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a carto has never lasted me a week. they get to about half the performance for me in a few days. i'm not a carto guy.
i use a vivi nova. they are crap from the factory though... if you rebuild them it's a nice vape. i can rebuild a head for a few cents and change them every few days vs. paying 3 bucks a head or whatever they go for. plus you can play with the ohms. i highly recommend it. watch a youtube vid on it. it took me less than 5 minutes my first time rebuilding and now i save boatloads. i used to use cartos and they are too unreliable for me.
x2 exactly what i went through. i would recommend a nova. i was on them for 2 months without problems (besides replacing atomizers) until i got into modding
I'm on a really tight budget. Would it cost me more just to get cartomizers which is like $10 for a pack of 5 or to just switch over?
Same here. I wanted to like the U-DCT but I think cartos are about my least favorite type of tank :/
If you consciously moderate your vaping to a minimum you are going to extend the calendar life of your cartos but you can still burn them up in no time if you hit them dry. All it takes is one singe of the filler and it's trash.
euforeik do you want to vape more?
If you ever consider smoking a cig instead of puffing your PV to save money then think again. Vaping can be very cheap.
If you consciously moderate your vaping to a minimum you are going to extend the calendar life of your cartos but you can still burn them up in no time if you hit them dry. All it takes is one singe of the filler and it's trash.
euforeik do you want to vape more?
If you ever consider smoking a cig instead of puffing your PV to save money then think again. Vaping can be very cheap.
When I used to use cartos, this is what I did to extend their lives up to 2 to 3 weeks each by alternating between two of them.
- After 2 or 3 refills, rinse it out over warm tap water.
- Soak overnight in cheap vodka and allow a few hours to dry.
- Use the "taryn spin" method when refilling to make sure the head is well-saturated.
- Constantly add drops ensuring the filler is wet.
It was a huge pain in the ... to use cartos. I recommend getting a Kanger EVOD clearomizer and ordering a few extra 1.8 ohm heads when money is easier to come by.
- After 2 or 3 refills, rinse it out over warm tap water.
- Soak overnight in cheap vodka and allow a few hours to dry.
- Use the "taryn spin" method when refilling to make sure the head is well-saturated.
- Constantly add drops ensuring the filler is wet.
It was a huge pain in the ... to use cartos. I recommend getting a Kanger EVOD clearomizer and ordering a few extra 1.8 ohm heads when money is easier to come by.
I really want to vape more. If I use a clearomizer, like the one that Cool_K mentioned do they last much longer than the DCT? Do they require less maintenance also?
Hi Euforeik and welcome to ECF.
Cartomizers are fine, but you can't be too cautious with them. They have to be constantly kept moist lest they will burn! You need to top them off, rather than refill, early and often.Cartomizers are disposable; they are only good for ~6-10 ml of ejuice--after that they need to go. If you like cartomizers, I suggest you look into carto-tanks, they are very nice with cartomizers because they keep them moist. But they are fiddly.
If you want something easy--just fill, tighten the connections and vape--I recommend one of the eGo-threaded bottom or top coil changeable clearomizers like T3, MT3 and eVod (bottom coil) or T2 (top coil). They were designed especially for eGos (and any of eGo clones like Vision Spinner) and they generally perform very well--once you've learned how to use them correctly.
Good luck and happy vaping!
Cartomizers are fine, but you can't be too cautious with them. They have to be constantly kept moist lest they will burn! You need to top them off, rather than refill, early and often.Cartomizers are disposable; they are only good for ~6-10 ml of ejuice--after that they need to go. If you like cartomizers, I suggest you look into carto-tanks, they are very nice with cartomizers because they keep them moist. But they are fiddly.
If you want something easy--just fill, tighten the connections and vape--I recommend one of the eGo-threaded bottom or top coil changeable clearomizers like T3, MT3 and eVod (bottom coil) or T2 (top coil). They were designed especially for eGos (and any of eGo clones like Vision Spinner) and they generally perform very well--once you've learned how to use them correctly.
Good luck and happy vaping!
I'm a clearomizer fan myself, although I have to admit IU'v never used a Cartomizer. I would reccomend going for a Clearomizer.
Thank you! I actually do have a tank. The cartomizer has one bigger hole in it. Would I still have to top it off even though I have a tank?
No. Once you properly prime and fill your cartomizer and then fill the tank, the juice from the tank will continuously feed into the atomizer coil inside your carto. When the juice in the tank runs low, just refill the tank.
One hole may not be enough--especially if your juices are thick, like 70/30 or 60/40 PG/VG. I use a tiny Boge f15 tank that has teh same diameter (15 mm) as am eGo battery, and all my cartos have two holes.
If your cartos have only one hole, I suspect it's a SmokTech DCC tank, correct?
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I also would recommend the T3, Evod, or the MT3. For just a little more than a box of cartos, you'll get a much better and longer lasting vape machine on your eGo.
I am not quite sure of what tank it is. From looking online its pretty similar. I know that the cartomizer is a Boge 510 XXL SR prepunched.
Then it most likely isn't ST DCC--they come with ST dual coil cartomizers, which I detest, BTW.
Could you post a link to that tank? There are very good instructional videos on Youtube how to use, fill and clean carto tanks. I really like PBusardo videos--he's a great teacher.
Could you post a link to that tank? There are very good instructional videos on Youtube how to use, fill and clean carto tanks. I really like PBusardo videos--he's a great teacher.
I cannot find the exact tank online. But here is a picture of my tank, I don't know if it would help or not.
Hmmm. not really, but I'm not an expert on tanks. I use my Kanger clearos most of the time and i only own a couple of tanks. But they are all similar. If you want to give it a try, you have to watch a video, though. There is learning curve with carto tanks. Boge cartos are my favorite, so it really doesn't much matter what kind of tank it is--as long as it works well and doesn't leak.
Hm. It seems to work pretty well. I made sure to prime it and everything before i actually filled the tank. It hasn't leaked on me so far. As for the cartomizer, I have been reading around this forum and once it tastes "burnt" I have to change it?
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