So how do I get carto tanks to work?

[withravenoushunger]

I've got two different tanks and have tried probably 8ish cartos in them. They all perform horribly. I've got them primed correctly, 3 holes punched, taken a lot of medium to heavy dry drags, and they still don't want to feed. They are great on their own but I just can't get the juice to feed through. The holes are definitely big enough and I've tried 50/50's to 100%vg with the same results. Sometimes if I pull very hard it will start to feed for a bit but I shouldn't have to do this. I'm really at a loss of what else I can try. I've done exactly what every tutorial says with no luck. Would a Diver or Killer be better?

 

[QueenVictoria]

Try poking a pushpin in the holes and wiggling it around. Sometimes the filler is packed real tight. Hope this helps. I love my tanks.

 

[Baditude]

I've never tried the Diver or Killer. My cartomizers work fine in my cartotanks and the Diver/Killer are pretty expensive.

You said you are priming your cartos correctly, yet your results seem to reveal you aren't. Unless you are using inferior off-brand or knock off cartos with bad filler, you should get much better results than you are.

I know you said you've repeated every tutorial known, but do try my method. Follow it to the letter, and I'll bet you a hot fudge sundae it works for you.

Baditude's Cartotank Setup Guide

 

[john333]

Just take them with you in the car. sorry sometimes I cant help myself.

 

[withravenoushunger]

Loosening the filler up a bit helped the feed. It's not perfect, but better. And baditude, you guide is one I've followed. Thanks. Oh and fyi I'm using boge lr's.

 

[sawtoothscream]

what cartos? I used boge f16 and they worked well. they had two holes punched. I fallow bad's tutorial then fill my tank and do some drags. Worked fine but I used 70pg/ 30vg in mine. my friends uses 100vg in his carto and it feeds with two holes punched.

another thing you could try is slotting the carto with a dremel. I did this to most of mine

 

[serenity21899]

100% VG and Boges don't sound like a good mix. There is a lot of filler material in Boges, and VG is generally thick and doesn't feed well. However, you shouldn't have those issues with 50/50 juice. Have you tried taking a pull with out hitting the fire button? This would moisten the carto a bit. Other than that, I got nothing.

 

[Baditude]

100% VG and Boges don't sound like a good mix. There is a lot of filler material in Boges, and VG is generally thick and doesn't feed well. However, you shouldn't have those issues with 50/50 juice.

This is a good point to bring up. Boge's filler is notoriously compact, which might affect how well they wick and how fast they can feed e-liquid to the heating coil, especially with thick or dark liquids. If you are a heavy or chain vapor, a Boge may have trouble keeping up.

Smoktech's filler is less dense. They might be a better choice for the above type of vapor.