Noob here,
Been vaping a week on an 801. Mostly pre-filled carts; then topping off with juice or wash/refilling- no dripping. All that was from my initial order from RMV with no issues. Ordered juice from JC and tried it last night. Been fighting problems ever since. I think I've gotten most of it sorted now. Here's my experience, IMHO, FWIW, YMMV, etc... (And Vets, let me know if and where I went wrong- if I didn't figure it out already)
I washed out a cart; pulled the filler, rinsed in warm water till white, then dried to slightly damp in a paper towel. Re-inserted into the cart and filled with JC Tenn Cured (PG). Slap it in; lock and load, and 'fire' that mother up. First hit or two goes alright, but those are pretty much the 'starter hits' that get ignored. I go to take a full on 'evaluation hit' and get.... well I know there was vapor at the start (mouth hitter), and I taste a nice flavour.... but um... where's the throat hit? Where's the exhale? (I used to smoke what were formerly known as "ultra-lights", so frankly seeing what I exhale tells me as much about my hit as what I feel). Overall, a total failure(although a tasty one). Fought the rest of the night trying to diagnose the issue. Browsed the boards as best I could(had an early morning due to a client visit near Milwaukee today).
Thin liquid. Formulation changes. No issues here- what's your problem?, etc.
Between dealing with this and the other garbage I've had going on the past week, I even stooped to having an analogue, just so I could have 10 minutes of SOMETHING working right w/o fighting me. Good news from that is apparently I've been vaping enough now that I can notice just how much those things STINK!!!. UGH!!!!!
Short story longer, I give up on the JC, and swap to a fresh pre-filled cart. But get the same results. Initial vapour on the drag, but no real hit, and no exhale. Swap atty's and all's well again.
Analysis: I probably over-filled the cart a bit even for 'normal' juice(still dialing that skill in), and for JC I way overfilled it; flooded and fouled the atty.
Results: I've been trying to blow out the fouled atty every which way, and it's still not right yet. I actually found this thread researching cleaning methods. In blowing it out, I've been getting a surprising amount of juice out of it. Little suckers have more going on in them than I initially thought. Think it's dry- leave it for a while and blow it out again- there'll be more.
Good news: I had a second atty, so I didn't have to resort to the stinky sticks. Even better, I picked up some USP glycerin, which after some careful testing I don't seem to have issue with, and have been mixing with JC juice to thicken it up.
Results: I'm a fog machine in flavour-town. Working beautifully, wonderful flavor, smooth but noticeable hit, volumes of exhale.
Bad news: 1)Still haven't gotten the other atty cleaned out enough to work properly(time, patience, and maybe a technique or two I'm not fully aware of yet). 2)Now I'm sure anything I want to vape needs glycerin.
The jokes are already starting about my desk looking like an apothecary shop.
JLD
Been vaping a week on an 801. Mostly pre-filled carts; then topping off with juice or wash/refilling- no dripping. All that was from my initial order from RMV with no issues. Ordered juice from JC and tried it last night. Been fighting problems ever since. I think I've gotten most of it sorted now. Here's my experience, IMHO, FWIW, YMMV, etc... (And Vets, let me know if and where I went wrong- if I didn't figure it out already)
I washed out a cart; pulled the filler, rinsed in warm water till white, then dried to slightly damp in a paper towel. Re-inserted into the cart and filled with JC Tenn Cured (PG). Slap it in; lock and load, and 'fire' that mother up. First hit or two goes alright, but those are pretty much the 'starter hits' that get ignored. I go to take a full on 'evaluation hit' and get.... well I know there was vapor at the start (mouth hitter), and I taste a nice flavour.... but um... where's the throat hit? Where's the exhale? (I used to smoke what were formerly known as "ultra-lights", so frankly seeing what I exhale tells me as much about my hit as what I feel). Overall, a total failure(although a tasty one). Fought the rest of the night trying to diagnose the issue. Browsed the boards as best I could(had an early morning due to a client visit near Milwaukee today).
Thin liquid. Formulation changes. No issues here- what's your problem?, etc.
Between dealing with this and the other garbage I've had going on the past week, I even stooped to having an analogue, just so I could have 10 minutes of SOMETHING working right w/o fighting me. Good news from that is apparently I've been vaping enough now that I can notice just how much those things STINK!!!. UGH!!!!!
Short story longer, I give up on the JC, and swap to a fresh pre-filled cart. But get the same results. Initial vapour on the drag, but no real hit, and no exhale. Swap atty's and all's well again.
Analysis: I probably over-filled the cart a bit even for 'normal' juice(still dialing that skill in), and for JC I way overfilled it; flooded and fouled the atty.
Results: I've been trying to blow out the fouled atty every which way, and it's still not right yet. I actually found this thread researching cleaning methods. In blowing it out, I've been getting a surprising amount of juice out of it. Little suckers have more going on in them than I initially thought. Think it's dry- leave it for a while and blow it out again- there'll be more.
Good news: I had a second atty, so I didn't have to resort to the stinky sticks. Even better, I picked up some USP glycerin, which after some careful testing I don't seem to have issue with, and have been mixing with JC juice to thicken it up.
Results: I'm a fog machine in flavour-town. Working beautifully, wonderful flavor, smooth but noticeable hit, volumes of exhale.
Bad news: 1)Still haven't gotten the other atty cleaned out enough to work properly(time, patience, and maybe a technique or two I'm not fully aware of yet). 2)Now I'm sure anything I want to vape needs glycerin.
The jokes are already starting about my desk looking like an apothecary shop.
JLD
