The Leo maintenance and cleaning?

[krykiett]

Howdy Veterans!

I've been googling and searching the forums for hours in an attempt to find further info on the Leo; I can find plenty of reviews, but nada on maintenance and cleaning. I am assuming this because it is such a new device.

From what I understand it has a proprietary atomizer, which means no switching it for other equipment.... Given the depth of the atomizer, how do I clean it?

I've also come to understand the battery isn't sealed, but I've read the atomizer is sealed? So wouldn't that make it A-O-K to drip?

I've pretty much burned off all the primer(because I couldn't figure a way to blow it out) and the crap juice I have tastes better(if you could call it that), but I can't figure out how I am going to get in there and clean the piece out when it comes time!

I was also messing around with one of the carts and when I pulled the filter(filling) out, it had a little plastic piece at the top and it was jagged, as if I had broken it off from the inside of the tip. If it should be attached, how exactly are we supposed to clean them out, say if I wanted to use a different flavor? Or am I going about that all wrong?

Is it true that are going to make cartomizers for the Leo, or am I confused with the use of cart/cartomizer?

I suppose my general newness to vaping is still poking its head up, because I seem baffled by this general construction or idea on how to clean the filler/atomizer!

Thanks for the help guys and gals

 

[DonDaBoomVape]

As with any atomizer, I don't recommend cleaning (as in washing, boiling, dry burning, etc.) the Leo. These things are not meant to last forever. Replacing with a fresh ten-buck atomizer every few weeks is part of the cost of vaping: a heck of a lot cheaper than smoking. [My ongoing vaping purchases are e-liquid and attys ... with occasional splurges on mods and fat batts.]

Simply blow it out every couple days: Place your mouth over the threaded end and blow hard and steadily onto a paper towel until no more liquid comes out. This works as well with a long-tube atty as with a 510.

After which, drip 4 drops of e-liquid directly on the atomizer bridge. [Actually, I just drip into the center of the opening, hoping/assuming that the juice will eventually find its way to the right place down that long tube.] Do this, even if you use carts; the blowing has dried out the atty and it now needs to be re-primed. [For more on e-cig maintenance, see this page of my WWV V2.]

The center hole of the atomizer is sealed, although there are two air-holes in the sides from which juice might leak into the well of the battery (but unlikely into the battery itself). I've been dripping on this thing constantly since I've got it and no problems thus far.

Yes, Jackal3 (who has been communicating with Boge) confirms that there will be cartomizers for the Leo. And hifistud tells us that the batteries Boge is now delivering to suppliers (or directly to consumers) are sealed* ... and that Leo LR attys are coming!

* U.S./U.K. suppliers' current stock of Leo batteries probably are not sealed.​

BTW, Jackal3 has just posted his video review:

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And he presents his video review of the Leo PT version in this post.

 

[CatVTTV]

Don is right, the majority of folk who have been vaping a while, have long since given up on methods of cleaning atomisers. I certainly have, and now only blow through, as Don has described.

The carts are different, they do need maintaining, so if you have a cart that wicks well, and not all do, due to the fact that its impossible for even a manufacturer to ensure that the exact same amount of fibre filling is in each cart, then you need to wash it through, when changing liquids or when it starts to 'taste' the liquid with a bit of an unpleasant taste.

Simply remove it with tweezers, run it under the tap and let it dry on a piece of kitchen towel. This way you havent handled it a great deal and its shape should remain good for longer.