510 atty trouble (off brand?)

[JTman]

Hello everyone. I had bought some 510 atties on the classys a while ago in preparation of recieving my Provari. I've had it for a while now and finally started using these attys. The first thing I noticed was that there is only one hole on the side. This strikes me as odd as every atty I've used has two holes. Another oddity is that the hole isnt on the cylinder just above the threads, its on the lip (the hole faces downward instead of out)

I have no clue if this has any effect on performace, but I can say I have been less than impressed with them. The first one seemed fine and served me well for about 2 weeks. Meh, 2 weeks is a decent life span, I vape about 1-2mls per day. The 2nd one popped after 20 minutes of "fighting" with it. There was almost no vapor and the taste was terrible (I blew out the primer as best as I could, but still almost no vapor production regardless of the voltage setting).

So onto the 3rd of 5. This one is producing vapor, but its not performing that great. I've been using it all day and it still has a metallic taste to it and the vapor production is still low, even when I crank up the voltage. I've flooded the crap out of it, blown it out, re-dripped, swapped flavors, tried all kinds of voltages, and it still is giving me crappy performance.

So has anyone encountered crappy attys before? I've only been vaping for about 5 months now so I havn't had a ton of experience. Are these some kind of knock offs? Should I just toss this one in the garbage instead of "fighting" with it? Ugh I just feel very frustrated right now. Everything has been gravy since I got my Provari, but even this bad boy cant seem to salvage these atties.

Just to add, I drip, and when not dripping I use my Clearomizers for on the go. Thanks in advance!

 

[Cil]

Yep, have a bunch of ....ty atty's, doesn't seem to matter what supplier I get them from sometime they are good sometimes bad finally gave up and just use boge cartos.

 

[JTman]

Carto's are alright. I do enjoy my clearomizers when I have to be on the go. Ive mostly been a dripper as I can never seem to vape the same flavor for more than 10 minutes lol. Theres just so many flavors that are so tasty and I'm always wanting to switch them up.

To be fair, I have never actually had a boge carto. I'm always hearing good things about them, perhaps I should pick up a 5pack soon. I havent acutally used any of my cartos in a long time. I really should give them another shot since I have my provari.

So can anyone shed any light on these "one-hole'd" atomizers? Any idea where they might have come from?

 

[B Pak]

Never tried the ones with only one hole on the lip, but from what I remember reading, they don't perform as well. I use the regular 510 atomizers from Totally Wicked. They are the sht,

 

[JTman]

Unbelievable, just had another one die on me! Didnt even last 24 hours! I just can't figure it out, I thought maybe they just werent broken in, but these things just aren't producing. So, anyone have a recomendation on some standard 510 attys for a good price? I think I missed the Good prophets sale...

 

[hairball]

Go to ikenvape.com and buy some of theirs. They last a long time and taste fantastic. I remember the add in the classy's. I almost bought some...glad I didn't.

 

[JTman]

Yeah I think I'll just go ahead and pick up some from Iken, they are always very highly praised. And I think I'll pick up a 901 if he sells them as well. A lot of people seem to like 901s and I've never tried one. I just put the last one on and its vaping like a champ! I guess 2 out of 5 isnt... yeah its bad. Oh well, sometimes you lose. I just want to know where they came from so I never buy from that vendor!