I use the eGo-T, and find it works just fine.
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Every time someone posts a question about the eGo-T, the first few posts, and then scattered throughout the thread, are some variation of 'go buy something else'-- particularly to go buy cartos.
Hey-- I'm having trouble partitioning my hard-drive, any thoughts? 'yeah, go buy a Mac'
Hey-- my espresso machine isn't producing the steam it used to; should I go get new nozzles, or is there a way to clean them? 'yeah, go buy a regular coffee machine'
Hey-- having a bit of trouble with my radiator, how should I troubleshoot? 'yeah, go get a new engine'
While getting a pack of cartos isn't as expensive as these examples, the principle is the same, and the suggestion is about as useful as posting "first!" in the thread. Usually, when people post questions about the eGo-T, they're looking for some help, to solve the problem; not all of us have cash to just up and buy a bunch of cartos, added to the money just spent on the tank system, which we would just be throwing away (or hopefully, posting on the classifieds for sale, here...). Some people are honestly trying to make the tank system work by *gasp* choice! Some people actually want to use the tank, they're just running into the peculiarities of the system. When these problems are figured out, the eGo-T is a reliable pv.
I think the eGo-T is just fine for noobs-- with the caveat that you have to have confidence in your ability to fiddle around with something a little bit; not everyone does. I'm not just saying this just because I went with the eGo-T as a noob. There's a learning curve involved with any system, it seems, and carts are no different: over-filling with the juice in the mouth, underfilling and burning them leading to the nasty taste that hangs in the filler for a while, cleaning them and drying them properly. I will admit, there is some fiddling around to bring the eGo-T up to adequacy-- basically, it's the wick mod (much thanks to simple CJ
). Once you have that down (I find using far less ptb, and not having it be too tight, is key...), then you've learned everything there is to learn about the eGo-T (extracting and replacing the wick-plate is the main thing, so that you can dry-burn properly-- at that point, you can even drip, if you want), and can settle in with a reliable-- flavorful-- pv. The eGo-T probably isn't as flavorful as cartos or dripping a standard atty, but a bulk of that is the stock wick; when you replace it, you get much more flavor at stock resistance.
Hopefully, people do their research if they're on their own for getting their first pv, or have a vaping buddy to help them along. And often, even that isn't enough, which is evident in the fact that most of us (judging from posts... maybe there ought to be a poll on this...) got an anny-sized battery-dance-in-a-box sort of pv to start with, against all reason and advice
. This is to say that, though there's probably a few people out there who totally bought the eGo-T on a whim with minimal research, the bulk of the people, I imagine, did some sort of leg-work before settling on the decision to get the T. So, when we post questions, we're usually looking for help, not a sales-pitch. Hopefully, one of the reasons people get the eGo-T is precisely because it allows the freedom to switch up what goes on top of the eGo battery-- that versatility is why the eGo seems to be a good system for noobs: you can figure out how you want to vape. But, for someone who decided to get the T, out of desire for it, and is running into the troubles that all T users run into, the advice to just buy something else just isn't very useful. There are enough of us around, now, who have gone through the learning curve on the T, that can actually give *gasp* helpful advice!
Almost done ranting, I promise;
One or two of the ol' carto sales-pitch is okay: maybe the op really doesn't know that cartos exist for the eGo. Sounds unlikely, but let's give that the benefit of the doubt. But, come on now! Often there's a sub-thread started in the original thread by, I imagine, people who were jaded or something, maybe by the hype around the tank system when it first came out. We all know how that goes: just look at our President. But, if someone has a problem to solve, which is actually solvable-- perhaps unbeknownst to y'all who expected a 'plug-and-play' pv, and didn't take the time to figure out how to get it into shape-- let us try to solve the problem. That's one of the missions of this forum, isn't it? I know I wouldn't've been able to quit annys with such ease, if at all, without it (it's been well over a week with no annys, and I don't even want 'em: vapor-production is far too weak!
Hence, the detox phase; hence: rant.). If the op figures out that the eGo-T is too much work to figure out (I will freely admit that there is some fiddling to get it totally reliable, and some people don't like to take things apart, which is just fine), then, yes, do go get some cartos. But, it's not very helpful to have that be the first suggestion right of the bat, and then the second, and then the third: the 'go get cartos' zombies at work
... and then the 7th, with the 8th through the 11th being a discussion about the newest, hottest carto on the market, followed by discussion about personal faves. Maybe the op just needed to fill the tank a little less than totally full, so it wicks properly from the get go-- or needed to take a few primer puffs without activating the battery, to get the wicking action going after changing tanks, ya know?
The eGo-T isn't for everyone, but just because it wasn't for you, doesn't mean that it's not bread-an’-butter for others.
Just sayin'
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p.s. I've read of some people using the wick from ce2's for the wick mod; kinda' wonder how well that works...
