Regular Atty Drippers (A Dying Breed?)

[ShariR]

While you are waiting for a response from one of the more experienced drippers who frequent this thread, I sugguest go back to page 1 of this thread and start reading. Several good standard dripping attys are discussed. There is also another discussion and a couple of posters rated their favorites back a few pages from here.

I have only been dripping for about 6 weeks and use a Joye 510 atty. There is a learning curve and yes, you can flood the atty and get dry hits in the beginning. But I picked it up pretty quick and use it as my main vape method.

 

[Mr.Mann]

First time posting on this thread. I ordered a couple of these SmartVapes 510 Dripping Atomizer long Barrel 1.5ohm and one was DOA and the other one leaks so bad that I can't justify bothering my time with them anymore.

Can anyone suggest a good dripper that doesn't leak and kicks out good flavor? I'm still using a couple EGO 640 VV and would like to keep using those with a good dripping atty.

I'm not opposed to looking at a RBA since I already have a Pro Tank and some EVODs.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

I think those attys that you bought should be used with a drip shield. Contact Smartvapes and tell them you got a DOA. Most reputable vendors will replace DOAs.

I will let someone else recommend an atty because these days (very recently) I have grown weary of recommending to anyone to spend money on anything. Things don't always work for me the way they work (or don't work) for others.

I can tell you that I use Joyetech 510 stanrds res attys. You may want to try an atty from Avidvaper. People swear by "Cisco Specs."

p.s. Nice avi.

 

[LeoRex]

You could always try a RDA I just picked up... Smok RDA 'Octopus'

It is about as simple as they come as far as RDA's go. That monster 8 strand wick (hence the Octopus name) will sop up a ton of juice... and you would really have to overdrip the thing to get it to leak.. I overfilled it on purpose to see, and it only dribbled a little, very slowly, out the vent hole on the side (there is no vent holes on the connection, so it will NEVER leak on your center post) and a quick blow into the mouthpiece with a paper towel over the little vent hole on the side cleared it...

It is REALLY easy to rebuild a wick and mount it, it is really cheap, and hits great (though, I might drill out the vent hole to 1/16).

EDIT: Oh... remember that you'd need to pick up a drip tip, wick (the bundle is a total of 8 1 mm silica wicks) and wire (gauge will depend on where you want the resistance).

 

[LeoRex]

Hey.... Anyone have experience with the SmartVapes attys? I'd like to pick up some LR attys (with a drip shield and 510/510 adapter)... and they have some long barrel 1.5ohm that I am eyeing.

 

[LeoRex]

This might be obvious to the 'old timers'... but one of the things that bugged me about the atty I have is getting juice on my lips when I am blowing it out to clean it.... just realized an easy solution. I ordered some juice from ECB lately, and they threw in a 'Friend Tip"... a little soft, silicone 'drip tip' looking thing that you slide over your drip tip so a friend can try and not slobber all over your gear.

Next time I blow out my atty, I'll just slide it on the connector end (might need to trim it down a bit)... no more juice lips.

 

[e-pipeman]

This might be obvious to the 'old timers'... but one of the things that bugged me about the atty I have is getting juice on my lips when I am blowing it out to clean it.... just realized an easy solution. I ordered some juice from ECB lately, and they threw in a 'Friend Tip"... a little soft, silicone 'drip tip' looking thing that you slide over your drip tip so a friend can try and not slobber all over your gear.

Next time I blow out my atty, I'll just slide it on the connector end (might need to trim it down a bit)... no more juice lips.

Sounds good. A wipe with a cloth does it for me.

 

[tvBilly]

Hey.... Anyone have experience with the SmartVapes attys? I'd like to pick up some LR attys (with a drip shield and 510/510 adapter)... and they have some long barrel 1.5ohm that I am eyeing.

First time posting on this thread. I ordered a couple of these SmartVapes 510 Dripping Atomizer long Barrel 1.5ohm and one was DOA and the other one leaks so bad that I can't justify bothering my time with them anymore.

