Gaaaah! Atomizers dropping like flies!

[Whistle_Pig]

Just a little venting here.

What is up with 510 atomizers? The first 2 I had lasted from mid April through mid July or so. Since then, I'm lucky to get a month. I try cleaning, not cleaning, dry burning, not dry burning. I usually soak in PGA, but I've tried denture cleanser too. I'm about to try vinegar. But none of that seems to matter, since I rarely cleaned my first two.

Does dripping just normally gunk your atties into oblivion more quickly?

Egadz. I just ordered 5 more. If I can't resurrect one of my 4 functioning 510 atties, I'll be making do with CE2 cartos until those get here. (I like the LR306, but I think it's responsible for the premature death of one of my eGo batts -- in a couple months, I think I'm going to get a Mako.)

 

[Evil Ernie]

Who's atties are you buying? I wonder if it was a bad lot of atties.

 

[Whistle_Pig]

I've bought from ecigsupply, cignot, midwest vapor, freedomsmoke USA, and wordup. All purportedly genuine Joye. I got a Magma "510" from Mike, and it's a great dripping atty, but didn't last long. The 2 I got from WordUp are their branded atties, which I suspect are the same as a Janty Dura; 1 of those I think I fried in a dry burn, and the other could be salvagable, as the resistance is still 2.1.

I really wonder if it has to do with dripping. I started using a drip tip sometime in June, and atties started crapping out sometime late July.

 

[Klute]

I just picked up some bridge-less attys to drip with. I was always nervous to drip with a regular atty. I figured the regular attys where designed to be wet/moist all the time with the filler. Some of the posts scared me out of using a LR's with my eGo battery a while ago. I am sticking with the basics for the eGo. So far 3 months and still have the same attys and batteries going strong. Just a little ejuice de-lamination on the paint...

 

[Whistle_Pig]

Oddly, one of my oldest atties -- I was about to pitch it in the trash -- started working like gangbusters again. No idea why, but it gave a few days of great vaping. The whole atty thing seems to be just hit'n'miss.

Where are you getting your bridgeless ones?

 

[Klute]

Where are you getting your bridgeless ones?

I have been buying in bulk from GH1. They just lowered there shipping also. Air Mail from China $3.50

They have Reg /LR/HR 5 for $15 and 6month Warrenty Bridgeless Atomizers

 

[Whistle_Pig]

Thanks, I'll keep them in mind. I just ripped the bridge out of a 510, and with the others I have coming, I might be good until I can get a mod and use a 306.

 

[Whistle_Pig]

FWIW, the de-bridged 510 hits like a house a'fire.

 

[mikegun]

i go through all attys like sh.t through a tyin horn all types, mostly 510s, i get them from liberty flights for my egos, i heat them and juice them up to much and they burn up in a week, but they replace them , ive got to learn to slow down on my vapes, too much heat, me thinks???

 

[Godzilla]

I think you have to be careful dripping making sure you dont vape it dry. Its easy to do with a LR306 since it is very tought to get 3 drops in the 306 before it spills out, especially higher vg juice. But the 306 is the bomb once you get used to the dripping style. you have to use a drip tip with an ego. I have been using the cover it came with, without the cone.

I just put away on that I used for 2 weeks and it still works fine, but I was in the mood for a new one.