Awful problem with Bauway 510 atty

[jayequeue75]

Anyone have experience with Bauway 510 2.2 ohm atty's? I recently purchased one from a company & it's just awful. The threading is off & it produces little to no vapor. Initially it wouldn't even hiss (I had to blow it out & put a couple drops of liquid onto it). Now that I've managed to get it semi-working it's constantly losing vapor production & there's little-to-no throat hit at all. Is this common with this brand? I've been vaping for well over a year & have stuck with joyetech up until now but tried this one for cost-savings. Any tips on what I can do to get this performing better? Maybe take out the bridge?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[Warren D. Lockaby]

Anyone have experience with Bauway 510 2.2 ohm atty's? I recently purchased one from a company & it's just awful. The threading is off & it produces little to no vapor. Initially it wouldn't even hiss (I had to blow it out & put a couple drops of liquid onto it). Now that I've managed to get it semi-working it's constantly losing vapor production & there's little-to-no throat hit at all. Is this common with this brand? I've been vaping for well over a year & have stuck with Joyetech up until now but tried this one for cost-savings. Any tips on what I can do to get this performing better? Maybe take out the bridge?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

I've only used a couple of the Bauways & got decent service out of them (for the price anyway) but these things are sort of like light bulbs in terms of reliability I suppose. Anyway you might try easing the contact end out just a hair to make sure it's getting a solid connection with the battery. That's the only thing that's coming to mind at the moment.

I'm just making a list of stuff to order now and replacement dripping atomizers will be on that list. Planning to go with the Cisco 306LR this time; haven't tried them but reading good things about 'em, and Ikenvape's io6LR have been out of stock for a while now. I'm fairly new to vaping & especially to dripping but I'm using a io6 1.5 Ohm right now that I've been using for over 3 months - pretty good for a <$10 atty! The Ciscos are about the same price, 2 + a drip tip for $20. If I can get close to the service from them I'm getting from the Ikenvape atty I'll be delighted.

Good luck, & Happy Vaping!

 

[Fyre904]

Is the atty gurgling when you hit it? you may have drowned it out. You debridge because its not getting juice to the coils and getting burnt hits (gross) lol in that case I'd pull it out its simple I've never tried those I used SLB 510s and they worked fine until I debridged now they leak and don't perform well.

 

[Warren D. Lockaby]

BTW, Welcome to ECF! I just noticed that was your first post, Jay, so let me explain what I was talking about. You might take a paper clip or something & stick it slightly in the hole in the end of the atty that contacts the battery... not far at all, just far enough to gently ease that center contact outward a tiny bit. It is seated in a (presumably) rubber seal and sometimes during shipment or something they can move slightly inward enough so that a good solid electrical contact with the battery (or switch, depending upon your setup) is impossible.

Hope this helps!

 

[jayequeue75]

Hi guys & thanks for the tips & the welcome! I'm not sure how to ease the center contact outward though - am I to do that from the inside of the atty & if so how do I go about doing that when the bridge is in the way? Or do you mean just try to ease the entire atty out? I've tried pushing it down & moving it all around but it's not helping at all. Oh & it's not making a gurgling sound - it's just an airy hissing with practically no vapor or throat hit.

It's quite annoying - anyway, I also tried clearing some of the mesh out of the way because there's tons of it & I'm wondering if that's part of the problem. That hasn't helped either though so I'm at quite a loss ...

 

[Strigoi]

Look at the bottom of the atty and you should see a little hole where it screws onto the battery. Put the paper clip in there and wiggle it out a bit. It doesn't take much and you probably won't even notice that it moved out at all.

 

[Warren D. Lockaby]

To ease the contact outward do it from the outside. You'll just need to straighten a paper clip a little bit (or you could use a sewing needle I suppose). Just stick it into the center hole *only a very short distance* so you don't reach the coil - with something as thick as a large paper clip 1/16" is plenty deep enough. Then gently put a little side pressure on it & pull it outward ever so slightly. Keep in mind, if it's firing at all it's making some contact, so you just need it to be a more solid contact... it doesn't need to move out much at all. This might not do any good but OTOH I've had a few brand new attys & cartos I thought were DOA, then saw this trick on here & tried it, & every one of 'em worked just fine. It's worth a shot.

Best of luck, & Happy Vaping

 

[jayequeue75]

Thanks again guys. I tried pulling the contact out a little & it worked for about a split second & then went straight back to utter & complete fail. I'm so frustrated. After over a year & a half of vaping I've started bumming cigarettes & smoking here & there because my e-cig isn't providing the nicotine I need. I'm disgusted with myself & super annoyed.

The owner of the website I bought it from emailed me back on Monday saying he'd send me a new one but I haven't received anything yet (& it's a one day ship - we're in the same county/state). I just emailed him back this morning to follow up. I understand that suppliers get bunk items in a while so I don't blame him. I'm kind of annoyed that he didn't test it prior to shipping it though. Anyway, ugh .. I'm just so frustrated right now. Sorry, venting over. Hopefully I receive the replacement tonight

 

[fray]

I really never had luck with bauway attys. I had one do similar to what you are experiencing and found the wick was too big and flooding the coil just by sitting on it. I de wicked it and it worked but still not a very good atty. honestly if you like joyetech I would stick with them for try out Cisco spec attys from avidvaper or ikenvape attys. I used ciscos for about 8 months and just recently started using an i06 from ikenvape and it works really well.

 

[jayequeue75]

I really never had luck with bauway attys. I had one do similar to what you are experiencing and found the wick was too big and flooding the coil just by sitting on it. I de wicked it and it worked but still not a very good atty. honestly if you like joyetech I would stick with them for try out Cisco spec attys from avidvaper or ikenvape attys. I used ciscos for about 8 months and just recently started using an i06 from ikenvape and it works really well.

Thanks Fray. I received the replacement from the supplier today. It (just like the other one) was dry (no primer fluid on it) so I put a few drops of liquid on it & I'm letting it sit for a while before trying it. I likely will stick with Joyetech but I've heard a lot of kudos about the ikenvape attys so I may try them as well. I'm also considering getting an Icon or Prodigy from Puresmoker in the next month or so (just not sure which model yet). I think it's about time to upgrade from my eGo. Any thoughts on that? What's your set-up?

 

[unsure]

Bauway makes the worse attys of all the low end models imo. If $$ is an issue a joye is your best bet. For a highend atty (more $$) Atomizers - Atomizer Specials - Avid Vaper or Atomizers - IkenVape Store

 

[fray]

Thanks Fray. I received the replacement from the supplier today. It (just like the other one) was dry (no primer fluid on it) so I put a few drops of liquid on it & I'm letting it sit for a while before trying it. I likely will stick with Joyetech but I've heard a lot of kudos about the ikenvape attys so I may try them as well. I'm also considering getting an Icon or Prodigy from Puresmoker in the next month or so (just not sure which model yet). I think it's about time to upgrade from my eGo. Any thoughts on that? What's your set-up?

I have a reo grand, a VVPV, and a Darwin.

If you are content at 3.7v I would recommend a silver bullet. It is a solid mod and altsmoke helps you out if you have any issues. Reos are pretty rock solid as well and bottom feed juice into the atty.

I recently had a lavatube and would recommend that if you want to go to a variable voltage.