So I desided to try out a cartomizer. could anyone tell me a good way to fill them. I tried using one of my MIL's insulan needles but that didnt work to well. Any other ways to fill them?
condom method is the best way i've found:
Remove the mouthpiece end cap,
fill the larger of the 2 rubber silicon caps 3/4 of the way with e-liquid,
slowly insert the cartomizer threaded end first,
push down until the coartomizer is all the way inserted,
remove and blow through the mouth end (lightly) to clear any juice inside the tube,(blow into a tissue)
replace the mouthpiece end cap,
wipe the cartomzer down.
Enjoy!
Vapian has an excellent video of his newly perfected method in this thread:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/general-e-smoking-discussion/200782-cartomizerfillinator.html
I quickly jumped onto cartomizers when I first started vaping. They seem to work best for me, reliable, convenient, consistent.
I use two methods to fill. I always run a drip tip on my cartos so when I'm out and about, I simply drip into them. Works quite well and it's quick and easy.
When at home, I use a more invovled method that fills them completely and quickly. I use a syringe with a dispenser tip to push juice in from the battery end. I also insert a toothpick to block the airway in the middle so the juice gets forced into the filler. One caveat with that method, it only works on cartos like the Boge that use an upper center post grommet instead of a lower one. With the lower grommet (Joye style), the juice will just squirt out the air holes on the side.
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Depends on the carto. For the ones with wicks, you can just vape them until they taste dry. Then refill. Some use a transparent tube (like the Clearomizers) so you can just look and see when they're dry. The wrapped metal ones can be a bit tricky. You don't want to dry them out at all because they can burn, but you can usually tell when they start tasting a little dry and then refill before it gets to that point.
Pesonally, those are my least favorite cartomizer, but they have their advantages, long life mainly. You should get as many as 30 refills off one. They utilize an air passage on the side and an adjacet juice chamber. There's a wick with a horizontal coil at the bottom. The regular condom and injection methods don't work well on that particular make. Those methods are intended to be used on the wrapped style ones. There are some good methods to use on those, but since I don't use them, I don't know where to direct you. Maybe someone else can.
In any case, the Joye cartomizers are failry robust and vaping them completely dry will not damage them. Same thing for the CE2 cartomizers.