IDk dude. As soon as I tried US juices with VG in them, atty problems arose. As a matter of fact, my pal I turned onto vaping ordered with me when we got the US juices. He had the exact same problem.
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IDk dude. As soon as I tried US juices with VG in them, atty problems arose. As a matter of fact, my pal I turned onto vaping ordered with me when we got the US juices. He had the exact same problem.
No sir I didn't just start vaping. I have been doing it for years as a matter of fact. I have gone back and forth smoking and vaping several times but I am well experienced in vaping. I have been using the ego t for about as long as anyone else (over 2 months) and I have tried many of the tips and tricks that have been made. I have had attys work great, so I'm not doing anything wrong. And I've had attys die using the same juices I used on the ones that lasted for weeks.
In fact you just confirmed my point. It's like nobody can stomach the fact that there might actually be flaws. It's understandable if you haven't yourself had those problems, but there's plenty of others who are long time vapors having the same problems so by all means don't just take my word for it.
I am glad that you had success with your liquid. But it is well known fact that VG juices significantly cuts the life of your attys short. This is not something I came up with....it is general knowledge. Have you considered the possibility that even though your attys last a long time that they would last a lot longer using PG liquid.
Also some attys handle ticker liquids better than others. I love the m201 but for some reason it didn't handle non dekang juices well at all. It was as if it was designed to be used with dekang and if you used anything else.....it would die one you in no time. I have feeling that the EgoT is the same way. Its use is very dependent on the liquid your using.
I would love to know what is the juice that your using? What attys are you using? How many in rotation? What is your set up?
Also some attys handle ticker liquids better than others. I love the m201 but for some reason it didn't handle non dekang juices well at all. It was as if it was designed to be used with dekang and if you used anything else.....it would die one you in no time. I have feeling that the EgoT is the same way. Its use is very dependent on the liquid your using.
I would love to know what is the juice that your using? What attys are you using? How many in rotation? What is your set up?
+1 on that
All Bobas Bounty for me, I have slightly modded two attys that I have going for about a month, but they are fragile as hell and require a lot of maint. to keep the vg flowing
Lol, I have no idea. I personally never had any luck with vg in a 3.7v device. I had my protege running at 5v on a passthru, and it didn't seem to mind vg all that much.
Sorry I saw your join date and I assumed you just started vaping....you know what they say about assuming.lol When I stared vaping I was beta user of the mini pipe...I thought that was the best ecig ever made. I still do. NO ecig came close to tasting as good. But later on all my attys died on me in no time. So I know what you mean here. But that was over two years ago, I just haven't experienced bad batches in a long time... especially when a product has been out for while. But to be honest I am a die hard m series (smoore) user. They don't release a product until it is ready.
Just wondering...Did you get all your attys at the same time? Did you try different vedors? Did you ever strictly use regular dekang liquid with one of your egot attys and have it fail on you?
Just wondering...Did you get all your attys at the same time? Did you try different vedors? Did you ever strictly use regular dekang liquid with one of your egot attys and have it fail on you?
+1 as well with a caveat...
It is a well known fact that VG doesn't wick as well as PG even in attys. OTOH 100% properly diluted VG does not harm attys as much as non diluted VG. I have only been using 100% VG for 4 months so it is still to early to tell. I have only lost one atty and that was due to flavouring. I have lost several cartos however. and... not all VGs are created equal. I dilute 20% with distilled water which gives me the consistency of PG.
I have many PV and also the Tornado T and while its a great idea the first thing I noticed, which Grimm hit on was the fact that my favorite juices seemed to have lost their flavor, or very little of it got through. You do from time to time have to fiddle with the tank to keep the juice going so your not getting that dry burn. I don't agree that its a tough draw. I also tried the LR T Atty from TW and it lasted a couple of days and the funny thing is that the only juice that I really noticed a flavor from is the ones that came from TW in the kit. So I'm thinking that these T-attys don't like VG and probably would perform much better on 100% PG and no mix with VG. ,but my supplier's juice is 50/50. So I don't know. Another one that people like is the Clearomizer,or Fluxomizer..My complaint is the same. Good idea, but the flavor gets lost somewhere..My opinion only
Got my T kit last night. Initial impression WOW! I was impatient to get er up, so just blew out the atty. Not having the nasty filler taste is fricken' unbelievable! Yes all you dripers, I know of the option but I am not a sit down to relax kinda vaper. It's all throughout my work day on the ranch. No time or patience to fiddle every few minutes like that. I do drip when I'm testing a DIY recipe, so I know I really am sensitive to the taste of filler....bleechhh.
