About to give up on Blu, can anyone help?

[atlborn]

I'm a week into using my blu kit, its very convenient since it charges on the go and such.... I smoked about half a pack of analogs a day before and blu has helped cut down a lot. My issue like everyone else, is the vapor consistency and it’s going to drive me crazy. I know I can buy the eliquid but I don’t have time or the patience for that stuff. Has anyone found a fix for this OTHER than buying new attys, carts or eliquid? I have removed the foil, tapped the cig, shook it, twisted the cart around ect... I know there must be a way to fix this without buying any new parts. Thanks in advanced!

 

[scross1]

I'm sorry but I don't know anything about your Blu. Some general advise would be to make sure your battery is nicely charged. Also, that your atomizer is clean. Are you adding juice to the carts or just replacing carts when they get low? Juice higher in VG will increase your vapor. Good luck and don't get discouraged. Keep reading and I bet you'll find the answers you need.

 

[Brad524]

Honestly the Blu and Volcano are the same set up with inter changeable parts, carts, atties, batteries, etc,..... Volcano is cheaper and a little more efficient with vapor production, also there is more liquid in Volcano.

 

[N00bx7]

IMO send the blu crap back get s 510, or a 901. I tried blu had nothing but inconsistent, weak vapes and juice in my mouth. They are expensve for being super minis I think.

 

[dr3day]

I gave up on the Blus and ordered a Tornado. The cartridges are the worse. I actually bought refills to fill it myself and cut the cotton in half and it was still a PITA. You can try the 510 carts with the 510 atomizer I hear its better. Or when you open a new cart, grab a paper clip and push the cotton down as far in as you can, that will allow the juice to rise up to the top giving you better vape.

 

[Nepenthy]

Other than dripping I cant think of anything that will give you a better hit with the Blu. I was only able to tolerate 2 weeks with the blu, before switching to a 510. Im open to stand corrected, but I think all cartridge based ecigs will have some type of consistency problem. I switched over to dripping and never looked back. Now when the hit is weak, I drip. No more shaking it like a thermometer, fudging with the polyfil...etc.

 

[shutterbug]

I also gave up on Blu within a few weeks. They actually did honor the 30 day satisfaction guarantee. No questions asked. They put the refund right back in my account.

 

[Harleymedic53]

Everyone seems to give up on Blu.. Just get something 510. I'm sure you'll be happier w/ it. I love the battery life of my eGo/tornado and it uses 510 stuff. So there are upgrade options from the regular 510

 

[zoiDman]

I have a Blu and think it is Too Cool !

Too cool because it is so small. If you want something that you take to a party or a bar to show people, Blu is the ticket.

BUT

If you want something that can perform all day and replace analogs, Blu comes up very short. Blu's downside is that the batteries are to small and the carts just don't have enough juice.

Mine will hit great for about 3 hits and then it needs to rest for a few minutes while the atomizer wicks up some more juice. And since the batteries are so tiny, the don't hold much of a charge. When the charges gets low, the hits get weak.

If you like e-Cigs, do yourself a favor and get a 510 or an eGo.

 

[atlborn]

Thanks yall, I think i'll order the 510 atty and a few carts and if that doesnt work then hopefully i'll be within the 30 day return period.

 

[Icebaron]

I have not heard anyone say anything bad about the 510 yet.

 

[Rambosmurf]

A 510 atty and carts will help, but make sure you have plenty of batterys on hand. When going that route it eats them up. I know I tried it when I had my Blu. Like almost everybody else, sold it and got a full size 510.

 

[OIIIIIO]

I have not heard anyone say anything bad about the 510 yet.

I'll start then. Ever since getting a 510, my clothes don't stink and my wife keeps wanting hugs. When I used blu, I still smoked and she left me alone. With the 510, I don't have any urges to smoke and haven't for close to 3 weeks. Damn 510 ruined the personal space that kept others away from me.

yes, I tried the blu and it helped me cut back. However, I still had cravings for analogs. Now that I have a 510 (and eGo batt, PT, and HP mod) I don't crave at all. Just happy oderless vaping!

 

[Jonmo1]

Congrats on the chose to Vape instead of smoke.

No matter which Ecig you get, it's going to require more fuss than smoking regular cigarettes. Quitting ain't easy, so it's about right that Ecigs take a little work.

