Tips on breaking in a new Ego-T?

[Dunlap]

Just got my ego-t in the mail and it's not performing quite as well as I expected. I really thought I had done my homework on getting these things to work well. Heres what I did:

Soaked both atty's in iso alcohol for a few minutes, then rinsed and blew them out a dozen times, give or take, and let them stand for a half hour or so. They came with some kind of liquid all over them that seemed to come out without a problem. Did a couple really short dry burns. Checked the wick level in the spike - seems fine as far as I can tell. Filled a tank, plugged it in, let it sit for 10-15, took a couple dry drags on it and fired it up.

Initially it wasn't very good at all. Little vapor and a pretty strong burning flavor. I got a needle and poked a couple holes around the edges of the wick which improved things quite a bit, but I'm still not getting the flavor nor the vapor I was expecting from it.

Also I've apparently blown through almost 2 tanks in 3-4 hours or so, which seems pretty extreme. I mean I heard they were juice hogs, but damn! No leaks either, that was my first thought but I've kept an eye on it and it's dry as can be aside from some condensation inside the atty.

Anything I missed? Did wrong? Any other tips or suggestions would be appreciated. I have another standard atty and a LR one that I haven't touched yet.

Cheers

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

Hello,
the vapor depends mostly on the ejuice you are using......
I don't soak my initially tho, I just blow the shipping primer out and wipe both inside and out really well. Then I put one of two drops onto the wick area....before I push the button, tho, I drag on it to help the liquid get into the atty. Works very well for me.... if you can see the wick from looking inside and it seems low you can try to pull up just a little, this may help also...just don't yank on it....lol

when starting out with these atties it is
not a good idea to try and dry burn these...they need some sort of liquid on them at all times.

 

[chirodoccm]

they break in pretty quickly.

Blowing the primer stuff out and wetting the wick before inserting the tank for me it generally takes about 10 minutes or so before it starts tasting ok.