CE3's: Am I doing it wrong?

[Rothman]

Good idea Bravo. I'm still waiting on mine. I think it's strange how we spend our hard earned money on these things and still have to modify them in order to get them to fuction correctly but, I guess it's all a part of the process of ecig evolution. CE2s never came around to what I thought they could have been but the CE3s have given me hope again.

 

[Cyclin]

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.

Good Idea! I am going to try this today after lunch. Will post back with my experiences

 

[TheAlternative]

Sounds like the CE3's require work like most of the other delivery systems. I haven't tried these yet, but I have a couple of Ce2's I vape occasionally (L/R Mega tanks my default). In your experience, does the CE3 outshine the CE2 noticably with TH, cloud, ect?? I might give em a try.

 

[Rothman]

I would rather use my liquid like visine than use another CE2. If these things are anything like CE2's, to the trash they go.

 

[Rothman]

Got them in the mail today and I am absolutely blown away! These taste 100% exactly like dripping and trust me, I have tried everything out there and nothing even comes close except for these babies. I ran clean through two complete fills in the past 8 hours and I could not have hoped for a better vape. For the people I've seen in vids complaining about how hard they are to fill, they must have never tried a CE2. These things are cake to fill. I did notice the liquid buildup at the top but I never even stopped to clean it out. I never got liquid in my mouth and it never became more than half filled up top. I also noticed that once the carto is half empty it wicks faster and vapes a little better just like has been said before. Also, there have been a few times where I had to clean up some liquid coming out of the air holes at the atty connector. Not too much but enough to be a little aggrivating. I attribute this to the faster wicking at the halfway mark. These may have just made my atty stash obsolete. I hope they continue to work this well and that the company keeps making thes bad boys.

 

[bluegrasslover]

Ok, earlier in this thread I said I never had a problem with leaking. Out of the around 25 of these things I've used I filled one the other day and it poured out the bottom. So I know what ya'll are saying now. I would think that maybe the wick wasn't fitting right but it worked just fine after filling. I guess I've had good luck thus far. I still love them.

 

[icebob]

Got mine today. So far I'm frikkin impressed The taste of the juice is a lot better than regular cartos. They read 2.8ohms on the Provari, dialed in at 4.9V, big cloud of smoke. Hoping they all perform the same...

 

[Vidi]

Yeah I'm still using the CE3's ( now with my provari ) and they leak like a sieve. I'm constantly wiping juice out of the little catcher ring.

But I get good vapor from them for three to four days so I'll continue to use them until I upgrade to a proper tank.

My wife says her CE3's barely leak at all on her eGo. I don't get it. We're taking them from the same box. LOL

 

[Cyclin]

Just a quick update, haven't remembered when I was at a store to pick up the tiny screw or eyeglass repair kit so I haven't tried this yet. Been using some Fluxomizers until I can get the screw and see if I can't plug up the little hole.

 

[pyro13g]

Yeah I'm still using the CE3's ( now with my provari ) and they leak like a sieve. I'm constantly wiping juice out of the little catcher ring.

But I get good vapor from them for three to four days so I'll continue to use them until I upgrade to a proper tank.

My wife says her CE3's barely leak at all on her eGo. I don't get it. We're taking them from the same box. LOL

There's got to be another variable. Juice contents, small flaw, etc. My DIY R4 rarely condensates in the mouth end. I made a juice with PGA in it and it filled every handful of hits. In the same CE3. Another one does it no matter what's in it. I think that one has a small crack near the fill hole.

I wouldn't mess with the vent hole unless it's leaking out of the battery and. Otherwise, it's not going to wick right, or wick slower. I just started making my own tanks for the boatload of Boge I have. Granted there is no cup to pool in, it just goes back into the wicking, but I see other related issues surrounding venting the tank. Too much, it floods, to little get's to dry, filling through seals with needle ruins them, looser seals leak. So, I decided on a fill hole with a thumb screw and O-ring to also use as a manual vent.

 

[bluegrasslover]

Has anyone tried the new version of the ce3? I think they call them micromizers? They were supposed to fix problems with the 1st gens.