You can order a replacement glass direct from Eleaf here. Having had mine apart a few times, I can see how you broke the glass as it's not very friendly in coming off the gaskets. Sadly, the glass and shipping will probably be about half of what you could buy the entire Melo 2 for..
As a matter of disclosure, this is the first Sub/TC mod I've owned. I purchased the kit with the Melo 2 tank and the 0.3 Kanthal, 0.5 Ti and 0.15 Ni coils included.
First, the really bad thing is that you have to read the excruciatingly small-print manual to learn the functions to use the TC aspect effectively. (I had found a PDF version of the manual but can't recall which site I pulled it from; the PDF is much easier to read for us old-ish folks who need readers to see.)
Once you learn that you need to lock the coil resistance for TC mode to work properly, I'd say it works very well. Locking the coil resistance is crucial - it's a nasty experience if you don't. Trust me on this. 'Nuff said.
The unit defaults to 60w when you use TC mode the first time and that's pushing the unit IMHO. At 60w, the unit struggles to maintain the temperature mark and will "surge" for the first few seconds then settle down to a mostly-consistent draw. I'd attribute this to the TC module having a hard time at full wattage trying to hit and maintain the desired temp. Dropping the wattage down to the 50w range evens it out and makes for a much more consistent draw and vape. There's a small lag of perhaps one second on your first hit at the lower wattages until the coil comes up to temp, but I think that's tolerable given the operation characteristic at the full 60w setting. Follow-up hits once the coil has some heat in it are quick to hit temp and are nice and consistent.
In comparison to when I was using the 0.3 Kanthal coil (same juice @ ~30w) the Temp Control experience is significantly better in my opinion. Concurrent hits on the 0.3 Kanthal got the unit hot, even at 30w, and would make for burnt hits. In TC mode with the wattage adjusted down I have yet to get a burnt hit even when taking five or six consecutive hits from it.
As a matter of disclosure, this is the first Sub/TC mod I've owned. I purchased the kit with the Melo 2 tank and the 0.3 Kanthal, 0.5 Ti and 0.15 Ni coils included.
First, the really bad thing is that you have to read the excruciatingly small-print manual to learn the functions to use the TC aspect effectively. (I had found a PDF version of the manual but can't recall which site I pulled it from; the PDF is much easier to read for us old-ish folks who need readers to see.)
Once you learn that you need to lock the coil resistance for TC mode to work properly, I'd say it works very well. Locking the coil resistance is crucial - it's a nasty experience if you don't. Trust me on this. 'Nuff said.
The unit defaults to 60w when you use TC mode the first time and that's pushing the unit IMHO. At 60w, the unit struggles to maintain the temperature mark and will "surge" for the first few seconds then settle down to a mostly-consistent draw. I'd attribute this to the TC module having a hard time at full wattage trying to hit and maintain the desired temp. Dropping the wattage down to the 50w range evens it out and makes for a much more consistent draw and vape. There's a small lag of perhaps one second on your first hit at the lower wattages until the coil comes up to temp, but I think that's tolerable given the operation characteristic at the full 60w setting. Follow-up hits once the coil has some heat in it are quick to hit temp and are nice and consistent.
In comparison to when I was using the 0.3 Kanthal coil (same juice @ ~30w) the Temp Control experience is significantly better in my opinion. Concurrent hits on the 0.3 Kanthal got the unit hot, even at 30w, and would make for burnt hits. In TC mode with the wattage adjusted down I have yet to get a burnt hit even when taking five or six consecutive hits from it.
For using the Ti or Ni coils in TC mode, the TC60 instructions are to press the FIRE and UP buttons for two seconds to lock or unlock the base coil resistance when the unit is cool. A lock icon will appear next to the coil resistance reading on the display when it is locked to the coil. If you put in a new coil or atty with it unlocked in TC mode, it will give you the "New Coil?" screen; otherwise with it locked, it assumes that you're putting the same coil/atty back on. I've verified this by changing out my atty to run in VW mode then come back to the TC atty and it doesn't even blink when I kick it into TC mode.
What power setting were you running prior to the changes you made?
I've got a brand new Ti coil waiting to fire. I was holding off doing that for my order of new flavors from MBV to arrive, but it seems that the USPS has screwed me of that chance by mis-delivering my order.
I'll have to visit the local B&M to stock some more juice to get me through. Anyway, I too noticed that it took at least 1/4 tank of juice for the coil to really hit its flavor delivery legs, and that was when I didn't have the coil resistance locked and it was being funky. With the new coil and what I've learned from my initial mistakes, I'm very curious to see how it performs.
That would presume that I have another pin to swap it out with.maybe try swapping the bottom POS pin...
then there's always these...
- Aspire Triton RDA (RTA) Kit - 101 Vape
It would have to be a longer pin as I think the contact issue is with shape of the Triton coil base not fitting into the recess around the pin in the Melo 2; the stock coils have a narrower post to fit into the recess. The same issue may affect the RTA kit, and I'm not to the point of wanting to roll my own coils yet.
you take a PIN out of the Melo 2 coil
then put it in the Triton coil
called 'swapping' pins
watch a video, pay attention to the difference of the triton rta
Err.. I thought you were talking about the atty pin. Doh! This gets intriguing because the Melo coil base is more of a bar with a slot cut in it that runs right into the coil chimney, while the Triton coil uses a full round base with two small-ish air holes. Hmmmmmm… it could work.
And add in the different resistance mappings.. Yeah, not optimal.
I've got a brand new Ti coil waiting to fire. I was holding off doing that for my order of new flavors from MBV to arrive, but it seems that the USPS has screwed me of that chance by mis-delivering my order.
I'm jealous of your Subtank setup. I'd really love it if Eleaf made a 1.0 - 1.5 coil for the Melo 2. The 1.8 Triton coils fit but I had issues with getting reliable connection in the atty, and the Triton coils are so tight that I didn't really enjoy it much. It worked, but not as well as I would have liked.
I'm going to try puffZep's idea of dropping the Melo 2 pin on the Triton coil and see how that works. I'd kinda given up on the Triton coil so I got nothing to lose really.
New to the forum. So your LG HG2 held up all day? Where can I get one? The Vape shop sold me two MXjo 3.7v 2500MAH 35A. They last about 4 hour max. Really would like one that would last all day. Really great mid for me if I can get a good battery.
First, Welcome! from another relative fresh addition to ECF.
