Some Triton Usage questions

[kobari]

Hi,

I just started using Triton, and bought 2 sets of sampler e-liquids with it. And wanted to ask gurus 2 questions:

- Given that it is the recommended not to go down below something like 2 ml (or 0.8 as some pointed out): How do you switch from one flavor to another? Do you finish it all the way? Throw away the last 1 ml or so? Also, to get over the prev one's taste, do you rinse the tank and let it dry? Any tips here?

- Sometimes, when I take a puff, I get the taste of e-liquid on my lips, and it even spills just a bit (everyone in a while) on your lips to make you uncomfortable and to be honest e-liquid's taste is not that good Am I doing something wrong here? It is not supposed to spill, right?

Thanks a ton.

 

[AngiBe]

Hi there and welcome to Halo nation! Before I can help, possibly, which tanks are you using? The Mini or the regular, larger Triton? As far as switching flavors, the best way is to buy a lot of tanks. I have right now 8 different tanks loaded. So I switch up flavors, a lot. I just take a tank off and put another one on.

As far as juices spitting up through the mouth piece, my guess is you maybe overfilling them or drawing too hard like you would a cig. You don't need to draw that hard. I have heard others that take a lot of draws in rapid succession and the juice gets hot and actually spits out and possibly condensation in the drip tip.

Either way, don't over fill, draw/vape slow and without pressing the button, give a couple quick blows into the drip tip and see if that works.or take the drip tip off and put a napkin on one end and blow a couple times in it to dry it out.

 

[Halofan2013]

Hi there and welcome to Halo nation! Before I can help, possibly, which tanks are you using? The Mini or the regular, larger Triton? As far as switching flavors, the best way is to buy a lot of tanks. I have right now 8 different tanks loaded. So I switch up flavors, a lot. I just take a tank off and put another one on.

As far as juices spitting up through the mouth piece, my guess is you maybe overfilling them or drawing too hard like you would a cig. You don't need to draw that hard. I have heard others that take a lot of draws in rapid succession and the juice gets hot and actually spits out and possibly condensation in the drip tip.

Either way, don't over fill, draw/vape slow and without pressing the button, give a couple quick blows into the drip tip and see if that works.or take the drip tip off and put a napkin on one end and blow a couple times in it to dry it out.

I'm pretty much the same. I've got 6-8 tanks loaded up with different liquid and just swap through them when I'm feeling a change coming on

 

[Boston Vapah]

Hello and welcome ECF's Halo forum. I'm assuming you got the Triton starter kit so you're probably dealing with Triton tanks and only have 2 tanks right now to work with.

To answer the first part of your question just read through this thread...

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/halo/475133-stronger-cleaning-triton-tank.html

 

[jefsview]

To test flavors, the G6 mini-tanks are best, since they hold just less than 1 ml of liquid.

To change flavors, take unscrew the mouthpiece and coil head and rinse all parts under running warm/hot tap water, then let air dry on some paper towel until the wicks are dry. Refill with new flavor. It will take a short while for the wicks to re-break in.

As far are juice -- as others have mentioned, you might be drawing too hard or too constantly, and the tank is flooding. If this happens, you can unscrew the mouthpiece and dab off the excess in the mouthpiece and down the center of the coil head.

To safeguard against it, hit the fire button a second or 2 before you take a drag, which will give a bigger initial hit. You may also try closing off one of the airholes at the base with your finger as you draw -- but still, don't take a cigarette/straw hit. Slow and long, not hard and fast

I hope this helps. Welcome to ECF, Halo, and the Triton.

 

[Preluder77]

They just tend to leak from time to time. The seal is jusy a small silicone cap on the coil and over tightening will compress the seal too much and cause it to leak. I just swap the inside of the drip tip with a qtip from time to time and make sure I don't over tighten the drip tip. Sometimes the coil will get flooded and cause some back flow into your moth also. Do as stated above and blow it out into some paper towel.

 

[newyork13]

Hi there and welcome to Halo nation! Before I can help, possibly, which tanks are you using? The Mini or the regular, larger Triton? As far as switching flavors, the best way is to buy a lot of tanks. I have right now 8 different tanks loaded. So I switch up flavors, a lot. I just take a tank off and put another one on.

As far as juices spitting up through the mouth piece, my guess is you maybe overfilling them or drawing too hard like you would a cig. You don't need to draw that hard. I have heard others that take a lot of draws in rapid succession and the juice gets hot and actually spits out and possibly condensation in the drip tip.

