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ciko86

Cotton wicks rule of thumb.

Just started rewicking my clearo with cotton. Amazing flavour and vapor production imo. Started getting a nasty taste and got a sore throat while vaping so I opened up the clearo on a whim and found the cotton wick burnt. Needless to say I rewicked it after dry burning and cleaning the coil and other parts of the gunk and tastes much better now.

Just wanted to know if there was a rule of thumb for cotton wicks regarding changing them out after a certain period or amount vaped.

Posted Jun 4, 2014, 4:25 AM UTC

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Gvillehrnt77•

I've gone anywhere from a couple days to a couple weeks. I generally change when I notice the flavor becoming muted. Or if I mess up and get a few too many accidental dry hits.

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ciko86OP•

Should I check the wick at every refill just to make sure? I didn't even notice the flavor start getting crappy. Just thought I was getting vapor's tongue.

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Gvillehrnt77•

What nic are you using? High nic kind of masks the burning cotton for me. Just because they feel similar on the throat hit. For me the nic hit is higher in my throat. Right at the back of the mouth. While when I get the burning cotton hit it feels like it's lower in my throat kind of by my vocal cords.

Assuming you have multiple coil heads/units it's a good idea to keep a couple with you. When I had my evod I rebuilt the could heads and always kept 1 or two with me or in my car to do a quick swap when the cotton started to go.

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duquesne419rDNA 40 - Igo W .21Ω titanium - A Real Nightmare•

It depends on how many devices I'm using, and what the juice is.

I've recently been carrying 2 drippers as my EDC. I've been using the same 2 flavors in each, and usually getting 3-5 days on a wick. However, these are particularly well performing liquids. I normally expect to get 2-3 days on a wick, due to gunkiness messing with flavor.

With my kayfuns I tend to get 2-5 tank fills before needing to rewick due to flavor/vapor production loss.

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scoopylooMarch 27, 2013 •

It starts to taste kind of lousy. That's usually my first sign. Another tip is don't use too much cotton.

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mywindowDNA40 Zero + Goblin w/30AWG Nickle Duel Coils•

I change cotton at 10mL of e-juice.

If you want more time between changes then I would recommend Ekowool.

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