Looks like I will clean and dry burn all new clearo/clearotanks from now on!

[pigmoose]

gentle dryburning(allowing for some cool down between firings)

Yeah, I burnt out a coil by not allowing cool down when I was trying to vape the moisture out of a cleaned head...

 

[anglsage]

atty, you'd be surprised! anybody with allergies will tell you a dry burn before usage is a must heaven knows what china puts on coils to condition them and, possibly, the silica ..............

Yes! If I don't dry burn before I use a new head my allergies kill me. Watery eyes, runny nose, sneezing. It's horrible.

 

[AttyPops]

I have allergies. I rinse. I don't dry burn. Dry burning stresses the coil because there's no liquid to cool the hot points. But if you want, go ahead. Newbies trying it will fry/pop some coils. Other more experienced "burners" will just needlessly stress theirs, while those like me keep nice coils for a long time and still have no allergy problems with it.

To each their own I guess...

 

[ricks]

I have 2 coils that I'm using now that have each been cleaned and dry burned at least 12 times now. I turn them red about 4 times after every cleaning. They are still working like new. I have a surplus of new coils that are waiting to be used... Whenever these 2 die.

 

[AttyPops]

I have 2 coils that I'm using now that have each been cleaned and dry burned at least 12 times now. I turn them red about 4 times after every cleaning. They are still working like new. I have a surplus of new coils that are waiting to be used... Whenever these 2 die.

So they were dry when you turned them red? Otherwise, what you are doing is drying the wick...not dry burning....FYI.

 

[ricks]

After my cleaning with hot water, I dry the wick as best as I can with paper towel, then I put the un-assembled coil in the tank and do several burns until all the wet is gone and then I give the coil 4 full glows of red before I'm done.

So they were dry when you turned them red? Otherwise, what you are doing is drying the wick...not dry burning....FYI.

 

[AttyPops]

Yeah. I guess that's a "minimal" dry burn. Not that bad.

To me...Dry Burn means "burn up any accumulated e-juice residue on the coil" when the wick is dry...AKA turn it to ash. For a new wick....shouldn't be necessary or only minimal due to shipping primer.

So meh.

I still maintain that "dry burning"...as the term means... is hard on the coils and is one "atty resurrection method". The high-ping method is a specific example of that. The coils get fragmented/pocked when dry burned. People have posted close-up pics...I don't have em now.

However, that's the cool thing about e-cigs...and forums like this. You can find a way that works for you. For me...I don't stress the coil unless I feel I need to and regular cleaning won't work.

 

[mostapha]

I have allergies. I rinse. I don't dry burn. Dry burning stresses the coil because there's no liquid to cool the hot points. But if you want, go ahead. Newbies trying it will fry/pop some coils. Other more experienced "burners" will just needlessly stress theirs, while those like me keep nice coils for a long time and still have no allergy problems with it.

To each their own I guess...

Yeah. I guess that's a "minimal" dry burn. Not that bad.

To me...Dry Burn means "burn up any accumulated e-juice residue on the coil" when the wick is dry...AKA turn it to ash. For a new wick....shouldn't be necessary or only minimal due to shipping primer.

So meh.

I still maintain that "dry burning"...as the term means... is hard on the coils and is one "atty resurrection method". The high-ping method is a specific example of that. The coils get fragmented/pocked when dry burned. People have posted close-up pics...I don't have em now.

However, that's the cool thing about e-cigs...and forums like this. You can find a way that works for you. For me...I don't stress the coil unless I feel I need to and regular cleaning won't work.

I routinely got >1 month of live out of VN heads that were dry burned (yes, dry burned…after drying the wick) and then re-rinsed to get the ash off……about once every 2 tanks.

One of them was a Primary device……so it got burned about every 1.5 to 2 days. And it lasted for over 2 months.

I don't care if it stresses the coil. If I can get 2 months of "like new" life out of something that costs $3, I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing.

Oh, BTW, I only had one head last for <5 weeks. I popped the coil at right about the 1-month mark because I wasn't paying attention while I was cleaning it. So, uhh……yeah……if you screw up, it breaks the coil. So, just don't screw up all the time.

 

[Susaz]

Yeah. I guess that's a "minimal" dry burn. Not that bad.

To me...Dry Burn means "burn up any accumulated e-juice residue on the coil" when the wick is dry...AKA turn it to ash. For a new wick....shouldn't be necessary or only minimal due to shipping primer.

So meh.

I still maintain that "dry burning"...as the term means... is hard on the coils and is one "atty resurrection method". The high-ping method is a specific example of that. The coils get fragmented/pocked when dry burned. People have posted close-up pics...I don't have em now.

However, that's the cool thing about e-cigs...and forums like this. You can find a way that works for you. For me...I don't stress the coil unless I feel I need to and regular cleaning won't work.

I do the same with used heads. Leave them overnight in alcohol, rinse, dry wicks, burn until red and onto the box until next use. That's for the T2. For the T3, since wicks are really small it can be vaped still wet.

For new heads I don't burn, just pop them in alcohol overnight, rinse and use. No need for dry burn, even those that come with primer.