50/50 vs 70/30

[UncLeJunkLe]

This may tamp down on whether I have wicked my tanks properly or not. Right now I am vaping on a Crown 2 with drop in coils. I didn't wick . Secondly, I lay my tanks down on their sides a lot. That causes the majority of the leaking. Before you say stop laying them down, I can't as I am laying down myself and there's no place to put it upright. Don't bother to give me grief about it.
All I wanted to know is if a thicker juice would help with leaking. You all ran with a broader discussion on leaking, alternative tanks and badmouthing each other. Not what I was after.

Well isn't that the way a lot of question threads go on forums? lol

The best answer to "will thicker juice stop or reduce leaking" is...it might, it might not. Just mix a small batch at first and see how it goes for you. If it doesn't then you know you need to start looking for other remedies (which will likely be your wicking technique and/or material).

 

[fiddleshe]

Well isn't that the way a lot of question threads go on forums? lol

The best answer to "will thicker juice stop or reduce leaking" is...it might, it might not. Just mix a small batch at first and see how it goes for you. If it doesn't then you know you need to start looking for other remedies (which will likely be your wicking technique and/or material).

You cant wick a drop in coil.

 

[stols001]

Wow if it's a drop in coil... What kind is it again? I'm sorry I should look back. BUT something is going bad with that tank, inspect it CLOSELY. I have gotten very slow leaking for example from a hard to spot tiny crack in glass (or whatever material it is) take out the disassembly diagram (or find it on line) and make sure you are not missing the tiniest o ring, and check all the seals. I mean a drop in coil tank just SHOULDN'T leak, I wonder if you have gotten bad coils that won't seat properly or something.

Although it is also my understanding that some drop in tanks just SUCK. Although I totally get not wanting to throw in the towel so to speak.

Man.

Anna

 

[fiddleshe]

Crown 2. I have 800 coils for it that last 3 weeks each. It is my long term plan. Im not giving up because it leaks a little.

 

[UncLeJunkLe]

You cant wick a drop in coil.

Well I'm all confuzzled at this point as to which tank we're talking about. Not all tanks are going to react the same way with a change in thickness of juice. No one-size-fits-all answer here unfortunately. Especially in this situation where one is an RTA and one is a drop-in coil tank. But things are even different from drop-in coil to another.

The original solution given on the first page by still applies: mix a small batch of 70VG and try and see.

For the crown tank, I don't think you'll have a problem with the coils themselves being able to wick 70VG juice. I think all Uwell tanks/coils from the very first Uwell tank (Crown V1) have always been made with higher VG in mind. The question is will it get rid or or reduce the leakage? Well, let us know when you find out .

 

[fiddleshe]

Well I'm all confuzzled at this point as to which tank we're talking about. Not all tanks are going to react the same way with a change in thickness of juice. No one-size-fits-all answer here unfortunately. Especially in this situation where one is an RTA and one is a drop-in coil tank. But things are even different from drop-in coil to another.

The original solution given on the first page by still applies: mix a small batch of 70VG and try and see.

For the crown tank, I don't think you'll have a problem with the coils themselves being able to wick 70VG juice. I think all Uwell tanks/coils from the very first Uwell tank (Crown V1) have always been made with higher VG in mind. The question is will it get rid or or reduce the leakage? Well, let us know when you find out .

Well I have been using the Crown 2 for the last 2 months exclusively. Let's pretend I didn't mention any other tanks and focus on that one then. I'll mix up some juice as soon as I find my funnel or go buy one. All my vg is in gallon jugs. I can't pour from those well. I need to put it into a quart bottle.

 

[dwcraig1]

I use 75% PG and 25%VG for tank atomizers. For RBA's I'll go as high as 90% VG as the flavor adds about 10% PG to the mix. I have been mixing my own for about 8 years now.
If an atty is going to leak it will leak faster with thinner liquid.
My reason for using thinner liquid is for faster wicking, I could not attain (safely) the same wattage with thicker liquid on a given wick/coil.
I realize that this doesn't help much with the OP's question.

 

[stols001]

Well it's a sub0hm tank so I would think 5050 would be on the low side for that sucker. I would definitely try higher VG I suppose all tanks have various like, tolerances or whatever. Most sub0hm makers will ASSUME you are vaping higher than 50/50 these days, really. I can't imagine the engineers sitting around going "How cruddy can we make this tank at various viscosities so it won't leak" but MAYBE they do. WHO KNOWS with engineers I own the title to one, and they can be a bit... freak.

BUT, well, it may be something odd like you are taking a big ole giant inhale and your thinner juice causes a more rapid pressure disequilibrium in the tank or whatever, and the tank leaks a bit.

BUT who knows, and I say go for it at this point. I wish I could remember who vapes these exclusively although it may be the Crown I version and you would think they would not be so different honestly, except they ARE etc. Sometimes.

But now I know your cunning plan I salute it! And all that.

Man it is lonely on ECF late in my time zone on ECF but I am all WOUND up!! You know tomorrow is my anniversary and (gasp!) well he tried to entice me into the boudoir but I was like, "No let's not in fact I think we should sleep in different rooms."

