DH is Rough on e-cigs - Recommendations Please

[FeistyAlice]

I got DH an 801, auto batteries. He's finally keeping cart moist enough but is having difficulty keeping attys from getting too hot with his vaping style. He has a bit of unconscious resistance, I do think, to changing his style..... but give him a break... he's 75, and a 55 year analog smoker. And he's a grumpy old man.

I have an eGo, manual batteries, and they fare a little better than his 801 when he uses them.

I, also, have an N-4081 with an extra battery and cartos on the way if that would be an option for him.

We each have a pass-thru, manual, which is a little better for him but he doesn't like the inconvenience. (The standard 801 carts are nice as they hold so much juice so he doesn't have to bother with refilling as much as I do with my 510 carts for my eGo. More attys, cartos, carts, juices, batteries, etc., are enroute for all our e-cigs btw.)

Need Recommendations for what to get him, please.

-He likes the cigar type tip as he likes to hold it in his teeth so that is necessary. He's on computer a lot working on journals and a book so his hands need to be free. He ask me to look for a tip that is made of harder plastic as he's afraid he's going to bite through the 801 cart tip. He, also, flies out of town three days a week for work. So, I'm not there to nag him to keep the atty cool.

-It needs to be light enough that he can hold it in his teeth with no more stress (well maybe a tiny more) than what he has with the 801.

-The cart or carto needs to have room for lots of juice.

-Auto Battery

-An atty or carto that can withstand frequent, repetitive, long draws. Toughest atty and/or carto.

-He really likes the pen style especially as he's been smoking Capri lights for so many years.

Help this granny please. As I was using the resurrection method to clean a bunch of attys this afternoon (two just wouldn't give up the burnt taste), when I should have been doing important paper work, he commented that if it was going to be this much trouble he might go back to analogs. I don't want that. My ol' man has a lot of good frisky years left in him and I want him around as long as possible and as healthy as he is now, despite 55 years of smoking.

granny alice

 

[Kurt]

I suggest a 510 auto mega batt with an ego carto, sometimes called 510 mega carto. The cartos hold over 2 mL, have a 2.5 ohm resistance, so vape great, and are plastic with a larger pipe-style tip. It will look a little funky on the batt, as it is wider and has a collar that will go over the batt about a cm, but it should be pretty comfy in the mouth. The auto batt is best with cartos anyway, as they are open down the center, and cart/attys can leak down inside the batt and ruin them.

There may be some auto 510 PTs available, but I don't know where. Another option is a 510 auto batt with regular 510 carto, and then take the rubber end off the carto and stick on a delrin drip tip, which is also nice and comfy in the mouth, and could be chewed on a bit:

510/901 Delrin/Plastic Drip Tip

If you do this, be sure to get the soft rubber tipped cartos:
510 BOGE SOFT CAP Blank Cartomizers

There are other 510 cartos with hard caps, but those are hard to remove.

Here are the mega cartos:
Joye EGO MEGA Blank Cartomizer

Another option is an auto kr808d-1, which should have a bit more punch, as it operates at slightly higher voltage than the 510 batts. I don't think there are mega kr808d-1 cartos, but the regular ones have a soft cap, and the delrin tip fits well.

Every once in a while you see 510 auto passthroughs being sold, but they are relatively rare these days. GreenSmoke PTs are auto, but they are e9 threading, and not compatible with other models, and there are no adapters that I know of. They are also pricey, as in about $50 for a PT.

I'm sure other vets will have different suggestions, but these are mine.

Good luck!

edit: just saw this 5V kr8 auto PT, and its on sale (code="labor" 20% off through Sept 11)

https://www.vaporsetc.com/vapordefaultdetail.asp?detailid=PA1008&detname=KR808D-1 USB Auto Pass-Thru

 

[Kent C]

I'd also recommend the eGo but with the mega eGo atomizer and cartridge rather than the mega eGo carto just because of the method of filling the cartomizer - with a syringe or needle tip bottle. The mega eGo cartridges hold the same amount of ejuice - 2.5ml. (a regular carto/cartridge holds around .8ml) and the tip on the mega eGo cartridge is very similar to pipe or cigar tips. Just pop the cartridge and fill with a regular bottle...

eGo cylinder mega atomizer

eGo cylinder mega cartridge

Suggest getting the blank cartridges. And also suggest a manual battery. Cignot will be getting the 900mAh batteries in soon - they last 9 hours instead of 6.5. They are just a little bit larger - 13mm - than the 650mAh batt (whereas I think the 1000mAh are too big, imo, of course).

 

[keyzygirl]

I would have to agree with Kent.