Another carto question...the stoppers.

[WalkinRuin]

I've been filling cartos for a few weeks now, probably correctly. I've been through many tutorials but I noticed the very first carto I filled had two stoppers. The first at the end which I replace by a drip tip and a second that sits just above the filler. None of the replacement cartos I've used came with the second stopper. Is the second one above the filler necessary to install after filling?

Regards,
-Ray

 

[Horselady154]

You mean that white plug-like thing? If so, use a paper clip and remove it.

 

[MiamiMom63]

Maybe a link to what you are referring to would help. I know some clear cartos have a plastic plug type layer above the filler and you inject the juice through a tiny hole. Is that the type you mean?

 

[BlueSnake]

I've been filling cartos for a few weeks now, probably correctly. I've been through many tutorials but I noticed the very first carto I filled had two stoppers. The first at the end which I replace by a drip tip and a second that sits just above the filler. None of the replacement cartos I've used came with the second stopper. Is the second one above the filler necessary to install after filling?

Regards,
-Ray

It was probably some kind of fluke. I've never seen a carto with 2 stoppers. What brand of carto was it?

 

[WalkinRuin]

There were two white plug like things. I think you are referring to the first. That is in the very end and I replace that with a drip tip. There was a second further in and it sat on top of the filler. I've been dutifully replacing the second one but decided to take it out. Much less gurgling now. I'm guessing it is not necessary.

This forum moves quick. Two other replies after the one i replied to. The carto came with a TubeTank from Volcano. Their replacement cartos didn't have that stopper. Probbly a fluke.

 

[MiamiMom63]

Yea, I'm actually thinking of the clearos that have like a plastic thing you inject the juice in but no filler. Hmm...

 

[MiamiMom63]

We would need a link to what you bought. Sorry.

 

[WalkinRuin]

You folks helped me figure it out. Much nicer vape now. Thank you.

-Ray

 

[chellemmm]

I think it is the little ring that is under the cap in some cartos. I toss.

 

[The Ocelot]

There were two white plug like things. I think you are referring to the first. That is in the very end and I replace that with a drip tip. There was a second further in and it sat on top of the filler. I've been dutifully replacing the second one but decided to take it out. Much less gurgling now. I'm guessing it is not necessary.

This forum moves quick. Two other replies after the one i replied to. The carto came with a TubeTank from Volcano. Their replacement cartos didn't have that stopper. Probbly a fluke.

You're correct that some cartos come with one further down. I saw it in an old video about putting carto tanks together and the guy replaced it after filling the carto, then put the drip tip on top of it. I think the concept was that it would keep juice from coming up into the drip tip. Form over function fail; buh-bye...

 

[Scoper50]

I know exactly what you're talking about. All 4 of the smoktech cartos that came with my DCT tanks came with them. I have found them incredibly useful in cartos that like to snap and crackle a lot. That "stopper" prevents juice from popping up into your mouth. It will also help stiffen the draw on some cartos that have an excessively loose draw. I don't use them all the time, but I have saved every one of them, and I use them when needed.

 

[Katya]

Yup. Old SmokeStik and some Truman cartos (4081) used to come with two sets of flat disks (and a thin silicone ring) to prevent hot juice sprays into vapers' mouths. I haven't seen them in a while. They were a nuisance and nobody makes them anymore, AFAIK.

 

[The Ocelot]

I know exactly what you're talking about. All 4 of the smoktech cartos that came with my DCT tanks came with them. I have found them incredibly useful in cartos that like to snap and crackle a lot. That "stopper" prevents juice from popping up into your mouth. It will also help stiffen the draw on some cartos that have an excessively loose draw. I don't use them all the time, but I have saved every one of them, and I use them when needed.

They make good replacement wheels for matchbox cars too.

 

[ron2116]

smoktech tanks that i have ordered have come with that tried it once didn't like the way it vaped with it

 

[WalkinRuin]

Thanks, I wasn't going crazy after all. I saw it on the first and put it on all the others that didn't have it. Liquid would collect on the top, drip down the middle, clog things up, bleah. Still in the learning curve on these things.

 

[Johnnie Price]

Yup. Old SmokeStik and some Truman cartos (4081) used to come with two sets of flat disks (and a thin silicone ring) to prevent hot juice sprays into vapers' mouths. I haven't seen them in a while. They were a nuisance and nobody makes them anymore, AFAIK.

They're still common in super minis. I have them in every 108 and l88b carto I buy.

 

[Katya]

They're still common in super minis. I have them in every 108 and l88b carto I buy.

Really? Didn't know that.

Yeah, 4081 is a supermini, too. Figures. I wonder why, though. They are a PITA, if you ask me.