Atomiser

510 Tank Electronic Cigarette

With the advent of the Tornado Tank at the beginning of the year, I thought it would only be a matter of time before the tank system was developed for the standard 510 style batteries, and as I thought the 510 tank system is now freely available, so I decided to give it a try.

I didn’t buy a full kit as I already had a handful of 510 batteries from previous kits, but they are getting a little old now, so I bought a white atomiser from Liberty Flights (Enter VAP10 for a 10% discount) as I already have white 510 batteries, plus two 510 batteries and an atomiser from Mirage Cigarettes, as I like the quality of finish on their products. One thing to note here is that you get 2 tank cartridges with every atomiser from Mirage Cigarettes, with liberty flights and other sellers however, you need to buy the cartridges separately.

As you would expect both these 510 tank systems are easy to use, simply remove the filling cap on the tank cartridge and fill with the e-liquid of your choice, then insert the cartridge into the atomizer and your ready to go, and as the tank cartridges are made from clear plastic you can easily tell how much liquid is in them.

The 510 range is noted for producing good throat hit and plenty of vapour, and the 510 tank is no different, if anything the tank may produce more vapour than the original 510 atomizer design. Something else the 510 range is noted for is that the flavour of e-liquids is muted compared to say a 901 atomizer or a clearomizer, but this isn’t necessarily a negative point. I personally find that some flavours taste better slightly better being muted. It’s just a matter of finding a liquid that you like the flavour of in the 510 tank atomizer, some liquids I prefer in the 510 tank atomizer others taste better in my clearomizers.

I couldn’t notice any difference between the two atomizers that I bought performance wise, both wicked will and produced equal amounts of vapour, but the Mirage Apollo 510 Tank cartridges are of a slightly different design than the standard ones you will get from Liberty Flights, which I presume are a Joytech design.

On the Mirage Apollo 510 cartridges there is a silicone filling cap with a circular hole in it that feeds the atomiser with liquid. With the Joytech design this filling cap is plastic, and the hole that feeds the liquid is sealed on new cartridges so you have to break the seal yourself, on first time use, by pushing them into the atomizer with a bit of force.

Mirage Cigarettes Apollo & Liberty Flights 510 Tank Cartridges

The cartridges for the Joytech design come with an outer silicone cap that will allow you to carry filled cartridges around with you without them leaking, The Mirage cigarette variety don’t have this outer cap though, so they will leak if filled and carried around loose. If you have any of the old 510 carts laying around though you can use the silicone caps from them to transport filled cartridges.

Of the two different cartridge designs I prefer the Mirage Cigarette design, as the silicone cap at the end is far easier to remove for filling than the plastic version of Joytech, plus you don’t have to force the cartridge into the atomiser on first use in order to puncture the caps seal. The only downside is that you can’t transport filled Mirage 510 Tank cartridges around unless you have some of the outer caps laying around.

Before rushing out to buy the Mirage Classic 510 Tank cartridges to use with your Joytech 510 Tank atomizers though, there is another difference to consider. The actual 510 Tank atomizer from Mirage Cigarettes is slightly smaller than the one I bought from Liberty Flights. The plastic tanks are also fractionally shorter on the Mirage as well, although with the silicon bung they seem to be exactly the same length overall.

Mirage Cigarettes Apollo & Liberty Flights 510 Tank Atomizers Size Difference

I did use the Mirage Classic atomizers with the Liberty Flights (Joytech) atomizers and didn’t have any leaking issues while in use, but if left laying down for any length of time, say overnight, then there would be some liquid pooled underneath it.

As both Mirage Cigarette and Liberty Flights atomisers have a standard 510 connection they will happily work on any 510 design of battery, so you can use a Mirage Cigarettes 510 tank atomizer with a Liberty Flights (Joytech) battery, or vice versa.

Of the two different versions of the 510 tank system I prefer the Mirage Cigarettes version, not because of performance as both seem to be pretty equal there, but rather on the quality of finish and the fact that the Mirage cigarettes 510 tank is slightly smaller. The finish on all Mirage cigarettes is excellent and doesn’t wear off, the black and gold combination also, I think, looks really smart.

