Rebuild that Clearomizer! Dont spend $3 on a replacement atty! (Tutorial)

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Vappers

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So, i recently discovered you can rebuild those attys. Doesnt matter if you own a protank topcoil or a MT3 Bottom coil... It can be rebuilt! I was thinking about making a video tutorial to show everyone how to do this... Should i?

For those that dont have an rba but would like a sort-of Intro to rba's, i think this is a good route. Its easy and fun!

Any takers?
 

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Many of us have been rebuilding atomizers well before a single 'rebuildable' was on the market... If someone built it once, it can be rebuilt.

I get really frustrated with some local vape shops that actively discourage clearomizers over RDAs based on the cost savings of rebuilding. All the clearomizers with the replaceable atomizers use the same basic design and are more easily rebuild than many 'rebuildables'... There are no tiny screws/pins/holes/springs, it is simply a grommet separating +/- one touches the side wall and one touches the center pin that is easily removed. Not that there aren't some awesome rebuildables on the market, and they have there place... But they shouldn't be misguiding newbs into an excessive $100+ investment based on the false pretense that the 'cheaper' devices are not rebuildable...

Not only are they easy to rebuild but it is pretty easy to get better performance than they originally come with. A cotton ball or cheesecloth wick with a 28 gauge micro-coil is amazing on a pro-tank or ce4 and also much less prone to leaks than a stock silica wick. You could also use silica, cotton, ss mesh, etc. and use any gauge with any number of turns to make to any resistance you desire.
 

Vappers

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Many of us have been rebuilding atomizers well before a single 'rebuildable' was on the market... If someone built it once, it can be rebuilt.

I get really frustrated with some local vape shops that actively discourage clearomizers over RDAs based on the cost savings of rebuilding. All the clearomizers with the replaceable atomizers use the same basic design and are more easily rebuild than many 'rebuildables'... There are no tiny screws/pins/holes/springs, it is simply a grommet separating +/- one touches the side wall and one touches the center pin that is easily removed. Not that there aren't some awesome rebuildables on the market, and they have there place... But they shouldn't be misguiding newbs into an excessive $100+ investment based on the false pretense that the 'cheaper' devices are not rebuildable...

Not only are they easy to rebuild but it is pretty easy to get better performance than they originally come with. A cotton ball or cheesecloth wick with a 28 gauge micro-coil is amazing on a pro-tank or ce4 and also much less prone to leaks than a stock silica wick. You could also use silica, cotton, ss mesh, etc. and use any gauge with any number of turns to make to any resistance you desire.

I agree! I thought when i started i would have to invest in some serious equipment in order to rebuild. So i did. Went out and purchase a Nimbus, MM, the wire, silica and cotton wicks, and a mechanical mod.

Now that i know more... damn. I would have been just as happy rebuilding my MT3 at 1.8-2 ohms. I just created the micro coil im going to give to my mother that should produce less vapor and less harsh hits. She is a 2PAD smoker and cant handle much vape. So i made her a 3.0ohm coil on an MT3 ;)
 

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I have an Iclear 30 and the atomizer for it is very difficult to rebuild. I've seen maybe 2 youtube videos on how to rebuid it (one was in french, the other was in english), both had poor quality and only pretty much gave me an idea of how to do it. I tried to rebuild it twice, but both times were a fail, and each took a lot of time to do. If anyone can make a tutorial for the iclear 30 that would be great.

I'm almost up to the point of "ain't nobody got time for that" hahaha
 

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Funny that the local shops around here promote the clearos, not discourage them mainly because people come back to purchase the heads every month or so which in turn produces repeat business. Sometimes they walk out with more than they planned to buy, like me in the beginning. Before I learned how to rebuild the heads I'd go in and try this and that, next thing I knew I've spent $60 or so. Crazy too because the heads at the shop I went to were $3.25 a piece and I used to get some for my GF too, $30 right there.
 

Lastlokean

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Funny that the local shops around here promote the clearos, not discourage them mainly because people come back to purchase the heads every month or so which in turn produces repeat business. Sometimes they walk out with more than they planned to buy, like me in the beginning. Before I learned how to rebuild the heads I'd go in and try this and that, next thing I knew I've spent $60 or so. Crazy too because the heads at the shop I went to were $3.25 a piece and I used to get some for my GF too, $30 right there.

But they aren't exactly advertising the fact that those $3.25 heads are easily rebuilt dozens of times with for $.02 in wick and wire... and will actually work better when rebuilt and likely be safer as they are free of factory residue and silica fibers.
 
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