Landhew-
I'm still trying to find my ideal setup. Till I do, I drip probably 90% of the time. I'm not claiming to be an expert, but I can tell you what works well for me. I started with the standard 510 atty that came with my ego. It was ok. Then I tried a low resistance (LR) atty, and found it really brought out the flavors alot more. I de-wicked my standard to make it easier to use for testing flavors, but I still prefer the LRs.
Like WIvapor said, if I have a clean, dry atty, I'll put around 6 drops or so (just short of flooding it) and let it sit for a few minutes to saturate. From there I'll take a puff or two then add another 2 drops and get to vaping. How often you'll be adding more drops is hard to say. I've found with some juices that I'm dripping two or three drops every 5-6 drags, where with others I can double that before I start losing flavor or getting a burnt taste. I haven't paid enough attention to be sure but I think the thicker, higher VG juices are the ones that I can go longer with before I need to add drops.
Now if you get several new juices and are trying them all, your atty will already be saturated between flavors, so you won't add quite as much. The way that works for me when I switch flavors is I try to vape the majority of what's in the atty, just till I
almost get that burnt taste. I blow out the atty several times. Fortunately, when I was a smoker I didn't lose much lung capacity. So When I blow them out, I do it till I don't hear any gurgling and its just air whistling through the air holes. Makes me a little dizzy to blow that hard lol but it works. Then I add about 4 drops of the new flavor and blow just a
slight puff of air through it just to help push the new flavor through to saturate to the bottom of the atty. Give it about a minute to soak in. Add 1 maybe 2 more drops, and start vaping. I typically start off with taking one or two quick drags just to heat up the atty and make sure I didn't flood it. Usually that amount works well, but if I did add too much I just remove the atty, wipe the excess off from the threads, stuff the corner of the paper towel down into the battery well to soak up any excess juice and then screw it back on.
Couple other things that might help you enjoy dripping more:
- Empty carts work, but drip tips make it alot easier.
- If you're going to try several new flavors on the same atty, start with the milder flavors (fruity flavors), then move on to the heavier/sweet flavors (caramel, etc), and save the minty/menthol ones for last.
- Buy a few extra attys so you always have a clean one available, and give LR's a shot.
- If you haven't already tried using isopropyl alcohol to clean your attys, get some 91% and soak them overnight, then blow them out in the morning and let them dry all day. I've found alcohol works great to clean out some of the nasty flavor that builds up after a while.
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