Do you refill the KR808D cartomizers?

[wmf]

I use the Vapor 4 Life Vapor King KR808 system.

My second order to V4L was for juice. The financial win with refilling was too good to ignore. We figured that the juice came in at about $0.25 per fill.

The refilling hassle wasn't horrible. We tried all the different methods of refilling posted here. The "pop off the cap, drip directly to the fiber, spin, drip again, stand overnight" technique seemed the best. Certainly for the savings, it was well worth the hassle.

The thing is that the refills are decidedly inferior to the factory fills, in my (completely subjective) opinion.

So, what say you?

 

[JohnnyVapor]

Yep, I'm a refiller. I refill early and often. While they may not be as good as new, they're good enough for 3-6 refills. Washing/refilling also gives me the opportunity to try my own mixes, and VG juice when I feel like it. I've gotten to the point that I no longer replace the white end cap, I instead snip a hole in a carto condom and use that. Makes refilling a bit easier.

 

[henrid84]

i too find that my filling does not produce the same loads as the factory fills. thinking maybe it NEEDS to be filled with a syringe in order to do produce perfectly. also noticed that letting sit for a day or two helps alot also but then i feel im losing some of the juice.

 

[doots]

I use blanks and fill with home brew.

 

[Taryn]

I think my refills work just as well as a new cartomizer, after a while when it goes down I just toss that carto (saving the cap and oring) and start a new one.

 

[mwahle1]

I agree with doots.

 

[chadley]

I refill with a needle and I think they are just fine

 

[keyzygirl]

I prefer a new one,but the refills work fine.

 

[pianoguy]

I refill - after my first experience using a syringe to refill last night, I am sold on that method. Quick and easy (I still pop the top so I can see what I am doing).

I voted for the "I refill and the savings outweigh any taste loss" option, as the savings are probably the predominant reason I do it. But for the most part, I think the refills taste fine. I typically refill flavored cartos with the same or similar flavor, and use blanks to refill with other juices.

 

[lady9ball]

We refill numerous times, until they just stop producing vapor. Between the two of us, we are saving $250-$300 per month. I absolutely hate to throw a cartomizer away.

I love a new carto, but a refilled one (pop cap, drip about 10 drops, spin, drip about 10 more drops, replace cap, good to go) is very nearly as good IMO.

 

[MrPuff]

A lot of my refills are just as good as new carts for at least 3 fills so I don't know which to pick. I refill because it is simple, fast, and doesn't really sacrifice anything usually (at least for the first few refills).

 

[Adrenalynn]

Mr. Puff - I agree. And I'll go one step further and say that I really dislike polls that are heavily biased and slanted. At least it's brutally obvious. A disguised bias is much worse...

 

[DaShiVa]

I like polls, and I like yours in concept, wmf, however you need to make the options a little more flexible. I refill for 3 of the above reasons... And I'd refill for any one of them. Also, 2 of the refill options (taste loss) are basically the same answer :/

 

[wmf]

Mr. Puff - I agree. And I'll go one step further and say that I really dislike polls that are heavily biased and slanted. At least it's brutally obvious. A disguised bias is much worse...

Hey, live and learn. I actually agree in retrospect that the poll does have a bias. Certainly not my intention.

Thanks to everyone who responded.

 

[Paranoyed]

I refill mine and ever since I started using Taryn's method to finish it off my vapor pruduction and flavor are on par with new cartos.

 

[HzG8rGrl]

I refill - after my first experience using a syringe to refill last night, I am sold on that method. Quick and easy (I still pop the top so I can see what I am doing).

I voted for the "I refill and the savings outweigh any taste loss" option, as the savings are probably the predominant reason I do it. But for the most part, I think the refills taste fine. I typically refill flavored cartos with the same or similar flavor, and use blanks to refill with other juices.

I am with pianoguy on this one. I am new to the carto world but, I have mine and refill using the syringe. And prefer this method. Use like flavors that blend well or just the same named juice as they are "close". It is a money saving option. Sometimes the flavor is there sometimes not-I think its our juice not the carto. Just my opinion.

 

[Lightgeoduck]

I am with pianoguy on this one. I am new to the carto world but, I have mine and refill using the syringe. And prefer this method. Use like flavors that blend well or just the same named juice as they are "close". It is a money saving option. Sometimes the flavor is there sometimes not-I think its our juice not the carto. Just my opinion.

I would vote fact over opinion on that one.

 

[Adrenalynn]

Hey, live and learn. I actually agree in retrospect that the poll does have a bias. Certainly not my intention.

I didn't come down on you really hard because it's tough creating an unbiased poll, and yours didn't look all super-deliberate-biased. Numbers don't lie. Statisticians do. Lying with numbers is a whole career path I chose not to go down...

 

[keyzygirl]

Its just a poll,Its supposed to be fun,Its not for scientific data to save the planet.I enjoy these polls because I like to see what other people think about things.Thanks wmf,I enjoyed it!!

 

[~Gazoo~]

Well at least I was able to vote in this poll...so I did...

I refill and think the refills taste just fine