Anyone have problems with MFS Ego Mega Cartomizers?

[Zoey]

I am having serious issues with any of these from MFS, its getting to be a pain in my....i originally bought 2 of these. I was told by Chris to fill them from the bottom not the top. I should be able to fill these let them sit for a little while and be able to vape, but thats not the case. I will have to mess with the battery connection to get it started. Like apply a little pressure to the inside of the battery hole...not much not like turning it or anything. And if I unscrew it from the battery well good luck on getting it started again. I am using a Riva....as he said it would be fine. But I don't know. I really like them when they vape but its beginning to be really aggravating, and I think I only had one that I filled and it actually worked without having to mess with it. And about a day or so later it will come completely apart, usually the battery connection will pop off and get stuck on my battery, so i have to end up breaking it to get it off..I have 3 out of 4 dead, and the one I am using now hasn't been used much. He told me no one else has had this problem, i find that hard to believe. I really think these are junk IMO. He wants me to send everything back so he can look at them, eh its not even worth my time, i'll just find another vendor its not like I would probably want them since I can never get them to work properly. I don't know why he just doesn't take a few out of his stock and test them himself. I don't think he would pay for my shipping back....even if its a stamp...LOL sorry I am ranting, but sometimes you just know you shouldn't buy anything else when the vendor doesn't seem like he knows anything or is just trying to make a few bucks.......but i know some of you are going to bash me but, i have to say i have not had good experience with them. Now the mega atty i bought is fine....its just these are POS. I feel better now. I am just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience.


Now I'll rebut anything I have said if I am doing something wrong, but..i dont think thats the case. Feel free to suggest something or let me know if i am doing something wrong.

 

[mwa102464]

I think it is the case and your doing something wrong possibly, Chris is an excellent vendor and if you call him he will hook you up and or get you squared away one way or another, remember in this business you catch more bees with honey the vinegar, before posting negative always try to work with the vendor until your problems are taken care of, usually quality vendors like him are excellent with customer service, especially with newer vapers like your self, trust me, call him, maybe take a picture if you can of your unit so you can send it to him so he can look at your situation as well, could be a positive thing to do, could even be a quick fix, grab a couple of LR-510 Attys from him with a drip tip, this would be one of my suggestions for a good clean vape, 5-6 drops and vape, vape, vape, 5-6 drops vape vape vape, just my $0.02

 

[Zoey]

Im not trying to post negative stuff on here. But this has all been IMO so far, i did get lr atty from him as well as the mega ego atty and some regular cartos no problem with those its just the mega cartos, i think the main problem is they are made of plastic not metal like all of the other cartos, it seems where the battery connection is glued to the plastic it heats up and pops off, my husband says he could probably fix it, just glue it back in there and resolder the wires..but they should work without a prob. I can see one having the problem but not 3. I tried working with him and he really doesn't know. He wants me to send the stuff back to him and to send me replacements and I just really don't want replacements because I feel it will be the same thing. I may send them back just to see what he says to settle it. I don't think its anything I am doing wrong. Basically I take it out of the package, I fill it through the bottom, I let it sit for like a little bit, and then put it on my battery, and thats the just of it, but the just wouldn't work straight out of the package and filled, like i said I have a riva these are the mega ego cartomizers, i emailed him about that he said it would work on the riva. I really love the vapor off of these things and I would actually buy a ton of these if I knew they would work consistantly. I can take some pictures as well.

 

[Freedom]

I'm not trying to post negative stuff on here. But this has all been IMO so far, i did get lr atty from him as well as the mega ego atty and some regular cartos no problem with those its just the mega cartos, i think the main problem is they are made of plastic not metal like all of the other cartos, it seems where the battery connection is glued to the plastic it heats up and pops off, my husband says he could probably fix it, just glue it back in there and resolder the wires..but they should work without a prob. I can see one having the problem but not 3. I tried working with him and he really doesn't know. He wants me to send the stuff back to him and to send me replacements and I just really don't want replacements because I feel it will be the same thing. I may send them back just to see what he says to settle it. I don't think its anything I am doing wrong. Basically I take it out of the package, I fill it through the bottom, I let it sit for like a little bit, and then put it on my battery, and thats the just of it, but the just wouldn't work straight out of the package and filled, like i said I have a riva these are the mega ego cartomizers, i emailed him about that he said it would work on the riva. I really love the vapor off of these things and I would actually buy a ton of these if I knew they would work consistently. I can take some pictures as well.

Joey..Like I told you on the phone and in my emails to you, I have now sold over 4,000 of these cartomizers with only one problem which is the same problem you were having and that was that you were filling the cartos from the wrong end. Would have been nice for you to mention that this issue was a simple user error. Why you are having a problem with the plastic "popping off" the metal threads, seems somewhat logically impossible unless you pull or put pressure where the 2 meet. I don't know but that's why I asked you to return them so I could see for myself what might be happening. The only other thing I can think of is that the Riva might have a larger thread and might be causing pressure where the 2 meet...breaking the bonding agent when screwing the 2 together ... I have tried to help in this matter only to be blasted for good intentions and you are right ..I am trying to make a buck. Return the items you purchased from us and I will be very happy to refund your money.

 

[DivaB]

Sounds like that is easily taken care of, just send them back. Perhaps a small printed off note sent with orders so those who normally fill from top, know that you need to fill from the bottom would be a good idea. I'm a top filler, so I wouldn't have known this and I have never had the plastic type so I can't speak for that. I just like the fact that he is willing to take care of and see it through. Good Job.

