So ... out in the fields today, huh! And with a cowboy hat! OK, I believe you are the
Texas girl claimed in your profile. [Doesn't mean hither nor thither to this New Jersey boy, but I guess you country folk care about such things.

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Jan, regarding the airflow/fit between the Analog Alternative cartos and VOLT batts: Did you try to adjust the center post in the cartomizer? Notice that there is a slot there for a regular-head screwdriver. [I've just started to fiddle with these things myself, mainly to work effectively with adapters.]