Looking for a good non-rebuildable tank

[Cicatrize]

My wife is finally ready to upgrade her ProTank 3, and I'm so happy for her, but I'm not sure what to recommend, as I don't follow the tanks with pre-built coil heads.

I think she'd like to keep the coil cost down to what the PT3 is (about $2.50 per coil). She hits MTL, so the airflow would need to at least have a restrictive enough setting that could match the PT3 (very tight draw). It also needs to be 22-23mm to fit nicely onto her istick 30w. She's not really into sub-ohm (yet), so the coil options need to be pretty diverse as well. A good capacity (~5ml) would be nice.

Ideally, it'd be cool if there was a rebuildable deck option, so if she ever decides to start building her own coils, she could do so. She's had the PT3 for over 2 years, so I wouldn't be surprised if she ran this new one until it disintegrates too.

 

[Douggro]

Subtank Mini. Coil options from 1.5Ω down, and includes an RBA head. Tank and coils can be found easily through many, many online vendors at reasonable prices.

 

[rice721]

imo subtank isn't really a MTL tank and its better suited for sub ohm DLH style vaping.

If she doesn't have the Nautilus thats a nice tank and the forum seems to like it, I don't have one personally. Or you can check out the Triton mini which also utilizes Nauti's coil heads.

The problem with new tanks these days is that almost all of them are geared towards DLH, sub ohm. Sure they have >1ohm coil heads but its not really a tight draw MTL kind of tanks.

 

[Cicatrize]

I still have my old STM. Maybe she can try that out first and see if she likes it, then we can go from there. Not a bad idea.

 

[Robert Cromwell]

GS Air 2
.75, 1.2 and 1.5 coils available.
Can do restricted lung with the .75 the other 2 are MTL.
I have the 14 mm version and love it.

 

[Cicatrize]

How do I convince her that she needs to be building her own coils? I've been trying for a year, and she's not having it, lol. I've stated the obvious benefits...saving money, control over your vape, etc. I'm not going to force her, but when I started building my own, vaping became a much better experience for me.

 

[DingerCPA]

How do I convince her that she needs to be building her own coils? I've been trying for a year, and she's not having it, lol. I've stated the obvious benefits...saving money, control over your vape, etc. I'm not going to force her, but when I started building my own, vaping became a much better experience for me.

Convenience. I don't mind rebuilding (my PT2 heads and my STM OCCs in addition to my RBAs) There are just some times that I don't feel like doing it. I want to pop a blister pack and roll. You might think about the regular Aspire BVC coils on a Subtank Mini (I haven't tried on my Nanos.) I find them for about $8-9/5-pk (so at least less than $2/coil) They're decent and certainly MTL.

 

[edyle]

How do I convince her that she needs to be building her own coils? I've been trying for a year, and she's not having it, lol. I've stated the obvious benefits...saving money, control over your vape, etc. I'm not going to force her, but when I started building my own, vaping became a much better experience for me.

You don't need to convince her to build her own coils.
You could just get a pack of rba heads and keep them coiled and wicked for her. She doesn't have to see you rewicking them.
$12.62 Replacement Nano RBA Coil Head for SUBTANK Clearomizer (5-Pack) 5-pack at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping

 

[Cheechako]

GS Air 2
.75, 1.2 and 1.5 coils available.
Can do restricted lung with the .75 the other 2 are MTL.
I have the 14 mm version and love it.

This is a great step up from the Mini PT II, it's what I went with when I wanted to set aside the PT.
Very affordable tank and coils with lots of options.

 

[Douggro]

imo subtank isn't really a MTL tank and its better suited for sub ohm DLH style vaping.

Put a 1.2 or 1.5 coil in it, close the airflow down to the minimum and hit it at 8-10W. It's tootle-puffin' in my book. MTL? Yah shoor youbetcha!

 

[Robert Cromwell]

Put a 1.2 or 1.5 coil in it, close the airflow down to the minimum and hit it at 8-10W. It's tootle-puffin' in my book. MTL? Yah shoor youbetcha!

That would be the V2 version. Much more versatile than the V1.

 

[rice721]

Put a 1.2 or 1.5 coil in it, close the airflow down to the minimum and hit it at 8-10W. It's tootle-puffin' in my book. MTL? Yah shoor youbetcha!

Never tried this setup but it does sound like it would work with the airflow closed

 

[Hotwire]

Nuatilus mini all day long. 1.8 regular BVC coils and around 6PG0-80PG liquids. Stay away from the claptons and the triton mini versions, they are nasty (just my opinion.)

 

[YoursTruli]

Put a 1.2 or 1.5 coil in it, close the airflow down to the minimum and hit it at 8-10W. It's tootle-puffin' in my book. MTL? Yah shoor youbetcha!

Agreed. I am strictly MTL and this it my preferred set up with the 1.2 coil, but, yes it is the V2 version of the subtank mini. Also there is the benefit of the RBA heads if she ever wants to rebuild or just rewick for longer life. My other top pick would be the Nautilus mini or the full size if you want more liquid volume. I used to love and often recommend the GSAir tanks but I found the flavor and coil life to be a lot better with the STM or Nautilus mini.

 

[Hotwire]

The above post goes to show how we are all different. I tried the higher than .5ohm coils on subtanks for MTL and found it the worst vaping experience of my life pretty much... Only find the .5's and full airflow for lung hits usable, much prefer MTL on the nautilus mini.

Which goes to say.....

Best to go to a local shop and try the different tanks out before buying.... We will all like different things..

 

[dsheik]

The subtank mini + RBA is a good overall setup. Very easy to build on and not bad in any area. A well rounded tank. I did not find it great for MTL and havent touched it in sense I moved to something better in that department. If the MTL part is non negotiable I would choose an actual MTL tank.

 

[Jdurand]

Nautilus for non rebuildable and sub tank if rebuilding is in her future.

You could just go my route, I bought my wife 2 RTA's and I just build and rewick them for her. When she's using one I'm building the other. She probably doesn't care if she used an RTA if she doesn't have to build it.

 

[Sil3nt]

Cleito tank w/ .4 ohm coils. Come prebuilt spaced clapton. You could go through 100+ml's on a coil before you have to change it out.

 

[Koolbreez777]

I've been playing around with different coil builds that I come up with and I actually built a vertical coil inside the tiny subtank mini rda with Kanthal A1 26ga 8 wrapps. It wicked well the first go around packing the cotton outside the coil walls enuff to establish the seal at the two wick holes. I was wondering if anyone else has tried this and has better wicking ideas for such a small vertical setup on the sub mini rda..

 

[EdT586]

Kanger Aerotank Mega are 22mm and full SS. They have the cheaper brass version called the Genitank at a lower price. The Protanks are chrome plated brass.