little help with first time clearomizer

[ouzel]

hello everyone!

here's the deal. i've been using an e-cig for about a week (cheap walmart bought one with automatic battery and cartridges), and i'll be getting a vv battery (ego spinner), and a clearomizer (aspire e-ts bdc) today in the mail.. problem is i forgot to order replacement coils so if i ruin the only one that comes with the clearomizer, i'll be stuck for a few days (have ordered more now but won't be delivered for a few days)
so. i've read that if you don't fill up clearomizer correctly the first time you can burn out coils or ruin them
any help on how to do it correctly so i don't get stuck with a burnt tasting vape?

thanks for any help in advance!

 

[Dampmaskin]

Start by turning the Spinner down to its lowest setting (around 3.3 V) right away. The quickest way to pop a coil is inadvertently hitting it with a brickload of volts without even realizing you had the battery set on max. Then you can gradually turn it back up as you vape, if needed.

Just fill the clearo and let it sit for half a minute, and maybe give it a little shake, before you vape it. You just want to saturate the wick with juice before firing the battery.

 

[djsvapour]

The safest way to fill a new clearomiser is probably to soak the wick before you even assemble and fill. I do this with rebuilt heads as a matter of course. Most clearos will be fine just to fill.....BUT the longer you can leave them to soak up liquid, the better.

If you are really paranoid (I get this way with something new) you can fill it up, leave it to soak, unscrew the base and have a look-see!!!

99% of the time, a few minutes with some gentle motion (micro-shake!!) is plenty. Some Kanger coils are soaked in 30-60 seconds...

 

[djsvapour]

Just fill the clearo and let it sit for half a minute, and maybe give it a little shake, before you vape it. You just want to saturate the wick with juice before firing the battery.

Excellent

 

[Dampmaskin]

Well, 30 seconds to 30 minutes, depends on how impatient you are and how afraid you are to burn the wick. With cotton wicks priming is critical. With silica wicks (which 99% of clearos come with I believe) it is not. Worst case, you burn some juice and it tastes bad for the next ten or twenty puffs.

 

[ouzel]

thanks for the advice you two - low voltage, let it sit for half an hour (because i AM paranoid) and then vape away.

thanks again!

 

[Baditude]

BTW, you don't have to remove the mouth piece when you add e-liquid to the tank (like they do in the demo). Just tilt the tank at an angle and allow the e-liquid to run down the side of the tank.

 

[ToxicTiger]

A thin/high PG juice soaks into the wick faster than a thicker, syrupy or high VG liquid obviously. I'm a 70PG/30VG that avoids thicker liquids (often the sweet vapes) that seem to clog my equipment too fast, so I've never had any problems if I wait 60 seconds with a clearomizer. Longer is probably better though. I'm just not a patient person, particularly when it come to trying out a long awaited flavor!

Punched cartomizers in a tank require both a prime and a much longer soak.

 

[ouzel]

thanks for the video, good thing i watched it as i probably would have filled the entire thing up (over the center tube) --- yes i'm that much of a noob

in the short time i've been reading this forum i have learned so much thanks to all you kind and patient folks so thank you!

the only problem is the more you rave about equipment and juice the more more more i want!! dammit!!!

 

[Frenchfry1942]

Tanks that have juice in them, I let stand up-side right with a bit of folded paper towel underneath. I keep about 4 going at any one time.

 

[ToxicTiger]

.. problem is i forgot to order replacement coils so if i ruin the only one that comes with the clearomizer, i'll be stuck for a few days (have ordered more now but won't be delivered for a few days)

I forgot to mention that you could always run to a local brick and mortar vape shop that will stock replacement coil heads for a dollar more each than you can get them on line and just buy a single. At least there is no minimum order/shipping charge and SUPER FAST delivery!

 

[Razorback]

One other thing I didn't see mentioned..... I like to take about 5 decent size draws initially after the wick has had time to soak... and blow them out without inhaling the vapor. Those taste a little chemically to me, but after the initial residue burns off the wick/coil, that goes away quickly. Also, after you get started vaping with the unit and it starts tasting burnt a little, take a few draws without hitting the button. That helps draw liquid onto the wick again, and the burnt taste should go away....

 

[ouzel]

One other thing I didn't see mentioned..... I like to take about 5 decent size draws initially after the wick has had time to soak... and blow them out without inhaling the vapor. Those taste a little chemically to me, but after the initial residue burns off the wick/coil, that goes away quickly. Also, after you get started vaping with the unit and it starts tasting burnt a little, take a few draws without hitting the button. That helps draw liquid onto the wick again, and the burnt taste should go away....

good tips, good tips thank you!

 

[ouzel]

I forgot to mention that you could always run to a local brick and mortar vape shop that will stock replacement coil heads for a dollar more each than you can get them on line and just buy a single. At least there is no minimum order/shipping charge and SUPER FAST delivery!

the two or three i've been to don't have much stock, one is more of a cigarette store with a little shelf of probably poisonous juice and cig-alikes. the other one is a pure vape shop but they seemed to have no brand name clearo's and batteries (don't know if that's an actual thing or not, for a shop to have sort of generic equipment) they did have a very small selection of brands like kanger etc.

anyway does it HAVE to be aspire coils? or can you use any bdc coils? (if so, yes, i can go to back to that shop and get a couple of coils just for peace of mind)

 

[Phlotsum]

anyway does it HAVE to be aspire coils? or can you use any bdc coils? (if so, yes, i can go to back to that shop and get a couple of coils just for peace of mind)

Yes, and it needs to be the right Aspire coils, they have at least two different ones that I know of.