Can anyone suggest a good dripper that doesn't leak and kicks out good flavor? I'm still using a couple EGO 640 VV and would like to keep using those with a good dripping atty.

I'm not opposed to looking at a RBA since I already have a Pro Tank and some EVODs.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

My experience has been exactly the opposite. I've been through a half dozen of the short version, and all have worked great with zero leaks and zero DOAs. I've also found them easy to clean. Though I have a drip shield installed, it has turned out to be of cosmetic use only. How many drips do you put in? I load a fresh (or freshly cleaned and dried) SV atty with 6 drops and let it soak in a bit, and then take a pull or two before firing the battery and using it normally. When the hits get weaker, I add 4 drops. The first one or two hits after re-dripping have a little gurgle to them, the next half dozen are "perfect", and then it's time to re-drip.

I have a couple of the long barrel versions at home that I'll try out this weekend; maybe they're constructed differently from the short ones. Oh, and if you're using a eGo VV batt, you might want to check out Empire Vapes drip shields; they make a couple designed for use with an eGo style battery that fit properly and don't require a 510-510 extension.

 

[DC2]

This might be obvious to the 'old timers'... but one of the things that bugged me about the atty I have is getting juice on my lips when I am blowing it out to clean it.... just realized an easy solution. I ordered some juice from ECB lately, and they threw in a 'Friend Tip"... a little soft, silicone 'drip tip' looking thing that you slide over your drip tip so a friend can try and not slobber all over your gear.

Great idea!

If I ever decide to start blowing out my atomizer through the connection end I will remember this tip.
And it is something I have been considering starting to do.

 

[LeoRex]

Oh, and if you're using a eGo VV batt, you might want to check out Empire Vapes drip shields; they make a couple designed for use with an eGo style battery that fit properly and don't require a 510-510 extension.

Actually, I'll check that out. I have a 1300 spinner that I had as my backup... but with the new K100 in tow, my Vamo is now batting in the two hole... might make sense to just use that spinner as my atty rig.

Plus, looking at it.. it'll slip on my Vamo nicely.

...... And.... they're out of stock....

 

[tvBilly]

I presume you figured out the right place even though I incorrectly called it "Empire Vapes". I meant Empire Mods. Here's a link to their drip shield page. Not all of their eGo based drip shields are out of stock. The link.

 

[DancingHeretik]

I presume you figured out the right place even though I incorrectly called it "Empire Vapes". I meant Empire Mods. Here's a link to their drip shield page. Not all of their eGo based drip shields are out of stock. The link.

Thanks! I didn't know they made those.

 

[tvBilly]

While you're there looking, they also happen to sell simple, plain, black or white Delrin drip tips. With the current state of more and more absurdly shaped and ridiculously expensive drip tips, it's nice to find a place selling Delrin tips.

 

[The Ocelot]

I learned to drip long before I ever heard of a Drip Shield, it may not even have existed yet, and I'm curious about what the benefits are of using one. I also didn't realize until I was putting my blog together that a 510 to 510 adaptor might be necessary. Might? Is it always needed?

 

[e-pipeman]

I learned to drip long before I ever heard of a Drip Shield, it may not even have existed yet, and I'm curious about what the benefits are of using one. I also didn't realize until I was putting my blog together that a 510 to 510 adaptor might be necessary. Might? Is it always needed?

Hello my little predator,

Do you suppose that it might be the same thing as an Ego Cone?

If not, I'd love to know what it is. Pictures would help, folks - and links.

 

[The Ocelot]

While you're there looking, they also happen to sell simple, plain, black or white Delrin drip tips. With the current state of more and more absurdly shaped and ridiculously expensive drip tips, it's nice to find a place selling Delrin tips.

Keep an eye on the juice you're using though. Delrin doesn't react very quickly to strong juices (some people claim it doesn't at all), but it can. One of my Delrin Cannons changed shape at the bottom that, while imperceptible to the naked eye, was just enough for it to not seal correctly. It now slightly seeps down the side. It wasn't a big deal with the 306, drip-vape-wipe was the ritual until I got aluminum tips, but with a 510 it can more of an issue. Of course, it's when using devices other than dripping attys that problem is more likely to arise.

