Well, just 6 days in and I think I already lost an addy! Can't wait till my ERA gets here! Joye gold band 510. Working good one minute, then, no vapor. Hiss went down to a very faint whisper and NO vapor. Waho, don't know how you get them to last so long. Going to try a vodka soak before I toss it.
BTW, of course I tried a fresh atty and all is back to good.
My personal atty care regimen is to do a weekly 1hr 100 proof cheap vodka bath (151 proof is the highest allowed in Michigan and therefore expensive) then after the soak take a syringe and jet some of the vodka in from the bottom battery connector of the atty. This usually shoots little black chunks out (gross!). Blow the vodka out from the bottom and let dry on paper towels for a few hours.
I've used them directly after this procedure and you get a slight vodka taste for a hit or two, but they work fine in my experience.
Then when I'm done using the atty, I blow it out and drop 3-4 drops of plain pg in the atty. Before using again, blow pg out and squonk, wait a minute, squonk again and vape! Dripping pg in after use seems to slow down the gooing up effect of ejuice, and also soaks up extra flavored juice in case I swap flavors.
Your mileage may vary of course, but this works really well for me thus far. In the last 6 months, I've lost two 306's from the slow sizzle death and the lone Joye from cutlass ii user error.
Sorry for the ramble, got carried away.