Question - dewick and debridge a 306 atty

[golferman]

I have read where that when you dewick and debridge a 306 atty the hit is much better. Here is my question. When I squonk my eliquid on my Reo the liquid is coming up from the bottom an into the attys cup or pot what ever you want to call it. I don't see how this benefits people using bottom feeders. Has anyone done this and did it make a difference. It seems like this would only benefit if you are dripping into the atty? I am probably going to do it anyways just to find out for myself. But any feedback would be great. I just like to know what anybody who has done this thinks. And remember, keep on vaping.

 

[Rhapsodies Fire]

I have a couple of de-wicked 306s in rotation...the reason I did it is because I burnt the wicking early on and couldn't get rid of the taste. I am unwilling to toss an atty because of that. De-wicking worked well for me most of the time, but not every time. As far as juice delivery...I didn't see any difference. But I am rather narrow minded. I also don't just squeeze the bottle and wait for the juice to arrive in the atty....I do the drawing on the atty while squeezing the bottle in order to assist the juice get where it needs to go, often times bypassing the reservoir all together. I don't know if this makes a difference to others....but it makes a difference to me. As far as de-bridging...I've never done it...so I don't have an opinion worth discussing.

 

[mlinky]

I don't dewick, and have no problems. I use Cisco 306's.

The only time I have ever dewicked was when the atty was giving me problems, but haven't had to do it in quite some time. I don't know if the attys, my squonk technique, or my cleaning routine has improved.

LOL, and what rhaps said

 

[golferman]

The 306's are great just the way they are. I just read where dewicking made them better. But I guess that comes into play once they are hitting retirement age. I hope my wife doesn't dewick me come to think of it. Thanks for your thoughts my friends.

 

[davelog]

Anything between your mouth and the coil is going to affect the vapor. The reason why tank attys seem to rob you of flavor is because the vapor has to pass through a labyrinth of surfaces to get out of the mouthpiece, and it leaves traces of itself all along the way. This is why you get buildups in mouthpieces and so on.

Debridging and dewicking an atty takes those surfaces out of the equation. The impact may be too subtle for most to notice, but it stands to reason that no barriers whatsoever = more flavor/volume.

 

[hubseven]

I have a couple of de-wicked 306s in rotation...the reason I did it is because I burnt the wicking early on and couldn't get rid of the taste. I am unwilling to toss an atty because of that. De-wicking worked well for me most of the time, but not every time. As far as juice delivery...I didn't see any difference. But I am rather narrow minded. I also don't just squeeze the bottle and wait for the juice to arrive in the atty....I do the drawing on the atty while squeezing the bottle in order to assist the juice get where it needs to go, often times bypassing the reservoir all together. I don't know if this makes a difference to others....but it makes a difference to me. As far as de-bridging...I've never done it...so I don't have an opinion worth discussing.

Agree a ton, I dewick only and get about 3 months on 306. All I do is blow out atty at night. Maybe I'm lucky, don't know.

 

[golferman]

Anything between your mouth and the coil is going to affect the vapor. The reason why tank attys seem to rob you of flavor is because the vapor has to pass through a labyrinth of surfaces to get out of the mouthpiece, and it leaves traces of itself all along the way. This is why you get buildups in mouthpieces and so on.

Debridging and dewicking an atty takes those surfaces out of the equation. The impact may be too subtle for most to notice, but it stands to reason that no barriers whatsoever = more flavor/volume.

That's true. I just got through dewicking my first 306 atty. There was a difference. There was a little bit more flavor. But there wasn't a big difference but there was a difference. I think I will dewick them for sure when I begin to notice lost of flavor or throat hit. Thanks for your insight, this sounds like exactly what raphs was talking about. I would guess you could do this on a bran new atty and be ahead, how much. Who knows. Everybody has their own taste.

I want to thank all of you for you insight.