Learning the ropes/Finding the balance

[crazyhorse]

I'm doing the testing for my wife and I to learn the most practical usage of our 801's and identify the pitfalls. I'm experimenting with the mixes and nicotine strengths, etc.

Atomizers are a mysterious area. Sometimes they quit vaping because they're too dry, sometimes because they're too wet. The other day I had to drip on the bridge because it became too dry.

Today, it was working okay when I put in a fresh cartridge of a differnet flavor. All the sudden, no vapor. I couldn't understand how it could be dry so I pulled the atomizer and stood it upside down on a small vial. After an hour, I had collected 0.15 ml in the vial. Upon reassembly, it vaped like a champ.

 

[cherrypopwizkid]

Sounds like a lot of maintence for one atomizer. You say your dripping right, not using carts?

 

[breakfastchef]

As the Nike ad says, 'Just Do It'. These devices are finnicky. When you have just the right amount of juice, they can vape like champs. Some days everything works fine; other days nothing seems to vape properly. I wish there was a magic formula, but there is not. Keep working on it!

 

[crazyhorse]

No cherry, using cartridges. I had to drip the atomizer once because it was too dry. It was a brand new atomizer that refused to put out any amount of vapor until I dripped it with two drops. It's the same atomizer that has been working just fine until today when it decided it was flooded.

 

[wv2win]

Several suppliers have told me to always keep the carts moist but not pooling at the top of the cart. I get the impression it is easier to burn out the atomizer than it is to flood it and if you burn it out, it's probably dead.

 

[seminolewind]

Hi, it's taken me quite a while to figure mine out. I started with fresh charged battery. I drip fill my cartridge until it absorbs no more. I also push the wool down and then pull it up to even the liquid out. If it's not vaping well, I take the cartridge off and smoke the atomizer until there's very little vapor. Then I put the cartridge back on.
Sometimes you need to blow out the atomizer on a paper towel. Sometimes you vaped several times too close together. If my atomizer feels hot, I stop for a few minutes and let it cool down.
Sometimes you just have to spend a day and figure out what's what.