Refilling the cartomizer: The Movie

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Has anyone tried to refill cartomizers through the battery end? It's easy and worked well when I added just a couple of drops.

When I leave the house in the morning, I bring one cart with me. One lasts me for the day when I am out now.

When I get home, I put a few drops in the top, and it lasts me until I switch to my night-time fruity vape.

I like this method a lot more than refilling, since it keeps me at just under 2 carts a day now.
 

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When I leave the house in the morning, I bring one cart with me. One lasts me for the day when I am out now.

When I get home, I put a few drops in the top, and it lasts me until I switch to my night-time fruity vape.

I like this method a lot more than refilling, since it keeps me at just under 2 carts a day now.
Thanks for the info! May I ask how much did you smoke and how much do you vape during the day? Wish I could keep it under 2 carts
 

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I smoked between a pack and a pack and a half a day of analogs.

I am back in school now, so usually just vape during break times....with analogs I rarely finish them, so I guess its working out for me.

If I have the day off, I vape a LOT more...but it averages out well for me.
 

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I smoked between a pack and a pack and a half a day of analogs.

I am back in school now, so usually just vape during break times....with analogs I rarely finish them, so I guess its working out for me.

If I have the day off, I vape a LOT more...but it averages out well for me.
Perhaps I should go back to school:)
 

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Great video - THANKS!!! Made it all super easy. Am less than a week into vaping and refilled some carts today after viewing the video. Hardest thing was finding something I had readily available to pry the cap off. I ended up using a small 'alan wrench/hex key'. vapor output and flavor are very close to what I got from the new cart - so all is good - THANKS AGAIN FOR THE WONDERFUL VIDEO!!!
 

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Some of mine get hot after a refill, so I, too am curious about this.

there are three possible causes:

1: the cart has all the juice on the top so you're vapin harder trying to get more power...Solution: shake the juice down a bit toward the battery end.

2: Cart is a little flooded after refill and youre hittin it harder and longer to get vapor (flooded carts don't produce till cleared) Solution: 1 sharp hard short blow through the mouthpiece end (juice droplets will fly) remember..sharp hard and SHORT..a long blow will utterly empty it..followed by a long hard blow through battery end (sends any juice that wondered into the internal tube back to the batting) Thats how you clear a flooded cartomizer without wastin all your juice..when in doubt though, less juice not more is better when refilling.

3: cartomizer has been filled several times or you're usin one of those brands/flavors that tends to gunk up the atty wire. Solution: There is, at present, no good way to clean the atomizer, although you can flush out the batting and change flavors with distilled water/alcohol..this will not clean the actual atty coil..and most of the accepted methods won't work. Some flavors work for a very long time in a cartomizer, some junk up the atty coil very rapidly... Why does this cause overheating? a gunked up atty coil has its heat dampened by the carbon/gunk buildup..so it doesnt reach full atomization temperature..but does heat the surrounding batting and cart metal case.
 

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there are three possible causes:

1: the cart has all the juice on the top so you're vapin harder trying to get more power...Solution: shake the juice down a bit toward the battery end.

2: Cart is a little flooded after refill and youre hittin it harder and longer to get vapor (flooded carts don't produce till cleared) Solution: 1 sharp hard short blow through the mouthpiece end (juice droplets will fly) remember..sharp hard and SHORT..a long blow will utterly empty it..followed by a long hard blow through battery end (sends any juice that wondered into the internal tube back to the batting) Thats how you clear a flooded cartomizer without wastin all your juice..when in doubt though, less juice not more is better when refilling.

3: cartomizer has been filled several times or you're usin one of those brands/flavors that tends to gunk up the atty wire. Solution: There is, at present, no good way to clean the atomizer, although you can flush out the batting and change flavors with distilled water/alcohol..this will not clean the actual atty coil..and most of the accepted methods won't work. Some flavors work for a very long time in a cartomizer, some junk up the atty coil very rapidly... Why does this cause overheating? a gunked up atty coil has its heat dampened by the carbon/gunk buildup..so it doesnt reach full atomization temperature..but does heat the surrounding batting and cart metal case.

Thank you so much......your explanation was clear and effective!
 
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