what effect will using a wider tube have on squonking? will it minimize bubbling?

[paulw2014]

I'm thinking about using a wider tube, to see if it might cut down on the bubbling, or get rid of the air in the tube.

Will a wider tube also make squonking easier? Since fluid flow easier in a wide orifice?

 

[Funk Dracula]

What problem is bubbling causing for you?

I don't even know if mine bubbles... lol

I attach everything, slide the door on, and everything works great.

 

[DoogieTony]

Mine only really bubbles when my bottle is empty. You need air in the bottle to push the liquid up the tube so there has to be air in the tube regardless of the tube size.

Squonking is already very easy so I can't imagine a wider tube would help. Actually thinking about it, it seems like a wider tube would make it harder to squonk as you would need more pressure to push the larger volume of liquid up the tube.

 

[solace.discord]

what concerns you about these bubbles?

if you're using a thin juice as you've stated, a wider tube is not going to help, from what I can imagine.

 

[Filthy-Beast]

I don't think it will matter much. What I found very interesting was when I got my Woodvil 18490, the 3ml bottle was so much easier to squonk. I had to train myself so I didn't end up with juice all over everything.

 

[Filthy-Beast]

I don't think it will matter much. What I found very interesting was when I got my Woodvil 18490, the 3ml bottle was so much easier to squonk. I had to train myself so I didn't end up with juice all over everything.

As DT noted, it's just physics and at some point pressure must equalize and to do that it will suck air into the bottle through the tube.

 

[InTheClouds]

When you squonk you are sending air and juice up the tube which in turn creates a vacuum to suck the juice back into the bottle so you are not flooding your RM2. After any extra juice is sucked back into the bottle it will draw in air, which may cause a little gurgling. No matter how big or small your tube is this is going to happen, simple physics. It is the same thing as when people flood other types of tanks and cartos but we have the added benefit of the Reo sucking the extra juice back into the bottle.

 

[greigster]

I cant imagine it will make any difference, as it still has the same size nipple/centre pin, that the tube slides over.

 

[BlueSnake]

Since you're vaping 80/20 pg/vg maybe you need to use the reducer that's included with the new Reo. Which will be just the opposite of using a bigger tube. It is included for people that vape thinner juices.

 

[redeyedancer]

In some cases it will cause your mod to auto feed not a good thing in my opinion . I played with feed tubes allot in the early days the inside diameter can change things

 

[InTheClouds]

I have not used the reducer tube. I did not know what it's purpose was. My girls work perfectly just the way they arrived.

 

[Big Hitter]

Bubbling ...... ??

Been using a REO almost 4 years and never noticed bubbling ..... Or didn't care if I did >

 

[paulw2014]

In some cases it will cause your mod to auto feed not a good thing in my opinion . I played with feed tubes allot in the early days the inside diameter can change things

By "auto feed", you mean when the juice get squonked up by itself? I think I've heard this term some where before. It's usually caused by going from a lower temperature to a hotter one and the expanding gas causes the juice to rise up?

By that's gotta be pretty rare is it?

 

[Filthy-Beast]

By "auto feed", you mean when the juice get squonked up by itself? I think I've heard this term some where before. It's usually caused by going from a lower temperature to a hotter one and the expanding gas causes the juice to rise up?

By that's gotta be pretty rare is it?

Also can happen as a result of altitude changes. Both are more likely to happen with thinner juice.

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[paulw2014]

Also can happen as a result of altitude changes. Both are more likely to happen with thinner juice.

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Is autofeed also more likely to happen with a full bottle? I vape thin juice and so far I like the fact that it is so easy to squonk. But I tried a higher VG juice last night and squonking requires slightly more effort, hence why I started this thread.

But since auto feed is brought up, I'm wondering if I should order a reducer tube, since it can get very hot in Chicago during the summer...

Has anyone actually experienced auto feed before? How is it like? Juice just come up and flood the atty and then can't drain down?

 

[BlueSnake]

You should have received a reducer tube when you got your new Reo. It's a very small piece of plastic that was in the bag of things that come with the Reo.

 

[nerak]

Is autofeed also more likely to happen with a full bottle? I vape thin juice and so far I like the fact that it is so easy to squonk. But I tried a higher VG juice last night and squonking requires slightly more effort, hence why I started this thread.

But since auto feed is brought up, I'm wondering if I should order a reducer tube, since it can get very hot in Chicago during the summer...

Has anyone actually experienced auto feed before? How is it like? Juice just come up and flood the atty and then can't drain down?

New REO's all come with a reducer tube. It is very small and most miss it in the bag.

I had auto feeding with a atomizer while in Florida. The high heat made the juice fill the atomizer and drip well. It was a mess! I could loosen the cap and some would travel back down. Just blew on the atomizer a few times after wiping the juice from the drip well.

Yes, a full bottle will contribute to auto feeding in high temperatures.

With a RM2 it would flood the chamber some and not drain by itself.

 

[paulw2014]

I had auto feeding with a atomizer while in Florida. The high heat made the juice fill the atomizer and drip well. It was a mess! I could loosen the cap and some would travel back down. Just blew on the atomizer a few times after wiping the juice from the drip well.

Does auto feeding only happens when there is a temperature change or altitude change? In your case, once you've retightened the cap and cleaned up the drip well, it should solve the problem right? Or is it on-going as long as you are in hot weather?

I would think auto feeding only happens when there is a temperature change or altitude change. What happens is that you have a change in pressure that causes the fluid to rise up (due to a pressure difference). But once you open up the cap and retighten it, the pressure difference should go away.

 

[nerak]

Does auto feeding only happens when there is a temperature change or altitude change? In your case, once you've retightened the cap and cleaned up the drip well, it should solve the problem right? Or is it on-going as long as you are in hot weather?

I would think auto feeding only happens when there is a temperature change or altitude change. What happens is that you have a change in pressure that causes the fluid to rise up (due to a pressure difference). But once you open up the cap and retighten it, the pressure difference should go away.

What I did was leave my REO in the car for a short period of time. That is when there was juice all over!

After cleaning it things were pretty good. We didn't use air condition so the temp was still very warm. I did notice that I did not need to squonk much at all. It almost self-feed the juice as I vaped. That was probably due to the temp.

Now here at home if I am out and it is very warm I just take my REO in with me. I don't usually stay outside for long periods of time in high heat.

 

[paulw2014]

I did notice that I did not need to squonk much at all. It almost self-feed the juice as I vaped. That was probably due to the temp.

But that's the good aspect of auto feed isn't it?

I'm pretty sure I lost the reducer tube that came with my REO. Summer is around the corner and I want to know what to expect if auto feed occurs.

My gut feeling tells me auto feed will not cause juice to leak out of the air hole. I think most likely it'll just flood the atty, and then I can just try to vape it right?

BTW, I vape mostly 80PG juice, but recently started using 50/50