Horizon-Tech Arctic Coils lasting 1 day

[xxarea83xx]

As the title states, I'm going through coils, many times within 24 hours before they go bad; gunked coil, cotton dirty, .5Ω coil jumping to 1.2Ω reading. I've been using high VG juices, anywhere from 70-85. If you need more info, just ask. I'm wondering if any other Arctic tank users have dealt with the same issue. Or should I switch to another tank?

 

[salemgold]

I am not a high VG user but, it will indeed gunk coils quicker. Have you tried changing the cotton out and dry burning the coil instead of tossing it? I am not familiar with this tank but with many tanks, it is easy to do.

 

[Captain Pegleg]

I did not buy replacement coils for my Arctic for almost 3 weeks after getting it, though I should have replaced it at about 2 weeks. I also use thick juices often; very dark liquids or very sweet seem to be more of the enemy, here. A tip for gettin gunk off, I pull on a q-tip and narrow it until it fits into the coil (I use 0.5 dual coils), twist clockwise until it stops going in, then reverse out, gets a Lot of gunk out. I use dry q-tips.

As for replacing cottom and dry burning, that would be nearly impossible with these vertical coils.

Another important factor is wattage, my cotton began to get very dark only when I began vaping more often above 40 watts. I didnt taste dry hits but i think the cotton was getting too hot. Same for gunk on the coil, it burned faster and got harder to clean off. If your coils are going bad that fast I can only suggest lighter juices and lower wattage

 

[sd3614]

Assume you are soaking (pre-wicking?)

I am always 70-80 watts (sometimes 90) and they are not going out that quickly. Somethings up.