I picked up something from my local smokeshop that looks a like this and I don't know the brand, but it seems to work well enough as long as I fill it from the mouth piece like you would a cartomizer without a tank, but the tank itself doesn't seem to feed in at all. It's pre-punched, and I don't have any tools with which to punch or alter my own, but the fluid in the tank seems to just be sitting there. If I blow into it I can make bubbles, so I know the holes work, but the wadding just goes dry when I use it. Is it just a bad/cheap design? Is there anything I can do to fix it?
Pre-punched tank carto not wicking?
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2 holes, and some generic-looking stuff I picked up at the smoke shop, "High Quality E-liquid" Not sure what the ratio is or means. No nicotine, though.
You definitely want to make sure that you have the carto properly saturated to begin with using whatever method works best for you. I have had success with Baditude's blog method and more recently, a bottom up fill with a syringe. If your carto isn't primed properly, you are going to be fighting an uphill battle trying to get the tank and carto to perform as expected.
That being said, there are a couple of factors like the thickness of your juice, the type of carto, and the size of the holes. I can't tell from your pic what kind of pre-punched carto you have. I am guessing Boge as they are typically tighter packed and in my experience have a harder time wicking medium to thick juices. See if you can score some Smokteks as they are looser in the packing. You could also have a bad carto. The QC on cartomizers leaves a lot to be desired.
I just ordered a carto punch to try to improve the wicking of the Boges I recently bought a couple dozen of. If you search through the carto forum, you are going to see that many people, including myself, have had this problem. There is a set of troubleshooting steps that you can take to isolate the issue, and when you get the problem solved using a carto tank is a great way to vape, particularly when you are on the go.
Good luck.
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That being said, there are a couple of factors like the thickness of your juice, the type of carto, and the size of the holes. I can't tell from your pic what kind of pre-punched carto you have. I am guessing Boge as they are typically tighter packed and in my experience have a harder time wicking medium to thick juices. See if you can score some Smokteks as they are looser in the packing. You could also have a bad carto. The QC on cartomizers leaves a lot to be desired.
I just ordered a carto punch to try to improve the wicking of the Boges I recently bought a couple dozen of. If you search through the carto forum, you are going to see that many people, including myself, have had this problem. There is a set of troubleshooting steps that you can take to isolate the issue, and when you get the problem solved using a carto tank is a great way to vape, particularly when you are on the go.
Good luck.
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