I wanted to post this in the newbie section to help keep them inspired. I've reached my 6 month mark of being smoke free and loving vaping as much as ever. I'm one of the minority of vapers who was able to lay aside the analogs the day I received my first Joye 510 kit from Cignot. During the past six months, I have graduated from the 510 to an Ego, from stock filler to Highping's Simple Cart mod, then on to Ego Mega cartos, 510 cartos, Ego Mega atty/cart (that was a real flop for me as I never figured out how to keep them from flooding or being too dry and leaking to high heaven so that set up came and left quickly). I tried making a homemade drip tip from the rubber off of an ergonomic pen and just couldn't find the "sweet spot" so I finally broke down and ordered a Delrin drip tip from Lite Cig and got it yesterday. For some reason, a genuine drip tip works like a charm and made all the difference in the world in flavor. I have now joined the ranks of the dripping vapers! 
I've gathered up all of my attys and given them a good dry burn and every one of them are still working like a charm. I will keep a few cartos handy for those times when dripping isn't convenient but until the kinks are worked out of them, I'm sitting on the sidelines. I still can't get over how long 3 drops of liquid dropped on an atty will last, not to mention the predictability of flavor and vapor production. I guess the bottom line here is---if you're frustrated and tired of carto failure and unexpected drop in performance, especially when they're only a few hours old, please invest a few bucks in a drip tip and give it a shot. It will save you a ton of money and make your vaping experience far less complicated. I now have ordered several other styles of drip tips so i can have an atty ready to go when I want to change flavors and several 3ml bottles to fill with my yummy Backwoods Brew juices, which I order in big bottles. Now I don't have to waste my liquid in a carto gone bad, nor waste all that time refilling and topping off. My only regret is that I didn't order my drip tip 100 cartos ago!
I've gathered up all of my attys and given them a good dry burn and every one of them are still working like a charm. I will keep a few cartos handy for those times when dripping isn't convenient but until the kinks are worked out of them, I'm sitting on the sidelines. I still can't get over how long 3 drops of liquid dropped on an atty will last, not to mention the predictability of flavor and vapor production. I guess the bottom line here is---if you're frustrated and tired of carto failure and unexpected drop in performance, especially when they're only a few hours old, please invest a few bucks in a drip tip and give it a shot. It will save you a ton of money and make your vaping experience far less complicated. I now have ordered several other styles of drip tips so i can have an atty ready to go when I want to change flavors and several 3ml bottles to fill with my yummy Backwoods Brew juices, which I order in big bottles. Now I don't have to waste my liquid in a carto gone bad, nor waste all that time refilling and topping off. My only regret is that I didn't order my drip tip 100 cartos ago!
