Capella Apple Pie a tank cracker?

[Jen]

My Evod filled with my delicious Cap Apple Pie & Custard decided to quit on me yesterday in the car. Got first a gobful then a lapful of juice. Then it cracked at the top, then the whole drip tip lifted. I kinda called time on it then and binned it. Filled up another Evod with the same juice and now there's a hairline crack in the drip tip bit where the liquid gathers, just like the last one.

I dunno whether that crack was already there and I'm just punishing my Evods too much somehow, or whether Cap Apple Pie is a tank cracker - could be the cinnamon? Really doubt it's the VC. Anyone else have any experience?

[Perpetua]

Never heard about it being a Tank Cracker must admit Jen.

What have you been using the Apple Pie in up til now?

[Jen]

It's a new mix (and heavenly), so it's been in a glass bottle and then straight into a 2-month old Evod.

Cap VC and Cap Apple Pie + VG, btw.

[Frogster (The Alchemist)]

I have never had a problem either, or one reported.... and I use gallons of it.

What else are you putting in the liquid Jen? You mentioned Cinnamon - that can be a tank cracker.

Kev

[Jen]

Nothing else, it's a two-flavour mix - I posted the recipe a coupld of days ago so it should be on the members' recipe thread if you want to check it out.

I'm just suspicious due to the second Evod cracking. Of course it could be me somehow, but I'm not in the habit of using my Evods for footballs or anything!

[Super-Shiny]

Ain't got that flavor so i cannot comment, i use this for my apple pie: flavorwest.com/index.php/dutch-apple-pie.html

Maybe Capella have adjusted their ingredients a fraction on that flavor, not a mention of it cracking when checking with Google, not even a glimmer.

[Jen]

Aww, must be me then

Good job I just ordered a pack of 10 from Fasttech

[Perpetua]

I wonder if your Evods are just coming to the end of their lifespan Jen? The plastic bits will get brittle I'd think over time . . . have you had them long?

[Super-Shiny]

You can normally get a pre-warning of a tank cracker when you make your mixes, the flavor will slightly make the syringe go misty and slightly harder to pump out the flavor from the syringe due to it gripping inside the syringe.

[Jen]

Just done some totally brilliant detective work involving looking at my Evods - the ones that have cracked at the top are actually the newest ones I have and all 3 were bought from Liberty Flights on May 3rd, and are marked EVOD BCC on the base.

So no, it's not Cap Apple Pie (thank goodness!) it could just be some kind of faulty batch. I'm a little bit miffed! Probably far too late to claim anything back now. But I haven't used these green and yellow Evods anywhere near as much as my purple, blue and red ones

[Perpetua]

That's not long at all then Jen! I'd be inclined to drop Abe an email to let him know of your problems myself.

[Jen]

Got to be worth a try, I guess, to let them know if nothing else. I'll do it tomorrow