What am I doing wrong?

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MichelleOhio

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Got my Mini 2.1 today and hooked it all up. I'm using a LR atomizer that seems to be hitting on the dry side. I push the bottle and see juice in the bottom of the atty and coming into the holes around the connector. Am I supposed to be putting juice in the entire catch cup area? That just seems a little messy to me….
 

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Sometimes the atty will flood from over squonking, but you think it's not getting enough juice. Usually, a dry atty will result in a change in flavor, where as, a overly wet one just gives poor vapor. Try vaping it dry (without inhaling) and squonk while you draw on the atty (without firing) until you *just* feel a slight pressure resistance or hear the tiniest gurgle.

ETA: when I used attys, I always had too much juice if I could see ANY in the catch cup. It should stay completely dry if you're doing it right (takes a few days to really get the hang of it)

ETA2: Don't immediately squonk after you've fired it, let the coil cool down a bit first or you could blow the coil.
 
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with a regular atty you need to "Blind Squonk". Do not press the fire button, while squonking(pressing the bottle), suck on the drip tip until you get a very slight gurgle. With practice you'll notice a slight difference in the draw right before the gurgle starts, this is the perfect place to stop. When you're really rocking you'll have no extra juice in the well and will get a perfect vape.

Edit: Ancient Puffer got to it before me.
 

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Because the air hole for a regular atty is in the connector the juice takes the path of least resistance, out those holes. by sucking on the atty the path of least resistance is up into the atty. With the RM2 and it's air hole being on the side of the top the juice has no choice but to go into the rm2.
 

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A flooded atty vapes as poorly as a dry atty. And if you have flooded it, you'll get very little vapor and bad hits. The first instinct will be to give it more juice.....just making the problem worse. Lots of people say just "vape through" the flooding.....but I used to take the atty off, blow it out into a Kleenex, swab out the connection hole, and start over. What these fine folks are describing ("blind squonking") is the way to prevent this in the future, but you might need to start with a clean slate. Take it off, blow it out, swab up the mess, and start over. :)
 
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