Riva 510 nastiness

[bologna]

Hi everyone. My mom's been trying to get my dad to quit smoking forever, so, for her birthday, I convinced him to quit with me and start vaping instead. We ordered an eGo and a Riva 510 from Liberty Flights and two bottles of 24mg--each of us took an eGo and a Riva.

I love the eGo. Even though I think 24mg is a bit strong for me, I think the throat hit is good without being too harsh.

But the Riva 510 is something else. I'm not really sure what's going on, but its not pleasant to vape at all. It tastes burnt and the throat hit is overwhelmingly strong. The peppery taste of the juice comes out way too much. The same juice on the eGo is fine.

I'd read that its a good idea to clean attys out when you first get them. I went ahead I tried the 'blasting water through it with a soda bottle' method, but that didn't help.

Any pointers?

 

[burnsmary95]

I found that some of the Riva atomizers are just crap, they taste bad, and are not made well. Try ordering a joye-510 atomizer and you should not have the same trouble. Or you can try the clearomizers or ego-T tank atomizer set up, but I have been reading mixed reviews. I have the clearomizers (Clear CE2 Cartomizer) and I love it, but other people have had issues. I found mine at Clouds of Vapor.

 

[Pneathery]

I just trade batteries, and end up using the same atty/cart for a while. I have 5+ attys, and find that I have one that I end up using more then the others. That should get rid of any differences in the two, after all the Riva 510 and the Joye ego are just BATTERIES.
That should help you out, when I received my t-Rex (another Joye ego clone, this one by esmokeronline.com) I tried the atty that was included with it, and I absouloutly HATE IT. I can't get it to wick no matter what I do, no matter how much I prime it, no matter how long I let it sit and soak in. So I just use my Joye 510MEGA atty/cart (they hold twice as much as a regular cart). However I can't use the cone with that atty, it seems to short out the battery, and I only get 2 hours battery life out of it.
Good luck, and welcome to the wonderful world of vaping, and congrats on quitting smoking!

 

[bologna]

What a bummer. Well, at least its relatively cheap fix.

Thanks for the insight and for the welcome!

 

[Darkwitless]

bologna: make sure you've primed the cleaned atty with 3-4 drops of e-juice and make sure the filler material is flush with the top of the cart so it can make contact with the atty. Sometimes though, you just get an atty that burns funny. In that case you'll want to replace the atty. You'll need some back-ups anyway.

 

[Cee_Jay]

Some Riva batts are actually 3.7V devices where the eGo are 3.2V (afaik) - try swapping batteries to see if that could be the difference. I've never received an bad atty in any of my Riva kits.

More info HERE

 

[Stosh]

For your problem atty you can try a drip of 6-7 big drops of 100% pure VG (glycerin) in (flood it)
and fire it up to heat the VG throughly, a few 5 second button pushes.
You may need to do it 2-3 times.
Kinda like a "wet burn" instead of dry burning, then blow it out and drip normally and vape away.

I've found this helps to break in the atty and clean out any manfacturing crap left over.