Thank-you. My rinsed ones may simply be too wet. Not touching them for a while. Most were all pre-filled and only 2 of my blanks failed, now.
Armed and ready for next order and just not trying it any other way now.
Take care.
I giVe UP!!!
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Thank-you. My rinsed ones may simply be too wet. Not touching them for a while. Most were all pre-filled and only 2 of my blanks failed, now.
Armed and ready for next order and just not trying it any other way now.
Take care.
WORKING! - THANK-YOU, EVERYONE!
Thank-you both. That is simple enough. I just tried it on one and it came back to life!!!
Going to try the others and if I lose the ones I rinsed, it would be cheaper to avoid the blanks and just throw them out. I ordered the CoolCarts this time around and better flavs, for me, so outside of the headache I gave myself, the light's back on! (I'm just thrilled it wasn't anywhere near the four pack backslide - just two analogs, now safely tucked away)
Intervention Status: Success Research Status: Ongoing
Conclusions: Condom Fill/Vodka Rinse too complicated Roger: Headache Over!!!!
Happy vaping, everyone!
WoW
Guess I'm really in the minority here. I'm passing my sixth month since quitting cigs, and I've never refilled. I'm definitely not rich either. Just seemed worth the extra bucks to quit cigs without many hassles. May have to try refilling in the coming months, now that cigs have lost their appeal.
Thank-you both. That is simple enough. I just tried it on one and it came back to life!!!
Going to try the others and if I lose the ones I rinsed, it would be cheaper to avoid the blanks and just throw them out. I ordered the CoolCarts this time around and better flavs, for me, so outside of the headache I gave myself, the light's back on! (I'm just thrilled it wasn't anywhere near the four pack backslide - just two analogs, now safely tucked away)
Intervention Status: Success Research Status: Ongoing
Conclusions: Condom Fill/Vodka Rinse too complicated Roger: Headache Over!!!!
Happy vaping, everyone!
WoW
TG!! You had us worried there!! Have faith!! Its suddenly all just going to start working for you!! We ALL wasted AT LEAST 10 cartos and 15ml when we were newbs. Hang in there and we are all rooting for ya!!!
My 2 cents:
I refill by putting the battery side cap (the one with the core) on the bat side and pulling the tip cap out then drip directly into the filler, cap top with "cart condom" and spin. Then I soak up any excess juice by sucking it up into the dropper bottle and then dabbing the filler with a paper towel. Gently work a straightened paper clip thru center hole in case it collapses. I use one cart per flavor and the last a month or more.
I refill by putting the battery side cap (the one with the core) on the bat side and pulling the tip cap out then drip directly into the filler, cap top with "cart condom" and spin. Then I soak up any excess juice by sucking it up into the dropper bottle and then dabbing the filler with a paper towel. Gently work a straightened paper clip thru center hole in case it collapses. I use one cart per flavor and the last a month or more.
Guess I'm really in the minority here. I'm passing my sixth month since quitting cigs, and I've never refilled. I'm definitely not rich either. Just seemed worth the extra bucks to quit cigs without many hassles. May have to try refilling in the coming months, now that cigs have lost their appeal.
Hey Jeffree....if I can refill, ANYONE can. And it really is quite a bit cheaper. When I found out how easy it was, I felt foolish about not trying it sooner. Try it....you'll like it!
I rinse/boil mine, blow out the excess water from the mouth end onto a paper towel, then throw them in a container of white rice. Usually in 24 hours they're bone dry and ready to be refilled. I found that if you don't wait long enough, they dont work well at all! Before I fill them, I blow again onto my hand to feel if any moisture is coming out...if so, back in the rice they go!
That was my first thought: the batting is still wet w/water. They won't work right if that's the case - and if they do work, they'll taste terrible.
Been there, done that.
I'm another one who only washes cartos occasionally. I use them till they're semi-gross and throw them into an old coffee can. When I have enough to make it worth my while, I clean them with hot water, blow through the mouthpiece to get all of the water out, then let them sit upright on a paper towel for a few days. They're good as new.
Yay! So glad to hear thing are going better for you!! Just like with anything new and different, I think it takes a while to get it all figured out. 
I'm getting better at refilling cartos and now I just have to get used to taking enough with me when I go back to work tomorrow... 8-o
Anyway, feel free to contact me anytime if you have any questions (I will do my best to help out!) or if you just need to vent!
So glad to hear thing are going better for you!! Just like with anything new and different, I think it takes a while to get it all figured out. I'm getting better at refilling cartos and now I just have to get used to taking enough with me when I go back to work tomorrow... 8-o
Anyway, feel free to contact me anytime if you have any questions (I will do my best to help out!) or if you just need to vent!
I made this video to make a couple people laugh, but I think WOW needs to watch this.
When life is troubling you, at least you can say you can dance better than I can.
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Sometimes vaping can be frustrating, but, you smoked for YEARS. You have to give yourself a little time to get things going.
HUGS!
When life is troubling you, at least you can say you can dance better than I can.
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Sometimes vaping can be frustrating, but, you smoked for YEARS. You have to give yourself a little time to get things going.
HUGS!
Thanks Ryan....I love the part where you start rolling your eyes back!
I really did need that.....{{{{{{Ryan}}}}}}
Damn, I'm going to cry again....
I really did need that.....{{{{{{Ryan}}}}}}
Damn, I'm going to cry again....
Don't give up! We have all been there. I carry a couple of different ones and rotate as scott58 said. Hang in there and I am sure you are doing it right, sometimes you just get a bad cart. You quit smoking after years, you are doing awesome! I am over a month in and I have had my share of boo boos and felt like giving up but I stuck to it and I got it rolling now. Took me a few weeks tho, WOW you can do it
BORN! I love it, you are too funny! We must be twins because I dance the same way!
