I purchased a CIS (continuous ink system) system from JWLSales on eBay and had some real problems with it. Supposably I bought his latest v6.

I have noticed that 'when it was' working, it seemed to use a tremendous amount of ink. Much more than the original cartridges did.

I hear that the refillable cartridges may be the way to go and at first, I liked the system here http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6801855094&sspagename=ADME:L:RTQ:US:1

After further review it seems the ink is not exactly right (still working on that issue) and the cartridge needs to have 'flow control' built in with no sponge. The 'flow control' is said to be important because all of the spongeless cartridges without flow control leak ink (similar to what I think was happening to jwlsales cartridges) whereas with a sponge, it is said to dry up and clog etc. I think I have a source for the correct cartridges (spongeless with flow control) from an ebay seller rcl0072003@yahoo.com but I am still not sure.

In the product URL above, I do like the nifty little syringe bottles he uses. Supposedly you are even able to bend the needle slightly to get it into the ink cartridges without spilling any which is pretty cool. Since there are supposedly better cartidges out there I may not need his whole system though.

Does anyone know where I might be able to buy just bottles have the little syringe thingy built-in?

Can anyone shed some light on this whole refillable cartridge situation and tell me what is and isn't really needed?