3rd Carto in 48 hours

[kingdm]

I've about had it with these smok cartos, I'm on my 3rd in 48hrs, I'm vaping a recipe that Boomerdude and I came up with, it has maxx blend, vanilla bourbon and bavarian cream. I am admittedly a chain vaper but bloody hell these cartos are burning up quick! I'm thinking about going with a dual coil genisis set up but they sound like there is a LOT of set up to rebuild. Clearomizers don't have the TH I like. How long do the genny type systems last between rebuilds under heavy use? Are the ceramic wicks worth the prep work?

 

[Baditude]

Just curious what resistance carts are you using and at what watts/voltage? If you are pushing atomizers above their limits you can't expect them to last long.

I'm just getting into a rebuildable myself after several months of using cartotanks exclusively. These don't work right out of the box and have a fair learning curve involved. Definitely do some homework on these. The rba sub-forum here is an excellent resource if you don't mind spending the time to go through the encyclopedia-sized information. There are a lot of experts with experience that are more than willing to help you there, also.

Once you set up a nice wick and coil on your rebuildable I hear it can last a month or more. The replaceable materials are not expensive ..stainless steel mesh and wire is basically all you need besides a mini torch to oxidize wire and mesh and some way to measure resistance of your coil such as a multimeter or a VV/VW mod that has the ability to measure ohms.

 

[kingdm]

My cartos are 1.5ohm and I ran between 3.7v to 4v, they are the smok dual coils, pre punched 3 holes.

 

[kingdm]

I just bought a smoktech hyper srt,($20) 20' of silica wick from amazon($20), 100' of 30awg kanthal a1 from ebay($10) all told if modding this to a dual coil works, for the $50 I spent will last a lot longer than the $50 I spent on dual coil cartos....

 

[zapped]

Id ditch the dual coils and go with a single coil personally.much better flavor, vapor production and life. I'm a heavy vaper as well going through 1-2 6 ml tanks a day and I typically get 2 weeks off my smoktech single coils at 3ohm with 2 holes from Smoktek.com.

Im also running heavy vg juices through em with zero issues.

 

[94civic3door]

whats your pg/vg mix...3 hole i bet that sucker floods if its a high pg juice.....I like a boge or ikenvape better i had nothing but trouble out of lr smoketechs,5 out of 10 dumped out on me in a day or two...when they worked right they worked great for 7 plus days...

 

[kingdm]

Running 33% VG.

 

[zapped]

You shouldnt need 3 holes with a 70/30 pg vg blend. That might be part of your problem.

 

[kingdm]

I overvaped the 2 holes and they dried out on me. The dual coils gives a better TH than singles, thats the nice part of an RBA, if i don't like the duals i can make it a single

 

[94civic3door]

I have a aga t and its nice but to me...the first few hours it tastes like metal...i like mine but once again for myself its not that user friendly....and not convenient like a carto...but hey u may love Rbas! Aways good to explore new things in vapeing....everyone has diff likes! Good luck, and as cheap as cartos are pick up a few diff ones give them a test as well...i use tanks on the go....rbas at home or just Cisco attys for dripping at times

 

[Off Topic]

This is why I gave up on carto tanks. I'm a chain vaper too. I vape with Smok DCXL 1.5 straight cartos. Yes, I have to soak it down every hour....sometimes twice an hour. It hits great every time.

The way I vape, with a carto tank, it's either dry hitting or flooding.

 

[babyk1352012]

I personally stopped using the smok tech DC, i now use the boge f16 single coil cartos in all my dct tank setup's, and they are by far way better than the smok tech dc's. You can purchase them for 8.99 for a 5 pack at vaporbeast.com and shipping is always free.

 

[babyk1352012]

I am also a pretty heavy vapor at times. I get about a week from each carto.

 

[babyk1352012]

Oh and one more note, i haven't had really any flooding issues with these. If i get any in the center i just stick a needle in there wiggle it around and it clears it right out. I used to get flooding all the time before with the smoktechs

 

[Koman]

I am also a pretty heavy vapor at times. I get about a week from each carto.

Yeah, about the same here!