BORN! I love it, you are too funny! We must be twins because I dance the same way!
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I kinda like to keep it simple with cartos...
Pop the top, drip in some drops, cover the battery end with a paper towel and blow, keep adding more drops until when I blow I get some juice in the towel, put the cap back on and use.
If I have to rinse out a carto, it's a quick rinse under warm tap water and a quick blow. Then into the zip lock bag full of rice for 2 days.
Seemed like I had no better results when I would get very technical about filling or in washing.
But, there are some days when nothing seems to work and the batteries are all dead and my DIY juice doesn't taste good. Seems like nothing I try works and everything is broken.
That is when I just take two of these and go to sleep...
Don't feel like you are the only one WOW who has had problems with their cartos or their e-Cig. We've all been there and it will Get Better.
Pop the top, drip in some drops, cover the battery end with a paper towel and blow, keep adding more drops until when I blow I get some juice in the towel, put the cap back on and use.
If I have to rinse out a carto, it's a quick rinse under warm tap water and a quick blow. Then into the zip lock bag full of rice for 2 days.
Seemed like I had no better results when I would get very technical about filling or in washing.
But, there are some days when nothing seems to work and the batteries are all dead and my DIY juice doesn't taste good. Seems like nothing I try works and everything is broken.
That is when I just take two of these and go to sleep...
Don't feel like you are the only one WOW who has had problems with their cartos or their e-Cig. We've all been there and it will Get Better.
Guess I'm really in the minority here. I'm passing my sixth month since quitting cigs, and I've never refilled. I'm definitely not rich either. Just seemed worth the extra bucks to quit cigs without many hassles. May have to try refilling in the coming months, now that cigs have lost their appeal.
You're not alone on not refilling. I decided when I started vaping again that I'd keep it as simple as possible this time, so I'm using all prefilled. I know I could save money by refilling, and I may sometime in the future, but for now I'm still saving almost half of what I used to spend on analogs anyway.
Thanks Brooke~
Technically, the steps are not that difficult and work with (most) new cartos.
I'm having a lot of problems getting this to work on 1st refill of a empty/vaped out carto - I just got my order today and tried it on two. The liquid is there but, nothing. I'm not trying anymore. I can't afford 25 new cartos for a 30mil bottle or 5 pre-filled to last a week. I went through so much of the juice I just bought last week on the one carto I could get to work with the couple drops on the top, my PT fried it and in turn, melted part of mouse.
I've got bottles, caps, cartos, carto caps and paper towels all over the place and what I thought would free up my mind from obsessing over smoking has just shifted to vaping. I can't have company over like this either.
If there isn't an affordable fix to this - learning curve or not - this isn't rocket science - I'm just going to put my stuff on the classifieds.
Seriously, my brain can't take the aggravation anymore than my pocketbook.
There's just no logical reason for over 30 cartos to ALLLLL be bad and unable to be rinsed and work 3 days and a bag of rice later.
I'm thinking maybe it's just for light smokers. Cause this is just like throwing $ into the wind and as painful as trying to quit cold turkey. Not happening.
Take care.
Technically, the steps are not that difficult and work with (most) new cartos.
I'm having a lot of problems getting this to work on 1st refill of a empty/vaped out carto - I just got my order today and tried it on two. The liquid is there but, nothing. I'm not trying anymore. I can't afford 25 new cartos for a 30mil bottle or 5 pre-filled to last a week. I went through so much of the juice I just bought last week on the one carto I could get to work with the couple drops on the top, my PT fried it and in turn, melted part of mouse.
I've got bottles, caps, cartos, carto caps and paper towels all over the place and what I thought would free up my mind from obsessing over smoking has just shifted to vaping. I can't have company over like this either.
If there isn't an affordable fix to this - learning curve or not - this isn't rocket science - I'm just going to put my stuff on the classifieds.
Seriously, my brain can't take the aggravation anymore than my pocketbook.
There's just no logical reason for over 30 cartos to ALLLLL be bad and unable to be rinsed and work 3 days and a bag of rice later.
I'm thinking maybe it's just for light smokers. Cause this is just like throwing $ into the wind and as painful as trying to quit cold turkey. Not happening.
Take care.
Don't give up! We have all been there. I carry a couple of different ones and rotate as scott58 said. Hang in there and I am sure you are doing it right, sometimes you just get a bad cart. You quit smoking after years, you are doing awesome! I am over a month in and I have had my share of boo boos and felt like giving up but I stuck to it and I got it rolling now. Took me a few weeks tho, WOW you can do it
BORN! I love it, you are too funny! We must be twins because I dance the same way!
WOW,
Refilling cartos is very very simple. And yet, NO ONE gets it right at first.
When I first switched to cartomizers from 3-piece models, I couldn't get refilled carts to work at ALL. It took me a couple weeks to get it to work, and I couldn't tell you even now what I did differently. I just kept trying, and got better and better results over time.
It's a learning curve. Keep at it, and you will get it.
And if not, don't worry about it, just buy pre-filled. It's still less expensive than cigarettes.
Refilling cartos is very very simple. And yet, NO ONE gets it right at first.
When I first switched to cartomizers from 3-piece models, I couldn't get refilled carts to work at ALL. It took me a couple weeks to get it to work, and I couldn't tell you even now what I did differently. I just kept trying, and got better and better results over time.
It's a learning curve. Keep at it, and you will get it.
And if not, don't worry about it, just buy pre-filled. It's still less expensive than cigarettes.
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