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I learned that it's very easy to de-bridge a 510 or 306, but very finicky to try to de-bridge a 901, so I just skip that step with 901's. It's not all bad to leave a bridge on there. just drip right on it. The only downsides to having a bridge and wick on your drip atty is that it makes it more difficult to change flavors (I do it by vaping a little bit of unflavored PG in between flavors), and there's a chance that you can burn the wick, and that tastes nasty. Particularly if you dry burn to clean your atty.
Ok... Even though the (orthodox) protocol/ "manual" will tell you to drip on top of the bridge...
"I" will, on the contrary, suggest not to. Instead: Dripping onto the atties' wall might be way better; IMHO.
This way liquid will find its way onto the coil/ into the ceramic cup in a smoother; easier, more "natural" way. Then, this will translate into further consistency and a more natural feedback on how wet/ dry your atty is. Whereas, if you drip on the bridge, part of the liquid may find its way down, while part may take longer, and you may end up with a dry atty and as you re-drip, all of a sudden, a flooded one too fast too soon. Besides, the wicking fibers down the bridge, as found in many atties, may further prevent your liquid from reaching the cup, and translate into more inconsistency, in return.
OTOH, this "more-direct-dripping" approach may requiere fewer/ smaller drops at a time, so you might wanna be careful here, and take it easy as you drip. Again the amount-of-liquid feedback will be more intuitive...
Hope this helps...
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PS: Having said that, experience what works better for you! Dripping habits may work best depending on what YOU find more effective in light of preferences/ set up/ vaping rythm, etc.
"I" will, on the contrary, suggest not to. Instead: Dripping onto the atties' wall might be way better; IMHO.
This way liquid will find its way onto the coil/ into the ceramic cup in a smoother; easier, more "natural" way. Then, this will translate into further consistency and a more natural feedback on how wet/ dry your atty is. Whereas, if you drip on the bridge, part of the liquid may find its way down, while part may take longer, and you may end up with a dry atty and as you re-drip, all of a sudden, a flooded one too fast too soon. Besides, the wicking fibers down the bridge, as found in many atties, may further prevent your liquid from reaching the cup, and translate into more inconsistency, in return.
OTOH, this "more-direct-dripping" approach may requiere fewer/ smaller drops at a time, so you might wanna be careful here, and take it easy as you drip. Again the amount-of-liquid feedback will be more intuitive...
Hope this helps...
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PS: Having said that, experience what works better for you! Dripping habits may work best depending on what YOU find more effective in light of preferences/ set up/ vaping rythm, etc.
I've found the 306 atty to be the best to drip into. It has a long enough barrel to contain the juice, with a large bridge to retain most of it. It also presents a short form factor so that it fits will in a pocket.
yep....510s de-bridge easy. 901s are a sturdy unit and really I've only been successful once. I buy bridgeless attys now for my testing. I've found a 510 that comes close to the flavor a 901 gives BetterLife 510 3-Hole Dripping Atomizers (2.0-2.5 ohm) [BL510-3Hole] - $4.99 : ValueVapor.com, Discount Electronic Cigarettes and e-Liquid
But I have heard to no end about the 306 atty. It's on the list of things I should try.
But I have heard to no end about the 306 atty. It's on the list of things I should try.
IDK why people insist on de-bridging. And I'm not being critical, I just don't know why. You certainly don't have to. The bridge, mesh, wick are designed to hold juice. 3 drops for me. vape. 3 drops. vape. Varies by atty make/model/PV voltage.
You may drip right onto the bridge (meshy thing) and don't NEED to mess up any more atties. It certainly is a valid option tho. Some swear it is better debridged. I don't risk harming my atties by debridging them. But hey, to each their own. As mentioned above, you can buy bridgeless atties.
You may drip right onto the bridge (meshy thing) and don't NEED to mess up any more atties. It certainly is a valid option tho. Some swear it is better debridged. I don't risk harming my atties by debridging them. But hey, to each their own. As mentioned above, you can buy bridgeless atties.
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I just drip directly on the bridge. Only a couple drops at a time. I know madvapes carries a de-bridged Atty. I don't know how well they work though.
This is just my opinion; so... It may be very very subjective...
