Alcohol soak for me. It's one or the other if you vape dark juices, clean often or dry burn often. I've had atties last months with no need to dry burn when cleaned every few days, and the performance stays good as new before burning. Before I started cleaning regularly I had an atty last a year just blowing it out and dry burning. I think most long term drippers has experienced an atty that just won't die.
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yeah, I don't vape tobaccos or dark juices..
I've had one cisco last ~a year.. for me, they last any where from 4 to 8 months. they don't really pop, they just stop putting out good vapor.
I've tried a few other "brands" or sources of attys, and some of them would barely last a month.
my cleaning method:
1. go to the sink and cup my hand under the faucet, grab a handful of water.
2. use my atty (with drip tip attached) as a straw, and suck up the water out of my hand.
3. spit water out in sink.
4. repeat steps 2 and 3 as many times as possible until the water gets too hot to handle
5. suck as much air as possible through atty to dry, sling out whatever I can.
6. re-prime atty by dripping a bunch of juice in it, let it soak in, then blow all that juice out in a napkin.
7. drip and vape
whole procedure only takes a few minutes...
I only clean when it starts tasting off, usually about every week or so.