Mirage Cigarettes Apollo & Liberty Flights 510 Tank Size Comparison

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Tornado Mega Atomiser – Review

Following on with my investigation of the Mega Tornado accessories I purchased a couple of Mega Tornado Atomisers and a box of unfilled cartridges from Totally Wicked e-Liquid. After my good experiences of the Mega Automatic Battery I was looking forward to trying the Mega Atomiser, however my experience wasn’t so good with these.

On arrival as you would expect I was eager to try them out so I immediately unpacked an atomiser tucked a tissue into it and blew out any primer fluid. I then unpacked a blank cartridge and filled it with 40 drops of liquid. They are listed as being able to hold 2.5ml of liquid and as on average 20 drops equates to about 1ml I thought it would be under filled.

I then added a couple of drops to the bridge of the atomiser and eagerly pushed the cartridge into the atomiser, screwed it onto a standard tornado battery and took a drag. After a few drags I was rewarded with a good flavour, nice throat hit and clouds of vapour.

Whilst in use the atomiser makes quite a bit of noise sizzling and crackling away, and you get a hissing noise as air is drawn through the cartridge. It’s not to bad to start with but after a while the noise began to get on my nerves.

Eventually I put the tornado down as I normally do by standing upright on the end of the battery and went and made a coffee. Came back and picked up the tornado to find a stream of liquid running down the side of the battery.

Tornado Mega Atomiser Detail

Thinking that maybe it was a faulty atomiser I tried again with the second one, this time standing it on a tissue and watched the liquid pour out the bottom after a few minutes. Not sure if I had a faulty pair of atomisers or if it was a problem with the cartridge filler I thought I’d try replacing the filler with fluval and got the same result.

At this point I decided to do a little investigation on the forums where I found it was recommended not to fill with more than 1.5ml of liquid, and not to disturb the cartridge filler and even fill with a syringe so that liquid is inserted at the base of the cartridge, then top off with a few drops so that the wool is wet when it comes into contact with the bridge of the atomiser. This helped a little but if left stood on a tissue liquid would still eventually leak out.

Other advice recommended that you hold the Tornado horizontally while in use and the cartridge be removed from the battery when not in use and stored cartridge down, which indicated to me that leaking was a common problem.

Add the leaking issue to the noise they make and they are way too much trouble for me. I like an electronic cigarette that I can just pick up and use, without having to hold in a certain way, and that I can put down to answer the door or phone or simply make a coffee without coming back to pool of liquid on my desk or table. I definitely wouldn’t use them as my main device or carry them around with me.

Mega Atomiser Comparison

I may have just been unlucky and received 2 defective atomisers but judging by some of the forum posts I don’t believe I was. Having said that though many people think they are excellent and say they haven’t had any leaking problems.

One theory I’ve thought of is that maybe heavy smokers don’t notice the problem as they are constantly using their Mega Tornados so liquid doesn’t get the chance to leak out, while I quite often put mine down. They do produce good flavour and vapour so if you like to direct drip they could be good for that. I’ve seen people asking for drip tips for them so people obviously use them in this way.

If after this write up you still want to try them all I’d say is make sure you use a manual battery, as the chances of ruining an automatic battery by leaking liquid managing to find its way inside the battery is a fairly high risk with the Mega Tornado Atomiser.

Product results as of Thursday 23rd of February 2012

	Mega Tornado Atomiser Each Mega Tornado Atomiser and Cartridges can hold over 2.5ml of e-liquid. This should be sufficient to last the average user the whole day w...	£10.99
	Low Resistance Tornado Mega Atomiser The Low Resistance (LR) Atomiser are the same size as the reglar Tornado Mega Atomisers but allow the user to experience of higher voltage vaping on a...	£6.99
	Tornado Mega Atomiser Cartridges These Tornado Mega Atomiser Cartridges are supplied unfilled, allowing you to fill them with your favorite e-liquid. Each cartridge can hold ...	£4.99

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