12hrs with an Ego C

[Tara]

Cheers guys

8Ball I'm feeling pragmatic about it all, it's a new peice of kit, glitches are expected. And it's not like I'm unable to vape I have a stock of T attys to fall back on. Worse case scenario is that I put the C cones away for a few months to watch what happens regarding reliability over the coming months and maybe try them again once the kit has been around a bit longer.

The atty I put in from the new strip this evening is definitely more lively so we will have to see. But at the moment I cannot in good conscience recommend it until we work out what is going on, as much as I would love to.

[8Ball]

Of course Tara.  If I'd had the same experience as you I wouldn't be able to recommend it either.    Do let us know how the first atty from the new strip works out.  Cheers.

[The Vape Escape]

Hi Tara.  I feel so bad for you.   I was one of the first to give the "C" a good review

Well.. I've been using a DCT for a few days now and so far it's still going great.. So if you could avoid doing a good review of them 8, I'd really appreciate it, as I don't want it going down the pan?  thanks buddy! 

Seriously though.. I have been following this but I'm in the same boat as 8ball in that my C's been trouble free for 3 weeks now, apart from losing the first atty.. Which popped bang on 2 weeks..    and I figure when you're having issues, the last thing you want is someone posting up how great there's is!   
 I just wanted to add though, that ultimately it can only be the Batts or the Atties.. And the Batts are easy to eliminate as you've obviously a healthy amount of kit. So I can only agree that the only possible reason would be down to a bad batch of atties? Real shame to get a whole strip of Duds though..  So, I too will be interested to know how your new strip of shinies works out for you Tara.. Fingers crossed! 

[8Ball]

   Well, for 20quid I'm sure I could be convinced to skip a review of the D/C tanks VE.

[Tara]

Seriously though.. I have been following this but I'm in the same boat as 8ball in that my C's been trouble free for 3 weeks now, apart from losing the first atty.. Which popped bang on 2 weeks..    and I figure when you're having issues, the last thing you want is someone posting up how great there's is!   
 I just wanted to add though, that ultimately it can only be the Batts or the Atties.. And the Batts are easy to eliminate as you've obviously a healthy amount of kit. So I can only agree that the only possible reason would be down to a bad batch of atties? Real shame to get a whole strip of Duds though..  So, I too will be interested to know how your new strip of shinies works out for you Tara.. Fingers crossed! 

Hmmmm now there is a thought, you know my first atty was going strong until the unit took a spill down hill down a cobbled path. It gave up just a few days later. And the time between attys has been getting shorter ever since.

We know it isn't batteries I've been rotating regularly through 7 that are all 4 mths or less in age and the last atty was only used on my brand new pass through; the one thing I haven't actually thought about is the cone; so I've swopped to the spare, if I get a decent life out of this new atty then I might try swopping in the last duff one of the old batch that wasn't wicking properly.

[The Vape Escape]

Actually.. You might be onto something there. I once had a Tornado tank Attie/cone that due to being in my pocket, somehow ended up slightly bent at an angle. It wasn't like the Leaning Tower but if you held up the unit and looked straight at it.. You could definitely see it was sitting at an angle on the battery and it didnt screw onto the batteries threads so easily. I found that the performance had really taken a hit. Anyway, I took a slight risk and Bent the cone gently back whilst attatched so that it was dead straight again?..suddenly the whole thing was back to chuffing like Churchill?  so it's proof (of sorts) that damage to the cone could affect performance? Hmm.. The mystery deepens! 

  Well, for 20quid I'm sure I could be convinced to skip a review of the D/C tanks VE.

20quid.. Quid?  Geez.. You speak the lingo better than I do mate! Oh and your ego c review was genuinely excellent by the way!  Besides, if your reviews are cursed, then you're lucky compared to me. I seem to have the curse of thread deletion, I've posted in two threads that have been deleted in as many weeks?!   

[8Ball]

LOL VE.  Cheers mate!  I'd give you a better response....   but I guess I'd just be wasting my time since, now that you've posted in it, this thread is sure to be deleted.       Hey, maybe they were just jealous of your excellent sensayuma.



Hey Tara, I don't see how it could be the cone.... , but as you say, it's not the batteries.....   and it's got to be something..... so it's deffo worth a shot.

[The Vape Escape]

LOL VE.  Cheers mate!  I'd give you a better response....   but I guess I'd just be wasting my time since, now that you've posted in it, this thread is sure to be deleted.       Hey, maybe they were just jealous of your excellent sensayuma.

Hmm.. I think opinions would vary on that one.. But Cheers anyway! Ps: what's a sensayuma?...Some variety of Orange right? Just that I've always been more of a Tangerine man myself?   

Hey Tara, I don't see how it could be the cone.... , but as you say, it's not the batteries.....   and it's got to be something..... so it's deffo worth a shot.

Well.. As Sherlock Holmes himself said.. "once you have eliminated the impossible...whatever remains, no matter how Improbable.. Must be the truth" something like that anyway! 

[Timuk]

Having thought about the battery issues..... as my C is behaving like Tara's..... I had a little brainwave as I really did notice that while using my new C batteries the C itself seemed to behave much like it did when I was first using it....

