eGo-T, what to buy? type A or B?

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pizza2me

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Hi all,

I'm sure this is somewhere in this jungle of threads. But, I can't find it and need to get my wife resupplied. She has been doing ok with type-A's for quite a while. But, it seems that lately they have been more temperamental.

Is there any difference between the A's and B's besides size and shape?

Do the type-B's work any better? Worse?

Thanks!
 

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I haven't found any difference between A's and B's except size. As a girl I prefer the A's They are not as big and clunky looking. I like the shape. I don't mind filling 2x per day. I too have noticed that they are being more temperamental then usual, so I learned how to pop the piercing plate and adjust the wick. It seems to take care of most of the problems I have with them and is fairly simple to do. :)
 

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I much prefer the B's. The draw is much easier. About like an analog. Maybe I'm the only one that cares about this ?? Also, they hold twice as much liquid. Get the LR version. CIGNOT has them for $10. No warranty, but mine has gone for two months and counting.

Don't get me wrong, the A's are a big improvement in draw over carts and cartomizers, also. Gone are the days of 3 second draws that feel like you're sucking through a straw that is too small !

Both T's tend to leak with 100% PG (too thin.) And, I read, tend to clog with 100% VG (too thick.) I'm now using 80% PG and everything is OK. Never fooled with a wick. Never even cleaned my atty.
 
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Another vote for type B. I prefer the standard resistance. Yes, they are bigger and heavier, but they do work better--the draw is easier and the wicking seems to be better. LR atties are cheaper but no warranty.

I get mine from Liberty Flights.

EDIT: I use the standard resistance on 3.7v. If you're an eGo user, I recommend the LR version.
 
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Dang! I just will never get over how awesome you folks are!! Thanks for all the help!!

billo, You just made me realize why my wife has been having more problems!!! She just recently switched from 80pg/20vg to 100%vg!!

And Katya, who is everywhere as well :)-), she is an eGo user, so I'll go with the LR.

and RIMP, same thing! And, I've never had nothing but the best from cignot. So I'll stick with them as well.

Thanks again folks!!!!
 

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You're so very welcome, Pizza!

I have one more tip for your wife; when her atty gets clogged or the juice in the tank begins to darken, just fill the tank with some unflavored ejuice (PG, VG, with or without nicotine) and vape that untill the juice in the tank runs clear again. 1-2 ml of unflavored is usually all it takes to clean the coil and the wick from the gunk. Ths is my standard maintenance routine and it keeps my atties nice and clean. If you feel you have to do a serious cleaning; boiling distilled water flush and an overnight soak in some denture cleaning product (I use Polydent tablets) and then another flush with water or vodka are usually enough. Maybe a short dry burn, if necessary.

I've been doing this for a while and I haven't lost an atty yet. Famous last words?:facepalm:

BTW, I'm using the standard resistance atties on my eGos too; they work just fine! Get one of each kind and see what your wife prefers. The difference is very subtle--2.1Ω vs. 1.8Ω.
 

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You're so very welcome, Pizza!

I have one more tip for your wife; when her atty gets clogged or the juice in the tank begins to darken, just fill the tank with some unflavored ejuice (PG, VG, with or without nicotine) and vape that untill the juice in the tank runs clear again. 1-2 ml of unflavored is usually all it takes to clean the coil and the wick from the gunk. Ths is my standard maintenance routine and it keeps my atties nice and clean.
Absolutely!
 

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I got the Ego-T about 3wks ago and was not a fan right off the bat so ordered LR atty and now its all good. The LR atty seemed to do so much better than the std atty and gave new life to my Ego-T. I've only used Type A so not sure if Type B would be better but I do know with the LRAtty world of difference imo. Also some juice wasn't working well with it at all so purchased some Dual Coil Mega Cartos and LOVE it. Now I have the comfort of both worlds, use one with the LR atty and the other with the Dual Coil Cartos and all is well with my Ego-T. BTW: I know that didn't answer your question but thought I would give you an option with the LR Atty and the Dual Coil Carto.
 

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oh and if anybody comes here to check out the thread done some adjusting on the wick on 2 of the attys that wasnt producing and wow the diff it made. Might of adjusted to much on the LR atty i was messing with cause now all im getting is burnt nasty taste but with a lil messing with should be fine. so point making is don't give up if having trouble and try adjusting the wick all could be saved mine sure did.
 

