For any Gogo owners and those thinking of buying one, here is a guide put together by the founding members of the Gogo Nation.
A User's Guide To The Gogo
This post is designed to get you up and running with your new Gogo. It is information pulled from over 1000 posts and over 300 pages of Gogo information. Experienced and novice users of this product have contributed to this informational post through the process of trial and error. If you read through this, you should have a good understanding of how the Gogo works, what makes it work and the best methods to keep it working and get vaping satisfaction for a long time.
Getting Started.
First, there are only two vendors that carry the Gogo product as of this writing. Cigeasy and Nhaler. the Gogo isn’t for everyone. No vaping device will fill everybody's needs all the time. Here you will discover whether the Gogo is for you or not.
Once you decide that you may want a Gogo and order it, the adventure starts. Both vendors are known for their excellent customer service and follow up. Both vendors guarantee their products. If you are new to vaping or an old pro, you will want to purchase the following in addition to the basic Gogo kit.
1 pkg of 801 carts. These provide a nice plug in lip tip for the Gogo and increase the draw.
Extra Gocarts. These Gocarts are 3 ml in capacity and are washable and refillable many times over. There are some who have used the same cart for 6 weeks or more and washing them out returns them to like new condition.
Juice. If this is your first e-vapor device, don’t forget to buy some juice. Some of the Gocarts come blank and need to be filled. Some are full and come in selectable flavors. It is best to check with your vendor on the status of the new Go carts.
Setting up your Gogo.
Once your Gogo arrives and you open it up you will see the following.
2-1300mAh batteries with push buttons
1-charger unit consisting of a wall plug with a light connected to a pigtail with the actual battery plug-in and a second light.
Your Go Carts
1 cone
When you first open up the package go through the following procedures.
Take each battery and push the button. It should turn blue. If it does it has a factory charge. If it doesn’t then you will need to charge it.
Plug the charger in and both lights should show green, if they don’t, you have a defective charger. (None have been reported defective so far).
Note: it is best to put a full charge on the batteries but they are supposed to be 80% charged right from the factory. You can use your Gogo right out of the box.
Your next step is to look at the pigtail end of the charger. You will notice that where the battery screws in that the plastic around the metal ring on the charger is raised approx 1.5mm above the metal. This is a very minor manufacturing flaw and is easily remedied. File off the excess plastic so it is flush with the metal. Clean any excess tailings good. You can use an actual tool file, nail file, emery board or sandpaper to do this. Just make sure you clean the charger connection very good afterwards.
Charging the battery
Plug the charger unit into the wall. Both lights will show green.
Slowly screw the battery into the charger socket just until you see the button on the battery flash 3 times. You will notice that the battery is not very tight in the socket but this is a good thing. You just want to make a connection and screw until the button flashes 3 times.
Shortly after the button flashes 3 times the light on the pigtail end of the charger will turn red. This means you are charging successfully. Sometimes the light will turn from green to yellow and then back again usually when the battery is near full charge. This is normal. When the light turns green again while charging the battery then you have a fully charged battery and are good to Gogo.
Filling the Gogo carts.
The Go carts are a 3ml specially designed Go Carts with a horizontal heating element and a wicking material to hold the juice. They are reload able many times over and clean up very nicely when changing the flavor of juice in the cart. More on cleaning later.
The Go Cart has a soft plastic plug in the mouth end and your first step is to remove it for filling. A paper clip bent into a small hook on it’s end works well for this. Currently there are three methods of filling your Go cart with juice. They all achieve the same result. The idea of filling your cart is to get juice all the way down such a big cart. If there are voids in the wicking material causing dry wicking, your vapor will be weak and there might be a burnt taste.
Method one.
This method is the preferred one for those starting out with the Gogo as it allows you to accurately judge the amount of fluid necessary to fill the Go cart. Once you realize the amount necessary you can go to methods twoand three.
With the soft plastic plug removed, slowly insert fluid into the cart by angling the cart and dripping one drop at a time down the sides of the cart while slowly rotating it for even distribution . Count the drops and try not to drip any in the center hole. After about 20 drops, set the cart down, open end up, and give it about 5 minutes for the juice to settle to the bottom of the cart. Repeat the process with 20 more drops and again let it settle. After between 80 and 90 drops you will notice a drop or two coming out the bottom of the cart. The cart is now full. Let it set upright on a paper napkin. Keep moving it until there is no more juice deposited on the napkin. Clean the battery end well, install it on a battery and you are good to Gogo.
