Keep 'em wet, PG. I'm running a 1.5 HH and am even getting a nice cool vape right aound the green mark. I also have some 2.5 306 atty's which seem to vape even cooler. There is a learning curve with attys, especially after you're used to the long 5 second draw on cartos. Attys need a shorter,harder draw than cartos because they need the vacuum.
Throw on a drip shield and you won't have to worry as much about flooding while getting the hang of it. Take a draw without pressing the fire button and if you get a little bit of gurgling, it's filled enough.
Can't wait for my little flask-o-joy to get back from the Buzzpital. Best
thing out there since,blah,blah,whatever.
If a carto is okay, odds are good that the basic vvpv is fine.
Dry hit, as others mentioned, sounds posSible, getting the feed rate down can take time. That is why I use the gratefulvaper sleeve and an empire drip shield with the io6; with this setup it is safe to pretty heavily flood the beast, the ds acts like a catch cup.
(Time for another plug to use a sealed adapter with vvpv. I use a sealed 901/510, the main vvpv connector stays perfectly dry. Between feeder and atty a sealed adapter is very important.
On my buzz pro I use a native 801 top, no adapter, to vape a fusion/m1a1 carto tank combo, but that m1a1 is a superbly sealed leak-free tank, and the fusions are a very consistent carto that I punch myself. I average a drop a day visible on the top cap, fast clean, nothing like the flooding scenario with atties.)
Yes, there is definitely a steep learning curve coming from cartos, plus the added learning curve of starting out with an AVA atomizer on top of it! I think that I'm getting the hang of it more after today though, and I can report that the VVPV is fine and it was definitely a malfunction with the part that connects the chair to the VVPV.
I've learned that unlike traditional atomizers the AVA atomizers need a couple of seconds each time for the ceramic plates to reach the proper temp, plus I've learned doing some reading earlier this afternoon (but still much thanks for the tip
kempo63!) that I should be taking shorter harder hits with an atty after doing a quick draw first. So basically I
was pressing the button, slowly drawing at first to give the AVA 1 or 2 seconds to heat up and then taking my usual 5 second draw on top of that, which was resulting in a 7 second or so draw. So
now I've adjusted some and press the button and do the quick sharp draw at the same time to pull the juice in while the AVA is heating up (I just combined the 2 steps since the AVA needs to heat up anyway), then I'm taking a faster 3 second or so draw and finally getting great flavor, tons of vapor and no throat tickle!
On the advice of someone else here on ECF I did order a Cisco Spec HH.357 3.0ohm atty today though to try and help lessen the learning curve since the AVA is so different, but as usual by the time it arrives I may not need it at this rate and with all of your help!
And also thanks for the advice on the drip shields and connectors, but that's one thing I was thinking ahead on.
I have a drip shield (middle of the line, not cheap but unfortunately not an Empire one
yet), and I actually always use a shorty 510 sealed extension on all of my expensive mods. My Buzz Pro II connector has never even seen anything other than the ....-end of a sealed 510 connector!
I am going to have to check out that sleeve though and see what that is, and I was going to get a Good Sense Vapor atty but they're never in stock so I got the Cisco Spec HH.357.
markfm - Haha, I also use the M1A1 Tanks (I have 4 of them) and love them! The only thing I did was ditch the cheap plastic screws that push on the carto too hard and use the nice metal screws from my old Mom and Pop tanks.
