Best kept atty secret !!

[cjb313]

Well my experiences with attys have come to lead me to believe a few things.. one, that all attys are not the same. They are all slightly differant in charecter, (TH, Taste, vapor production, and life span).

I had an amazing atty that lasted months of great full clouds of tastey vapor. I noticed it was kicking the bucket so I spent hours rinsing blowing it out, drying it by hair dryer or even by letting the coil get orange hot.
No matter what and no matter how you much you try to fool yourself, your atty (unless you completely take it apart and reassemble it) is NEVER going to be exactly the same.
The biggest secret I have is spend the 7-8 bucks and buy a NEW ONE !! Its the best advice I think I can give, because if you think about it logically.. you spend more money wasting your time to get your atty working at best 80% to what it was originally, and if you think about in terms of "time is money" then you are just comming up short...

 

[CloudBurst]

I couldn't agree more! Great advice!

 

[CritterBuddy]

Yep! Rinse, dry burn, no work, I'm done.

 

[ryanmercer]

You hit the nail right on the head... my goal is to get at least 1 month out of an atty, if I can get a month out of one, 7-8 bucks a month is perfectly acceptable.

 

[FreeFlow]

yea i've decided that from now on when i make a juice order i'll be adding a addy as well. since i'll only be ordering juice about once a month it should work out o.k.

 

[Richie G]

Well my experiences with attys have come to lead me to believe a few things.. one, that all attys are not the same. They are all slightly differant in charecter, (TH, Taste, vapor production, and life span).

I had an amazing atty that lasted months of great full clouds of tastey vapor. I noticed it was kicking the bucket so I spent hours rinsing blowing it out, drying it by hair dryer or even by letting the coil get orange hot.
No matter what and no matter how you much you try to fool yourself, your atty (unless you completely take it apart and reassemble it) is NEVER going to be exactly the same.
The biggest secret I have is spend the 7-8 bucks and buy a NEW ONE !! Its the best advice I think I can give, because if you think about it logically.. you spend more money wasting your time to get your atty working at best 80% to what it was originally, and if you think about in terms of "time is money" then you are just comming up short...

On 6/20 you posted --

Burning Up?
Hello,

I am a newbie here at this forum.. I have been vaping for a bit over three weekes and have been without an analog cigarette for 23 days!

Today is 6/27. So, you've been vaping for 30 days.

How is it that you had an atty that lasted for months?

I appreciate your enthusiasm CJB, and I sincerely wish you the very best of luck in kicking the analog habit. But, let's try not to exaggerate to the point where we state things that just aren't true. A LOT of people use these forums as their sole source of information.

 

[ryanmercer]

On 6/20 you posted --

Burning Up?
Hello,

I am a newbie here at this forum.. I have been vaping for a bit over three weekes and have been without an analog cigarette for 23 days!

Today is 6/27. So, you've been vaping for 30 days.

How is it that you had an atty that lasted for months?

I appreciate your enthusiasm CJB, and I sincerely wish you the very best of luck in kicking the analog habit. But, let's try not to exaggerate to the point where we state things that just aren't true. A LOT of people use these forums as their sole source of information.

Um... doesn't mean someone didn't give them gear...

 

[cjb313]

My friend I may be a newbie to the forum but I have been without an analog for 1 month and vaping on and off for close to three months ! (when I decided to get serious thats when I considered myself a "true" vapor' user) The LAST thing I would do is to exagerate or lie, The truth is ( and you will see this if you ask veterans that have been vaping much longer then I have (I.E. Rob at Good Prophets will testify) that There are attys that last fot 2 weeks and others that last a good month or 2 !! If you are not getting good life out of your atty then don't look to point fingers, think about what YOU are or are not doing to cause your atty to clog, dry burn, or not work properly. I use a drip tip with an eGo and also use PG for liquids. if you keep your atty from drying out and by useing a drip tip everytime you refresh it with PG you are in a sense "Cleaning" it as described to me By Rob at GP. He has stated he has got close to a month (3 weeks) with a LR atty!
All I am saying is that each atty is differant if you by a Joye Tech atty and its happens to have a sweet spot, and if you use it correctly you can get a month without any exagerations. If you have trouble believing that then I suggest you call Rob up at GP or ask other people on here.. they will confirm that this is true. FYI I was a two pack a day smoker, I also use 24 mg PG usa GP fluid and I vape quite often and trust me if you use your drip tip correctly you can have a good atty for a long time!!!

 

[sjohnson]

Or, you can simply fiddle with fillers until you find that particular sweet spot.

I don't understand why dripping would prolong the life of an atomizer, my original Joye 510's are now into their 10th month and still vaping like new. I go through about 2-3 ml of 50% PG/30% VG/20% water/vodka/PGA per day, rotating between 3 atomizers. We have a mix of different vendor atomizers here. None have yet been bad, though some are better than others.

I manage the kit for my family, out of 10 atomizers used, one was DOA, two were never very good and faded, and the others just keep going and going. Another 10 have never been taken out of their package, there has not yet been a need.

