I completed my first straw mod today - only been vape'ing for 24 hours so I am assuming I messed this up somehow. I used a prefilled cartridge that has basically died out and been refilled with ECOpure Menthol High.
I used a Q-tip, cut it down so it fit within the cartridge, about 1/8" below the edge and was sure to angle the bottom portion. I squeezed out the filler, which appears to be similar to Polyfill if not the same.
When I pull now, it feels as if I have to pull twice as hard. I am sucking the hell out of this thing and I am getting plenty of vapor (slightly more than what I got on the stock cart) but there is absolutely no throat hit and virtually no taste at all.
During the mod, I opted to squeeze out the juice that was left in the filler from prior usage. Got the filler pretty dry, installed the straw then put the filler in with tweezer. I got 33 drops in the filler before I noticed slight pooling. When I packaged it all back up and used it I got a slight gurgle.
So, I blew out the atty thinking it was flooded - very little juice came out. I repositioned the filler a bit closer to the atty, thinking I wasn't getting a good wick (but the vapor production would be reduced, correct?). I don't think that was the problem anyways, as I twisted the cart off it twisted the filler with it, leading me to believe it was plenty close enough - maybe too close?
With all this info - anyone have an ideas on what would produce this behavior? After "clearing" the atty I have reduce vapor production, compared to the stock cart, no flavor, no throat hit, feel like my lungs are going to implode sucking in on this thing...
I used a Q-tip, cut it down so it fit within the cartridge, about 1/8" below the edge and was sure to angle the bottom portion. I squeezed out the filler, which appears to be similar to Polyfill if not the same.
When I pull now, it feels as if I have to pull twice as hard. I am sucking the hell out of this thing and I am getting plenty of vapor (slightly more than what I got on the stock cart) but there is absolutely no throat hit and virtually no taste at all.
During the mod, I opted to squeeze out the juice that was left in the filler from prior usage. Got the filler pretty dry, installed the straw then put the filler in with tweezer. I got 33 drops in the filler before I noticed slight pooling. When I packaged it all back up and used it I got a slight gurgle.
So, I blew out the atty thinking it was flooded - very little juice came out. I repositioned the filler a bit closer to the atty, thinking I wasn't getting a good wick (but the vapor production would be reduced, correct?). I don't think that was the problem anyways, as I twisted the cart off it twisted the filler with it, leading me to believe it was plenty close enough - maybe too close?
With all this info - anyone have an ideas on what would produce this behavior? After "clearing" the atty I have reduce vapor production, compared to the stock cart, no flavor, no throat hit, feel like my lungs are going to implode sucking in on this thing...
