New message 1 - refill cartomizers?

[gigipark]

So I basically need to post here a few times before I can post anywhere else. As long as I have to do that, I do have a question. I bought the Smoke Tip starter kit, which is okay. But, I'll probably pass it along to my mother, who has emphysema and REALLY needs to quit or use this alternative. I tried the Joye Ego at a friend's house and totally prefer it to the Smoke Tip. I may even ante up for the new Ego-T if I keep reading great reviews. My question is, has anyone tried refiling the cartomizers for the Smoke Tip with liquid? At 20 bucks for a 10 pack of cartomizers, I think buying some juice to refill however long the atomizer will hold up might be more economical?

 

[knobbysmoo]

Hi and welcome to ECF!! I think you can pry the little top off with a paper clip and drip some juice in there... not quite sure but it looks like the first (crappy) ecig I bought and it worked for me.

 

[Rosa]

these less expensive (and better quality) ones will work on your smoketip too: The best line of KR808D style cartomizers ever: WOW! The ultimate in vaping!

And the ones you have can be cleaned and refilled:
YouTube - Care And Feeding of Cartomizers Part 2

 

[dormouse]

$20 for 10 prefilled cartos is actually a good price if they have decent juice and soft-caps on the mouth end for easy refilling (if they have hard or glued on caps, then it's not such a great deal). Smoketip is fortunately KR808D-1 so it should be able to use any KR808D-1 prefilled or blank cartos including the Vapor4Life ones. The Vapor4Life ones are a bit more expensive but I know those have soft end caps you can easily pop out with the end of an unbent paper clip to add juice.

Always add juice before the carto runs dry. If you run them dry you can singe the stuffing and then it will be stuck with the burnt taste. Whenever my carto's vapor gets a bit light or a bit dry, I first try tilting the ecig carto down for a few seconds. If that doesn't revive the vapor, then it needs more juice. I take the carto off the battery when I add juice (especially important since Smoketip is probably an auto battery and can be killed by juice drips onto the threaded end of the battery because of the drag sensor there). And I usually hold a bit of tissue on the threaded end of the carto in case a drip comes through and to clean up after filling, if needed. I puff into the threaded end to try to make sure the air channel is clear. Then I use it.

This is a video about filling a blank. I use a plain small paper clip since the caps of V4L cartos are all soft now. And i do rotate the carto when filling because the stuffing seems to be a little tighter these days and absorbs a bit slower. And interesting section of this video is how he straightens the air channel. You don't have to do this all the time. But if a carto gets hard to drag or you can't see light through it, then the air channel is crooked and can cause much tighter drags or even block the flow of vapor. When that happens I straighten the channel to get more use out of the carto.
YouTube - How-to guide to refilling KR808D-1 or Vapor King cartomizers

Another thing I use is a plastic or delrin V4L or KR808D-1 drip tip (from LiteCigUSA.net) on the end of a carto instead of the little white mouth end cap. No tools needed to remove the drip tip and add a bit of juice. And it keeps my lips cool when I have a hot carto. Don't drip through it though - it would probably aim the juice at the air channel.

 

[Rosa]

Oops, did you say $20 for 10? then yours are less expensive than V4L, like dormouse said. I guess I didn't read that part right

 

[gigipark]

Thanks so much - that was so helpful!

 

[rabidred13]

Vapor4Life usually has discount coupons if you sign up for them on their site. They also usually send samples of other flavors so it doesn't wind up as expensive as it seems and you get to try flavors you might not otherwise buy.

 

[freakyliciousfishy]

yeah thanks never seen that video figured out the refill but never thought bout boiling cartos cuz all the stuffing i think it try putting then in front of a space heater to dry then out though hell i was jamming attys in the front vent slots to dry them out i guess i could do that with a carto too lol

 

[rabidred13]

I've refilled the V4L carto's and just got a new delrin tip so that resolves the issues if I overfill a little. Also, I found if the cart is pretty empty, just adding juice works fine. Don't really need to clean them out unless the original flavor was a strong one, like menthol (unless of course, refilling with the same flavor).

 

[rayquitsmoking]

smoketip is 17.95 for a 10 pack of cartos and they have a life time warranty on the batts.

http://www.smoketip.com/electronic-cigarette-refill-cartridges.html