The Echo Thread

[DarthVper]

Oh and btw I got 5 brand new echo cartos Wednesday and by Thursday I could taste a little of that burnt rubber taste in 4 of them! I made certain to push down the filler prior to use as has been suggested here. I do fill the cartos to max before using them too. By today 3 of them are quite obvious and pungent.

Either I'm doing something wrong or there's some qc issue and the atty is too snug against the straw.

 

[JimmyJet]

For drying cartos, don't forget the Taryn Spin...

YouTube - Reverse Taryn Spin

I just use an old plastic grocery bag and a rubber band. This does not dry the carto completely but definitely removes as much moisture as possible. Cuts drying times significantly.

JJ

 

[JimmyJet]

Oh and btw I got 5 brand new echo cartos Wednesday and by Thursday I could taste a little of that burnt rubber taste in 4 of them! I made certain to push down the filler prior to use as has been suggested here. I do fill the cartos to max before using them too. By today 3 of them are quite obvious and pungent.

This is definitely disheartening. Please keep us updated. I have 4 brand new Echo-E's in my stash. Sure am hoping they don't have this problem.

Is it the Echo or Echo-E's that have this "burnt rubber" taste?

Thanks, JJ

 

[peacewillow]

Thanks guys. I will try your recomendations. I got my cartos for about $4 a piece with shipping. Even if they last me 2 days thats $2 a day with $.70 in juice. $2.70 is more then I thought I would be spending a day but its a lot better than the $10 for a pack of cigs (I live in Chicago). I do notice with the lighter non sweet juice I get 3-3 and a half days. If I could get 4 days out of these I would be really happy. Will let you know if I find something that works. I did notice that the ones I cleaned out and dry burned that there was a lot of gunk on the coils so I might have to use the long way to really be able to reuse.

 

[my4jewels]

Has anyone tried boiling to clean the echo e carto? I have been following this thread, but it's too long to remember if anyone has or not. I just watched this video last night, and I'm going to try it on my Boge cartos. I don't see why it wouldn't work on these as well.

 

[peacewillow]

That video looks interesting. Let us know if it works for you.

 

[my4jewels]

I won't be trying it right away. I saving up cartos to do a batch when needed. I heard about boiling cartos, but it made more sense to see it happening and to see how the bubbles change as the cartos get clean. If it works for one type of carto, it seems to me it should work for all of them! I have it on good authority that this technique works on these as well.

 

[DarthVper]

This is definitely disheartening. Please keep us updated. I have 4 brand new Echo-E's in my stash. Sure am hoping they don't have this problem.

Is it the Echo or Echo-E's that have this "burnt rubber" taste?

Thanks, JJ

It's the echo 3ml cartomizers. The 'rubber' taste is almost certainly the straw charring by the Atty. I'll be taking some apart in the near future to confirm but, as my earlier post with pictures of my first cartos indicated, there was significant charring of the straws and even the filler that abutted it

 

[txtumbleweed]

I haven't had any burnt taste on any of mine so far. The couple I've set aside for cleaning simply became harder to draw and vapor decreased.

 

[peacewillow]

I have not had a burnt taste on any of the 5 I have used just a tighter draw when done. When I was dry burning I did get an awful smell like glue burning and almost gave up but i kept at it and I think it was just the gunked up juice because the smell went away. When I finally get them back together I wonder if I will taste burnt glue or not.

 

[dcot]

I haven't had any burnt taste on any of mine so far. The couple I've set aside for cleaning simply became harder to draw and vapor decreased.

ditto! I've used 5 so far. Cleaned one with ultrasound and it improved the draw, but did not restore to new condition.

 

[Prism]

Does anyone know if we could use the kr808d low resistance cartos on the Echo?

 

[BiancaMontgomery]

Does anyone know if we could use the kr808d low resistance cartos on the Echo?

Prism, I use the 2ohm 510 Boges on mine with an adapter and they work just fine. It's just those 1.5ohm Duals that it hates.

 

[IrishTexan]

so...does anyone know what the deal is on echo carts....no one seems to have any.

 

[IrishTexan]

no..wait..cropduster has some. But I have noticed that others are not getting stock?

 

[txtumbleweed]

no..wait..cropduster has some. But I have noticed that others are not getting stock?

They just sold out and it takes a while to get them back in stock. Nhaler has standard echo cartos but Cropduster is the only one that has echo-e cartos. Nhaler has the best price on cartos but charges 77.00 for the echo 1300 kit vs 59.00 from cropduster.

 

[Smokin'TheClouds]

They just sold out and it takes a while to get them back in stock. Nhaler has standard echo cartos but Cropduster is the only one that has echo-e cartos. Nhaler has the best price on cartos but charges 77.00 for the echo 1300 kit vs 59.00 from cropduster.

Just noticed that Nhaler is out of stock of the cartos as well. Also, I just realized that I have been going for over 10 days on the same echo-e cartomizer. I'm using 100% PG Dekang (RY4) juice but still that's not bad at all. I refill it once a day. It seems I have to press the button a little longer now but still I get nice flavor and good vapor production. I gave a couple echo-e cartos to friends at work and so far so good. This may be the device I would suggest to someone new to ecigs for the least hassle and best performance. Still have to test some more though.

Thanks Tx for the thread, letting us all know!

 

[txtumbleweed]

That is good to hear Smokin. I have only used the echo-e to try on my egos but haven't used them much being as I love the Echo 1300 Auto battery so much. I just can't enjoy my manuals as much anymore even my Go-go's set all alone most of the time.

 

[Smokin'TheClouds]

That is good to hear Smokin. I have only used the echo-e to try on my egos but haven't used them much being as I love the Echo 1300 Auto battery so much. I just can't enjoy my manuals as much anymore even my Go-go's set all alone most of the time.

OK! You've convicned me. I'm gonna order an Echo automatic. I've been resisting but I've just got to try one!
By the way, Yeay!!, ikenvape is open for business again....finally! Just ordered 4 of the 801 whistle tips.

 

[txtumbleweed]

I think you will be very glad you got one. The echo-e cartos will also work with them but you will need a 901 to 510 adapter.