Do any of you clean or 'prep' your new cartos?

[hairball]

There is only one carto that I run vodka through to remove a strange taste prior to filling and that is vapingzone's dual coil cartomizers. The really pretty ones they have on their site. Don't ask me why, but I can taste a strange taste in them. I even sent some to a friend, cleaned and uncleaned, and she could tell a difference also.

As for the rest, filler up and vape.

Whatever you do, DON'T dry burn a carto. I know another poster goofed when he/she stated this but I believe the person meant atomizers.

The only cartomizer that can be dry burned is and echo-e but you have to remove the filler first.

 

[madjack]

I prolly mixed attys and cartos...my bad.

Move on!

lololol...my apologies to you, I figured that was the case to begin with but, it was just so much fun to jump on the bandwagon.......
madjack

 

[eJohnnyO]

Thank you all! That's what I mean about ECF rocks!

Martinc- Thanks for the advice about atty's. Come to think of it, the 'howto' I read was probably talking about atty's.

Thanks WB, I will never dry burn a filler carto.

Mynameisrob- That's primarily what I'm using. Resurrectors. Great tip about the multimeter. I've already filled a couple of DOA cartos.

Wyattderp, unfortunately I think I've encountered the burning hair wrapped turd. But it wasn't from a dry burn, eventually a couple carto's started tasting funny. Didn't take long for funny to turn oh so serious. My biggest issue so far I think is keeping the cartos too wet. I've been so worried about vaping too dry that I'm constantly having to clean the top of my battery off, As soon as I hear the gurgle.

Oh, currently I use 900 mah eGo-T's with cartos. I've got an e-power on the way, but the ipro really has my interest, though.

 

[Vapoor eyes er]

I've already filled a couple of DOA cartos..

Yes a multimeter is a necessity for testing batts, attys, cartos, etc. Sometimes the cartos are not DOA but need the batt end "pulled up" a bit because there's no contact with the batt- batt end of carto is recessed too much.. Mutimeter takes the guesswork out but of the equation and be absolutely sure it's a digital Multimeter.
Happy Vaping, Vapoor.

Thank you all! That's what I mean about ECF rocks!

Martinc- Thanks for the advice about atty's. Come to think of it, the 'howto' I read was probably talking about atty's.

Thanks WB, I will never dry burn a filler carto.

Mynameisrob- That's primarily what I'm using. Resurrectors. Great tip about the multimeter. I've already filled a couple of DOA cartos.

Wyattderp, unfortunately I think I've encountered the burning hair wrapped turd. But it wasn't from a dry burn, eventually a couple carto's started tasting funny. Didn't take long for funny to turn oh so serious. My biggest issue so far I think is keeping the cartos too wet. I've been so worried about vaping too dry that I'm constantly having to clean the top of my battery off, As soon as I hear the gurgle.

Oh, currently I use 900 mah eGo-T's with cartos. I've got an e-power on the way, but the ipro really has my interest, though.

 

[mynameisrob]

Thanks vapoor, yeah make sure it's a digital multimeter. I should have made that more clear.
You can get the digital multimeter that madvapes sells on eBay for $3-4 bucks with free shipping.
Type in DT-830B digital multimeter in the search, then scroll thru and find the cheapest one.
You can get one for about $3.50 without a 9V battery included or one for about $4.50 with a 9V battery included.
If you have a 9V battery already then get the cheaper one it since I didn't have any I chose to pay the extra dollar and get one included bc that was cheaper than going out and buying a pack.
The sellers are in china so it does take alittle longer than normal to get it, but it's not bad and I got mine in under 2 weeks. Madvapes sell it for about $10, so I didn't mind waiting to get it for alot cheaper. With it you can check your batteries and also the ohms of your attys/cartos. It's obviously not the best multimeter, but it serves it's purpose well

 

[Vapoor eyes er]

I bought the Smok Tech Dual coil Mega Carto LR 1.5 from vapingzone and have not noticed any "taste" but the they are diff from the ones you mentioned. Very happy with them.
Smok Tech Dual coil Mega 510 Cartomizers LR 1.5 Ohm, 5 Pack - E Cig : Joye eGo & eGo-T | Boge Leo | Cartomizers | E-Liquid | Electronic Cigarettes | eGo Tank

There is only one carto that I run vodka through to remove a strange taste prior to filling and that is vapingzone's dual coil cartomizers. The really pretty ones they have on their site. Don't ask me why, but I can taste a strange taste in them. I even sent some to a friend, cleaned and uncleaned, and she could tell a difference also.

As for the rest, filler up and vape.

Whatever you do, DON'T dry burn a carto. I know another poster goofed when he/she stated this but I believe the person meant atomizers.

The only cartomizer that can be dry burned is and echo-e but you have to remove the filler first.

 

[Biznessmeh]

Nah I don't clean or prep mine unless they have that black gunk on them but it's been forever since I've seen that on a clearomizer. I do however inspect each carto before I use it. To make sure there are no visible contaminents (spelling ^_^).

 

[Biznessmeh]

I do however sometimes boil my carto's/atomizers to remove old flavors.