New Joyetech 20watt eGrip
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When I filled mine up for the first time yesterday, it leaked some. But, what I noticed was, it did it when I kept trying to top off the tank with juice. Have filled the tank 3 times now and it hasn't leaked since. At first I thought great, the rba base leak issue. LOL. Sitting all nite, straight up and this morning, no juice has leaked.
I haven't cleaned mine...I vape fruit flavors and mix/match anyway, so I don't see a reason to clean it.
I do wipe it off with a damp paper towel and rod out the mouth piece from time to time though.(pocket lint,work crud)
I do wipe it off with a damp paper towel and rod out the mouth piece from time to time though.(pocket lint,work crud)
Bought mine in October. Worked great for about 5 weeks, and then one morning it just quit working. Just received my replacement 1 week ago. Vapor Beast took care of it. Awesome company to deal with. Hope this one holds up better. Time will tell.
When I filled mine up for the first time yesterday, it leaked some. But, what I noticed was, it did it when I kept trying to top off the tank with juice. Have filled the tank 3 times now and it hasn't leaked since. At first I thought great, the rba base leak issue. LOL. Sitting all nite, straight up and this morning, no juice has leaked.
That makes perfect sense Juicejug. Tank style devices don't leak because of low pressure (vacuum) air above the juice in the tank. The vacuum is what keeps the juice from just running out of the tank and then out of the rba. When you open the fill door to fill the tank the vacuum is lost and will not be reestablished until you take a few pulls and see an air bubble rise through the juice in the tank. Think of it this way: place a straw into a glass of water, put your finger over the top of the straw and remove it from the glass. What happens? Only a little water drains from the straw; the rest is held in the straw by vacuum. Now release your finger from the top of the straw and all of the water runs out because you let air in. Right? That's what happens when you refill your tank except that the tank seals never let air in. So you leak a little juice after refill until vacuum is reestablished.
It's always best to take a few pulls immediately after refilling to reestablish that vacuum.
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Yes, your right. I understand all that. I use all various tanks. Guess, my point was, instead of the juice coming out the refill vent hole when full, it started to push out the rba vent hole. The stock coils it doesn't happen. I just don't overfill it now
I'll keep that in mind
Still don't see why they designed the RBA with a huge air hole in the bottom, instead of utilizing the same air flow design as the standard base/replacable coils...
Still don't see why they designed the RBA with a huge air hole in the bottom, instead of utilizing the same air flow design as the standard base/replacable coils...
Ooops...I actually meant the little stopper at the bottom of the coil that isolates one of the coil-wires, not the ring around the chimney-piece. Or would that be too small? I don't have my rba yet, but will try this when it comes to see if it'll work.
I'll be honest: the more I use the RBA, the less I'm liking it. Prefer a bit more restricted airflow
I THINK I've figured out how to modify the RBA base to make it regulated airflow. Going to experiment on it, and see what happens...
I THINK I've figured out how to modify the RBA base to make it regulated airflow. Going to experiment on it, and see what happens...
Just got my egrip, rba base, and rba today from vapenw. I ordered on the 24th and I wasn't expecting to get it so quick. It wasn't firing at first. I took it off and put it on the base to check the resistance, and it was reading around 1.0 ohm. I rebuilt my own coil for it, and it's working great now. Looking forward to hearing some solutions for tightening up the airflow. This may be a dumb question, but how do you know what power setting the mod is set for?
Great idea, I just was just trying to get that to fit in there, but it was a little too big. I cut a very small piece off the make it a little smaller, and it fit right in nice and snug. Seems to be working great, and tightened up the draw. Now the airflow is just about perfect in my opinion.
My plan is to drill airholes in the RBA to match the ones in the stock base, then thread the hole in the bottom and seat a screw in there. If I mess it up, I'm only out $12
No problem
Hell, if it works, I'd be willing to do the work for anyone who wants to send me their RBA and a couple bucks for shipping
Hell, if it works, I'd be willing to do the work for anyone who wants to send me their RBA and a couple bucks for shipping
The rba base is far superior to the stock coils. I mean they blow them away, everyone had a burnt taste except the first one. I couldn't even use them anymore but the rba is great great flavor and vapor.
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To tighten up the draw some I put a piece of tape across the bottom leaving the slots open where the screwdriver goes....was just a touch too much, so I then opened the screw for the stock air flow some (closed it when I put the RBA in)....not too bad all in all
Also quieted it down some too.
Also quieted it down some too.
Well... I got the holes drilled last night. Not quite as straight forward as I thought it would be, but still doable.
While working on the RBA, I put the stock coil back in, so I haven't tested the modification yet. Probably later this week (going to be busy for a couple days)
While working on the RBA, I put the stock coil back in, so I haven't tested the modification yet. Probably later this week (going to be busy for a couple days)
To tighten up the draw some I put a piece of tape across the bottom leaving the slots open where the screwdriver goes....was just a touch too much, so I then opened the screw for the stock air flow some (closed it when I put the RBA in)....not too bad all in all
Also quieted it down some too.
Changing the stock airflow with the RBA in doesn't change anything. The RBA seals the inner airflow hole. It's just the placebo effect.
Just thought it might be helpful to hear if any of you egrip owners are experiencing leaking of any kind. Maybe from the juice door or other places. Just curious.
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