My refilling trick

[FisherPal]

Taryn - thanks so much for sharing this great tip! I am so cart-refill challenged that it is painful. Tried your method out this morning on a refilled coconut that was doing that gurgling thing and ... worked fantastic!! You have just made a WHOLE bunch of people happy!!

 

[Mary Kay]

I have been spinning them around by hand! I look like a nut windmilling my arms. Thanks for a great tip..I only look slighty less crazy now!

 

[Pugzley]

Mary Kay, you made me laugh out loud. I could see it all so clearly when I read your post.

 

[mwa102464]

I refill carts all the time and can only get 15-18 drops in mine and they are soaking wet , I tried this and still can only get the same amount in and it's still soaking wet if I try to smoke it right away.. What am I missing here???

 

[Taryn]

The carto that took 40 drops was washed out and bone dry. If the carto is not fully empty it would of course take less juice to fill it. I expect that as the batting gets old it shrinks down and will not absorb as much either.

I stop filling when the carto looks lightly slushy on top. Give it a spin and if it looks dry again I do add more, try fewer drops at once if you are overfilling. I stop when I can still see evidence of juice after a spin, if it's not full it looks quite dry, when it is full you can see juice but the top won't look soaked.

Make sure you have the battery end of the carto at the bottom of the bag, hate to force the juice to the top instead!

 

[Thyestean]

Mary Kay, you made me laugh out loud. I could see it all so clearly when I read your post.

ditto

 

[Flowersoul]

Taryn,

What a great idea!!

Just curious though, from what size bottle are you dripping?

I just dripped from a 30 ml bottle of juice that I received yesterday with your method, but think I may have to transfer some into a smaller bottle for smaller drops!

 

[Detoura_Band]

So as i said yesterday, I tried this method with a menthol cart and would update as to how long it lasted...

From 11am to 9pm with pretty heavy vaping on it all day.
I will be refilling like this from now on. what an awesome idea!

 

[Taryn]

Taryn,

What a great idea!!

Just curious though, from what size bottle are you dripping?

I just dripped from a 30 ml bottle of juice that I received yesterday with your method, but think I may have to transfer some into a smaller bottle for smaller drops!

I just have the V4L 5ml bottles of juice right now. No need to transfer, my method isn't really about counting drops. I only counted so I could give you guys a better idea of how much I'm getting into the carto. Unrinsed cartos will take less of course. See the post a couple above, I just keep going until I can see traces of juice in it after a spin. Its nice for really packing in the juice, if you don't care as much about how much you get in there the other refill methods do the trick too and take a bit less work!

Happy vaping!

 

[Flowersoul]

I've just finished filling 3 of these and have labeled them with tiny labels and a paint pen with the flavor and time I filled them, so am going to vape one all day and I'll report back also!

I've even done my Greencig carts. One I filled was totally dry, and the vapor and taste on it now is awesome...

Thanks again Taryn for an ingenius idea.

 

[leeshor]

Maybe we could all bid on this.
IEC Centra-4B Centrafuge w/24 Place Fixed Angle Rotor - eBay (item 380174542681 end time Nov-11-09 11:00:31 PST)
Could come in handy for mass filling

 

[OzAmBloke]

I tried this method and went a bit overboard. I got 40 drops in and when reinstalling got hardly any throat hit or vapor.

Tried again and decided to stop at 30 drops and it works like a charm. This was about this time yesterday and I am still vaping the same cart. Awesome!!!

 

[impostor71]

I'm really diggin this trick. It works!

I think Taryn has found the secret to factory filling. They probably have a hundred workers standing around spinning the cartomizers. =)

 

[lilly1185]

because I have the tendency to lose the little stem parts, I wound up just capping both ends and batted it around on the counter (cat-style) for a minute or two.

Worked pretty well I have to say. Thanks for the idea!

 

[Taryn]

The mind picture of Mary Kay windmilling her cartos with her arms and Lilly batting hers around like a kitten gave me the giggles!

Crazy people! No wonder this place feels like family!

 

[lilly1185]

Dysfunctional but in a good way.

I like how no one here has a holier-than-thou attitude. I can ask any amount of dumb questions and not get repelled or get a nasty come-back.

Not to mention the amount of suggestions here blow my mind, and don't involve practically dis-assembling the entire unit and soldering things here and there.

You guys are the best <3 I shouldn't lurk around here so much, I miss out on great conversations.

 

[leaford]

the bag worked perfect for me for this but I'm sure you could use anything that would allow you to twirl it in a circle.

Yet another use for The Leaford Lanyard!

I'm really diggin this trick. It works!

I think Taryn has found the secret to factory filling. They probably have a hundred workers standing around spinning the cartomizers. =)

Somehow I doubt that.

Then again, I hate to assume, and labor IS cheap in China, so... Who knows?

 

[flying low]

Taryn, you are a genius!! I am officially announcing this as the Taryn Refill Method - it works great!

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Gosh, I love this forum ..

 

[DaShiVa]

Actually, it depends which factory you go to. most factories use the 'MK-Windmill' Method. There are some that use the 'L-cat-1185' Method, but only a couple use the 'T-Spin' Method. There is talk, however, that they're gonna go hit ebay do bid on a centrifuge machine.

 

[rocks82]

haha, I'm going to try Taryn's method on my next refill. I'm totally going to pretend like I'm playing with nunchucks too (god, i'm such a tool).