What are the drip tips for when each bottle of liquid is a dripper in itself? Looks like there's yet different types of drip tips that fit different types of e-cigs. Why would I choose a "Debridged atomizer" over any one of the other FIFTEEN options?
There's so much room for error and ordering the right parts that I see myself spending more money trying to put together an e-cig than actually smoking it. Or worse yet, ordering the wrong parts and wasting time.
I'll try to make this slightly less muddy for you.
The 510-t uses tank cartridges and a small atomizer. You fill up the tank cartridge, assemble it, and you have approx. 2ml of liquid that you can go through before it's dry. I've never held one, so I can't tell you more than that.
Now, let's separate things a little bit. The 510-t is a system, comprised of a battery, atomizer and tank cart...so, on to de-mystifying things a bit.
Cartomizer: This is what you are currently using with your blu. A standard sized carto holds approx. 1ml of liquid. Inside the cartomizer case is wiring leading up to a coil (the atomizer) which vaporizes the liquid. All around the wiring and coil is what is referred to as filler material. This filler material holds your
juice, and as you vape what is in the carto new juice is pulled to the cartomizer. Abbreviated carto.
Atomizer: Remove the filler material, add a bridge with mesh on it and a wick, and you have a pretty run of the mill atomizer. Atomizers used to be used much like the 510-t setup, only with a much smaller cartridge that had some filler in it to hold liquid. Liquid capacity was very small, holding between .4 and .6ml of juice. These cartridges really aren't in use anymore, instead, people tend to drip juice right onto the bridge and it funnels down to the coil. You drip 2 - 4 drops at a time, and you get between 5 and 10 drags before you need to drip again. Most people only use atomizers to flavor test their juices before they put them into a cartomizer, or a device very similar to cartomizers which we don't even need to get into at this point. Abbreviated atty.
De-bridged atomizer: The stainless steel mesh and the bridge is removed from these atomizers. Some folks like them that way, you won't know unless you try, and I'd suggest not trying until you know whether you like a normal style atomizer or not.
Drip Tip: The name can be very misleading. Next time you see the word drip tip, change it to mouth piece in your head and you'll get an accurate representation of what a drip tip is. You can use them in atomizers and cartomizers, and the function is comfort for your lips (atomizers and cartomizers heat up if used frequently, the drip tip not so much) and getting your mouth a little bit away from the heating elements in these things so you don't have a problem with juice popping and getting in your mouth. There are different drip tips for different threading styles, so if you do pick up drip tips, make sure the number matches the threading (510, 901, 808, 306, etc.).
Battery: Can either refer to the device you attach your carto/atty to or the battery that you put inside the device if it has a removable battery. The KGO does not have a removable battery and your blu does not have a removable battery. The E-Power does have a removable battery, so I would put the E-Power in the "Mod" category, and I'll put the rest of the threading info in that category as well.
Mod: Think of it as a sleeve with a button and very likely some electronics inside that you put a battery in. When the battery is in and you push the button down, it shoots power to a connector. There are many different connector types, the two most popular being 510 and KR808d-1. The 510 battery has internal threads on the connector (female), the 808 has external threads on the connector (male). As a result, the things you screw on those threads will need to be of the opposite type, which really makes suggesting products difficult, and why research needs to be done before you even get started.
Now that that is all out there, I echo the recommendation for the KGO. It is 510 threaded, and you'll get the most flexibility out of a 510 threaded device. I recommend this kit:
SLB KGO Starter Kit. It's cheaper than the Sweet Vapes kit because you get 1100mAh batteries instead of 650mAh batteries at the base price (all that means is more battery life with the bigger number). I wouldn't bother with any of the check boxes that would add to your cost. Choose the color of the battery and the color of the drip tip that you want. Even if you don't ever plan to use the drip tip, it comes with it, so you'll need to choose. On cartomizer selection, if you want warmer vapor, go with whatever color of Smoktech 1.7ohm carto you want. If you want slightly (and I mean very slight) cooler vapor, go with the Boge 2ohm carto in whatever color you want. And if you want cool vapor, go with the Boge 3ohm carto. The ohm rating measures resistance. Less resistance means more power going to the coil in the cartomizer and more heat when it comes to the vapor produced.
Now, you're going to need juice along with this and fill the cartomizers on your own, but a quick YouTube search for "how to fill a 510 cartomizer" will bring up several videos of different ways to fill them, and none of them will be wrong...some will just be more messy than others =). Try a couple different ways of filling and settle with the one that is the least annoying for you.
You can get juice right from Dark City Vapor, and I've tried a couple of their juices and was happy with them. Get some 5ml samples, 5 or 6, and get one juice that you think you'll like the best and get a 30ml bottle of it.....it really sucks needing to take a blind shot like that, but you don't want to run out before your next order when you have a better idea of what flavor(s) you like and anything tastes better than a cigarette at this point right?
Outside of that, the only recommendation I have for you is to get an atomizer. A friend of mine has the LR 306 atomizer they sell for $5.25 and it performs very well, it works with the 510 threading. You will need to order a 306 drip tip along with it if you go this route. The reason you need the atomizer is to try flavors before you put them in a cartomizer, nothing more and nothing less.
Hopefully I've given you enough info along with my recommendation to pull you away from the haze of jargon and unfamiliarity that I myself was lost in not long ago. Keep it simple is definitely a good way to go, and for a one stop shop Dark City should do well for you. I believe they have a deal on a 3 pack of sample juices that can save some bucks when you're flavor hunting, and that's really going to be the hard part once you get all the terminoligy down.
Take care and good luck to you!
. What I recommended will be great to start you out, but if you're looking for hassle free for a full day (fill in the morning or the night before) you're going to need to look at either a high capacity cartomizer or some sort of tank, and even then tanks aren't hassle free. You need to slot or punch the cartos that go in them or buy pre-punched/slotted cartos, you need to make sure your o-rings are in good shape so you don't get leaking due to positive pressure, etc.