I guess most people who insist on debridging/ dewicking atties are the ones who have tried this and experienced some performance...
Again: As you say: To each their own... But to me: The difference between "regular" and 'debridged/ dewicked' is that of sex with or without wearing a condom, if that makes sense, heeee...
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That may happen, but, if I may say so, you might have damaged the atty. I have discovered that while it is very likely to damage atties when performing this type of surgery, if done correctly, there is no reason why they should leak; that is if they weren't leaking-likely in the first place, of course.
Then again, the extra mesh covering the bridge and the extra wicking-fibers themselves may prevent this (leaking) from happening; sure. Nevertheless, depending on, say, vaping rythm and style, leaking may also occur because of the extra wicking surface saturation, to begin with...
But, I guess removing the bridge is not 100 % necessary if you want a sort of debridged atty experience, in the first place; as long as you drip onto the atty's wall, into the cup. And dewick your atty. The bridge may, to practical effects, act as if it was not even there if you "avoid" it when dripping, but the extra wicking-fibers down the bridge are a different story altogether. And, my intake is that is the combination of removing those together with no bridge's "interference" what make people love debridged atties, for the most part. Because, while these wicking-fibers may be helpful and functional, eventually they may very well become counter-productive, too fast too soon. And the atty's bridge will certainly lead to saturation where you do not want it to occur. But again: If you simply dewick and (or totally) avoid the bridge when dripping, then, you are basically emulating a bridgeless atty; just not maybe 100 %, but debridging is risky so this maybe a safe choice.
Recapitulating:
Before trying debridging/ dewicking: I think it is a smart-choice simply dripping on the atty's wall fully avoiding the bridge and extra-fibers... At least this may give you an illustrating idea of the possible difference and you may move on from there...
A note to be made is that a fully-debridged and dewicked atty will be similar to the experience of dripping avoiding the bridge, but just to a certain degree, because of many factors. The most important one being that every time we drag a part of the liquid in the ceramic cup may be forced up into the mesh of the bridge and at the same time, the inverse effect is quite as likely; juice forced from the metal mesh and fibers into the coil. This is to translate a lot of inconsistency.
Some extra personal-notes in connection with debridging/ dewicking:
I would never debridge a 306, because it won't take a lot of liquid even with a bridge (of course wattage and others may totally compensate for this). Just dewick.
The amount of drops a dewicked and debridge atty will take are to be 1-2 on the "small-average" side of the spectrum, which means possibly a very short vape session per drip.
And last but not least: You may be able, as you will have instant access to it, to re-center the coil once an atty is debridged, which may be helpful to avoid/ fix a leaky atty and to improve airflow, even making it tighter if you wish. However this is dangerous and debridging itself involves a high risk. At least as to do it succesfully, so that you do not end up with an under-performing atty. I guess as to learn the art of dewicking and debridging correctly you will kill many atties in the process, heee. But it certainly will pay off, in my opinion. I used to think this was not that convenient but that was back then, when I was not doing this correctly. Years later, and after many attys... dead, I can now state it is worthy. But that's just based on my personal experience and in light of my vaping preferences. But is is sssoooo good to me that, as of right now, I'm 100 % bridgeless 100 % wickless 100 % of the times.
Oh, when fully debridged, if doing High Watts, you might get a splashy effect, with hot liquid; so leaving the "inner" metal bridge might be good for "back-splash protection".
Just my two cents...
Then again, the extra mesh covering the bridge and the extra wicking-fibers themselves may prevent this (leaking) from happening; sure. Nevertheless, depending on, say, vaping rythm and style, leaking may also occur because of the extra wicking surface saturation, to begin with...
But, I guess removing the bridge is not 100 % necessary if you want a sort of debridged atty experience, in the first place; as long as you drip onto the atty's wall, into the cup. And dewick your atty. The bridge may, to practical effects, act as if it was not even there if you "avoid" it when dripping, but the extra wicking-fibers down the bridge are a different story altogether. And, my intake is that is the combination of removing those together with no bridge's "interference" what make people love debridged atties, for the most part. Because, while these wicking-fibers may be helpful and functional, eventually they may very well become counter-productive, too fast too soon. And the atty's bridge will certainly lead to saturation where you do not want it to occur. But again: If you simply dewick and (or totally) avoid the bridge when dripping, then, you are basically emulating a bridgeless atty; just not maybe 100 %, but debridging is risky so this maybe a safe choice.
