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tearose50

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Hey Chinner --- Hope you work it out. As I'm sure you've heard, the Vmod isn't good for squonking. Barely a tap is all that is needed. That was the biggest problem for many who have used other feeders. The "vape it nekked" has worked for many. Hope you give it a try.

I am amazed you had a mess without even using it. Oh, I had some early "what the heck did I do" messes -- but only at the very beginning before I actually followed instructions -- Never has it leaked outside the case and I've put it through all sorts of traveling and "purse" torture.
 

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Hey Chinner --- Hope you work it out. As I'm sure you've heard, the Vmod isn't good for squonking. Barely a tap is all that is needed. That was the biggest problem for many who have used other feeders. The "vape it nekked" has worked for many. Hope you give it a try.

I am amazed you had a mess without even using it. Oh, I had some early "what the heck did I do" messes -- but only at the very beginning before I actually followed instructions -- Never has it leaked outside the case and I've put it through all sorts of traveling and "purse" torture.

Yeah I just call it Squonking out of habit lol, but I have adopted the "V Squonk" or at least I thought I had it right. I'm going to re-read everything about the technique just to be sure. I might even switch to vg and see if that helps. I'll also leave it naked for a while and see if I can get you guys some specific information to help me troubleshoot.

As for the instructions, feel free to share the current master techniques with me to save reading 80 pages again lol

With the mystery overnight leaking thing, I have no answers. The more I talk to you guys, the more I suspect the leak may be connected to the bottle hole. I'll report back!
 

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Chinner, I don't fully understand the mad loyalty people here feel for the Vmod. But even though I don't care for their attys or cartos, and I've taken a lot of flack here for pointing out pretty basic QA issues that I shouldn't have had in the first place, I feel some of that loyalty too. I dunno. The little guy grows on you. You find that with all the issues, it's still a PV you use a lot. Especially if you're one of the happy ones who can use the Vapage attys, I'd say there's a Vmod in your future vape-arsenal.

My pretty minor leaks have recently all been around the bottle neck. The bottle neck itself fails insidiously. The crack can be invisible. You have a spare? try it. Check that little gasket inside the threading that the bottle neck screws into. Is it there? Is it straight? What happens if you pull it out and let the bottle push it in?
 
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Way to quiet around here --- where is everyone?

On the bottom of the page under tags is listed some of the most relevant posts by post number.

A few have slightly different feed methods -- less is more. Tilt and "fire feed" draw works for some with an occasional tap on the bottle. Methods might depend on what you like to do with your other feeder models. If you are used to a draw after the tilt and gentle squeeze -- do that.

If you are feeling you need to feed more than that it most likely means that there is something off with the seal and it is squishing down too far in or something --- I think it's covered somewhere in those posts. Sometimes just loosening the cone a hair does the trick.

and, of course, the Vmod likes baths. If frustrated give it a bath. Reassemble and it's often happy.
 

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Ok Vmodians, desperate times called for desperate measures:?: The only carto's I use are Silo's and Fusions!! But as we know silo's are not in stock:( So a friend sent me a few Boge carto's to give this whole loose fit and they work theory a shot:blink: Now here's my findings!!! I fit a boge on the Vmod and tightened it down just up to the point where it fired. Then I installed the #5 o ring around the carto as usual, attached body and attached the cone with an oring. Now I never put any joose in the carto to start:ohmy: Tilted the Vmod and gave a few taps to prime, and guess what happened:?: I FLOODED the boge, yes, FLOODED the boge!!! So I puffed till it cleared. After that, I have just been tilting(with no tap) while it's hot and sure enough vapor streams out while it's tilted!! So my conclusion is IT WORKS:2cool: Wanna know what else, not a single drip of liquid in the whole thing!!!!! Now with all that said, I STILL WANT MY SILO'S:2cool: Not trying to start any controversy, Just Tat's :2c:
 
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With the mystery overnight leaking thing, I have no answers. The more I talk to you guys, the more I suspect the leak may be connected to the bottle hole. I'll report back!

I'm reading this as, it's leaking while just sitting, not in use. If this is the case. Are you laying it down on the side? Left on it's side the juice in the catch cup could be leaking out. Should be set down upright when not in use. If it is left sitting upright. Maybe the carto/ atty is fully saturated and gravity is causing the juice to leak out and fill/ overflow the catch cup. Only other thing I can think of would be if, the metal feeder cup is holding juice and not feeding. I think after awhile gravity would cause the juice to try and run back into the top of the bottle. An air bubble will shut off the flow back into the top of the bottle and may be causing the juice to leak down around where the bottle threads into the metal feeder cup. Try leaving the Vmod sitting without the cover on 'naked' and look for the highest spot you see juice. Maybe knowing this would help pin point the leakage. As said many times here, the Vmod likes baths............
 

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Good morning all. :)

VMOD bath day AND a brand new 1.5 BF atty. Caramel Popcorn and happy happy vapes! Tho, I too have struggled with VMOD issues. The problem for me is I am just not sure of the causes, or how I "fixed" them.

Mysterious Mod, this little engine that could, would, and does.
 

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Mine is still vaping great on a Joye atty, suddenly without a trace of leaks. No idea why. I screwed in the same bottle, but maybe because I reseated the bottle neck washer? Chinner, be sure to try that if your leak is around the bottle threads.

@Tat, glad to hear the loose Boge works for you. It flooded mine too, mucho juice right up the chimney, only in my case it also dribbled down below. Curious you prefer the silos, but the Boges will hold you for now.
 

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I have 4 bottles for the VMod- one in particular has noticeably thicker walls, that makes a light 'squirsh' difficult.
This bottle also has a tendency to become 'clogged' with a drop of juice in the neck.
I noticed I was getting a lot of 'spillage' with this bottle- so it's been retired to 'emergency- last resort' use only.
 

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I need to know who uses the BF Hybrid 2.0ohm atomizers.

I have a secret mission for you. :)

I love the 2.0 atomizers (and the old 1.8s as well) for about half my juices. And of course the 1.5's for the others. The LR silos seem to work pretty well for everything, so I'm on pins and needles for them to get back in stock (so I can order some of everything in one go).
 

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@Tat, glad to hear the loose Boge works for you. It flooded mine too, mucho juice right up the chimney, only in my case it also dribbled down below. Curious you prefer the silos, but the Boges will hold you for now.

I don't think it's curious at all. I love the silos and can't hardly stand the boges. (I think you'd find an awful lot of vmod users that prefer silos over boges). The Silos are very, very good - it's just that "one size" never fits all. Just like some people like mexican food better than chinese food. Probably also has a lot to do with juice preferences, heat preferences, etc etc. I'm glad there are options out there, it would stink if there were no choices.

Not that there is anything inherently wrong with the boges, but for me they don't perform nearly as well (they don't last as long, they adversely change the flavors of my juices, and they are less consistent). I know that might not be the case for everybody out there, but it's certainly the case for me. On my Vmods, give me a LR silo or a 1.5/2.0 hybrid and I'm happy. Everything else I've tried just falls short. Remember, the Silos and hybrids were engineered specifically for this mod. If anything, I'd find it curious that you prefer the boges (which were not designed for the vmod).

Perhaps the boges will grow on me since I'll be stuck with them for a few weeks (I hope so, at least to some degree) but man, am I looking forward to getting my good stuff back in stock!
 
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