Altus Tank by GUO no coil tank
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Well go it today, ordered on Sunday from vaperoyalty.
So 3 days to my California address.
Packaging was fine, nothing special, just like seen in the video from the "creator" , extra o-rings, and cotton but no spare glass. Instructions were good, maybe I got to take a second look but I didn't see any info on what wattages it could handle, or temp control settings. The tank was clean, free of oils, funky smells etc...it was pre built, pulled it apart just to see the guts and everything looked ok...keyword being "ok".
So with a hand full of mods, temp control and VW, I primed the build that it came with.
Started in wattage mode, 30w, after 5-7 pulls the "coilless" coil started producing some vapor....some
Bumped it to 50w while it was still warm, and started to get ok size clouds, and the flavor was there.
Still not what I was expecting, and not satisfying.
Went to temp control next, starting in Ni mode at 350f, nothing, nothing until around 420f, and at its best around 450f. But flavor was off, in fairness this could have been the juice though as I havent used that flavor in a long time.
Fiddled a bit in SS mode and Ti mode, but time has not allowed for me to do much yet, the results I got so far though lead me back to using Ni mode or more likely wattage mode at 60+ watts for first few puffs till its warmed up and then go from there. First Im gonna change juices to one that is fresher in my rotation.
Still to soon to say if it will be a tank I use everyday, to soon say much really.
I can say that the ramp up time is a major part of that decision, but if its always gonna take adjusting up, down, modes, etc...then it will be in the drawer rather quick. Its not what I expected from what is shown in the video by the "inventor". And I have a feeling I just gotta throw more power at it, but as of now I paid 109 for it, and at that price I am thinking ........well let me give it some more time, do want to be hasty just because it didnt perform like my tafun gt ii or squapes or even my kanger subtank or lemo2.
Someone mentioned the threading and finish, this I will comment on.
Its not up to 109$ standards, my squapes and taifuns are much better, my aromamizer is better, its on par with a goblin, lemo, billow ...etc maybe a bit better just because the seal on the glass section is damn good, everything else works, smooth-ish, but not what I was expecting.
Maybe Im spoiled and my expectations to high, and if Im wrong I'll be back to admit it, for now there is still a big question mark on this one and thus wont reccomend it till I figure it out or dump it in a drawer.
But I will be back tomorrow or Friday with more experiences.
Good luck to anyone else who is in the same boat as me.
Peace
So 3 days to my California address.
Packaging was fine, nothing special, just like seen in the video from the "creator" , extra o-rings, and cotton but no spare glass. Instructions were good, maybe I got to take a second look but I didn't see any info on what wattages it could handle, or temp control settings. The tank was clean, free of oils, funky smells etc...it was pre built, pulled it apart just to see the guts and everything looked ok...keyword being "ok".
So with a hand full of mods, temp control and VW, I primed the build that it came with.
Started in wattage mode, 30w, after 5-7 pulls the "coilless" coil started producing some vapor....some
Bumped it to 50w while it was still warm, and started to get ok size clouds, and the flavor was there.
Still not what I was expecting, and not satisfying.
Went to temp control next, starting in Ni mode at 350f, nothing, nothing until around 420f, and at its best around 450f. But flavor was off, in fairness this could have been the juice though as I havent used that flavor in a long time.
Fiddled a bit in SS mode and Ti mode, but time has not allowed for me to do much yet, the results I got so far though lead me back to using Ni mode or more likely wattage mode at 60+ watts for first few puffs till its warmed up and then go from there. First Im gonna change juices to one that is fresher in my rotation.
Still to soon to say if it will be a tank I use everyday, to soon say much really.
I can say that the ramp up time is a major part of that decision, but if its always gonna take adjusting up, down, modes, etc...then it will be in the drawer rather quick. Its not what I expected from what is shown in the video by the "inventor". And I have a feeling I just gotta throw more power at it, but as of now I paid 109 for it, and at that price I am thinking ........well let me give it some more time, do want to be hasty just because it didnt perform like my tafun gt ii or squapes or even my kanger subtank or lemo2.
Someone mentioned the threading and finish, this I will comment on.
Its not up to 109$ standards, my squapes and taifuns are much better, my aromamizer is better, its on par with a goblin, lemo, billow ...etc maybe a bit better just because the seal on the glass section is damn good, everything else works, smooth-ish, but not what I was expecting.
Maybe Im spoiled and my expectations to high, and if Im wrong I'll be back to admit it, for now there is still a big question mark on this one and thus wont reccomend it till I figure it out or dump it in a drawer.
But I will be back tomorrow or Friday with more experiences.