So, back to batteries.... I do from time to time just clean the terminal and thread with a quick wipe with a dry tissue.....which I realise does not probably clean them that well.... so this morning I have thoroughly cleaned them all with Q tips and some alcohol wipes..... I wiped them first like I normally do and then cleaned with the Q tips etc..... was just amazed at how much black crap came off.....

Maybe it was a voltage issue afterall and the dirty connections having a much greater effect than I thought......

Am now vaping with my oldest T battery and have to say my C is now almost back to normal..... am also using the cone that I had issues with and its still leaking from the top, am using a new tank and cap.....

Will wait and see what happens...

[Tara]

Well I'm declaring this peice of kit, for me at least a complete bust; and Im getting seriously concerned about the growing group of people who are also experiencing problems and being told the same things over and over, like the draw is too hard, push in the wick, dry burn the coil ( even after just a day or so of use) as a result I worry that like me they are blaming themselves and then quietly slipping away; heck even I haven't considered sending the kit back because I'd been just about convinced it was user error over hardware.

But I can't honestly believe that I'm so cack handed that I can't keep an atomiser for more than 3 days. And the body of evidence shows that I'm not THAT cack handed when I've T atomisers that are 4 mths old and still going strong. I'm going back to the T for the time being, but on the grounds that I've already ruled out clearo's and other similar styles because I prefer the hassle free refilling my options are pretty limited if the T ever disappears; maybe by the time they do the reliability of the C atty will have improved.

[cyborg]

Don’t give up on them yet Tara
Going by me experience with the C I think some bad ones got through.
The ones I got with the kit didn’t last at all  (used 3out of 5 in no time)  as I had ordered extra attys I used one of those and it is working as good as every one says they are.
If I hadn’t got extra attys with my first order I would have put it down to experience and never used them again but now I will use them amongst other things.

[Tara]

Cyborg I've been through 7 attys in a month; with the exception of the first which made it to 12 days before cr*pping out, not one has made it past a week, most dying after 3 or 4 days after severe nursing, and 2 were inusable from the get go including the one I put in tonight. That's just not bad luck, that's poor quality, stupid thing is when I opened the one this evening to inspect it it looked more like an atty that had seen 50ml not the 9 that had actually gone through.

And for every person that is told to persevere and " it just bad luck" who keeps buying TW will be blissfully unaware there is a problem; sadly I didn't keep the trashed attys, I wish I had. But I can make sure that I make informed purchases the T is tried and tested, in my opinion the reliability is second to none and the attys are easily cleaned and maintained when they do gunk up.

The other thing I noticed tonight comparing the T and the C is the C sticks up higher through the spike, and in retrospect all the ones I've had have been like that, and the wick is MUCH shorter under the spike plate, but the construction is such that the wicks are quit loose in the spike, even a small tweak ( which I have done very successfully with 1 T early on in my vaping adventure) has it either leaking like an over full nappy or scortching the back of your throat because it's burning dry.

I think the kit needs work, perhaps, if reliability improves I'll try again, but at £20 a strip of 5 I will have to be pretty well convinced that is the case :s

[cyborg]

Didn’t realise it was 7 attys in a month Tara.
I must admit I haven’t used the C a lot I only got them for when I am driving as I normally DD, I am now using the DCT’s when in the car so the C has taken a back seat so to speak.
In retrospect I wish I hadn’t thrown the dead ones out but had returned them to TW for inspection.
If no one knows of a problem it will never get sorted out.
A friend is interested in starting to vape and I was going to recommend the C but I am now having second thoughts.
Realistically I have only gone by others posts saying how good they are and not by my personal experience.         

[Lettie22]

Tara, PLEASE do me a favor and call customer service tomorrow.   I know you still have the 5 attys from your second strip you ordered.   As you say, something is seriously wrong and this needs to be brought to their attention!   

I am pretty much like you with the vapin -- started about the same time as you with a Tornado and then got the C (I think about the same time -- got mine around January 15h).   I haven't had any problems with the 2 attys running about 1.25ml per day on the C; however, I did do a complete dry burn on both of them 2 days ago. 

Please give CS a call tomorrow!

[Tara]

I'm actually wondering if that is the difference actually cyborg, those that are getting on with it are running multiple PV's and those that aren't are either using just one or two. I only ever run one PV at a time, I use it all day every day, I change flavours only when I finish a tank and my consumption varies between 3 and 6 ml a day depending upon how long I spend at the computer.

The  C might just not be up to that kind of work horse abuse; it would be interesting if folks could comment here about this theory because if it proves to be true, then none of us should be recommending it as a first time peice of cut and should still be pushing the T; as newbies are most likely, at least until they get the bug, to be the people who are using it in the way I do.

[Ed]

Tara, could you spell out what the 'T' is that you refer to? Being a newbie, it might be worth me taking a look... Thanks in advance.

[VicP]

Hi Tara,

I'm having very similar problems and it's disappointing after such great longivity from the first C atty. I too vape around 5ml per day and am using only the C. I'm on around the 8th atty in 6 weeks, I sent two back and TW replaced them.

