, so now i'm down 2 cartidges. I got thinking about the aquarium filter material, which I haven't seen, but Imagined what it would be like. I thought I'd try cutting a piece of a Buff Puff (white). I ran across a generic one in the grocery store for .99. I bought 2. I cut a piece and stuffed my cartidge, and Its working perfectly, drains my cartridge every time. I use the Dragon M401 from Truesmoker.com.

[elpee]

Originally Posted by Blueyefox

Hello, my first post. I've been Vaping about a month.
I am constantly reading this forum and trying things. I tried the pyramid tea bag, rolled, shredded, and it didn't seem to drain the liquid very well for me, I was always having to top it off. I also had the atomizer melt my cartidges, so now i'm down 2 cartidges. I got thinking about the aquarium filter material, which I haven't seen, but Imagined what it would be like. I thought I'd try cutting a piece of a Buff Puff (white). I ran across a generic one in the grocery store for .99. I bought 2. I cut a piece and stuffed my cartidge, and Its working perfectly, drains my cartridge every time. I use the Dragon M401 from Truesmoker.com.

what is buff puff? should i know this product?

[Blueyefox]

Originally Posted by elpee

what is buff puff? should i know this product?

Its a Facial Cleansing Sponge, teardrop shapped. You can look it up on Amazon to see pictures, search for Buff Puff Facial Sponge. I bought a cheap generic kind for .99 at the grocery store. It's usually located in with facial cleansers or makeup section. I know CVS has it, I'm sure Walgreen's, I got mine at Stop & Shop. I bought the cheapie kind so I didn't sacrifice the ones I use at home. I googled Buff Puff MSDS Sheets to find out what it was made of, it didn't give any information on if it was heated. I have been using it for 4 days, and it doesn't burn on the atomizer. I eyeballed the catridge cut off a piece that seemed to be the size of the catridge and the width, and stuffed it in with paperclip (it was slightly wider than the cartridge but I was able to stuff it in), to fill it can do both fill with liquid first and stuff it in, or drop in and move the puff around with paperclip, till it soaks up all the liquid. I'm not sure if it affects taste, as I ordered my Juice from Johnsons Creek and it hardley has any taste compared to the sample pack I ordered, but it vapes well, compared to the samples that clogs my atomizers..lol

[Blueyefox]

Never posted a picture before...

Picture of a buff puff

[seminolewind]

Sounds like something worth trying. I have been having luck with this aquarium filter stuff that is blue and like a sponge, with the small holes, not the large holed one. That's the best I've tried so far. But I'll try that buff puff for sure

[Ellis]

Here is a quote from the Ruyan patent application about the original cores:

"The atomization is constantly supplied by the one hundred percent polyester fiber core that has been filled with the specially formulated liquid that wicks the wire mesh bridge"


Now this is why I enjoy this forum. Thanks for posting that, as I had always wondered what the core was made of.

[Ellis]

Has anyone tried using the material from say a roll your own filter?

Great idea. I will be trying that tonight. It's worth a shot.

[paladinx]

yeah why not use a cigarette filter?

[sethinphx]

Finally tried Pyramid Tea Bags for filler a few weeks ago, have been very happy with them ever since. After trying polyfill and Fluval, this is the best so far for sure. The poly and Fluval worked OK, but I was always hoping to find something better. Much as I tried to get the right size with the other fillers, it was a pain and seemed like I couldn't keep the atty on it...had to play around too much.

The PTB is so easy to make, and I have around 30 carts that I fill every weekend for the wife and I both to use all week. The take plenty of juice, always maintain contact with the atty and most carts last me between 3 and 5 hours of consistent vaping while I'm on the road working.

The taste is also very clean, which I was looking for since the other fillers sometimes gave an odd taste.

Cool thing is we drink tea all the time, so we didn't waste the actual tea...and it's hardly expensive considering how many fillers you can get out of one box of 20 bags.

I recommend this to anyone who's looking for a better filler, look for the video on making the pieces for the carts. It's very helpful, but it's also very easy once you start doing it.

SethinPhx