Am I doing something wrong...

[cowfodder]

the EGO-T eliminated the dripping, blue foam and the like. never looked back

I concur. Switched from a dripped 510 to the Ego-T and it's heaven. I know it gets mixed reviews, and I might just be lucky, but I finally managed to drop analogs completely because of it. Yes, I go through a little more juice, but that probably has to do more with the Ego-T being so darned pleasurable to use.