Good luck to anyone else who is in the same boat as me.
Peace
I'm having a hard time trying to justify the $120 price tag for China-made tank. There are plenty of good quality tanks from there that cost in the $20-$40 range. This appears to be the same level of quality (correct me if I'm wrong). I get that business is business, but this is just greed IMO...they know people will bite because it's something different. My 2 cents.
According to the review above by Mike vapes tank performs best in NI TC mode with TCR set to tungsten (450) if I remember correctly temp @ 480 & wattage @80
Give it a try & let us know
I thought he said in the video that it was designed in USA but built in China. I can't check atm since I don't have sound on this work PC.
Using the Rx200 (mainly), (also tested with eVic, eVic mini, ipv 4, and sx mini)) now, after 2 juices, 3 wick changes (2 theirs 1 mine cotton squares), cleaning the tank in between. I have a bigger sample of results, none of which gave me the flavor which I know is there. But! Clouds..it seems as though the chip needs to be "broken in".
Using the Rx200:
@60w in wattage mode the ramp up time is a few seconds, and each hit after has less ramp up, but put it down for a few minutes and the cycle starts over. Which is good/bad thing in my mind.
@40w in wattage mode ramp up time is a full draw length for me, if I slow my draw that changes, and again following hits come quicker, but again the chip cools off quick so unless your chain vaping your gonna be going thru that cycle.
In temp control set at Ni 450ºf on Rx and (eVic 60w-75w)(50j on ipv 4) hits come quicker 1-2 seconds ramp up time depending on room temp, but flavor is lacking, and controlling your draw speed and airflow settings is the probably the detail that is gonna make the biggest difference. I havent found this yet but the more I use the tank the more I learn so I'll be back.
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I get the feeling this is gonna be one of those things that your gonna have the patience to learn and adapt to or its not gonna be "your style" or "thing", it really does take some time to even get the vapor flowing.
I just got mine today and the flavor from this is fantastic. I even used the cotton it came with and flavor was still very good. Better flavor than my serpent rta, crown and aromamizer. I decided to do it myself and put rayon in there. I'm at 75 watts at 450 f and it's now my favorite tank. Wasn't hard to assemble and put the rayon in there. I'm okay with the ramp up time taking awhile and it doesn't drink through the juice. My battery life has dropped a little but I'm okay with that. Guessing it would last me over a day with chain vaping using my wismec rx200. I'm using 3 mg and now I'm thinking about trying it at 1.5 mg bc you definitely get a harder throat hit. Vapor is not much at all but there's no leaking. Might even do a video on it. The only thing I hate about it is that the liquid doesn't fill to the top.
I like mine as well. I ditched the supplied cotton and went with the Japanese cotton I've been using for over a year; the supplied cotton gave me throat issues.
As far as top filling is concerned, I'm hoping that Guo is listening to the feedback and offers a new top filling top cap for purchase soon. Yeah, it'd be great if it was free to those who have purchased this tank so far, but I don't see that happening.
For now, I'm going to experiment with drilling a fill hole at the base of the drip tip shaft. I figure the drip tip O-ring(s) will be enough to stop the flow of juice, if there is the possibility of juice escaping out of a small gauge hole.
As far as top filling is concerned, I'm hoping that Guo is listening to the feedback and offers a new top filling top cap for purchase soon. Yeah, it'd be great if it was free to those who have purchased this tank so far, but I don't see that happening.
For now, I'm going to experiment with drilling a fill hole at the base of the drip tip shaft. I figure the drip tip O-ring(s) will be enough to stop the flow of juice, if there is the possibility of juice escaping out of a small gauge hole.
I might switch to my Japanese cotton. Just hard since I have about 300 feet of rayon from Sally's beauty supply. I know rayon typically gives you harder throat hit and it multiplies it when you use this tank. I think I'll make some flavors with 1 mg of nicotine.
Do you think it would be okay for me to put the tank in my ultra sonic cleaner? Not sure because of the chip that's inside.
I'd maybe leave the center post w/chip out of the cleaner. It's a sealed chip, but still, the vibration could cause connection issues.....who knows, but it's better to be careful/safe than sorry!
That's what I was thinking. I'll just use water and wipe it down and get the gunk off. At 75 watts 450 degrees, the ramp up time isn't as bad as people make it out to be. It's typically within a second.
For those that wish to have a faster ramp up time.....buy and fire up a Noisy Cricket mod with a dual coil .5 ohm setup in a Velocity; it'll blow the top of your head off!
It's because of the heating element being used. They aren't that cheap to produce. There's markup, sure, but if he sold it for $20-$40, he would lose money.
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