New Member Here and I Brought Some Questions...

[JC Okie]

For one thing, when you use the condom method, for sure wipe the threads off and make sure there's no liquid left before you screw it on...esp. since you have an automatic battery. If juice gets down in that little hole in the battery, it's fried. Be careful with that. The other thing...if you fill it from the top by just dripping on the filler (that's how I do it, too) then you know it's full when it's slushy on top but it doesn't pool. Give it a little time (5 minutes or so) to soak in. If there's pooling on top, dab it off with a tissue or you'll have juice in your mouth.

 

[Big Steve]

Alright, I don't know if my batteries are crapping out on me or if I've just refilled the cartos a few times too many, but here lately all I get is air and a whistling sound when inhaling. I don't have anymore new cartos at the moment to try out, but I'm thinking it may have to do with refilling the same 3 cartos more than several times over the past week.

Looking inside, the swab is fluffy and no longer appears tight like it did when I first opened it up to refill. Also, the taste is not so good...not a burnt taste, it's hard to explain. Almost like a metallic taste. I also don't get that "sizzling" sound when inhaling like I did with a fully charged battery and new or freshly refilled cartos and the vapor is seriously lacking despite putting 15-20 drops inside.

I've also been charging my batteries in the portable charger that I bought from MVS. It doesn't seem to have an indicator to tell when the battery is charged so I may be using a half dead battery.

Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions?

 

[Cat_in_the_Playground]

Alright, I don't know if my batteries are crapping out on me or if I've just refilled the cartos a few times too many, but here lately all I get is air and a whistling sound when inhaling. I don't have anymore new cartos at the moment to try out, but I'm thinking it may have to do with refilling the same 3 cartos more than several times over the past week.

Looking inside, the swab is fluffy and no longer appears tight like it did when I first opened it up to refill. Also, the taste is not so good...not a burnt taste, it's hard to explain. Almost like a metallic taste. I also don't get that "sizzling" sound when inhaling like I did with a fully charged battery and new or freshly refilled cartos and the vapor is seriously lacking despite putting 15-20 drops inside.

I've also been charging my batteries in the portable charger that I bought from MVS. It doesn't seem to have an indicator to tell when the battery is charged so I may be using a half dead battery.

Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions?

Steve,

I tend to doubt its your batteries - they aren't that old. I don't know if a PCC charges them any differently than USB cord to computer or AC adapter (which is what I use). I generally wait for my batteries to die and then do a full charge, which typically takes about 2 hrs. You could try that - let a battery die then charge for 2 hrs, which should be a full charge. You can also pick up a USB charge for under $10 next time you make an order. Those have a red/green light indicator to let you know when it has finished charging.

I would think its your cartos. They do have a limited lifespan. I have some that last 10 refills and some that don't even make it to one. The most important thing to helping them have a long lifespan is to make sure they never get dry. Based on your current situation, I would definitely place an order for some new cartos. While you wait for them to arrive, you can try cleaning your existing cartos. I have tried once and had a 0% success rate. All of them were toast when I tried them again. There are several methods (using water, using PGA, baking, not baking...). I used PGA and baked to dry. While it didn't work for me, It works for a lot of people. Search the forum and you should find lots of threads regarding cleaning cartos. The way I looked at it was this: right now, they are dead and going in the garbage. If this is able to save them, great, but I'm not losing anything if it doesn't work.

I think the most important purchase you can make is cartos - not something you want to run out of.

 

[Big Steve]

I went ahead and ordered some more cartomizers. Unfortunately, MVS shows to be out of the Kamel flavor so I had to go with "Smooth Tobacco". I haven't tried it before, but I can't imagine that it would be bad.

I'm also looking at V4L's website. While they're a bit more expensive, they do have a much larger selection. One question, though, since I'm confused on what I'm looking at as they have:
1) Premium
2) WOW Vapor
3) WOW VG
4) VG
5) Nobacco
...what is the difference between each type of their cartomizers? I've looked and looked but can't seem to find an explanation on what each of them is.

 

[Cat_in_the_Playground]

PM sent - thought I couldn't find this thread...

 

[Big Steve]

Can anyone else here recommend any other sites with good cartomizers? I've tried V4L and didn't like the flavors. I've been ordering from MVS but they've been out of stock on just about all their stuff for the past 2 weeks!?