Should you clean Aspire Nautilus/Mini before first use?

[Unior]

I have read both points of view on different clearos. What are anyone's thoughts? If u clean on first use do you clean bottom hardware as well? It's no big deal to clean upper & dry pretty quick but bottom can take awhile to dry if u are in a hurry. At least to me it does.

 

[Guzz]

I do know that Aspire does a through cleaning of all their stuff prior to packaging and shipping. But I personally do wash things prior to first use (just for peace of mind).

A quick way to dry things out is use a toaster oven on the LOWESET setting possible. Even then you might have to leave the door cracked open just a bit and check on the parts FREQUENTLY (every 5 minutes or so). When possible remove the silicone gaskets prior to putting the other parts in the oven.

The other trick is to use a hair dryer on high. Actually this is the safest way to dry things quickly.

One thing that I also do after doing a full cleaning and drying is to take some mineral oil and lubricate the air flow adjustment ring.