Don't drip, dip!

[ninjapuff]

I've had my Pilot for about 2 weeks now, and love it. I'm now using cartridges only when I'm out & about, and have been dripping on the atomizer when at home. Dripping works pretty well, but can get messy if I'm not careful, and it's near impossible if I don't have good light like when I'm watching a movie.

Last night it dawned on me that the only reason people started dripping was because the older models have a recessed atomizer. With the 401, the atomizer bridge sticks out, which makes it really easy to dip it in eliquid. I put maybe 10 drops in a shot glass, and just dip the atomizer into it. It gets the perfect amount of juice on it every time, and there's absolutely no mess.

I think a perfect solution for dipping while on the go may be a contact lens case. You can get them for maybe a dollar at about any convenience store, they should hold about the right amount of liquid for dipping, and they are designed to hold liquid without leaking.

I did a little searching, and they have contact lens travel cases that hold the lens case, tweezers, 2 small vials, and the other side has a compartment to hold glasses (which I would modify to hold batteries, atomizers, and cartridges). I think it would be the perfect carrying case for the Pilot. I can't post links yet, but search for "Contact Lens and Glasses Case" on ebay to see what I'm talking about.

 

[CandyGirl]

this post gave me a flashback of my dear old grandpa dipping the tip of his cigar in his brandy snifter.

 

[ninjapuff]

this post gave me a flashback of my dear old grandpa dipping the tip of his cigar in his brandy snifter.

I've never tried that, but it actually sounds pretty good!

 

[Nuck]

You know..that's a REALLY good idea. I'll have to look around for a perfect container that makes it foolproof.

 

[Valgar]

Just a random thought,

What about using a cartridge with no drag-hole at the end? Take the filler material out and fill it up with more than a few drops. Put that cart on the 402 (Give it a shake?), let it settle LED-side-up, then remove.

You could even seal what remains of the liquid-only cart by putting the stopper back on.

 

[smog]

Thats exactly what I have been doing NINJA with my evo .Much cleaner
than dripping on to the mesh bridge like you say .I have been using
a cartridge off an e-cigar which will hold about .5 ml of juice that i carry around wiht me. Just pressing the mesh of the evo into the fiber of the ecigar cart for 5 or so seconds while it wicks up a full load of lquid.

 

[testerjtester]

Wow... the ingenuity of people on this forum so far has not ceased to amaze me, thanks for sharing your thoughts, ninjapuff!

I happened to have gotten a fresh contact case in a box of Optifree contact lens solution, and immediately appropriated it for this nefarious purpose. I found that around 15 drops or so in each side provides enough liquid to cover the wick of my pilot atomizer completely (to just below the point that the wick enters the shiny atomizer casing) by pressing the tip to the bottom of the lens case. 15 drops in the other side, and I can dip twice as long with the same case.

This is JUST what I needed to give me the right amount of vapor, it's filling my throat and reminds me of what real cigarette smoke used to do, at least as far as I can recall from these 8 or 9 moons ago.

I think I'm tearing up a little... *sniff*...



Just in case it ends up being bad for the atomizer in some way, I'm heretofore designating a single atomizer to this task until I see what happens. But I can't see this as being any worse than my clumsy drippings running down the side of the things...

 

[Peaches]

Good Thinking TesterJester, I have also dipped instead of dripping but never thought of a contact lense case, good catch!

 

[testerjtester]

Good Thinking TesterJester, I have also dipped instead of dripping but never thought of a contact lense case, good catch!

Well, props go back to ninjapuff for the lens case idea, and after an evening and morning using it I can confirm that it's a good one. Dipping keeps it producing vapor for what seems like forever, and I think I can even manage grabbing a fresh dip while I'm driving (not really recommended, but better than trying to manage the ecig, bottle, lid, and cartridge!). The lens case is now a part of my mobile stash.

But I had to make sure to label it with its new use with a permanent marker, I would NOT want to mix that one up with the one I put my contacts in...

 

[Ramblin]

Well, props go back to ninjapuff for the lens case idea, and after an evening and morning using it I can confirm that it's a good one. Dipping keeps it producing vapor for what seems like forever, and I think I can even manage grabbing a fresh dip while I'm driving (not really recommended, but better than trying to manage the ecig, bottle, lid, and cartridge!). The lens case is now a part of my mobile stash.

But I had to make sure to label it with its new use with a permanent marker, I would NOT want to mix that one up with the one I put my contacts in...

You don't like eye hits?

 

[testerjtester]

You don't like eye hits?

Waitaminnit, on second thought... mmmmm... eye hits!

(...slaps eyeball trying to find a good vein...)

 

[Lakota]

ninjapuff,

Contact lens case was a stroke of genius. Been using it all day and will not go without after trying this!!

 

[strictlybusiness]

Ninjapuff.... brilliant
nice way of making our juice alittle more mobile! Just gotta wait for my EVO to get here

 

[Happy Jack]

I totally agree! Kudos! Love dipping!

 

[dijohn76]

Been doing this since I read your post (I'm a new member) works absolutely wonderful!!!

 

[kaeo773]

great idea, it's been working great, less messy. I am going to pick me up a contact case tomorrow

 

[Kalin]

I've had my Pilot for about 2 weeks now, and love it. I'm now using cartridges only when I'm out & about, and have been dripping on the atomizer when at home. Dripping works pretty well, but can get messy if I'm not careful, and it's near impossible if I don't have good light like when I'm watching a movie.

Last night it dawned on me that the only reason people started dripping was because the older models have a recessed atomizer. With the 401, the atomizer bridge sticks out, which makes it really easy to dip it in eliquid. I put maybe 10 drops in a shot glass, and just dip the atomizer into it. It gets the perfect amount of juice on it every time, and there's absolutely no mess.

I think a perfect solution for dipping while on the go may be a contact lens case. You can get them for maybe a dollar at about any convenience store, they should hold about the right amount of liquid for dipping, and they are designed to hold liquid without leaking.

I did a little searching, and they have contact lens travel cases that hold the lens case, tweezers, 2 small vials, and the other side has a compartment to hold glasses (which I would modify to hold batteries, atomizers, and cartridges). I think it would be the perfect carrying case for the Pilot. I can't post links yet, but search for "Contact Lens and Glasses Case" on ebay to see what I'm talking about.

Why don't you just use a 10 ml dropper bottle. It doesn't leak and it's made for dripping. I never had problems with it and it's small enough to fit anywhere. Chek the e cigarettepedia --there's a whole article with images that deals with that problem.

 

[Lakota]

Why don't you just use a 10 ml dropper bottle. It doesn't leak and it's made for dripping.,,,

I have a dropper bottle and now have the contact lens case. Having tried both, I like the contact lens case better. Rather than having a drop land inside the atomizer with eye dropper, with the lens case, you simply submerse the metal wick of the atomizer and allow it to do what it was designed to do ... wick the proper amount of liquid into atomizer.

Better solution in my opinion.

 

[Doug]

Wow! Just got my first old fashioned cig. high off an e-cig! Now why can't they make a cartridge that works this well??

Doug

 

[Ramblin]

Bump for this excellent thread. This also can lead to a more measured dose. I'm not sure now if the bigger liquid filled cartridge is a good thing. Big cartridges are like a foot long analog that won't go out. You just keep mindlessly vaping on them.