An electric cigarette maker, or electric tube filler, uses a motor to push the tobacco into a cigarette tube. So you do not have to pull a lever yourself. On this page you read how such a machine works, the difference between the Powermatic models and how to keep it in good shape.
How an electric tube filler works
- Tobacco in Put the tobacco in the tobacco chamber or, on a model that doses itself, in the reservoir.
- Tube on Slide an empty cigarette tube onto the machine's nozzle.
- Press the button The motor pushes the tobacco into the tube. Then take the filled cigarette off the nozzle.
The Powermatic models
The Powermatic comes in several versions. The Zorr Powermatic is the same machine, in grey, brought to market by another importer.
Powermatic 2 Plus
You dose the tobacco yourself in the tobacco chamber, the motor pushes it into the tube.
Powermatic 4
The successor of the Powermatic 2: here too you dose the tobacco yourself. In black, and in grey as the Zorr Powermatic 4.
Powermatic 3 Plus
Doses the tobacco itself from the reservoir. It is made for volume tobacco: let moist rolling tobacco dry a little first. The 3 Plus also comes with a shredder.
Powermatic 5
The newest model. What it does exactly, you read on its product page.
Powermatic 5 Plus
We do not sell this model. We had too many problems and returns with it.
Which tobacco?
An electric tube filler works best with volume tobacco. Tobacco that is too dry or too moist stays behind in the injection slot. The machine then no longer fills the tubes completely. This matters most for the Powermatic 3 Plus, which doses the tobacco itself.
Tubes
An electric tube filler works with ordinary cigarette tubes with a filter. Check that the tube length fits your machine. See the cigarette tubes.
Maintenance and warranty
Clean your machine regularly: tobacco residue in the tobacco chamber or on the nozzle is the most common cause of problems. How to do it, you read under cleaning and maintenance. What the warranty covers is on Powermatic warranty.
Prefer doing it by hand? Read how a manual tube filler works.
