Long Term atty storage?

[lelly]

I apologize if this has been addressed already, but I was just wondering what the best method is to store used atties. I know most of them get shipped with primer on them, so I am not sure why but I am guessing that dry storage is not good for them? What about to leave them soaking in PG, or alcohol, or water? I have a bunch on the go for using with different flavors and now that I have found an all day vape, I find that I don't ever rotate atties so I have about 10 of them barely used just sitting in a little baggy, and about 10 more that have started to drop in performance that I hoped to de-wick at some point. I would like to clean them and put them aside for a few months down the road, any suggestions?

 

[GregH]

I keep mine in zip-lock baggies with the rest of my gear (in a cabinet in my office). My main baggie holds my never-used atties. Some of them are almost 2 years old, and I haven't pulled a dead one out of the baggie yet. Another baggie holds the old ones that aren't dead (popped) but are ready for retirement. Like you, I might experiment on those one day, such as de-wicking and such. I would probably clean those (maybe in an ultrasonic cleaner) before using them, though.

I don't rotate atties either since I have settled on 2 or 3 flavors that all complement each other. So I use one until its useful life is over and start fresh.

 

[Animeguy]

Cisco Attys comes wit no primer. When I clean my attys I don't prime them with vg or pg I just let them be until I want to use it. It will be fine dry as long as you remember to prime it well before using. I would meter the attys out before using too so I know they still good rather than waste some juice.

 

[mwa102464]

I use my own cleaning method then re-prime them with some PG, I save the original plastic wrappers then put them back in them, then in a Ziplock. I don't know why I do it though because I never seem to ever get back to them and always just find myself screwing a new one on ;-)

 

[garyinco]

Rust. Throw 'em in a half-pint mason jar with rice. Keeps them dry and non-oxidized.

 

[dee5]

garyinco, I don't think that sounds like a good idea. Wouldn't "rice dust" get into all the nooks and crannies and gunk things up?

 

[MaxUT]

Attys come from the factory with primer because they're tested before shipping. They just don't clean them afterward. Also, if an inexperienced user attempted to vape a cartridge on a dry atty they'd probably burn it up.

I don't think there's anything in an atomizer that will rust-- tube and bridge are stainless steel, connector is brass, mesh is nickel, wick is silica fiber, coil is ni-chrome, insulator and cup are non-metallic. The connector and mesh might tarnish after a long time but that's about it.

Don't soak 801s in alcohol-- the connector is glued on and will come loose if soaked too long (ask me how I know this...). 901s may be the same, don't know, haven't drowned any yet.

I would just blow them out, maybe rinse with alcohol to get juice out of the mesh and wick. Seems like a good idea to get as much juice out as possible so that it doesn't dry out and harden inside the atty.

 

[Vap0rJay]

Cisco Attys comes wit no primer. When I clean my attys I don't prime them with vg or pg I just let them be until I want to use it. It will be fine dry as long as you remember to prime it well before using. I would meter the attys out before using too so I know they still good rather than waste some juice.

If you need to use a meter, your occular jitsu truely pales in comparison. I just eyeball it

 

[Animeguy]

If you need to use a meter, your occular jitsu truely pales in comparison. I just eyeball it

I don't have uchiha blood within me so I tired out if I use my occular jutsu too much lol

 

[Vap0rJay]

I don't have uchiha blood within me so I tired out if I use my occular jutsu too much lol

... Epic

 

[Kurt]

Don't soak 801s in alcohol-- the connector is glued on and will come loose if soaked too long (ask me how I know this...). 901s may be the same, don't know, haven't drowned any yet.

I have found this to be the case with some Joye 510 attys too. Other than from typical noob physical abuse, the only ones I have killed are when I cleaned them in vodka. I say some because I know many others that use alcohol for cleaning with no bad results. After the third relatively new one died after one alcohol cleaning I concluded that it was the alcohol dissolving some inner adhesive or somthing similar, so now I use polydent denture tablet method, and my attys last and last.

Also, I have gotten Joye 510 attys new which are PG primed (TW) and some that are dry and not primed. The ones that are not primed always seem to be the cheaper ones...maybe the lower price is because they were not tested with vaping, which takes time and that's money. Maybe they are just ohm-tested and shipped out from China. Not sure. But I've opened new ones that are dry that are over a year old, and they are just fine.

I agree that I don't think there is anything in an atty that will rust or corrode easily. I do keep my new attys in a ziplock though, just to keep them together.