Vapemate leaking into catch cup

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tonyorion

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I use my Vapemates exclusively at home/office with a ProVari and a Buzz Pro. Generally, I have settled on only using genuine Joyes in HR,SR, LR 510's and the Vapemates are working great with them.

I did have some smoktek attys laying around so why not use them up; however, there always seems to be some juice in the catch cup. Not a big deal; just thought I would point it out. The only time I get juice in the cup with the Vapemate and other atty's is when I get a little sloppy squeezing the bottle.

One thing: the smoktek stuff seems to have a slightly longer thread than other attys (as posted often enough in the ePower forum), and the atty does not seat flush with the PV connector leaving a slight gap through which the juice escapes into the catch cup.

I cannot believe how much more enjoyable vaping has become with the feed systems. I also use tanks with cartos and my ReoMinis when out and about.

If dripping were my only option, I would probably still be smoking analogs. Carts were a pain to use and seemed to go through attys a lot quicker-probably due to the focused heat, cart getting dry, and the mechanical jostling of changing carts. Cartos were OK, although my tanks have given them a new life and a chance to use the boxes of them that I ordered from China.

The Vapemate is my favorite because it is clean, easy to use, foolproof, allows quick change and cleaning, and brings out the full flavor of juices, especially with VV. I sure wish it did not look like a version of a portable Hooka or alien ray gun.
 

vocr

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I have a very similar experience, there is always a little juice in my catch cup when I take off the drip tip. I was just telling a person who PM'd me about the Vapemate, to not using a shorty drip tip or they will get juice in mouth. Even with a normal drip tip I do get juice in the mouth if I over squeeze. However, I put on a cherryvape ming on it for the last month and not had a single drop of juice in my mouth no matter how much I over squeeze.

That said, my experience is really like yours. Absolutely love the vapemate :).

I would offer 2 suggestions for a vapemate 2.0:

1) A funnel (or concave) shaped catch cup so juice is guided back down into the atty instead of pooling around the bottom of the drip tip.

3) A more permanent thing on the bottle connector. Something that we can just attach a tube to and screw on a bottle with the tip removed. I'm a juice changer and I had to transfer juice and make tubes for about 60 bottles so that I can screw on and off different juices easily (this was done over the last 2-3 months I've had the vapemate for, not in one go). It would be much easier if I could just have like 4 tubes (for different sized bottles) which I could just attach, pop off the tip of the bottle and screw it in.
 

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Yes the Vape Mate is the best possible solution for us drippers.... I've tried just about every iteration of the so called "auto" feeders, and keep coming back to the Vape Mate as the end-all be-all of juice delivery systems. Like the OP said its fool proof, and I'll add that I enjoy having control over how much juice I pump into the atty.
 

forcedfuel50

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Thanks so much for sharing your findings tonyorion!

Vapemate Modding tip: If one is handy, take a 1/4 drill bit and funnel the top air/drain back hole. if you don't have a drill you can even do it by hand, by just hand lapping the drill bit back and forth. A funnel no more then 1/4 wide is all you would want, anywider and you may go too deep.
 

emonty

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Received the Vape Mate an Love it!!!

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vapn

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I notice a tube inside the bottle emonty. I too went with the tube at first but moved away from it and haven't looked back. You should try it both ways. I have more control over how much juice I push without the tube IMHO. Sure I have to tilt the device but its second nature now.

AWESOME looking setup there! Love the TrippyTip and the drip shield.
 
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