I've not had any luck with removing the spike plate yet re-wicked several T Tank atties in the past.

I have four cones and holders and have chenged these over in an attempt to get longer use from the atty but this hasn't worked either.

All juice has pme from TW so I don't think that's the issue either.

I'm hoping this gets rectified as it's a real pity.

Victoria.

[Tara]

Tara, could you spell out what the 'T' is that you refer to? Being a newbie, it might be worth me taking a look... Thanks in advance.

The T atty is just the standard run of the mill Tank atty that comes with the Tornado T (Tank) kits; they have the cone and atomiser all as one item.

[Tara]

Tara, PLEASE do me a favor and call customer service tomorrow.   I know you still have the 5 attys from your second strip you ordered.   As you say, something is seriously wrong.

Please give CS a call tomorrow!

There isn't really any point, I binned the first five from the strip each time putting it down to either bad luck or user error. So all I have is the one I popped in last night that won't wick at all; and the one that died of gunk suffocation after just 3 days, which I've voided any warranty on because I took it apart to examine it, and 3 unused ones in a strip; I don't fancy my odds on customer satisfaction do you?

But by writing here I have ensured that an objective account of my experiences has been put down for others to find and consider. Sadly not every buyer makes it to the forum, but many do, so they can read different accounts.

For me the C in my opinion has been a very very very expensive mistake, one I'm not likely to continue throwing good money after bad at in an attempt to fix, I'm actually very disappointed at the quality, the only saving grace is that I am satisfied at least with the T or I would have just simply slipped away looking for something more reliable elsewhere.

[Donna]

Hi all

First of all I am sorry to hear that a couple of you seem to be having problems with your EGO C atomizers.
Please contact me to discuss louise@totallywicked-eliquid.co.uk (you too Tara )

Secondly, the instructions posted here, although are from the Joyetech Manufacturers, are not part of the TW Ego C manual. We do not advise customers to 'dry burn' atomizers as this can cause irreversible damage to the atomizers. Please refrain from doing this unless you are willing to understand that this will invalidate any warranty on the atomizers.

When cleaning an atomizer, the only thing you should need to do is blow through them at the end of each day to remove any residue that has accumilated through that day.
Cleaning with vodka, soda crystals, coke etc will again invalidate your warranty.

Thanks
Louise

[Lettie22]

Thanks Louise . . . and Tara, please let us know the outcome!  Keepin my fingers crossed that this can be sorted out for you and the others!

[vp_smoker]

Hi, I don't know what is going on but I cant believe that everybody is getting different results with the eGo-c. I have had mine now for about 6 - 7 weeks. In that time had to replace 1 atty at about the 4 week point, but as I put about 5 - 7ml a day through it I thought that this seemed reasonable, I also use a different flavour of juice with every cart I use.
So far my second atty has lasted and no signs yet of giving up, same flavours I know and expect. It does seem to be a little mixed as to the exact amount of time they last, but as long as I can get at least 4 weeks out of each one I will be happy.

[scott197875]

tara i feel your pain, love the flavor on the C, flavor is my crack on vaping (carmel popcorn }.
3 atties in 2 week's all from the kit.
just started a new strip from TW will make a special effort to keep the forum updated on how this 1st atty of the new batch holds out, CHEER's all and vape on

[stretch210]

My issuies with the ego - c is i do get a burning / oily kind of taste its hard to explain, i have put it down tho the fact i vape quite a bit on it and it does get very warm/hot so i find i have to have a puff then put it down and thats not really my style of vaping, where as my DCT im using i could vape that thing none stop and i dont get the burning heat etc....but on the downside the flavour isnt as good.

One day i may find my perfect vape and flavour lol

[Tara]

Just a quick update, following a brief email exchange with Louise I have agreed to continue using the three remaining atomisers and document their performance and subsequent demise; I will be noting also how much fluid goes through them and only following the TW recommended maintenance of blowing through at the end of each day. Once they suffocate from gunk they are to be returned to TW for inspection.

They've very generously offered to replace some of the trashed attys, despite the fact that I well and truly voided the warranty trying to work out what was wrong; which should also rule out the possibility that I've genuinely been the mother of all bad luck and somehow ended up with two bad strips. I really can't complain at the level of CS that has been provided. And hopefully this will help improve the product.


Let's hope we can knock this problem on the head for every one I shall keep you all updated in the mystery of the uber manky atomisers.

[Lettie22]

Tara, I am glad CS was able to help you.   But you're right in that TW has to figure out what is going wrong; and hopefully with your documentation, it will help them. 

Knoton started a new thread where he is asking every one to post replies as to performance of the Cs, so that everything will be in one thread and can be used by TW.   Hopefully you will post there as well.

I believe it was Cyborg that also had problems with a strip of attys.   Hopefully he will document everything on the use of his 2nd strip for TW.   

[lordy]

Let's hope we can knock this problem on the head for every one

...no punn intended  

[Ed]

I've looked but cannot find the new thread started by Knoton re feedback on the ego-c... Any pointers?

[Tara]

I've looked but cannot find the new thread started by Knoton re feedback on the ego-c... Any pointers?

Ed it's in the general discussions

[Ed]

Cheers, Tara.