Polyfil vs teabag?

[esibby]

So I got my 510 in the mail today (and I'm in love!), and it came with 5 prefilled carts. Not liking the flavor it came with I pulled the poly out of it rinsed out the the cart and poly, patted down the poly and let it air dry then added a few drops of the vg menthol I got with the kit.

In one of the blanks that came on the end or the atty I cut up a teabag (raspberry bag + menthol is actually pretty tasty for the record.) and used a few drops of the same liquid.

Not while I was running around I noticed that the poly cart (which fit better so I didn't have to worry about the small leak that I had with the blank/teabag cart) and I noticed that the poly had less vapor than the teabag cart.

***update: so I'm sitting here vaping away on my new toy and I think the lack of vape was the battery dying cause their about equal now, so yay!

But my question is which do you guys feel is better, polyfil or the teabag method? And yes i know it's all personal preference but I would like some over all suggestions as I'm still way way way new at this.

Thanks in advance.

 

[stover.p]

I've tried the teabad and didn't have good luck with it. But a lot of people have. I prefer the polyfil. I bought a bag of it at wally world for 3 bucks and have enough for my lifetime! The polyfil just takes less time and hassle to work with IMHO. You can may have better luck with it than I did.

 

[Dmass]

I tried the teabag this week and am having good luck with it. I'm just sure if the difference between the two is that substantial.

 

[yknotagain]

I've tried tea bags, poly, melomine, brass mesh and Fluval. For me Fluval beats them all hands down.

 

[Lioness]

I'm having good results with teabag. It might be psychological but I could 'taste' that polyfil. I didn't like it.

 

[cliff5550]

Tried teabag. Failed. Tried polyfill. Too many loose fibers on atty. Always go back to Fluval.

 

[esibby]

Haven't had that issue with the polyfil before, but I haven't used the wally world poly yet either. I will warn that the flavored teabags will leave a flavor on the atty. Good or bad is up to you, I like the raspberry + menthol so it's cool for now, but I'll have to clean the hell out of the atty before using another flavor or make this a dedicated atty, which makes me happy I have more attys on the way

 

[Kirssstens]

And just to throw it out there, there's always the blue foam method.

Right now using polyfil, (morning glory, wallmart $3.00) works for me only with 3 drops on the polyfil and 2 on the atomizer.

Itching for fluval next.

 

[larktdl]

Used poly fil mods, fluval configurations, zfm, etc, etc.
Last night I re-discovered PTB. I can now honestly say without a biased opinion that PTB is so far the champ.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/cartridge-mods/52430-ptb-straw-mod-ptb-made-easy.html

 

[shelbyman]

Which series of Fluval do you use? I want to but the right one.

Thanks

 

[lightinup]

If you get the Lipton Pyramid Tea Bags they will not leave a taste or any flavor. You can always rinse them and use them over and over again. The secret with the PTB is all in the folding and has been my favorite since I started vaping. If you use Fluval you will want to purchase the foam pads, NOT the polishing pads. Good Luck!

 

[Kathy4484]

I've only been vaping a couple weeks and didn't have much luck with the tea bags. I've tried poly and fluval which both worked well. I think I get every last drop with the poly so I'm sticking with it for now.

 

[mikev]

I've tried tea bags, poly, melomine, brass mesh and Fluval. For me Fluval beats them all hands down.

what is "fluval"??

 

[cliff5550]

shelbyman -
Fluval "Water Polishing Pad" in blue box with white lettering. Only place we could find it was at Petco or Petsmart. Used for cleaning aquarium water. Separate sheets and cut to size. Will last for a very, very long time. Bought ours late last summer and still have most of the box.

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2753127

 

[gcast]

Hate the teabag. Fluval, either white or blue works good. Don't fill cart, but use as a plug. Not too tight. Batting is fine, but again better as a plug than a cart filler. Secret is to saturate whatever you are using, and top off occasionally if you are not getting what you need.

 

[shelbyman]

shelbyman -
Fluval "Water Polishing Pad" in blue box with white lettering. Only place we could find it was at Petco or Petsmart. Used for cleaning aquarium water. Separate sheets and cut to size. Will last for a very, very long time. Bought ours late last summer and still have most of the box.

Fluval Water Polishing Pad - Filter Media - Fish - PetSmart

Hummm ... lightinup said not the polishing pad. Though, I thought I read the 300/400 series was the one to get from the pet store.

 

[ChuckB]

I use cheap coffee filters with my Volcano and love them. They tend to leak a little with my Magma, but probably will work when I get that worked out. The blue foam works real well on the Magma, but to me on the Volcano, not a lot better than the stock carts.

The nice thing about these mods is its very cheap to try them. Even if it doesn't work you're only out a couple of bucks and a little time.

 

[davidlzimmer]

I have to ditto ChuckB. For no reason other than curiosity, I tried the coffe filter mod. Very pleasantly surprised. I'm new at this so not much to compare to but, for now at least, I can't imagine better vaping.

I just rolled one up, stuck it in cut it off and vaped. Twice now, I did not roll enough. They slid out of the cart when pulling out of atty. Simply roll a little more and stick it in along side. It's not rocket science. Just be sure the filter doesn't touch the atty. Vapes like a Choo Choo train!

Go for it!

 

[bsoplinger]

Just be sure the filter doesn't touch the atty

If the filter material doesn't touch the atty how does the atty get wetted with the juice that's in the cart? Or am I missing something obvious here?

 

[pm2006]

I am a firm believer of simple is better. If I had to mess with folding my filler every time I wanted to fill a cart, I would never make any juice. I use Aquaclear (filter for an aquarium). No taste and no juice left in the cart when I'm done. $1.68 is going to last a very long time.