V4L Carto Question

[ArdentHope]

I have a few questions about Vapor 4 Life's cartomizers.

It has come time for me to clean my used cartos for the first time and I have watched several videos demonstrating the process. I've removed the hard plastic/soft rubber caps and (from all the vids I've watched) there is supposed to be a silicone O ring inside that must be removed. None of my carts have this O ring. I have both regular and premium cartos. Has V4L deemed the O ring obsolete and therefore no longer deems it necessary to be installed it their cartos? Or have I just received some cartos missing the ring? Finally, will these carts leak after I refill them?

Thanks for any replies.

Denise

 

[msroulette]

my new premium cartos don't have o-rings...I figured they must have stopped using them.

 

[jdvorr]

There are premium hard & soft caps. All the non premium cartos should have a hard cap & a clearish silicone O-ring. I don't think they'll leak much more without the O-ring. I would just maybe not fill them quite as full. Overfilling seems to get me some juice in my mouth, even with the O-rings.

 

[Sherrick]

Most of the new premium cartos do not have the "older style" O-ring.

 

[ArdentHope]

I have both premium and non-premium. Neither one has the O rings and was kinda worried that the non-premos would leak since I broke the glue loose when taking them apart. Man, those things were just about welded on!

Thanks for you replies.

Denise

 

[Sherrick]

The hard-cap premiums are sealed pretty tight. If you put just the mouth end in some very hot or boiling water for 20 to 30 seconds though, they tend to pop right off. All of V4L's cartos are undergoing some evolutions at this time, so some have the O-ring and some do not.

 

[thelook]

On my NON premo carts, I have had 2 with no o-rigs also.
Here's the deal though, when I refill my NON premo carto's I NEVER put the O-rings back in, instead I just use a soft top off of a Premo Carto. The thickness of the soft cap is exactly the same as the O-ring and the tiny hard cap together.

I have no problems when I do this, it works pretty well, but I am sure if it is not a good thing to do someone will come along and let us know

 

[Sherrick]

Can't imagine the function of that O-ring is to do much more than keep juice out of your mouth, perhaps provide some thermal protection so the carto doesn't get too hot too fast, and / or provide a little stability to the carto as it does heat up. If none of those things is an issue for you - and they haven't been for me - I can't see how not using it would create any other kind of a problem. I've had surgeries on both hands in the last 3 weeks, so my dexterity has been about nil. I quit trying to put the O-rings back in to save myself the frustration of spending 30 minutes refilling one carto. Haven't experienced any negative effects that I'm aware of.