Ego T atty - Soak em' before you Smoke em'!

[SheckMastaFlex]

Just to give a little history here, today is day 23 with my Ego T and until last night, I've not had a single problem with it. I've been using the first atty the whole time, moderate daily use (3+ ml a day), nothing but MadVape juices (PG/VG mix, not sure exact ratio), mostly Minthol (fairly thin, clear juice).

So, last night I noticed that the draw on my atty was getting really tight and decide it was time to bust out the second atty - which, I fully expected to work just as well as the first. This was not the case. I blew out the primer, dropped a few drops of juice in the battery side and blew it through. Put on a almost full tank of Minthol, primed it and set it down for a few minutes so it could start to wick. Now, I'm ready to enjoy a nice long draw of Minthol goodness....Go to take a draw and...wait, something isn't right here...

The draw on the new atty was non existent - I actually took it off of the battery to make sure something wasn't physically covering the hole, it was that bad. Thinking that I could take a few puffs to loosen it up, about 5 drags into it I get a mouth full of juice - tank is completely empty! Full tank, gone...

At this point, I've read enough on this forum to know that these attys are a fickle beast. I decide that this is "one of those attys", and promptly go to cignot and order a eGomega Cone atty and some eGomega carts - better safe than sorry since I've been off cigs for almost a month now, don't want to get stranded without some way to vape.

Now, just for heck of it, I decide to boil a cup of water and throw the "bad" atty in there - it can't get any worse, right? I let it sit, shake it around a bit, remove it, blow it out and set it out to dry overnight. I figure if it doesn't work in the morning, it's going in the trash.

Well along comes morning - birds chirping, coffee brewing, kids are actually dressed for school (this is a big deal, you know..) - I take one look at that atty and think to myself "this is your one shot at staying a member of this starter kit...blow it, and you're off the team" (not word for word, but something like that). I blow it out, drop a few drops of waffle juice and blow it through. Pop on a tank, take a few primer puffs and get ready for a draw.....WOW!! I almost choked on the massive amount of vapor! I mean this thing is out of control - the flavor, the ease of draw and the PLUMES of vapor are unbelievable! I ended up putting down my windows while driving to work today because the vapor was making it difficult to see!

I'm not saying that this is the answer to all ego t atty issues, nor am I suggesting you even try it (my disclaimer!), but this little experiment has given me hope. I just saved about $15 by taking 5 minutes to clean this atty, and I'm glad I did! I'll be ordering a few backups to have on hand, and believe me, they will get the "Bath" prior to their first use.

If anyone can back up this story with personal experience, that would be great. Thanks for reading!

 

[SheckMastaFlex]

*Edit -- Mods - Wasn't quite sure where to put this post, so feel free to move if needed! Sorry!

 

[ckgjt]

I will add that I did something similar. I posted this in another thread but I will post it again here. (I always have trouble finding my last posts and unless I do a search of my name and all posts. I guess it is b/c the boards move so fast)

I have a hot water dispenser and I held the atty under it using tongs. I held it under the scalding water on each side and I had a completely different....better vaping experience afterward. I wasn't having any problems with the atomizer working when I did that though. But I was noticing diminished flavor compared to the regular Ego. After the scalding hot water, flavor for me is the same in both.

I know I will be doing the same to my other atomizer before I use it though. I only have 2, the ones that came with the kit and I have been using the same atomizer for a month. But it took until I ran it under the hot water dispenser to get the weird taste out of it.

 

[lorderos33]

I've been doing something similar, but I took it a step further. I take an 18 inch section of clear hose that the ego-t atty fits into about half way and then push and pull the boiling water forcefully through the atty (15-20 times). It cleans it out really fast. Then .I attach it to my passthrough and hit it till it glows 4 or 5 times to dry. Repeat a secind time and back to vaping a like new atty in about 5 minutes.

A month in and so far no blown attys (knock on wood).

 

[Rimau]

lorderos33,

Thanks for the tip. I haven't wanted to start on one of my other two attys (bought a spare with the kit), but I didn't want to have to wait 24 hours to get back to the ego. 3 weeks and no problems, but I think I am getting less vapor, it is easy to get used to a slow drop in vapor without noticing it too much. I used to soak by 808 carts overnight and let dry the following night, but I have a number of them and it wasn't a big deal.

I always thought that your quick system would be a good one, but it seems that everyone always recommends overnight air drying and since I didn't see anyone else using a quick system, I was afraid I would somehow damage the atty.

Thanks

 

[SuZamme]

I tried this boiling distilled water cleaning on a new T-atty yesterday. Worked perfectly.
I put atty in cup of boiling water, used huge tweezers to pick it up and swish the water thru it a few times (maybe 2-3 minutes), took it out and drained water out.
I really didn't want to wait overnight to use it so I took my Rainbow vacuum and pulled the little bit of water out of it (gently).
Put on a tank of juice and vaped away. Huge taste and vapor. No icky residue of whatever that is they ship them with.
Thanks for this technique. It worked so well, I took a T-atty that had been used for over a month and gave it the same treatment. Perked it right up again.

 

[GA Bill]

Darn...I tried this but the taste I get using the EGO-T is terrible still to me. I've vaped through 4 or 5 tanks worth and get the same taste. Do I have a bum atty? I don't dare to waste more money on the same flavor.

 

[SheckMastaFlex]

VA Bill -
If you're still getting the "burnt taste", there's a good chance your wick isn't getting juice to the coil. Search for "ego t wick mod" and you should find instructions on how to pull out the wick plate and adjust it, as well as instructions on replacing the wicks. I've got two attys that leak pretty bad, so I'm going to try to replace the wick in them to see if it helps.

Also, if the taste doesn't start to get better after a few tries, I wouldn't vape the rest of the tank - obviously something else going on here.

I've had pretty good luck with this kit so far (still using the first two attys that came with it, now over 40 days), so stick with it and let us know what you come up with.

 

[GA Bill]

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

 

[SheckMastaFlex]

Here's the wick mod post I was referring to: SimpleCJ's eGo-T Wick Mod

 

[SheckMastaFlex]

Glad to hear it worked for you, SuZamme! I do this to my atty's about once a week, and so far, so good!