How often do you ean clearos?

[hillbilly20]

Hi folks,
I was wondering how often do you clean the clearos?
If I use a clearo with a juice only once and then I want to use it with another juice,I wash it completely.I am just not sure is it really necessary to do that each time? Or I can just add the second juice regardless of the former?
Thank you

 

[Heden Aklowd]

The flavor will stay in the wick for a while (depending on the flavor how long it stays).
I have 5 Kanger T3s with a different flavor in each so I can swap flavors many times a day.
I clean them at least once a month (more if it needs it) or when I change to a different flavor.

 

[Lakers777]

I use protanks and simply loading up a different juice Is a bad idea depending on the flavor.

 

[Lakers777]

Example: ry4 in your tank. Vape it, now fill with Peach, you have vanilla with a bit of Peach, some flavors will blend fine, other flavor are over powering in comparison to others.

 

[Alter]

I blend the old little bit with my new juice. If you add up all those few partial mils you wash away, it adds up and when getting juice requires mail order, wasting juice isn't in my cards. Ya I've had a couple YUK combo's but generally they all mix together quite well. I do have menthols and my regular vapes in separate tanks cause menthol doesn't go with everything and it lingers untill its washed out and then it still lingers somewhat. I vape mostly tobaccos and not sweet vapes but add some of my wifes sweet vapes as a change of taste.

 

[DavidOck]

Yes, it really depends on the flavors and your taste.

I find going from a light flavor to a heavy one is mostly not noticeable. The other way, the light flavor might not come through for quite a while.

But I keep enough clearos around that I don't "mix" in them any more.

And, in general, even running the same juice, I'll clean them after three or four fills. If only to be able to dry burn and freshen up the coil.

 

[BlueMoods]

I use protanks, have 4 of them I clean if I change flavors and, after 2 fills, heads go 6-10 fills except with my one chocolate fudge DIY that I do run in clearos because it's a atty killer, 2 mils and, I need a new head in the clearo.

 

[Zipslack]

What is this "cleaning" of which you speak? I am not familiar with the concept...

 

[cocacola31173]

I have a lot of evods and Protanks so I always clean mine out and put it at the back of the line. That way I always have a dried clean one to load up when Im ready. I did get carried away for a while and would have them all filled but down to just a couple of filled ones a day.

 

[DavidOck]

Just a few simple steps to cleaning a clearo.

When it's new, or after vaping a while.... well, I like to clean all my new ones, as I'm not willing to bet that the factory either cleaned them or was sterile. Hey, it's a factory!

Take it completely apart - tip, tube, base, Head (atomizer/coil/wick combo). Don't need to separate those, it's one unit unless you want to rewind your own coil.

Clean all the parts. I usually just rinse under a lot of hot running water. With the head, just pat it dry, don't wipe it, as the wick will probably fray and become unusable. Let dry or not. If you don't it will just take a few draws to vaporize the water out, giving a bland vape for a little bit.

After some time in use - it varies quite a bit based on juice composition and viscosity, vaping power, and probably some other things as well - the coil will start to get covered in what is generally called "gunk." A dry burn can be used to burn this off - use the search bar above, there are many discussions on this technique. Basically, you apply power to the coil in bursts, heating it enough to start to burn off the gunk, but in short bursts of power, say 3 - 5 seconds, so you don't burn the coil out. The clean the head again, and let dry (or not). The gunk adversely affect the heat transfer from the coil to the juice, so when it's thick enough, no or poor vape. Dry burning can extend their service life. Eventually, the wicks will fall apart.

Then again, heads can be pretty cheap. Many choose to just put in a new one. User choice. I tend to have several heads for each of my toppers, and when the wicks start to go, I'll clean and set them aside, waiting until I have enough to make it worthwhile getting out the wire, wick &cetera.

 

[OBDave]

For me it really depends on the juice flavor and composition - if I'm refilling with the same juice, or changing from one juice to another that might be complimentary (say from one type of berry flavor to another), I'll go 4-5 tanks between a hot water flush and dry burn, unless I've got some VG-heavy juice, as I find it tends to darken and gunk up more easily...then every 2-3 tanks.

If I'm switching between two flavors that wouldn't work well together at all - say from tobacco to key lime pie - I'll do a complete clean-out and dry burn before switching. But now that I've got at least a dozen clearos in rotation (Evods, Protanks, Smoktech Pyrex Aros) it's pretty rare that I'd go from one flavor extreme to another and use the same tank.

 

[Joie]

this may post twice...hope not

When you talk about the dry burn...is this just for the wick in the coil or the flavor wicks also???

 

[DavidOck]

I find that with the Kangers, when I pull the post out to get access to the coil (you need to see it to properly dry burn), the flavor wick usually disintegrates, so the dry burn is just for the coil and main wick. I usually replace the flavor wick with either silica wick or 100% cotton yarn.