cartomizer

[Clearvape]

Fill it until it looks like a wet sponge and as the others have posted try not to let it run dry and all should be well for the life of it but remember they are a replaceable part and for best results change when you notice it's not as fresh as when first used

 

[Dennis]

I usually vape my cartos at 8w. After a period of time they'll begin to taste burnt at your regular power setting. That's the time to replace them. If you've run out of them you can prolong their lives a little by turning down the power (usually by 1w) and vape at that reduced settings for a while until it begins tasting burned again and repeat until your replacement arrives. The beauty of VV /VW devices.

 

[sirally]

Yep it's very easy to burn, especially when it's new! Never test fire a dry carto, it burns to destruction straight away!

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[cheersm8]

Cartomisers are great! The stalwarts of the vaping world and probably the most consistant and reliable 'vapouriser' out there. Everything comes at a cost though, and with cartomisers, the cost is that you are, in reality, vaping through a filter. All of the carbon and other residue remains within the wadding and/or attached to the buried coil (it's got nowhere else to go). That build up will eventually show itself in 'burnt taste' tighter draw and lack of vapour. Keeping the cartomiser 'topped up' at all times will increase the life span loads, but even then, they do have a limited lifespan. They are disposable items. A dry cartomiser will burn and even a full and wet cartomiser will 'burn' , or taste like it is, once the usage residue on the coil has got to the point when the coil is coated in carbon/gunk and in effect no longer in contact with the wadding and you are at the point when your vapour is a cocktail of the vapourised liquid and the burnt residue from the coil.

 

[VaperCaper]

Cartomisers are great! The stalwarts of the vaping world and probably the most consistant and reliable 'vapouriser' out there. Everything comes at a cost though, and with cartomisers, the cost is that you are, in reality, vaping through a filter. All of the carbon and other residue remains within the wadding and/or attached to the buried coil (it's got nowhere else to go).

er.. no.

you're not 'vaping through a filter' the coil in a cartomiser is vertical and if you look into any cartomiser you see they have a central tube, the coil is attached to this tube and the vapour it creates comes up through it, it doesn't travel via the wadding (usually it can't anyway as the wadding is filled with liquid) it takes the path of least resistance.

when you vape there is no burnt stuff to inhale (or vanishingly small trace amounts) and carbon build up (gunk) attaches itself to the coil, the same way that soup will attach itself to the bottom of a saucepan if you burn it.

That build up will eventually show itself in 'burnt taste' tighter draw and lack of vapour. Keeping the cartomiser 'topped up' at all times will increase the life span loads, but even then, they do have a limited lifespan. They are disposable items. A dry cartomiser will burn and even a full and wet cartomiser will 'burn' , or taste like it is, once the usage residue on the coil has got to the point when the coil is coated in carbon/gunk and in effect no longer in contact with the wadding and you are at the point when your vapour is a cocktail of the vapourised liquid and the burnt residue from the coil.

this bits right and is the same for all atomisers.

Using a clearomiser or a rebuildable you can usually take them apart, get at the coils and clean this gunk off. With some clearomiser heads (like the Aspire heads) and with cartomisers you can't do this at all and when they get to that point the best thing to do is throw them away and replace them.

Essentially if you fire a cartomiser when it's dry it burns the insides and then it's no good ever again. Over normal use it will clog up with gunk and slowly vape worse and worse until you have to replace it and also sometimes the coils can pop and then they won't fire at all. You should get 1-2 weeks life out of a carto before you need to replace it, depending on how well you treat it and what juice you're vaping. (some juices gunk up faster than others)

 

[cheersm8]

Spot on there @VaperCaper! Even though my own fingers typed it I still did a 'double take' when I read what I stated about wadding and filter! I suppose I was meaning the crap that sticks to the wadding against the coil, which the 'clean juice, has to get through to reach the coil, but just explained it like an arse!