My Volt kit should arrive sometime within the next two hours. I'm waiting like a kid on Christmas. I had what I hope to be my last analog this morning. Aside from that, I have a few questions (if anyone is still checking this thread).
I ordered some VG liquids, not realizing they might mess up my cartomizers. If I bought some distilled water, could I try to dilute the liquid for better vaping? Are clearomizers better for VG liquids?
You could, but I wouldn't. VG liquids won't mess up your cartomizers. They might make them last a little less time, but it's not worth diluting the nicotine and the flavor with water. Did you get 100% VG? Most VG is thinned a little bit anyway. I wouldn't mess with it unless it causes you real problems.
Are clearomizers good in general? Are they like carts where you should only have one per flavor? If so, would it be better to wait until I found a flavor I really liked?
Clearomizers are great. You can usually clean them very easily, so you don't need one per flavor. How easy it is to clean them depends on the particular clearomizer, but usually it's not difficult.
Some extra things I might still want to purchase (but are by no means a necessity):
Some syringes, eye droppers, tweezers, etc. to help with refilling carts
A third battery (though SI will send me one for free if I post a picture in their forum)
A USB charger for a single battery (Blu's was nice, I liked that feature)
Clearomizers?
Either color coded caps from SI or scotch tape and a marker for keeping track of cart flavors
A small organizer to keep everything in
Stickers for batteries and carts (just because they look cool)
Is there anything else I should consider adding to the list? Any accessories you've really liked?
I would definitely go for the USB charger. It will make your portable charger last a lot longer.
You almost can never have too many batteries. You should get one of the large batteries for at home. Charge it on the USB. And take advantage of the free battery SI will give you for the picture.
For keeping track of flavors, that's up to you. I found the easiest way for me was to get some of those cheap plastic boxes that hold 4 AA batteries. Put stickers on the top to label the battery slots. Then just keep each flavor in its own slot. The color coded caps sound cool though, as long as you can keep track of the colors. Maybe use a matching dot on the juice bottles. Once you have a lot of flavors, that gets unwieldy though.
You don't really need syringes, eyedroppers, etc. if you're using the condom method. If you decide to try clearomizers, you'll probably need a syringe and some blunt-tipped needles. Be careful to get the right gauge needle though. If it's too thin, it'll take forever to suck up thick juice. If it's too thick, it won't fit.
You should try the clearomizers. I understand that SI makes some? If they do, try those. They'll be designed for the way you hold a mini-cig and shouldn't leak into your mouth. Or, you can use 510 clearomizers with an adapter. I use Fluxomizers horizontally and they don't leak at all. But you'll need an adapter to use them on the Volt. I recommend them highly. They're easily cleaned and they work good with thicker, high VG juice.
