I had originally tried to quit with an m401 dragon from truesmoker (where did they go?) and the carts were just too big of a pain in the rear. Got an eGo T to try this again. Restocked on juices and really like the convenience. Having a slight airflow problem when I first start vaping in the day but it loosens up after a couple of drags. So wish me luck!
Trying this again
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Welcome back! I had a relapse until recently. the tank is helping me get back in line as well. Good luck this time around.
Grats!! I started on an M401 - I actually still leave it set up for the flavor since it does have nice flavor so it's good for a delicate sweet juice. I replaced the cart stuffing with blue foam and I leave a nice dessert flavor in it. But I do most of my vaping on KR808D-1 and 510, both with cartomizers.
Good luck! I feel funny saying welcome back, since you started before me, but . . . welcome back to the world of vaping!
Don't forget to post with questions. These guys all helped me out when I got stuck!
Don't forget to post with questions. These guys all helped me out when I got stuck!
Best of luck! Maybe try using some higher nic level juice- keep the monkey at bay!
Welcome
I am quitting using the eGo-T as well.
I have to fiddle with it occasionally... but it is working.... there is a long list of tricks you learn using it, but none of them take very long or are hard to learn.
I am still on the original atomizer that came with my kit, although I do have a couple of spares just in case. lots of folks changes juice often, I found one I like and am sticking to that.
So there are a lot of differences with what folks do with this.
I like my eGo-T, but really want to try a bottom feeding box mod at some point.
If you are interested I can list the tips and tricks that have worked for me anyway with the eGo-T
I am quitting using the eGo-T as well.
I have to fiddle with it occasionally... but it is working.... there is a long list of tricks you learn using it, but none of them take very long or are hard to learn.
I am still on the original atomizer that came with my kit, although I do have a couple of spares just in case. lots of folks changes juice often, I found one I like and am sticking to that.
So there are a lot of differences with what folks do with this.
I like my eGo-T, but really want to try a bottom feeding box mod at some point.
If you are interested I can list the tips and tricks that have worked for me anyway with the eGo-T
@Astronomer. That would be awesome! I am learning as I go (for instance I left my tank in the atty all night last night necessitating a cleaning) and would love to hear what you've learned.
These work for me ( other people may tell you something different )
The atomizers ship with some not very good tasting ( my opinion ) primer in them. Take a paper towel and hold it over the tank side of the atomizer ( with no tank in it ) and blow in the battery side end, blow hard, blow often, keep using a clean spot on the paper towel until you are no longer wetting it with the primer juice you are blowing out of the atmomizer. Then take a fresh paper towel and roll up a section of it and clean as much juice as you can out of the inside where the tank goes.
To fill the tanks, just pop off the end cap where the diaphragm is ( the side that goes into he atomizer ) some folks will tell you not to do that… I have had no problems doing this at all, re-pop them off dozens of times, and have had no leaking from that seal at all. Just drip the juice into the tank and pop them back on… you do have to line up the flat sides of the cap to pop them back on.
With a brand new atomizer I usually put one or two drops of juice onto the puncture device before putting in the first tank, that is probably not necessary.
Take light long slow drags, don’t pull hard on it… that I have found was 100% of the problem with leaking for me ( leaving a flooded atomizer ) and also the issue of juice getting into the tank mouthpiece. After I started taking long slow draws my unit no longer leaked, I leave it assembled all night… no problems.
Don’t run a tank dry, when it is getting low.. pop out the tank… and top it off, I have found that a nearly dry tank doesn’t taste as good.
After topping a tank off 4 or 5 times, you will find the residual liquid gets a little dark… time to clean the tank, a cup of hot water does nicely, take the tank apart, pop off the end cap with the diaphragm, use the end of a paperclip and pull out the mouthpiece end plug, and pull out that second plug deeper inside the mouth piece as well ( throw that away, you really don’t need it ) let them soak for a few, dry them out with rolled up pieces of paper towel, put the mouth plug back in ( some folks don’t even do that ) re-fill it, put the cap back on and back into your atomizer… tastes like new.
On Cleaning the atty, I have gone from one extreme to the other, I started by soaking it in rubbing alcohol, and then going through a dramatic 2 day drying routine, I went from that to hot water, and still a 2 day drying routine, to now…. I don’t really clean it any more, I just puff half a tank of pure PG ( you can get that from almost any juice supplier ) and then go back to my regular juice.
