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Have the Hobo V2 ( authentic) and really loving it except for one thing. I have a heckova time pulling the chamber off to drip. It is really tight and with my arthritis, it turns into a struggle. Any suggestions? I thought about removing one of the orings, but I don't want it to leak. Other than that it vapes fantastic!
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Maybe try using different o-rings in general? Maybe that'll help out a little.Have the Hobo V2 ( authentic) and really loving it except for one thing. I have a heckova time pulling the chamber off to drip. It is really tight and with my arthritis, it turns into a struggle. Any suggestions? I thought about removing one of the orings, but I don't want it to leak. Other than that it vapes fantastic!
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Or just remove the drip tip to drip inside, thats what i do. Or drip straight into the drip tip itself.
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Been doing that mostly since it's such an effort. May try some different orings as well. I keep thinking that it will loosen up and break in with time. Need to find a copper cap to go on it now
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Need to find a copper cap to go on it now
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You wouldn't happen to have 2 hobos, would you? I have had three, and all three have been solid/firm, but very easy to remove. I was hanging out with my friend the other night, watching him struggle with his top cap. He said that it had been that way since he got it, and he had even spent a solid 2 hour block trying to just remove/replace the top cap to "loosen it up", to no avail. I swapped him top caps for ONE try, and mine slid right on/popped right off. His worked fine on my deck as well. We switched back, and they both work as they should. Hahaha. Not sure why it worked, but that's the only one that I have seen with that issue (and it was insanely tight), and that's how we fixed it... Maybe simply removing the o-rings and placing them back in would have the same effect?
I know ive had to replace the little red o-ring at the bottom of the deck cause it constantly leaked onto my mods. It would only leak if it wasnt being used, if i left it home and took a different set up id come home to a ring of juice bead-lets all around the bottom of the hobo and top of my mod. Till i switched it to a black o-ring to see if it would stop, and so far so good. So who knows. Some attys need certain little tweaking to get it up and running and some get lucky and dont need to do anything but build and vape. Dont give up!
I sure don't. I will keep working with it. I have some other orings to try out or fiddle with the ones already on it. But as you described, it is insanely hard to remove.
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HOBO V2 Review:
-Differences between V1 and V2.
1. V2 is slightly smaller in height compared to the V1 which reduced the inner chamber more.
2. Gone is the separate copper base from the V1. V2 now includes a screwed on juice well and combined deck and base.
3. V2 has a CNC engraved Hobo Logo
Build: 5/5
- @socalvape used SS 316 and CU101 copper as metals for this atomizer. You also have the ability to use an SS or CU center post as needed.
Looks: 4/5
- Initially, I didn't like the looks and preferred the simple look of the Origen. However, it eventually grows on you as you use it. Plus you have the ability to change the look of the atty by changing the top hat to either black or white delrin, brass or copper
Features: 5/5
- 4 piece RDA (top hat, top cap, juice well and deck)
- Extreme Reduced Chamber for maximum flavor
- Single, Dual, Tri and Quad coil capable
Performance: 5/5
- Copper center post and pin helps w/ immediate firing of the atomizer and improves conductivity. Vape is on the warmer side (which I personally like) and I rarely experienced any leaking.
Price: 5/5
- Competitively priced ($8o @ ECC 2014)
Summary: A very well priced rebuildable dripper. Provides the best flavor of all the drippers I've tried (Origen V1/V2, TOBH, Patriot, Plumeviel, Quasar) and immense clouds regardless of your build. AFC is highly adjustable as it has 5 individual air holes (2 on top hat and 3 on the actual top cap) and can be built with single, dual, tri or quad coil. Juice well is significantly deeper than 99% of drippers out there which reduces the amount of dripping needed. The 4 piece design of the Hobo is also unique and the quality of metals, which is SS 316 grade is great as well. The ability to customize the top hat is awesome to have to help customize your mech mod/atty setup. Just to show you how great this atty is, I have sold my Origen V2 (my then favorite dripper).
Hey, what is the Drip tip in these pictures? the SS one. I like how it looks! Ordering my Hobo V2 next week.
My 1 hobo leaks sometimes at the bottom and i cant figure out why. Ive done just about everything to try and stop it. My others dont leak at all, which i love, plus it holds a lot of juice.
Sure can. If you close off the top 2 air holes and leave the 2 air holes on the sides half closed im sure you could get away with it. I dont have it on me but i can report back once im home? Plus this has a single coil option as well if that matters to you.