 

[Plantgirl]

Dont know if this help you but when I had my Riva (had 4 break in one month in my opinion the Riva is junk!)) some of the ego cartos wouldnt work with them. Theres a post somewhere about filing them back a bit for use with an rive. Ill post that link when i find it. They do however work great with an eGo

 

[Plantgirl]

heres the link

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/ego-type-models/102174-new-ego-cartomizers-4.html#post1606090

 

[Plantgirl]

One more thing.. it really isnt MFSs fault about these cartos. Ive purchased them from few other vendors and I really used to like them but now ..not so much. In my opinion they are junk and I keep hoping someone will come out with a better one. I mainly just use the regular 510 cartos now. I think the taste stays the same much longer than the eGo version.

 

[Zoey]

Chris Im not trying to blast you. But you just have the attitude of like I did something wrong and I havn't. It could possibly be the riva battery, you just said it would work. So I trusted what you said and bought them. It has been a little frustrating. I have another one on its way of breaking, so I obviously cant use these, weather is my battery or your product. I'll send them back to you, you can just send me a mega atty for the price i pad for these if thats ok., i may buy a genuine ego battery and try them on that to see if they work. I really really like them when they work, so its not that I don't like them. I think everyone is entitled to speak their mind and be frustrated you have to understand my point of view as I have to understand yours. But everything else has worked and I'm really happy with that. So i can chalk this up as a mistake, on neither party its just something that happens. Sorry if I got a little carried away but I was really aggravated with it and Having my husband being mad because he thinks i got ripped off doesn't help LOL

 

[Zoey]

IMO i think they need to be made out of metal and where the metal glues into the plastic on the inside that i think has an issue. I dont have any problems with regular cartos.

 

[Zoey]

Well it may not be his fault but they are his products he is selling.

 

[-iD]

fwiw i got a 5pk of the ego mega cartomizers too and hated the three that worked, the other two being DOA. One never got any juice to the coil and burnt badly immediately upon use, and the other two "working" ones "worked" ok, but ran dry and tasted like burnt plastic throughout use. i ended up pitching them and lamenting the 11 ml of juice i lost in them.

one of the drawbacks to a filler based carto, you can't dry burn it to test it out prior to use, so you have to commit to risking a fill's worth of juice to find out if they are DOA, so the mega cartos risk even more. i've only had one DOA out of 50+ boge LR 510 cartos, so i'm just chalking the whole Joye Mega Ego Carto experience up to a product that didn't get enough R&D.

Regardless of the attitude you may feel you are getting, sounds like your supplier is trying to do the right thing with you, so let him take care of it and just give up on the mega cartos, at least this generation.

 

[Zoey]

Yep I think your right. Hopefully something better will come along, the ego-t looks promising but i don't want to get my hopes up LOL

 

[Cee_Jay]

I too had a box of eGo mega Cartos with 2 bad ones, same probloem as you so it definately is not the supplier - it's typical Chinese QC.

Awaiting a 3 box order of 510 Boge 2Ω cartos looking for a better/easier way.

 

[bruiser]

Heck, I just ordered some a couple days ago. Guess I'll find out when they get here.

 

[kelleymcm]

hey I just read thru this thread & am having some issues with my mega's (not from MFS) but hubby has figured my issue out .... but I was wondering after seeing the guts of these guys ....

If You were bottom filling .... Did you ever take the top apart & punch out the fill hole ???
I would assume you did or... How did you get it to vape at all ? hmmm nevermind....

Ok so I have Riva's too & hubby says I tighten it down TO HARD ,which in turn pushes the center part of the cart out of place & causes a direct "short" .... then I get no connection ...so it seems DOA ... but It registered the same #'s on a meter as the working ones ....

So the fix in this case is to pull the little center piece up just enough to make it stick out of ( not flush with or lower than) the inner ring ....so hard to explain ....look down in the cart bottom & reread what I've said .

he uses a toothpick that has had it's tip broken off to stick in hole just enough to be able to gingerly rock the little piece up ....it has a rubber type sleeve that keeps it from contacting the outer ring (threaded part), so it moves within that ring . Then it will make to connection if it's not screwed on to tight, if it is then the process needs to be repeated , been there a few times today

make sense to anyone ?? I LOVE these things & will do whatever to make them work !!

 

[ericscott]

The only way i can get them to work on my riva is trim a little of the plastic from the bottom so that they can fit on them right they work fine on my ego battys cris is a good guy im sure he will make it right...

 

[Zoey]

Ok I'm posting an update, my husband decided to take this upon himself to fix it, this I would say is the Riva batterys and just the overall construction of cart = flawd, not Chris's fault, but the issue is that the cart is too long for riva batterys, and the inside plastic that the battery connection sits in is not glued together.....so my husband just trimmed off the plastic from the bottom up to where plastic insert is, so he could fix them, he did resolder the wires, and pop it back into place, it doesn't look that great but its functional and fires everytime, you could get away with trimming just some of the cart if yours hasn't poped completely off.....and if it does just do this: here is a picture...




So if i want to buy anymore i'll just have to mod them. thanks Chis, you did try to fix this problem, everything is ok now but im still going to leave this thread up in case anyone has issues with the these and the riva batteries.