Got a couple of new flavors to try. First on the eGo, then in the T. Flavor is much cleaner and complex. Vape is quite airy and that seems to contradict one of the vids out there. I run my eGo sans cone as I find I get more air. It also seems cooler with sweet tangerine from TVR, but could be the juice though(75/25% PG/VG). I'm not a big TH junkie, so I am pleased it didn't choke me. Again, the juice and pull, but I just like a tingle and I think this baby could provide a lot more if I wanted it. Need to experiment more with flavors I am intimate with to see if I detect more complexities. I suspect I will. I don't get the talk about muted flavors. Maybe my taste buds are too dead???
So far, me like! Maybe I got lucky. Time will tell. I think we need to remember where the products come from and QQ. I'm sure many would love to buy US made, but this poor vaper ain't got the upfront money for that venture just yet. I do love the concept and where it is going with the tanks & auto feeders. After 38 years of analogs, this tech has been a Godsend for me.
PS- Seemed obvious to not fill the tank to the top. Gotta have little air to get the flow going.
Got a couple of new flavors to try. First on the eGo, then in the T. Flavor is much cleaner and complex. Vape is quite airy and that seems to contradict one of the vids out there. I run my eGo sans cone as I find I get more air. It also seems cooler with sweet tangerine from TVR, but could be the juice though(75/25% PG/VG). I'm not a big TH junkie, so I am pleased it didn't choke me. Again, the juice and pull, but I just like a tingle and I think this baby could provide a lot more if I wanted it. Need to experiment more with flavors I am intimate with to see if I detect more complexities. I suspect I will. I don't get the talk about muted flavors. Maybe my taste buds are too dead???
So far, me like! Maybe I got lucky. Time will tell. I think we need to remember where the products come from and QQ. I'm sure many would love to buy US made, but this poor vaper ain't got the upfront money for that venture just yet. I do love the concept and where it is going with the tanks & auto feeders. After 38 years of analogs, this tech has been a Godsend for me.
PS- Seemed obvious to not fill the tank to the top. Gotta have little air to get the flow going.
No I got mine from a few different vendors (Cignot, FSUSA, and Liberty Flights) at different times in the last couple months. The first two that came with my kit worked great. In fact, my very first post in the new members forum was me saying how much I loved my ego t. If you had asked me a few weeks ago I would have said the same thing.
Since then though, it's been a lot of disappointment. I have used different juices and thought that might be problem at first. But I went back to the ones that worked so good on my first two. I have used only 70/30 or 80/20 PG/VG ratios and all pretty clear liquids. I haven't used dekang, but I don't really want to rely on an ecig that limits me that much on juice.
I am certainly not trying to tell anyone not to try the tanks, it works great for some and did for me for a while. There is clearly a lot of variance in performance with these attys right now though as is evident with the number of people having problems. I just don't think a lot of these issues can be blamed on user error.
Oh and I didn't say I had gotten 10 bad attys in a row. That was someone else, but my last 6 have either died or underperformed. I don't know, I think as these became popular and they had to ramp up production, the quality control has probably seriously gone downhill. Aren't these attys hand made? If so it makes perfect sense that as supply demands have risen that there would be more bad ones coming out.
I just can't keep buying these with the track record I've been having lately. I would love it if it worked for me. When it works, it's great.
I better hold on to my other ecigs then. As I said before the some of the smoore products are really work horses....but none of them are nearly as convenient and nice as the egoT. But then again even my favorite ecig...the m201....would crap out on me if I used anything but dekang juice with it....so we'll see.
I think a lot of it is wicking issues. I've taken some of mine apart and the wicking material isn't the same in all of them and they're installed different in some also. I know you can re wick them, but I am not going to buy something that needs to be re wicked right out of the box when there is so many other options.
Well, I am the one who got the OP to try the Ego-T, and here are my experiences. At first, it was wonderful, but the flavor strated dropping off after a bit and started to taste burnt. I tried boiling them, and I tried a vinegar bath. I finally bent up a safety pin and pulled the piercing plate out. WOW! The wick was black, and the coil was covered in black gunk. I held the wick over a lighter until it glowed, and it was white again. Guess I had to burn the impurities off. For the coil, I started to dry-burn and gently scrape the gunk off. After it was clean, I put it back together and it acted like new. Since then, I have tried different liquids and I have noticed that some liquid quickly dirtied up the wick and coil, but others didn't. I am not sure why, but it does. I think that it isn't getting hot enough to vaporize all of the juice ingredients, and what doesn't vaporize collects and eventually burns into this gunk. Personally, I love it, but I have gotten the cleaning cycle down to about 5 minutes. If kept clean with thin liquids, it works great. I have been using it a month, and I am still using the atty's that came with it. In case one burns out (coil broke), I have a spare.
