what stops a reo from leaking everywhere?

[yinsen]

still waiting on my pay so I can join reoville but in the meantime, another question, if you will...

I read a lot of people talking about how reos are great for just throwing in your pocket or taking a beating at workplaces etc, but if there is a direct hole between the juice bottle and the 510, would juice just pour out the bottle and through the dripper and go everywhere any time the reo was not upright?

excuse the noob alert, your help is much appreciated!

p.s. can reo fire buttons be locked?

 

[six]

It's voodoo. And yes. The button can be locked.

OK. About the voodoo... The tube goes to the bottom of the bottle. So, if the device is upside down, the tube is out of the juice. When it's on its side, even when there is enough juice to cover the end of the tube, it doesn't have anywhere to go but in to the atty... and it takes some pressure to make it want to go in to the atty. The juice has to be forced in to the tube.

This is my new Grand laying on its side... There is an O-ring in the cap that keeps juice limited to being able to exit the bottle via the tube. Juice can get in the cap, but not past the tube. The diameter of the tube is pretty small, so it isn't a situation where juice can actually "pour" out of it. The bottle has to be squeezed.

 

[Filthy-Beast]

Yes the fire button can be locked, but I don't bother anymore I've never had a miss fire in pocket.

The diameter of the tub is small enough, the tube is long enough and juice is thick enough that it does not drain out, it requires you to squeeze the bottle to get the juice to flow.

ADDIT: The package also includes a reducer to make the standard tube an even smaller diameter. This would be used in high altitudes or very hot conditions that can cause auto feeding. I've never need to use them.

 

[DoogieTony]

It won't leak from the bottle through the 510. I'm not positive but my best guess is that there's a pressure difference in the bottle.
I pocket mine all day at work and never have leaking issues. Just don't put a freshly juiced wick in your pocket or you may have a little dribble from the airhole.

Yes the button has a lock.

 

[Rickajho]

Welp, someone can probably explain it bettterer but:

There is a feed tube to the 510 connector that actually goes through the bottle cap and runs to the bottom of the bottle. The only way liquid can get out of the bottle to the 510 connector is by applying pressure to the bottle, forcing your liquid up through the tubing. When all is set up properly, when you release that squeeze excess liquid is actually drawn back into the bottle.

That, and your bottom feed atty is basically set up to only hold as much liquid as the wick can take up. You aren't trying to use a typical RDA with a large juice well - it isn't necessary here.

It's pretty fool proof unless something is technically wrong or you are over squonking and have fed more liquid to the atty than the system can draw back into the bottle. Technical problems are rare, and getting a feel for how much liquid to feed and how often is a very short learning curve we all get through fast.

On metal body Reos the fire button rotates to lock/unlock. On Woodvilles they have an internal on/off slider switch to prevent accidental firing.

 

[yinsen]

in a few short minutes I had a handful of the most succinct and friendly explanations ever! I sure like it here. thanks everyone.

the comment about juice thickness made me think of somwthing: how does squonking differ between different juice ratios? I use 100% vg whenever I can find it, will this make squonking more of a challenge?

 

[X-Puppy]

The REO does great with 100% VG. I usually run ~ 95% VG. You do have to squonk a little harder but it works fine.

 

[Rickajho]

in a few short minutes I had a handful of the most succinct and friendly explanations ever! I sure like it here. thanks everyone.

the comment about juice thickness made me think of somwthing: how does squonking differ between different juice ratios? I use 100% vg whenever I can find it, will this make squonking more of a challenge?

As a 100 VG user (Pg allergy here) - nah. It just works. It's not harder to feed 100 VG either. If anything things are the opposite: Rob includes a short piece of really thin tube for high PG users to insert in the bottom of the feed tube to tighten up the flow a bit. Us high VG users have no need for that.

 

[MichelleOhio]

The only problem I've ever had with "leaking" wasn't any fault of the Reo…it was user error. By over squonking, my RM2 gets too much juice in it and will sometimes drain out the air hole on the side. Alas, I try to keep my mods upright whenever possible because of my heavy squonking.

 

[Filthy-Beast]

Rob uses 100% VG and built it to work perfectly with that juice.

 

[karmakatie]

Porcupine dust keeps Reos from leaking

 

[Miata GT]

On top of everything that has already been said there are 2 things I would like to add:

1. Especially with an RM2, there is only one hole and a best practice is to have it turned in the up position when you raise the mod to your mouth for vaping. This ends up being at a diagonal for me with the hole facing the left rear of the device. When I stick it in my pocket and sit down (which unfortunately I'm doing most of the day) the hole is 'up' so even of there was ejuice in the atty it can't leak out.
2. Ejuice is thick enough that it loes just flow. I just did a test yesterday as it turns out using 50/50 mix on my new RSST without the filler plug, laying the atty on it's side with the filler hole under the surface of the ejuice and it never leaked out. Surface tension and all that I would guess?

 

[rudy4653]

in a few short minutes I had a handful of the most succinct and friendly explanations ever! I sure like it here. thanks everyone.

the comment about juice thickness made me think of somwthing: how does squonking differ between different juice ratios? I use 100% vg whenever I can find it, will this make squonking more of a challenge?

VG is thick but no problemo for REO. The only other thing I would mention that in the summer when it's warmer out the VG will be a bit thinner in viscocity and in winter a bit thicker so squonkinng pressure may vary.