After a post by a rather enthusiastic user of these, I went ahead and ordered a box from My Vapor Store. Her thread was answered by a number of folks who said there weren't enough reviews of the product yet. So, here is a review of the product I received. I've only vaped it last night and through this morning so keep in mind that this is not an extensive review and cannot speak to longevity or durability. I will add that later.
One pack of these costs $10.50 over at My Vapor Store. I ordered some other things from this vendor, notably a ce2 syringe filling kit and some flue cured tobacco (this is excellent by the way).
Ok onto the CE3 review:
Filling- I opened my new syringe filling kit. Inserted one of the blunt tips onto the syringe and then filled a carto condom with juice. The reading on the syringe was about .6 ml. I then pulled the plug on my first CE3 and dropped the juice in without a whole lot of effort. I added a bit more about another .6ml. I didn't want to overfill and stopped there. The description from MVS states they can hold 1.8 ml of juice and this may be so. I'd say you probably could get a bit more in there but I've had some flooding issues with plastic cartos in the past and didn't want to chance it. In any case, the plug fill system is a bit of a pain in the .... in that the plug is very very small and you have to re-insert it with a tweezers. I expect that this will get easier with practice and really it wasn't THAT difficult to get back in but did take several tries. Combine this with the fact that you have to syringe fill and it becomes a big production. I hate syringe filling.
Vaping- The ce3s come with one Delrin drip tip, which I think is pretty cool. Delrin's I've seen for purchase alone are sometimes $4 so if you factor in the fact that you get a drip tip out of the deal i'd say the package is at least as economical as traditional cartos.
I put the Delrin tip on and installed the ce3 to my e-power base (no the cone will not fit over it). I began vaping. This was pretty good. A nice warm vape with a nice thick cloud of vapor production. The taste was really fantastic, very similar to dripping. No plastic taste at all. I kept this up for another good hour of moderate vaping. All went well, no change in taste, no burning, etc.
Leaking issues- Every other plastic carto I've tried has leaked in one way or another and I assumed the CE3 would as well. Thus, I really put it through the ringer. I vaped on it, then I turned the thing upside down, shook it side to side and so forth to see if I could detect any leaks. At the end of about an hour there was some small amount of juice up above the fill plug. I don't think this was just condensation or anything. The leaking was extremely minor maybe a quarter of a drop or a half of a drop. I went ahead and wiped it up with a dry q-tip. This morning I again vaped and treated the things pretty badly and had the same result. Some minor leaking around the top. Theres zero leaking from the bottom though. I'd say every 60 drags or so maybe you would have to clean off the juice but I didnt get any juice in my mouth the entire time. The Delrin kind of covers the juice for you so that yes, theres a tiny bit of leaking but as long as it doesn't end up in your mouth, who really cares?
Material and workmanship- These things are made with the newer "unbreakable" plastic and they do seem tougher than the original ce2's I've had. The included pair of tweezers is somewhat flimsy and you might want to invest in a better pair. I ordered the smoky black color. I would not recommend doing this unless you are a real fan of black for some reason. It is hard to see through. You can still tell the level if you hold it up to the light, but it seems to me one of the other colors would make this much easier. White or green for example.
Overall conclusion- The filling is somewhat tedious. Having to syringe fill and then go through the tweezer procedure is not something you are going to want to do after say 6 beers. However, this is outweighed by a really good vaping experience once you do have it filled. Virtually no leaking, a thick warm vape, and the taste is outstanding. Throw in the price of 10.50 for five of them and a Delrin tip included and I think this is a huge winner.
I will supplement this as time goes by in order to speak to long term durability and other issues which may or may not arise.
One pack of these costs $10.50 over at My Vapor Store. I ordered some other things from this vendor, notably a ce2 syringe filling kit and some flue cured tobacco (this is excellent by the way).
Ok onto the CE3 review:
Filling- I opened my new syringe filling kit. Inserted one of the blunt tips onto the syringe and then filled a carto condom with juice. The reading on the syringe was about .6 ml. I then pulled the plug on my first CE3 and dropped the juice in without a whole lot of effort. I added a bit more about another .6ml. I didn't want to overfill and stopped there. The description from MVS states they can hold 1.8 ml of juice and this may be so. I'd say you probably could get a bit more in there but I've had some flooding issues with plastic cartos in the past and didn't want to chance it. In any case, the plug fill system is a bit of a pain in the .... in that the plug is very very small and you have to re-insert it with a tweezers. I expect that this will get easier with practice and really it wasn't THAT difficult to get back in but did take several tries. Combine this with the fact that you have to syringe fill and it becomes a big production. I hate syringe filling.
Vaping- The ce3s come with one Delrin drip tip, which I think is pretty cool. Delrin's I've seen for purchase alone are sometimes $4 so if you factor in the fact that you get a drip tip out of the deal i'd say the package is at least as economical as traditional cartos.
I put the Delrin tip on and installed the ce3 to my e-power base (no the cone will not fit over it). I began vaping. This was pretty good. A nice warm vape with a nice thick cloud of vapor production. The taste was really fantastic, very similar to dripping. No plastic taste at all. I kept this up for another good hour of moderate vaping. All went well, no change in taste, no burning, etc.
Leaking issues- Every other plastic carto I've tried has leaked in one way or another and I assumed the CE3 would as well. Thus, I really put it through the ringer. I vaped on it, then I turned the thing upside down, shook it side to side and so forth to see if I could detect any leaks. At the end of about an hour there was some small amount of juice up above the fill plug. I don't think this was just condensation or anything. The leaking was extremely minor maybe a quarter of a drop or a half of a drop. I went ahead and wiped it up with a dry q-tip. This morning I again vaped and treated the things pretty badly and had the same result. Some minor leaking around the top. Theres zero leaking from the bottom though. I'd say every 60 drags or so maybe you would have to clean off the juice but I didnt get any juice in my mouth the entire time. The Delrin kind of covers the juice for you so that yes, theres a tiny bit of leaking but as long as it doesn't end up in your mouth, who really cares?
Material and workmanship- These things are made with the newer "unbreakable" plastic and they do seem tougher than the original ce2's I've had. The included pair of tweezers is somewhat flimsy and you might want to invest in a better pair. I ordered the smoky black color. I would not recommend doing this unless you are a real fan of black for some reason. It is hard to see through. You can still tell the level if you hold it up to the light, but it seems to me one of the other colors would make this much easier. White or green for example.
Overall conclusion- The filling is somewhat tedious. Having to syringe fill and then go through the tweezer procedure is not something you are going to want to do after say 6 beers. However, this is outweighed by a really good vaping experience once you do have it filled. Virtually no leaking, a thick warm vape, and the taste is outstanding. Throw in the price of 10.50 for five of them and a Delrin tip included and I think this is a huge winner.
I will supplement this as time goes by in order to speak to long term durability and other issues which may or may not arise.
