The Legendary 2 Year Atty...

[DC2]

My theory on this is that you're drying out your atty. The cleaning methods I've seen all result in the same thing in the end - a bone-dry atty.

That's funny, because I have also stated previously in another thread that I have yet to hear any logical reason for why people are worried about their atomizer getting dry.

I suppose it could cause the wicking material to become brittle?
I'm not sure I'm willing to buy into that yet.

 

[frankie1]

My $.02 for what it is worth. I bought 40 attys because of the death to attys posts. So far, I have only had one atty die. That one was from SE early on. If this keeps up, I am atty stocked for years...LOL and KNOCKING ON WOOD!

I had a weird seizure like episode that sent me to the doc asap. No prior seizure activity and I am insanely (other than smoking) healthy. He indicated that while he did not think I had an actual seizure ( no disorientation, just spasmodic jerking for approx 5 minutes), he did think the episode could have been related to tobacco withdrawal!

 

[RKayne]

I had already decided to not join the cleaning crowd, lol. I took a look at the construction and decided that all this soaking, drying and whatnot was a bit overboard. Not like there is much to them! I decided, from all I have read, to just not let it get dry. It tastes fine (I have a 510 and another 510 on the way for the wife) so why would I? I will blow it out only if I have flooded it TOO much, more often that not I just have to tilt it up a tad and it vapes fine.

 

[DC2]

Here is my understanding of the argument for cleaning...

1) Dead atomizers that have been take apart have been found to have crud buildup on the coil
2) The crud buildup on the coil appears to eventually cause the coil to break near the joint
3) Various cleaning methods have been shown to remove the crud buildup

There are pictures of all of this in some of the large atomizer cleaning threads.

 

[HaploVoss]

Here is my understanding of the argument for cleaning...

1) Dead atomizers that have been take apart have been found to have crud buildup on the coil
2) The crud buildup on the coil appears to eventually cause the coil to break near the joint
3) Various cleaning methods have been shown to remove the crud buildup

There are pictures of all of this in some of the large atomizer cleaning threads.

I think there is probably a lot of credibility to all of that. I also think that the way atomizers - and all the variations of them nowadays - are so mass produced, that it is just random chance on how long one is going to go before it pops.

ALSO - I think a huge factor is that now people are using all sorts of different types of juices that are causing much more build up to cause that crud to be there in the first place - and build up a lot faster than if you were to just use a standard cart. I know for sure that there are various differences, even between flavorings from the same company on ingredients, VG vs. PG, you name it.

So who knows in the end? I just know that I am really enjoying my new e-stogs and I'll just let them do their jobs till they need a part.

Oh, and I am not ragging on people that firmly believe in cleaning their stoofs by any of what I just said either - JMHO

Take care,
- Hap