801 fusion weird taste

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Iken

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Just a quick update but I ran into yet another bad carto the other day and immediately switched it out for the last one in this box. 5th times a charm it seems as this one is performing pretty flawlessly without the weird taste -- going on 5 days now. 4 duds in a row seems like really bad luck so hopefully that covers my bad luck quota for the year.

Sorry to hear you had troubles but that doesn't happen very often. I had one box only last me 5 days but that was the only time. I had another on that had 3 do what you had happen but as a norm I get so much time out of them I figure I'm still way ahead in the long run.

me too. the recent 510 mega punched fusions were duds for me. threw 4 out of 5 away because i could keep them juiced no matter what. they seemed like they were packed too tight to allow for the juice to saturate. no problems at all with the 801 xl punched fusions. they rock.

Guys, please feel free to shoot us an email. We'll have you out return labels that just needs to be printed out and slapped on a/our mailer so I can dissect the cause and issue out replacements. I always a minimum of 2 weeks out of each and as our customers, you should too and we will try our hardest to make that happen. I can't seem to replicate the problem and I don't want you guys grasping for the lucky straw when placing an order with us. Even if you have a couple going the normal run. This shouldn't be a game of chance.
 

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I've got a "stuffy" one and the one with the weird taste set off, I was going to wait until I make another order and use the address on the shipping label to send it back! I don't need no stinking printed out label or envelope to send them back!

Same here, I've got 3 or 4 set aside that I was going to try and send back after my next order. I think I might need that return label though, I'm somehow very bad at mailing anything other than a letter.
 

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I've got a really odd one today! Primed up a 501 fusion, filled the tank and it vaped great! Worked fine yesterday afternoon and night. Starting this morning I'm getting the metallic taste, it just keeps getting stronger and stronger as I vape. I can't understand for the life of me how that worked!

If I vape one flavor for a long time it gets flat and sometimes a metallic taste but it's just my taste buds. That's why I switch flavors back and forth. It does it no matter what kind of carto or atty I'm using.
 

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If I vape one flavor for a long time it gets flat and sometimes a metallic taste but it's just my taste buds. That's why I switch flavors back and forth. It does it no matter what kind of carto or atty I'm using.

I'd go with that, but changed out the carto and vaped away fine?
 

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Had a double whammy today, very odd! Had a carto that I'd used over a week (so no biggie there) but it started flooding out! Took it off, blew it out and tried again, flooded! Took it off again, juice all over the Provari, I mean leaking like a sieve! That was a new one to me! But as I said, got over a week out of it, so no complaints on that one.
Next one. Filled it up, used a syringe just because. and tried to vape it, instantly, nasty primer taste! Tried and tried to suck it through and get the good taste again but my Provari kept throwing E1"s! WHH? So I checked it with the Provari, .9 ohms? Tried a couple more times, then checked it again, yup, .9 ohms? Grabbed another and it's been going strong!
Again, not complaining, the first one I think just got gunked up, the the .9 ohms was a real mystery to me!
 

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Had a double whammy today, very odd! Had a carto that I'd used over a week (so no biggie there) but it started flooding out! Took it off, blew it out and tried again, flooded! Took it off again, juice all over the Provari, I mean leaking like a sieve! That was a new one to me! But as I said, got over a week out of it, so no complaints on that one.
Next one. Filled it up, used a syringe just because. and tried to vape it, instantly, nasty primer taste! Tried and tried to suck it through and get the good taste again but my Provari kept throwing E1"s! WHH? So I checked it with the Provari, .9 ohms? Tried a couple more times, then checked it again, yup, .9 ohms? Grabbed another and it's been going strong!
Again, not complaining, the first one I think just got gunked up, the the .9 ohms was a real mystery to me!

Send it to Isaac so he can find out WTH is going on Saw. I've been waiting for one so I could send it to him but I've been having good luck with mine.
 

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I recently got a few of the 510 mega fusions and two of the first three I've tried have the "wont pull juice no matter what" problem that several others have encountered, third carto worked fine. Hopefully the remaining cartos have a better ratio of duds to goods.

Chech it inside the top. Sometimes the batting gets over the tube. I had to use a paperclip to move the batting off the tube on a couple. You should be able to see an open tube in the center.
 

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Chech it inside the top. Sometimes the batting gets over the tube. I had to use a paperclip to move the batting off the tube on a couple. You should be able to see an open tube in the center.
Batting isn't covering the tube, it's open. The defective ones just wouldn't pull juice no matter haw hard you draw, even with 3 holes punched.
 

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yes i got a box of the new batch and first one wouldnt pull juice so i dissected it. next one wouldnt so i put it back in the box and am going to send to ikenvape for r & d. they are soooooooo very good when they are juiced up. i almost want to just drip juice on it so i can use them. im sure isaac can figure it out.:D
 

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I'm 98% sure the liquid is at play here guys. Other than the notes here I received only one email about this happening and we lterally poured through thousands. I have been demoing liquids from a wide range of suppliers since the first post here in January and am getting clogged, blowing out adding a different kind of liquid and viola. This does not mean that it is what it is, I am still going to try to make these cartos universal with different batting densities and sizing and numbers of holes.
 
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