02-28-2010, 12:41 AM #
9 LastOutlaw
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Texas
Posts: 355
not liking
I have my first box of premium cartos and from what I'm reading I don't think I'm going to like them in the long run.
Here are my reasons so far:
While more vapor, and flavor is nice, I was pretty happy with the output of the old cartos.
If I'm sacrificing how long my cartos last I'm not into it.
If I can't wash them out due to caps being glued in I think my reuse is drastically reduced.
So they burn juice faster therefore causing my overall use as well as my cost to go up. Not liking that idea either especially since I was happy with the old style carts.
If you burn up the carts as soon as you taste the burnt flavor then I suspect I will ruin many more cartos than I used to leaving them not refillable at all.
Sacrificing all this for a bit more vapor and stronger flavor doesn't seem worth it to me.
Personally I'd like to keep the old washable re-usable style cartos
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I found a post from a while ago that pretty much describes my current concerns regarding premium cartomizes. After initial excitement about the flavors and vapor production, I'm finding that those new cartos indeed burn much hotter, especially the softies, they mow through my batteries like crazy (cutting their llifespan by half), and they burn almost without a warning, rendering the cart unsuitable for refilling. So far I burned 5 softies and they are toast. They can't be reused. It never happened with the old cartomizers--they gave me plenty of warning before they were done.
Another problem I had with them is that the soft rubber tips sometimes leak juice into my mouth, which is not a pleasant sensation. Even though they are a breeze to remove, my feeling is they they don't seal the carto as well as the two other designs.
And, in my experience, they don't last nearly as long as the old ones.
My question is, thus, have these design problems been addressed/resolved? I understand that the flavor is dramatically improved, especially fruit flavors; not in my case though, cause my favorites, CMF and SMILIN, are very similar to the old version. I understand that in some instances the flavor is actually inferior (hi Maxx).
Having tried the premiums, I feel that I am much more comfortable with the regular cartos, and might even go back to ordering them for awhile, waiting for the premium premium generation. I hope that the old ones will be in stock for some time.
I would like to hear what other family members think.
