I hear lots of people talk about dripping. I have looked all over the place for some sort of tutorial or even an explanation of it. From what I can gather, the drip tip drips a small amount at a time directly onto the atomizer? How does this work? How do you fill it? Any sort of general information you guys could provide me about it would be greatly appreciated.
Questions about Dripping
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If you're referring to dripping on an rda then all you're doing is dripping a few drops of juice directly onto your wicking material. Depending on your build, wicking material, mod, battery, etc. you'll get 5-25 pulls and then need to drip some more juice.
If you're referring to a dripping cartomizer, it's basically the same process just a different method, I believe. I'm not super knowledgeable on this so maybe another, more knowledgable member can elaborate further for me.
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If you're referring to a dripping cartomizer, it's basically the same process just a different method, I believe. I'm not super knowledgeable on this so maybe another, more knowledgable member can elaborate further for me.
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Yeah, a dripper or RDA is a "topper" that doesn't have a tank. It's just a coil that sits in a juice well with a cap and drip tip. You remove the drip tip and drip a few drops of juice directly onto the wicking material, vape until the wick starts getting dry and then drip some more juice onto the wick again, repeat, repeat...
Here is a great blog post on dripping by ECF member The Ocelot: Drip, Drip, Drip - The Sound of Dripping.
Thanks for the help guys. That blog post looks very helpful and I will have to read it when I have some more time.
I was hesitant of switching to dipping at first since:
- If you over drips it leaks.
- if you still have juice in it and place the mod horizontally it leaks.
- If you forget to drip and fire it you get a dry hit.
- it's not "plug and play" if your coil goes bad you can't replace it on the go unless you carry your building kit with you.
But once you make the switch you will never want to go back to anything else since nothing currently in the market give a good vaping experience as a good dripper.
- If you over drips it leaks.
- if you still have juice in it and place the mod horizontally it leaks.
- If you forget to drip and fire it you get a dry hit.
- it's not "plug and play" if your coil goes bad you can't replace it on the go unless you carry your building kit with you.
But once you make the switch you will never want to go back to anything else since nothing currently in the market give a good vaping experience as a good dripper.
Oh... I don't know that I would agree with your last statement? I have a couple of drippers and I still prefer my Kayfun's and my Aqua to them. Hard to beat a KF unless you're wanting massive clouds.
Got KF3.1 KFL+ and a Russian, but my Atomic RDA beats them all on every category, without even trying.
As someone who drips exclusively (out of necessity first, and just because it's so easy and care-free now), I'll address some of your points:
Depends on what you drip with, the size of the wick... If you drip with an atty that has a side air hole, then yes, it may leak if you put down your mod hole down. Not so with a center hole, through the 510-connector vent. But ultimately, it's all down to habits: me, I drip 10 drops in my atty at a time and always put my mod down hole up. I never think about it. It just happens, just like you would never put a cigarette down with the burning tip out of the ashtray. And I never put my mod back into its carrying case with the atty full.
Also, if you install a long wick, it holds more juice.
Not with the air hole up it doesn't. Again, it becomes second nature. After two days, you never think about that sort of thing no more.
You quickly learn when it's time to refill. There's that funny taste that tells you the next toke will be bad. When you're used to it, you can even tell when you need to do a full 10-drop refill, or just 8 drops for instance.
I hardly ever find myself in a situation when I absolutely need to rebuild. The worst that happens is, during the day, the flavor starts tasting "muted". If I really can't live with the performance drop, I dry the wick, do a dry burn, then that gets me at least through the rest of the day. Then I rewick/recoil in the evening. Worse comes to worst, bring a pre-built coil/wick with you. When I travel abroad, I carry 5 to 10 with me in my mod's carrying case's side pocket, depending on how long I'm away from home for. But I usually don't need more than one or two.
Really, at the end of the day, dripping is only a matter of training your hands and your brain to go through the routine. Once it's well and truly ingrained, there's nothing special to it. You just do it, is all. It's really like fishing a cigarette out of the box, lighting up, looking for an ashtray, using the ashtray this-and-that way, holding the cigarette this-and-that way, flicking the ash... you don't think about it, you just do it on automatic. Well, it's the same thing with dripping.
