Frustrated with generic ego kit.... need help!

[ShamedMonkey]

I bought an ego kit from mad vapes about two weeks ago: MadVapes 510 Ego Kit with Carrying Case

It worked great for a little over a week. Then the one battery exploded (tuned on, wouldn't turn off, melted a cartridge, etc). Shipped it back with the burned out atty and the new one should be here later this week.

The problem I am having now is a lack of smoke from the current battery and atty. I used to get a really nice amount of smoke, but it's slowed to a trickle, and most times none at all.

I fill the cartridge with about 10 drops of liquid like always. Press the button, and get nothing. Is the atty bad? Am I flooding it?

I even borrowed an atty from a friend of mine, which worked (not as well as when mine were new) for about a day. Now that won't work at all. I press the button, get no smoke, then the button flashes a few times and won't work at all until I disconnect it. It has a full charge.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I was loving vaping for a bit and thought I had cigs cut out of my life. Now, I'm so overly frustrated that I'm thinking about giving up vaping altogether.

 

[JustaGuy]

Sounds like dirty atty(s). They do have to be cleaned. Some juice clogs up atty faster. They could just also be flooded, in which case you'd hear gurgling and have hard time puffing. Take atty out and blow into non-batt end, catch with paper towel. If that dose not work, run atty under hot water or soak. There are many cleaning methods.

The flashing button could mean a short in the atty, or means atty is out, but I don't have the Madvapes eGo set so can't be sure. Does the atty still get hot? If it still does, then it's still usable after cleaning.

Hang in there. Hate to say it but there is a learning curve and some trial and error.

 

[JustaGuy]

p.s. flashing batt button could also mean 5-second time out, built in cut off to prevent over heating. Some new batts have 5-click shut off, so if you click the button 5 times fast, it shuts off, have to turn it back on.

Edit: as reference, I rotate and clean my attys everyday and each one only draws well for half a day. Also, some of those Smoktech batts have a center contact that could move. Some use a toothpick to lift and move back in place for good contact with atty (be very careful).

 

[RialCeLmiT]

In my experience cartomizers out perform attys, are easier to clean, and they last longer and are cheaper...I'd invest in some just to try it out and learn how t boil and alcohol bathe...I enjoyed the tank for bout a week myself and the performance just died entirely in no time at all...No idea bout the battery though

 

[Huffelpuff]

I feel your pain - invested $100 in a crappy mall kit then $60 more for cartomizers that lasted like 5 minutes. Even went back to buy a charger (they saw me comin). Had to upgrade to a Riva and spend more. Bought bad juice, ruined an atomizer UGH.

Today I took a ride to a vendor who sold me some wonderful juice, accessories and a spare battery.

All in all, still so worth it. Not smoking. 1st time I've had hope for this in 25 years. My new kit and accessories from today stuff work perfectly. In the two weeks I've stopped, the first $100 is already covered. This will pay for itself in about 3 or 4 more weeks of not smoking analogs.

 

[John Wayne]

Don't give up! Probably just a dirty atty like Justaguy said. I've got some Smoktech batts from there that I use every day and haven't had any problems thus far.

 

[Higbe33]

I had a Riva, which is about the same, and the flashing light meant the battery was done. Check each time you push the button it lights up. I had one with a bad button and only lite about every third time and the vendor replaced it. Might be a bad batch with button problems. JustaGuy gave some good info about checking the atty.

Since we don't want to go back to smoking, it's pays to have backups of everything. I bet you will from now on. ;-)

Hig

 

[ShamedMonkey]

Thanks guys. It sounds like a dirty atty. I'm going to try to boil tonight, and hopefully that works. Sorry if my post sounded overly frustrated. I still get the occasional nic-fit, especially when I can't vape and get my fix!

 

[ShamedMonkey]

One more quick question... after I boil and blow it out to dry, should I then prime it with a few drops directly on the atty? I was never really given a proper instruction on all of this... mainly just learning as I go. What is the best way to prime a dry, recently cleaned atty?

 

[John Wayne]

Also, vinegar and baking soda works wonders.

 

[JustaGuy]

This method is what I use to clean my attys http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/tips-tricks/69834-my-atty-resurrection-method.html, just be careful you don't pop them.

It's normal to get nic fit and frustrated, been there. Look at it as a transition and work in progress.

 

[JustaGuy]

One more quick question... after I boil and blow it out to dry, should I then prime it with a few drops directly on the atty? I was never really given a proper instruction on all of this... mainly just learning as I go. What is the best way to prime a dry, recently cleaned atty?

Yes, drip 3-4 drops on bridge of dry atty.

 

[hlk]

I gave up on my ego-t's because the atomizers, leakage and being so inconsistent.
I am enjoying the ego-w immensely... very consistant and the best vapor I have experienced to date..

 

[Iffy]

Now that won't work at all. I press the button, get no smoke, then the button flashes a few times and won't work at all until I disconnect it. It has a full charge.

First off, there is a learning curve! The eGo and carto is about the easiest system to learn while giving a great vaping experience.

With that said, if you have a full batt charge and no vapor, there is one of two things to check. Does the atty work on a diff batt? If it does, then you need to 'raise' the center conductors on your batt and the borrowed atty.

 

[Sedateme]

Sounds to me like your current atty is bad. I've got the exact same kit you ordered. The only time I've seen the button flash and continute to not work until you disconnect the atty is when I've had an atty that popped. The coil was disconnected from the wire.

 

[bruiser]

The Smok Tech batts do have a 5 second limit on the draw. That's why it starts blinking when you are taking a long puff.

 

[Sedateme]

I may have read wrong, but I was under the assumption he is getting no vapor... just a blinking button...

edit: just took a 10 second draw on mine. No cutoff.