Patty, I still haven't tried a Vortex on my Reos but I agree, they do take well to being reused. I think mine are better now they've been pulled apart, cleaned and dry burned a few times. We must be pulling them apart differently - I pull out the center post piece and soak it and the rest of Vortex in a hot water & alcohol bath. That's more to neutralize flavors than anything else. I dry burn the atty of each until it glows red and then put the post back in. It reads like you take the atty all the way out of the tube - am I right?
Before using the Vortex on my REO, I remove the center post piece and the little sheet of filter paper (or whatever it's called). Then I put only the outer tube back on the atty, put the modded Vortex on my REO, and 