If cost isn't an issue (which getting off cigarettes should not have a pricetag), then keep the Blu. Never get rid of any Ecig "stuff". Always wise to have backup and extra useable parts.

As far as making Blu work better...Try the PTB mod. I've been doing that for about 2 weeks now, works great.
Also, try Volcano Atomizers, the bridge sticks up higher than the Blu's atty, makes it protrude into the liquid more, better wicking = Better Vapor. Works pretty darn well for me.

Damn 510 ruined the personal space that kept others away from me

That is halarious....and so true...

 

[Mr.Self_Destruct]

Hi, I'm new to vaping and have a Blu, i'm very happy with it. I did have to boost it's performance though. I tried 510 atty, 510 Cartomizer and also a 306 atty. Using the 306 atty and 306 carts the vape production is very good. and it still looks stock. Get a 510 passthrough then you can tell what a 510 is and now you have one at a fraction of the cost. Also you may want to try VG based liquids with your blu as well, although i don't seem to like vg as much. Hope this helps. Don't give up on your blu all super mini's run into the same problems, short battery life(due to size) and doesn't hold much juice(due to size)

 

[Sallana]

Hi,

Since this is a two paged thread now I am going to assume that someone else has already said what I'm about to say. However, I don't feel like combing it to make sure, so here is my story.

I, much like you, jumped into the e-cig world completely blindfolded and my first purchase was a blue costing me a total amount of 160$ (I bought a ton of extra carts, too.) Soon after, silly me, found this forum and started reading reviews - none of which were good.

I was pretty dead set in 1. Wanting my e-cig to look like an analog and 2. making the freaking thing work without having to buy a new one.

The whole thing became quite an adventure. I tried all sorts of things from, as you say, tapping, shaking, twisting. In the end, what worked the -best- (and when I say best, that still doesn't mean it worked WELL.) was extracting the liquid from each cartridge and storing it in a tube.. You can do this with a medicine dropper or if you have a syringe that would work great as you can just store the liquid in there. Then, I used a completely empty cartridge (without the little juice pack in it) and I would drip. That seemed to work the best. Be very careful, however. Because the Blu bats are automatic and you can mess up a battery real quick if you over juice the atty.

That is the best solution if you are adamant about not buying a different e-cig. You can of course drip other juice on it too, which I would suggest trying as the stock liquid sucked iirc.

In the end, I couldn't take it anymore, got some suggestions from folks around here, and I bought a joye 510 kit from VaporKings.com. They ship REALLY FAST. and I can't say enough good things about the joye 510 especially as a beginner e-cig.

I'm now about to graduate to the Protege v1.1 (spent another 150$ ish on that, lord please let it be good! reviews swing both ways.) from puresmoker.com

So my suggestion? Get a new e-cig.. the Blu is only going to drive you nuts because it's really the atomizer and batteries themselves that suck. It generally doesn't have much to do with the juice. I remember using Blu juice with my joye 510 for a couple days while I was waiting for my order from tastyvapor. It worked fine. wasn't delicious, but worked fine.

I would also suggest really reading up on how e-cigs work, and get a big battery mod next. Skip right over the joye 510 because while it is a wonderful starter cig for people who aren't quite sure about how mods work.. it does have its own issues. REALLY low battery life will drive you nuts. If you decide to get the joye 510 instead of a big bat mod to start off with, get the PCC (Personal Charging Case) it's really worth it.

I'm sorry to see yet another person enter the vaping world with the ....ty cig known as the Blu. I don't understand how these mass-produced ....ty e-cigs get so much more publicity than the quality ones. Blah.

Also, I know that your Blu is cool because it looks and feels like a real cigarette, even works like one.. but really get a manual battery (has a button you push to make it vaporize) they are much better. Soon you will realize that the style and feel don't matter as much as the effect.

Okay, I'm done now.

 

[vikassi]

i had some problems with the blu when i first got it as well. I read through these forums ALOT finding ways to mod and increase the effeciency of the damn thing and I did! just buy some eliquid, i know you said you didnt want to fuss with that but thats the only option, the stock carts suck but refiling or modding the carts properly, such as the PTB work great. I know, Ive tried. I smoked for 16 years, got the ecig and havent had a smoke since. I cant believe how easy it was. Trust me, all ecigs are not effecient with their STOCK carts. Thats why you see these forums flooded with mods and complaints.

