How long does a carto last you with your maintenance routine?

[jeffree]

Thanks, Kanza!

Here are the needles I'm using. They work fine for me: Amazon.com: Hypodermic Needles, Regular Bevel - 18 ga x 1 1/2" needle: Kitchen & Dining

And the syringes: Amazon.com: 3 cc Disposable Syringe without Needle: Kitchen & Dining

You pay just one shipping fee for the whole order.

I still like you, Wade.



Edit: Conard's right that the larger 5 or 6cc syringe would mean quicker filling of a lot of cartos at once. If you click on the manufacturer (HSB) at top of Amazon page, you'll find 6cc syringes for .29 from the same supplier.

 

[Rosco]

Gee...guess I should pay more attention to what I'm doing. I get so much use out of blank carto's that a box of 5 can last me a very long time.Most all my juices are not dark, which helps cuz it's my dark ones that dampen the performance of my carto's.
I just fill a condom up and fill the carto until the juice remains visible at the mouth end. I use pyrex clear drip tips and I leave it on. When I push the carto into the condom, I will fill it until I see it come up into the drip tip. Than just leave it that way for a bit, so I know it's totally soaked. Then just put it aside until the one I'm using is ready. Then I make the switch and load my empty one back up. It just goes on and on and on. Anymore, I rarely clean them. By the time I'm ready to pitch one, I've used it so much I think it deserves to hit the trash.

Good luck to everyone, regardless of how ya do it. Just do it

 

[mmcall12]

ok, got it, thanks jeffree. will be ordering tonight.

 

[Kanza]

Same here! And for more variety, I am also ordering drip tips!!!

 

[markdpman]

There is a time and place for dripping but with the convenience of cartos I stick with them 90% of the time. I drip sometimes but mostly use the condom method and finish it off by running a straight paper clip down thru the center hole and wobble it around a few times to get it to soak up quicker and then you can immediately vape it.

 

[markdpman]

Also forgot to say that these coolcarts last so long that I have worn the color off the end of some of them.

 

[Flowerlady-8898]

This is an interesting subject. I have cartos that I have had for about 6 months, now. Today is my anniversary of when I quit smoking 6 months, ago. All I do is just fill my cartos about 2-3 times a day, after that I put them in a plastic baggie, and when the bag gets about half the way full, I do the boiling out system. I boil them for 15 minutes, drain them in a strainer and rinse, then boil them another 15 minutes, drain them again in the strainer and rinse again, let them cool a little, then I blow all of the water out of each one, and stand them up to dry for 48 hours.

When the center starts looking burnt, I toss them, or if they quit working for me. I probably buy a pack of the cool carts about every 2-3 months. It's a whole lot cheaper than buying the already filled cartos. A bottle of the juice will usually last me about a month, if I'm not vaping a lot, but here lately I have been, so it will last for about 3 weeks, now. It's a whole lot better than paying $40 - $50 on a carton of analogs. There's a lot of Cartomizer Videos on YouTube.com, that show you how to clean them. That's how I learned about the boiling out method. My cartos come out looking really clean and white, after boiling them out. You may want to try this method.​

 

[SteevieG]

I've boiled twice now, only a few at a time just in case it didn't work or messed them up somehow.

The method works fine. I put them in the oven at about 200 degrees though to dry them in a couple of hours rather than wait 2 days.

 

[Maxwell_Edison]

around 30 refills - see my video on the thread on refilling and cleaning carrots. (don't ask). Anyway, it's about the several uses of an 18 gauge sharp needle to get the most out of your carto. Blunts just won't work, they'll ruin the carto. Snow Dragon don't like needles and his videos are another way to get 30 refills out of a single carto.