I love my vivi novas! I get the 4.0 ohm heads and crank it up on my zmax. Never an issue; tons of flavor and vapor. I got some minis too, same thing, no issues. Love them! The only thing I don't like is the size. I don't like carrying them around with me so I pretty much stick to cartos/clearos with my twist.
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It sounds like there was residual manufacturing residue on the coil and you didn't clean it off before using your Vivi Nova. Follow these directions from PBusardo for just the cleaning and dry burning part. That should get rid of the nasty taste.
Also, to prevent dry hits from your Vivi Nova you need to either lay your PV on its side when not using it or twirl it a bit to wet the wicks before vaping once the Vivi Nova is less than about half full.
There are so many juice delivery systems on the market these days that you would think one would simply work. By 'work' I mean you could screw it on, fill it up and get good flavor, TH and vapor and not have to fiddle with it endlessly. Note I said good, not great or ultimate. It's hard to get everything in one package for any price.
I have not tried even close to everything on the market. I do like Boge carts in a tank, VVN's, my new AGA-T RBA (quite the learning curve with this one), one vendor's CE4 Stardust clearo and my old eGo-C system (which I still use when I have small amounts of juice I want to use up), in that order. I use atties for taste testing juice. I've also bought a few other devices that I just could not get to work well enough to make them worthwhile for me.
In my opinion all the stuff I've found acceptable have good and bad points. None of them are plug-n-play with minimal maintenance required. The variables involved are numerous; juice mix pg/vg, 'clean burn' performance of the juice (a huge one in my opinion), physical limitations in design, tilt requirements to make them feed right, maintenance requirements and production variables (in sizes and materials). Then there is the issue that when I find something I like I have to be careful when buying the 'same' product from another vendor, because it is not necessarily from the same manufacturer and might be a whole new kettle of fish.
Having said all that, I am quite happy with my list of faves. There are a couple that will work for me very reliably but do not excel at anything and others are fantastic when they work right but they don't do that all the time. I find that making my own juice also helps in that I have control over the juice variables like 'clean burn' and adjusting flavor to suit the device I'm using. Sometimes success is as simple as knowing you have to dry burn after every 3 tanks to keep things right. Sometimes nothing works.
There is something out there that will work for you AM219. There probably will be some give and take involved, but it will be worth it. Best of luck with it!
I have not tried even close to everything on the market. I do like Boge carts in a tank, VVN's, my new AGA-T RBA (quite the learning curve with this one), one vendor's CE4 Stardust clearo and my old eGo-C system (which I still use when I have small amounts of juice I want to use up), in that order. I use atties for taste testing juice. I've also bought a few other devices that I just could not get to work well enough to make them worthwhile for me.
In my opinion all the stuff I've found acceptable have good and bad points. None of them are plug-n-play with minimal maintenance required. The variables involved are numerous; juice mix pg/vg, 'clean burn' performance of the juice (a huge one in my opinion), physical limitations in design, tilt requirements to make them feed right, maintenance requirements and production variables (in sizes and materials). Then there is the issue that when I find something I like I have to be careful when buying the 'same' product from another vendor, because it is not necessarily from the same manufacturer and might be a whole new kettle of fish.
Having said all that, I am quite happy with my list of faves. There are a couple that will work for me very reliably but do not excel at anything and others are fantastic when they work right but they don't do that all the time. I find that making my own juice also helps in that I have control over the juice variables like 'clean burn' and adjusting flavor to suit the device I'm using. Sometimes success is as simple as knowing you have to dry burn after every 3 tanks to keep things right. Sometimes nothing works.
There is something out there that will work for you AM219. There probably will be some give and take involved, but it will be worth it. Best of luck with it!
I'm pretty sure that's the case. Imo, 9 out of 10, it's either a knock off or the end-user doesn't have the time or patience to fiddle w/ the tank.
at the end of the day though,
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I feel the same about the Nova's. They're engineered like crap and performance is meh at best. Are you using cartos in tanks or by themselves? I find using them in tanks they perform quite well for a week or more.
I've tried many other clearos, but always find myself coming back to carto tanks..
I've tried many other clearos, but always find myself coming back to carto tanks..
I just don't see it. I have used the same mega novas for the past 5 1/2 mos. I rebuild my heads and they work perfectly. I have never had leaks or burnt wicks or any other problems. All these problems that people complain about I don't understand . Obviously there is a problem somewhere. I don't particularly care for the mini nova mainly because of the size and the threading on the clearo but they do work okay. The mini novas were bought mainly I guess for the size but the bigger model is much better. Could some of this be user error? I really don't know but I have never been a wine or food taster as some here seem to be. I was just a lowly smoker.
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