Either way, don't over fill, draw/vape slow and without pressing the button, give a couple quick blows into the drip tip and see if that works.or take the drip tip off and put a napkin on one end and blow a couple times in it to dry it out.

What a great forum this is!
Can you clarify a couple of things, for a new boy here who's having Triton juice in the mouth.
First, real basic simple question: sorry to get so graphic, but properly, do I hold my lips tightly around the tip and pull, or do I loosely wrap my lips around the tip and inhale? Although it's counter-intuitive for me, I'm thinking it's the latter.
Second, you said the issue may be overfilling the tank. But, if Halo suggests keeping it at 2.4ml, it can't get much more filled than that. What should the tank level be at in a reasonable daily range (don't want to be sitting around putting drops in constantly)?
thanks

 

[CafeDigitalDiva]

What a great forum this is!
Can you clarify a couple of things, for a new boy here who's having Triton juice in the mouth.
First, real basic simple question: sorry to get so graphic, but properly, do I hold my lips tightly around the tip and pull, or do I loosely wrap my lips around the tip and inhale? Although it's counter-intuitive for me, I'm thinking it's the latter.
Second, you said the issue may be overfilling the tank. But, if Halo suggests keeping it at 2.4ml, it can't get much more filled than that. What should the tank level be at in a reasonable daily range (don't want to be sitting around putting drops in constantly)?
thanks

Hi and welcome to our HALO room! In general I always fill the Triton tank just a little over the tops of the wicks. So I guess that's approx. 2.4 Also, there is an indentation in the design of the Triton tank drip tip. I like to place my mouth in that area. I've read somewhere on the forum about the 'milkshake draw'. it's like the pull you would make while drinking a milkshake. Just remember, slow drags. Hope this helps.

 

[DaveOno]

Hi,

I just started using Triton, and bought 2 sets of sampler e-liquids with it. And wanted to ask gurus 2 questions:

- Given that it is the recommended not to go down below something like 2 ml (or 0.8 as some pointed out): How do you switch from one flavor to another? Do you finish it all the way? Throw away the last 1 ml or so? Also, to get over the prev one's taste, do you rinse the tank and let it dry? Any tips here?

- Sometimes, when I take a puff, I get the taste of e-liquid on my lips, and it even spills just a bit (everyone in a while) on your lips to make you uncomfortable and to be honest e-liquid's taste is not that good Am I doing something wrong here? It is not supposed to spill, right?

Thanks a ton.

First, what a dilemma! you have 12 flavors, and only 2 tanks. You need more tanks. I'd get 3 more at $7 makes $21, or 2 tanks and 2 G6 mini tanks ($4) gives $22 (You want to spend 20 on hardware to get your Halo bonus points!!!

The mini tanks are great for switching flavors, as you can vape them to almost empty. Just invert them every so often. Ya gotta keep the wicks wet. Depending on the old flavor and new flavor, you can fill and go (like from one mint to the next), or a rinse in HOT water, tap dry, fill and vape. I find the minis hit harder and harsher, and have a tighter draw.

The regular Triton tanks can be vaped down lower than they say IMHO. just invert the tank, keep the wicks wet, but don't go too far. If you burn the wick, that burn taste is hard if not impossible to get rid of.

As far as liquid in the mouth (yuck, I hate that!!), it's one (or a combo) of 2 things. Either the tip is too tight, deforming the little sillycone inner sleeve. With everything Triton, don't torque the stuff tight, nicely snug is what you're looking for. Or, more likely, it's the vapor condensing in the tip, like a little cooling tower.

Either a Qtip, or a napkin/paper towel, a corner twisted thin, and get in the tip and swap it out. You'll soon be able to tell when it's time to dry the tip.

(*#!!%, while writing this, I just got a tip drip!!) Hey, Kobari, when you find some gurus, let me know!!!!

 

[AngiBe]

What a great forum this is!
Can you clarify a couple of things, for a new boy here who's having Triton juice in the mouth.
First, real basic simple question: sorry to get so graphic, but properly, do I hold my lips tightly around the tip and pull, or do I loosely wrap my lips around the tip and inhale? Although it's counter-intuitive for me, I'm thinking it's the latter.
Second, you said the issue may be overfilling the tank. But, if Halo suggests keeping it at 2.4ml, it can't get much more filled than that. What should the tank level be at in a reasonable daily range (don't want to be sitting around putting drops in constantly)?
thanks

I don't know if tight lips sink ships..ok joking but seriously I'm not sure if that makes a diff as much as the actual draw itself. What I was meaning is, lets say for example using the term hot boxing a cig. Some people, myself included, would do this on occasion when smoking either because I was in a hurry to finish a cig when standing outside cuz it's cold or whatever or when I'm anxious about something.