Basically, I have seen very few people who did not love it when they got it. However, most complaints were later, when it started to lose flavor and taste burnt. I think that the loss of flavor and burnt taste is due to residue buildup on the wick and coil, but I have yet to find out a way to completely clean them without taking the piercing plate out. At least, that is my opinion based on my experiences.
Basically, I have seen very few people who did not love it when they got it. However, most complaints were later, when it started to lose flavor and taste burnt. I think that the loss of flavor and burnt taste is due to residue buildup on the wick and coil, but I have yet to find out a way to completely clean them without taking the piercing plate out. At least, that is my opinion based on my experiences.
Since we want to count the positives and negatives here, I figure I better toss in my $2. 
I got mine at the end of January - and am still using the same tanks/attys. I am an eGo-maniac tho' (well, eGo/Riva all of the above) and have SEVERAL full ones I toss in my pocket on the way out the door each day. I like having a variety of flavors on hand, without having to take the time to open a bottle and drip, even if every 10-20 minutes. Just can't be doing that at work, or driving... I also hit mine way too much, so I have 2 eGo-Ts full of my main flavor. When one starts getting a bit warm to the touch, and I'm still wanting more, I'll grab the other and take a few hits from it. So, that accounts for 2 that I carry LoL
Then, I've had a third one with another 'regular' go-to flavor for me... and a few of the others that are just a bit too rich to vape too long/often each day - but I want them handy!
So, yes, I have about 4 PVs I have been heavily vaping (probably 4-8ml per day between them, mostly on the 2 mains) since the end of January. They are all still the first T attys/carts I got. I did order some more, but honestly haven't had the time nor juice quantities (had to wait for my larger bottles to arrive, the results of what I liked most from the last samplers) to dedicate a couple more to.
I do find the flavor a tad muted compared to dripping, esp dripping on a 3.7 Riva with an LR atty (obviously, comparing apples and oranges there), but the ability to order 2x and 3x flavors does help that.
Even if it is coming down to a 50/50 mix of positive vs negative here, the subject of the thread & the general tone of many of the negative posts, is telling folks to NOT EVEN TRY this. I guess, when I finally do kill off these 4 attys, and have to start on the next 4-6, I'll suddenly be unhappy and come back here and retract this.
I did sit all evening and read all 134 posts...
1) Yes, there are many options out there - and yes, MOST have 'suggested maintenance' or 'tips for best results' all over ECF. There aren't really ANY that are literally plug and play. You do have to know the proper means of 'filling' anything to avoid leaking problems, etc. You do have to have SOME knowledge about how your car works (pushing the button IN turns the lights on, pulling it OUT turns them off), to be able to drive it.
2) Yes, many experiences seem to indicate wicking problems (burnt taste)... and there are many work-arounds (easy/non-tech: prime-puffs, advanced: replace/adjust wick) that many suggest because "that worked for me when I had that problem." You wouldn't tell someone not to buy that recliner because the instructions didn't clearly state that it will return to an upright position easier if you lean/rock forward quickly while pushing the lever forward - when after reading in a forum that extra step was required to fully enjoy the chair, would you? I'd rather share that bit of info, along with a caveat that "some" of the chairs have been known to have the lever snap off in your hand after 2 months (but they have a 6 month warranty, so should be a non-issue).
3) I see ECF as a great resource for learning all about PVs. Lots of opinions, and that is great! I think this thread may have had less hostility from the happy T-vapers if the subject were "I wouldn't suggest the T" instead of "Don't Buy ..." And if the opinions were stated as opinions, instead of cold, hard facts (as opposed to facts stated as facts, of course that is great LoL) Unfortunately, its hard to discern which is opinion and which is fact sometimes, especially for a new vaper who might be reading this.
So, if you want to try the eGo-T - as many have stated, get it as part of a kit and at least you'll still have the batteries and charger if you're not happy with the T parts. If you've tried it, and hate it - isn't that a great use of the PIF (Pay It Forward) forum here? Or PM the ones in this thread, if you can find them, offering to take them off your hands for you
EDIT: Oh yeah, and no - I've not done any 'cleaning' other than blowing them into a towel and q-tipping out the tank-end of the atty every couple days or so, when I think of it. Mega Type B (those are the cylinder eGo Megas, right?) atty's I've had always leaked, and I basically resorted to just debridging one to use as a dripper for taste testing. Boge 2ohm cartos are still on some of my eGos, but they pretty much sit in my purse while I vape my T's right now.
