Hello all!
I just solved a problem that I've seen mentioned a couple of other times online but no obvious solution, I thought I should share it.
My Aspire Pockex was getting extremely hard to puff from, there was only a tiny amount of airflow coming through and the tip was getting hot from the battery. I pulled it all apart, cleaned it, checked the battery head, changed the coils... nothing seemed to work.
I then thought it's probably just as simple as thought; a blocked airflow. The problem with the Pockex is that there is no obvious air intake, it's extremely well hidden. The air hole is quite well hidden on the Drip Tip Base at the top of the device (I've uploaded a picture of it on Imgur at 4WheVsc? but cannot post a link now)
It's in that median line in the centre, above those 0-shaped indentations. On my pockex that line is even narrower, you could't put your fingernail between it for example, and the airhole isn't at all visible. I removed the coil from the tip base and also the rubber cap at the top, and sucked through the top with the opening at the bottom blocked, and using my finger to cover all other possible spots on the tip base until I found where the air was being sucked through.
I then put the tip base under hot tap water for a minute, filled up my kitchen sink with warm water and washing up liquid. I moved the tip back and forth under the water a number of times, to ensure that detergent water was pushing up through the air holes. I then rinsed it out and dried it, and voila! Not only is it working again, it's working as well as it ever has, and blowing huge clouds. I assume that over the year or so that I've had it, the air passage must have almost blocked up, encrusted with that black oily, resin-y substance that accrues. The soap in the water broke down those oils and the water cleared the hole, and I'm back to a very pleasant vaping experience.
Anyway that's it! Just wanted to record this in case someone else comes looking for a fix to this issue.
I just solved a problem that I've seen mentioned a couple of other times online but no obvious solution, I thought I should share it.
My Aspire Pockex was getting extremely hard to puff from, there was only a tiny amount of airflow coming through and the tip was getting hot from the battery. I pulled it all apart, cleaned it, checked the battery head, changed the coils... nothing seemed to work.
I then thought it's probably just as simple as thought; a blocked airflow. The problem with the Pockex is that there is no obvious air intake, it's extremely well hidden. The air hole is quite well hidden on the Drip Tip Base at the top of the device (I've uploaded a picture of it on Imgur at 4WheVsc? but cannot post a link now)
It's in that median line in the centre, above those 0-shaped indentations. On my pockex that line is even narrower, you could't put your fingernail between it for example, and the airhole isn't at all visible. I removed the coil from the tip base and also the rubber cap at the top, and sucked through the top with the opening at the bottom blocked, and using my finger to cover all other possible spots on the tip base until I found where the air was being sucked through.
I then put the tip base under hot tap water for a minute, filled up my kitchen sink with warm water and washing up liquid. I moved the tip back and forth under the water a number of times, to ensure that detergent water was pushing up through the air holes. I then rinsed it out and dried it, and voila! Not only is it working again, it's working as well as it ever has, and blowing huge clouds. I assume that over the year or so that I've had it, the air passage must have almost blocked up, encrusted with that black oily, resin-y substance that accrues. The soap in the water broke down those oils and the water cleared the hole, and I'm back to a very pleasant vaping experience.
Anyway that's it! Just wanted to record this in case someone else comes looking for a fix to this issue.
