Vision Aurora BFT - bottom feeder kit for tube mods

[Maggiemw]

If my Aurora continues to perform as well as it has so far and remains fiddle-free I think this would be a much more beginner friendly device than clearos with the huge bonus of great taste of dripping.

Fully agree with you, especially since I am definitely a beginner to dripping. I'm now on my second little bottlefull, and enjoying it to the point of going into nic overload . I'm going to lower the nic content to 6 just to avoid this.

My little jadeite tip fits very well.

Peraspera, do you have any tips as to how to take care of the coils?

Thank you!

 

[Vwls]

Still getting a gurgle on my Aurora - it seems to happen after the battery I have it on loses a bit of juice and I give it a squeeze. Also it spat hot drops of juice up onto my tongue a few times.

Can anyone recommend a good bottom feeding atomizer that would work on the Aurora - one that has mesh perhaps in its base? I'd like to get away from the cloth wick and see if that improves the experience.

Would a 306 work on this?

Sorry for the dumb questions, but asking lots of dumb questions is how I learn ;o)

 

[peraspera]

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Peraspera, do you have any tips as to how to take care of the coils?
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I can't stand the taste of even very slightly dirty coils so after every 3 ml. of juice I dry burn atties at 5.5 watts using less than 1 second pulses once the coils show orange. Dry burning risks popping a coil which means a dead atty. Also, it supposedly shortens the life of the coil. I've not had problems with either popped coils nor short-lived atties but that's certainly no guarantee you won't.

I think most of the vaping world soak their atties in alcohol overnight and use some sort of brush or toothpick to very gently pick off the burned juice gunk. I tried that a couple of times but I thought the atty still tasted dirty. Obviously most people don't find that to be the case.

Still getting a gurgle on my Aurora - it seems to happen after the battery I have it on loses a bit of juice and I give it a squeeze. Also it spat hot drops of juice up onto my tongue a few times.

Can anyone recommend a good bottom feeding atomizer that would work on the Aurora - one that has mesh perhaps in its base? I'd like to get away from the cloth wick and see if that improves the experience.

Would a 306 work on this?

Sorry for the dumb questions, but asking lots of dumb questions is how I learn ;o)

What type of battery are you using with your Aurora? The atty that came with my Aurora is standard resistance of 2.6 oHms. That is too high for an unregulated battery and needs to be used on a VW or VV device.

The gurgling and spitting issues are most likely being caused by insufficient battery power rather than the type of wick you are using. If you are using an unregulated battery and want to stick with it try a low resistance atty between 1.5 and 2.0 oHms. The lower the oHms the warmer the vape and the quicker your batteries will die.

I've never purchased any 306 atties so I don't know if they would work on the Aurora.

 

[tearose50]

Here's a new dripping atty that will fit, but I have no idea if it will be feed well. This is the first I've noticed with no wicking fibers.

"They don't have any of those wicking fibers under the bridge.... Of course, when dripping any atomizer you have to keep it wet or the coil
will pop on you."

L-Rider Low Resistance (1.5-1.9) True LR Atomizers [LR-LR-True] - $5.00 : ValueVapor.com, Discount Electronic Cigarettes and e-Liquid

 

[peraspera]

I just got around to trying the heads that were included with my Aurora. I found both the taste and vapor production to be poor. I also found that they tended to gurgle when first fed even when you use the bottle to attempt to suck the juice out of them.

I sure hope that others might find their heads work better than mine. However, my gut tells me that it will take a micro coil with a cotton ball wick for the heads to shine as well as the atty.

GotVapes put up NEW Aurora BFT- Bottom Fed Tank Top Atomizer Kits for $27.95. You get a 5% discount if you sign up for their email list.

 

[Scope666]

I just got around to trying the heads that were included with my Aurora. I found both the taste and vapor production to be poor. I also found that they tended to gurgle when first fed even when you use the bottle to attempt to suck the juice out of them.

I sure hope that others might find their heads work better than mine. However, my gut tells me that it will take a micro coil with a cotton ball wick for the heads to shine as well as the atty.

GotVapes put up NEW Aurora BFT- Bottom Fed Tank Top Atomizer Kits for $27.95. You get a 5% discount if you sign up for their email list.

Here's how the single coil looks dissected ... I'm going to try and build a micro coil in here with cotton, to try and replicate a high end atomizer feel.

 

[Scope666]

Here's how the single coil looks dissected ... I'm going to try and build a micro coil in here with cotton, to try and replicate a high end atomizer feel.

Reporting back: I took a micro I had already built for my IGO-L that still had some life left in it (built on 1/16" drill bit, 8 wraps, 30 AWG) and mounted it ... quite easy actually. These are on par with Protank heads as far as rebuilding, everything is easy to get to. What I've built is DEFINITELY better tasting than the stock coil in the picture.

