What's your favorite cartridge filler?

[karenrcg]

I may need to try some of these ideas, I have to admit i've been using the original material that came in the carts for 4 months now I give it a good wash then put the little squares into mesh laundry bags and chuck them in the tumble dryer it fluffs them up just as if they are new

 

[TheCleaner]

I'm the same way karenrcg.I've been using the same cart and filler for 2 months.I take the filler out and put it in a paper towel to suck up the juice then run it under the facet to clean it out.Then I put it in a paper towel again to absorb the water.It comes up nice and fluffy.I do this once a week.I don't see why people change them so much.Am I missing something?

 

[Terrie]

Like Karenrcg and TheCleaner I just keep washing mine and re-using them. I have about 15 carts that I have been re-using for 3 months now. About once a week I pull all the used fillers out, put those and the carts in a spaghetti strainer, spray them down really good with hot water, then let them dry.

 

[caywen]

Has anyone tried the material from an analog cigarette ....? Seems to me that that stuff would actually be ideal (if a bit ironic).

 

[Ann]

I was using the cheap coffee filters then found some old
Gevalia coffee filters and what a difference it made.
The nic flavors come through much better and the vape is less harsh. The tea bags make me congested.

 

[nwharley]

i have been using the loosly rolled paper towel today and is working great.

 

[Bootyology]

ARRRGH!!

I'm having so much trouble with diy liquid and filler materials.

My journey with filler material:

1. Fluval cleaning pads
(not the filter; the cleaning pad. haven't tried the filter yet).
These looked and felt just like the original filler that comes with new carts. It's just not the same. If you use just a little bit too much you block of access to the innermost depths -- there is invariably some small area where the density of the material simply will not allow any passage.

I've had amazing success with using as little filling as possible... but only for the first fill. After the first use, it loses whatever structure you've given it and becomes a useless lump at the bottom of the cart. I've even tried creating a small structure from bits of paperclip, heating the paperclip structure, and then melting little puffs of the polyester on to the structure, cutting off excess... blah. that was a failure as well. The structure takes up too much space in my tiny m401 cart and the filling collapsed a significant amount anyway.

2. Paper towel
too absorbent. I would get perhaps a couple good drags and then I'd have to wait a little for the atomizer to gradually wick some more liquid.

3. Tea bag
Same deal. use too much and it doesn't allow for enough flow. use too little and you flood your atomizer. I couldn't find a middle ground. Also it seemed as though the material would always expand in my cart and i'd lose that nice coil shape. it would just become a thick 'O' and subsequent fillings would just pour right into my atomizer uncontrolled.

4. regular ol' paper
I thought this worked amazingly until i got a flooded atomizer. But come to think of it, I don't think I've tried using enough paper. so perhaps i'll give that a try. I doubt i'll have any success though.



So thus far, nothing has worked nearly as well for me as the original material. Thanks to all who are trying new things and sharing successes.

 

[lec666]

i'm still using the original polyfill stuff that comes in it only i've modified my cart. i read
somewhere on this board about a strategically placed pinhole in the cart can help.
well i've done this and i just about empty the entire cart with good taste throughout.
the way i could tell is before i would go to top up and would only be able to get 4 drops
or so on the cart. now it takes 10-12 drops in a 901 cart. size and location of
the pinhole are key to this working. i use the extreme tip of an exacto knife
to achieve this. too big a hole and you'll flood the atomizer.

 

[ChaoticKinesis]

Teabags are working very well in both my 4075 and 501. Draw is easier, longer between top-offs and they wick much drier than original filler. Standard Liptons Tea, 1/2 lengthwise, fold that in half and then wrap almost loose around a ballpoint pen cartridge. Lasts 2 to 3 days but for the price and ease of assembly, well,

So let me get this straight: are you using the entire length of the tea bag when opened up with double thickness (folded in half, so essentially four layers) to fill a single cart? Do you still get the hole in the middle after it absorbs the liquid, with the bag bunching up around the sides of the cart?

