vapestick driving me insane.

[piercedinwales]

Hi all. This is my first post so please be patient with me. I'm new to ecigs. I'd never even seen one being used or met anyone who owned one so I'm a total novice. I bought a vapestick classic and from the first puff I loved it. I mentioned to my local chemist that I was looking to buy new cartridges for it and he suggested buying liquid indeed cause it's easier and cheaper. Now I'm having real problems. Sometimes when I put the liquid on the wick it works fine but other times I just can't get a proper drag off it or there is no taste or hit. I'm putting 2 or 3 drops on the wick and pushing it back down like he suggested. I'm not packing it in tightly just putting it back where it came from in the cartridge. I've read on here that some people put the oil straight onto the metal bit of the atomiser but is that ok with my model? I'm so stressed with it I'm back on the roll ups. I just don't understand why sometimes it works and other times nothing happens. Also sometimes taking a drag is really noisy. Please help. I really want to give up the rollies and stick with my vapestick.

 

[Mark]

I've never owned a Vapestick but all cartomisers are basically the same. Refilling is straightforward with practice but I'm not surprised the advice from your chemist isn't working. It will take more than 2 or 3 drops to refill any carto. Even the smaller ones take about 1/2 a ml of juice. You are probably getting dry hits. No liquid getting to the coil (the bit that heats up) and no vapour and eventually a naff taste. Drop liquid into the mouth piece end slowly watching it sink into the wadding inside. Keep doing this until it looks soaked. You may get some leaking out the bottom. Blow it through. Let It stand for a while. Wipe the end. Attach to battery and try again.
My advice would be to get a different kit, something with a better battery and universal sized (510 is the most popular size) thread for a wide choice of cartomisers and other devices.

 

[piercedinwales]

Thanks for your reply. I was getting really stressed lol. I tried putting more oil in and this at worked great apart from occasionally getting oil on my mouth. Yuk. I'm trying putting it directly on the atomiser for now. That seems to be working. My vapestick looks just like a cigarette which I liked until I looked on the vapeporn pics. Some of those devices look like works of art

 

[Purplefowler]

Welcome to the planet I can't really add to what mark said, stick with it and if you need some help with upgrading when you are ready just ask

 

[jimsie33]

Hi and welcome to the planet If the cartridges come with like a silicon cap when they are new I would use that to fill it. What you need to do is half fill the cap, unscrew the cartridge off the battery then remove the mouthpiece or rubber bung, whatever. Then push the connector end of the cartridge down into the cap. You should see the liquid bubble through the centre and soak into the wadding. Remove and blow through into a tissue and wipe the end. Then you shod be good to go hope this is of some help. You'll soon get the hang of vaping

 

[KulrMeStoopid]

Thanks for your reply. I was getting really stressed lol. I tried putting more oil in and this at worked great apart from occasionally getting oil on my mouth. Yuk. I'm trying putting it directly on the atomiser for now. That seems to be working. My vapestick looks just like a cigarette which I liked until I looked on the vapeporn pics. Some of those devices look like works of art

Definitely not Oil mate! Juice or Liquid, anything oil is a no - no I agree with Mark and Purplefowler, a bit of new kit is in store

 

[Mark]

One other thing it's not 'oil' In fact oil is not a recommended component of any eliquid. We tend to call it eliquid, ejuice or just plain juice.