Up or down? Does it matter?

[Elphaba Thropp]

I've been keeping my SmokeStiks in the pencil cup, battery end up.
It just seemed right to me and I didn't think about it too hard.
Does it matter? Does it want to be upside down or on its side?

 

[Elendil]

I have seen ther merit of both ways discussed here.

On a model with an automatic battery I think battery up would be the best. Less likely that juice will flood the atty and seep into the battery. However, you have to be careful on your first draw after storing it that way for a while because you could get some juice in the mouth.

For a manual battery model, I think battery down is best...............

 

[Elphaba Thropp]

Thanks.

I found out how easy it is to get a mouthful of juice...

I also discovered that I can use a nail (couldn't find a skinny screwdriver) to rip off the extra little piece of plastic at the bottom of the cartridge. There's an extra wall of plastic in there, I still haven't figured out why.

If there's any goo in there, my pinky nail is just long enough to run a cloth in there and get rid of it. If no one is looking, my shirt or pants cuff will do.

I don't suppose you know why that extra little chamber is there, other than to fill up with goo and try to poison me?

 

[happily]

more likely to keep juice out of your mouth.................I personally throw away half of my cart filler and tip it batt up when it's flooding and batt down when it's getting too dry. Control my own juice feed.

 

[Mary Kay]

yep, to keep you from flooding your mouth! Yucky taste from something that vapes so yummy!LOL
I store my 901 on it's side after flooding the battery..
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[DC2]

I've certainly found it matters, and with a full cartridge, I go battery side up.

But after even one or two drags, I'll generally go battery side down to accelerate the wicking action. But if you only take a drag every now and then, putting it down on it's side will probably be just fine once the cartridge is no longer full.

 

[cmacpduff]

If you have a 901 with the hole in the battery, - it's a no brainer, - battery up or lay it on it's side. Bttery down and eliquid WILL migrate into the battery and short it out so to say. Worse, my experience is that when the battery is in it's death throes, it begins to over heat the atomizer and so 2 birds are killed. I was storing mine in my blouse pocket, mouthpiece up because I didn't want to leak liquid on my clothes. Instead I've spent a fortune in 3 months on atomizer and battery replacements. Next electronic device will be a 601 pipe. That battery looks like it could power a Rock Concert.