Almost no flavor from TC mode

[Patrick1500]

So I got two tanks that use both kinds. A Crown and a Freemax Starre Pro. The Crown's Ni200 heads are amazingly flavorful to me, and the Starre's Ni200 heads are slightly dry and muffled tasting. That tells me nothing about Ni200 just that some tanks are better than another for different things. Unless Kanthal-based tanks all taste the same to you, you can't expect the same from Ni2000.

Well I have had this Atlantis 2 for a couple months now but it just sucks knowing it's probably already dead. I normally drip on RDAs but I switched back to tanks just for TC mode. I do love how I don't get dry hits in TC mode, but just like you said, it may be time to upgrade to a new tank.

 

[Patrick1500]

Have you even tried a different head yet? Could simply be a one off bad head with a mangled coil or funky sitting wick.

I only ordered one Ni200 (I know, smart right?) coil so I try out TC mode so it might just be the coil.

 

[Ryedan]

So I just ordered an Ni200 coil for my Atlantis 2 tank on my iPV4S TC mod. I'm still trying to understand TC mode, but I'm getting next to no flavor on this coil. I'm running it at 480°F at 35 joules. I get decent vapor production and no dry hits but the flavor is not there. I get full on flavor whenever I vape on a regular kanthal coil though. What could be the problem?

I normally vape around 55w on a regular .2 coil and that seems to be the sweet spot for for. I also noticed that whenever I screw in the ni200 coil, the 4 juice slots on each side disappear into the base. That doesn't happen on a regular coil. I don't know if that could be a problem too.

Full disclosure, I don't have an Atlantis 2 or a iPV4S TC. I don't generally comment in threads when I don't know the gear, but you're still not getting the vape experience you want so I thought I would give it a go anyway FWIW. I do have a DNA40 TC mod, a clone of the same, and several RDAs/RBAs and I've worked with TC until I was able to get the vape I wanted from it so some of my experience may be relevant.

Here's what I know:

Power = the amount of juice you will vaporize per second which is big part of your vape experience.

If you hit the wire temperature you set on the mod the mod will lower the power so the wire temp does not go over that set point. That will really change your vape experience for flavor and vapor production.

High wire temperature is what burns juice.

Wire gauge and resistance, air flow, wicking, power, air chamber and air flow design all come into play here. To keep it reasonably simple I start out this way:

Set the mod to TC mode at its max temp setting. If you think your setup should do 55 watts without burning juice start lower than that, vape it and see how it goes. If your wicking keeps up with say 50 watts with no burnt hits and you like it that way check what temperature the coil(s) are reaching, add ~20 deg and set that as max temp on the mod. Now if anything goes wrong that makes the wick(s) not keep up to the coil(s) at that power the TC will kick in and prevent a burnt hit.

This process worked the best for me with TC. Anything that goes wrong after this is probably a wire gauge issue or not having stable enough contact of the wire with the atty, or the atty with the mod. Joules is energy and watts is power, but the way joules is used by chip makers it seems to me they refer to the same thing, watts (power).

Take what you will from this, I hope some of it makes sense and may help you

 

[SomeTexan]

I've got the Smok TCT and think the flavor is better than my Kanger SubTank on Kanthal. I'm not too fond of the Ni200 coils for the SubTank yet, but I haven't spent much time on it since I love the TCT. Earlier today I did a kanthal build on my Freakshow, but I like it better with Nickel. I guess it comes down to personal tastes...

 

[rhelton]

What wattage do you normally vape at.

People think TC is magic. It simple makes Vaping much safer.

Getting your build right for TC and understanding how to set it properly for the vape you expect is critical.

Coil gets hot, e-liquid Vaporizes. Does not matter if it is Kanthal, Titanium, Nickel or Cast Iron, Heat Vaporizes.

Flavor change is noted more by Liquid Supply,Temperature and Air Flow.

If you are used to running on the edge of burning the e-liquid then you will have to recreate that high heat in TC to get what you have become accustom to Vaping. Again. this has nothing to do with TC Functionality.

When 480F/35 does not work, 530F/50J might be closer. You have to find what matches or comes close for YOU.

Your right and ive been reading your posts over at the D2 thread and im getting good results. I had to cut my air just a little, still fiddling a little with the settings but im starting to dial this thing in.