Well Fred is officially deceased now. I think you could say that I dismembered him.

I started getting some gurgling around 1/2 full then around 1/3 full quite leaky. Usually I just get a gurgle or 2 when it's nearly empty and never a leak. I think at some point I accidentally pulled out a little wick. Oh well 6 weeks of good vapor for $1.49 I'm not complaining in the slightest.

At least now I got the chance to try taking the middle tube out and actually see the
coils etc... I see people on YouTube taking these all apart and dry burning etc.. I think I'm going to stick with simple soaking and hot water rinsing maybe occasional boiling, and no disassembly beyond unscrewing the head. The middle air tube is a very tight press fit takes 2 pair of plyers to get it off, I don't think these were really meant to be taken apart. I've even seen people post that they have rebuilt them with new
coils, but man that area where the coil is F'in tiny I don't see how. I'll just make sure I always have some spares around. These are way too inexpensive to bother with any of that.