Depends on what you drip with, the size of the wick... If you drip with an atty that has a side air hole, then yes, it may leak if you put down your mod hole down. Not so with a center hole, through the 510-connector vent. But ultimately, it's all down to habits: me, I drip 10 drops in my atty at a time and always put my mod down hole up. I never think about it. It just happens, just like you would never put a cigarette down with the burning tip out of the ashtray. And I never put my mod back into its carrying case with the atty full.
Also, if you install a long wick, it holds more juice.
Not with the air hole up it doesn't. Again, it becomes second nature. After two days, you never think about that sort of thing no more.
You quickly learn when it's time to refill. There's that funny taste that tells you the next toke will be bad. When you're used to it, you can even tell when you need to do a full 10-drop refill, or just 8 drops for instance.
I hardly ever find myself in a situation when I absolutely need to rebuild. The worst that happens is, during the day, the flavor starts tasting "muted". If I really can't live with the performance drop, I dry the wick, do a dry burn, then that gets me at least through the rest of the day. Then I rewick/recoil in the evening. Worse comes to worst, bring a pre-built coil/wick with you. When I travel abroad, I carry 5 to 10 with me in my mod's carrying case's side pocket, depending on how long I'm away from home for. But I usually don't need more than one or two.
Really, at the end of the day, dripping is only a matter of training your hands and your brain to go through the routine. Once it's well and truly ingrained, there's nothing special to it. You just do it, is all. It's really like fishing a cigarette out of the box, lighting up, looking for an ashtray, using the ashtray this-and-that way, holding the cigarette this-and-that way, flicking the ash... you don't think about it, you just do it on automatic. Well, it's the same thing with dripping.
Giraut, everything you said is true, everything can be learned and adjusted for, but those minor issues may prevent some people from switching to RDAs in the first place.
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Yeah, I don't have anything against RDA's. Like I said I have a few and I use one in particular almost on a daily basis. I just like the simplicity of my KF and Aqua RTA's.
Oh sure, there's a learning curve. But I guess the gist of what I was saying is, there's nothing you can't get used to and live with happily if you give it a whirl and a bit of time
For me, I take the top off. My TOBH (Sadly clone, but not by choice) comes apart in couple different ways.
I don't have leaking problems on mine as mentioned by others. Maybe my well is a bit deeper. Building coils SUCKS to learn, but beyond easy once you get over the beginning hurdles. I just built my first 28g twisted dual coil. You'll know dry hits. The flavor diminishes quickly. I can go about 5 hits depending on the duration of each one.
I made the switch from an iTaste vv/vw v3. I just tried using it again yesterday. I'm glad I made the switch honestly. It's fun. It's more rewarding knowing you're vaping on a coil you built. Learning what different gauges and different wraps do as far as ohms. I don't know if I'll ever switch back.
I don't have leaking problems on mine as mentioned by others. Maybe my well is a bit deeper. Building coils SUCKS to learn, but beyond easy once you get over the beginning hurdles. I just built my first 28g twisted dual coil. You'll know dry hits. The flavor diminishes quickly. I can go about 5 hits depending on the duration of each one.
I made the switch from an iTaste vv/vw v3. I just tried using it again yesterday. I'm glad I made the switch honestly. It's fun. It's more rewarding knowing you're vaping on a coil you built. Learning what different gauges and different wraps do as far as ohms. I don't know if I'll ever switch back.
For me, learning how to wrap coils and figuring out the resistance holds zero interest. It's not rocket science, it's not an interesting hobby by any means. It's just utilitarian: I'd really rather be doing something else than recoil an atty.
What is interesting is the price: a home-made coil and wick cost a fraction of a cent in supplies and 5 minutes of time. But give me screw-in atty heads for the same price and I'll switch anyday.
Completely agree with giraut. Dripping is just awesome and if never go back. You just start to know what to do!
People who don't drip always say "oh you have to put new juice that often, I'd hate that" but it's really not bad at all and it's SO worth it!
People who don't drip always say "oh you have to put new juice that often, I'd hate that" but it's really not bad at all and it's SO worth it!
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