Issues with the "Phoenix' clearo...any suggestions?

[daniele25]

Hello..I posted yesterday about getting my Phoenix clearos in, and I absolutely love how it vapes. I filled the first one twice, no issues. Just went and filled it a 3rd time...the exact same way I did the first two times...and its just not vaping. Not leaking, but not producing any vapor at all. Any ideas what the issue could be?

So..I set that one aside and opened a new one, filled it...took a few really good puffs (the video on GotVapes said to give it a good 5-6 puffs to get it ready), so thats what I was doing...around the 5th puff, I heard some gurgling and started to notice juice all over my hands. It leaked about .7ml out instantly. I'm hesitant to use that one again since I just lost a bunch of my favorite juice. Any idea what the issue could be with that one?

I really love the taste and vapor it produced, so I want to get this right. I'm hesitant to open a 3rd before I get some more info though.

Any insight is appreciated!

Oh...if it helps, I was using them on my mega eGo-T battery. Thanks!

[daniele25]

I thought I would add some more info...so I decided to give the original one that was working another try. (I removed the liquid i put in last night when it wasn't vaping) So i filled it again, its working, producing a ton of vapor that is, but has a burnt taste now. Any ideas what could be going on?

I'm so bummed because I was loving this thing the last 2 days.

[daniele25]

I thought I should add a link to the product in case the name "Phoenix" is throwing people off. I think its technically a CE3 clearomizer? Here is a link:

GotVapes PHOENiX™ Bottom Coil XL 1.5ml Cartomizer 2.4-2.6ohms [gv-PHOENIX-XL-2.4] - $11.95 : GotVapes.com, E-cigarette Supplies - Atomizers Cartomizers Mods Juice and more

If anyone else has had similar issues, I'd love to hear about it and what you did to address it. These things really produce an unbelievable vape...so I'm hoping these issues are either rare, or easily addressed. Thanks!!

[melloyello]

i dont know why you are getting a burnt taste...but you could easily take it apart and clean it out.

as far as juice dump, i havent had it happen but i have some ideas as to why it could.

the tube operated under vacuum lock, if you poked too big of a needle into it, the little filler hole doesnt shup properly, hence giving you a non-vacuum carto. you could swap a silicone gasket from another carto to try.

if the drip tip is too big, its stretching the opening too much and you are getting air into the tube from the side of the top seal.

maybe you would get more thoughts if you posted this on GV forum.

good luck D

[rescued]

I have these as well. I have one that, after a 3rd or 4th refill, gave a nutty burnt flavor. Come to find out, it was from not not filling it completely up. I think that goes back to the vacuum part of the previous post. Not being full prevented the pressure from pulling juice to the wicks and thus dry burning and tasting awful. I emptied and refilled complety and the burnt flavor went away. However, I recommend a cleaning before refilling. Hope this helps.

Edit: the juice dumping I haven't figured out yet. Mine do that from time to time. Sometimes when I overfill. Sometimes when I dont. Weird. Its almost random. But I'm sure I'm doing something wrong to cause it. Lol.

Sent from my HTC Sensation

[bigpman]

Maybe it didn't fire because the post is too low? Try and pull the post up just a tad (.5mm or less) with a paper clip, or something similar). Very carefully pull up on opposite sides of the post by putting the paper clip in the center hole. DO NT PULL TOO MUCH

[daniele25]

Thanks so much for the suggestions! I was starting to think i was the only one for a while there!

I will give some of these pointers a shot!

[Janet H]

I have these as well. I have one that, after a 3rd or 4th refill, gave a nutty burnt flavor. Come to find out, it was from not not filling it completely up. I think that goes back to the vacuum part of the previous post. Not being full prevented the pressure from pulling juice to the wicks and thus dry burning and tasting awful. I emptied and refilled complety and the burnt flavor went away. However, I recommend a cleaning before refilling. Hope this helps.

Edit: the juice dumping I haven't figured out yet. Mine do that from time to time. Sometimes when I overfill. Sometimes when I dont. Weird. Its almost random. But I'm sure I'm doing something wrong to cause it. Lol.

Sent from my HTC Sensation

I recently got the Phoenix 3ml for my eGo 650 and was initially loving it. After the 3rd or 4th refill I had that awful burnt taste. If I take a puff and then hit the button to vape it seems to get rid of that taste. I didn't realize it worked with a vacuum so the dry puff might be equalizing the air inside? I may have messed that up by doing a partial fill before leaving home for the day. Do I have to make sure I only do a full refill? I'd like to understand this before I recommend it to friends and I'd really like for this to work because I love the vape.

I haven't experienced the juice dump, in fact no leaks at all so far.

[bigpman]

Maybe the e-liquid dump (juice dump...lol), is caused by the little hole that the clearo gets filled from. I noticed that if you pull the syringe out while it is upside down, the hole gets just a little bit of juice into it and it plugs the hole (my turn with the jokes...lol). If you flip the clearo right side up and then pull the needle out, the hole might not get filled with juice and it might kill the pressure inside the clearo. Just a thought, I have not actually tested this theory.

[rescued]

I recently got the Phoenix 3ml for my eGo 650 and was initially loving it. After the 3rd or 4th refill I had that awful burnt taste. If I take a puff and then hit the button to vape it seems to get rid of that taste. I didn't realize it worked with a vacuum so the dry puff might be equalizing the air inside? I may have messed that up by doing a partial fill before leaving home for the day. Do I have to make sure I only do a full refill? I'd like to understand this before I recommend it to friends and I'd really like for this to work because I love the vape.

I haven't experienced the juice dump, in fact no leaks at all so far.

Since having the same issue as you, I've began only doing full refills. It's helped a lot. You can vape these things almost completely dry. Then once you see no.more liquid juice it up and pull the needle out upside down. Should help a bunch.

Sent from my HTC Sensation