I've had exactly the same issues about this 'seeping' issue from the air inlet holes. Both the top hat and the main inlets seem to be the culprit. I think as juice evaporates, it clings to the sidewall on the inside and simply finds the path of least resistance. I usually don't use mine too much because I either haven't figured out HOW to build it so this doesn't happen, or it just isn't designed not to leak. I'm not really sure, even my Magma doesn't weep this badly, and that thing is my number one offender for being a messy atty.
Yes, thank god someone else is having this problem! I thought it was only me, it gets to me cause out of my hobos only 1 really does it on a constant, the others dont start doing it for a while or not at all its odd ive tried literally everything. And you are correct, thats what i was thinking is happening and it also happens around the top hat portion too when i press down i get beadlets of juice around it, but not as much as the bottom portion though. The 1 that does it the most is the 1 that i have set up with vertical coils, i think when i vape it gets juice around the dome inside and somehow seeps down the dual o-rings and outside shell and onto my mod and bottom pin of the hobo itself. Ive also found having it set up vertically with my wicks pointing up thats how i get liquid around the top hat. Still dont know how to remedy this.
Well mine doesn't ever leak out the bottom, I haven't had that experience. Mine's only on the top portion it would seem. It happens with either single or dual coils, verticle or horizontal builds, doesn't seem specific. I think it's really been designed to 'build and forget' which is unfortunate. well, either that or we both got some bum Hobos?
I've just been taking mine apart every few full sets of full drips or 'tanks' or whatever you want to call them (just fill it up, vape it, refill) and rinsing the whole thing under water, drying it, then rewicking. It's bloody annoying though, and the Hobo definitely takes a backseat to other attys like my Patriot because of it.
Oh, the other really annoying thing about mine is that when I try to unscrew it from a mod, the walled inner section will unscrew instead of the entire atty. I haven't really been able to figure out why the entire thing won't unseat, other attys won't do this obviously because they're not designed with a screwed in section underneath an outer shell. Also, the inner wall will sometimes get stuck on the bottom portion of the juice well and it takes a dip in the freezer or hand tools to unseat the lower portion with the juice well from the inner unscrew-able wall. I don't really know if we should contact Hoberto about that or what? Anyone else having similar issues or is it just us?
Ive brought this up on here a couple times and out of everyone it seemed only me, go figure right. But ive talked to Hoberto several times and ive brought this up to him and he offered to pay to have me ship it to him so he could see what it was doing and he'd ship me a whole new one. I felt like this would be an easy fix so i told him id mess with it a bit and see if it was something small. Ive found with most attys some work straight out of the box new and some need some special little love to get to that perfect working condition. Now mind you i dont expect this to run perfect by any means, i just wish it would stop doing this 1 thing and it would be perfect, for me at least. My other 2 dont do this, im at a loss right now, like you i fill up, vape for a little, then i take the outer shell off wipe it down and snap it back on, its tedious but i like this thing so until i figure something out or talk to Hoberto that'll have to do. And i know what you mean, too loose and it unscrews itself and too tight and you can get the juice well off, ive just been using needle nose pliers or rubber bands as a quick fix, doesnt happen often but it happens.
Hm.. Is the modder on here or would we need to mail him directly? Seeing the issue as we described it in this thread would be more helpful to him than sending two separate emails I feel like.
I already mailed him about getting another insulator for the positive block and don't want to sound like a pain, haha. Yeah, you're the only other person I've read with this issue so maybe it isn't a widespread problem but a more isolated one. Our tolerances are probably just slightly out of whack, and for large productions like an RDA, this wouldn't be too out of the ordinary.. I haven't heard of anyone else having this issue, even at my local shop where a bunch of the dudes play constantly with theirs.
HeiSINberg, are your other 2 Hobos the v2.1's as well or older revisions?
I already mailed him about getting another insulator for the positive block and don't want to sound like a pain, haha. Yeah, you're the only other person I've read with this issue so maybe it isn't a widespread problem but a more isolated one. Our tolerances are probably just slightly out of whack, and for large productions like an RDA, this wouldn't be too out of the ordinary.. I haven't heard of anyone else having this issue, even at my local shop where a bunch of the dudes play constantly with theirs.
HeiSINberg, are your other 2 Hobos the v2.1's as well or older revisions?
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