How to refill if I hate refilling? Help?

[Momster]

Thanks for all the tips in this thread! I've been filling and refilling my own cartos for months now, but never thought about how the used ones I put aside "just in case of the zombie apocalypse" could be revived by rinsing them and NOT DRYING COMPLETELY. I used to dry them completely and become irritated when they did not hold any juice or kept leaking juice. Now I know the seret: never let the cartos dry out. I'll do anything to get that one last use out of a carto!

 

[Sallyem]

Thanks, Sally. You were right, darn you! Any secret to your syringe method? I've only tried dripping, which took me about 10 minutes since I didn't know how much. I think I added more than the 20-30 drops I've read, but maybe it's because the cool carts were new. I guess I should trust you again and try a syringe, too. Why not? Anything more I should know about it?

Nothing to it! I ordered online from DrsFosterSmith (a pet store). They were recommended by someone on ECF. Very fast shipping! 18GA 1-1/2" needles .19 ea., 3CC Syringes at .15 ea.; 6CC Syringes at .35 ea.
Pop the little drip tip off the juice bottle, stick the needle in, and suck it up. LOL. There are precise measurements on the syringe. I use 1 ml....stick it down the side of the carto...all the way. Slowly inject. When
the filling is wet, it is done. If it gets a bit flooded, just suck some out(with the syringe). Then any extra, just shoot back in the bottle. FAST, easy and clean!

PS: The cartos are wonderful and even get their snap back.

 

[dale1962]

Jeffree I was like you waited way to long to start refilling but now it's all I do so much cheaper feel like an idiot for not doing it sooner....just a couple of things that help me that hasn't been said yet I don't think is if refilling by drip method a good indication your carto is full if it looks like an icy on top also I don't taryn spin I just take a small safety pin after some drops and poke poly all around and it helps soak liquid quicker if in a hurry...hope this help's.

 

[jeffree]

Thanks very much, guys. The great help just keeps coming! I just watched a few videos--including the nice one Leaford made while in China--so I'm in good shape. I'm ordering some syringes tonight to give that method a try, too.

One last question for anyone? Keep in mind that I'm dripping into cool carts. BTW, I really like them. But the instructions I've seen mention first taking off the white cap and then removing the o-ring seal 'inside' the cap. I didn't remove any o-ring, yet the juice seemed to absorb well. So I'm wondering if I need to remove the inside o-ring when refilling cool carts--or can I just be lazy and drip onto it as I've been doing?

 

[dale1962]

The cool carts I have gotten which has been a couple of months ago don't have o-rings in them to my knowledge...only o-rings i remember are from the old standard carto's,are you sure they have orings?

 

[dale1962]

But imo if do have o-rings I would remove along with mouthpiece before filling,would about have too.

 

[jeffree]

Thanks, Dale. I'm assuming the cool carts don't have the o-rings since my drip filling last night--removing just the white soft caps--worked fine. But since this process is all new territory for me, I figure I should ask. I've been a Refill Idiot long enough!

 

[dale1962]

If had o rings they would be right beneath mouth piece and you would have to remove but almost certain they don't have them...now if you get in your old stash with hard caps the ones before premiums the standard ones they have orings.

 

[jeffree]

You're right. I just popped open an old hard-cap carto and the o-ring fell out behind the cap. Mystery solved. Just the cap on the cools, which means that many of the older videos don't quite apply.

 

[Sallyem]

Jeffree...the o-rings are in dinosaur carts. You and I started vaping within a month of each other, and I have only seen
them a couple times, in the bonus carts I got when I started. I haven't seen an o-ring in AGES, so you are probably
OK. Good luck to you....and you will see how much you save refilling your own carts.