Hey guys,
Even though this is a dead thread (last post was in March), I thought I would throw it back out there with a few afterthoughts.
I am still using my original attys that get a lot of vape time and have now lasted around 5 months. I never had the leaking problems other than those I created myself, and I too found that after a while the regular cleaning and pure pg tanks were not really working anymore. I ran across the wick mod thread and it has changed everything again. Once you do it a few times, it is really easy. Sometimes I have to change the wick after only a week of heavy vaping with particularly heavy liquids (still using 50/50, but some flavors are just gummier). It only takes a couple of minutes and a quick dry burn, and it's back to normal. I have a pass through that will stay on as long as I want, so I can just burn straight through the gunk until read, then do some short bursts to finish it off, back to it's glowing red self.
A couple of times I was getting that chem taste that you get with a new wick, even after I heated it to red before putting it back in the atty! I was getting a bit frustrated and was seriously considering investing in the go-go system. I also started to get a tad bit of leaking around the needle, and that is what made me consider the go-go. Eventually I decided that I would dump all of the original tanks I have been using (I have been rotating around 5 different ones), clean everything out, put in new wicks and give it another try.
That did it! Back to normal excellence! It is interesting that once you start doing your own wick mod that you find out a lot about your attys. One atty, one that came with my original kit, is a trooper and is very consistent but just a tad cooler that the first few months before I knew how to dry burn. Another from a separate vendor has always been problematic in getting it "just right", and that is my back-up, works great, but is finicky about size and length of wick. The third one I rotate is from an entirely different vendor and seems to fun much hotter that the others, but it is not an LR. This one needs less wick, otherwise dry hits. Once I figured out how to re-wick each one differently, they perform very well. As I said, the oldest one has 5 months of heavy vaping, and the newest has about 2.5 months.
Don't give up on the atties, like I almost did, just do the wick mod, and as long as the element isn't burned out, it will work fine.
I have felt frustrated lately since I was having to spend more time fooling around with it, but as opposed to the old carts, it is still nothing comparatively. I realized that the answer is not to jump from one system to the next, but find one that works well for you and as you encounter problmes, tinker a bit with it and it will come back.
Last note: As the go-go has been out for awhile there seem to be problems with it too, just like any vape system. I remember all the BS that I had to go through with the cart system, so I am leary, but I must admit that I am going to try the CE2 carts just for a change and it is cheap enough that I won't be too ticked off if they don't perform as well, or start to become a pain. In the analogue world, we all smoked different brands/styles, etc. The same is true for the e-cig, one size fits all doesn't always work, but sometimes you stumble across something different, or is recommended by someone else, and you find something that fits. The most important thing is that you are enjoying it.
Happy vaping
Saludos,
Fidel
Even though this is a dead thread (last post was in March), I thought I would throw it back out there with a few afterthoughts.
I am still using my original attys that get a lot of vape time and have now lasted around 5 months. I never had the leaking problems other than those I created myself, and I too found that after a while the regular cleaning and pure pg tanks were not really working anymore. I ran across the wick mod thread and it has changed everything again. Once you do it a few times, it is really easy. Sometimes I have to change the wick after only a week of heavy vaping with particularly heavy liquids (still using 50/50, but some flavors are just gummier). It only takes a couple of minutes and a quick dry burn, and it's back to normal. I have a pass through that will stay on as long as I want, so I can just burn straight through the gunk until read, then do some short bursts to finish it off, back to it's glowing red self.
A couple of times I was getting that chem taste that you get with a new wick, even after I heated it to red before putting it back in the atty! I was getting a bit frustrated and was seriously considering investing in the go-go system. I also started to get a tad bit of leaking around the needle, and that is what made me consider the go-go. Eventually I decided that I would dump all of the original tanks I have been using (I have been rotating around 5 different ones), clean everything out, put in new wicks and give it another try.
That did it! Back to normal excellence! It is interesting that once you start doing your own wick mod that you find out a lot about your attys. One atty, one that came with my original kit, is a trooper and is very consistent but just a tad cooler that the first few months before I knew how to dry burn. Another from a separate vendor has always been problematic in getting it "just right", and that is my back-up, works great, but is finicky about size and length of wick. The third one I rotate is from an entirely different vendor and seems to fun much hotter that the others, but it is not an LR. This one needs less wick, otherwise dry hits. Once I figured out how to re-wick each one differently, they perform very well. As I said, the oldest one has 5 months of heavy vaping, and the newest has about 2.5 months.
Don't give up on the atties, like I almost did, just do the wick mod, and as long as the element isn't burned out, it will work fine.
I have felt frustrated lately since I was having to spend more time fooling around with it, but as opposed to the old carts, it is still nothing comparatively. I realized that the answer is not to jump from one system to the next, but find one that works well for you and as you encounter problmes, tinker a bit with it and it will come back.
Last note: As the go-go has been out for awhile there seem to be problems with it too, just like any vape system. I remember all the BS that I had to go through with the cart system, so I am leary, but I must admit that I am going to try the CE2 carts just for a change and it is cheap enough that I won't be too ticked off if they don't perform as well, or start to become a pain. In the analogue world, we all smoked different brands/styles, etc. The same is true for the e-cig, one size fits all doesn't always work, but sometimes you stumble across something different, or is recommended by someone else, and you find something that fits. The most important thing is that you are enjoying it.
Happy vaping
Saludos,
Fidel
The one atty I got in trade from someone else, I've had 6 wks. Works great and the draw is excellent
That's surely the kiss of death to brag on an atty
I now do this with every tank of liquid in all my ego T attys and it's been working like a charm. Last time I cleaned an atty was more than a month ago. I vape menthols, coffees, honey beez etc. When I do clean an atty I use the baking soda and vinegar method and they're clean as new
Hope this helps
If not, just ship those attys/tanks to me
