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+1 Rixter. Same here.

I sometimes use tissue to blot up the excess liquid on the deck when I get ready to refill, and I flush and clean the tank, wick, & coil whenever the leftover juice in the tank or wick starts to discolor the fresh juice I fill it with.

Leaving the wick and coil installed, I use a blunt tipped syringe to flush my RSSTs tank three times with hot water and once with Everclear, and then let it air dry for half an hour. I pulse dry fire the coil until all the residual juice is gone from the wick and the coil glows. The dry firing turns the black crud on the Kanthal to white ash, which I then lightly flake off with the point of a pocket knife...it falls off very easily, leaving a shiny coil exposed.

3rd posts a charm right? A friend of mine and I came up with this original idea. The Vapor Mouse! Vapin like a Nerd! We used a DNA 20D, and a Logitech G600 mouse. Everything still functions properly also. This is my first review video ever... so, please excuse the newbness. I'll redo my setup and shoot another video at some point soon showing things a little more close up and detailed. More crazy mods coming soon! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUExbFMGzuM Pictures of the build... http://imgur.com/a/JMx0y Thanks for lookin!

We have this discussion before and I have come to the conclusion that they both are ripping me off. I am the original vaping alien.

Many thanks, guys!!! Ok....so, I got one more question. I know this sounds totally stupid. And, its probably one of those blatantly obvious "common sense" things that I'm known for just "not getting" even though I know better, and the answer is staring me in the face. But.....um.....how often do you guys clean out the condensation on the top deck, and cap?? Also, how often do you clean your tank and wick??? (See....told you stuff like that tends to escape me, LOL!!!)

"Tanks" usually require cartomizers (exceptions being eGo T & C systems, cartomizers, and Genesis atomizers), and thus, one should know how to prime a carto....which is the same thing as filling one. As for the original question: If my memory serves me correctly, cartos were originally designed to replace the old 3-piece (battery, cartridge, and atomizer) systems. If you're using a 510 or some other penstyle / mini battery, then the cartomizer is a good choices to provide that "seamless" look. You could also use one on a standard eGo with the cone and drip tip, or use a mega carto designed to seamlessly fit on the eGo. Outside of the seamless look, or what they were originally designed for, a cartomizer can also be used in a tank, or on its own for convienience. Some people believe they have a less muted taste than a clearomizer. They are certainly less maintainence than a clearomizer, as you can toss them once they've ran their course. They're a lot cheaper, too.....$1.25 for a carto vs. $2.50 for a new vivi nova head. I guess it comes down to personal preference, and what you're willing to deal with.

lol no problem! Glad to help!! Be sure to pick up a Blunt End/edge/point type of syringe. If you can't find one, you can blunt it yourself with sandpaper. To be honest, most juices just take right over. I always just add new juice. Sometimes I have to hit the button for a vapor cleaning, but usually it just settles in and I'm none the wiser. Just make sure the tank is empty, of course, before refilling. Until you have the syringe, you can just vape til it's gone, then hold it upside down and press the button until the excess vapor from the wick itself stops. (burn all the excess out of the wick). REfill with new juice, and you're good to go. (or, remove the wick, wash, dry, reinsert, rePrime, good to go)

MCVapes on YouTube recently put up a two-part tutorial on getting big vapor. Even though he's gearing the video more for rebuildables, the principles are still the same. 1) Lower resistance = hotter coil 2) More air moving over hotter coil = more vapor In short, if you can figure out how to get a more airy draw off your current device (maybe use a slightly modified 510 to 510 adapter), and its resistance is in the 1.5 to 2 ohm range, you can get decent clouds off a standard eGo. If on a Twist / Spinner, you can also run more voltage until you find a balance that puts out the vapor you want without burning up the coil. May not fill the room like a mechanical mod running a .5 ohm dual coil RBA setup with a 1/8" air hole.....but, you'll get some good vapor for sure!!!

