How to clean ibtanked Smoke Cartomizers?

[syrianrue]

Pretty new to vaping, was wondering if anyone could tell me how to clean the ibtanked smoke ohm cartomizer? i've read online that you can use boiled water to clean it, or just run it through with warm water, but what about the white wick inside? do i need to take it out ? i'd imagine that if i dont take it out, the excess e-liquid trapped in there wouldn't be able to come out cleanly, on top of that, it would be very hard to dry since all the water would just get trapped in there for a long time.

I know there's a cleaning kit they sell, is it worth the money? if so i do plan on buying it soon, but how do i clean my cartoz now though without the kit?

 

[oplholik]

I use to try and clean them, but realized after awhile that it just wasn't worth it, as the cartos are so cheap.
Here is a video tutorial tho if you would like to try it for yourself.

A PBusardo Tutorial - How I clean my Boge 510 LR Cartos - YouTube

 

[stevegmu]

It seems like it wouldn't be worth the effort, as inexpensive and as long as they last. If they are gunking up fast, perhaps you are using heavy VG juices or darker juices?

 

[r77r7r]

If you're getting only a couple of days your eliquid is probably also gunking up your coils in there and the cleaning won't be too effective.

A carto is only 50-75 cents nowadays and you'd probably waste that much energy on cleaning. Cleaning was a good option when they were charging $2.50+ for a DC, punched, flared, SS carto.

I bought the kit and never used it- prices came down.

 

[syrianrue]

so how long do cartos usually last for you guys?

the juice i'm using is 2.4% 24 mg

 

[oplholik]

I can get 2-3 weeks out of a carto, with a light colored juice, that's not vaping on it constantly all day tho.

 

[stevegmu]

I can get 15-20 ml out of a carto, but I usually replace after around 5-10ml., because I like a fresh carto... All of my e-liquids are heavy in PG...

 

[DJLEC]

I can get 15-20 ml out of a carto, but I usually replace after around 5-10ml., because I like a fresh carto... All of my e-liquids are heavy in PG...

This is a good answer. Depending on the e-liquid I average about 7 ML's to 20 ML's per Carto.

On a good day I can vape 10 ML's so I am changing a Carto every day or two. At $1.35 per Carto compared to $5.40 + for a pack of Analogs there is no point trying to clean them.


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[OCD]

I Use a 60% PG DiY clear liquid that has 20% flavor (Flavor Arts Watermelon). This is water clear and normal use gives me 20 to 60mls before the cartomizer tells me its time though I will sometimes change it out simply because it doesnt seem as fresh as it could be. With a use of 3 to 5mls a day this means anywhere from a week to three between changes with this setup.

As I mentioned in the other thread I also run low by most folks standards at 3.9V on a 3.2ohm cartomizer. Also this is a Standard length that I am using.

 

[DJLEC]

As I mentioned in the other thread I also run low by most folks standards at 3.9V on a 3.2ohm cartomizer. Also this is a Standard length that I am using.

70% PG and I was using 4.5 Volts on a 3.2 Ohm XL Carto.

Saw your other post and will try it at 4.0 to 4.2 Volts to see if there is a difference.


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