am i topping off too much?

[ashabrown]

Hi there

I have a ego-t and use Oohm 2.0 cartos and its been trial and error for the past few weeks. but no real cigs in 3 weeks is worth all the errors, plus the juices ive been using are so yummy


ive been using the condom method for filling a new carto to work the best for me. but im getting so much advice that im now confused about frequent i should be about topping it off once im activly using it. if im topping it off every time ive smoked it for enough time to feel like ive "had a ciggarette" then it mostly just ends up leaking, but when i clean things up and look at the top of the carto it still looks dry- which i thought was bad- that we alway needed to keep it wet. i feel like if im doing this much work for a carto i might as well use my atty...id love some advice on this, i know its going to be different for every one etc...but maybe a few examples of your carto-top off routine? that might help me get a better framework...i hope this makes sense

 

[Scotay87]

This a YMMV (your mileage may vary question).... The number of drops that fit depends on the juice and the drops size. I have heard anywhere from 20-40 but in the end 1ml is the capacity on a standard carto. Before a syringe (Luer Lock) I found dripping 6-8 drops than flicking like a thermometer several times and then repeating until the juice just begins to pool on top worked. Best gauge for you on when to top off would be to sacrifice a carto fill until you feel its full and vape it at your normal pace until you get a burnt taste. Obviously that carto would be toast but it give you an idea of how long a carto lasts at your vape pace. So if a freshly filled carto with say 30 drops lasts you 6 hours until you got burnt top of with 10-12 drops at around 3 hours. Make sense... Hope so...

HTH... Cheers

 

[CSpencer516]

i can get about 30-35 drops into a carto. what you do put the condom with the point on the bottom of the carto (so juice doesn't drip out the bottom, the start to drip 6-7 drops into the little hole in the middle of the cardo. it will go deep down to the bottom of the carto. then keep dropping juice in till it first starts to pull up. now this is a great tip, take a paper clip, or a pin,(i prefer a pin, but you can lose em easily-haha) and go to the inside walls of the carto where the cotton meets the wall, take the pin or paper clip and stick it right between the wall and wedge a space, this will start making air bubbles come out through the middle, and do it a couple of times in different places of the carto (spin it each time). once the pool is gone, round 2, drop about 7 more drops and stop right when you see the little pool forming up again, follow the same procedure. thats how i get 35 drops in, i hope you understood it. haha it looks something like this.


...oops, how did that last one get in there

 

[Mr.Whitecloud]

Mileage varies from carto to carto sometimes the fill is tight sometimes its loose.

 

[Hitmetwice]

Every one has there way that works, this is mine.

1. Firstly on the initial fill I fill the larger condom 2/3 full and gently and gradually
push it on the "open" end (after removing the white cap).

2. Then stand it up on the thread side.
(I sometimes partially insert the carto into the spare condom so it stands upright better)
Physics will keep the juice out of the middle tube during both steps.


3. Wait 3 or 4 mins. then turn it upside down(condom on bottom) and slowly remove.
Any leftover juice in the condom I suck up with a syringe and shoot back thru the dropper in the bottle. If there is no juice left over, add more to the condom then repeat!

After a few hours vaping or whatever, I'll fill the condom 1/4 to 1/2 way and repeat.
If I had put too much juice in the condom on the refill, it will still be in the condom.
If there is no juice left in the condom and the filler does not look soaked, add more
juice to the condom and repeat.

No muss minimal fuss. Vaped hard and always put away wet. YMMV

Cheers Hitme