Next silly question - cartomizers vs atomizers

[jlowdo]

i am sitting with a big bag of boge cartomizers and have yet to buy or try an atomizer....

what do people favour, which atomizers would be best to get to try out with? my only real understanding is that they are smaller and hold more liquid.

did a search but probably such an obvious question that no one has asked before...cheers

James

[dave]

An atomiser is essentially just a heating coil. You can only put 2 or 3 drops of liquid in one at a time. "Direct dripping" as it is called can be good when you get the hang of it - loads of vapour and flavour, but you only get a few puffs and then you have to top up with another couple of drips. Good for trying out new juices, but, as I have found, quite a steep learning curve if you want to use them for more than that. I would just get any 510 fitting one to start with and if you take to it you can explore a whole world of different atomisers, drip shields etc.

[jlowdo]

drip shields = drip tip correct? and the atomiser is a one piece item (apart from the tip)

[Chrissie]

An atomiser is a one piece apart from a drip tip or cartridge (but unlike a cartomiser that's a one piece cartridge with a built in atomiser.

James, if you really want to try dripping with an atomiser, IMHO a 901 (especially LR901) is the best to go for, but you will need a 510 to 910 adapter as well.

[jlowdo]

this is like a science..!!! i guess i'll have to give it a go though. you only use a few drops though right?? so refill pretty regularly

[Anne (fuzzy)]

An atomizer can also be used by adding juice to a piece of sponge cut to size

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then put on top of the heating coil and topping up juice on the sponge as and when needed.

[DiscoDes]

An alternative to buying an atomiser is to remove the wadding from a cartomiser but it has to be a bottom coil type like a kanger.

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[womble]

An atomiser is like a cartomiser without the filling.

So you get the heating coil, but without any way of getting the juice to it.

So you can drip a drop of e juice onto it and it will atomise it instantly. You get instant flavour and hit. You can get carts (cartridges) which are a vessel which holds the e-liquid, to supply the atomiser, basically a foam, but a cartomiser built in one is better.

Cartomisers are considered the next step up and are alot better IMO.
They contain the atomiser and the filling. (cart)

[dave]

Mar 23, 2012 23:46:48 GMT jlowdo said:

drip shields = drip tip correct? and the atomiser is a one piece item (apart from the tip)

No, a drip shield is something that fits round an atomiser. Some atomisers, for instance the one that Chrissie mentions, the DSE 901 LR, have an air hole in the side of them and are therefore prone to leak juice out of the hole. The drip shield fits snugly round it (held by O rings) and covers the hole and hence stops the atomiser leaking onto the battery connection. This also tends to stiffen the draw up on them.