Question about cig-alikes

[lewis]

I have a couple of cig-alikes from Steamlite. They have a smaller fitting than the 510. Does anyone know what size cartos will fit them? Is there a standard size for this type of cig? I'd rather get refillables than the overpriced nasty cartridges they supply.

[Chrissie]

Not heard of Streamlites before. Several ciggie lookalikes, like e-lites for instance, don't have a standard thread. main reason being that you have to buy their overpriced cartomisers from them as you can't get anything else that fits

[OneDay]

Are they at least re-fillable Lewis?

[lewis]

I suspected as much. In that case I'd like some advice on re-using the cartridges. They have an ordinary looking atomiser with a plastic cartridge that fits over it; in the end of the cartridge is a foam pad which holds the juice. The problem with them is they don't have enough foam in them, so they hold a very tiny amount of liquid, no more than 3-4 drops. I thought that by putting more foam in them they could hold more juice. I found some synthetic stuffing (the sort used to stuff soft toys) and it works fine for a little while but as it dries out it starts to taste burnt. Do you know what might be a better substitute?

[OneDay]

People sometimes use fluval (the blue foam that goes in fish tank filters) to good effect I believe, but I've never tried it myself

[Chrissie]

Just had a look at their cartridge kit & it looks like an old RN4081 model (the same as I started out with over 4 years ago). At one time, you could buy larger cartridges for the 4081 atomiser, but not seen them for sale any where for yonks. You could restuff your cartridges with blue foam, but I don't think you will get any more juice in them even if you did so -

paradisevapeuk.vstore.ca/product_info.php/pName/blue-foam-cart-fillerone-square-piece/cName/diy-accessories

[lewis]

I took a piece of the foam out of one of the cartridges and it looked familiar - I've just realised what it is - it's the same stuff used as a filler for quilt-making. It's a fairly stiff fibrous, loosely-matted sort of thing. So I might take a trip to my local craft shop tomorrow and see if they have anything similar.

[Chrissie]

Lewis, do be very careful with what you restuff your cartridges with.

[alanfinal]

Jul 31, 2012 23:03:42 GMT Chrissie said:

Just had a look at their cartridge kit & it looks like an old RN4081 model (the same as I started out with over 4 years ago). At one time, you could buy larger cartridges for the 4081 atomiser, but not seen them for sale any where for yonks. You could restuff your cartridges with blue foam, but I don't think you will get any more juice in them even if you did so -

paradisevapeuk.vstore.ca/product_info.php/pName/blue-foam-cart-fillerone-square-piece/cName/diy-accessories

I bought this foam the other day,I intend to give my small 280mah kit to a friend and though I could clean the cartridges and put this in,instead of the horrible piece of wading that was in there and had been soaked by the many juices I had used,it worked really well,just don't cram to much in or the juice wont soak in for ages

[Perpetua]

Jul 31, 2012 23:12:18 GMT lewis said:

I took a piece of the foam out of one of the cartridges and it looked familiar - I've just realised what it is - it's the same stuff used as a filler for quilt-making. It's a fairly stiff fibrous, loosely-matted sort of thing. So I might take a trip to my local craft shop tomorrow and see if they have anything similar.

Wadding/Batting is what you're probably thinking of Lewis, it has to conform to BSS and be flame retardent . . . although foam/fluval is a better option really.

[lewis]

I think I'll just plump for the foam in Chrissie's link, it's only 60p .