I am new to ecigs and have purchased a Cig2o brand. I must admit i love it. I had smoked for some 30+ years and starting chewing the Nic gum and got hooked on it and was spending way to much money on gum. Plus i was having jaw problems. A friend gave me a ecig for my birthday (21st Centruy) but i could not find any cartriages in my town to fit it so i bought a Cig2O and love it. My question is can i refill these cartriges. I think it would save me some money if i could.
Can i refill my Cig2o cartiages
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I don't know if they use cartos that refill decently, ones with a soft cap or glued on cap, etc. Try to pop out the end cap of one, carefully, without catching any stuffing or wires. On my KR808D-1 cartos I use a unbent paper clip, stick it in the mouth hole about 3/4 the depth of the end cap, and poke against the inside wall of the endcap's hole and pry it up. I hold tissue on the threaded end hole, tilt it, drip juice down the inner carto wall. Then I do careful cleanup - dry threads, no loose juice, no juice in the air channel. Then I use a plastic or delrin drip tip instead just as a mouthpiece (easier to remove to add juice). Do NOT add juice with the carto on the battery if you have auto batteries. And clean it up fully - make sure it won't leak before putting it back on the battery.
NOTE - If Cig2O or Cig2Go uses those awful SLB style cartos, there may be a donut-shape seal above the stuffing and may be no defined central air channel. Remove that donut to add liquid. I despise that kind of carto. They do not refill well IMO.
You can use the cartos from SmokelessImage, Bloogplanet and Vapor4Life and those all DO have soft caps you can easily pop out to add juice. No inner seals, well structured inside with defined air channel and no inenr seals - work great for refilling.
With any carto you can force juice in with a carto condom but if you have automatic batteries be aware that any carto leak can damage or kill your batteries. Manuals are much harder to kill with leaks and also make it easier to get a good hit.
I use 20% or less VG juices in my cartos for good carto life. (80PG/20VG, 90PG/10VG. 100% PG) and I avoid juices that drop a lot of flavoring sediment.
NOTE - If Cig2O or Cig2Go uses those awful SLB style cartos, there may be a donut-shape seal above the stuffing and may be no defined central air channel. Remove that donut to add liquid. I despise that kind of carto. They do not refill well IMO.
You can use the cartos from SmokelessImage, Bloogplanet and Vapor4Life and those all DO have soft caps you can easily pop out to add juice. No inner seals, well structured inside with defined air channel and no inenr seals - work great for refilling.
With any carto you can force juice in with a carto condom but if you have automatic batteries be aware that any carto leak can damage or kill your batteries. Manuals are much harder to kill with leaks and also make it easier to get a good hit.
I use 20% or less VG juices in my cartos for good carto life. (80PG/20VG, 90PG/10VG. 100% PG) and I avoid juices that drop a lot of flavoring sediment.
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I refill my Cig2O cartridges.
My 'tools' were a couple of items I had laying on my computer desk. I use a brass, screw in hook to pop out the back plastic cover. I also use it to remove the silicon donut seal from above the stuffing.
Always save the end caps for your cartridges.
The end cap the does not have the center dongle in it is what I use for refilling. I fill that cap about 2/3 full with liquid. I then push the cartridge in open side up. This way, I can watch the e-liquid to see how well it is soaking into the stuffing. If it soaks all of it up, I use a medicine dropper to add drops until it's full. Once it's full and not soaking up anymore, I lift it up slightly in the cap and then gently blow into the cratidge. This pushes any excess liquid back into the cap so I don't waste any.
Once that's done, I put the donut back in and use a 1/4" allen wrench to seat it level at the top of the stuffing and then reinstall the end cap.
I then place a kleenex over the contact end 9aka the end that screws tot he battery) and give it a good blow into the kleenex. This gets rid of any residual the gentle blow didn't get out. It prevents over-saturation of the element and also prevent you from getting a good dose of e-liquid in your mouth the first time you go to puff on the new cartridge.
I then take the kleenex and double over an edge. I have a paper clip that I unfolded and I use that to push the kleneex into the groove between the outter sleeve and the center conductor. I run it around the entire groove to clean out any residual liquid hiding in there. That can clog up the three vent holes on the battery if not cleaned out.
Wipe off the outside of the cartidge, cap both ends, and you're ready to go
To clean the groove of the battery, use a stadard wooden toothpick. Advisable to poke it into the three vent holes first and then clean out the groove.
I generally get 10-15 refills from a cartridge before I feel the need to clean it. I use a 10cc syringe (no needle) and Everclear.
