Normal Cartomizer Life

[hvac999]

I normally only get 2-3 days out of my cartos. I blow out after overfilling and I don't do that often. I'm not into cleaning or hard draws after they caramelize. I usually loose the throat hit after that. I have heard people get much, much longer out of them. Should I just expect to pay the $1.59 each that often of what. Someone please enlighten me.

 

[Chimney34]

What kinds of liquids are you using & are you using them in a tank or alone?

 

[hvac999]

I am using them alone.

 

[spaceballsrules]

If you are vaping one flavor from one carto all day every day, then that sounds about right. I measure the life of cartos by how much juice I run through them, since I rotate through quite a few juices throughout the day. Depending on the juice's carto friendliness, I can run anywhere between 5 and 15 ml of juice through one carto before it gets funky. 2-3 days of vaping is about par for a carto.

 

[markfm]

Agree with spaceballs. There's huge variability based on eliquids, and also carto QC/consistency is iffy. I run 18 - 20 ml through the particular cartos I use, 3 days, in a tank, with my particular all day vape. The cartos I like run about $1.80 (and a discount if quantity is decent), but have been really consistent over 18 months.

 

[r77r7r]

I run 40-60 ml thru using unflavored- 2.5+ weeks- in an efficient tank. I think a tank helps prolong them, certainly gives much better hits.

Less than $1 apiece on sale or bulk for Boge 2.0 @ 3.4-3.7 volts.

 

[DaveP]

High VG or dark liquids are carto killers. 3 days isn't bad for a carto, though. Past that point the quality of the vape descends. If I gfet a week out of a carto, the last few days are not nearly the vape quality of the first 3. There's little better flavor than the first hour of a new carto.

You might want to try a Vivi Nova tank. I can get a week out of a head easily and the vapor remains at a high flavor level similar to a new carto. They are easy to clean and dry burn for extended life. The head change is about as easy as changing a carto. You just need a syringe to pull out the remaining juice before a washout and head change. Then, you can refill using the same juice and then top it off from there.

 

[hvac999]

I use 80/20 PG/VG. I really like changing them each day. for $1.59 at Madvapes, for single coil, i'm not breaking the bank but would like to save some more money. My wife really rides me about costs.

 

[r77r7r]

I use 80/20 PG/VG. I really like changing them each day. for $1.59 at Madvapes, for single coil, i'm not breaking the bank but would like to save some more money. My wife really rides me about costs.

How about trying DIY eliquid? Unflavored with a little menthol or something it it? That's what I use and batteries, cartos, and juice run me less than $200 yr. Was $2400 yr with cigs.

Everytime you buy something, buy her something- CHOCOLATE.

 

[hvac999]

She does like chocolate, lol. She just bought me the vv gripper, that was on sale at Madvapes, for my b-day so she can't be too upset. I just have to keep using the single coil cartos. They have been doing OK, I guess, from what I have read here.

 

[r77r7r]

Yeah, many use the Boge 3.0 single coil on the HVVV mods like yours.

 

[nicnut]

I actually got 6 days out of a Boge XL 1.8 with a poly pro tank. Of course I use a pretty clear diy liquid and I stopped chain vaping a few days ago.

 

[johni]

I use 80/20 PG/VG. I really like changing them each day. for $1.59 at Madvapes, for single coil, i'm not breaking the bank but would like to save some more money. My wife really rides me about costs.

Have you tried the mega cartos? I vape mostly NETs which clog things up pretty quickly but get as much as 30 ml through many. They cost more but hold a full workday of juice, produce big hits (none dry), and are far easier to fill. I have several loaded at a time so they often sit untouched for a few days and this doesn't affect performance.

 

[DuffyA2Z]

70/30 24 mg Blade from HHV in "cloud maker" carto from Stormys vapor cellar Ohms are 2.6 with a tank (cellar dweller). First carto out of the box has lasted 5 days so far.

 

[mostlyclassics]

Using cartos in tanks doubled or tripled their life for me.

Another trick to extend cartos' lives is to have several setups through which you rotate during the course of a day. Take a few drags off setup A, put it down, take a few drags off setup B, put it down, take a few drags off setup C, then repeat the cycle. Doing this gives the coil a chance to cool down and the e-liquid in the carto to soften and/or dissolve caked-on gradoo before you get back to it. If you have contrasting flavors in each setup, you're also less likely to suffer flavor fatigue.

 

[cocacola31173]

I keep my cartos on the bottle of juice with rubber bands. Most of my bottles are 15 ml and they generally last the life of the bottle, I just make sure to keep both caps on including the little rubber plug that comes in it. So far this works great!

I usually only pick about 3 flavors a week and rotate every week. That way I don't get too bored.