The Proper Way to Fill a Tank-Cartomizer

[BillyTheWild]

Still new at this, so hope somebody can clarify.

I have read 4 different ways of filling a tank-carto and each says the other 3 are wrong and will damage the unit.

1. Fill the tank only. Let it sit for 30 min or longer until juice naturally being drawn into the carto.
2. Fill the tank only, then take a lot of hard, dry puffs to draw juice into the carto.
3. Take the carto out of the tank, fill the carto completely with juice, slide the carto in the tank, then fill the tank.
4. Fill the tank, then drip about half of the carto with juice, then take dry puffs to suck the juice from the tank to fill the bottom half of the carto.

It seems to me that any of these will work and it's just personal preference. But like I mentioed, each one of them says the other methods will damage the carto. What do you guys think?

 

[Butters78]

When I used to do, when I used carto tanks was condom fill the carto before I put it in the tank. Worked every time.

 

[NICnurse]

AAAAGH info overload for you, huh! There are tons of suggestions out there. I use a carto/tank everyday. And I have for over a year. To keep it simple, I follow option #3 that you listed above. I punch the carto, fill it with liquid, blow out the excess, put the carto into the tank, and then fill the tank. Easy peasy. I use a syringe and needle to fill the carto to make sure the wick has plenty of juice around it to saturate well. Hope this helps! Good luck!!

 

[razor4432]

Baditude will be in here I'm sure but his blog post about them worked for me all the times I used it (basically method 3 using a needle and syringe to get the filler saturated at the bottom). Only being able to get dual coil cartos at the B&M's here and having an eVic I ditched the cartos and stayed with the clearo route, 2.5amp limit never allowed proper performance of those dual coils.

Have now moved on to RBA's (kinda), got an AGA-T+ that's going great. Will give cartotanks a shot once I get a mech mod or Provari since the AGA is heavy and not that on-the-go friendly, makes the Protank feel light.

 

[WalkinRuin]

I'd never fill the tank only. It could work but it also will increase the chance of burning a carto. I use option #3 to ensure the carto is wet although I put the carto in the tank first and then fill, not sure why it would matter. I can see the juice drip out the little hole when it is full. Item four..well how can one tell when a carto of 1/2 full?

-Ray

 

[IntelligentDesigner]

The proper way is whatever soaks the fill.

It's kinda like saying one PV is the best PV. But it's whatever gets you off the tobacco.

 

[SupplyDaddy]

And there are even more ways to do it... I put the carto in, fill the tank, then squirt juice up the connection end, just enough to moisten the coil area... do a couple non-powered drags and I'm good to go. My cartos (and the wife's) last for weeks!

 

[BillyTheWild]

Method #3 seems to be the tidiest and easiest to me also. But opponents of this keep saying that this will "flood" the carto and it's will damage it. I just don't understand their point - isn't the carto supposed to be saturated with juice, so why "flooding" is not good (as long as you don't let juice going to the center tube.)

 

[hottierockstar]

the ocelot condom method
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-method-carto-filling-k-backwards-condom.html

baditude method:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blogs/baditude/3710-5-cartomizer-tank-setup.html

whichever method you use you do NOT want to drown the filler in the carto...it is not fun to try and vape that way (and it can leak down the post into your battery)
currently i do a mix of both

you can also get a tank tool...there are a few different ones with different functions
tank filler tool
Smoktech DCT Refill Funnel
slap yo' mama
http://bigdaddyvapor.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=13&products_id=52

 

[BillyTheWild]

Thank you all for the advice. I think I am going with #3 and get the SmokTech Refill Tool also.

 

[Iffy]

When I used to do, when I used carto tanks was condom fill the carto before I put it in the tank. Worked every time.

I do that also, except I punch my carto after da condom fill.

 

[300fury]

Easiest way I have found(60 40) juice is to fill the carto first. I drip about 3 drops into filler, not the hole, and blow 3 or 4 short puffs till it disappears, repeat until just a tiny bit of juice comes out the punch hole maybe some out the connector side, I can completely fill a carto in a minute, slide it in fill the tank and your good to go. Using a slap yo mama carto tool to assemble makes life easy

 

[RoadToNever]

I prepare a new carto by dripping in to it until it wont accept any more liquid and starts to flood. This is a very fast process if you do a thermometer shake each time you add more drops.