CE3's: Am I doing it wrong?

[Cyclin]

Update:

By using the "condom" on the connection end, I have been able to keep the CE3 from leaking while filling. BUT, juice keeps coming up the "straw" in the middle during use. This causes juice to become trapped between the drip tip and the plug area ( which should just be empty space ) I've noticed performance loss when the juice fills that area, so Inpop the drip tip off and push a paper towel in there to clean it up. Five to ten minutes later, that area is full of juice again.

Anyone else experience this? Any solutions?

I've been using my Ce3's for a little over a week now and have been noticing that same problem. It seems like every 15 minutes I have to use a paper towel or dab with a crunched up end up the bottom of my shirt to remove the excess.

Has anybody found a way to minimize the excess pooling under the drip tip?

 

[pyro13g]

It's just the way they are vs a Boge packed with the fill. In the boge it just wicks back into wicking material. I just stuffed a small piece of cotton inside the cup so it doesn't tighten up the draw too much. will see how it goes. Need a small piece of air tube that fits in the hole at the mouth end. Then I can pack more cotton in, even into my drip tip. CE3 currently half full. See how long it is before the draw sucks or it starts pulling condensation back into the air tube.

 

[eddy-r3]

IM having EXACTLY the same problem, some are fine others are awful and im mopping up every 5mins!

Bit annoying as its effecting the perfomance and i feel like my batteries are on the way out when in actual fact i think its the cartos!

My first 5 smokymizers were EXCELLENT i could not fault them at all, where as the new ones i have, 2 of them are a little 'weak' in the vapour production department, i think i must have a bad batch of them

 

[Cyclin]

It's just the way they are vs a Boge packed with the fill. In the boge it just wicks back into wicking material. I just stuffed a small piece of cotton inside the cup so it doesn't tighten up the draw too much. will see how it goes. Need a small piece of air tube that fits in the hole at the mouth end. Then I can pack more cotton in, even into my drip tip. CE3 currently half full. See how long it is before the draw sucks or it starts pulling condensation back into the air tube.

So hows the small piece of cotton working for you? In theory it should help so I am looking around for some fabric to cut up right now. (i'm at work, endless supply of wood, cardboard, and plastic, and since I do graphic design and laser etching my materials can be laser-cut to any dimension within .001 inch, but not much cotton around here...)

 

[Cyclin]

So I cut a 1mm thick slice off of a foam packing peanut and stuffed it into the end. Although it did stop the liquid from getting into my mouth, the liquid continued to pool through and over the foam. Fail.

 

[pyro13g]

The cotton is working well. 1/4 tank gone and nothing in the air tube. Seems to also be wicking better. More bubbles rising from the vent hole at the coil end. I forced a toothpick in the air hole to get an idea how small a piece of tube to go in it needs to be. Got any lint in your pockets?

 

[Cyclin]

No lint. What do you think about if I stripped some Q-tips? Going to try anyway.

 

[Cyclin]

I'm about to break this damn thing. I tried the cotton and it started getting gunked up with liquid. I then had to refill the carto again to about halfway. After fiddling with this POS all day I now have no more liquid here at work with me, although I brought enough for usually 3 days. Once I fill and replace the plug, and begin to puff on it, the end near the mouthpiece almost immediately starts filling with liquid, and looks to be coming out near where the plug is located. I am at a loss now, What should I do?

 

[eddy-r3]

Ive read on another forum people are having the same problems as we are.

Also, my smoky is new, filled once and its 1/2 full, and it taste real BAD and REALLY harsh (strong TH) like its nearly empty

I think they're a bad batch personally.

 

[Rothman]

It sounds like these things are actually wicking to much hence the extra liquid being available to be sucked up the tube. Perhaps a higher percentage VG mix would help. If this is the case, I don't see any easy way to fix the issue.

(Edit) I missed your last post about them being harsh. If that's the case then it shouldn't be due to wicking too much....

 

[Cyclin]

It sounds like these things are actually wicking to much hence the extra liquid being available to be sucked up the tube. Perhaps a higher percentage VG mix would help. If this is the case, I don't see any easy way to fix the issue.

(Edit) I missed your last post about them being harsh. If that's the case then it shouldn't be due to wicking too much....

