I'm actually one of the few carto fans out there. I've just never like attys or dripping for that matter. eGo cones tighten the draw but I've stopped using them in favor of my Phidias or other 18650 mods while I wait for my PV to arrive.
On the box mods, I cut a carto end-cap ("condom") in half and slip it over the bottom of the carto as close to the connection as possible and that tightens it right up. I'm hoping that with the PV I won't need the added sleeve any more but I guess I'll have to wait and see.
PS - I have found that IkenVape's 801 fusions are nice and tight, even with the adapter, but they've been out of stock for a while. I think those will rock the house on the PV.
What's funny is it seems like all my vaping buds are into cartos & I'm one of the few still clinging to my attys! LOL
when you say you cut it in half, this may sound funny, but are you talking making the cut horizontally or vertically?
My first vision was cutting it vertically & basically setting it up against the carto, but then I thought horizontally, it would make it shorter & then it's just slipped over the carto & worked down towards the connection point.
I've tried a couple cartos on the eGo & the correction I found to it being too tight is to unscrew it just a little bit. This seems to adjust the flow. But I've never stuck with it, since in my mind (probably totally unfounded LOL) things should be screwed in all the way or problems could arise.
Being able to adjust the volts has made the cartos more enjoyable and I have no doubt if I'd just stick with it for a week, I'd mentally adjust too. If I ever just sit down & get to that point, then the attys will just be used at gathering for drip taste testing.
It will be a week tomorrow that I've had this new toy & every day, I'm falling more & more in love with it. I'm even starting to ease out of the constant vape mode, which is helping my batteries last longer than 8 hrs LOL