I got mine at the end of January - and am still using the same tanks/attys. I am an eGo-maniac tho' (well, eGo/Riva all of the above) and have SEVERAL full ones I toss in my pocket on the way out the door each day. I like having a variety of flavors on hand, without having to take the time to open a bottle and drip, even if every 10-20 minutes. Just can't be doing that at work, or driving... I also hit mine way too much, so I have 2 eGo-Ts full of my main flavor. When one starts getting a bit warm to the touch, and I'm still wanting more, I'll grab the other and take a few hits from it. So, that accounts for 2 that I carry LoL
Then, I've had a third one with another 'regular' go-to flavor for me... and a few of the others that are just a bit too rich to vape too long/often each day - but I want them handy!
So, yes, I have about 4 PVs I have been heavily vaping (probably 4-8ml per day between them, mostly on the 2 mains) since the end of January. They are all still the first T attys/carts I got. I did order some more, but honestly haven't had the time nor juice quantities (had to wait for my larger bottles to arrive, the results of what I liked most from the last samplers) to dedicate a couple more to.
I do find the flavor a tad muted compared to dripping, esp dripping on a 3.7 Riva with an LR atty (obviously, comparing apples and oranges there), but the ability to order 2x and 3x flavors does help that.
Even if it is coming down to a 50/50 mix of positive vs negative here, the subject of the thread & the general tone of many of the negative posts, is telling folks to NOT EVEN TRY this. I guess, when I finally do kill off these 4 attys, and have to start on the next 4-6, I'll suddenly be unhappy and come back here and retract this.
I did sit all evening and read all 134 posts...
1) Yes, there are many options out there - and yes, MOST have 'suggested maintenance' or 'tips for best results' all over ECF. There aren't really ANY that are literally plug and play. You do have to know the proper means of 'filling' anything to avoid leaking problems, etc. You do have to have SOME knowledge about how your car works (pushing the button IN turns the lights on, pulling it OUT turns them off), to be able to drive it.
2) Yes, many experiences seem to indicate wicking problems (burnt taste)... and there are many work-arounds (easy/non-tech: prime-puffs, advanced: replace/adjust wick) that many suggest because "that worked for me when I had that problem." You wouldn't tell someone not to buy that recliner because the instructions didn't clearly state that it will return to an upright position easier if you lean/rock forward quickly while pushing the lever forward - when after reading in a forum that extra step was required to fully enjoy the chair, would you? I'd rather share that bit of info, along with a caveat that "some" of the chairs have been known to have the lever snap off in your hand after 2 months (but they have a 6 month warranty, so should be a non-issue).
3) I see ECF as a great resource for learning all about PVs. Lots of opinions, and that is great! I think this thread may have had less hostility from the happy T-vapers if the subject were "I wouldn't suggest the T" instead of "Don't Buy ..." And if the opinions were stated as opinions, instead of cold, hard facts (as opposed to facts stated as facts, of course that is great LoL) Unfortunately, its hard to discern which is opinion and which is fact sometimes, especially for a new vaper who might be reading this.
So, if you want to try the eGo-T - as many have stated, get it as part of a kit and at least you'll still have the batteries and charger if you're not happy with the T parts. If you've tried it, and hate it - isn't that a great use of the PIF (Pay It Forward) forum here? Or PM the ones in this thread, if you can find them, offering to take them off your hands for you
EDIT: Oh yeah, and no - I've not done any 'cleaning' other than blowing them into a towel and q-tipping out the tank-end of the atty every couple days or so, when I think of it. Mega Type B (those are the cylinder eGo Megas, right?) atty's I've had always leaked, and I basically resorted to just debridging one to use as a dripper for taste testing. Boge 2ohm cartos are still on some of my eGos, but they pretty much sit in my purse while I vape my T's right now.
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My tank atty didn't leak, quite the opposite. It was dry and had a burnt taste, even after fidgeting with the wick etc. I finally popped off the spike and found the wick lying on the coil and the mesh hat still in the spike. Even with no wick in the spike it didn't leak. Although it's a great concept, it has kinks that will eventually get worked out on future upgrades and I'll give it another shot then. For now, I've removed the spike, popped on a cone size drip tip and enjoying as a de-bridged, de-wicked dripping atty and I'm happy.
My love of my particular Ego-T notwithstanding, how in hells are you guys dismantling the atomizers? Are you just jamming needle-nose pliers into the tank end, or is there some simpler way? I'm curious as to what these things look like on the inside. Feel free to leave a message on my profile, if you don't wish to further interrupt the flow of this thread.
Thats what I would like to know and how to put it back together. If someone lets you know can you let me know?
There is a post that someone did, I don't remember if it was Sottyb or someone else that shows this whole set up and how to take it apart, you may want to use the search box or look in the other real Egot-T thread, I think it is there where it shows the Atty disassembled
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