Blue Foam PLUG! UPDATED v2.0 "THE SLUG" - The Search is over!

[Scottes]

If you don't have this exact blue foam and/or a set of digital calipers, you can just cut the plug a little big. If the atomizer runs dry, check to see if you have any juice in the cart. If so, trim a little bit off the plug. Repeat until you the atomizer goes dry when the cartridge runs out of juice. If you ever get flooding then you cut a little too much off, so start again with a plug that's too big.

 

[eclypse]

If you like dipping or dripping, this mod has the same effect with the flavor. Its nice and moist and full of flavor unlike what you would experiance with using a cart filler.

I've been runing these tests with both my mods (SilverBullet and Protege) just to take the battery out of the equation. Works just fine on a regular 510 battery as well as you would expect as all units are runing at 3.7v.

I really need to try this on 6.80 volts. Its just that i'm afraid to after my first attempt using the SB at 6.80v it killed an atty. My fault as i flooded the atty with too many drops and then stupidly blew out the atty and put just 1 drop on and bamb! Was too dry and killed it. That was'nt with this mod though.. Should try it anyways.. hehe. In the name of science! I seriously have a good feeling that this mod will keep the atty nice and moist.

 

[eclypse]

Welp, i'm back and with a huge.. NIC BUZZZ.

First off i'm new to all this vaping.. Day one for me was 22nd of Sep. I just bought and received my first high voltage MOD (SilverBullet) on Oct 30th. Didnt read up on high voltage vapping too much if at all so i have no idea other then one persons telling me to use 3-4 drops on the atty and take 4-5 puffs and repeat. Doing this wtihout using a cart filler.. so just dripping.

With that said.. i have no idea if people normally use carts with filler on high voltage with a 510 atty..

Now, i just vapped away on the SB at 6.80v using this cart mod. At first i was afraid to kill the atty runing it too dry so i added 3 large drops and puffed away with the cart mod. It was slurping basicly the whole way through. When i noticed the vapor drop off i went inside and pulled the plug and seen that it was emtpy of juice.

So then i get brave and this time fill it like normal and add no drops to the atty. Went back out and now had some nice clean puffs! I made sure to listen to the atty to make sure it was wet each puff i took. Meaning i heard a little sizzle and then drawed took my 2-3 sec draw.

I tried to keep track of how many times i could hit it.. hehe. I lost count after 30.. nic buzz So i'm guessing here but it was probably around 50 hits or so.. Right near the last hit i felt a huge throat hit and thought.. whoa, might be dry! hehehe.

That mod with the silverbullet runing at 6+ volts kicked my ...!

So, its safe in my mind that if this mod will keep an atty nice and wet at 6+ volts its doing a great job at the normal 3.7 volt 510 batteries.

Now i can safely vap away in the morning to get my buzz on quick with a normal full cart and not have to drip.


Oh, quick note.. I was using my one and only real joye 510 atty for the high voltage test as i dont really like it as it has a hard draw compared to the 510 atty's i got from TW with the wide gold band.

 

[eclypse]

If you don't have this exact blue foam and/or a set of digital calipers, you can just cut the plug a little big. If the atomizer runs dry, check to see if you have any juice in the cart. If so, trim a little bit off the plug. Repeat until you the atomizer goes dry when the cartridge runs out of juice. If you ever get flooding then you cut a little too much off, so start again with a plug that's too big.

Thanks for the tips scottes.. Yeah for those people with no calipers, you can get one cheap from Harbor Freight Tools. Theres cheap! Check for local store location.. You may get lucky and have one close to you.

But like scootes said once you get the size down.. cut a bunch at once.

 

[eclypse]

??? Anyone out there trying this?? Your missing out. hehe. I've come to realize that a 2 sec draw is equal to a normal 5 sec draw before and now a 5 sec draw is crazy with this mod.

 

[Scottes]

If it wasn't already past my bed time I'd be trying it. Maybe tomorrow night I'll throw a couple 3-volt batteries in my big Chuck...

I'm a little hesitant though. I find that this mod wicks better than most, but still likes a little patience between vapes. Oh, this mod makes a cart last for hours, but the bridge and atty wick still wick slowly, so one needs a little rest between vapes. I'm a constant vaper - I keep a Prodigy and Chuck at hand so one cools down while I hit the other. This allows the bridge to keep wet with the Prodigy at 5v. I'd have to remember to let the 6.4v Chuck cool down a lot, and slow my pace. So tomorrow night I'll try 6.4 volts (a fresh pair of RCR123A 3v batts) and see what happens.

 

[phillofdfuture]

anyone wanna cut me an inch off and send it to me in an envelope? i dont wanna pay $10 for something i only need so little of. Ill paypal someone $1.50 for their troubles LOL

 

[eclypse]

Scottes, just had my HIGH Voltage morning vape.. No prob wicking as fast as you need. I took draw after draw over and over and its wicking as fast as you need! Every time i hit the button its sucking up liquid as you can verify with the hiss sound.

I dont see how you could take faster hits as you have to exhale before you can take another hit hehehe. Well, i guess you could pass it to someone else.

I'd advise testing it first on a 3.7v device first to make sure its working properly before going all out on the HIGH voltage.

