Advice needed, Atty Noob; i06 attys on order...

[andyman97]

Ok, so please help! I have never owned an atty. I tried one at a vape meet a week ago and didn't see the big deal. But, I've been using boge 3 ohm cartos in tanks (boges have been the best for me, so far), rather than the myriad of smoktech dual coil cartos, and figured I needed to get a couple of attys to use at home, if for nothing else than for comparison.

I intend to continue using tanks because dripping in the car/at work would be a major pain. But at home, when relaxing, I wouldn't mind using attys if the flavor/vapor/TH are as good compared to cartos as everyone says they are.

Now, that being said, I primarily use 100% VG liquids. I vape boba's, gorilla juice, 100%VG sweet caroline (from ivape), and hype (again, I use boge 3 ohm cartos on my provari with tanks at aroud 4.5-5.2 volts).

On to the questions:
I do not want to ruin attys that I'm paying $8 each for, so, when I first take them out of the box, should I just drip and vape? If I decide to switch juices, do I need to go through any cleaning process? How frequently should i be cleaning these (I now it will depend on how frequently I vape them). How long should I see these last (again, I know it will depend on use). When I drip them, how much juice should I drip? Anything else I should know or be careful about?

Sorry for the noob post but I'd rather ask and have a plan than ruin them. Thanks!

 

[andyman97]

Anybody.....?

 

[fiercemoose]

I use atties almost exclusively, but have had my fair share of experience with cartos, tanks, clearomizers, etc... I do prefer atties at this point because the flavor and throat hit really are quite a bit better. When I'm dripping I don't worry about cleaning them out or anything between flavors. When you drip a few drops of a new flavor in, you'll definitely have some cross flavoring going on, but that subsides fairly quickly unless you are coming from a flavor that is super-bold (clove, pineapple, etc).

I'm like you... I like my stuff to be as easy as possible. Atties really aren't as finicky as they seem once you get the hang of them. A word of advice though, do NOT let them vape while dry. That will burn them up and make you hate life. Especially at voltages over 3.7. When you put on a fresh atty, I personally drip like 8-10 drops in them slowly (over like 5 minutes), which typically ends up flooding it, but really saturates it well. Blow out the excess or just vape through it, then you should be good. Hope that helps.

 

[andyman97]

Sure does, thanks!

 

[andyman97]

Thanks, again, moose. Attys arrived yesterday. I went ahead and saturated it with a good 8ish drops of juice, then I drilled out the delrin drip tip to prevent the oh-so-famous liquid hangup. I started vaping and wasn't terribly impressed. I took the atty off, removed the drip tip, and blew it out into a napkin. I put everything back together and hit it again. WOW, talk about flavor. It wasn't as drastic as I thought it might be from all the atty reviews I've read but it is significantly better than out of a carto. The vapor production is right on par with the boge cartos, nothing extraordinary but I tell you what, this morning, I didn't want to leave the atty home but I wasn't going to drip all day at work. As soon as I got home, I threw the atty right back on. I wish they could make cartos that give you this kind of flavor.

Anyways, thumbs up on this atty from me!