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Just some initial impressions --

For context, I've only had my Ego-T for a bit over a week. It arrived as I was running out of juice -- so the LR Type A's that it came with have seen a fair amount of dark juice -- since I had just about 2 tanks worth of BWB Malty left (which is NOT dark), and have been vaping almost exclusively BWB Waffle since that ran out (which is quite dark). (Assume everyone has seen the comments about dark juice and the Ego-T attys.)

Made a trade for some lighter juice which arrived today, along with my LR Type B atty and tanks from cignot.

So I've got low experience with both.

The A's definitely started to get a harder draw quickly with the dark juice, there is no doubt about it. I've cleaned both of the ones that came with my kit twice already, and I don't think it's *quite* restored them to "like new". (I used one of the pretty basic hot water methods I saw in a video, nothing more extreme than that.)

The Type B has only had about 1/2 tank through it since I got it earlier today. It is bigger, but the size difference is due to girth, not length. AFAICT there is NO difference in length in a completely assembled unit. However, my Ego-T is now the same diameter for its entire length, including the atomizer. The tip on the tank tapers more abruptly, and this combined with the diameter seems to be where it gets the bigger volume.

My first impression of the Type-A was that it made lots more vapor than my KR808D1 horizontal cartos with the same juice -- and it did, but it seemed like that declined quickly as I used it more, just like a carto would. So after a few days I was getting more than a used carto, but probably less than a brand new one. As noted, I understand that the dark juice was likely to have been a significant factor there.

The Type-B arrived along with another package which contained some juices I had traded for. These are various fruit flavors and all are NOT dark.

All the juices are 80% PG, 20% VG, which is far, far less VG than the Malty I finished up on my Type A's, and also even less than the 30% VG in the Waffle I've been vaping in them. So the expectation would be that these juices would tend to make less vapor than the Malty was making in a brand new Type A if everything else was equal. Not so. I'm AMAZED at the vapor I'm getting from the 80/20 juice in the brand new Type B -- it's more than I was getting from the Malty (which is 80% VG) in the Type A.

I'm amazed at how light the draw is, but without comparing back to back with a new Type A I'm not sure if the difference is huge or just noticeable.

The real test will be when BWB gets some Malty in stock again -- I'm very familiar with how Malty vapes in a pretty good 808 setup, and fairly so with how it vaped in the Type A's when they were new. So that will enable a more apples-to-apples comparison. The juices I received with the Type B today are all things I've never tried before.
 

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Type B .. a hundred times .. Type B. Type A is a trainwreck as far as I am concerned.... basically, aside of capacity, Type B fixed a lot of the problems that the type A had. These days however I don't use either. The 510-T is the most reliable of the family. Go LR and even though the capacity is less, it is also the least worrysome and requires the least maitenence.
 

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I was just given a Type B to try last night. So I cleaned out the primer last night and then started using it those morning. I'm using PG and SR atty but I keep getting too much juice in my mouth. This is a concern as I seem to be going through 5-6ml of juice a day lately on the Type A (using LR and SR) and this is getting more expensive than my half pack a day smoking habit!!!! I'm about 6 weeks in to vaping.
 

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I was just given a Type B to try last night. So I cleaned out the primer last night and then started using it those morning. I'm using PG and SR atty but I keep getting too much juice in my mouth. This is a concern as I seem to be going through 5-6ml of juice a day lately on the Type A (using LR and SR) and this is getting more expensive than my half pack a day smoking habit!!!! I'm about 6 weeks in to vaping.

Cancer and other illnesses related to smoking have outrageous costs, so this is definitely something to think about. If you want to get by as cheaply as you were smoking, I think you'll have to mix your own juice. I assume that you spent about $6 a pack, so working with a $3 a day budget will be tight. AND, there will eventually be replacement parts needed. Good luck.
 

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Cancer and other illnesses related to smoking have outrageous costs, so this is definitely something to think about. If you want to get by as cheaply as you were smoking, I think you'll have to mix your own juice. I assume that you spent about $6 a pack, so working with a $3 a day budget will be tight. AND, there will eventually be replacement parts needed. Good luck.
$6/pack try $12+ :)
 
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