Cartomizers... UGH!

[MrsP0721]

So I LOVE cartos, the flavor is so much better, but lately I've been frustrated with the whole process! It seems like it just takes so long to fill/refill them. I miss the ease of clearos, just fill 'em and go, but don't miss the muted flavor and dry/burn hits. I wish there was a happy medium! I've thought about trying the 'wickless' clearos, but they're so small, doesn't seem like an upgrade by any stretch. I've also noticed that I don't really get a lot of vapor, in fact some of my 'clouds' are pretty wimpy lol.

Any ideas or suggestions, or is this just what I have to deal with to get a good flavor?

I use SmokTech's 3ohm single coil 3 hole cartos (have some 2ohm single coild 2 hole cartos on the way). My juice is 70/30 or 60/40.

 

[Grimwald]

Are you using these in a carto tank? If so, what tank?

 

[MrsP0721]

SmokTank XL Pyrex U-DCT V2 - Dual Coil Cartomizer Tank - New glass tank design for 510 PV's! 2.5ml 1.5ohm Mostly

http://www.hoosierecig.com/Smok-Tech-Mega-Pyrex-DCT-Cartomizer-tanks_p_728.html Have these as well.

 

[Choc_Addic]

Try a EVOD?

I have not used Cartos ever since I started using BCC's....

Cheers

 

[aushizz]

may I suggest a spheroid stupendous flavor...my Ibtanks and protanks are collecting dust.

 

[MrsP0721]

I've tried evods, I can't use bottom coils, I dry them out too fast.

 

[ScottP]

I personally had bad luck with quality control on cartos but I could fill them pretty quickly. How are you filling them? I filled them by putting the condom thing on the bottom fill from the top, once the juice starts to pool, I would slowly pull the condom off, creating a suction to pull the juice into the filling. Do that a couple of times and is full. Took about 30 seconds to a minute each. Not as fast as a clearo but still pretty quick.

 

[KODIAK (TM)]

I've tried evods, I can't use bottom coils, I dry them out too fast.

I won't use anything else besides bottom coils. Got tired of maneuvering those top wicks against gravity to keep them wet.

But you're right. A good carto is hard to beat for flavor. They're just a pain in the ... to fill.

 

[RoseB]

Hello wickless clearomizers don't work so hot. At least the one I tried. Lots of burnt hits.

 

[MrsP0721]

I personally had bad luck with quality control on cartos but I could fill them pretty quickly. How are you filling them? I filled them by putting the condom thing on the bottom fill from the top, once the juice starts to pool, I would slowly pull the condom off, creating a suction to pull the juice into the filling. Do that a couple of times and is full. Took about 30 seconds to a minute each. Not as fast as a clearo but still pretty quick.

Interesting. I only know of the 'correct' way (filling down the sides) and the way they should me at my B&M, pull the tip off the bottle of juice, hold the bottle upside down against the bottom of the carto and squeeze... it's full when you see juice coming into the tank from the holes in the carto. It's pretty quick, but the mess is what's most annoying, I feel like I waste a lot of juice and seems like I'm cleaning for another 5-10 mins (to get it off my hands and cleaning out the hole in the carto/unflooding it)!

 

[Smoot]

Interesting. I only know of the 'correct' way (filling down the sides) and the way they should me at my B&M, pull the tip off the bottle of juice, hold the bottle upside down against the bottom of the carto and squeeze... it's full when you see juice coming into the tank from the holes in the carto. It's pretty quick, but the mess is what's most annoying, I feel like I waste a lot of juice and seems like I'm cleaning for another 5-10 mins (to get it off my hands and cleaning out the hole in the carto/unflooding it)!

Uuuuhhg!!! Sounds like a bassackwards way to fill a carto......would be like filling your car with gas through the exhaust pipe.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-5-baditudes-cartomizer-tank-setup-guide.html

This should help you out.

 

[MrsP0721]

Uuuuhhg!!! Sounds like a bassackwards way to fill a carto......would be like filling your car with gas through the exhaust pipe.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blogs/baditude/4830-8-cartotank-help-noob.html

This should help you out.

LOL Right! But I got this whole, 'this is THE BEST way to fill a carto!' spill lol. Thanks for the link, I will look at it.

 

[ohaya]

I'm kind of new, but I agree with Smoot.

First of all, you are using a cartomizer in a tank, right?

If that's the case, what I do is to pull the carto partly out of the tank, tip the tank at an angle, then fill through the top hole of the tank. Then, push the carto back up into position.

If it's a new cartomizer, I prime it by dripping some liquid down the inside of the cartomizer, avoiding getting any in the center hole.

Doing it the way that you do, wouldn't you be basically flooding the cartomizer to begin with?

 

[Steamix]

Uuuuhhg!!! Sounds like a bassackwards way to fill a carto......would be like filling your car with gas through the exhaust pipe.

Erm, there is another way to do it ?

 

[MrsP0721]

Doing it the way that you do, wouldn't you be basically flooding the cartomizer to begin with?

Exactly! That's why it takes so damn long, b/c I have to un-flood it! It's quick to fill, but a pain in the ... to clean up!

 

[klynnn]

I use the vivi nova and rebuild my coils with 3mm wick. I keep one side of my wick long and the other short, never have dry hits or flooding and I like a warm vape.

 

[AmandaD]

If you don't have one you need something like a 'slap yo mama' to help refill a tank. It's incredibly fast and easy - I refill mine daily and never, ever get flooding or any mess!

 

[MrsP0721]

If you don't have one you need something like a 'slap yo mama' to help refill a tank. It's incredibly fast and easy - I refill mine daily and never, ever get flooding or any mess!

I have one like it, the tank itself is a breeze to fill, it's the carto itself.

 

[ohaya]

Hi,

Try it the way that's described in Smoot's link... a lot easier and less messy (and faster probably).

I would get one of those tank tools like the one on that blog or something similar (I use the Ibtanked one), but I also sometimes just take a drip tip and flip it upside down (so the end that's normally out is on the top of the carto tube) then press down to get the carto started coming out. Once it's partially out, you can use the flange part on the other end to help put it *partially* out, then start filling from the top end.

 

[ohaya]

I have one like it, the tank itself is a breeze to fill, it's the carto itself.

Ahh. Maybe I misunderstood you. So you're only dripping the liquid down into the carto after you've filled the tank, and the carto is back in the tank? If that's the case, then just drip some liquid down the side at 0, 90, 180, and 270 degrees around, avoiding getting liquid into the center hole.

I don't put as much as you mentioned, but just a drop or 2 to get things started.

Then, put the drip tip back on, and do a dry hit (suck without firing) to draw, and you should be ok. Again caveat is I'm new, but that's the way I've been doing it with carto tanks.