atty life span?

[Buzzy]

I have noticed that there seems to be a wide variance in experience of the life-span of atomizers. I just offer the following speculation – and that is all it is.

While certainly any and every manufacturer has some issues with either design or quality control, it seems to me that may account for only a part of the variance in people’s experience. For some an atty may last a week, or for others a month, and for a few, quite some several months, irrespective of the type of atomizer.


I think that there are two factors: 1) sustained temperature, and ) peak temperature. An atomizer is like a light bulb – it produces heat. And heat shortens the life span of such devices. Attaching an atomizer to a higher voltage battery than it’s design specifications were meant to accommodate certainly produces more vapor. But it raises the peak temperature of the heating element, accelerating decay, shortening the life of the atty.

Taking longer puffs may also raise the peak temperature, because current is being applied for a longer time.

And taking longer puffs definitely increases the sustained temperature. Attys may in some cases at least last longer for some than others due to the duration of the puff, and the number of puffs taken per day.

Just ask yourself – how many seconds do I inhale? The strength of the suction is not important so much. Remember - the issue is sustain temperature and peak temperature.

Finally, the type of liquid certainly will also have an effect. Different liquids will take heat from the atty’s element at different rates, affecting both sustained and peak temperature.

Just a thought.

 

[mistinthewoods]

Yup. I find that my attys last longer now than they did when I started. I dson't flood them as much anymore or run them dry as much. Those are factors as well. Another facto concerning atty life is the make up of the juice. VG cakes on the coil more than PG and a gunked up coil burns out quicker and doesn't work as well. How much coloring there is in the juice is also thought to be a factor. How much you vape is certainly a factor. Come to think of it these little Chinese pieces of electronics are buried in factors but at $5.00 to $7.00 a piece I'm happy if they last a week. They're still a lot cheaper than a pack of Benson & Hedges.

 

[Kirssstens]

It is definately hit or miss, one day or one month, and it is the least cost efficient of my vaping experience. I'll be glad when new technology surpasses the atty and we can finally ditch these money drainers.

 

[duby]

As i became more experienced my attys have lasted longer as well. My first atty lasted 2 weeks. It got clogged and I trashed it trying to clean it.
Learning to properly fill without flooding as well as setting them overnight to drain is probably the most helpful step. I've used a few different cleaning techniques from the forums all of which help with the flavor but i really can't comment on their effect on life expectancy.

Recently i've been fooling around with cartomizers. I'm not incredibly pleased so far. Usually the first fill or two are great... then its down hill and fast. I'm going through a carto in 2 days, which makes them more expensive than attys.

 

[mistinthewoods]

Oh... not happy to hear your experience with the cartos. I just got my first box of 510 cartomizers today and was thinkin' they were just the thing for driving. This first one is great so far but I'm just on my second fillup. Guess I'll see. Maybe just save them for car trips.

 

[rita351]

Oh... not happy to hear your experience with the cartos. I just got my first box of 510 cartomizers today and was thinkin' they were just the thing for driving. This first one is great so far but I'm just on my second fillup. Guess I'll see. Maybe just save them for car trips.

That's what I do. I use cartomizers when I am driving or going to be out. I use regular carts at home.

 

[timothyn1967]

Like attys, probably depends on which cartos you end up getting. I bought two packs of 5 blank cartos and have been refilling them for almost a week without problems. I have heard of people using cartos for a month or so before discarding them. I doubt I will go that long, but at $6.95 for 5, they are still dirt cheap. I also like that they don't have a seam to leak around and are shorter than two piece units. After switching to cartos, I can't stand to use the old atomizer\cartridge combo any longer.

 

[DC2]

I have been vaping for just about 11 months now and I have never lost an atomizer.
I sure wish I could tell every how I've managed that.

I am a light vapor, though, using a bit less that 1ml per day, so I'm sure that plays a large part in this.

Also, I have not used just one single atomizer this whole time. There was a time when I was using two 306 atomizers along with two 510 atomizers, in rotation. I would switch them out each week while the other two were getting a Diet Coke bath.

But I haven't been using the 306 atomizers for about 5 months now, just the two 510 atomizers. And when I got drip tips I put aside my 510 atomizer that was a little bent from dropping my Chuck.

So right now I am using the same 510 atomizer I started with 11 months ago.
The only thing I do with it now is blow it out every morning, and give it a dry burn as needed.
No more Coke baths now that I have discovered the dry burn technique.

I truly believe it will last forever, but I imagine that's impossible.
But after every dry burn, it works like brand spanking new.

 

[irwink]

I got my first 5 blank 510 cartomizers 6 days ago. So far I'm only using 3 with 1 of the 3 put aside to dry after cleaning. So far so good. I clean the poorest performer every evening. They all vape fine with the cleaning cycle I've been observing. Bear in mind I've only spent 6 days with this though.

Day before yesterday I decided to revisit some juices I got early on. For this I went back to using the carts. Rotating flavors that way I found it more convenenient to use the carts, yank the filler when I was done tasting, insert clean filler and try the next one. I like cartomizers but I don't think I'll ever totally abandon the stock cartridge/attie combination.