Refilling cartomizers with different flavor?

[BrokenLungs]

Hey all, I'm about 2 and 1/2 days in with my new Echo, abolutley loving it and do not ever intend to return to analogs! I'm wondering about the cartomizers though. My first purchase included 5 cartomizers and 4 different flavors so that has been working out well so far with switching between the four filled with different juices and having one empty on stand by, but after getting started and enjoying it so much I felt the urge to try some more flavors. I currently have a variety of other juices on the way from rawrvapes. Do I need more cartomizers if i want to try other juices or can I refill one that I have with a different flavor without effecting the taste?

 

[sinnyc]

You can refill cartos with different flavors but that will definitely affect the taste. Generally, I'd suggest a new carto with each new flavor unless they are close. For example, if I had been vaping a cherry flavor and then wanted to try out a cherry cream, I'd use the same carto.

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[DaveP]

For those flavors you want to sample, use a 306 low resistance atty and a drip tip. You get the best flavor that way and you can wash out the atty in hot water, do a dry burn, and take off with a new flavor. The ones you like, you can dedicate to a fresh carto. You may need an adapter for your Echo. Isn't it a KR808 thread? I think that's the same as a 901 thread.

306 1.8 ohm Atomizer with Colored Drip Tip

 

[kren]

DaveP, will the attys in that link work with the Echo? I'm looking for the same thing, I think - I love the cartos but don't feel like cleaning them

 

[BrokenLungs]

Thanks for the advice. If I can safely clean them I'll just go that route for now. If not I'll get more or switch to atty with drip tip. Does anybody know if these cartomizers can be safely cleaned and how? I seem to remember seeing a detailed thread about cleaning cartomizers somewhere but I've lost it.

 

[BrokenLungs]

Thanks for the advice. If I can safely clean them I'll just go that route for now. If not I'll get more or switch to atty with drip tip. Does anybody know if these cartomizers can be safely cleaned and how? I seem to remember seeing a detailed thread about cleaning cartomizers somewhere but I've lost it.

I Forgot to post link
Dual Coil Echo Cartomizer - $2.99

 

[bigtiime]

Here's one from PBusardo A PBusardo Tutorial - How I clean my Boge 510 LR Cartos - YouTube I've cleaned many cartos and finally gave up. They are not going to perform to the level of new ones. Cartomizers are meant to be disposable thus the inexpensive price that you pay for them.

 

[throatkick]

Search is your friend
They discuss a few different methods and includes a link to a video.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/e-cigarette-maintenance/152267-cartomizer-cleaning.html

All the best!

 

[spaceballsrules]

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/ego-type-models/188388-how-clean-rebuild-gogo-cartomizer.html

This is the method I use to clean out cartos that have a flavor I don't like and want a fresh carto for a new juice.

Note: Instead of cleaning the polyfill and diaper in an ultrasonic leaner with vodka, I just rinse and re-rinse in hot water. Works fine for me.

If/when you start dripping with an atty, do yourself a favor and get a drip shield. The Echo is auto and leaking will kill the batt in a hurry. Empire 901 HEX Drip Shield

 

[DaveP]

DaveP, will the attys in that link work with the Echo? I'm looking for the same thing, I think - I love the cartos but don't feel like cleaning them

The ones in the link are 510 thread and work with the eGo, Riva, and Kgo, and any ecig with a 510 thread. They will work if you have an adapter that screws into your battery with a female thread to attach the atomizer.

Here's one source for adapters. They come in 801 and 901 (kr808) to 510 sizes and 510 to 801. $4 each. They are in north Ga, despite the Las Vegas tag in the URL. They must have a partner in Nevada.
Adapters for eCigs | Awesome Vapor | Electronic Cigarette | E-Cigarette | E-Cig | The Electronic Cigarette | The E Cigarette | Las Vegas

 

[dormouse]

Most people use an atomizer and drip tip to test juices and cartomizers for the ones they know they want to vape for the life of the cartomizer (for me the life of a normal 1ml cartomizer is 7-10 days or about 15-20ml clear thin juice run through it.

 

[Charlz]

You want to be careful dripping with an auto battery. I do it but I have a bit of experience. Get yourself a $10 manual 808 battery until you know you can do it without it leaking. Since you will only be dripping at home and using your echo on the go, a 280mah will be fine. 901 atomizers work with those kr8 batteries. They produce better flavor than a 510 atomizer. I have a 306 coming to see about the hype, though.
Congrats on the echo. It's my favorite PV in the 3.7v range.

These clean well with the flush method described with the kit sold at Smoke TecCartomizer/Atomizer Cleaning Kit - With 10ml Control Syringe, Luer-lock compatible w/cleaning tubes and instructions

 

[Charlz]

Another option for testing flavors, because the filler will make them taste a little different from direct dripping in an atty, is to use kr808d horizontal-coil cartomizers. They hold less than 1ml.

 

[kirsty0108]

Really glad someone else posted this I got so excited about my Riva that I prefilled all my Carto's , I ordered some juice last night and I just thought aww sugar I shouldn't have prefilled, rather than wash Carto's would it taste ok if I used the ones with a 555 soak and add the fruity ones to that or am I better holding my fire and ordering more carto's doh rookie mistake

 

[Charlz]

555 is a long time daily vape for me. Almost all my cartos have the flavor in some form or another because I can always taste the old flavor in a carto unless they have been reused a couple of times with a different flavor. But you should really get some new blanks, if for nothing else but to refresh your senses of that yummy flavor. You will thank me later when you take a couple days away from it and come back.

 

[KeysBum]

Hey all, I'm about 2 and 1/2 days in with my new Echo, abolutley loving it and do not ever intend to return to analogs! I'm wondering about the cartomizers though. My first purchase included 5 cartomizers and 4 different flavors so that has been working out well so far with switching between the four filled with different juices and having one empty on stand by, but after getting started and enjoying it so much I felt the urge to try some more flavors. I currently have a variety of other juices on the way from rawrvapes. Do I need more cartomizers if i want to try other juices or can I refill one that I have with a different flavor without effecting the taste?

Sure you can. I've come up with some surprising flavor combos that way. Some surprisingly good, some not so much.

 

[kirsty0108]

555 is a long time daily vape for me. Almost all my cartos have the flavor in some form or another because I can always taste the old flavor in a carto unless they have been reused a couple of times with a different flavor. But you should really get some new blanks, if for nothing else but to refresh your senses of that yummy flavor. You will thank me later when you take a couple days away from it and come back.

Thanks, glad to know its ok to mix, everyone else seems to be saying its a no no, and don't want to pay postage just for carts, my supplier did antcipate that I would need a drip tip when I didn't order one, and sent me a comp one, if they send me blank carto's as well I will think they are god and vape with them for life!

 

[Charlz]

as Keysbum said, you will be amazed at the unique flavor combinations you come up with! An addition to that is I reordered a flavor that was awful until I discovered I only liked it the first time because I previously vaped a fruity flavor in the cart.

 

[spaceballsrules]

Sure you can. I've come up with some surprising flavor combos that way. Some surprisingly good, some not so much.

How's that bacon flavored crab juice working for ya?

 

[KeysBum]

How's that bacon flavored crab juice working for ya?

The crab juice is vile. I never tried bacon, nor do I think I will.