I CAN say it looks like personal vaping habits affect longevity. My atomizers, given to my son, drop off in vapor production and quality within a few weeks. If I rotate those same atomizers back into my use, within a couple of cleanings they're back as new. We clean all the atomizers the same way, so it sure appears to be something different in our vaping habits that affects vapor and flavor production.

 

[bestthingever]

@cjb313: I feel exactly the same way. I was determined to make my old attys perform like new ones (they never did), and I learned I was just wasting my time...life is just too darn short to spend half a day fiddling around with them. If they don't perk up after a thorough cleaning and appropriate dry time, to heck with 'em.

 

[shalimar]

Oh dear, I didn't realise they only last about a month!

I've had mines for a couple of weeks now and am already wondering if it has seen better days but it's so difficult to tell when I'm still getting used to knowing whether it's the cartridge that has dried up, the battery gone (and it seems to go VERY quickly!) then add to that the atomizer, argh!!
I guess I shall understand it all eventually

 

[Zurd]

Try cartomizers! No need for atomizers, for the same price as an atomizer you get both an atomizer and a battery, much cheaper!

 

[Mr.Self_Destruct]

Try cartomizers! No need for atomizers, for the same price as an atomizer you get both an atomizer and a battery, much cheaper!

Do you mean for the price of one atomizer you get 5 atomizers and carts?

A battery is more than one atomizer, and more than one box of cartos.

I have no idea what you are trying to say here.

 

[Zurd]

Sorry about the confusion! But if you're using an atomizer that's mean you have a 3 pieces ecigs (like a 510) : a battery, an atomizer and a cartridge. I'm using a KR808D-1, it has 2 pieces only : a battery and a cartridge (which contains a kind of atomizer).

The battery is about the same price as an atomizer and the cartridge are cheap, about 1.50$ each. I'm just sayin' if you're using a 2 pieces ecig it's way much cheaper than a 3 pieces one since you don't need to buy atomizers at all. After all if your atomizer dies, you're down like 9$ whereas with a cartomizer you're only down 1.50$.

But seeing the number of posts you made I'm sure you knew all of that

 

[martha1014]

Not all atomizers are created equally. I have had atomizers last a couple of months and then some last one day I dont' understand why this happens but it does. They can be the same brand from the same supplier and still not last as long.

I rarely had an atomizer died until I started using mod with higher voltage even though I use HV and LV.

 

[Mr.Self_Destruct]

Sorry about the confusion! But if you're using an atomizer that's mean you have a 3 pieces ecigs (like a 510) : a battery, an atomizer and a cartridge. I'm using a KR808D-1, it has 2 pieces only : a battery and a cartridge (which contains a kind of atomizer).

The battery is about the same price as an atomizer and the cartridge are cheap, about 1.50$ each. I'm just sayin' if you're using a 2 pieces ecig it's way much cheaper than a 3 pieces one since you don't need to buy atomizers at all. After all if your atomizer dies, you're down like 9$ whereas with a cartomizer you're only down 1.50$.

But seeing the number of posts you made I'm sure you knew all of that

Thanks for clearing that up. I thought I knew what you meant, but wasn't sure. Yes cartos are cheaper than atty's which is why I keep them around, just in case. I have found though in my experience that atty's perform better. Just my opinion and I've never tried Kr8 cartos.

 

[tpboles]

I have atomizers that are 2 years old and they still work. Do I use them every day? nah Are they as good as new? nah, but they do still work (still have the original from my first 901 and it still works - thanks PS). Maybe it's the new breed of atomizers being made, but I almost always get a couple months off of 1 atomizer (none LR). I just used the last of a 5 pk I bought from TW from Oct last year (all still work, just not well enough for me). I have rarely had a atomizer die (I think 2).

I am talking about standard 510/901 type atomizers. LR's are a different story. Had one of those die in 3-4 days before (some last over a month).

 

[portguy]

Well..it really depends on how you treat the atty. I see no point in using a brand new atty if i can use an old atty that performs very well.

I clean all my atties once a week. Let them sit in vodka overnight and dry burn them. I spend 5 minutes (tops) cleaning each atty. Sometimes i mix older atties with almost new ones. There's a slight difference in performance sometimes, yet very slight.

So...i only give up on an atty when it's dead cold. At the worst case scenario (if an atty performs very poorly after cleaning) make it a drip only atty or blaze it into vape heaven by using it at 6 volts. I call these : supernova atties.

 

[Richie G]

Do you mean for the price of one atomizer you get 5 atomizers and carts?

A battery is more than one atomizer, and more than one box of cartos.

I have no idea what you are trying to say here.

There are a lot of inconsistencies in this thread, Bert. =)

 

[tpboles]

Well..it really depends on how you treat the atty. I see no point in using a brand new atty if i can use an old atty that performs very well.

I clean all my atties once a week. Let them sit in vodka overnight and dry burn them. I spend 5 minutes (tops) cleaning each atty. Sometimes i mix older atties with almost new ones. There's a slight difference in performance sometimes, yet very slight.

So...i only give up on an atty when it's dead cold. At the worst case scenario (if an atty performs very poorly after cleaning) make it a drip only atty or blaze it into vape heaven by using it at 6 volts. I call these : supernova atties.

Exactly what I was trying to say...Lol