So when you hotbox a cig, you know what happens. It get super hot, almost a burn taste and especially if it was down close to the filter you can actually feel like a burn on the lips. No fun.

If you "hotbox" an ecig, I find I can get the same thing. The coil isn't cooling enough, it can burn the wicks and juice and at times I've had like a spatter of juice come up through the tip. Or it builds condensation in the drip tip that spits out and is a little hot. Either way, you can take the drip tip off and blow through it making sure there's no condensation or juice and air it out a bit.

As far as the draw, a long slow draw is best. Hold it in your mouth for a bit and if you prefer to inhale, then do it slow after you hold it in your mouth a bit. This helps to cool down the vape slightly so you're not inhaling a hot vape.

I prefer no inhale so I just hold it in my mouth then slowly exhale. I usually do not hold tightly w/my lips. Just to comfort. Also, at times, I don't even draw long, but just push the bottom and let the vapor just flow into my mouth. I've learned that really, the PV does all the work for you. Hard draws are not necessary like on a cig.

And as far as the overfill, some people accidentally fill the tank way up, causing the tank to flood a little. I personally have used a ton of Triton tanks that there's not much juice left in it at all and it still works great. I just store my tanks on their sides when im not using them so the juice pools over the wicks and I'm always twirling them sideways and upside down when I'm vaping them, which I love to do because that's the same habit I did w/analogs in an ashtray. I would swirl the cherry after I ashed to keep it compact and not fall off.

 

[Supergrover]

The only juice I have got in my mouth is kringles curse, I keep q tips in my tin of supplies and wipe out the tip every few hrs, or when it has been sitting a while, has not happened since.

I was probably dragging too hard too, now I hold the button for 1 sec, take a drag, let go of button, hit button again and take a drag while I exhale the first one thru my nose.

I like to draw it into my mouth, then inhale, that is how I smoked analogs, some people lung inhale, I cant do that, chokes me out.

 

[wheezal]

The only juice I have got in my mouth is kringles curse.

pffft, like that's a bad thing. I drop that stuff onto my eyeballs.

 

[Supergrover]

I know it was like eating a bowl of peppermint suckers.

I want to rub it all over my body and run around in the snow naked.

 

[wheezal]

I know it was like eating a bowl of peppermint suckers.

I want to rub it all over my body and run around in the snow naked.

i wont stop you. go for it!

 

[newyork13]

I don't know if tight lips sink ships..ok joking but seriously I'm not sure if that makes a diff as much as the actual draw itself. What I was meaning is, lets say for example using the term hot boxing a cig. Some people, myself included, would do this on occasion when smoking either because I was in a hurry to finish a cig when standing outside cuz it's cold or whatever or when I'm anxious about something.

So when you hotbox a cig, you know what happens. It get super hot, almost a burn taste and especially if it was down close to the filter you can actually feel like a burn on the lips. No fun.

If you "hotbox" an ecig, I find I can get the same thing. The coil isn't cooling enough, it can burn the wicks and juice and at times I've had like a spatter of juice come up through the tip. Or it builds condensation in the drip tip that spits out and is a little hot. Either way, you can take the drip tip off and blow through it making sure there's no condensation or juice and air it out a bit.

As far as the draw, a long slow draw is best. Hold it in your mouth for a bit and if you prefer to inhale, then do it slow after you hold it in your mouth a bit. This helps to cool down the vape slightly so you're not inhaling a hot vape.

I prefer no inhale so I just hold it in my mouth then slowly exhale. I usually do not hold tightly w/my lips. Just to comfort. Also, at times, I don't even draw long, but just push the bottom and let the vapor just flow into my mouth. I've learned that really, the PV does all the work for you. Hard draws are not necessary like on a cig.

And as far as the overfill, some people accidentally fill the tank way up, causing the tank to flood a little. I personally have used a ton of Triton tanks that there's not much juice left in it at all and it still works great. I just store my tanks on their sides when im not using them so the juice pools over the wicks and I'm always twirling them sideways and upside down when I'm vaping them, which I love to do because that's the same habit I did w/analogs in an ashtray. I would swirl the cherry after I ashed to keep it compact and not fall off.