Big volts has little to do with how much vapor you get. That's more along the lines of how much VG is in your e-liquid. You want more vapor? Go with a higher VG level. More throat hit? Higher PG and/or nicotine. I'm not sure but it could also be that you're using too high a voltage, which could be hindering your set up from giving you the best your battery and clearomizer can produce. Also, too much VG in a juice could clog your clearomizer's wicks as more VG also means thicker juices that don't wick as well (usually). I get plenty of vapor (as in sometimes I feel like I'm sitting in a cloud of it) with 50 VG/50 PG, and enough throat hit with 12 mg of nicotine although you may want to go with 24 mg for a stronger throat hit. Give it a try at around 4 volts and see if that works for you.

Okay it sounded like your batts were dead and gone already... Tessie is pretty, and not a lot of fancy gadgets, but the same benefits of most APV,s Best thing is battery life, tells me what the batt charged to, and it's current charge in volts. I bought three batts for it, and a good charger, I always worried about the ego types, you never know what ya got unless you just took it of the charger. She tells me the ohms on any appliance I top her with, but she prefers Pro tanks, as less refills occur. I can never remember what ohm head I replaced with as they come with two diff ohm replacement heads. With the ohm measurement, I check my handie chart, gives me the minimum , maximum, and preferable, watts, and volts, I dial that in easy peasy vapeing crazy. Tess is built like a chrome hammer, and lots of venting, just in case she gets pissed. Easy to grip and once again solid, some APVs are a lot more gadgeted, but fragile, one drop and gone, just sayin But I am not the expert here for sure, but if you use a different resistance coil on your VV sticks, you could get more of what your looking for, maybe a different tank, maybe different juice, it all has bearing on your throat hit. Wish you could find a close ECig store, or a vape meet, so you could check out what's available in person, much better than buying blind on the internut. Seems Veteran Vapes has the current great review for hardware sales. I'm a brick and mortar guy, gotta keep my locals open!

With my Spinner 1300mah I cannot even turn it all the way up using 1.8 and 2.2 ohm resistance without getting a severe burned taste. I get all mine at Sweet-Vapes.com for $24.95. They had all colors in stock the last time I checked. Brian at the Veteran Vaper told me he is trying to get them and when he does I will order from him even if he is a couple dollars more. He said since Chinese New Year things got a little scarce but is normalizing now. I vape my fruit flavors at 3.8v with 1.8-2.0ohm and my tobacco flavor at 4.0v and 2.2ohm. Just the sweet spot that works for me. I have two EGO 1000mah as backup that always run at 3.7v so having 4 batteries is not a bad idea BUT I have not even turned on one of the 1000mah since my Spinners in.

Like you, Patricia, the Twist I had burned out on me with a quickness. I got the stupid thing in late January / early February, and never saw much difference between the voltages. So, I left it at 4.8 and used it primarily for a standard resistance drip atty. Subsequently, it burned out in less than a month. (Could it also be that this cheap Chinese crap is....well.....crap to begin with??) Just because you like keeping things simple (much like myself), does not mean that your options are entirely limited. First, you could go with a standard eGo and low-resistance head / carto / whatever. Super compact, lots of colors to choose from, and fairly inexpensive, yet durable. (Hey, I still use my eGo setup....that thing is solid!!!) Next, you could get a mod of some sort. This option does require some research, but it opens up the possibilities. For example: since you like simplicity, get a mod with variable wattage (vamo, z-max, etc.), and figure out what setting works best for you, and that mod will deliver that wattage no matter what device you put on it (within the mod's amp limitation, of course). Or, you could get a simple electrical mod (silver bullet, or bolt) and a Kick. Set your watts, and vape away. If you don't like the color or finish options, you could go to J-Wraps (forgot the link....derp), and put a skin on your mod. Finally, there's the option of getting a mechanical mod and rebuildable atomizer.....but, this option requires a ton of research and patience beforehand, and is definitely not for everyone. But, I include the option for sake of being thorough. (Who knows.....maybe it actually will pique your interest rather than frighten and intimidate, like it does to most Vapers) Good luck in your search!!!

What happened to the spinner and twists? They weren't that old! Are they just not doing it for ya Std ego type batts run 3.5 - 3.7 twists run 4.2... So buying a std won't help Maybe you should look into a different resistance in your vivi, are you burning out heads? I rarely go over 4.0 on twists and even the Tesla tastes best at 3.9 Big volts don't always mean big vapor.....