JUST got my eGo. Couple questions.

[br0kn]

I used the search function, and my searchfu is poor, so I have a few questions.

1. I bought the ego since it seemed like it would have great vapor production. So far, I've been messing with it for about 3 hours and maybe I'm doing it wrong, but it seems to have very poor production. Any tips? Am I doing something wrong? (I did buy a few samples of 50/50 pg/vg, but havn't gotten to try it since I have the pre-filled carts and have no clue on how to clean em. Heh.)

2. How do I know when I need more/less juice in the cart? I don't wanna burn anything out the first day I have it.

3. I'm fairly positive the nicotine level of the pre-filled juice is super high, I'm getting a buzz off of 2-3 drags. Should I drop to the bottom level and move up, or slowly move the nicotine content down.

Thanks all, this is a GREAT community.

D.

P.S. I've read a lot of stickies, and watched a lot of videos, so I've most likely heard the answers, but I'm still a-swimmin in all this info.

 

[kinabaloo]

The search ignores 3 letter terms and shorter, like eGo, PG, etc Should be 'fixed' ...

 

[JC Okie]

Hi. The prefilled carts are usually pretty yukky. Here's what I think you should do. Get some tweezers (or a paper clip....anything), pull the filling out of one of your prefilled carts that you've been vaping on. Now, rinse the cart and the filler under running water. Dry the cart with a paper towel, and dry the filling by squeezing it between a paper towel. Now take a pair of scissors and cut the filler in two. Fill the cart with your new juice that you bought up to about 1/4" from the top. With your tweezers, put the filler back into the cart and "dunk" it then pull it back up flush with the top. It should look like a slushy on top. Now drip one or two drops of the juice directly down into the atty, put the cart on, and vape away. See if that works. You should be getting lots of vapor. Come back on and let us know if that works.

 

[br0kn]

The taste is certainly much better. Vanilla > whatever tobacco taste they had, but again, not a lot of vapor production, yet still a good TH... dunno.

 

[seanmc]

Pick up some low resistance atomizers or cartomizers, that will definitely solve your vapor issue.

 

[br0kn]

Bought one of the LR atomizers, but I failed to buy carts for it. Heh.

I'm watching a few youtube vids, and I fear I'm flooding the atomizers. ><

 

[JC Okie]

The taste is certainly much better. Vanilla > whatever tobacco taste they had, but again, not a lot of vapor production, yet still a good TH... dunno.

You should get lots of vapor from that pv. Let's troubleshoot some more. Could it be flooded? I doubt there was enough juice in the pre-filled carts to flood it, but try this: Unscrew the atty. Remove the cart and blow through the mouth end of the atty. Hold a kleenex under the thread end and see if anything comes out. Flooding will definitely hurt the vapor. Also, there's definitely a technique to vaping that is totally different from smoking. You need to take long, slow, soft drags. If you smoke it like a cig, it won't work right. Your drags should be maybe 6-7 seconds long. Pull the vapor into your mouth first, then inhale it. Are you doing it like that?

The carts you have will fit the LR atty.

 

[br0kn]

Blew out the atty, had probubly about a drop and a half shoot out, so I think thats part of the problem. The LR atty I got for the ego seems to have a flat tip on it, and no filler, and the carts I have are way to small to fit into it, am I missing a piece for it?

Pulling the smoke into my mouth then inhaling is how I used to smoke, but taking slower softer draws seems to be helping a bit. I just dunno if I got the wrong LR Atty or what.

Yeah, just read a bit more closely. http://www.liberty-flights.com/product.asp?id=74
Requires a larger cart that holds over 2mg of liquid, but so far I seem to be doing better w/ vapor production.

 

[venkman]

with lr 306s, you're really going to want to drip. most carts just wont feed juice quickly enough to keep up with an lr306...they are juice monsters.

 

[JC Okie]

Yeh...the atty you have is different, I guess. You could put some filler into that blank, I think...if you have any. Maybe just wait on that and get some carts for the LR. I think your problem was a flooded atty. Hopefully as you practice more, it'll get better. I know you should get tons of vapor from your PV, though. That's the kind I have and it produces tons of vapor. With 50/50 juice, your juice should produce plenty of vapor, but for more vapor, you could order some juice with a higher percentage of VG, too. Sometimes I use 100%VG.....loads of vapor; not much throat hit. I prefer the vapor to the TH, so it works for me. I think you "unflooded" it by blowing out the atty, so hopefully it'll be good. Good luck and feel free to keep asking questions 'til you get it going like you want it.

 

[Bill77094]

Did you buy an Ego LR atomizer? The Ego attys and carts come in type A and type B.
A type "A" cart will not fit on a type B atty, and vice versa. Also, a 510 cart will not fit on a type A Ego atty. I almost confused myself with that statement, but I am sure of it because I have a type A Ego LR cone atty and my 510 drip tip is way to small for the atty. You can see the type A and B attys here: JOYE EGO : Healthcabin Electronic Cigarettes - Wholesale and Retail

The big attys sometimes require a primer puff to get them going. Just take a drag without activating the power button, which will draw in some juice to the atty. Then take a puff as normal, that might solve your problem. Personally, I don't care for the Ego attys, so I am going back to the 510 attys, paired with a 1000 mah Ego mega battery.

 

[JC Okie]

Personally, I don't care for the Ego attys, so I am going back to the 510 attys, paired with a 1000 mah Ego mega battery.

Bill, I'm with you. I don't like the eGo attys either. I have gone back to my 510 attys. Actually, I have some 510 Mega attys....they're the same diameter as the regular 510 atty, but they're a little longer...and the carts are longer. They hold about 20 drops (versus the 12 or so in a regular 510) and I really like them. I order them from China, but TW has them. They work exactly like a reg. 510...just longer.

 

[br0kn]

Should I leave it laying on its side, or standing up on end?

 

[seanmc]

What I think he is saying in regards to the Ego mega atty, is that he was trying to put a 510 cart into it, where the filler goes. Go to any pet supply store and buy some polyfill or "fine" filter material. I can be found in the fish tank supply section and it looks like a big bag of cotton or pillow stuffing. The reason you want to buy it there is because polyfill for pillows is usually treated with chemicals to make them fire ......ant. You can use this to stuff your blank cartridge. Worse case cenario is to use the paper or cloth from a teabag, just make sure to cut the edges off where the seam is, some people think there is some kind of adhesive there. You can tell if your flooding or getting close to flooding the atty if you hear a gurgling noise.