 

[Jaka]

I'm a week into using my blu kit, its very convenient since it charges on the go and such.... I smoked about half a pack of analogs a day before and blu has helped cut down a lot. My issue like everyone else, is the vapor consistency and it’s going to drive me crazy. I know I can buy the eliquid but I don’t have time or the patience for that stuff. Has anyone found a fix for this OTHER than buying new attys, carts or eliquid? I have removed the foil, tapped the cig, shook it, twisted the cart around ect... I know there must be a way to fix this without buying any new parts. Thanks in advanced!

I use Volcano and Sidesho, which are essentially the same as the Blu.

One thing I found out after a week or so: don't twist the cart! The Volcano instructional video even tells you to do this to open the foil on prefilled carts, but grating against the foil was ripping the wick on my atty to shreds. My first atomizer was destroyed in 4 days. (Volcano was really cool about that and replaced it for me, against their own policy, just out of compassion.) I've had much saner atty life and more consistent vapor since I stopped wrecking the atty wicks.

Blowing out or cleaning your atomizer will do wonders to restore vapor and flavour, even after just 3 or 4 days if you vape heavily, or vape certain flavors - I suspect most tobacco flavors are somewhat atty-clogging. Swapping out for a fresh battery as soon as vapor drops off, instead of waiting until the LED flashes, can help keep your atomizers cleaner. Likewise, swapping out for a fresh cart as soon as the flavor drops off, instead of trying to use up the last few drops, keeps you from drying out the atomizer and may prolong its life and performance. (Hearsay on my part.) There are stickies about cleaning atomizers, from blowing through one end to get extra liquid out through hot water rinses to alcohol soaks and using an ultrasonic jewelry bath (mine's on order...)

I don't have any experience with quirks specific to Blu, but I can wholeheartedly recommend Volcano and Sidesho - there's a thread about Blu/Volcano interchangability that claims the Volcanos produce better vapor and can be used with your Blu kit. (I defer to anyone with actual experience at that, though.) I don't know if Blu and Sidesho are intercompatible, but Volcano and Sidesho work best-of-both-worlds together: the Sidesho batteries last longer, and the Volcano attys are half the price. Sidesho has a quirky atty (low bridge) so only Sidesho carts and atomizers work together. But if you have the money to burn, I'd say get all your replacements from the Sidesho line, since their carts hold more and their attys seem less fragile. Both companies' prefill carts taste good (though if you refuse to use liquid you're missing out on a whole world of wondrous flavors!) and both companies have great customer service and ship quickly.

And don't let the haters get you down. I love my Volcano and my Sidesho. When I want a cigarette, when I would normally have a cigarette, when I want to hang with the other smokers, those are what I reach for. They live in the watch pocket of my jeans, so I don't have to reach far. No, they're not the best choice for a 3-hour vape-and-type, or for puffing away in the bubble bath or watching late-night TV. But there's something that's easy for vapers to forget - most of us, at some point, saw PVs as a funny kind of cigarette, and the similarity to cigarettes was comforting. A 510 can be very reminiscent of a cigarette, especially compared to something like a Screwdriver or a Chuck, or the gorgeous gorgeous GGTS I will someday own - but when your hand is still trained to a cigarette and vaping is still a replacement for smoking cigarettes, there's nothing wrong with something that differs as little as possible from a king- or 100-size tobacco stick. Soon enough, you'll probably find that vaping is an art in itself, a totally different hobby with way more possibilities than smoking had. Maybe you'll be all over that and order something that looks like you're smoking the tail of a scorpion and start mixing your own liquids then. But nothing says you have to. Find what works for you, even if it's 3 different things for 3 different purposes, and let that be what matters.

 

[Jonmo1]

Very well said Jaka.

As far as Blu/Volcano compatiblity...
I have experienced and yes, they are completely interchangeable.
You can use ANY Volcano Part with Any Blu Part. Vice Versa.

I like the Volcano Atty's better. They stand taller, therefor go into the liquid further, better saturation, better vapor.

 

[jmpenza]

I returned my Blu also but when I did have it I used the blue foam mod for the cartridge and leared it worked very well with the Blu atty. Of course since its so small it didn't last that long, about 30-60 min battery and cart life but it did the trick for me. I upgraded to a revolver Gemini which had the same PCC as the Blu but for the 510 stuff. sooooo... Blu wasn't that bad but their prefilled carts are garbage.