Nasty tasting brand new atty?!?!

[redbudacres]

I just got a couple of new 510 atty's (LR 1.5-1.7 ohm Bauway) and I'm having "issues" with them. The first one I used got really hard to draw through within 2 weeks. So I set it aside for a good drain and opened the other one. I've blown it out, dripped and blown again and again, but the taste is just NASTY!!! I've set it aside and went back to the one that came with my Riva kit way back in May. It's not working real well, but at least I can stand the flavor.

I thought about cleaning it with some alchohol, but the last time I did that, my favorite Riva battery fried out. I've been having so many issues with atty's that I've just ordered carto's for my Riva's and my 801. I'm sick of wasting money!!!

Why would a brand new atty taste so awful? Should I contact the vendor and try to get a refund/exchange?
Thanks!

 

[SkeetS]

For the draw try not to screw them so tight and align the holes with the spaces on the conector.
For the bad taste on the other, soak it in vodka or rubbing alchool for a nigh or so, blow it all out and be sure it's all dry before using it. And that bad taste comes the prime they come (only some of them have it though)
As for wasting money...stick with something you really like and you will be fine. I am a drip guy myself so i don't even bother with tanks and cartos. I have 2 boxes of dual coil cartos and only use 2 of them in almost 4 months...do the math!

 

[redbudacres]

Thanks.
Why do only some of them have it? And from the same order from the same vendor?
Weird.
I don't know if I'm willing to risk another battery, though.
I guess I could use the crappy 510 I started out with as a guinea pig.

 

[tranced]

There ya go - another use for that old 510 bat! Can't say about the 510 atties as I'm an old 901 guy but the east mall atties seem to have no primer and hold up quite well for the price.