You're a 510 smoker who's atty's last 14 days or more.

[InTheCity]

Great,

Could you explain to me what it is you do that creates longevity with the atty's, as I've yet to have one last longer than 2 weeks and most are dead within a few days.

For me.

I open the atty and apply 3-4 drops to a fresh cart.
Apply the cart to the atty, connect to the battery and draw slowly.
The first initial drags are taken slowly and not inhaled.
I only hold the manual button as I inhale and release when not inhaling.

After a short period of time (10 minutes or more) I can usually tell if the atty is going to be a consistent vaping machine or a piece of junk.

For the next few hours, I top off the cart and vape until its dry.
I don't draw too hard, but have been known to vape excessively.

Before topping off again, I'll check to see if some of the old juice has made its way down to the atomizer, to avoid any overfilling. If its dry after this period, I'll add 2-3 drops to the cart.

This practice usually goes well for about a day or two, but then I awake to find a dying atomizer that's really not performing as it should.

When the atomizer are starting to lose functionality, I tend to either move on, or start overfilling them in order to achieve any vapor production, which eventually can lead to drowning or leaking. And at that point they're pretty much useless.

I have found a slight pattern of abuse, such as occasionally drawing too hard, or perhaps I'm overheating them while I try to get my vape on.


If you could shed some light on where I'm going wrong, I'd be a very happy camper.

 

[Elendil]

I have several 510 atty that are several months old.

I clean mine once a week with this: 31oz Jar Heat n Clean - Snappy Popcorn (you can buy it other places).

Clean them once a week and they should last a looong time.

Gotta give credit to Sun for this tip............

 

[stltransporter]

well my attys have lasted 3 months so far and all i do different is drip rather then use the carts. I used the carts for about a week then pretty much threw away any fill material and just straight put 3 drops on the atty then puff till i fell there needs to be more. the atty never never gets dry the way i do it. I always heard a dry atty is a bad thing

 

[InTheCity]

I've tried boiling, everclear, all kinds of stuff.
I've also drowned a great many more atty's by resorting to direct dripping.

I'm talking in excess of 50 atomizers, dead within a 1 year period.

In a similar thread, one guy with a seemingly endless amount of knowledge on such things and a record of keeping 510 atty's alive for 4-8 months. He talks about always keeping the cartridge wet, but my experience with this, is if its wet, it'll quite quickly drown the atomizer and cause a quick death.

 

[bbl63]

I have yet to throw out an atty and mine are over 6 months old. All I do is put them in styrofoam and let them drain until they produce vapor again.

 

[cyberwolf]

I usually get about 1-2 months out of an atty before it starts to taper off. To be fair, I always have 2 or three in rotation, so the average lifespan for constant vaping may be more like 3-4 weeks. I have only had one go completely dead after about 4 weeks. When using cartridges, I probably do much the same as you. On the passthrough at home, however, I drip exclusively for a few hours solid each night and I know that one has lasted about three months now. I never clean an atty that is performing well besides a blow-out every now and then (not that I think cleaning is wrong, I'm just lazy).

My questions for you are, what type/brand of juice are you using and what brand of atty are you using? I only use cheap PG juice and I wonder if thicker juices have a negative effect on atty life.

 

[AlexTM]

Hmmm ... most of my atties are a few months old by now. I occasionally blow them out, like maybe once a week, for those I vape a lot. So far, I have maybe given three or so of them a bath in hot water when not changing flavours. I've dry-burned about as many, all of the first batch I brought.

I usually use re-stuffed carts with straw mod and white Fluval. Occasionally, I drip, particularly when trying out now flavours. Also, I have tried other cart mods, but I was never quite satisfied, so I stuck to Straw+Fluval.

Never really had any particular problems, on either stock 510 batteries or the eGo. Except that I overfill them constantly, and have to wipe threads a lot. But then, I overfill everything, from luggage to food bowls, so no news there.

Juice, mostly DIY with Flavourart ingedients, but not exclusively.

I have only Joye atties, from Heaven Gifts, TW, and Janty, and a few from other stores. Except that the TWs are starting to give up, after 3 months, and so is one of my very first ones, not really any problems. And +3 months is nothing you can complain about.
(Although I actually do own two SLBs - I barely ever use them, though. Beginner's error - "Joy" was not a typo.)

 

[Slickstick]

If you flood the atomizer, it will not vape properly until the atomizer is not so wet.

Drain them, blow the juice out (over a sink), then vape them dry without inhaling. Put a few drops on the wick and your good as new. You would be surprised how many bad atomizers you have that may not be bad at all.

Adding more juice because it is not performing properly is like throwing more water on a fire.

 

[cyberwolf]

^^^ Great advice ^^^

 

[TheRealZero]

I still vape the original atty's I got 6 months ago.