17 years MARRIED and like there are days I don't even feel that OLD.

Good god.
Anna

 

[Javichu]

And You are respected by of many of Us here!

Agreed 100%,unless...

Spoiler: THIS

She talks about hair ties,then all respect goes out of the window

Back to topic,in my case i found wicking to be extremely easy,never had to rewick or got leakage but on the other hand changing coils is where i really,truly and extremely suck.

I do watch a lot of reviews and from what I've gathered each atty has it's quirks when it comes to wicking,in some cases if it leaks it's because the wicking wasn't done right.
Not a pro at this,guys know that I'm a newbie when it comes to the techy techy side of vaping,just speaking from what i have seen from people that reviews atomizers.

 

[dripster]

All I wanted to know is if a thicker juice would help with leaking.

It doesn't.

 

[stols001]

It doesn't.

Except, it might. You wont know until you try. If not there is something bad going on with your tank or coils. If you have a vaguely rational vape shop nearby you could take it there and go, "help." Otherwise, IDK about uh, sending tanks back for warranty... .You could show pics of leakage or whatever.

Oh wait I did send back a couple ego one mega tanks for not reading but they took them then told me to "do something probably illegal" because I had "clearly" changed the 510 pin to try and GET them to read. They also told me they would "no longer permit me the privilege of using their site" if I did a charge back. It was like 12 bucks or something so I did not bother. Although, I don't know how they'd KNOW without a different method of payment. I am sort of glad I didn't when they had all those crazy train sales going on but I was not happy with their customer service but I was also like, "It's just me and those ego mega tanks." Sigh.

Good luck! VG it up ASAP so you can move on to other solutions......

I am going to guess ,QC being what it is, well, IDK you could have gotten a bad bad tank. It happens.

Anna

 

[stols001]

Agreed 100%,unless...

Spoiler: WHY YOU GOT to

Censor mah creativity all the time it is all I got going for me!

No it's not I have other skills.

I believe this is my SECNOD spoiler of them all lets see how it turns out.

But my heart bleeds I bet if you had a hair tie, you'd try it. Maybe not. There has been no "rush to hair ties" although I may get more vape bands for my regular uh, straight tanks and reserve the hair ties for my bubble tanks.
Anna

 

[Javichu]

Spoiler: WHY YOU GOT to

Censor mah creativity all the time it is all I got going for me!

No it's not I have other skills.

I believe this is my SECNOD spoiler of them all lets see how it turns out.

But my heart bleeds I bet if you had a hair tie, you'd try it. Maybe not. There has been no "rush to hair ties" although I may get more vape bands for my regular uh, straight tanks and reserve the hair ties for my bubble tanks.
Anna

I will have you know that i went thru a ''Fabio'' stage in my life where i sported the long hair so yeah i have had plenty of hair ties....and no i ain't posting a pic of me with long hair

 

[stols001]

ELITIST HIPPIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EIPPIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

C'mon do it do it do it do it do it do it do it....



The pic I mean but also the hairties. C'mon. You kept them. You knew they would be useful someday.

Anna

 

[Javichu]

ELITIST HIPPIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EIPPIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

C'mon do it do it do it do it do it do it do it....



The pic I mean but also the hairties. C'mon. You kept them. You knew they would be useful someday.

Anna

I gotta post something relevant to tho topic of this thread or i will get into trouble.
Personally i tried 50/50 as opposed to my usual 70% VG / 30% PG and to be honest i didn't notice a difference.

Spoiler: FOLLOW THE RED ARROW

Happy now?

 

[SlowTalker]

Personally i tried 50/50 as opposed to my usual 70% VG / 30% PG and to be honest i didn't notice a difference.

Same here, as far as taste etc. goes. The Math did get a lot easier though...

 

[dripster]

Except, it might. You wont know until you try.

Sorry for my late reply. I was busy trying it with 100 different tanks despite I already had tried it with 200 different tanks, aeons ago, and, I am now sad to inform you about the non-gasbag fact that it still doesn't.

 

[Territoo]

Sorry for my late reply. I was busy trying it with 100 different tanks despite I already had tried it with 200 different tanks, aeons ago, and, I am now sad to inform you about the non-gasbag fact that it still doesn't.

You have that many tanks, and they ALL leak?

 

[dripster]

You have that many tanks, and they ALL leak?

No, and no. lol The only tanks I own are four Reload RTAs and one Isolation RTA, and, none of them leak because I don't waste money on tanks that leak or that leak only excepting if you wick them so tightly that it causes the flavor to be muted somewhat, just like I don't waste money on other stuff I simply don't like, such as drop in coils, MTL or quasi MTL or very restricted DL, low wattage oriented gear, clones, plain junk, etc........ Also, I don't lay my RTAs horizontal (or diagonal, for that matter...) whenever there's still juice in them.

 

[stols001]

Dripster I am glad you ah found non leaking, expensive tanks that work for you.

Can you explain how that remotely helps the OP and their situation?"

I mean it seems like a case of " @dripster approves of these four tanks that cost over a hundred dollars and they are also RTAs."

The OP has a drop in tank that is leaking perhaps you could address THAT?

Anna