Hello - equipment help please?

[robby]

Hi Penny and welcome, you wont damage the battery by using it half charged,enjoy your peanut butter, gotta try that one

[robby]

ooops double post lol, getting a few of those today

[Karma]

Great news Penny!

check the carto again before using it, it hould look a bit like a slush puppy on top, wetter than a wet thing, lol!

Then hold a tissue over the threaded end and blow through to clear any excess out of the middle tube!

[sleepyduck]

Glad it arrived! How's the peanut butter? I haven't tried that one

[Super-Shiny]

Very please you are enjoying it

[Chrissie]

Hello & welcome Penny

How are you getting on with it?

[Roscopecotrain]

Woo hoo penny. How is the peanut butter?

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2

[penny]

Well... first I tried a carto and either I messed up or it's a dud. I filled it with the peanut butter (drip filled), but I can barely get a vape from it. I tried tightening it on a little bit, then loosening it. Took it off and put it back on a few times. Tried drawing lighter than I would with the JV e-cigs. Still nothing. Tried a little heavier - nothing. I think out of all the repeated attempts, I managed to get a little bit of vapour and throat hit twice, and that was all. Very frustrating cos the little taste I got of Grizwald's PB was amazing!

I kept checking the wadding inside - it was definitely wet. So either this carto is dud, which would be very disappointing as that means I've also wasted a fair bit of the PB, or I've done something really stupidly wrong. I made sure I only got juice on the wadding, there was none in the middle. I blew air through it, made sure the end that connected to the battery was dry etc. Basically followed the instructions in the text and video from the thread in Tips & Tricks.

At that point I was afraid to try another carto in case it's my fault, so I tried the clearomizer. Put in a mixture of peppermint and chocolate JacVapour liquids, and...

MIND = BLOWN!!!!!

This makes such a mockery of the pathetic Skycigs. It is amazing!!! Seriously, a couple of puffs, my cravings vanished. So huge huge thanks for advising me to get it because I absolutely love it. I've occasionally been relying on lozenges when the cravings got bad, but the Riva with the clearo totally killed them. I kept nipping the bathroom for a sneaky puff. I seriously can't wait for payday next week because I need more Grizwald's gourmet samples in my life.

But... I really want the cartos to work. I gather the clearo won't last very long, and I don't know... I really want to give the carts a try.

Is it likely I've got a dud one? Is that common? Should I chance another one? I looked at the tips and the vid again and I don't think I missed anything.

As great as the clearo is, I'd be worried about liquid spilling out if it happened to tip up, or something. And I know you can get "rebuildable" ones (presumably you can replace the parts yourself) but using cartos just seems like less hassle.

[penny]

Mar 21, 2013 11:55:29 GMT robby said:

Hi Penny and welcome, you wont damage the battery by using it half charged,enjoy your peanut butter, gotta try that one

Thanks, Robby.  I used it.  I had the other one on charge, with the cable attached to the Skycig charging plug and it seemed to be taking forever.  The light wouldn't turn green.  Finally unplugged it and connected it to my PC and got a green light.  I guess it only turns green if it's attached to the PC, or something.  I'll stick to PC charging in future :-D

[penny]

Mar 21, 2013 12:21:48 GMT Karma said:

Great news Penny!

check the carto again before using it, it hould look a bit like a slush puppy on top, wetter than a wet thing, lol!

Then hold a tissue over the threaded end and blow through to clear any excess out of the middle tube!

Yeah, I made sure it was soaking.  Did exactly what you said about blowing through to clear it.  But it just doesn't work?

Weird, I just edited this and it vanished!

Just wanted to add a quick note about my sister - she asked me for advice on e-cigs, but after I'd been happily puffing on the Riva with the clearo.  I sent her a long email, talking about how I used to think a cig-a-like would be best for me, and exactly why I'd changed my mind.  Asked her if it was more important to have something that looked like a cig, but then be struggling a little with the vaping experience, still having cravings etc.  Or have something that looks nothing like a cig but works so much better.  Told her I'd found lots of threads where people had moved from cig-a-likes to devices like the Riva and been much happier.  

She's now considering spending a chunk of next month's cig budget on two Riva kits for herself and her boyfriend.  She just wants to try mine first.

[Karma]

Please don't over tighten things, that will make problems worse

I'm suspecting that it's a centre post problem! Often the clearos have a slightly longer centre post! Try this, very gently

allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/10754?page=1

[Super-Shiny]

Sounds like a dud if you have done everything correctly, im afraid you do get duds now and again.

Give it another go and see.

Forgot to add, did i mention Grizwalds Banoffee Cream...oooops, looks like i just did

EDIT: forgot about the centre pin as Karma said above.

[FirinBlanks]

Welcome Penny.

It's rare but does occasionally happen that you get a carto that's DOA.
I find the cartos a little more high maintenance than the clearo but it's all down to personal taste.
Don't worry about the clearo spilling, apart from holding them upside down for hours they "shouldn't" leak what ever way you have them.

[robby]

Mar 21, 2013 17:56:53 GMT penny said:

Mar 21, 2013 11:55:29 GMT robby said:

Hi Penny and welcome, you wont damage the battery by using it half charged,enjoy your peanut butter, gotta try that one

Thanks, Robby.  I used it.  I had the other one on charge, with the cable attached to the Skycig charging plug and it seemed to be taking forever.  The light wouldn't turn green.  Finally unplugged it and connected it to my PC and got a green light.  I guess it only turns green if it's attached to the PC, or something.  I'll stick to PC charging in future :-D

That`s odd, it should go green on the mains charger okay, maybe just needs a bit more voltage put into it than it does on the PC. I would give it another go penny, the batteries should give you a bit more time if all it needs is a bit more charge, but dont leave it on overnight

[Karma]

BTW, it is handy to get the hang of cartos, I use them in tanks and on their own on cig-a-like batteries! Just charging some cig-a-likes just now as I'm on a course tomorrow afternoon and having a cig-a-like tends to lend to a more sensible conversation about vaping than some of my mods and tanks