Atomizers hit or miss?

[Zmoker]

When I first got my 510*Yeti* one atomizer work perfect. no funny taste and a tons of vapors. One didn't produce much vapor as other and end up with funny smell that didn't go away end up opening up and see what inside.

Figure I order a few more to keep back up, both of them taste like crap!

Taste very metallic and can't healthy.

off to try out some cleaning methods now.

Which concern me, what the materiel inside made of and what kind of non-smell/taste fumes giving out.

 

[Vapor Fiend]

It's probably just a bad batch.. tough luck.

I noticed that my atomizers fit kind of loose even when tightened all the way. Like they can be wiggled into place.. anyone else notice that?

 

[testerjtester]

When I first got my 510*Yeti* one atomizer work perfect. no funny taste and a tons of vapors. One didn't produce much vapor as other and end up with funny smell that didn't go away end up opening up and see what inside.

Figure I order a few more to keep back up, both of them taste like crap!

Taste very metallic and can't healthy.

I have 6 510 atomizers that I've used at least a couple of times each, some more than others, and I'm pretty sure all of them have had that awful taste at one point or another, assuming it's the same as what you're describing (electrical fire? Burnt metal and plastic?). I've been able to get them all back to more or less normal either by dripping a couple of drops into the atomizer mesh and waiting a couple of minutes before starting back in with a fresh cart, or by blowing them out, dripping in a couple of drops, and letting them stand overnight with the mesh side up. Sometimes it takes a couple of hits to clear the taste.

My operating theory at this point is that if the inner wick material is allowed to get too dry, it will give off those fumes as it burns from the heat of the atomizer. Must keep these atomizers nice and moist!

EDIT: Forgot to mention that I had one atomizer that was particularly awful out of the box, which I returned for another. The inner wick material was sticking almost all the way out from under the mesh bridge, and it ran super-hot as well as stinky.

I noticed that my atomizers fit kind of loose even when tightened all the way. Like they can be wiggled into place.. anyone else notice that?

Most of my connections seem off, if you look at the assembled 510 from the side it looks bent at the connector, and I can wiggle the ends back and forth, even when they seem naturally tight. I've seen others report this as well. Every now and then I try to screw the parts together as tightly as I can, but it always feels like overtightening and I'm afraid it's bad for the connections.

So, I have learned to live with crooked e-cigs, because I enjoy the 510 so much, even with this and the nasty fumes issue.

Tim

 

[Vapor Fiend]

Most of my connections seem off, if you look at the assembled 510 from the side it looks bent at the connector, and I can wiggle the ends back and forth, even when they seem naturally tight. I've seen others report this as well. Every now and then I try to screw the parts together as tightly as I can, but it always feels like overtightening and I'm afraid it's bad for the connections.

So, I have learned to live with crooked e-cigs, because I enjoy the 510 so much, even with this and the nasty fumes issue.

Tim

Yeah it's not a huge problem, or at least it hasn't been yet. It just struck me as a odd that these model that are spoken so highly of could have such a strange little defect like that...

 

[jonw]

Yes I have 3 attys and 3 more on the way, one of my atomizers does not produce enough vapor,the 2nd one is perfect, the 3rd seems like it gets way to hot and burns the cartage stuffing. The only reason I don't get to mad about this issue is because I love my 510 and this is probably just because it is such a new e-cig and there still working some of the kinks out.

 

[Zmoker]

boiled both of them, and let them dry over night, try it at break time, still same taste, taste like chewing on rusty nails. I taped the middle hole and tie rubber band around the small holes and fill it up with juice let it soak for hours and try, no vapor for a few puff(flooded). Then it tasted good for 2 puff and then rusty flavor came back. Place I order them will take them back so I'm all good.

 

[olderthandirt]

They do seem hit or miss. I've had a similar experience as described above.

1st 2 attys were killer so I stocked up. Bought 10 and the supplier threw in a freebie. Checked em all out seemed OK. When I went to actually use them it all went down hill. Tried 5 of the 11, all 5 got hotter then he77, little to no vapor. I tried every approach I could think of, no good. Supplier replaced all 11, that's right, even the freebie. 1st 3 of the replacements are perfection so far.

EDIT: i like the 'bent' look, gives em' character!

 

[a2dcovert]

Got my first Yeti almost 4 weeks ago. Have one atomizer pretty much gone. The nylon wick material has burnt through and loose ends sticking out. 2 more have been revived through cleaning and hopefully will get better with another cleaning. Just ordered 2 more atomizers.

I haven't experienced the bad taste others have noticed. I'm trying to come up with a good system to keep from damaging my atomizers. These are the only parts we can't replicate from substitute materials. I wish they were not so fragile.

The loose fit between that att's and batteries doesn't bother me because the draw seems to be better when they are not tightly joined.

Kevin

 

[Shadowdr]

Something I have noticed is they all seem to have a different draw, now I know why. When I first got mine I put them together and they were crooked, they would break lose and tighten some more until they were straight. I found that by wiggling while tightening they would go on straight but had to be very tight. The Janty branded one sucked from the git go, very little vapor and very hard draw so DietSmokes sent me another(actually two but one died first try). The new one was great and good thing because the spare I had was loosing ability to produce the big smoke it had in the beginning.


I got out my glasses, two pairs and magnifying glass and compared them all. Strangely enough the new one was different, it had more open holes in the sides of the atty while the others had the inner insulator material completely covering these holes. All of the one that were covered had a very hard draw, so I guessed that by using a safety pin I could pry the insulator back up a little. I was right, good draw and more smoke. However the batteries again aligned crooked, I tightened until they were straight and again little smoke, hard draw. Well I went at it again with the safety pin and I noticed that it was not the insulator that was moving but the whole inner contact, I could pry it enough to see that the contact was up above the threaded part. By tightening until it is straight, it pushes the center up beyond the draw holes every time.


This is simply a design or manufacture flaw, until they are made where the insulator does not cover the holes they will suck. I am going to see if I can find a drill bit small enough for the hole to drill out the atty insulator. I should be able to get the bad ones working like the good one but who knows.

 

[rsngfrce]

Something I have noticed is they all seem to have a different draw, now I know why.

I've got to admit that you kind of lost me, but this seems like a very important discovery and I'll have to remember to refer to it if I have a bad atomizer!

 

[Zmoker]

Well the place I buy from has send me two replacements and additional one i order are working great!! Little bit of inconsistency but at least no smell and working great!.

I been using Cherry flavored juice (very sweet) for a day and went back to tobacco, that stuff taste like crap! yuk!

 

[Shadowdr]

I got an engraving bit for a dremel because I couldn't find a drill bit small enough to go through the tiny hole on the side. I was able to drill through the insulating material and sure enough the earlier easy draw was back. I think that the inner wick has been burned up and it does not produce the same vapor as before but the inner insulating tube was definitely to blame for the very hard draw. Hopefully this is a clearence issue that will be corrected on later models.

 

[a2dcovert]

Thanks to you guys again. I had 2 atomizers that had this problem. Now I have two more usable atomizers. Now if we can find a way to keep the wick from burning out we can prolong the life span of the attys.

Kevin