What is the best way to refill a cartomizer?

[OzAmBloke]

I have seen the videos of people filling straight into the metal hole at the end of the cartomizer. i have also watched the videos of people removing the white end cap and rubber thing then refilling onto the batting.

I am thinking that refilling into the metal hole at the end of the cartomizer would be less fiddling and fuss. You don't need to perform surgery on the cart to refill, LOL!!!

My question is: What are the advantages of refilling by removing the end cap and rubber ring then refilling onto the batting?

Thanks,
John

 

[bornagainst]

If you are a new refiller, you are going to mess it up a few times. It just happens that way.

For me, it all depends on your vaping style....and that means that dripping into the battery end works for me.

If you are a much heavier vaper, refilling from the bottom will probably work.

However, once you get the hang of it, you will be awesome.

Just send a PM to the guys who have done the videos. I am sure they can walk ya through it.

 

[kc0cmp]

I have seen the videos of people filling straight into the metal hole at the end of the cartomizer. i have also watched the videos of people removing the white end cap and rubber thing then refilling onto the batting.

I am thinking that refilling into the metal hole at the end of the cartomizer would be less fiddling and fuss. You don't need to perform surgery on the cart to refill, LOL!!!

My question is: What are the advantages of refilling by removing the end cap and rubber ring then refilling onto the batting?

Thanks,
John

The best way is to remove the little white plug and the semi-clear silicone seal behind it and drip directly onto the batting.

Depending on how empty the cartomizer is, it will hold between 10 and 20 drops. Once you get the hang of determining how empty they are, gettin them down to the 15-18 drop range of "emptiness" is pretty easy.

There are several reasons not to drip into the battery end, but by far the most obvious is that you'd be filling *blind*...that is to say you'll have no idea how full the cart is, and no visual feedback as you fill to tell you to stop before you flood.

The plugs are easy to remove and replace, and the factory would fill them assembled via the battery hole if that were the best way. Not to mention that many times the atty isn't centered very well and you can fix that too while you're in there (i check all of my brand new ones for atty centering now, and my carts are lasting much longer)

You should probably check my cartomizer refilling video above if i've lost you anywhere along the line.

Good luck and happy refilling.

 

[OzAmBloke]

The best way is to remove the little white plug and the semi-clear silicone seal behind it and drip directly onto the batting.

Depending on how empty the cartomizer is, it will hold between 10 and 20 drops. Once you get the hang of determining how empty they are, gettin them down to the 15-18 drop range of "emptiness" is pretty easy.

There are several reasons not to drip into the battery end, but by far the most obvious is that you'd be filling *blind*...that is to say you'll have no idea how full the cart is, and no visual feedback as you fill to tell you to stop before you flood.

The plugs are easy to remove and replace, and the factory would fill them assembled via the battery hole if that were the best way. Not to mention that many times the atty isn't centered very well and you can fix that too while you're in there (i check all of my brand new ones for atty centering now, and my carts are lasting much longer)

You should probably check my cartomizer refilling video above if i've lost you anywhere along the line.

Good luck and happy refilling.

KC,

Yours is one of the videos I watched. Your presentation seemed very clear to me. Thanks for answering my question as well. I just need to find a similar tool to yours.

Born,

I presume you put just a few drops in the battery end so you don't flood it?

 

[bornagainst]

My vaping style, where I have it personally, it a cartomizer a day now.

So, I know that during the day, I smoke so much....when I get home, I add a few drops, and that extends the life of my cart for the rest of the day. I refill it with more before bed, and in the morning, I am set.

It just takes practice.

Kc says it best though....at least his way, you know for sure.

 

[kc0cmp]

My vaping style, where I have it personally, it a cartomizer a day now.

So, I know that during the day, I smoke so much....when I get home, I add a few drops, and that extends the life of my cart for the rest of the day. I refill it with more before bed, and in the morning, I am set.

It just takes practice.

Kc says it best though....at least his way, you know for sure.

Yes and if you're only puttin in a couple of drops..battery end can work..but if you dissect a cartomizer you discover what is wrong with full refills via battery end.

Basically there's a slotted centerpost at the battery end that you drip into..what you don't see is that there is a long metal tube attached to it..which then feeds into a flame proof silicone wrapped tube of some woven material.

Air flows through that center contact..through the metal tube past the atty (located beside the flame proof silicone reinforced tube) and then out to you for you to enjoy.

Wrapped around this surprisingly complex assembly is the batting..where the juice is supposed to be..where it's found, wicked up and vaporized by the atty coil.

Basically, when you drip into the battery end, the drops have to go in the metal tube, through the woven/silicone reinforced wicking tube, out to the cartomizer open area..then bounce off the silicone washer and turn an about face and retreat to the batting.

This is why you hear about people dripping and "rolling" the cartomizer when filling it via the battery hole...they may not realize why they have to roll it...but basically theyre tryin to get that errant juice home to the batting.

On a side note, many cartomizers pretend to be flooded when theyre empty!..no kidding!

when you refill a cartomizer, always ensure you have the little .... plug in...if you do not..the juice goes in the batting a little ways then heads right for that battery hole.

The little .... plug is designed to fill that metal tube so the juice has no choice but to go into the batting...and if it still refuses (yes this can happen with some thicker juices and particularly with VG and VG mixes) you end up shaking it down to get it in there.

A brand new dry carto will rarely do this..but one that's been used and refilled several times develops some kind of "buildup"...like the waxy buildup my pledge puts on all of my furniture LOL...but seriously..it resists fluid and requires shaking down...some juices do this some do not.

Whenever you *think* you have a flooded cartomizer...take it off the battery, reinstall the buttplug, and shake the bejeezus out of it (towards the battery end) to force the juice down into the lower batting...you'll find this resolves it 90% of the time..the cartomizer wasn't actually flooded after all!..the juice was just lost on it way to the batting.

 

[OzAmBloke]

I am really glad I started this thread. It has been very imformative. KC and born, thanks for your advice and taking the time to answer my questions.

 

[leeshor]

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Whenever you *think* you have a flooded cartomizer...take it off the battery, reinstall the buttplug, and shake the bejeezus out of it (towards the battery end) to force the juice down into the lower batting...you'll find this resolves it 90% of the time..the cartomizer wasn't actually flooded after all!..the juice was just lost on it way to the batting.
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Now you'll have us all looking for a centrifuge to get the heavy duty juice down the carto.

 

[Pawpaw]

Now you'll have us all looking for a centrifuge to get the heavy duty juice down the carto.

That must be what the lanyard is for! Put some carts in it & start spinning it!

 

[leeshor]

That must be what the lanyard is for! Put some carts in it & start spinning it!

I think you may be onto something there.

 

[Pugzley]

That must be what the lanyard is for! Put some carts in it & start spinning it!

hahahahaha! Wow! Did I ever get a visual off that! Made me choke on my vapor.

 

[ALUCARD]

That's too funny!

 

[leaford]

That must be what the lanyard is for! Put some carts in it & start spinning it!

Also makes a handy slingshot for survivalist situations!

See, we put some thought into this.

 

[plantlvr]

Thanks for the tip KC! I did flood a carto, so I took it off, put in the plug and shook it like a thermometer, and it's working great!

 

[JimStanmore]

The sling thing is not that much of a joke. Several people on ECF put the carts in the finger of a rubber glove and swing it around for about a minute. Battery side out.