Cartomizer = cartridge-atomizer, something that has both the liquid holder and the heater combined in one unit.
Cartomizers come in both filler-based ("standard") and fillerless (clearomizer often used as a generic term) versions. The clearomizers use a small sealed section that holds the eliquid, with a wick drawing from the tiny tank part to the atomizer in the middle of it. Clearomizer is really used generically now, but originally it meant a fillerless carto with a clear plastic body. You can also by fillerless cartos with stainless steel bodies.
Clearomizers are indeed classically clear plastic outer body, as compared to the stainless steel (sometimes wrapped with color plastic) of a classic carto.
A tank, classically, is a larger reservoir that you can stuff a carto into, top and bottom caps of the tank have orings that seal to the carto body. Tanks often have bodies made of plastic, although some are available in pyrex glass or stainless steel.
To use a carto in a tank it needs to have hole(s) in the side, normally near the bottom, to let liquid flow from the tank section into the main carto. While classic stainless steel cartos (ones without plastic wrappers) are normally what is used, I'm pretty sure some people have inserted normal clearomizers into tanks, too, just have to be careful in putting the hole into the clearomizers. The Ikevape 801 fusion cartos I use do very well in tanks, they have a thick filler, basically leak-free (with some cartos you will get excess leaking out the bottom connector, the fluid flows too freely).
As time has gone on, larger capacity clearomizers have come out, some holding multiple ml -- essentially the same amount of eliquid as you used to get with a separate carto plus tank combination.
Downsides of clearomizers are that leak problems are fairly frequent, people are always chasing the latest and greatest to get one with fewer leaks; filling can, at least with some, be a relative hassle; and there are some eliquids that tend to crack clearomizers (chemical reaction between certain eliquid flavorings and the common clearomizer plastic). Standard clear tanks can also have that cracking pop up, but some vendors use less reactive materials, something called polypropylene does very well, and the pyrex glass and metal tanks have no reaction issues.
Tanks or the bigger clearomizers cut down on the frequency of refilling. I have around 2.5 ml capacity in my carto/tank setup, pretty convenient for me.
Tanks are great when you have an eliquid that you like a lot, an "all day vape", since you're setting up multiple ml of eliquid at a time. Some tanks are fairly cheap, people will actually have several setups, carto/tank each with its own eliquid, and flip between them as their tastes change during the day.
Some clearomizers nowadays even have little LEDs inside them, that turn on when you press the fire button. Each to their own...
Cartomizers come in both filler-based ("standard") and fillerless (clearomizer often used as a generic term) versions. The clearomizers use a small sealed section that holds the eliquid, with a wick drawing from the tiny tank part to the atomizer in the middle of it. Clearomizer is really used generically now, but originally it meant a fillerless carto with a clear plastic body. You can also by fillerless cartos with stainless steel bodies.
Clearomizers are indeed classically clear plastic outer body, as compared to the stainless steel (sometimes wrapped with color plastic) of a classic carto.
A tank, classically, is a larger reservoir that you can stuff a carto into, top and bottom caps of the tank have orings that seal to the carto body. Tanks often have bodies made of plastic, although some are available in pyrex glass or stainless steel.
To use a carto in a tank it needs to have hole(s) in the side, normally near the bottom, to let liquid flow from the tank section into the main carto. While classic stainless steel cartos (ones without plastic wrappers) are normally what is used, I'm pretty sure some people have inserted normal clearomizers into tanks, too, just have to be careful in putting the hole into the clearomizers. The Ikevape 801 fusion cartos I use do very well in tanks, they have a thick filler, basically leak-free (with some cartos you will get excess leaking out the bottom connector, the fluid flows too freely).
As time has gone on, larger capacity clearomizers have come out, some holding multiple ml -- essentially the same amount of eliquid as you used to get with a separate carto plus tank combination.
Downsides of clearomizers are that leak problems are fairly frequent, people are always chasing the latest and greatest to get one with fewer leaks; filling can, at least with some, be a relative hassle; and there are some eliquids that tend to crack clearomizers (chemical reaction between certain eliquid flavorings and the common clearomizer plastic). Standard clear tanks can also have that cracking pop up, but some vendors use less reactive materials, something called polypropylene does very well, and the pyrex glass and metal tanks have no reaction issues.
Tanks or the bigger clearomizers cut down on the frequency of refilling. I have around 2.5 ml capacity in my carto/tank setup, pretty convenient for me.
Tanks are great when you have an eliquid that you like a lot, an "all day vape", since you're setting up multiple ml of eliquid at a time. Some tanks are fairly cheap, people will actually have several setups, carto/tank each with its own eliquid, and flip between them as their tastes change during the day.
Some clearomizers nowadays even have little LEDs inside them, that turn on when you press the fire button. Each to their own...
