blue foam question

[Ninotschka]

hi all,

i know the blue foam mod works for a lot of you but the marineland foam is not available so easily in the UK from what I have seen.

has anyone ever tried using the Juwel blue foam? it comes in coarse and fine, and i was wondering if one of those would work well instead?

I have a jewel tank but no new foam pads at the moment, but would of course buy them im bulk if i could use it for vaping.

Thanks!

 

[sentrarob]

Seems to me that foam would 'retain' rather than release the liquid. Have you looked for Fluvall Polishing Pads? They are aquariam filters.

 

[Metstoo]

I use Fluval foam (similar to blue foam, not the polishing pads) and don't bother with the straw. It soaks up the juice and wicks it just fine.

 

[Ninotschka]

thanks for your replies guys.

i have tried to polishing pads and they just dont seem to work, doesn't want to wick.

do you use the coarse or fine foam metstoo?

 

[Ninotschka]

i suppose the fluval only comes in one form, if you are using the fluval plus foam pads. of course i just sold a fish tank with a bunch of spare fluval plus foams. typical pfft

 

[sentrarob]

thanks for your replies guys.

i have tried to polishing pads and they just dont seem to work, doesn't want to wick.

do you use the coarse or fine foam metstoo?

Have you tried the tea bag mod??

 

[intaview]

What about this?


2 X FLUVAL 204, 205 & 304, 305 EXTERNAL FILTER FOAM on eBay (end time 07-Apr-10 10:42:31 BST)

 

[Ninotschka]

rob, i would do the tea bag mod, if england wasn't so overly environmentally friendly and would sell the tea in nylon bags. they are all made of thin paper here.

intaview, those might work, i haven't tried them, have you?

 

[intaview]

Just got two Fluval in yesterday (from that ebay link), but I am so new to vaping that I don't have much to compare it with. I have cut one Fluval for a 510 and one for an 801 - had to recut the 801 because it gurgle-flooded the atty at first so I made the Fluval bigger. I am having variable results but can't really notice any difference between the original filler and the Fuval to be honest. Maybe I will have to try the straw mod and/or try different Fluval sizes to see some improvement.

With my limited experience, I can't really recommend or advise against. I put that ebay link in because I thought it may be a cheap way to test the Fluval UK. It looks very much like the blue foam I've only seen pictures of here on ECF.

Give me another couple of months experimentation and implementation of ideas on ECF and I'll be in a position to help more on this subject.

 

[Metstoo]

What about this?


2 X FLUVAL 204, 205 & 304, 305 EXTERNAL FILTER FOAM on eBay (end time 07-Apr-10 10:42:31 BST)

This looks like the foam I use. It's great because the width of the foam pads is just the right length to fit in my carts. I just cut them in a strip and the cut out slightly squared V shapes, (similar to the blue foam darts shape) not too thick and insert them with tweezers. (I kinda dunk it in there with the tweezers initially to get the foam soaked and then top off.)

Trust me, I tried MANY filler mods (very frustrating!) and the easiest, so far, has been just the foam. It allows me to vape all the liquid in the cart. I tried polyfill and it would either flood the atty or not wick all the juice. Foam has also given me the most consistent results.

I sometimes drip at home but I have to have a cart for work breaks and driving and this worked for me.

 

[Metstoo]

Oh and btw, I didn't wash the foam at first but it does taste a little cleaner if you do. Wash them in mild soap and water, rinse really well and then squeeze and air dry.

 

[intaview]

Thanks for the advice, Metstoo - I'll experiment with the V shape and see if I can get some improvement on what I have at the moment.

I'm dreaming of a top-notch fuel-injection model complimented by beautiful fruity flavours. I discovered I love apple the other day.

 

[Ninotschka]

thanks very much for the details and the help intaview and metstoo. i just flooded my atomiser with the blue juwel foam so there goes that idea.

if the fluval foam on ebay looks like the one on the pictures here, then i will give it a go and let you know if i have any luck with it. thanks for the link!

 

[Ninotschka]

have you tried watermelon? i never thought it would be possible but i do like that, i got it from totally wicked and apple is next on my list

 

[intaview]

I have TONS of e-liquid on order and watermelon is one of them. I thought I would be a menthol person at most (as opposed to tobacco), but that apple has changed my mind. I think I'm gonna be a fruit bat - batty about fruits.

 

[Metstoo]

I've tried watermelon from Cignot and it was good. I'd like to try blueberry next... I'm looking at eliquidplanet.com at the moment and they have a few I'd like to try. Jasmine might be nice.

 

[Ninotschka]

where do you order yours from intaview? i have tried a few places but haven't really found one i like 100%

and i can't even imagine what jasmine would taste like hmm

 

[intaview]

I got the first few lots from ivapour-elixir, cloud9vaping and totally wicked. The apple was really nice from ivapour-elixir.

I now have two big orders on the way from China - health cabin and east mall. I'm busy worrying myself by reading all the "customs" threads. Oh dear

Nah, should be all right.

 

[Metstoo]

I have ordered samples (mostly VG) from Johnson Creek, BesteCiggy, Cignot, cartos from V4L & Heaven's Gifts and wintergreen from Tasty Vapor.

So far, the only ones I've been truly happy with have been Cignot and TV.

Didn't care for the tastes in the JV Red Oak samplers. BesteCiggy flavors were okay but VERY weak. Not a fan of filled cartos so far... I get that perfumey taste with them and they have no vapor. I think it's the built in atties rather than the juice.

My main beef with HG was that it took a month to get to me in the mail. For that reason I prefer to order from suppliers here in the states. Not sure how they are with shipping in the UK though. May be better overseas.

 

[Ninotschka]

i am thinking about ordering some bits from heaven gifts because they have a usb passthrough for my m401 which i can't find in the uk for some reason. might order some more stuff to make it work the postage costs. one can never have too many attys it seems, even though i am still on my first ones

i got a adapter to use cartos with my 510 and that worked really well. the cartos were from cloud9vaping in the uk so i am not sure if there is a difference in those, but will try some from HG and see how they are

i love the totally wicked juices, but man they are expensive