Something like this may have been tried and posted previously but I haven't found it, but if it has been please disregard my post.
I've been very happy with my 510 with mods for almost 7 months now to include cart mods, battery mods and others. I've purchased a total of 12 attys over time, 6 I keep cleaning and using in rotation, 1 with bridge/wick removed for dripping, 2 with zero ohms (dead) and 3 still new in wrapper. So I think I've had pretty good luck with my attys.
It seems like every day I read posts about people having a "hard draw" from their attys and this could be caused by many things like clogged cart air passages (juice/condensation/debris) or flooded, dirty or just plain clogged atty. Like so many, I always go to bed thinking about ways to improve and "enhance" my vaping experience and ponder the complaints and problems that many have with their e-cigs. So my mind is constantly working always trying to come up with improvements.
I know when it's time to replace my atty with a clean one when the vapor begins to diminish and the draw starts to get a little harder. For quite some time I wondered if I could just increase the airflow if that might help. If I pick up a 510 atty by itself and draw through it I get good airflow, but if I then put my finger over the bottom hole that presses against the center terminal of the battery connector, there is now less airflow. Simple. But I then look at all of the center battery connections on my mods and realize that they are either a solid piece or the hole that was in the center terminal was soldered closed. Either way, once the atty is screwed onto the battery connector the bottom hole of my atty is blocked, sealed tight against it, just like putting my finger over the center hole in my atty it stops the added airflow that was built into my atty.
So I started thinking more about it and figured that if I could do something so that I could take advantage of that hole for better airflow, it just might improve my vaping. So as you can see in the pictures below, I took my Dremel with a thin cutoff wheel and cut a cross pattern directly across the bottom of my atty. If you look at the last picture below you'll see that it does provide an opening (4 of them) to allow the air to flow through that hole in the bottom of my atty.
I put it on my e-cig and to my surprise, this really worked. My draw is easier and I get more vapor and I think it gives me more flavor too. So if someone else wants to try this simple mod, you can probably do it with a small file just as easily, just blow out the metal filings when you're finished. I don't know how deep I can make these cuts, but I am going to make them a bit deeper to get as much airflow as possible without damaging the atty.
If someone else tries this, please post your results.
I've been very happy with my 510 with mods for almost 7 months now to include cart mods, battery mods and others. I've purchased a total of 12 attys over time, 6 I keep cleaning and using in rotation, 1 with bridge/wick removed for dripping, 2 with zero ohms (dead) and 3 still new in wrapper. So I think I've had pretty good luck with my attys.
It seems like every day I read posts about people having a "hard draw" from their attys and this could be caused by many things like clogged cart air passages (juice/condensation/debris) or flooded, dirty or just plain clogged atty. Like so many, I always go to bed thinking about ways to improve and "enhance" my vaping experience and ponder the complaints and problems that many have with their e-cigs. So my mind is constantly working always trying to come up with improvements.
I know when it's time to replace my atty with a clean one when the vapor begins to diminish and the draw starts to get a little harder. For quite some time I wondered if I could just increase the airflow if that might help. If I pick up a 510 atty by itself and draw through it I get good airflow, but if I then put my finger over the bottom hole that presses against the center terminal of the battery connector, there is now less airflow. Simple. But I then look at all of the center battery connections on my mods and realize that they are either a solid piece or the hole that was in the center terminal was soldered closed. Either way, once the atty is screwed onto the battery connector the bottom hole of my atty is blocked, sealed tight against it, just like putting my finger over the center hole in my atty it stops the added airflow that was built into my atty.
So I started thinking more about it and figured that if I could do something so that I could take advantage of that hole for better airflow, it just might improve my vaping. So as you can see in the pictures below, I took my Dremel with a thin cutoff wheel and cut a cross pattern directly across the bottom of my atty. If you look at the last picture below you'll see that it does provide an opening (4 of them) to allow the air to flow through that hole in the bottom of my atty.
I put it on my e-cig and to my surprise, this really worked. My draw is easier and I get more vapor and I think it gives me more flavor too. So if someone else wants to try this simple mod, you can probably do it with a small file just as easily, just blow out the metal filings when you're finished. I don't know how deep I can make these cuts, but I am going to make them a bit deeper to get as much airflow as possible without damaging the atty.
If someone else tries this, please post your results.
