Ok, so part of my juice order arrived today, a couple of small bottles from Janty - cola and strawberry.
I went ahead and cleaned/washed out one of the carts that came with my 901 (cleaned the wool under hot water, same with the cart casing, dried it all off etc etc, that right?) and went right ahead to refill it with the cola. I also blew out my atty before starting to make sure (as much as possible) that it was also clean.
Now, I have watched a lot of the vids on here about topping off and refilling etc, but in my excitement just went ahead without re-watching any of these, which might have been a mistake. I put about 6 drops into the cart and 2 on the atomiser (which I still think is wearing in at the moment - only a couple of days old) and went ahead to give it a try.
Now, I could taste the cola flavour, although it wasn't very strong, but I'm still getting a pretty poor amount of vapour at the moment. I know this is a common complaint amongst us newbies, but I wonder if anyone has any specific advice or has had similar issues and might be able to help?
Should I completely clean out my atty with hot water (or coke, or what?) and try again? I think the second time I topped off, I may have over-filled, as juice was pooling a little on the top of the wool in the cart, although strangely it was this time that the best vapour was produced.
The strange thing I've found throughout so far is that if I take a drag and just hold it in my mouth, then exhale, the amount of vapour is excellent. However, if I take a proper throat/lung hit as I might do on an analog (after taking it into my mouth first though, as I have been recommended on here), then the vapour on exhale is significantly less. Now I know that obviously not all of the vapour I see when mouth-hitting can be expected to come back when I lung hit, that's obvious, but the contrast is striking to me, and doesn't seem consistent with videos I have watched on here and elsehwere.
So any advice would be much appreciated, I'm heading out now, so will try again later and see how I get on. I don't think I'm puffing too hard, which I know can also cause problems and is common amongst n00bs used to analogs, as if I was to draw any lighter, the LED wouldn't even come on. I am also taking a primer puff as recommended, but perhaps the length/strength of that is too much. I am still getting an occassional burnt taste, but I presume that is either to drawing too hard/long and heating the atty arc too much, or because there is still some primer on the atomiser itself.
Anyway, let me know your thoughts please! I'm looking forward to trying more flavours and juice, but want to get this right first before I go spunking any more money.
P.S. How worried should I be about getting juice on my fingers etc? I am washing my hands whenever I have blatantly got it on there, but should I be concerned about any small cuts on my fingers, or in my mouth? Obviously I know I don't want nic juice in my bloodstream or it's goodnight Vienna!
I went ahead and cleaned/washed out one of the carts that came with my 901 (cleaned the wool under hot water, same with the cart casing, dried it all off etc etc, that right?) and went right ahead to refill it with the cola. I also blew out my atty before starting to make sure (as much as possible) that it was also clean.
Now, I have watched a lot of the vids on here about topping off and refilling etc, but in my excitement just went ahead without re-watching any of these, which might have been a mistake. I put about 6 drops into the cart and 2 on the atomiser (which I still think is wearing in at the moment - only a couple of days old) and went ahead to give it a try.
Now, I could taste the cola flavour, although it wasn't very strong, but I'm still getting a pretty poor amount of vapour at the moment. I know this is a common complaint amongst us newbies, but I wonder if anyone has any specific advice or has had similar issues and might be able to help?
Should I completely clean out my atty with hot water (or coke, or what?) and try again? I think the second time I topped off, I may have over-filled, as juice was pooling a little on the top of the wool in the cart, although strangely it was this time that the best vapour was produced.
The strange thing I've found throughout so far is that if I take a drag and just hold it in my mouth, then exhale, the amount of vapour is excellent. However, if I take a proper throat/lung hit as I might do on an analog (after taking it into my mouth first though, as I have been recommended on here), then the vapour on exhale is significantly less. Now I know that obviously not all of the vapour I see when mouth-hitting can be expected to come back when I lung hit, that's obvious, but the contrast is striking to me, and doesn't seem consistent with videos I have watched on here and elsehwere.
So any advice would be much appreciated, I'm heading out now, so will try again later and see how I get on. I don't think I'm puffing too hard, which I know can also cause problems and is common amongst n00bs used to analogs, as if I was to draw any lighter, the LED wouldn't even come on. I am also taking a primer puff as recommended, but perhaps the length/strength of that is too much. I am still getting an occassional burnt taste, but I presume that is either to drawing too hard/long and heating the atty arc too much, or because there is still some primer on the atomiser itself.
Anyway, let me know your thoughts please! I'm looking forward to trying more flavours and juice, but want to get this right first before I go spunking any more money.
P.S. How worried should I be about getting juice on my fingers etc? I am washing my hands whenever I have blatantly got it on there, but should I be concerned about any small cuts on my fingers, or in my mouth? Obviously I know I don't want nic juice in my bloodstream or it's goodnight Vienna!
