Does anyone know if there is a way to properly clean the Triton tank?
There's that little bit of liquid left at the bottom and I was looking to change flavors. There does not seem to be a way of cleaning it out other that the fill holes or removing the coil - neither of which is easy to flush and or dry. Obviously, I didn't want to force anything and break it. Am I missing something?
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
Tap the different pieces in your hand to remove the maximum of water and blow in the airflows as well.
A little bit of moisture should not be a problem, I wouldn't wait for a complete dry out.
There is some water in most e-liquids anyway.
You should be able to find small ones around 40$.
You just need to alternate the fill, vape setting. I first set it to fill, and ran it under the faucet to fill up, then dumped it out. Repeated a couple of times. Then I set to vape, and flipped it over, and again ran it under the faucet to fill and then dump, repeat.
To dry, I'm always a bit impatient so I used a heat gun to warm it up to dry out the inside. WARNING: Doing so you can get the setup REALLY hot, if you're not careful. Again, alternating between fill and vape and pointing the heat gun to appropriate open end.
I think the smart thing to do is just set it aside to dry. If you are in a cool climate, maybe setting on a window sill in the sun will speed up the process (unless you have newer energy efficient windows, then outside in the sun).
Then I just set it aside to cool. Then filled it up and went to town ;)
My attempt at cleaning:
took out the drip tip and set it to "fill" mode instead of vape mode
emptied the juice that I could shake free
unscrewed the bottom piece and removed the coil (its barely been used yet - so set it away from any water ready to reuse later)
I rinsed the drip tip, main tank and bottom piece under running water for a good while, I left the air holes fully open to clear juice from inside there - I ran LOTS of water through the tank, while switching between filling and vaping settings
I shook out all the water I could from all the pieces (then took the photo attached)
I dried what I could with paper towels and then Q tips
left it to air dry near an open window (its still drying!)
I don't want to force anything - but I wasn't sure if/how the tank came apart more than shown in the photos. I'm somewhat uncertain what to do differently - but as no-one else seems to have responded I thought I'd post what I'd tried.
If anyone can offer feedback or suggestions - or figures out anything else that has evaded me then please share :)
I'll have a look at options for an ultrasonic cleaner - thanks for the tip :)
Also - I'm not sure how an ultrasonic cleaner will manage with such small holes to access the inside of the tank - I'm a bit clueless about ultrasonic cleaners.
@Cegoca did you get a Triton and if so, have you tried cleaning it in your ultrasonic cleaner yet?
Don't get me wrong - the tank vapes great. I think it's much better than the Atlantis. I was really excited when it was announced and loved the RTA aspect of it. But if the trade off is never being able to clean out the last flavor than the Atlantis beats the Triton hands down.
I'm still struggling with the idea that Aspire didn't realize this and am hoping that I'm just missing something really obvious. But if I'm not, this tank isn't worth the price I paid for shipping. Hopefully we will get a response soon as to what we are doing wrong.
Here's a quick and easy way to clean it:
Take the tank apart, put the body in a small plastic bottle with warm water and a little detergent. Put the other parts, except for the coil, in another. Cap the bottles and shake for two to three minutes. Rinse the parts well under warm water. Put all the parts into a small pan with water and bring to a boil. Remove the parts with a set of tongs, and drain them. Set them on a cooling rack or a screen with good airflow. Put the body upside down on the screen or rack. The HOT parts should dry in about five minutes, and ready to re-use with another flavor.
Note, you can treat the Atlantis 2 the same way if you don't want to remove the glass from the upper hardware for cleaning.
@Viruk A 42kHz will do the job nicely too :)
I'd still like to see Aspire correct this. Can someone say TRITON II ? Maybe a bit too early for that..... ;)
I'm not sure if there will be a manual with the Triton when the official release arrives (I already have friends wanting to buy them when available!) - but I'm still unsure if I'm missing something obvious or whether we'll all collectively need to share our tips regarding what works and what doesn't :)
It would be great to see a video manual like @charlzrocks suggested here: https://forums.aspirecig.com/discussion/26862/triton-video-manual-is-needed#latest
Thank you so much for trusting me and supporting aspire.
we need insure that it is truly top filling tank with no leaking,the bottom part (not the part coil screwed into) is not removable,it is a little difficult to clean the inside part of the tank.
Sincerely sorry for the inconvenience!
All above suggestion for cleaning the triton tank can be took into account.
We will pass your trouble about the clean to our products development department,in future,for our new products,we will take the convenience using into our first consideration.
Best Wish
Tina
One thing I learned with a Nautilus Mini that had a flavor "stuck" in it. Try a baking soda and water solution and let it soak for a bit. Rinse, rinse, rinse. Then set it outside in the sun for a day (UV rays really take the flavor out of the food grade silicon gaskets). If there is still any smell left, then an ultrasonic cleaner with Isopropyl Alcohol with a THROUGH rise of water after should remove all smells, taste of an old flavor.
Actually, ultrasonic cleaners are REALLY good at getting things with small intricate surfaces clean. Which is why jewelers use them to clean jewelry.
I know, off topic but I thought it worth a mention.