Can't fill my Rocket without flooding the chamber

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lukewheeler

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I love my Rocket. I know it's a cheap kayfun clone that can't beat the real thing, but in most cases, it vapes like a dream.

I have one issue. I simply can't fill the thing without it getting flooded. The second after I block the air hole, open the top cap (it doesn't have a fill valve, at least not the Rocket I have, it was an air flow control ring thing instead with two holes you can open / close by twisting the ring), fill, screw the head on half way, flip upside down, open the air hole, and screw the head the rest of the way down, the thing is flooded. I get gurgley, nasty hits with no vapour. I blow through the air hole, it gurgles for a bit then sounds like it clears. I take a hit, it gurgles. I repeat this blowing several times, it eventually sorts itself out, and by this point I've normally lost half the juice I filled it with.

It's so frustrating! I'm pretty new to RBAs so I'm sure I'm doing something wrong. The first time this thing was filled it was done by the guy in my local vape store — no gurgling, flooding, or issues in general. I however, can't seem to achieve the same thing.

What are the basics of filling a Kayfun style RBA through the top? I know it works on a vacuum and air pressure and all that jazz, but I just don't understand it properly so I know I'm doing something wrong.

Anyone who sheds some light on this that fixes my vaping woes wins a prize of some sort.

Thank you kind folks!
 

Ryedan

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Here's what I said about the Rocket leaking in another thread.

You said above that you "screw the head on half way". I screw it on until the O-ring just touches the outer tube. Also, you have that air flow ring which I don't. I cover my air hole with a finger while I fill. If you can't close the air passage enough to make drawing on the Rocket through the drip tip impossible, I think it will leak while you fill until you turn it upside down.

The trick with blowing it out while it's upside down should still work though.

Good luck with it and Happy New Year!
 
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