Note: If you are using the same juice in the cart it is best to just top it off once a day with 20-30 drops depending on your usage.
Method two.
This method is the same as method one except you cut one end of a q-tip off and insert it approx ¼ inch into the center hole then fill, using the drop method. You can pour more fluid into the cart without dripping down the center tube and showing you a “false fill”. As with method one, fill some, let it settle and fill some more. When juice comes out the bottom you are full.
Method three
My favorite for filling blank carts.
Using a blunt needle syringe, load 1.5ml of fluid into the syringe and gently slide the needle down the metal side of the cart between the wicking material and the side until it hits bottom, then retract it approx ¼ inch. Inject half the liquid. Turn the cart 180 degrees and inject the other half. You now have the cart half full from the bottom up. Fill the syringe with another 1.5 ml and top off the cart from the top down.
For all three methods, replace the plastic plug with a lip tip from the 801 carts you bought along with the Gogo kit.
Cleaning the carts
Due to the superior wicking materials used in the go carts, they clean up very well. The best method so far is to use the hose sprayer in the kitchen sink and very hot water. This flushes out any old fluid and cleans the cart completely. Running the water about 7-10 minutes will usually remove any left over juice or flavor. I suck on the battery end of the cart and if there is any taste I spray some more.
If you have multiple carts, use a rubber band to bundle them together and do them all at once instead of one at a time.
Some prefer air drying overnight. My favorite is to place them in an oven, batt end down, on a piece of tinfoil on a cookie sheet and baking them at 300 degrees for 1.5 hours and leaving them in the oven until cool to the touch.
When cleaned and dried, these Go carts will take as much juice as a new blank cart.
FAQ
I screwed my battery into the charger. The button did not flash and the light stayed green, what's up?
You need to file down the excess plastic on the charger. See “Using the charger”
I screwed the battery into the charger and the lights flashed on the button three times but the light stayed green.
The battery has a full charge.
The light turns from green to yellow and back to red then green. What's going on?
This is the sensor in the battery gauging the amount of charge left in the battery and determining whether to continue charging or turn the light fully green showing a complete charge. Not a problem.
Why are some of my vapes thin and others not?
This could be for a couple of reasons. First being that once you experience the full flavor and quality of the vape when you first get your Gogo you want the same vape each time. If you’re heavy vaping on one Gogo, due to the length and horizontal design of the heating element, it could take a minute or so for the juice to re-wick around the element. Using both Gogos in succession will solve this problem for heavy rapid vaping.
The other cause is condensation between the battery and Go cart. This is caused by the vaping technique. If you don’t pull all the vapor out when you draw, it will tend to condense around the connection between the battery and Go cart. The suggested method is to press the button ½ second prior to inhalation to allow the element to heat properly and take a long slow even pull. Release the button prior to finishing your inhale so you inhale any residual vapor from the go cart. If your vaping method is any different, you may find yourself cleaning the battery and Go cart connections with a paper towel frequently.
How long can I go between battery charges and Go cart refills?
The batteries are averaging two full days of regular vaping on one charge. Most people just put them on a charger every night before bed and take them off in the morning. Don't worry about battery memory decreasing the efficiency of them as Lithium Ion batteries have no memory. I have 4 batteries and rotate two in the course of a day and run them down until the button flashes 10 times. This tells me they need recharging.
Go carts will last on average one full day as the average vaper does 3 mls per day. Your usage may vary, but it's best to top them off daily if you are refilling them with the same juice. If you decide you want to change juice then run them for a full day without filling and towards the end of the day just clean them using the method previously described.
Can I use carts, attys and batteries from other e-cig systems?
The Gogo has adaptors for 808 type connectors.
In conclusion, I'd like to state that not one of the ideas and procedures contained in the guide are mine and I take no credit for them, but have been collected from various Gogo owners both experienced and novice that have learned the Gogo through trial and error. I’ve collected all the information in one post to make the transition for new Gogo owners as seamless as possible and enhance the Gogo vaping experience for all concerned.
Thanks to everyone for contributing to this thread, you know who you are.
Happy Vaping
Gogo Nation forever.
