The new Echo-e cartos for Riva and Ego batteries

[borockster]

Received mine yesterday, about two days from ordering. One has incompletely milled air flow channels at the battery connector making it nearly impossible to draw on. Cropduster has already said he will mail a replacement out today. So, +1 on customer service.

The other three work, but... I can't say I'm impressed by them yet. I can get about 2ml of juice in them, maybe a tad more. Draw is rather light for my taste, vapor production "meh" - no more and often less than I get from a Type A atty, tank and good technique. I want to attribute this to the lighter draw but not sure yet. I tried turning the inner batt connector/air hole by turning in a 1/2 turn at a time up to four full turns -- small improvement in draw and vapor but not much. Maybe it can be turned in more but I want to be careful. Could also be that the air channels on these are too deep, as compared to too shallow. One of them has a very slight, muted burned taste to it. Not enough to make me stop vaping what's in there, but not sure I'll refill it.

In addition to the known bad air channel on one, all of them feel "rough" when threaded on (at least as compared to my Type A attys).

So... any tips from longer-time users, something to give me a reason to love them? I haven't completely given up on them, maybe there's some trick to using them that I don't know yet... but my first impression is they rank about the middle of the range of all the cartos I've tried so far.

I bought 3. On the first one the threads and air holes are perfect and I reported a fantastic experience. However, the other 2 have incorrectly or incompletely cut threads. And as I reported before they will not work on the ego models sold by mypvshop(.)com

So...I did test them on a Joye Ego battery and they work and of course they work on a Riva battery. I just opened the other 2 today and when I found them AFU I went to cropdusters site and it appears to be inactive. No links work. Any info?

 

[borockster]

Cool Vapes has seven left if anyone wants to take a chance. Mountain vapor also has them in stock for $4.25

 

[fogdaddy]

We are up now
Tony

 

[JimmyJet]

We are up now
Tony

I was just starting to reply that cropduster901 works fine from here. What happened, Tony? Server or internet?

JJ

 

[borockster]

We are up now
Tony

Who is we? Cropduster901 is deader than a hammer for me. (please excuse if that's not you!)

EDIT: There it goes....Thanks!

 

[Fabsta]

1st Impressions: Easy to fill, took about 30 drops (lost count and didn't overfill), vapor is plenty, taste is excellent.

I'm also quite impressed with these but it has only been a few days. Flavor seems a bit better than the echo but it may just be a juice thing (different flavor). I got 75 drops from a 30ml bottle. I hope they can be refilled at least half of the amount of times the manufacturers are saying. Time will tell....

 

[Jules815]

Ok so day 3 with the echo-e cartos. Took about 2ml of juice and lasted 2 days for me (not a heavy vaper so my LR510's usually last all day for me)

Anyway, I liked not having to worry about a refill for an extra day but I don't think the taste or vapor was all THAT different from a good LR510. Not worth $5-6 apiece as opposed to $7-8 for 5 of the LR510's. I do like that I don't need to use the cone (I don't use it all the time but it makes for a cleaner look) but I do miss the snap, crackle, pop of the LR510.

I will probably alternate or use these when I am going to be out and about so I dont have to worry that I will run the carto dry if I happen to overvape while I am out.

 

[michaelcly]

I ordered two on the 2nd. I was emailed they were out of stock and could be a couple weeks. I opted to wait. Sat. I got an email they're on the way. So, they must be in stock now. For my patience, they threw in a third carto and a drip tip. I'll report my experience with them soon. I can compare with bloog, ego t, ego a type atty, kr808, j510. This is my first jumbo.

 

[fun2btango]

Got my Echo from this new supplier...check it out and his prices:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...m/194316-d-b-gold-has-echo-e-cartomizers.html

 

[BiancaMontgomery]

Has anyone tried vaping these at 5v?

 

[txtumbleweed]

Has anyone tried vaping these at 5v?

I haven't but some have. MWA said they were real good a 4.5, I don't think he mentioned 5 V.

 

[txtumbleweed]

Got my Echo from this new supplier...check it out and his prices:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...m/194316-d-b-gold-has-echo-e-cartomizers.html

He's been selling them for a while in the classifieds. I bought one from him last week and it was a good deal.

 

[BiancaMontgomery]

I haven't but some have. MWA said they were real good a 4.5, I don't think he mentioned 5 V.

Well, the ohms certainly seem to be high enough to take 5v...I guess I'll find out in a few days.

 

[michaelcly]

Got the Echo-e's yesterday. I was concerned about the threading because of an earlier post in this thread so I wiped down the threads with pg juice and a paper towel before assembling. All three fit nicely on my Joye eGo batteries. No problem with fit. They arrived priority mail ... Cropduster901 was great to deal with. They seem to have some web issues though. I'm sure that will be fine with time.

So, I cracked open a bottle of my favorite...Halo Freedom. It took 80 drops without a hitch. After 87 it began to drip out of the battery end. I blew out a couple drops and cleaned it up. I let it set awhile and grabbed a bloog carto and filled it up as well. 30 drops. I let it all sit for about 15min and took a few tokes off of each w/out inhaling (just to get em going).

The FLAVOR edge goes to Echo-e but TH was a little better with the Bloog. That surprise me but then it didn't...all h-coils seem to vape in similar in ways. The Echo-e was more airish while the was a little tighter draw. Both provide a lot of vapor. As I continued, the flavor difference became more noticeable. But, all in all, there was not a big difference. The Echo-e is a great and consistent vape. It's not really fair to compare flavor because the Freedom was freshly opened and not steeped.

The bigest difference? 85 drops is a lot. I won't have to change cartos or add juice until I get home. 2.5 ml is about what I go through in full day. The Ech-E is well matched with a 650 joye eGo battery in voltage/res and more importantly for me, in run time. They should run low about the same time. I really like the soft rubber tip. Someone here mentioned the nicotine seemed to deliver better. Well, my head was buzzing early in the test. Of course that may be I was simply toking more than usual. Time will tell.

It's a funny thing about horiz coils... they seem to dry me out more than dripping or atomizers. Maybe that's just me. I plan on starting another thread about that. BUT, the bottom line for the echo-E is... great vape, consistent and convenient. I'm glad I bought it. I'll have one with me...along with a Bloog in my shirt pocket.