Heylo! I'm not a "vet", but I do like to drip!
This is all my personal experience, I started dripping by ripping the shipped ego-c atomizers apart, cutting an old cartomizer and using one of the end condoms (cut) to seal it into the ego cone with a drip tip. I've also used the atomizers with spike still on, into the cone, with one of the shipped cartridges as a mouth piece Though it's a bit of a hassle to remove it to drip every time). It works in a pinch but it's an unnecessary process unless you are short on parts/money.
First, you want an atomizer. I use a 510 bridgeless (
510 Bridgeless Atomizer). It doesn't have to be that one, but make sure you get a low resistance one if you're using a standard ego battery (1.5 ohm is my preference).
You'll want to get a drip tip also. Any will do as long as it is the right size (510). Some ship and are little looser fitting than others but they still work.
Lastly, keep a paper towel/napkin on hand, over filling will happen at first until you get a feel for how much your specific 'mizer can hold.
Next, you need juice (of course). I like to put a bit of juice in a spare 5mL bottle, but as long as you can get single drops you're good to go.
For technique, it's pretty simple really.
To start I like to take off the drip tip, get 2 - 3 drips on the dry atomizer/coil/mesh, and put the tip back on. Then just treat it like any other vape. If you are pulling, hearing it bubble but not getting much vapour give it a quick drag without firing the battery up, this will get rewick the coil (though you may get some splash back). Personally, once I stop hearing it bubble I like to add one more drip through the tip, there's nothing worse than a dry burnt atomizer, seriously nasty taste, I'd rather get a bit of juice/flood than that taste. You can also tilt the pv horizontal and pull lightly to resaturate.
A note on (510) drip tips that I've noticed: Juice can sometimes get trapped on the way down, not actually getting out of the tip. You'll pull and get it in your mouth, another unpleasant experience. I've made it a habit of blowing very gently ACROSS the tip (like making bottle whistles when we were kids). Not too hard or you'll force liquid through the atomizer and have a slight mess to deal with (though it's only a drop or two so it's not like a tank slipping off a carto). You can also sometimes hold it vertical and flick it like the doctors do on tv all the time, though that's hit n miss.
To clear out the 'mizer you can do a dry burn. Take the drip tip off, fire the battery 3-5 seconds on, 2 off. Repeat until you see it START to glow. Once it's glowing fire the battery just long enough for it to glow and off for 2 seconds. Do that a couple times and the old juice should be cooked off. You can also use flavourless PG/VG to rinse the old stuff off. Keep in mind that some flavours are harder to get rid of than others (menthols, cigar, anything that's extremely strong really). It will eventually go away but you may want to have a few just in case you get a flavour you can't stand at all (I have a banana that makes me almost vomit, had to toss out a brand new atomizer).
I know this is a bit of a wordy post, but dripping really is a straight forward thing, the technique is in the name. Just make sure not to over do it and you'll be golden.
Oh...or you could go through those links...look like they're a little more well thought out than my rambling.
I posted a question on this on another thread earlier and hoped someone experienced could lend a hand and not point to 665 (now 667 threads). I got some pointers but Is there a sticky that gives a noob the basics?