When I post cautions about gear reacting with juices I always point out that it may not happen to you. There are other factors in play, like a particular vendor's recipe, extra flavor shots, how long the juice sits in a tank, etc. (I get tired of typing a disclaimer, but I constantly get comments like it didn't happen to me, so you're wrong. I don't care if I'm wrong. Don't confuse passing along information with altruism. I don't care if your stuff melts.)

 

[The Ocelot]

Hello my little predator,

Do you suppose that it might be the same thing as an Ego Cone?

If not, I'd love to know what it is. Pictures would help, folks - and links.

This is what I came across when I was looking for an image for my blog:

 

[tvBilly]

No, the drip shield actually has a purpose other than cosmetic (and physically protective of the 510 connection between the atty and the mod). If you overfill the drip atty, and juice starts coming out of the atty air holes, it will fill up the gap in between the outer atty shell and the inner drip shield. There are two O-Rings inside the drip shield; one at the top and one at the bottom. To work properly (as a drip shield), the bottom O-Ring has to be lower than the air holes in the atty. That way the leaking juice goes in the gap between the two O-Rings. There's also an air hole or two in the drip shield, near the top, but below the top O-Ring, to let in air. If your drip shield fits either way, the air hole in it should be near the mouthpiece end (the top).

You sometimes need a 510-510 mini extender so that the lower O-Ring in the drip shield is below the air holes in the atty.

 

[y cherry y]

I learned to drip long before I ever heard of a Drip Shield, it may not even have existed yet, and I'm curious about what the benefits are of using one. I also didn't realize until I was putting my blog together that a 510 to 510 adaptor might be necessary. Might? Is it always needed?

They were designed to use with 901 atties, which have a large draw hole on the side of the atty, below the cup and coil. Since juice flows freely through that hole, Keith at Empire Mods came up with this device to trap the juice. In fact, when the atty goes dry, you can then pull sharply and draw the "lost" juice back into the atty through that same hole. If you mount a 510 atty on a 510>510 adapter, you can mount the shield with its bottom o-ring below the atty and it will accomplish the same thing with a leaky 510. Another benefit of the drip shield is that putting one on an atty with a loose draw (like my much-loved Vapage slant-coil 510's) will tighten it somewhat.

I use 901 atties on my Empire Mods (which have a native 901 connector; essentially the drip shields were designed for this mod and atty combo), and with the Vapage atties to tighten the draw. For other 510's, they aren't really necessary unless you have a proclivity for flooding the atty by overdripping -- in which case, they're handy. I avoid that on most 510's by simply dripping no more than four drops (usually just three) at a time.

The 510>sealed-510 adapter can also be used to prevent an unsealed-bottom atty from leaking through into the battery connection. I usually use one of them for that, whether I'm using a drip shield or not.

 

[tvBilly]

Keep an eye on the juice you're using though. Delrin doesn't react very quickly to strong juices (some people claim it doesn't at all), but it can. One of my Delrin Cannons changed shape at the bottom that, while imperceptible to the naked eye, was just enough for it to not seal correctly. It now slightly seeps down the side. It wasn't a big deal with the 306, drip-vape-wipe was the ritual until I got aluminum tips, but with a 510 it can more of an issue. Of course, it's when using devices other than dripping attys that problem is more likely to arise.

You sure it's not heat rather than corrosive juices? I deformed a Delrin drip tip on one of my experimental atty's that drew about 18 watts and got rather hot...

I have a ptfe (Teflon) drip tip here that I got for just that reason (the long ago experiment with an 18 watt atty); I wonder if it (a Teflon/ptfe drip tip) is impervious to corrosive juices?

 

[LeoRex]

Right... proper shield means even messy drippers won't leak... and you'll draw the juice back into the atty... cool little device... looking to get a setup for my spinner.