 

[eclypse]

anyone wanna cut me an inch off and send it to me in an envelope? i dont wanna pay $10 for something i only need so little of. Ill paypal someone $1.50 for their troubles LOL

I'd hook ya up if i had an envolope in the house.. Still go buy it! Unsure of how many plugs you get out of the 6 layers of foam but its gota be in the hundreds!

I know where your coming from though as i have 2 boxes of Pyramid Tea Bags, 1 box of regular tea bags, coffee filters, 8 ouches of Wool in a large bag, a bag of coffee straws and a huge bag of poly-fill. Just the price you pay to find the perfect sollution.

Here i thought i wasted $14 bucks on my bag of that Blue Foam.. 2 1/2 weeks later its now got a pernament home in my carts.

 

[Scottes]

I dont see how you could take faster hits as you have to exhale before you can take another hit hehehe. Well, i guess you could pass it to someone else.

I'd advise testing it first on a 3.7v device first to make sure its working properly before going all out on the HIGH voltage.

When I vape at home, I have a 5v Prodigy in one hand and a 3.7v Chuck in the other. And I've still managed to dry out the filter material.

I guess that I could trim the filter and make it a little smaller to get it to wick a little faster, but right now it's almost perfect so I don't want to screw with it. Last night I had to make another spring mod, and it took me a while to get the plug trimmed to the right size. Once I get a cart and atty vaping correctly I don't want to touch it for fear of screwing it up and starting over.

 

[eclypse]

I've noticed if i dont get the plug perfectly on there you somethings have trouble getting it to wick. Make sure to insert the plug even so its all level and the edges of the plug are not bent over. Also it will leak if you dont have all the sides flush to the cart.

Your not using a 510 cart?

The one i had trouble with wicking till i get it seated properly just lasted the longest ever! I've been vapin on this full cart for almost 4 hours now. And i think i chain vape.

 

[Scottes]

Yep, I've definitely found that the foam should be flush with the cart edges before inserting into the atomizer.

I have not yet experienced any leaking.

I may still have my plug a little too large, so it might not wick as fast as yours. And/or I simply vape faster than you. So sometimes the top of the foam, where it meets the bridge, gets dry because the bridge/mesh wick faster than my foam.

I could attempt to trim the foam a little smaller, but this situation happens once or twice every day or two. I can live with that. It's better than topping off my PTB 6 or 8 times a day.

 

[Pete54]

I still can't believe how great this works. I've been vaping on this cart non stop for hours. The search is definitely over!

 

[Dredbull]

I shaved my blue foam slightly narrow from the cart slightly shorter also..

Had some extra standard cart filler, filled the blue foam and crammed the filler to stop it up.

Juiced the filler and have been going like an angry choochoo all day.

 

[eclypse]

Is anyone else noticing that after a day the atty seems like its not working as good? like it needs to be cleaned?

Here after this atty was runing awesome all day just now i went to refill it and it was barely producing any vapor. Thoght maybe the plug leaked and it was flooded i blew it out. Tried it again no good.. Changed the plug to a new plug. Same results. Cleaned the contacts of the atty and Protege connection and the same. Checked the battery level with the mult and it showed 3.7v. Checked the ohms of the atty and it read 2.7 ohms. All is good yet no vapor.

Then i said.. ok try another atty i just cleaned and bam! All good..

Funny how the 2 attys i was using the other night after the new mod seemed to need to be cleaned as well. Worked fine after cleaning though as i'm using one of those right now.

Could it be that this mod makes the atty run so rich that the attys may need to be cleaned every 24-48 hours?

 

[Pete54]

eclipse,
You may be on to something. I was starting to feel like I was losing my mind. After one day of solid blissful vaping, it kind of weakened. Changed atty and it's fine. I think you're right about it being so rich. After several hours of great vapor it needs to be cleaned I guess we'll just have to alternate atty's and clean them.

 

[eclypse]

Hey Pete.. Glad i'm not loosen my mind and someone else is experiencing the same. Yeah, rotate them out till we figure out what to chance if anything.

 

[eclypse]

Ok.. strange. The one atty today that seemed that it needed to be cleaned is now fine. Earlier i tried blowing it out good. I've had it sitting here for a couple of hours. Then now i just blew it out again and another good chunk of juice came out of it. So i thought, lets try it again. Its now puffing fine.

So at the end of the day just blow the crap out of it and let it sit. The next morning blow it again and maybe that will be good enough to keep from cleaning it every other day. Hopefully i can stick to my once a week cleaning schedual using CREST Pro Health mothwash.

 

[acezzz]

I must say, this thread is kinda funny. I have tried this blue foam mod among many others in these forums when i first started vaping. I finally concluded that the poly fill works better than any mod i have yet to find here or could come up with on my own. The trick to the poly is you have to keep it wet and if it starts to sink down in the cart you have to replace it with new poly. I wonder how many things the original inventor of these things tried before finally coming to the same conclusion? It would be very interesting to know. Of course there is always dripping/dipping if all else fails.

 

[eclypse]

If the poly was the best then why are so many looking for something better? Why are most just dipping or dripping? I'll tell ya the reason why... It dont wick good and you waste juice as theres always some stuck in the bottom.

Why would so many feel that the straw mod for poly is way better? I made another mod that had a small vent in the side of the cart that also helped a ton and also prevents the poly from strinking under pressure.

Even with all that it never lasted hours like this can.