Let's talk Drip Tips

[retired1]

When I first started vaping, I had a 1000mAh Twist with a big ol' Vivi Nova parked on top of it tossed into my shirt pocket. I quickly found that the drip tip was easily knocked off (yeah, lost the bloody thing, and it was brand spanking new!) and I haven't touched a tank with removable drip tips since. Until now.

I now have a couple of PuriTanks and I'm finding that the drip tips that come with them are easily removed as well. So, what do you folks use and are they any more secure than the ones I've managed to get a hold of? I don't expect them to require a vise and channel locks to get 'em off, but I can see myself loosing a ton of these things if they all can be easily knocked off.

Thicker o-ring? Some tips are better than others? Not much experience with 'em and to date, I'm not too impressed (which is why I love my Protanks!).

 

[sbc83]

Super glue.

 

[locke2121]

Funny...I've never had a tip knock off one of my Nova's. Yours may have been machined out too far. Try going to Lowes and looking for #60 o-rings...they are a bugger to get on, but should give you a tighter fit. Other people have wrapped thread in their tip's groove so the ring sticks out further.

 

[John_]

I got a metallic cobra head drip tip on a mini-vivi nova, doesn't fit perfectly but it stays in.

 

[The Ocelot]

I've found slight variations in size of just about everything: O-rings, caps, cartos. I've had tight drip tips and, more recently, a loose one. There are thicker O-rings around (sorry I can't recall specific vendors at the moment) or you might switch the rings from a tip you don't use very often. In my experience, loose is better than tight. I had to use a bolt cutter on a carto to free my favorite glass tip, which got scratched in the process.

 

[retired1]

I don't see myself using a glass tip anytime soon. But the two that I have right now are pretty loose. I'll hit up Home Depot and see what they have for o-rings.

 

[The Ocelot]

I don't see myself using a glass tip anytime soon. But the two that I have right now are pretty loose. I'll hit up Home Depot and see what they have for o-rings.

Rubber band?

ETA: Are your O-rings clear or black? On mine the black ones are thicker.

 

[retired1]

Amazingly enough, I REALLY have to dig to find even one rubber band around here.

 

[The Ocelot]

Amazingly enough, I REALLY have to dig to find even one rubber band around here.

Extra points if you can find a wooden clothes pin.

 

[TheOnlyCindy]

I guess they still make wooden clothespins? My drip tip question is how do you know it will fit when you buy it online? I use egos and Vivi Novas.

 

[The Ocelot]

I guess they still make wooden clothespins? My drip tip question is how do you know it will fit when you buy it online? I use egos and Vivi Novas.

Yes, wooden ones

The rings are supposedly standardized, but I don't know the size. I've seen two different kinds: a clear (silicone?) thats thinner and shows up more often on CE4 type tips, and a black one (Rubber?) that is fatter.

The Vivi takes a 510 drip tip, so replacement rings should be noted to fit that size. As I said, I've had more tight drip tips than loose ones, but with mine the size difference was the carto, not the drip tips.

I've been told that vendors who sell body jewelry sell tiny rubber rings.

ETA: This is what the black ones look like: http://www.madvapes.com/510-901-drip-tip-replacement-o-ring.html

And these are the clear ones (OOS): http://www.myfreedomsmokes.com/part...510-miscellaneous-accessories/510-o-ring-5pk/

ETAA:
More sizes from one vendor!: http://www.vapoligy.com/index.php?l=product_list&c=28

 

[Buckshot]

Ahh, the 'ol wooden clothes pin + rubber band drip tip mod eh

 

[glasseye]

This little tool is great for putting o-rings on. http://www.harborfreight.com/snap-ring-pliers-with-interchangeable-heads-3316.html
Drip tips with double o-rings are great but so hard to find in anything but glass, and pretty expensive.

I have tips that fall out of certain cartos and attys and are just right in another one. I just try and remember what goes with what.

 

[TheOnlyCindy]

Yes, wooden ones

The rings are supposedly standardized, but I don't know the size. I've seen two different kinds: a clear (silicone?) thats thinner and shows up more often on CE4 type tips, and a black one (Rubber?) that is fatter.

The Vivi takes a 510 drip tip, so replacement rings should be noted to fit that size. As I said, I've had more tight drip tips than loose ones, but with mine the size difference was the carto, not the drip tips.

I've been told that vendors who sell body jewelry sell tiny rubber rings.

ETA: This is what the black ones look like: 510/901 Drip Tip Replacement O-Ring

And these are the clear ones (OOS): 510 Drip Tip O-Ring (5pk) - MyFreedomSmokes.com

ETAA:
More sizes from one vendor!: http://www.vapoligy.com/index.php?l=product_list&c=28

Thanks for the info and the links!

 

[Chiku]

I've put some dental floss under the orings, worked well for me.

 

[volume control]

I love my custom tip from drip tip designz. I just wanted a plain short CF, i asked and within a week i had it. It has fit in everything ive used thats 510

 

[klynnn]

I use the #46/#47 plumbing o-rings from Home Depot for loose drip tips.

 

[IMEDICx90]

I am using the empire mods drip tips in my nova and my atty's. I like it on my RDA IGO-W but its a bit loose.

 

[retired1]

Some great ideas folks. Keep 'em coming!

 

[Myrany]

Extra points if you can find a wooden clothes pin.

Dang all I found was a wooden thread spool!