I recently went to order my usual two week supply of 2 pack of prefilled 555 cartos and 2 bottles of juice (I think Im a heavy vaper) I vape 24mg but much to my dismay they were out of 24mg prefilleds. So I ordered 3 packs of blanks. I filled them with a 1ml syringe, left them sit over night. The next day I opened one, blew out the excess, and vaped it. Terrible, it tasted like straight chemicals. I checked the filler it was moist, blew it out again, same results. I opened a second one, and a third, and so one to the fifth, they all tasted terrible after 10 puffs. I wasnt burning them till i started chain puffing away at them hoping it would get better. I took the bottle and flash steeped it (I use a whine aerator and let it breath for a couple hours) till it changed to a few shades darker. i tried again with another pack, and the next day...SUCCESS. I had never had to steep volt juice before, but who cares, it was working. Then after the first refill (I fill 5 every day and change when they start to get dry, then refill them in the evening 5-7 times through the week if they hold up, and they usually do) the chemical taste was back, this time even after a few puffs spaced out over a much longer time they still started to burn. The filler is wet, the juice is steeped and it taste like crap. I actually smoked a couple menthol lights till I was ready to try again. No its hit or miss on every fill out of all three packs, one fill decent the next terrible. Did I get a new or bad batch? am I missing something basic here? I cleaned the batteries and that helped for a few puffs, it is worse on any battery that isnt fully charged, I have taken a couple apart, the silica tube does seem to have a little more of that white melted molding around the wick, but I see nothing that would cause this. I tried loosing the filler, I tried some V4L carts with the juice just to check and other than I dont like the carts the flavor was normal. Im lost, frustrated and want nic, HELP.
Im not an amateur, I have vaped, dismantled and built pretty much everything on the market over the last few years, This has me stumped.
Im not an amateur, I have vaped, dismantled and built pretty much everything on the market over the last few years, This has me stumped.