at high voltage cartos last longer than any atomizer has lasted me (can't speak for low voltage cos i don't use it anymore). I'm still running all my cartos from when i first got them 2 months ago, occasionally i'll clean one if i run out of a flavor or i just don't like it anymore, but these things are perfect. Never even gotten close to popping one, in fact i ran one for 2 minutes straight (mixed some bad flavors) and although the carto got hot and steamed like crazy, it still works! i was extremely worried this habit was going to get expensive, but now i just spend money on mods, not atomizers, and isn't that what we all want?