Use around bonfire?

[autobiogphnation]

Anyone else ever use around a bonfire and experience issues with taste?

I had a issue last night with this and basically just stopped using my PV for the night until I could get home and try to clean.
The flavor changed so drastically. Once I got home, I cleaned the battery contacts and the bottom of my clearo. I tried it this morning and noticed the flavor was coming back but not fully... might need to clean the clearo 100% and may just discard the fluid as I think the smoke may have contaminated.

 

[Blkwdw86]

I can't see the smoke contaminating your fluid. Likely you didn't get it all out of the wick. The wick is the secret, get all the yuck out of that or re-wick and you'll be golden.

Soak your wick in vodka or grain alcohol (Everclear), then rinse well and dry. If you have one, a Water Pik works wonders for powering flavors out of wicks, load it with distilled water and spray away, or use tap water then rinse with distilled, then dry or dry burn if it's silica.

 

[X T C]

Not sure how a bonfire would effect your liquid. You wick is most likely gunked up, time to clean and/or replace.

 

[patkin]

What clearo/tank do you use? Was the draw any harder indicating air holes plugged?

 

[JayTater]

Is it possible that breathing in the hot air and smoke from the fire is the issue? I actually experienced the same thing past weekend, and the two rigs that were inside the house even tasted a bit muted after I put the fire pit out.

 

[autobiogphnation]

I'm using a v-nano clearo. I cleaned out and discarded liquid, flushed with water and was blowing through threaded end to force liquid from wick and then tried to dry burn. Taste was kind of still there, and everything was dried. I primed the hell out of it to a point where it was so saturated that it was leaking out bottom. Still had the same taste. I ended up tossing the clearo. Not worth all the trouble.

I noticed when emptying the liquid still smelled right so I'm sure liquid was ok but there wasn't much left anyways. I just think the smoke ravaged the wick beyond any fix. Definitely will not be using near a camp fire any time soon. I'll walk away from it to use.

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[patkin]

This is actually pretty scarey stuff come to think of it. If the air around me is getting sucked into the wick, then I can be vaping whatever bad smell is around me! Think about that a minute.

Oh.. on second thought don't! I just did and vaper's tongue takes on a whole new meaning! Sorry.

 

[Mike.S]

This is actually pretty scarey stuff come to think of it. If the air around me is getting sucked into the wick, then I can be vaping whatever bad smell is around me! Think about that a minute.

Better stop breathing, except when the air is clean - otherwise, you'll be breathing that stuff all the time, vaporizer or not!

 

[patkin]

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[Mark Anthony]

Maybe you were eating or drinking something different that help alter the taste?

 

[xSoyer]

I used my kayfun and reomizer around a fire pit last week.. didn't have any issues with taste. You probably just needed to change the wick?

 

[autobiogphnation]

I used my kayfun and reomizer around a fire pit last week.. didn't have any issues with taste. You probably just needed to change the wick?

It was a new vision nano clearomizer on its first fill and it was fine all day long, not sure what happened. I tossed it already.

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[DaveP]

Every time I've been to a bonfire (or camping) I smell smoke in everything I took with me. Clean it, install a new wick/head and it should be fine. Like someone said, it may take your sinuses a day or two to clear, also.