 

[Hagbard Jones]

My atty's are 4 months old. I do not wash them, I use 80%VG at times, I use 70% G at times, I use grain alcohol at times, I use oil and sweet flavors.

The only thing I do that may be the reason they live like new is I do not switch flavors on any of them. I will switch the compounds used in the juice to change flavor strength or thickness but never apply a second flavor to the same atomizer and I never clean them.

 

[Valhalla1]

I find juices high in VG will clog my 510s within just a day or two and they perform poorly until I dry burn them completely dry

a lot of people think their 510's are "dead" but they just need a cleaning and will afterwards perform better than new since they will be clean and have no primer and already be broken in

 

[Tachion]

Wow. I can't imagine how people go through so many atties. I got my 510 back in February and my original atty is still going as strong as the day I got it.

I dunno. I would just say make sure to keep it wet. As soon as you get that dry atty taste, STOP and do not vape any more until you add more liquid.

Other than that... I blow mine out to clear old juice every 2 days or so. Cleaned it once.

*knocks on wood*

 

[kristin]

Are you sure it's your atty that is acting up and not your cart?

My attys last months and months. I've only thrown out one that I accidentally removed the wick from. The rest I just drop in some Polident for a few days if the draw gets bad or the vapor drops off. This revives them every time.

If you're having to "top off 2-3 drops" all of the time, that tells me you have a bad cart filler. If your cart filler doesn't work properly, the atty can get too dry and then you flood it by excessive dripping.

 

[unsure]

If you flood the atomizer, it will not vape properly until the atomizer is not so wet.

Drain them, blow the juice out (over a sink), then vape them dry without inhaling. Put a few drops on the wick and your good as new. You would be surprised how many bad atomizers you have that may not be bad at all.

Adding more juice because it is not performing properly is like throwing more water on a fire.

Very true....does work well. I found this info a little too late. I have 26 used 510 attys now and most of them are practically new and they all work great. I have been slowly selling/trading them in the classified section inorder to re-coup some money. Heck I still have 3 5 packs new still sealed in plastic. The upside is I'll NEVER be without one. lol

 

[doots]

Great,

Could you explain to me what it is you do that creates longevity with the atty's, as I've yet to have one last longer than 2 weeks and most are dead within a few days.

For me.

I open the atty and apply 3-4 drops to a fresh cart.
Apply the cart to the atty, connect to the battery and draw slowly.
The first initial drags are taken slowly and not inhaled.
I only hold the manual button as I inhale and release when not inhaling.

After a short period of time (10 minutes or more) I can usually tell if the atty is going to be a consistent vaping machine or a piece of junk.

For the next few hours, I top off the cart and vape until its dry.
I don't draw too hard, but have been known to vape excessively.

Before topping off again, I'll check to see if some of the old juice has made its way down to the atomizer, to avoid any overfilling. If its dry after this period, I'll add 2-3 drops to the cart.

This practice usually goes well for about a day or two, but then I awake to find a dying atomizer that's really not performing as it should.

When the atomizer are starting to lose functionality, I tend to either move on, or start overfilling them in order to achieve any vapor production, which eventually can lead to drowning or leaking. And at that point they're pretty much useless.

I have found a slight pattern of abuse, such as occasionally drawing too hard, or perhaps I'm overheating them while I try to get my vape on.


If you could shed some light on where I'm going wrong, I'd be a very happy camper.

What type juices are you using inthecity?

The reason I ask is I am coming to the conclusion that the dark juices like the Coffees I use are killing my attys and the light colored with not much flavoring are making my attys last a lot longer. Then again some attys, like you said arent too good from the start..

 

[scheherezade]

I've got all my original attys, clean them with warm water and vodka.

 

[bushmaster]

I'm still on my first 2 attys after over a month and I don't do anything other than keep them wet. Just lucky, I guess. I suppose I'll eventually start having problems and have to begin following the advice of others about draining them overnight, soaking in Everclear, boiling, etc. For now--if it ain't broke.......

 

[BradSmith]

I really don't know what to say that will help. But I have not lost an atty yet. I boil them in water and rinse and then run under water, blow them out and keep doing this till I can't smell the juice any more. Blow dry until dry and I'm good to go. I do this if they are getting funky tasting or just not working that well. I only drip, three drops when it starts getting dry. I have also removed the wicks and the bridge.

I would bet money that if you remove the bridge and clean them that most of them will come back to life. But that won't really help unless you go back to dripping.

 

[Doberz]

I hate saying this, but I really don't take good care of my attys. I only clean them when they start to taste bad. But for some reason all four of my attys have lasted about three months now. Maybe you're taking too long of hits and burning it out or something?