Ceramic coil

[Jacqueline Schoen]

So I just bought a ceramic coil for my kangertech kbox nano and I primed the coil and let it sit for a bit. I tried it and it tasted burnt. So I let it sit longer and it still tastes burnt. I've had the coil in for over 6 hours and it still tastes bad and there is little cloud. I'm using a 75% vg 6mg juice. I've changed the wattage all the way from 7w to 40w. At 7w nothing even happens and at 40w it tastes horrible. I haven't had this problem with Clapton coils at all. I've gotten no good hits off of this one.

 

[gigetto]

Ceramic coils are not all to the same porousity IMHO....some have good taste and last long, some no, and are bad, i've tried with vaporesso and other vapers too...

 

[Jacqueline Schoen]

A friend who used to work in the industry told me it's because ceramic coils don't go well with the kbox nano, so I'll have to get some normal coils.

 

[dcfluegel]

howdy - and welcome!

i can't help but wonder if it is a bad coil - have not used kanger's ceramic coils yet, but another forum member loves em (@Amlowe )

 

[Amlowe]

Sounds like you got a dud... I had one in my last box.... Change the coil... Prime and do some dry puffs...start at 25w to warm it up... Working in 5w incriments...

 

[Imfallen_Angel]

Haven't tried those, but ceramic needs time to saturate. High VG is bad for being so thick, especially with ceramic.

You have to prime ceramic a lot more than cotton, it needs to be saturated, no air bubbles within it's pores. Prime from center, from feed holes, slowly, then once set up, do a few closed airflow pulls (no power), give it 1-2 minutes, then start at low wattage, and make sure you don't go over the max wattage recommended (I recommend to stay 5-10 W below that max for most coils)