Just some random thoughts from a newbie. Not really looking for help, just thought I would share some thoughts.
So, its been 5 days. I have to admit things have been on and off. When its good, its REALLY good. When it's bad, its bad.
So the good: Boge LR Carto's. I love these and while not giving up on learning atty's I think these are my vape of choice so far on my mini. I love the consistency, the juice feeding, it all just works! No more worrying if I have enough carto's for the day. No hours of filling 10 or 15 at a time. No swapping out during the day.
Oh, and this is my routine, since I have seen other posts on squonking cartos. Fill a fresh carto. Vape for a bit. Sometimes I vape 5 mins, sometimes 15 (during the work day). After vaping i squonk, but dont use this light pressure stuff. I lightly draw and squonk the bottle slowly but firmly and deep until I get a slurp. I dont release at that point i just hold the bottle in at that point do a set of short firm repeated draws until the slurping stops, then I release the bottle. I might do this 2 or three times after I am done vaping for a session, then put it in my pocket. I start the next vaping session doing the same thing with just one press and start vaping again. I check now and then and if the carto doesn't look wet enough I repeat a couple of more times. Never had a dry or burnt carto and had one run about 20 ml's over the weekend before the draw was getting tight and I threw a new one on.
Now the bad: I think I might just be a slow learner. I ordered 2 1.5LR 501 atty's from Avid before the mini arrived. I have been trying really hard to like them, but I just dont. The vape is very "clumpy" at best (if that makes sense), regardless of the juice. It isn't the nice dispersed "veil" of vapor like with the cartos. Also, I think the vape is too hot for my tastes. Speaking of taste, I cant taste the juice like I can on the carto. To me it seems to mute the taste, that is when it doesn't taste like burnt atty. Which leads me to my squonking issues with attys. I have tried blind, and "just to the gurgle, to watching the cup and stopping only when i see a small amount in the air channels. It all tastes, well, burnt for a lack of a better way of putting it.This is especially when I pull a batt fresh off the charger. I measured and they all come off at 4.1-4.2. Put in the battery, prime the atty with about 5-8 drops. Wait a few minutes, squonk and all i get is nasty burned atty. Squonk again... burnt. Eventually i get a good (albeit clumpy) vape, but it's still, well, not for me. I go from light sqonking, to medium, to juice running down the side of the mini, and I get burnt, on both attys way to often based on what I have read here. I have never used an atty until I got my mini 5 days ago, so I know it's me. I have tried both attys now, and even cleaned the first one. I can vape them but only when the batts are half dead.
I think I will order some 2ohm atty's try. If I still have issues, i may just join the mini carto users club full time. Which then means I will need to try dual coils just to see if I like them better or not. I will probably just thow them on an order.
Well just wanted to check in with everyone and pass along some experiences. I LOVE my mini, and actually told a friend interested in vaping this weekend he can gladly borrow, or even have some of my KR8 equipment, or my iGo, but he wouldn't be able to borrow Veruca, even from my cold dead hands. I found my hardware solution, other than getting Veruca a Grand friend to spend time with on the weekends!
Have a great night all!
So, its been 5 days. I have to admit things have been on and off. When its good, its REALLY good. When it's bad, its bad.
So the good: Boge LR Carto's. I love these and while not giving up on learning atty's I think these are my vape of choice so far on my mini. I love the consistency, the juice feeding, it all just works! No more worrying if I have enough carto's for the day. No hours of filling 10 or 15 at a time. No swapping out during the day.
Oh, and this is my routine, since I have seen other posts on squonking cartos. Fill a fresh carto. Vape for a bit. Sometimes I vape 5 mins, sometimes 15 (during the work day). After vaping i squonk, but dont use this light pressure stuff. I lightly draw and squonk the bottle slowly but firmly and deep until I get a slurp. I dont release at that point i just hold the bottle in at that point do a set of short firm repeated draws until the slurping stops, then I release the bottle. I might do this 2 or three times after I am done vaping for a session, then put it in my pocket. I start the next vaping session doing the same thing with just one press and start vaping again. I check now and then and if the carto doesn't look wet enough I repeat a couple of more times. Never had a dry or burnt carto and had one run about 20 ml's over the weekend before the draw was getting tight and I threw a new one on.
Now the bad: I think I might just be a slow learner. I ordered 2 1.5LR 501 atty's from Avid before the mini arrived. I have been trying really hard to like them, but I just dont. The vape is very "clumpy" at best (if that makes sense), regardless of the juice. It isn't the nice dispersed "veil" of vapor like with the cartos. Also, I think the vape is too hot for my tastes. Speaking of taste, I cant taste the juice like I can on the carto. To me it seems to mute the taste, that is when it doesn't taste like burnt atty. Which leads me to my squonking issues with attys. I have tried blind, and "just to the gurgle, to watching the cup and stopping only when i see a small amount in the air channels. It all tastes, well, burnt for a lack of a better way of putting it.This is especially when I pull a batt fresh off the charger. I measured and they all come off at 4.1-4.2. Put in the battery, prime the atty with about 5-8 drops. Wait a few minutes, squonk and all i get is nasty burned atty. Squonk again... burnt. Eventually i get a good (albeit clumpy) vape, but it's still, well, not for me. I go from light sqonking, to medium, to juice running down the side of the mini, and I get burnt, on both attys way to often based on what I have read here. I have never used an atty until I got my mini 5 days ago, so I know it's me. I have tried both attys now, and even cleaned the first one. I can vape them but only when the batts are half dead.
I think I will order some 2ohm atty's try. If I still have issues, i may just join the mini carto users club full time. Which then means I will need to try dual coils just to see if I like them better or not. I will probably just thow them on an order.
Well just wanted to check in with everyone and pass along some experiences. I LOVE my mini, and actually told a friend interested in vaping this weekend he can gladly borrow, or even have some of my KR8 equipment, or my iGo, but he wouldn't be able to borrow Veruca, even from my cold dead hands. I found my hardware solution, other than getting Veruca a Grand friend to spend time with on the weekends!
Have a great night all!
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