Better airflow on Ego

[ChrisKY]

OK... Spent an hour and a half trying to find a post that might give me some help improving the airflow on my Tornado. The draw is way to hard for me and was wondering if I was going to have to modify the air slots on the battery or could I just switch to the cylinder XL atty. Any advice?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Scottbee]

Generally speaking, if you are having a "draw" problem with an eGo it is due to a problem with the atty or cartomizer that you are using and not the battery itself. There of course can be exceptions.... the cone may fit too tightly around the OD of the atty/cartomizer that you are using, or the slots on the battery connector could be too shallow from the factory. But "too shallow slots" are pretty dern rare. I'd look into the cone, atty or cartomizer first.

 

[ChrisKY]

Generally speaking, if you are having a "draw" problem with an eGo it is due to a problem with the atty or cartomizer that you are using and not the battery itself. There of course can be exceptions.... the cone may fit too tightly around the OD of the atty/cartomizer that you are using, or the slots on the battery connector could be too shallow from the factory. But "too shallow slots" are pretty dern rare. I'd look into the cone, atty or cartomizer first.

I should have been more clear on the setup... Tornado regular w/ 510 standard atty and cone. These are two hole atties and I have tried the 7 I have on all three batteries w/ & w/o cone. The draw is consistent, just harder than my V4L 808's.

I found a video that showed deepening the slots and enlarging the cart hole and was wondering if all that was necessary to improve (lighten) the draw or if the mega 510's or the cylinder style XL had a lighter draw.

This may just be me and what I am used to, not sure since i have always used a two piece rig.

 

[Scottbee]

Something that you can try... unscrew your atty to the point where it is JUST making electrical contact. That will usually open up a gap between the base of the atty and the battery connector, allowing more air in. If that "loosens" up your draw, then deepening the slots would work for you. If it doesn't loosed up the draw, then you'd need to open up the two small holes in the atty.

Personally.... I close up one of the holes in my LR atties with 5-minute epoxy. I like a "tighter" draw and it makes my bottom feeder work better.

 

[ChrisKY]

Something that you can try... unscrew your atty to the point where it is JUST making electrical contact. That will usually open up a gap between the base of the atty and the battery connector, allowing more air in. If that "loosens" up your draw, then deepening the slots would work for you. If it doesn't loosed up the draw, then you'd need to open up the two small holes in the atty.

Personally.... I close up one of the holes in my LR atties with 5-minute epoxy. I like a "tighter" draw and it makes my bottom feeder work better.

Thanks... Will give that a try.

 

[Switched]

Hey Chris from Kentucky, welcome to the group

Scott has offered you the most solid advice to troubleshoot your woes. Coming from the 808 family with their known airy draws, I can see and sense your dilemma. For me I find the draw on the eGo just right, especially with the cone, but that is just my vaping style. Something to keep in mind, a less airy draw produces more vapour is less time as you are not sucking in as much air.

 

[ChrisKY]

I received my XL attys and that fixed the problem. The regular 510s that came with my kit were the culprit. After playing with both type A and B, the type B (cylinder) w/ a drip tip seems to be my favorite. Thanks for all the advice.

 

[Switched]

Cool! Glad you got your woes resolved

 

[SABOTEUR]

Something that you can try... unscrew your atty to the point where it is JUST making electrical contact. That will usually open up a gap between the base of the atty and the battery connector, allowing more air in.

Well I'll be darned! Not that I was having any particular airflow problems, but reading your post made me mindful that I occasionally part my lips when vaping to allow more airflow. Your advice prompted me to remove the cone and loosen the atty a tad. What a difference! (Had no idea there were airholes in the atty.)

Now I can stop vaping like a fish out of water gasping for breath.

 

[stubear62]

As a rule of thumb, never tighten the atty wll the way down. Just finger tight and you'll never have any draw problems.
Also, the cone can be left loose for te ones that like it airy.
I myself, leave the cone tight and use the 510 mega atties just finger tight. never had a problem..

Vape On!