My Evo atomiser died today

[Adik Ted]

Only 26 days old. Nothing but a mouthful of juice when I inhale. I'm starting to tire of all this. I only just sent a faulty battery back yesterday. I've ordered 5 atomisers off the intellicig site but how long will it be before I'm back up and running again? I'm already starting to think analog.

e-cigs MIGHT be great if you've got plenty spare batteries, atomisers and favourite juice / carts on tap but the unreliable technology, delivery delays and expense of juice / carts make the experimental phase one pain in the ....

 

[Nuck]

At this point in the development of the market, the reality is that we have to have backup supplies (I have 7 spare atomizers as my backup). From what I hear 26 days isn't all that bad.

I understand the frustration though. My first attempt at e-cigs failed and I was left for 12 days empty handed before I got replacements.

 

[Effex]

I believe there are multiple factors as to why atomizers aren't lasting long at all.

1. A lot of these manufacturers aren't practicing good quality control
2. One of the main components of an atomizer is a very fragile, tiny thread of metal
3. consumers being too hard on their atomizers with no regard to cleaning it once in a while

Of course there are numerous other reasons, but I think these are the main ones.

 

[Adik Ted]

John at Intellicig is sending out my order with replacement vaporiser today so hopefully I'll be back on song not later than Wednesday.

 

[JustJulie]

e-cigs MIGHT be great if you've got plenty spare batteries, atomisers and favourite juice / carts on tap but the unreliable technology, delivery delays and expense of juice / carts make the experimental phase one pain in the ....

Yup.

I read once on this forum that we're all basically beta testers for e-cigs. I can imagine few products where this kind of failure rate would be acceptable.

But on the flip side, I've come to the profound conclusion that if I view my atomizers as more or less disposable and build in replacement costs into my budget, I still come out ahead financially. (Well, I would if I stopped buying every shiney, new model. ) For a few models, I pay more, knowing that with a good warranty, I can control my costs a bit. (Yup, that would be my Janty Dura-C.)

But, most importantly, I am free from tobacco. Even though e-smoking isn't exactly cheap or for the impaitient, and even though the health risks are still largely unknown, it's nonetheless worth it to me to keep that 2+pack a day monkey off my back. For that, I can put up with defective parts, charging batteries, topping off carts, etc.

 

[z3r0]

Take care of your atomizers ... its like oil in your car...

Blow them out EVERYNIGHT and leave standing up (battery end up) on a rag...

Every weekend or every other weekend do some maintenance ...

1. Blow them out
2. Rinse them out with water
3. Soak in coke for 1 hour
4. Rinse them out again
5. Blow them out again
6. Leave standing overnight battery end up on a rag

They should last a bit longer than if you treated them like crap... however they are made pretty cheaply and only comprising of few fragile parts and they will break with hard useage...

Hopefully they will come out with like a titanium atomizer

 

[Adik Ted]

My replacement atomiser arrived today and John at Intellicig kindly included a spare battery for me as well as I'd had slight trouble with a couple of batteries. Unfortunately a package from Absolutely e-cigs containing some exotic cartridge flavours (above and beyond the ones intellicig sell) failed to arrive (10 days now) leaving me with only my TW 24 mg cola juice. Having been 2.5 days without a vape I was gagging for one but what a disappointment. Between the new atomiser needing broken in and the weak throat hit and vapour of the juice I'd have been as well smoking a bit of rolled up newspaper. Like I said, this experimental phase is one pain in the ....

 

[Adik Ted]

PS Thanks for the tips and advice everyone. Despite my frustration I'm with Julie on this. I'll (hopefully) stick with it until I find a flavour that satisfies me as it's all worth it for the health benefits. I say hopefully because right at this moment I'm sadly thinking about analogs.

 

[Bjorn Toulouse]

Hi Ted I had one fail last week John sent me a replacment got ot yesterday, He also e-mailed me to make sure I got it.

I wish there was a place in glasgow you could just pickup juice and spares when you neaded them.

 

[Adik Ted]

Tell me about it Bjorn. The sooner the rest of mankind catches up with us pioneers the better.

 

[e-pipeman]

Tell me about it Bjorn. The sooner the rest of mankind catches up with us pioneers the better.

When they catch up with we'd better hope that they approve of what we do, or we'll be in deeper trouble. Has anyone noticed that a lot of UK suppliers seem a bit low on stock at present? That could be the rest of mankind catching up!

 

[trog100]

we sell atomizers.. we make it bloody clear they are disposable devices..

at the risk of offending the entire e cig industry they should all do this.. okay selling competition makes it hard to be entirely honest and still sell your product and make money.. emphasize the good points and glass over the bad ones is normal selling technique..

atomizers ether dieing or fading off vapour production wise after xxxx number of puffs.. is normal..

i would say 5000 puffs is about the expected life span of an atomizer..

now i know this... its fact... how come the majority of e cig buyers dont.. the answer is simple.. the industry (in general) does not tell them..

and if it isnt fact... let one member of the industry dare pop up and dispute it..

i have no problems with atomizers lasting as long as they do.. i do have problems with folks having no idea as to how long they should last tho.. big problems..

it pisses me off..

trog

ps... there are general shortages in the industry at the moment.. both legal problems and the simple fact the finite number of chinese factores are struggling to meet an ever growing demand are causing this....

 

[Adik Ted]

we sell atomizers.. we make it bloody clear they are disposable devices..

at the risk of offending the entire e cig industry they should all do this.. okay selling competition makes it hard to be entirely honest and still sell your product and make money.. emphasize the good points and glass over the bad ones is normal selling technique..

atomizers ether dieing or fading off vapour production wise after xxxx number of puffs.. is normal..

i would say 5000 puffs is about the expected life span of an atomizer..

now i know this... its fact... how come the majority of e cig buyers dont.. the answer is simple.. the industry (in general) does not tell them..

and if it isnt fact... let one member of the industry dare pop up and dispute it..

i have no problems with atomizers lasting as long as they do.. i do have problems with folks having no idea as to how long they should last tho.. big problems..

it pisses me off..

trog

ps... there are general shortages in the industry at the moment.. both legal problems and the simple fact the finite number of chinese factores are struggling to meet an ever growing demand are causing this....

I couldn't agree more trog. If I'd known a couple of weeks back what I know now I'd never have been caught short. The guarantee period on some sites (it's supposedly 5 years with Sedansa) gives the impression e-cigs are reliable devices with longetivity. It wouldn't bother me if I required a new vaporiser or even batterty every month but it would help to know that in advance.

 

[trog100]

I couldn't agree more trog. If I'd known a couple of weeks back what I know now I'd never have been caught short. The guarantee period on some sites (it's supposedly 5 years with Sedansa) gives the impression e-cigs are reliable devices with longetivity. It wouldn't bother me if I required a new vaporiser or even batterty every month but it would help to know that in advance.

the five year stuff started with ruyan ted.. they sold an expensive occasional use tobacco supplement product.. something for real smokers to use when out dining and such..

the very high price of the product and carts.. $25 dollars for five.. ensured only occasional use and financed the super long guarantee.. the product was never intended to take over full time from real smoking..

it was a lock in to the ruyan carts.. dont buy the over priced carts and there was no guarantee.. back then there was only ruyan.. it made sense..

its all kinda gone wrong since.. e cigs are being used by 30 a day type users to entirely replace their real smoking habit.. the product as it is aint suitable for this.. not unless its treated as a semi disposable product..

then it comes down to price.. can the product be replaced as often as it needs to be and still make economic sense.. i would say it can... but it does f-cking help if folks know the score when they buy into e smoking in the first place.. most do not know the score..

trog