I’ve received more communication from Mr. Stanley Chen, the sales manager at Boge. Here’s what I’ve heard:
Dear Phil,
I think the main reason for the flavor difference is the quality of the e-liquid. Since people are complaining about our blank cartos, we don’t think we are to be responsible for the problem of the e-liquid that the users are using.
As we explained in our letter, there are several reasons for the burning taste: 1) filling VG e-liquid and vape immediately; 2) filling e-liquid but the heating coil is not fully infiltrated; 3) using battery with higher voltage. As far as we know, people are using variable voltage batteries of up to 6v. In this case it’s inevitable that the cartos get burnt easily.
If the users use the cartos in a wrong way, it’s not good logic to come to the conclusion that Boge has changed something.
I certainly do agree that different liquids and thicknesses will behave differently in not only Boge cartos, but ANY carto. What people sometimes don’t understand or forget is that if the center core on a carto of this design is dry, it will burn almost instantly. Once that happens, the carto will continue to provide a burnt taste and is pretty much shot.
People also need to realize this when using carto tanks. If you punch or slot, put your carto in a tank, fill the tank, and vape away, you will most likely burn your carto. The carto needs to be primed (filled) before installing it in a tank, or after installation by dripping into it. If not, proper time needs to be given to allow the e-liquid to seep into the carto. This time will vary, of course, depending on the size of the holes, slots, and thickness of the liquid.
What I don’t agree with is that this issue is just caused by the juice, or improper usage. I was able to “taste” the difference between a good and bad cartomizer, as seen by the burnt/savory/bacony taste I received. I did let him know about this.
The most important thing is that we need to make sure that what many users are using are produced by Boge.
Some people also surmise that owing to increasing demand, Boge has opened up more factories but the quality is not the same for all factories. This is ridiculous. Up till now, Boge has only one factory and all Boge products are manufactured in this factory.
I think what we need to do now are: 1) tell the users what authentic Boge cartos are and how to get authentic Boge cartos; 2) tell the users how to use the cartos properly; 3) try our best to prevent fake suppliers from “stealing” the name of Boge.
Thank you again for your attention. I’ll send you pictures of our packaging shortly.
Best regards.
Stanley
Mr. Chen then sent the following which is really good information about packaging:
Dear Phil,
Attached are pictures (you can see them below) of our latest version of standard packaging for your reference. Hope that this will help all users to identify what authentic Boge cartos are. Please also take note of the following points:
1) Now our standard packaging is: each cartomizer has one long and one short condom, with a small stopper at the connection end; then in candy pack with printed content showing style No., SR (for standard resistance) or LR (for low resistance), color, flavor and strength etc; then 5 pcs in one small box with printed sticker on top of the box showing the same content, and finally 10 small boxes in one big box with printed sticker on top.
2) The content of the printing on plastic packs and on stickers on small and big boxes may vary according to different customers’ request.
3) 2 months ago we were using oval transparent stickers on the candy packs showing the flavors and nicotine content , also a round “LR” sticker on candy pack for empty low resistance cartos. But now the standard way is to spray print all information on the candy pack, without any sticker.
4) Of course there are several customers who still insist on the old way or on their own ways. We’ll try to persuade them to adapt to our standard way so as to avoid any misunderstanding.
Best regards.
Stanley
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