That makes a lot of sense as this wasn't happening as much with my DIY juice as it was today on my Pre mixed stuff. I just filled a new carto with 63 pg 37 VG and it has been vaping like a champ. Not a drop has pooled near the mouthpiece since I switched liquids. We'll see though I'll let you guys know how the rest of this fill turns out.

 

[bluegrasslover]

I've been using my Ce3's for a little over a week now and have been noticing that same problem. It seems like every 15 minutes I have to use a paper towel or dab with a crunched up end up the bottom of my shirt to remove the excess.

Has anybody found a way to minimize the excess pooling under the drip tip?

I just flick my pv and the juice in the well comes out of my drip tip. Do they have problems? Yes. However I love these things. Here's my tip for filling. Don't pull the bung out of the well. I let it stick to the inner wall so no chance of losing it. I can do a fill in about 10 seconds with no leaking at all. Also don't squeeze the bung with the tweezers just scrape the bung from the side. 90% of the time it comes right out and sticks to the inner wall which is just where I want it.

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[pyro13g]

Cotton still working fine here. I going to try a nugget of a real cigarette filter next. When I did the cotton I put a toothpick in the air hole to pack it around. I'm not using a lot. Maybe a little more than 1/4"x1/4" of cotton make up remover pad. Almost 1/2 a tank gone, cotton is pretty wet. I've had problem with weeping out the bung too. I just use the spare bung to replace it. I think I've grooved a couple up with the tweezers and that's why I had my problem.

Got liquid in the tube at almost half a tank gone. Much better than what seems like always.

 

[Cyclin]

Well its been 25 hours since I switched the liquid to 63pg/37vg and I am happy to say that I have not had any leaks since. I think the mostly PG pre-made stuff was too thin and kept leaking out. If it happens again I am going to try cotton again though, although my previous attempts did stop the leaks from getting in my mouth, they did not stop the carto from leaking into the cotton.

If the problem is due to over-wicking does anybody think if we replace the wick we could vape higher PGs with less of the leaking?

 

[pyro13g]

Unless you have special equipment, You might not get a new wick fished through the hole in the tank and into the coil. When one of yours dies, pull the tank off the atty and take a look. Maybe you have but I tried on three I attempted to clean per directions and found it impossible.

 

[Cyclin]

Actually the first one of these I opened I pulled off the wrong end because I was trying to use an ego cone that was a little small. Pulling the cone off I accidentally pulled off the battery end as well. I was able to get the wick back into the tank but after fiddling with it too much couldn't get it back into the coil. I saved the wickless carto in case it could be re-wicked later.

Once the wick gets a little frayed it is near impossible to get back into the tank. I'll try to wick it again as soon as I fin the right string or whatever to use.

 

[Rothman]

Maybe if you open it up and use a small piece of wire (such as some kanthal or nichrome) to go around the wick once or twice just below where it comes out of the tank. Depending on how tight you wrap the piece of wire, you may be able to limit the capillary action of the wick to a degree making it tunable. I'm not even sure if this is feasable as I have not recieved mine yet. It would probably take a little bit of time to get it just right for your specific juice consitency but may be worth a try. Another ide would be to plug the original wick hole and make a smaller diameter hole elswhere to thread the wick through. That one may be more difficult to do but it seems, in my estimation, the best fix.

 

[pyro13g]

I ditched my drip tip as an experiment. Put the regular ol' end piece on. Less surface area for condensation to form. Working nicely.

 

[Cyclin]

Couple days later and the higher VG content juice is still going strong in this carto. Have re-filled 3-4 times with no leaks and the liquid that had been pooling under the mouthpiece is still not as constant as before. Just wanted to give you guys an update.

 

[Bravo525]

Just a couple things I have found that work for me when using CE3s:
Reinserting the wick is a pain, but lick your fingers and twist the end of
the wick. This will moisten it just enough to stick the frayed fibers together.
When inserting the wick into the tank, twist the tank. It's uses the twist of the
wick like a screw, pulling it into the tank.
As mentioned before the leaking is a big issue! Even after using the condom method, i still find leaking an issue.There are 3 holes on the bottom of the tank, one for the wick, one for the vapor exit and another I'm assuming for tank pressure equalization. Buy yourself an eyeglass repair kit, like $2. Force/screw one of the micro screws into that third hole. The tank will still equalize itself from around the wick. 2 weeks now and not a single leak. Put the condom on the battery side, remove the bung, fill to your liking, replace bung, remove condom and vape away! Hope this helps.