Recapitulating:
Before trying debridging/ dewicking: I think it is a smart-choice simply dripping on the atty's wall fully avoiding the bridge and extra-fibers... At least this may give you an illustrating idea of the possible difference and you may move on from there...
A note to be made is that a fully-debridged and dewicked atty will be similar to the experience of dripping avoiding the bridge, but just to a certain degree, because of many factors. The most important one being that every time we drag a part of the liquid in the ceramic cup may be forced up into the mesh of the bridge and at the same time, the inverse effect is quite as likely; juice forced from the metal mesh and fibers into the coil. This is to translate a lot of inconsistency.
Some extra personal-notes in connection with debridging/ dewicking:
I would never debridge a 306, because it won't take a lot of liquid even with a bridge (of course wattage and others may totally compensate for this). Just dewick.
The amount of drops a dewicked and debridge atty will take are to be 1-2 on the "small-average" side of the spectrum, which means possibly a very short vape session per drip.
And last but not least: You may be able, as you will have instant access to it, to re-center the coil once an atty is debridged, which may be helpful to avoid/ fix a leaky atty and to improve airflow, even making it tighter if you wish. However this is dangerous and debridging itself involves a high risk. At least as to do it succesfully, so that you do not end up with an under-performing atty. I guess as to learn the art of dewicking and debridging correctly you will kill many atties in the process, heee. But it certainly will pay off, in my opinion. I used to think this was not that convenient but that was back then, when I was not doing this correctly. Years later, and after many attys... dead, I can now state it is worthy. But that's just based on my personal experience and in light of my vaping preferences. But is is sssoooo good to me that, as of right now, I'm 100 % bridgeless 100 % wickless 100 % of the times.
Oh, when fully debridged, if doing High Watts, you might get a splashy effect, with hot liquid; so leaving the "inner" metal bridge might be good for "back-splash protection".
Just my two cents...
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I have been dripping into my 510 atomizers for over two years now.
I just drip right down the middle, without trying to make it go anywhere special, and I never have any problems.
I also have never debridged an atomizer, and very likely never will, because I can see no reason to do so.
I rinse them in hot water and dry burn them whenever they need to be cleaned, and they generally last for months.
I just drip right down the middle, without trying to make it go anywhere special, and I never have any problems.
I also have never debridged an atomizer, and very likely never will, because I can see no reason to do so.
I rinse them in hot water and dry burn them whenever they need to be cleaned, and they generally last for months.
I've debridged a couple and wish I hadn't, they don't hold the same amount of juice because that's what the mesh is for which just meant I had to drip fewer drops and more often, I noticed no difference in performance.
I drip trough my drip tip, give it a slight blow to make are the juice doesn't get stuck in the tip and let it fall where it may.
I drip trough my drip tip, give it a slight blow to make are the juice doesn't get stuck in the tip and let it fall where it may.
I prefer not to de-bridge... seems to shorten the life of my atties... and the gain in flavor isn't terribly significant...
with that said... I do see the appeal... for some folks, the difference is significant enough
with that said... I do see the appeal... for some folks, the difference is significant enough
From everything I've heard, the wick is made of a material that does not burn.
I've seen plenty of proof that wicks absolutely do not burn, and never seen any proof that they do.
A lot of people think their wick is burnt because little pieces of black stuff flake off when they pick at it.
That is baked on gunk and it needs to be dry burned off to clean the wick.
In my opinion when you think your wick is burnt, it is probably time to do dry burns.
If you are going to dry burn your atomizer, make SURE you are doing it right...
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/tips-tricks/69834-my-atty-resurrection-method.html
Not doing it right can, and most likely will, mess it up or kill it...
--You can burn it out if you let it get too hot
--You can bake old juice into the mesh if you don't rinse it out well first
--You can taste the burned off ash material if you don't rinse it out afterwards
I have just edited my previous post which was not finished, as there was this terrible storm yesterday which killed my connection; as I was just about to edit that post.
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