 

[80063r]

I thought I'd try that cigarette filter idea...

Has anyone tried the material from an analog cigarette ....? Seems to me that that stuff would actually be ideal (if a bit ironic).

I like that suggestion because they are resistant to heat damage, and I have several hundred left over from roll-my-own analog making.

I split the filter in half lengthwise, and cut to length. By the way, this was tried first on my NJOY NPRO (RN4081). After putting 3 drops in the empty cartridge, I slid the filter into it and poked a hole in it with a toothpick. Then I topped it off.

It was very absorbent and had Great wicking action. It produces large amounts of vapor and has no bad taste (yet). I even seems to hold as much, if not more liquid than the original wick.

I'll report back more later.

 

[80063r]

Oh, and the cigarette filter wicks don't flood the atomizer or leak into your mouth.

Sorry for the double post.

Edit: The filters can be purchased at a tobacco store at around $2 for 200.

 

[Wally]

I've been trying different materials and the best I've come up with is a cotton handkerchief--pure white cotton, washed many times first. I cut the hankerchief into strips a tiny bit wider than the length of my 801 carts. I do this both with a roll of the cotton and, as someone suggested before, by folding the strip accordion fashion. I try to use as little as possible and the strip ends up being about 2 inches long before rolling or accordion folding. It provides good wicking, holds a lot of fluid but doesn't leak, shows no scorching or burning and has a good clean taste. So I'm going to work with this for a while.

The paper towel (and other things like that) bother me because this is highly processed paper with a lot of additives, bleaches, etc. I imagine some of this could vaporize out with the heat applied to it.

This forum is very helpful. Thanks, folks.

Wally

 

[Vicks Vap-oh-Yeah]

I found an algae scraper - sponge like material - at the petstore. when you cut a hunk off it, and fluff it out, it looks like woolen material, and not a sponge.

Been using it a week, and it still wicks pretty well. Nothing I'd call the holy grail, but it works for me...

Tried the teabag and coffee filter, blech - leaking all over the place. Had more juice run out of the bottom of the atty and down the manual switch than I'd thought possible...

 

[DreamVapor]

The analog filter sounds like an interesting idea. I haven't been too impressed with the few menthol flavors I've found with ecigs. I wonder if you bought the menthol filters and used them how that would work....might have to try that. When you use the filters do you like separate it a little or just cut them to size?

 

[cyberwolf]

I finally got around to picking up some fish tank filter today. I couldn't find Fluval, but got some Marineland Bonded Foam Sleeve. I cut a square large enough to block the top of the 901 cart, but not large enough to fill the whole thing. So far they are working great and have allowed me to completely empty a cart with great vapor the whole time.

 

[needvapor]

can someone post me a link to how to do this?? I am looking and keep missing, cant find the thread. Also putting a pinhole in the cartridge does this mean the plastic piece or the batting inside?? or both? sorry newbie here!

 

[yield2me]

I just tried the teabag and my oh my what a difference! Doubled the vapor and throat hit! Awesome

 

[tlbeedy]

Today I'm experimenting with the Fluval...So far it seems to work great. Will have to try it for a day or so.

 

[trollmonger]

I just tried the teabag and my oh my what a difference! Doubled the vapor and throat hit! Awesome

i have been dripping but this sounds good... what you just stuff the material in the cart?

 

[Quixotic7]

I just tried using a coffee filter, I cut a strip, rolled it tight, then unravaled it a bit until I could stuff it in the cart without it smashing. Cut it right to the top of the cart. My dad gave me a puzzled look as to why I was stuffing a coffee filter in my e-cig. Then I fit about 20 drops into it. I'm using 510 carts btw. With the regular filling, I can only get 14 drops till it pools, and usually use a syringe to fill. This filled up just by dropping. It's flowing the liquid great, and not leaking! I really want to try out those hemp tea bags now. I hate the polyfill because it always gets strings in my atty.