Friendly reminder:don't forget to clean your tips/mouth pieces regularly! :)

[burnsmary95]

Hi there, I don't mean to sound too motherly or bossy, I just got over a nasty flu and have been a bit more cautious about keeping my drip tips clean, daily. I know this is easy to over look or just simply forget about so I just wanted to put this reminder in rotation.

vape on...

 

[n2xe]

If I already have the flu, can I give myself the flu again because I didn't clean my drip tip?

 

[arjay55]

Hi there, I don't mean to sound too motherly or bossy, I just got over a nasty flu and have been a bit more cautious about keeping my drip tips clean, daily. I know this is easy to over look or just simply forget about so I just wanted to put this reminder in rotation.

vape on...

Good advise. It is one of those things that can get overlooked.

Every time I refill (which is pretty often on the regular sized clearomizers) I clean out my drip tip with a cosmetic style cotton bud soak in vodka. I also give it a wipe over on the outside.

But I am guilty of using the same one for over a week (or two) at a time, which in retrospect just isn't good enough.

Thanks for the friendly clip up the back of the head, Mum

 

[runout_mick]

If I already have the flu, can I give myself the flu again because I didn't clean my drip tip?

No. Once you've beaten it you'll be immune to that strain.

 

[Lightgeoduck]

That is definitely a good idea, I mean if we think about:

1. how many times we put our mouth on the drip tip
2. how many times we grabbed it with our hands
3. how many times we dropped our device.
4. pockets, bag, or any other carrying method
5. laying, tipping on the table top
6. what ever settles while just sitting there waiting to be vaped.

oh no... I feel my OCD kicking in again..

LGD

 

[burnsmary95]

...how many times I found fuzzies in the mouth piece after taking it from my pocket... hehe

 

[classwife]

(Hate the pocket fuzzies in the drip tip !)

Every night I wash my drip tips in hot soapy water....just 'cause....eeeewwwww !

 

[ec!gg]

I can not stand germs, so I try to use plenty of antibacterial wipes on just about everything.

 

[ErebusAurelius]

I just ordered one of those small steam jet machines. The ones for cleaning hard to reach places with a jet steam tip. I figure that will sanitize my drip tips with tap water because I have been having the same thoughts as listed here about nasty germs and such. Might even be useful for cleaning my attys, worth a try on an old one at least.

 

[arjay55]

I have heard of people having great success with those steam machines on atty coils and CE2's. Just need to be careful of steam burns though.

 

[Harleydiver]

Good advise. It is one of those things that can get overlooked.

Every time I refill (which is pretty often on the regular sized clearomizers) I clean out my drip tip with a cosmetic style cotton bud soak in vodka. I also give it a wipe over on the outside.

But I am guilty of using the same one for over a week (or two) at a time, which in retrospect just isn't good enough.

Thanks for the friendly clip up the back of the head, Mum

I keep my mouthpiece by taking a sip of vodka before I put it in my mouth!

 

[arjay55]

I keep my mouthpiece by taking a sip of vodka before I put it in my mouth!

Every time??? That's a lot of Vodka hehe j/k

 

[bluebottle7]

Thanks for the reminder. Getting out the alcohol right now.

 

[fallon74]

I'll have to try the steam machine. Thanks for the advise.

 

[GitMoe]

...how many times I found fuzzies in the mouth piece after taking it from my pocket... hehe

So true. I keep a carto condom on my drip tip when Its in my pocket. I quickly got tired of the fuzzies...

 

[Lightgeoduck]

I hate driptip dingleberries

 

[Cranston McCloud]

What?
We have to clean them? LOL

 

[six]

Isn't PG anti-bacterial, anti-microbial, anti-fungal, and anti-septic? It seems like germs would have a tough go of it around my mouthpieces and drip tips.

Cartridges and drip tips do get boiled and wiped down with alcohol around here fairly regularly, but I've never treated it as a big concern. I'm just happy about how fast I get over colds etc now that I don't smoke.

 

[willr001]

Yeah, i think PG is anti-microbial, as an alcohol type substance.

I'm bad, I take the opposite tack, don't wash things, don't use antibacterial soap, eat questionable foods, lick doorknobs (okay I made that one up). I figure with the immune system, if it doesn't kill you it makes you stronger.

I probably get other people sick a lot, but I almost never get sick myself. =P