Why aren't these LR single hole, laser drilled cartos not working?
So you have questions, this is the one i feel hasn't been answered, it's also the simplest, the hole is most likely too small for the juice you use, the fix for this is simple take a finishing nail and a hammer and slightly increase the hole, this will improve the transfer from the tank to the carto's polyfil. Also with tanks taking a hard dry pull (with out firing the device) will help to keep the carto filled with juice.
You also asked why they give PG/VG ratios if there isn't a sweet spot, well there is for each person, but not really for hardware, yes some ratio's work better than others with certain hardware, for carto tanks higher PG works better if you have a single punched carto, you want higher VG for double(or more) punched carto's.
PG is what gives us the throat hit and carries the flavor, some people like in your face flavor and throat hit so they go with high PG juice, PG is also very thin, which is why single punched carto's work best, other wise you end up with flooded carto's which gurgle and hardly produce anything at all.
VG is what gives us the clouds, but it also mutes flavor so you need a very strong or extra flavor in high VG juice. VG is also very thick which is why double(or more) punched carto's work better with VG, also tends to have wicking issues with top coils like the Vivi Nova and Clearomizers. Some venders have found ways to thin VG which lets them work better in such devices.
LR is between i feel 1.5 and 1.9ohm, SR(Standard resistance) 2.0 and 2.5ohm, HR 3+ ohms.
Now for the advice section, even though with as frustrated as you have been i probably shouldn't say this.
Look at genesis style rebuildables, things like the Zenesis (costly and almost impossible to get) but there are many others like the DID and various clones of it.
You want simple, high capacity, fill and go, for me the easiest simplest no hassle i've found is a Reo bottom feeder, yes they can seem expensive but I've never broken one and I am not kind to my devices, get an atomizer a 1.5ohm 510 or 306 and whatever juice you want and you are set to go after batteries and charger.
You can also get rebuildable atomizer's which are similiar to the genesis style rebuildables, but have no tank like the genesis do, but there are only a couple that work with bottom feeders right now, but if you want to look into a cheaper startup cost you could looke the pheonix rebuildable atomizer.
now I'll explain atomizers just because I can, Atomizers are basically nothing more than a heating coil that the juice goes onto, be it from dripping from the top or bottom feed through the connector, you don't have the polyfil that tends to mute flavors.
ok that is all for now, hopefully i answered some questions.
So you have questions, this is the one i feel hasn't been answered, it's also the simplest, the hole is most likely too small for the juice you use, the fix for this is simple take a finishing nail and a hammer and slightly increase the hole, this will improve the transfer from the tank to the carto's polyfil. Also with tanks taking a hard dry pull (with out firing the device) will help to keep the carto filled with juice.
You also asked why they give PG/VG ratios if there isn't a sweet spot, well there is for each person, but not really for hardware, yes some ratio's work better than others with certain hardware, for carto tanks higher PG works better if you have a single punched carto, you want higher VG for double(or more) punched carto's.
PG is what gives us the throat hit and carries the flavor, some people like in your face flavor and throat hit so they go with high PG juice, PG is also very thin, which is why single punched carto's work best, other wise you end up with flooded carto's which gurgle and hardly produce anything at all.
VG is what gives us the clouds, but it also mutes flavor so you need a very strong or extra flavor in high VG juice. VG is also very thick which is why double(or more) punched carto's work better with VG, also tends to have wicking issues with top coils like the Vivi Nova and Clearomizers. Some venders have found ways to thin VG which lets them work better in such devices.
LR is between i feel 1.5 and 1.9ohm, SR(Standard resistance) 2.0 and 2.5ohm, HR 3+ ohms.
Now for the advice section, even though with as frustrated as you have been i probably shouldn't say this.
Look at genesis style rebuildables, things like the Zenesis (costly and almost impossible to get) but there are many others like the DID and various clones of it.
You want simple, high capacity, fill and go, for me the easiest simplest no hassle i've found is a Reo bottom feeder, yes they can seem expensive but I've never broken one and I am not kind to my devices, get an atomizer a 1.5ohm 510 or 306 and whatever juice you want and you are set to go after batteries and charger.
You can also get rebuildable atomizer's which are similiar to the genesis style rebuildables, but have no tank like the genesis do, but there are only a couple that work with bottom feeders right now, but if you want to look into a cheaper startup cost you could looke the pheonix rebuildable atomizer.
now I'll explain atomizers just because I can, Atomizers are basically nothing more than a heating coil that the juice goes onto, be it from dripping from the top or bottom feed through the connector, you don't have the polyfil that tends to mute flavors.
ok that is all for now, hopefully i answered some questions.