 

[Borescoped]

So, this thing worth dropping a few bucks on to try out bottom feeding? I saw Todd's review also, and it interested me quite a bit, for use while driving (and long road trips)! I like the idea of eventually buying either a REO VV Grande or the Sun Box E7 (bottom feeder w/ DNA20!!), but they aren't cheap to get in to (would also love to see a review of the Sun Box before even considering buying it (Todd... hint, hint!))

Benefit for me, since I live in the UK, but have USPS here, I can order from both UKecigstore or Gotvapes.

Also, I wonder, with minor modifications done (cap off the bottle, but have a tube running thru it from the inside bottom of the bottle through to the part that the liquid runs into) that it could be modded to refill w/out having to tip it over (kind of like the Surge Tank)? Or is this just a stupid idea?

 

[peraspera]

Reporting back: I took a micro I had already built for my IGO-L that still had some life left in it (built on 1/16" drill bit, 8 wraps, 30 AWG) and mounted it ... quite easy actually. These are on par with Protank heads as far as rebuilding, everything is easy to get to. What I've built is DEFINITELY better tasting than the stock coil in the picture.

Thanks for posting the pictures. Those heads were surely crying out for micro coil builds but I couldn't get myself motivated to do it.

...Also, I wonder, with minor modifications done (cap off the bottle, but have a tube running thru it from the inside bottom of the bottle through to the part that the liquid runs into) that it could be modded to refill w/out having to tip it over (kind of like the Surge Tank)? Or is this just a stupid idea?

The VMOD and Aurora have similar feed systems. People have modded their VMODs with a tube for a vertical feed but you lose the ability to quickly correct a flooded atty. There was a picture or two on one or both of the VMOD threads but I didn't bookmark because it wasn't something I was interested in doing. If you can't find the post you might want to ask on one of the threads if anyone can point you to the pictures.
The Vmod XL 18650 Bottom Feeding Mod from Vapage.com - Part 2
Let's talk about the Vmod! Calling all Vmodders and those interested in the Vmod!

 

[catcat]

Hi, I just got mine in the mail.
Peraspera, the outside of mine does not have that shrinkwrap stuff you talked about that is sometimes used to cover a digital window. I've never been good with attys, and still don't know how to rebuild. I have just put a head in first. I found it hard to get threaded in. I tip it upside down, give it a squeeze and tilt it back up before I let go of the squeeze, it still gurgles on me at first, so that seems to be a given from reading other's gurgling experience with the heads.

Also, I'm wondering why the box says it contains a "cartomizer". It's an atomizer...yes??

 

[Mark Todd]

I'm sure this has been said already but if it's gurgling, whilst holding it standing upright, just squeeze the bottle and let go again, this will suck the excess back down into the bottle.

 

[Scope666]

Hi, I just got mine in the mail.
Peraspera, the outside of mine does not have that shrinkwrap stuff you talked about that is sometimes used to cover a digital window. I've never been good with attys, and still don't know how to rebuild. I have just put a head in first. I found it hard to get threaded in. I tip it upside down, give it a squeeze and tilt it back up before I let go of the squeeze, it still gurgles on me at first, so that seems to be a given from reading other's gurgling experience with the heads.

Also, I'm wondering why the box says it contains a "cartomizer". It's an atomizer...yes??

Yes, it's more of an atomizer, as I've looked inside and it's just a small coil with a small silica wick running though it. I'm thinking the best way to run this thing would be with an HH357, or equivalent ... although the stock atty (non rebuildable one) isn't half bad.

 

[peraspera]

Hi, I just got mine in the mail.
Peraspera, the outside of mine does not have that shrinkwrap stuff you talked about that is sometimes used to cover a digital window. I've never been good with attys, and still don't know how to rebuild. I have just put a head in first. I found it hard to get threaded in. I tip it upside down, give it a squeeze and tilt it back up before I let go of the squeeze, it still gurgles on me at first, so that seems to be a given from reading other's gurgling experience with the heads.

Also, I'm wondering why the box says it contains a "cartomizer". It's an atomizer...yes??

All four of my Auroras have some sort of clear vinyl? over the colored metal part. You can see tiny little spots of shiny metal in the spots where it doesn't stick down well on my blue, black and purple Auroras. I burnished the shiny spots out with the top of my fingernail but I had to press pretty hard. My silver one doesn't have any shiny spots but it feels the same as the others.

My atties are all very crackly when first fed but none are gurgly. They all vape normally when crackly. A flooded atty that gurgles will have poor flavor and vapor production. I don't experience anything like that with any of my four.

