Why are they called Drip Tip's?

[mjmag]

Any tip on any device, do you really drip through them? I've vaped for 11.5 months now and this is one thing that I never really figured out. It's almost like I don't even want to ask at this point (lol). I even tried it once, adding juice straight through the hole at the "tip of the tip," on an iGo rebuildable. Just a messy mouth full of juice. What the hell? Am i missing something obvious?

 

[Bigflyrodder]

I actually do drip through them but use wide bore drip tips on my RDAs that are designed for that purpose ;-). Adds great airflow too.

 

[Completely Average]

I'm not entirely positive about this, but I believe that in the beginning there were no clearos, there were simply carts and drippers. Carts don't have a removable tip, so all removable tips were dripper tips or drip tips.

The drip tip name stuck and then was passed on to every similar device. Sort of like how the word "mod" has expanded to include corporate manufactured variable voltage devices which cannot be modified.

 

[bacc.vap]

Yeah, originally with the cigalikes, the carts did'nt hold much liquid and always had to be replaced or refilled. Instead of that they started to just drip some liquid directly on the atty. The cart had to be taken off the atty each time though, sort of a pain. Somewhere along the line someone came up with the idea of making a tip with a hole big enough to drip liquid through, the drip tip was born. If a tip does'nt have a hole big enough to drip through it's not a drip tip, just a mouthpiece. You can't drip with just anything, it works with most regular atomizers and rebuildable atomizers that are made for dripping mainly, not the typical cartomizer or clearo though, I'm sure there are probably an exception or two.

 

[Flt Simulation]

I always call it a 'Mouthpiece' unless it's a specialized mouthpiece made especially for dripping ... then it would be called a 'Drip Tip'.

Make sense?

Since my Kayfun is not a dripper (RDA) ... anything I put on it would be a "Mouthpiece".

 

[Stosh]

The trick to using a drip tip as it was first developed, is to try and drip straight through the center bore, and if it hits the sides - give it a very gentle blow to push the liquid down onto the atty bridge / coil.

 

[donnah]

I remember the excitement when I got my first "drip tip" LOL I got tired of taking the cartridge off the atty to drip juice into it and a drip tip made it much easier.

 

[mjmag]

Thanks for all the input, I do have one very wide-mouthed tip which I suppose would work. I also have a plastic juice bottle with a "needle" feeder which would probably help as well.

 

[DC2]

The trick to using a drip tip as it was first developed, is to try and drip straight through the center bore, and if it hits the sides - give it a very gentle blow to push the liquid down onto the atty bridge / coil.

Yes, this....

I drip 100% of the time, and I am always trying to make my setup smaller.
So I use small drip tips, but juice can get stuck in them more easily than bigger ones.

Then you have to do the "Coke Bottle" blow to get that juice down, or you'll suck a bit of it right back up.

Now I use stainless steel or glass drip tips because the juice doesn't catch in them.
Problem has been solved.

 

[MikeMills]

Good question.

I figured it out on my own but there are a lot of new terms when first get stated vaping.