I might be able to live with it. I will have to try it out on my woody. Thanks for the tip Mudflap!
HH.357 stuff
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Lol Mud flap nice tip. I've never heard of that if mine ever act up I'll remember that. I have 2 custom short barrels 1.5 ohms and a 2.5 ohm long barrel; so far I'm loving them. I prefer the short barrels as I like a warmer vape. I haven't had an issue with spitting, other than the few times when I first got it and over filled it. One thing I've also noticed is that the thing doesn't leak pretty nice little atty and if it lasts as long as they say well worth the investment.
Edit: Also Prophetz what else other than tapping it did you do?
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Edit: Also Prophetz what else other than tapping it did you do?
-Rudy
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The tapping tip was originally given out by Hanna. I figure he knows best when it comes to these attys.
I packed down the metal filler with a pic. Just made the packing a bit tighter and everything was rockin after that. Only wish my first one would have lasted longer than 3 days.
Directly from Avid Vaper's site: We are currently assembling all 357's with VII sepcs, at this time there is no guarentee you will recieve a VII when purchasing a stock 357. When all VI's are sold out and replaced with VII's we will announce that all stock 357's are made to VII spec.
The HH357s are indeed the best attys, when they are optimally configured and firing on all cylinders, but I've had some back luck with mine lately; both of my 3ohm long barrels suddenly died for no apparent reason after only a couple weeks of use. The short barrels all spit so much that they are unusable without the universal. I'd like to have a solution that doesn't involve an atty, a universal, and a drip tip on top of the universal; these components basically double the height of the Reo and are prone to coming apart from the stress of being in your pocket, etc.
Here's another strange behavior I noticed, maybe somebody can tell me what might be happening: I have a 3ohm 357 that suddenly started tasting very burnt. Got out the multimeter, and it reads 1.5 ohms! (I switched from using 6 volts to using 3.7 and it is still quite usable.) Is there some way it could be shorting internally or something such that the resistance got cut in half somehow?! I would have sworn that I just got my attys confused, but I have never ordered a black 357 except for in the 3ohm configuration.
Here's another strange behavior I noticed, maybe somebody can tell me what might be happening: I have a 3ohm 357 that suddenly started tasting very burnt. Got out the multimeter, and it reads 1.5 ohms! (I switched from using 6 volts to using 3.7 and it is still quite usable.) Is there some way it could be shorting internally or something such that the resistance got cut in half somehow?! I would have sworn that I just got my attys confused, but I have never ordered a black 357 except for in the 3ohm configuration.
Makes sense- problem is I would need reading glasses AND a magnifier AND a tooth pick or something to separate the coils...maybe banging it hard down on a hard surface would help? (Btw, I would never do this with a Reo Woodvil, though I've been tempted a time or two with my Grand)....
Good thing most of us have common sense because if my neighbor (the incredible hulk back hills Kentucky boy-no offense to Kentucky, my wife is a hick
) did that it would be imbedded permanently.I got two of these yesterday morning (1 short and 1 long). So far my experience is exactly what I've read up on...not great! But, I expected this. Just now put the shorty back on after a night of soaking and it is better, now longy is soaking! Shorty quit spitting at me and the vapor is very nice...air flow is awesome...I hope this keeps up for a month. I figure if I can get 1 solid month of good vaping out of one HH357 it will be a win.
I went through a 10 pack of joye 306's at 45 bucks in a month with hit and miss quality.
Right- the Joye is the favorite of my 1/32 drill bit...after they meet each other, there is love again for another week unless the coil inside bites the dust.
and where might we be sticking that 1/32 drill bit? not that it would help me all that much because I usually end up popping mine in about 3 days. But! if what your saying is you are creating better air flow, then I wouldn't have to turn up the heat after a couple days......so I'm interested!
Find the little hole on the side (near the threads) of the atty...put atty in vice- drill straight through one of the air holes- just enough to clear the brass part- blow out and rinse atty good (need all the metal particles out)...let dry or just shake and blow excess water out- you're good to go again!!
Btw, holding atty in hand while you do this is not a good idea- if you don't have a vice, Harbor Freight sells small ones for cheap as well as those drill bits....you need to secure the atty. If you don't want to scratch it, a little electrician's tape around the tubular part of the atty works well...or even a bit of paper towel. I've done both. Oh, and I never wait for them to dry out completely, but that's just me...squonk and hit!!
Btw, holding atty in hand while you do this is not a good idea- if you don't have a vice, Harbor Freight sells small ones for cheap as well as those drill bits....you need to secure the atty. If you don't want to scratch it, a little electrician's tape around the tubular part of the atty works well...or even a bit of paper towel. I've done both. Oh, and I never wait for them to dry out completely, but that's just me...squonk and hit!!
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Sounds like they didn't make the holes large enough to begin with. At first I thought just removing the crappy dried sludge juice, but the metal too! That must mean those holes are too small for a reason (buy more atty's)...or not! Thanks for the tip Dave and the place to buy, cause I have many tools...just not a vise.
No problem Rockyroad- yeah, seems the holes are too small to begin with- some drill out before they use these- I use them for awhile and then drill them. I like a little bit of resistance on my atty's but as you know the Joye tighten up rather quickly to the point that you have to suck hard and raise the temp (longer burn time) to get much out of them after awhile. The drill method alleviates this- just don't drill too deep!!
Well I got the EM attys in and been using them for a week. They are much more finicky on getting the exact amount of juice to get a good vape and (I assume because they are so much shorter) spit and pop like a fiend. I keep having to spit hot juice out of my mouth and I finally gave up on them. They also get *very* hot (much more than the HH.357s), and it seems when they get real hot like this, the vapor production goes way down.
Avid restocked the long barrel HH.357s in, so I picked up a couple and will continue to use those until something better comes along (which may be a looooong time).
So I am back with everyone else... you just can't beat the HH.357s, so long as you can deal with the price and out of stock issues (buy a bunch when they have them is my recommendation).
I agree "totally" with you. I'm not sure what happened to the em atty (because I used to like em) but the last round I bought did the exact same thing. The 357 tends to spit a little too, so the long barrel for sure unless you have a long tip and or adapter.
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