Thanks for the advice, which makes alot of sense.
Between my post and my being able to get back on-line to the forum (which I guess, must have been having technical issues, since I couldn't log in), the tank began leaking from the inside bottom onto the battery. I noticed that I wasn't getting much vapor, that the juice was depleting quickly, and then there was liquid on the fingers. Disconnected the tank, checked the coil tightness (it was fine), emptied the tank, yanked out the coil, replaced the coil, and let it rest. I refilled the tank (no higher than 2.0) and let it sit upright on a paper towel. The juice was leaking steadily from the bottom.
I suppose that juice in the mouth and leakage from the bottom may be indicative of a bad tank. The other one which came with the kit, which I'm now using, is working fine. We'll see what Halo has to say, when they reply. How long does it normally take, it's been since this morning when I contacted them?

 

[AngiBe]

Thanks for the advice, which makes alot of sense.
Between my post and my being able to get back on-line to the forum (which I guess, must have been having technical issues, since I couldn't log in), the tank began leaking from the inside bottom onto the battery. I noticed that I wasn't getting much vapor, that the juice was depleting quickly, and then there was liquid on the fingers. Disconnected the tank, checked the coil tightness (it was fine), emptied the tank, yanked out the coil, replaced the coil, and let it rest. I refilled the tank (no higher than 2.0) and let it sit upright on a paper towel. The juice was leaking steadily from the bottom.
I suppose that juice in the mouth and leakage from the bottom may be indicative of a bad tank. The other one which came with the kit, which I'm now using, is working fine. We'll see what Halo has to say, when they reply. How long does it normally take, it's been since this morning when I contacted them?

Sry about that! Halo sells a lot of tanks so there's bound to be a lemon here and there. It may take 24 hrs to respond. Just be patient, it isn't a huge company (big for ecig world, but not big like normal corporate world).

Also, if you go to the main page of Halo on ECF and look at the top area (stickies and so forth) you will see Cinder Ella..you can PM her if you don't hear from Halo w/in 24 hours and she can check for you if you give her ticket number.

 

[newyork13]

Sry about that! Halo sells a lot of tanks so there's bound to be a lemon here and there. It may take 24 hrs to respond. Just be patient, it isn't a huge company (big for ecig world, but not big like normal corporate world).

Also, if you go to the main page of Halo on ECF and look at the top area (stickies and so forth) you will see Cinder Ella..you can PM her if you don't hear from Halo w/in 24 hours and she can check for you if you give her ticket number.

No need to be sorry, I appreciate your guidance.
The other thing I've noticed is the plasticky taste, which I didn't see the other posts on, until after I filled the tank, so didn't do the hot water bath etc. until I began vaping.
I was just wondering if between the bad tank and the plasticky taste: since I'm within the 30 return return window, do you think I should return the Triton kit and go with another alternative?

 

[psymon stark]

Also your wick might be burned of you all of a sudden start experiencing leaks out of a once good tank (if you've taken all other precautions to make sure you're not causing the leak) I recently had one that was all gunked up, barely burning juice, just pulling it through the system and onto the battery. Barely had a burnt taste, which was also coincidently as I was trying a new flavor, so I figured that the off taste was just that.

I'd advise getting a couple tanks and a pack of replacement coils.

 

[newyork13]

Also your wick might be burned of you all of a sudden start experiencing leaks out of a once good tank (if you've taken all other precautions to make sure you're not causing the leak) I recently had one that was all gunked up, barely burning juice, just pulling it through the system and onto the battery. Barely had a burnt taste, which was also coincidently as I was trying a new flavor, so I figured that the off taste was just that.

I'd advise getting a couple tanks and a pack of replacement coils.

Regarding user error: the tank was not full, the coil snug, so not sure what else I might have done wrong, but am open to suggestions. The tank and its components were only 3 days old. Would a burnt wick be visually discernable?

 

[psymon stark]

Regarding user error: the tank was not full, the coil snug, so not sure what else I might have done wrong, but am open to suggestions. The tank and its components were only 3 days old. Would a burnt wick be visually discernable?

I didn't see mine until taking out the coil assembly, and removing the Silicon cap, then pulling out the metal top to the coil. Don't pull on the wicks, the bottom one is attached. Shine a light in or something. Might still be hard to tell (I broke mine pulling the wick and was able to easily see it... Heh). If your liquid is gaining a visible darker layer while setting still in the tank that could be a sign of a dirty wick. But I highly doubt your wick could be dirty after only 3 days unless you ran it dry which you didn't. Could just be a faulty tank. Does your other one behave like that?

I've experienced leaking into the mouthpiece when having the tank upside down briefly. Usually took some napkin and about 5 or slow draws to return to normal after that.
I usually lay my tanks horizontal even when filled. Two of my first few leaked when upright, but halo customer service sent replacement tanks.