Do not use denatured or isopropyl alcohol. Those are unsafe for consumption and dangerous if inhaled.
Everclear is 95% proof. The other 5% is water. Pop the end cap off and take out the donut. Use a full 10cc's and squeeze it through the cartridge from the open end. I usually do this 2-3 times per cartridge using a small bowl to catch the Everclear as it goes through. I leave the caps and donuts off for few hours to let the cartridges dry.
I've got some cartridges I have been refilling since April and still working great
My 'tools' were a couple of items I had laying on my computer desk. I use a brass, screw in hook to pop out the back plastic cover. I also use it to remove the silicon donut seal from above the stuffing.
Always save the end caps for your cartridges.
The end cap the does not have the center dongle in it is what I use for refilling. I fill that cap about 2/3 full with liquid. I then push the cartridge in open side up. This way, I can watch the e-liquid to see how well it is soaking into the stuffing. If it soaks all of it up, I use a medicine dropper to add drops until it's full. Once it's full and not soaking up anymore, I lift it up slightly in the cap and then gently blow into the cratidge. This pushes any excess liquid back into the cap so I don't waste any.
Once that's done, I put the donut back in and use a 1/4" allen wrench to seat it level at the top of the stuffing and then reinstall the end cap.
I then place a kleenex over the contact end 9aka the end that screws tot he battery) and give it a good blow into the kleenex. This gets rid of any residual the gentle blow didn't get out. It prevents over-saturation of the element and also prevent you from getting a good dose of e-liquid in your mouth the first time you go to puff on the new cartridge.
I then take the kleenex and double over an edge. I have a paper clip that I unfolded and I use that to push the kleneex into the groove between the outter sleeve and the center conductor. I run it around the entire groove to clean out any residual liquid hiding in there. That can clog up the three vent holes on the battery if not cleaned out.
Wipe off the outside of the cartidge, cap both ends, and you're ready to go
To clean the groove of the battery, use a stadard wooden toothpick. Advisable to poke it into the three vent holes first and then clean out the groove.
I generally get 10-15 refills from a cartridge before I feel the need to clean it. I use a 10cc syringe (no needle) and Everclear.
Do not use denatured or isopropyl alcohol. Those are unsafe for consumption and dangerous if inhaled.
Everclear is 95% proof. The other 5% is water. Pop the end cap off and take out the donut. Use a full 10cc's and squeeze it through the cartridge from the open end. I usually do this 2-3 times per cartridge using a small bowl to catch the Everclear as it goes through. I leave the caps and donuts off for few hours to let the cartridges dry.
I've got some cartridges I have been refilling since April and still working great
I also refill my Cig2O carts. They DO have the defined air channel, but they also do have the hard plastic cap and the donut shaped seal. The plastic cap can be awkard to remove, but the seal is simple, just slides right out. I have to say, I LOVE the Cig2O carts. (Don't necessarily like their flavor, but refilling fixed that!) I don't use the Cig2O batteries anymore. got some from Titans from V4L. But for flavor and vapor production (after refilled, of course), I really enjoy the Cig2O carts.
My refill method is as follows:
Pop the plastic cap out with a little bent-awl looking tool I picked up at Lowes.
Pull out the donut seal.
hold the cart at about a 30 degree angle (to make dripping easier) and hold it over a cloth (to catch drips from overfilling)
drip liquid onto the inside sides of the cart, so it runs down onto the filter. (usually 5-10 drops at a time)
Watch the absorption, it will slow down when full.
When it's full, push the seal back in against the filter material (just against it, don't push it tight)
pop the plastic cap back in.
Ready to go!
I have yet to throw one out. I have a set of 3 that I am using right now. Going on week 3 with that set. Will post when one of them runs out, or needs cleaning. So far, doing nothing but dripping.
Hope that helps!
My refill method is as follows:
Pop the plastic cap out with a little bent-awl looking tool I picked up at Lowes.
Pull out the donut seal.
hold the cart at about a 30 degree angle (to make dripping easier) and hold it over a cloth (to catch drips from overfilling)
drip liquid onto the inside sides of the cart, so it runs down onto the filter. (usually 5-10 drops at a time)
Watch the absorption, it will slow down when full.
When it's full, push the seal back in against the filter material (just against it, don't push it tight)
pop the plastic cap back in.
Ready to go!
I have yet to throw one out. I have a set of 3 that I am using right now. Going on week 3 with that set. Will post when one of them runs out, or needs cleaning. So far, doing nothing but dripping.
Hope that helps!
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