Newbie Mistake

[AndreaR]

I grew frustrated trying to drip liquid into cartos so I went and bought a package of diabetes syringes with needles at Walgreens. They don't work. I can't get any juice drawn into them at all.

Does anyone know if I can maybe get fatter ones at a veterinary supply store or somewhere local without having to wait for mail?

 

[Texasman2011]

you should be able to go and get the bigger needles. or you can go to your local vape shop and see if they carry the needle bottles that will allow you to fill your cartos with. GL

 

[Raycecar]

You can't get any juice into the needle at all?
What gauge do you think the needle is?

 

[Baditude]

You don't need a needle. Use a tooth pick to plug the center air hole, then do the Drip & Flip method that I use.

 

[Abbell]

diabetes syringes are WAY to small. Find a local chemistry supply shop and ask for 16 or 18 gauge blunt tip needles. Or, order them online


Amazon.com: 10 Pack of 3 ml Syringes with 18G x 1.5" Blunt Tip Fill Needles Luer Lok: Everything Else

 

[Texasman2011]

well if it is something like a hyperdermic needle, they are going to be really small.

 

[JodyC]

Usually diabetic needles are tiny guage like 24g

 

[Mrsobie]

Our locsl vape shop sells their juice in bottles that have needle blunt tips so u dont need the extra stuff if you can get a couple bottles like that you could reuse them so it wouldn't matter what bottles your juice comes in just transfer to the needle bottles

 

[AndreaR]

You can't get any juice into the needle at all?
What gauge do you think the needle is?

The needle is 29 gauge. My juice is 100% VG so a bit thicker.

 

[AndreaR]

You don't need a needle. Use a tooth pick to plug the center air hole, then do the Drip & Flip method that I use.

Thanks! I will try this.

 

[Demomed]

I'm surprised you were just able to walk into a drug store and buy syringes without a prescription for needles or insulin. I'm diabetic and once was was out of town on vacation. I brought my insulin but left my syringes at home. When i went to a local drug store they refused to sell me syringes without a prescription or insulin in hand to prove i needed them. I had to drive all the way back to my hotel to get a bottle of insulin and bring it back.

When i get there they still gave me crap because my name and doctor and other prescription info was printed on a label on the box not the actual bottle which i brought.

It took a call to my pharmacy and doctor before i was able to buy a bag of needles.

Then again this was in Texas, most things are backwards in Texas.

 

[Texasman2011]

agreed, everything is backwards here in TX

 

[craigdennis23]

i use testosterone therapy and its thick like 100% vg i use an 18 or 20 gauge needle to draw it from the bottle so id imagine a 20 be just fine

o ps i also use walgreens. so i know theyre there

 

[TubaDude2000]

I use 18 gauge needles with 100% VG, bought them at Tractor Supply, and used a Dremel to grind the sharp end down.

 

[AndreaR]

I'm surprised you were just able to walk into a drug store and buy syringes without a prescription for needles or insulin.

I just told them I needed to fill my ecig. Too bad they didn't know that it wouldn't work. I'm in Missouri.

 

[SirSteve]

I use 18 gauge needles with 100% VG, bought them at Tractor Supply, and used a Dremel to grind the sharp end down.

I wondered if anyone was going to mention Tractor Supply, all sorts of needles and syringes in the animal health section, cheap too. Syringes can also be handy for DIY, to measure ingredients.

 

[Kellycat]

I'd recommend 14ga for straight VG, personally. 18ga does work but it's a pretty hard 'draw' into the syringe, for me at least, probably because I draw one-handed and hold the bottle with the other. I use 18ga on mixed liquids, flavorings, PG, etc, but the only needles I'm happy with for VG liquid or my VG nic base are 14ga. Somewhat unusual place to get 'em but SRA-Solder (an electronics/soldering supply house) has luer-lock blunt tips that work excellently with the syringes I got from Wizard Labs (also luer-lock), no leaking around the connection is the main reason I use them, and they don't pop off if I try to dispense faster than the needle gauge allows.

 

[itsrayray]

Couldn't you try to pour liquid into it then put the plunger in? Can't hurt and may save from a trip to the store

 

[DetraMental]

Couldn't you try to pour liquid into it then put the plunger in? Can't hurt and may save from a trip to the store

They'd be better off trying to pour it in the ecig. Those syringes are way tiny, not worth the effort.