I will deep clean it again when I have a serious problem.
Dry Burnt taste… this will happen…. #1 have you been vaping your behind off? Cause it takes time for that juice go pass through the wick in the puncture device to the atty, let it sit for 10 min and see if it still tastes like that… if it does not.. .problem solved do nothing
Still have a dry burnt taste, pull out the tank, take the end of a paper clip, position it just inide the puncture devise where the wick is ( careful you don’t want to push the wick through ) and tap it down about 1/16th of an inch… all of a sudden the atty performs flawlessly … at least for me. I end up doing this about once a week, but only when I have that specific issue.
I charge my batteries every night, takes about an hour ( my wife uses my second 650mah battery ) I use a 1000mah battery and keep the second 650 as a spare when my 1000 is charging…. That way 2 of us have stopped smoking with 3 batteries.
I did pick up a couple of extra atomizers, I have cleaned them up and tested them, but then have not touched them they are sitting brand new in my Ego case. I have been using the 2 atomizers that shipped with my eGo-T for a month now.
Things in my eGo-Case
Spare battery
10ml bottle of juice
A couple of paper clips
A couple of spare tanks
2 spare atomizers
A fold of paper towel ( in case I need to clean something out )
Im good to go!
Know that I am a newbie too, I have had this thing 1 month, and have totally stopped smoking for the last 22 days.
The atomizers ship with some not very good tasting ( my opinion ) primer in them. Take a paper towel and hold it over the tank side of the atomizer ( with no tank in it ) and blow in the battery side end, blow hard, blow often, keep using a clean spot on the paper towel until you are no longer wetting it with the primer juice you are blowing out of the atmomizer. Then take a fresh paper towel and roll up a section of it and clean as much juice as you can out of the inside where the tank goes.
To fill the tanks, just pop off the end cap where the diaphragm is ( the side that goes into he atomizer ) some folks will tell you not to do that… I have had no problems doing this at all, re-pop them off dozens of times, and have had no leaking from that seal at all. Just drip the juice into the tank and pop them back on… you do have to line up the flat sides of the cap to pop them back on.
With a brand new atomizer I usually put one or two drops of juice onto the puncture device before putting in the first tank, that is probably not necessary.
Take light long slow drags, don’t pull hard on it… that I have found was 100% of the problem with leaking for me ( leaving a flooded atomizer ) and also the issue of juice getting into the tank mouthpiece. After I started taking long slow draws my unit no longer leaked, I leave it assembled all night… no problems.
Don’t run a tank dry, when it is getting low.. pop out the tank… and top it off, I have found that a nearly dry tank doesn’t taste as good.
After topping a tank off 4 or 5 times, you will find the residual liquid gets a little dark… time to clean the tank, a cup of hot water does nicely, take the tank apart, pop off the end cap with the diaphragm, use the end of a paperclip and pull out the mouthpiece end plug, and pull out that second plug deeper inside the mouth piece as well ( throw that away, you really don’t need it ) let them soak for a few, dry them out with rolled up pieces of paper towel, put the mouth plug back in ( some folks don’t even do that ) re-fill it, put the cap back on and back into your atomizer… tastes like new.
On Cleaning the atty, I have gone from one extreme to the other, I started by soaking it in rubbing alcohol, and then going through a dramatic 2 day drying routine, I went from that to hot water, and still a 2 day drying routine, to now…. I don’t really clean it any more, I just puff half a tank of pure PG ( you can get that from almost any juice supplier ) and then go back to my regular juice.
I will deep clean it again when I have a serious problem.
Dry Burnt taste… this will happen…. #1 have you been vaping your behind off? Cause it takes time for that juice go pass through the wick in the puncture device to the atty, let it sit for 10 min and see if it still tastes like that… if it does not.. .problem solved do nothing
Still have a dry burnt taste, pull out the tank, take the end of a paper clip, position it just inide the puncture devise where the wick is ( careful you don’t want to push the wick through ) and tap it down about 1/16th of an inch… all of a sudden the atty performs flawlessly … at least for me. I end up doing this about once a week, but only when I have that specific issue.
I charge my batteries every night, takes about an hour ( my wife uses my second 650mah battery ) I use a 1000mah battery and keep the second 650 as a spare when my 1000 is charging…. That way 2 of us have stopped smoking with 3 batteries.
