I bought a pack of 5 of these, I knew they have gotten mixed reviews and some people complained of leaking while others were happy. I watched the video before filling and followed instructions carefully, using the enclosed blunt (21 gauge I think it should be?) So far I have 3 of them opened and 3 leaking. None has survived a third refill in usable condition, and the last one I opened started earlier than the first ones, after vaping less than half a tank.
I am not talking unusable as in 'small beads of liquid may form and mess up an auto battery' unusable, I mean unusable as in if I set it down for a few hours virtually all the liquid has transferred to the napkin.
With my latest attempt I have actually found one way to avoid the leakage! I was watching youtube videos and watched one by a guy that loves these things and he was trying to explain how it worked. He claimed that as long as the seal at the top wasnt damaged then it wouldnt leak, but once that seal was gone it would seep out through the bottom like mine have kept doing. So I tested that by storing the thing upside down. Voila! No more leaks. Ergo I believe I can rule out damage to the top seal during filling, in this case at least.
Several obvious problems with that solution, of course. Dries out the wiks, and cannot set it down even for a moment when attached to a battery. I dont tend to just sit and vape for long periods of time, I take a drag or two and set it down. So this isnt really a practical solution. But maybe it's a clue.
If the gist of what I got from this guy on youtube is right, and the seal *at the top* is really all that stops it from leaking, then by capillary action it is always going to leak, slowly but steadily, when held upright or horizontally, only turning it up so that the liquid drains back out of the atomizer will ever keep it from leaking at least a little.
With manual batteries and a napkin, that could be worked around if the rate was tiny but ~.2ml/hr isnt what I mean by tiny.
The other thing I saw as a clue googling for solutions here was that the wicks on clearomizers are sometimes a problem and need to be stuffed. So I started looking for the wicks on these things... and strangely enough I dont see any. Just a couple of little holes where the liquid feeds into the atomizer. Is it possible the wicks got left off of my CE3s?
Not coming down on SI, their standard cartomizers and juices are by far my favorites. I tried them based on reading happy customers here, and was not disappointed. Just these tiny clearos that are giving me trouble. Still hoping there is something I am missing because if these things would just quit leaking they would be perfect.
I am not talking unusable as in 'small beads of liquid may form and mess up an auto battery' unusable, I mean unusable as in if I set it down for a few hours virtually all the liquid has transferred to the napkin.
With my latest attempt I have actually found one way to avoid the leakage! I was watching youtube videos and watched one by a guy that loves these things and he was trying to explain how it worked. He claimed that as long as the seal at the top wasnt damaged then it wouldnt leak, but once that seal was gone it would seep out through the bottom like mine have kept doing. So I tested that by storing the thing upside down. Voila! No more leaks. Ergo I believe I can rule out damage to the top seal during filling, in this case at least.
Several obvious problems with that solution, of course. Dries out the wiks, and cannot set it down even for a moment when attached to a battery. I dont tend to just sit and vape for long periods of time, I take a drag or two and set it down. So this isnt really a practical solution. But maybe it's a clue.
If the gist of what I got from this guy on youtube is right, and the seal *at the top* is really all that stops it from leaking, then by capillary action it is always going to leak, slowly but steadily, when held upright or horizontally, only turning it up so that the liquid drains back out of the atomizer will ever keep it from leaking at least a little.
With manual batteries and a napkin, that could be worked around if the rate was tiny but ~.2ml/hr isnt what I mean by tiny.
The other thing I saw as a clue googling for solutions here was that the wicks on clearomizers are sometimes a problem and need to be stuffed. So I started looking for the wicks on these things... and strangely enough I dont see any. Just a couple of little holes where the liquid feeds into the atomizer. Is it possible the wicks got left off of my CE3s?
Not coming down on SI, their standard cartomizers and juices are by far my favorites. I tried them based on reading happy customers here, and was not disappointed. Just these tiny clearos that are giving me trouble. Still hoping there is something I am missing because if these things would just quit leaking they would be perfect.
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