Cleaning an Apoloe C8 bottom coil clearo (w/pics!)

[kailey_elise]

I got one of the new mini eGo (350mAh! so cute!) kits from The Vapor Girl: Electronic Cigarette Kits, E Cig Mods, E Cigarette Liquids & More & upon seeing it, my friend ordered one for herself in pink. She was trying to twist hers off the battery last night, and accidentally figured out how to disassemble one of these bad boys. Heh heh heh.

It looks like this (next to an eGo-C Twist battery for scale):


Pieces separated:


Much like a CE3/Phoenix, you can put it on a battery (for leverage/torque/whatever)*** and twist & pull at it, and it will start to come off:


Voila!


Pic of the disassembled clearo against a dark background to see the wicks better:


Now, thus far, I haven't taken it apart any further, but this is good enough for me right now to get all old juice out of it. Oh, and the bottom blue ring comes off & I suppose you could reattach it without it, so that it's clear all the way down to the coil.

To reassemble, we've just been swirling the wicks around the base with our fingers & holding them in place as we slip the tank back on, then gently removing our fingers as we move the tank down, making sure not to catch any of the wick.

I've been asking around, and no one seemed to know how to take these apart to clean them. I figured I'd let people know that I figured a way (and that some people might like to see the innards!).

I really like how this hits, and I like that it's a bottom coil I DON'T need a syringe for (though you'd need a needle-tip bottle to fill it; it just doesn't have to be filled upside down like my CE3s). Price is a factor, though - I can get 5 CE3s for the price of ONE of these. I really like these, though! Decisions, decisions...

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*** - use battery as leverage at own risk. you *could* muck up your battery, making it unusable.

 

[daniele25]

Thank you so much for this! As you know...I was wondering the exact same thing, so I'm glad you figured out a way! Now I want to get a few more of these bad boys, as I really like how they work too....AND they are so dark cute!

I'm sure I will have the full kit in every color at some point soon

 

[Junkster]

I havent needed a needle to fill mine, i just hold the dropper real tight on the hole and squeez it in there...havent had any issues FYI

I get varried levels of vapor from mine though, sometimes its legit, sometimes i have to let it sit for a bit, maybe i need to clean mine?

 

[fatcharlie]

That seems like a lot of wick for a bottom coil. Can you trim it without any negative effects?

 

[Jeep91]

Thanks for the pics! I have found out that the metal piece that tip slides into can slide out as well. This exposes the tank and can be filled up-right. But before you put the metal piece all the way back on, just place it on the clearomizer so that the green tube and sides are sealed, quickly flip upside down and push the pieces back together! Make note of how quickly the juice descends from the battery side so that only air, if not most, escapes. And double check on any juice that happened to escape.

I'm also guessing that we can dry-burn these clearomizers?

Thanks again