I did pick up a couple of extra atomizers, I have cleaned them up and tested them, but then have not touched them they are sitting brand new in my Ego case. I have been using the 2 atomizers that shipped with my eGo-T for a month now.
Things in my eGo-Case
Spare battery
10ml bottle of juice
A couple of paper clips
A couple of spare tanks
2 spare atomizers
A fold of paper towel ( in case I need to clean something out )
Im good to go!
Know that I am a newbie too, I have had this thing 1 month, and have totally stopped smoking for the last 22 days.
I should add, taking out the mouthpiece plug with a paperclip, and the removing that second plug deeper in, and tossing that second one away, improves the airflow as well. Some folks toss both of them.
Great that your vaping again! Just make yourself a promise that you won't go back to cigs if the ego-T doesn't work out for you. Like you, I ended up going to the ego-t and loved it....for a while.
Just remember, there's LOTS of other things to try and LOTS of veterans here (not me) to help guide you when the frustration sets in.
Just remember, there's LOTS of other things to try and LOTS of veterans here (not me) to help guide you when the frustration sets in.
I also agree that the eGo-T is not in any way the "end all" of vaping. It got me off of cigarettes, but I suspect before my vaping journey is over, I will end up with one of those bottom feeding box mods
I love the look of the ali'i
But I did think of a few more things I should mention ( while I was at lunch )
The eGo-T I am told mutes the taste of the juices.... so my first order of juice was with blue mist and I asked for the "extra flavor" I found that I very much prefer it that way.
when I first tried their juice I tried the Robacco menthol, and it had a funny taste, it was good, very vapable, but it had a slightly chemical, almost a dentist office taste to it, so I set that aside and started vaping something else.
Ran out of that juice that was very good and went back to the Robacco Menthol... it tasted fantastic!
Got another bottle, and it had that funny chemical taste again, 2 days later that taste was gone and it tasted great.
I learned that some places do not pre-mix any juice, they make the juice fresh for your order, so when you order it it has not had a lot of time to mix... to steep so to speak. I have learned to let my fresh juice steep for a couple of days ( at least that one ) and it turned out to be my very favorite juice... it is what I am vaping now. ( I was a menthol smoker )
There are some things I learned on this forum that I had to unlearn, I used to think you had to line the tank grooves up with the spaces on the sides of the atomizer cover... you really don’t need to do that at all.
I love the look of the ali'i
But I did think of a few more things I should mention ( while I was at lunch )
The eGo-T I am told mutes the taste of the juices.... so my first order of juice was with blue mist and I asked for the "extra flavor" I found that I very much prefer it that way.
when I first tried their juice I tried the Robacco menthol, and it had a funny taste, it was good, very vapable, but it had a slightly chemical, almost a dentist office taste to it, so I set that aside and started vaping something else.
Ran out of that juice that was very good and went back to the Robacco Menthol... it tasted fantastic!
Got another bottle, and it had that funny chemical taste again, 2 days later that taste was gone and it tasted great.
I learned that some places do not pre-mix any juice, they make the juice fresh for your order, so when you order it it has not had a lot of time to mix... to steep so to speak. I have learned to let my fresh juice steep for a couple of days ( at least that one ) and it turned out to be my very favorite juice... it is what I am vaping now. ( I was a menthol smoker )
There are some things I learned on this forum that I had to unlearn, I used to think you had to line the tank grooves up with the spaces on the sides of the atomizer cover... you really don’t need to do that at all.
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Thanks for the tips. I've had leaking problems and very stiff draw with my new eGo-T and I'll try to solve them with your advice.
It works for me.. I cant guarntee it will for you.... but I was drawing too hard and flooding the unit.
Now I take nice light long draws... no more leaking, no more flooding
Now I take nice light long draws... no more leaking, no more flooding
Thanks for all the great advice! I did learn another thing today. Place I bought the pv from told me I *had* to take the chad out of the tank. Made a mutated hole and juice all over the place. Next tank I left the chad in. Performs like a champ! I feel that messing with the chad is asking for a larger than intended hole. So I'm going to try not taking it out for awhile.
I agree, dont mess with the chad. I removed the chad from 4 tanks, all 4 leaked. The tanks I left the chad on, no problems at all.
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