I've not a clue what they mean by "cartomizer" nor what they mean by "bottom and top adapters" either. Got Vapes took credit for the box design. Perhaps someone would like to ask them what the terms mean.

 

[catcat]

I haven't tried the atty yet. Looking forward. I haven't used an atty in 2 years. I always killed them. I'm sure it's total user error. I'm pretty slow to learn. The last one I got was the HHR from Avid. It lasted me 2 days and then just the burnt taste as with all of them. But I didn't know anything about dry burning back then either and have yet to try it. The gurgle is with one of the little heads, but it's only at first. Now to figure out how to dress this thing up.

 

[Scope666]

I haven't tried the atty yet. Looking forward. I haven't used an atty in 2 years. I always killed them. I'm sure it's total user error. I'm pretty slow to learn. The last one I got was the HHR from Avid. It lasted me 2 days and then just the burnt taste as with all of them. But I didn't know anything about dry burning back then either and have yet to try it. The gurgle is with one of the little heads, but it's only at first. Now to figure out how to dress this thing up.

Actually with the HH357 and similar, the guys at Avid advise NOT to dry burn them. They say to soak them in alcohol if they'r really dirty, but that they should stay wet with ejuice all the time for maximum life.

 

[y cherry y]

I love that you can de-flood the atty with the vacuum (reverse-squonk?) "feature" of the design. Nice.

You can also do that with the Vmod.

 

[Racehorse]

Great review Perspera! Neat little device.

It is always interested how other designs try to simulate dripping and/or bottom feeding, without actually having to own a BF....Super T Manufacturing's Vape Mate is another example (except it feeds to the top of your atty). Kinda neat, too, since you can use with an ego battery. Adds absolutely no height, but does add with.
Whereas with the Aurora, you are obviously adding height, and not width, to your batt.

Actually with the HH357 and similar, the guys at Avid advise NOT to dry burn them. They say to soak them in alcohol if they'r really dirty, but that they should stay wet with ejuice all the time for maximum life.

I have never dry burned my atties. Both my HH and my vapage hybrids have lasted 5+ months.

I will also caution against the "overnight" soak, as I did this with vapage slant coil hybrids and they took on a metal taste, remember that most vodka will still contain a high % of water . 2-3 hour soak is more than enough. You can place in a plastic container and shake it around, too.

I place some unflavored vg or pg/vg on mine at night. Insetead of dry burning you can also clean them a bit by just putting unflavored on the coil, and pulsing it a few times.....or vaping it, that is how I end each day.

 

[Skenzer]

Has anyone attached an aurora bft to an MVP 2? Pubs ardor mentioned in his review that the MVP's post is set in too deep to make a good connection. I'm guessing using an adapter between the two might fix this problem?

 

[AngiBe]

I so wanted this to be my vaping bliss device. Maybe I need more practice which I will do. But, I taste plastic and over all odd/off taste with my Aurora BFT . I've tried various diff volt settings, drip tips to no avail. I'm so sad because I was super excited to try this.

I'd try the Surge Tank but for that price, I'd just get a reg bottom feeder! That price is insane!!!!

 

[Pstarsr]

I got this a few weeks ago, i was iffy because of the newness and finding replacement heads. But the idea that i could use bottom fed dripping attys made me go for it, plus its pretty cheap in reality. I wanted to try dripping, without The hassle. I still might try the traditional dripping, but this helped me get the idea.

I too was confused with the "cartomizer" since i dont like polyfill. So i actually havent tried that attachment yet. I have used replacement 2.4ohm heads i got from ecigsupply, they are single coil heads which come with very long wicks, almost like you see with a clearo. Not sure why, so i trimmed them before installing one. Otherwise you would have to shove the wicks into the tube before fitting everything.

I tried one of the 1.8 dual coil heads that came with the kit, but i dont like really warm vape so i took it back out. Both heads create great vapor and taste, more that my mini protanks persay.

So far this has been great for me, im going through my " meh these juices just arent all that " shelf and noticing some are pretty good with the aurora bft. I noticed i get 3-5puffs per squeeze with the heads, i notice flavor deminishing and then its time for a small squeeze. It gurggles slightly after squeeze, but clears up mid first puff. To me thats the sign ive got it just about right.

I want to try dripping atomizers on this but have been stuck on what to use with my twist batteries, i hear the hh357 is good but the site says dont run them on ego batteries. Psuardo ( if i spelled that wrong im sorry, great reviews ) used a stingray on his, but mentioned the hh357. I bought a 306 when i ordered this thinking i could get it to work, but havent had much luck. ( ecs 306 atomizer )

Weird side note, the beauty ring that covers the airholes and the 510 connector ontop of this, is ego thread. I had a standard ego cone and tried it, threaded right on. Kinda makes it look like a missle.