Cisco 510 LR died within 24 hrs of use

[NOIS29]

Slightly annoyed... my brand new Cisco 510 LR died this morning without warning. I followed directions, didn't flood, didn't dry burn it, and it died without a pop. Only used one juice on it, TV Tastyfinger. Blew it out just to make sure it wasn't flooded, nothing. Tried soaking it and drying it out, nothing. Good thing I got two of them. I love the taste and performance but I better get more than 24 hrs use out of the 2nd one, these things aren't cheap.

 

[MXBNW]

Email Cisco. this is not a norm for the Cisco attys. Good guy to work with. I have been using the same Cisco LR306 1.5 for 6 weeks one day.

IMO there well worth the extra $.

 

[phorbin]

i agree with MX. That is not the norm with these things and Cisco will take care of the problem. I have 2 LR306s that are going since first week of december and the only thing I have had problems with is the drip tips cracking. But the attys themselves work great for me.

 

[a68rebel]

My LR 901's died within 24 hours too.

 

[Liv2Ski]

Yes you can kill a Cisco. I have done it in under 24 hours. The culprit is usually chain vaping. All the Cisco atty's (yes I have tried all of them) perform really well and my goto is the 306. I have found that they do not like to be run dry and that chain vaping is a sure way to kill them. If you can not place your finger against the metal tube on a 510 then you are running it way to hot. Also let it cool a bit prior to rejuicing. I have a theory that thermal shock is a killer too. If the coil is really hot and you hit it with cold juice it is contracting rather quickly. Doing this repeatedly will shorten the life and the coil will break at its weakest spot. Usually at the first coil turn. This is much esaier to see on a 306 and in fact by pinching the coil I have been able to bring a few back to life. With that said treating them correctly I now get 6+ weeks out of my Ciscos.

 

[NOIS29]

I used tweezers to pull the wick and try to see if t the coil was toast, the mesh looks tampered with now. You think he'd still honor a replacement?

 

[Liv2Ski]

I used tweezers to pull the wick and try to see if t the coil was toast, the mesh looks tampered with now. You think he'd still honor a replacement?

Shoot him an email, can't hurt to ask. Just tell him what you did and the events leading up to the failure

 

[NOIS29]

Shoot him an email, can't hurt to ask. Just tell him what you did and the events leading up to the failure

I just did. Earlier this morning after the failure, I ordered 2 more 510s and 2 306's. hopefully he'd be kind enough to add 1 more 510 to my order.

 

[NOIS29]

Got a response, my order shipped already, but Cisco said its a rare occurrence and he'll take care of me on my next order.

 

[dspin]

I'm using the same 3 Cisco LR 306's since October. I chain vape heavy. Same LR 510 since October - I did kill one LR 510 in December after 4 months. My tubes including the 306's get very hot. Cisco's are hard kill, you just got a bad one. On another note - I did kill 2-LR 901's after using them 2 months