Am I doing this right? (wicking)

[Smokeandsteam]

Thank you for your replies guys!

Good to know that I'm doing this right. Well, I should have said that the cotton used to last 10-15 days.
Now it lasts 4-5 days. I don't do anything different regarding wicking. I did buy different juice though.
Is it possible that the new juice affects the cotton "lifespan"?

Edit: I use Wotofo xfiber cotton.

Yes. Eliquid that has a lot of sweetener in it will gunk your coil up quicker and you’ll need to dry burn and rewick more often. I run 4 different vapes at a time and I rewick all of them once per week so 4-5 days sounds about right to me. The basic rule is simple: when the taste drops off it’s time to rewick. Over time the mesh strip becomes less and less effective too so you’ll need to rebuild every month or so

 

[zouzounaki]

I don't use mesh either ............. but it looks a lovely job to me too.

i wasn’t going to comment. but it is very pretty.

 

[Squidgy]

Looks like you got it spot on to me, as a matter of interest what wattage are you vaping at?

 

[CFR]

What puzzles me, is that the new juice is just a different taste of fruit. And it isn't that much sweeter. I went from apricot to melon.
Could it be that it's not 70VG/30PG, (even though the vendor sells it as 70/30) but closer to 50/50? I assume that because I'm using much more juice now. One 50ml bottle of the previous juice used to last me about one week and the new one lasts around 4-5 days.
I'm vaping at 45W.

 

[Smokeandsteam]

What puzzles me, is that the new juice is just a different taste of fruit. And it isn't that much sweeter. I went from apricot to melon.
Could it be that it's not 70VG/30PG, (even though the vendor sells it as 70/30) but closer to 50/50? I assume that because I'm using much more juice now. One 50ml bottle of the previous juice used to last me about one week and the new one lasts around 4-5 days.
I'm vaping at 45W.

Different brands use different amount of sweetener to enhance flavour - even with fruits. American and Malaysian manufacturers are the worst but not exclusively. There are some recommend Eliquid vendors on here - prime Vapes are really popular and Cotswold Vapour are a personal favourite - if you fancy trying other ranges. Finally, the more liquid you are vapourising the quicker you’ll need to change out your wick

 

[CFR]

Well, I bought the new juice from one of the recommended vendors. Although I love the flavour, vaping 50 ml in 4 days, compared to 7 days my old juice used to last, is a dealbreaker.
I guess all I can do is try buying juice from different vendors until I find one that ticks all the boxes.

Unless someone can recommend some liquids that taste like actual fruits (not a fan of menthol) and not like cough syrup.

 

[Mutley1]

Well, I bought the new juice from one of the recommended vendors. Although I love the flavour, vaping 50 ml in 4 days, compared to 7 days my old juice used to last, is a dealbreaker.
I guess all I can do is try buying juice from different vendors until I find one that ticks all the boxes.

Unless someone can recommend some liquids that taste like actual fruits (not a fan of menthol) and not like cough syrup.

Just in case nobody has mentioned them ahem cough cough Primevapes [emoji6]

 

[Jp vapes]

ur wicking is looking decent however i would look at changing ur cotton more ragularly as cotton breaks down over time

 

[Vapaneezer Scrooge]

I don't bother to crop the top corner and just tuck it over, works well for me, there's a decent height from the mesh to the wicking ports.

Regarding the caramelised gunk on the top I occasionally just brush it off the top with a cheapo dental brush.

(the last photo was just a bit of fun, no need to fluff it up that much)