cloggy 510 atomizers?

[Annastasia]

Looking for some opinions as to what I'm doing wrong here.

My husband and I both have 510 manual e-cigs. He only uses prefilled cartridges and is a pretty light vaper, while I use liquid cut with VG and hardly put the e-cig down all day.

Probably not surprising that his atomizers all seem to work a lot better than mine, but I'm looking for some advice on how to minimize the difference. Mine work great for a day or two, then the draw gets really hard and I have to soak them in vodka overnight. Once I do that, they're back to hitting and drawing perfectly, but I'm worried that I might be killing my atomizers slowly.

Do you think it's the liquid I'm using, or just how often I'm hitting it? It seems like the VG makes the biggest difference -- when I use uncut liquid, I get an extra day out of the atty. I'm trying to get down to making my own 0-nic liquid though...Is there something I could use that is a bit easier on the atomizers?

Thanks for any tips.

 

[Zestok90]

From my expereince with the 510 attys, they do start to get a little cloggy. I'm a mega dripper and honestly I'm quite suprised my attys are still alive after a month of almost all dripping. I boil them every couple days and let them sit over night, and mine are still working perfectly. Its like a car, if you keep up with it, it'll last forever and run great. If you let it sit and never do any maitenance on it, things start to break.

 

[happily]

From my expereince with the 510 attys, they do start to get a little cloggy. I'm a mega dripper and honestly I'm quite suprised my attys are still alive after a month of almost all dripping. I boil them every couple days and let them sit over night, and mine are still working perfectly. Its like a car, if you keep up with it, it'll last forever and run great. If you let it sit and never do any maitenance on it, things start to break.

I've had mine over a month and don't do anything to it ,,except blow it out if it gets too gurgly and it vapes great.

Have you tried the straw mod on the carts, anna

 

[Zestok90]

I've had mine over a month and don't do anything to it ,,except blow it out if it gets too gurgly and it vapes great.

Have you tried the straw mod on the carts, anna

Wow nice man haha.
I don't ever want to risk it.
I'm super OCD with my e-cigs.

The straw mod is awesome though!
Definitely give it a shot.
I stole a box of like 300 coffee stirers from my work.
All my carts will be modded for a lifetime probably!

 

[skyward]

I too have heard of vg being more likely to clog. I got my dura (510)the last week of feb and the first atty i used i cleaned with alchohol after one week.this atty malfed and took 2 batts with it.since then all i do is blow them out. the 2 holes on the side are prone to clogging and you need to cover the center hole on the batt side and blow thru on cart side to clear them.have not lost another atty in 4months and all work great.

 

[Annastasia]

I did try the straw mod; maybe I did it wrong but I didn't notice any difference so I stopped doing it.

Thanks for the help all.

 

[Zestok90]

You're welcome!
And if you do try the straw mod ever again, make sure you have a little extra open space at the bottom where there is no polyfill.
I messed mine up the first time, but once I figureed it out, it works so much better.