cleaning stardust

[blakey]

May 12, 2012 21:04:04 GMT staf said:

i cleaned it out again to try a new flavour an this time used leftover kettle water from the brew i jus made and its warped the damn thing. top metal rings come off, bottom ones come off as well, inner cart is all skewed an the plastic the bottom ring goes on is all bent outta shape.............ahhhhhhhhhhhh W T F

Really ???
I stood 4 of them up in a pan of boiling water and left them simmering for 15mins, they were all fine. No distortion at all
Initially I put them in there to make dismantling them easier and got side tracked so I just turned off the gas and let them cool down in the pan

[womble]

Yeah I've poured almost boiling water over mine and left them for a while with no effects?

Where did you buy them from?

[Deleted]

From vape escape, its a long wick v2. Where dyou guys get yours from? Just hot tap water from here on I reckon

Anyone recommend a good tank for the ego battery that's easy to clean?

[womble]

Mine are all V1's from HC and e-cig wizard.

No problems with (almost) boiling water so far.

Very strange, I can't (almost) believe that the plastic has changed that much from V1 to V2,

The vision ego is as easy as they come to clean and reuse. Try another, would be my advice.

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i'll post a pic of the bottom where it connects to the battery cos thats where it warped the most. i probably jus got unlucky and had a dud!

[womble]

May 13, 2012 0:10:35 GMT staf said:

i'll post a pic of the bottom where it connects to the battery cos thats where it warped the most. i probably jus got unlucky and had a dud!

Unlikely, the plastic tanks should all be the same, if there was a problem it should be widely known.
Or will be soon be widely known ???

[maccafan]

I have had a couple warp when I poured freshly boiled water from the kettle directly onto them.

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this is what happened and it wasnt boiling water, it had boiled about 5 mins previous so still bloody hot

[womble]

Wow Thanks for the photos, I guess I'll be a bit more careful with mine from now on.

[domesticextremist]

Hmm, either they've changed the plastic, or it's just the smoky ones.
(it is possible they switched from polycarbonate to polypropylene or
somesuch to get around the cracking issues).

None of mine have even thought about softening in hot kettle water.

[Deleted]

it could be just the black ones, it could be they've changed plastic on the v2 who knows, it could just be i was just unlucky. either way i'm jus gonna clean mine with hot tap water from here on cos while its not the end of the world it is pretty annoying

[camperman]

just get a new plastic tube for it if the insides are ok

[Brian]

I just use warm water, give em a rinse out and dry for a while.

Still using 2 i bought over a month ago.

[womble]

It's not just the black ones, cos I have those.

[Deleted]

i've chalked the one that got warped down to experience, bought some clear ones an will only use hot tap water to be on the safe side. i do love these things tho, hope they work well on the mini argento i ordered