EGO burned taste

[medic123]

Just got an EGO a few days ago. I loved it. My husband used it a couple of days and now it has a burned taste. Help! I am very new to vaping and don't have a clue how to fix this. If I just use a few drops on the atty there is not a burned taste. I tried a new cartridge and still have the burned flavor.

 

[Springbird]

I don't know if you are using a prefilled cartridge or if you are filling your own. Make sure there is enough juice in the cartridge. It should look slushy when you look at the bottom, but not like a pond. The other thing is that the long axis of the bottom of the cartridge should make a T or a cross with the bridge, not be in line with the bridge (the bridge is the mesh bump at the top of the atty). The wick and the bridge make an x and the long direction of the bottom of the cart should be in line with the wick, not the bridge.

 

[deback]

The burnt taste is not from the eGo. It's from the atty being too dry. The eGo battery heats the atty which heats the liquid which turns into vapor. The atty always needs to be wet. So, you have to keep dripping liquid onto the atty or make sure there's enough liquid in the cartridge and that it's full enough to wick the liquid into the atty (or make sure there's enough liquid in the cartomizer, if you're using the one-piece cartridge with a built-in atomizer).

 

[breaktru]

Also make sure your filler material is not too far down in the cart. Needs to keep your atty wet.

 

[medic123]

Thanks to all. Did not know about the X thing I will mke sure the cartridge is in correctly. I am using the last of the prefilled cartridges until I figure out the problem. The cartridge is wet enough, but I am not sure that the filler material is long enough, it does not come all the way to the end of the cartridge.

 

[son et lumiere]

Its your polyfill that is giving you the burt taste. Try blue foam from StrictlyEjuice.com, Flavor Shop! for .75 cents.

 

[deback]

You can also get blue foam from pet stores in the fish section: Marineland Size "U."

 

[Big Hitter]

Its your polyfill that is giving you the burt taste. Try blue foam from StrictlyEjuice.com, Flavor Shop! for .75 cents.

Not necessarily, you can get a burnt taste without ever using a cart. It sounds like hubby let it get too dry.
Sad thing is that can be hard to recover from sometimes. I would clean your atty with some of the methods you can find on this forum.

I use a hand steam cleaner and pressure steam mine. They go right back to tasting great for me..

I clean my attys almost every night. If you do it often it makes the job easier and your vaping experience better IMO.

 

[DocWyatt]

For first time users I STRONGLY recommend using cartomizers!!!!! Perhaps I am a complete ....., but the atomizer/cartridge combo is not that great for me.

I think the atomizer/cartridge "might" be preferred by some people that are experienced users... but initially using that over a cartomizer is not a great idea.

New users need something simple, easy, tastes good. Those three things = cartomizer.

The odds of me ever using an atomizer/cartridge again instead of a cartomizer is somewhere between slim and none.

 

[breaktru]

For first time users I STRONGLY recommend using cartomizers!!!!! Perhaps I am a complete ....., but the atomizer/cartridge combo is not that great for me.
I think the atomizer/cartridge "might" be preferred by some people that are experienced users... but initially using that over a cartomizer is not a great idea.
New users need something simple, easy, tastes good. Those three things = cartomizer.
The odds of me ever using an atomizer/cartridge again instead of a cartomizer is somewhere between slim and none.

Cartos are great theBuss. For me, it's a hassle topping off before you get that burnt taste when the Carto needs juice. If you don't catch it in time, it's an irreversible boo-boo. Once the sealed filler burns, it's time to dump it. At least the filler in the cartridge can be replaced.

 

[medic123]

For first time users I STRONGLY recommend using cartomizers!!!!! Perhaps I am a complete ....., but the atomizer/cartridge combo is not that great for me.

I think the atomizer/cartridge "might" be preferred by some people that are experienced users... but initially using that over a cartomizer is not a great idea.

New users need something simple, easy, tastes good. Those three things = cartomizer.

The odds of me ever using an atomizer/cartridge again instead of a cartomizer is somewhere between slim and none.

I ordered some yesterday. I think I will let it set until they arrive.
I am going to get new filler and clean the atomizer also. Off to research atomizer cleaning methods.
Thanks everyone

 

[Icoth]

Hey Big Hitter, using a steam cleaner is an atty cleaning method I've never heard of. Sounds like a good idea. Could you post a few more details on how you do it and any cautions/warnings you've discovered the hard way. I'd love to benefit from your experience.

 

[DocWyatt]

Cartos are great theBuss. For me, it's a hassle topping off before you get that burnt taste when the Carto needs juice. If you don't catch it in time, it's an irreversible boo-boo. Once the sealed filler burns, it's time to dump it. At least the filler in the cartridge can be replaced.

True enough. I just try to be careful. If the smoke starts getting low or I taste even the slightest hint of "burn"... I take it out. And if i happen to burn one they are $8.00 for 5. Not exactly the end of the world.

My main point is for NEW users. Once people are experienced they "may" decide (like you) that they prefer the atomizer/cartridge. But I think for new people simplicity is best. Or for lazy people like me....

 

[Big Hitter]

Hey Big Hitter, using a steam cleaner is an atty cleaning method I've never heard of. Sounds like a good idea. Could you post a few more details on how you do it and any cautions/warnings you've discovered the hard way. I'd love to benefit from your experience.

I have a hand steamer called a "Steam Shark". You throw a half a cup of water in it, plug it in and wait 5 min.

I hold the attys with some soft pliers and pull the trigger and steam away. The steam shoots out a small hole so you can hold it right up to the atty and steam right through it. I steam the whole thing all over, then finish through the "batt" hole.
Then I use compressed air to blow them out.

It works freaking great, they taste and hit BETTER THAN NEW.
The wicks go right back to pure white.

Actually it works so good, I steam all my new ones before I put them in rotation !!

I can clean an atty in 20-30 seconds each.

 

[Icoth]

Thanks Big Hitter, I'm going to give that a try.

 

[breaktru]

I have a hand steamer called a "Steam Shark". You throw a half a cup of water in it, plug it in and wait 5 min.
Actually it works so good, I steam all my new ones before I put them in rotation !! I can clean an atty in 20-30 seconds each.

Great idea Big Hitter. Got to borrow the steamer from my wifey!

 

[sparky604]

I don't know if you are using a prefilled cartridge or if you are filling your own. Make sure there is enough juice in the cartridge. It should look slushy when you look at the bottom, but not like a pond. The other thing is that the long axis of the bottom of the cartridge should make a T or a cross with the bridge, not be in line with the bridge (the bridge is the mesh bump at the top of the atty). The wick and the bridge make an x and the long direction of the bottom of the cart should be in line with the wick, not the bridge.

For serious?? Why is that? I've been doing it the other way around - length of the bridge goes in the long way of the cartridge. Perhaps that's why it hasn't been wicking so well. Wouldn't that decrease the contact area of bridge/filler?

 

[Crystallas]

If you 100% drip, learn how to remove your wicks. Quite a few how-to's on the site.

 

[Xanax]

If you 100% drip, learn how to remove your wicks. Quite a few how-to's on the site.

Problem with that, is that it causes the atomizer to stop holding juice. Every drop you put in will flood right back out. The only juice that will stay in will be what the coil can hold, which is only good for 1 puff until you need to re-drip. So, I wouldn't advise that.

 

[Crystallas]

Problem with that, is that it causes the atomizer to stop holding juice. Every drop you put in will flood right back out. The only juice that will stay in will be what the coil can hold, which is only good for 1 puff until you need to re-drip. So, I wouldn't advise that.

Hmm, okay. I guess it's not for everyone. I never had the limited vaping problems.