How many drops?

[SKYYcamel]

I know I've read it here somewhere, but I can't find it. After you wash and dry your cartos, how many drops of liquid do you put in. I don't wanna use to much and drown the poor little guy. Thanks.

 

[JenJen]

I get roughly 20 drops, but I don't dry them out first, just blow out the water and fill.

 

[Panda04]

I know I've read it here somewhere, but I can't find it. After you wash and dry your cartos, how many drops of liquid do you put in. I don't wanna use to much and drown the poor little guy. Thanks.

It really depends on the generation of the cart. The first ones I got from Steve held around 12. Then I got ones that held around 16. The newest ones hold around 20. I count the drops now when refilling. But I normally fill it till it looks right.

Andy

 

[SKYYcamel]

JenJen, do you find the flavor to be as strong as a fresh cart. My refills taste kinda weak. I'm getting great vapor though.

 

[JenJen]

So far the ones I have refilled after rinsing have had great taste. I am using liquid from V4L and it is tasting really good. The cappuccino and banana is just killer! Those are the only two flavors I have used since rinsing the cartos. I just can't get away from them lol!

 

[Chucky]

It depends how the cart was put together. All carts have slightly different amount of filler. After washing them out and blow drying them for 40-60 seconds, I pop the mouth cap off and fill them from the battery side. Yup, on the BATTERY side. I get more juice in that way and the inner padding gets soaked first (this is where it vapes the juice). I get 30-40 drops. Yes, 30-40. Look at the filler once in a while (at 15 drops, 25, 30,33, etc.) until you see it get soaked. In between, I get a straightened paper clip and put it though the battery end all the way up the opened top. I then grab the end piece and slowly swirl it around so that the inner padding soaks the juice. I've been doing this routine for the past 10 carts. It works great.

The hardest part is knowing when to stop drippin' (gauging the fullness of the filler). Once in a while I get a really misaligned and misassembled cart. Inner padding is all jumbled up and is not wrapped properly around the center hole and tube.

Hope this helps.

 

[leeshor]

I hate to get technical -- but, the whole question of the number of drops depends on using the exact same vehicle for dispensing the liquid that also has the same viscosity.

Believe it or not, even the temperature and humidity have an effect on the surface tension which also affects the size of a drop. Some of the needle tip bottles I've seen could dispense much smaller drops thus more drops for a given volume.

Use drops as a guide but don't assume anything.

 

[Scottbee]

Yup.. Leeshor is on the mark. My original ECOpure bottles put out itty-bitty drops. The second batch that I got in puts out monster drops. Honestly, it's a 2:1 factor (measured).

 

[Blooper]

just drip rip let it soak in and sit batteryside down on a tissue or soemthing. If ti starts leaking out the bottom your usually done. But give it some time to soak and drop a few more in. Thats what I do. 10 drops in the same spot, wait a bit, 5 drops all around, wait a bit, 3 more drops, wait a bit, 2 more wait a bit etc... until i start seeing leakage. Probably not the most efficient way to do it but I refill many carts at the same time so i get a rotation going. But to answer usually 18-21 drips from the drippy bottle from steve.

 

[PhoenixRising]

I also agree with Leeshor. My white bottles of liquid from Steve drips monster drops (probably as much as 3 to 1 for most of my other bottles). What you are looking for is saturation with no pooling on top. To prevent yourself from wasting juice and mopping out overfilled carts, when using an unknown untested bottle, squeeze very lightly while you get a feel for that particular juice and dispenser. If you do get overzealous you can try the plunger method (use one of the plastic condoms over the mouthpiece end and plunge it up and down). If you still have pooling, then try using a Kleenex twisted into a tip that will fit down in the cartomizer and push it in far enough to touch the batting. This should "mop" up the excess.

 

[leeshor]

Absolutely. It's the time it takes for the pool of liquid to get absorbed. I don't let my cators get dry so the amound of juice they tale varies but never les that around 12 drops from one of Steve's 20ml bottles. One key is good lighting