Doh! trim your wicks .... ViVi Nova Mini

[KarenB]

So after hearing so many great things about the ViVi Nova (mini) I bought one yesterday. After deciding what flavor I wanted to commit to for an entire tank, I filled with my old school vanilla and was all set for the flavor sensation and TH everyone had been boasting about. Filled up ... let sit ... toked on it. Nothing ... very little vapor and almost no flavor. So I thought to myself ... be patient let it sit for a little while longer. So I did.

Hit it again ... same thing. Then it occurred to me that the wicks might be too long. So dumped out the juice, trimmed the wicks and that thing is hitting like a champ AND my beloved Vanilla that I haven't been able to get quite right in Stardusts or the atomizer is back. Full flavor and really yummy.

Trim your wicks if you are having this issue ... if they fold down on themselves they don't seem to wick right ... no0b error but quickly corrected!

 

[flowerchild]

Dont you need wicks to be reasonably long to reach juice at the bottom of the tank? I saw youtube vid with somebody saying trim them but thought maybe not?? I dont fill mine if I need to try a new juice as Ive just started DIY and have made some pretty yukko stuff haha

 

[KarenB]

In this case the wicks were way too long and were folded into the bottom of the tank. Nearest I could gather is that it wasn't wicking right and I wasn't getting any sort of hit at all. Not nearly what people had been talking about. Trimmed the wick a TINY bit. Vapor production increased a lot and so did flavor.

 

[mostapha]

Having used several long and short wicks, I prefer trimming them to the point that they just barely touch the sides of the tank. You have to tilt & twist to get a good hit anyway, and longer wicks seem to at least waste juice if not impede wicking towards the end of a tank.

 

[DrewGrimey]

yeah, long wicks don't magically pull up the juice into the coil head or do anything special, it's just a marketing gimmick imo, either way your gonna have to flip the e-cig to feed juice into the coil head. Short wicks also waste less juice when it's time to change flavors or clean the head since you dont have 1/5th of your fluid stuck to them.

 

[zoiDman]

In this case the wicks were way too long and were folded into the bottom of the tank. Nearest I could gather is that it wasn't wicking right and I wasn't getting any sort of hit at all. Not nearly what people had been talking about. Trimmed the wick a TINY bit. Vapor production increased a lot and so did flavor.

I think what you will find is that Trimming the Wicks Isn't what makes this type of carto hit better.

It's moving the wick around that does it.

Next time you have a Carto thatIsn't hitting well, try just moving the wick around a little (Wick Fluffing) and see if it does the Same Thing as if you cut it.

BTW - Tilting your PV so the e-Liquid Pools around the Cup works Very Well Also.

 

[ninjuh]

Yeah trimming the wicks aren't going to do anything for flavor or performance. Like someone else mentioned, moving the wicks around is what gives this effect. After filling my novas, or stardusts, I take a paperclip & shift the wicks around a bit just to free them up.

 

[Kyi]

Hmm, I will have to try this. I have 2 mini Novas that I got recently, and either I'm a noob, had too high expectations, or got some crappy ones, they just aren't hitting that great! I'm getting the vapor, the throat hit is meh, but the lack of flavor is what really bothers me.

 

[zoiDman]

Hmm, I will have to try this. I have 2 mini Novas that I got recently, and either I'm a noob, had too high expectations, or got some crappy ones, they just aren't hitting that great! I'm getting the vapor, the throat hit is meh, but the lack of flavor is what really bothers me.

Could be the Ohms also.

 

[ninjuh]

Flavor on vivi novas

 

[Kyi]

Could be the Ohms also.

They're both 2.4ohms and I'm using ego Twists. I did actually clean them both out earlier and trimmed the wicks, then fluffed them a bit. They seem to be hitting significantly better. I did use two juices I wasn't very fond of just to make sure it was hitting okay so I don't waste my better juices. Gah, now I need to vape all of this so I can try the other juices. I'm just tired of dripping!!