Anyone else not impressed with Pro-tanks?

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kella

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I started out using ce4's, then moved to EVOD's, then Vivi Nova's, I ove my Vivi Nova's but recently figured I'd give protank a chance since it just looked like a higher quality product.

To my surprise, My Vivi Nova outperforms my Protank hands down in taste and vapor.


I rebuilt my protank head with 30GA wire and cotton and It is now keeping up with my Vivi nova, But still not impressed...

Anyone else?
 

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Yeah, I have two sitting unused. Wayyyy too airy draw and gurgling no matter what I put in there. Now I must admit, they are ProTank 1, apparently 2 has less airy draw but I'm not gonna try. Every regular clearo I have performs better for me - not sure what I'm doing wrong because obviously a lot of people love em :eek:\
 

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Well, I hear the same for just about every item out there, sometimes you just might get a bad one from the batch, and/or sometimes its just a combo of e-liquid/mod/power setting/ etc.

I guess part of the fun with vaping is the journey to source the "best" setup, but once you find something just right, there's always something else on the market that makes you wonder...

For myself, I didn't care much for the original Pro-tank but definitely dig the PT2 and PT2 mini. My favorite is still the iclear series (16, 30 and 30s) but the PT2 is definitely up there too.
 

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No leaks or gurgle on the Mini PT-II but it is a airy draw. Covering one or two holes in the eGo ring fixes that though. My biggest complaint is burnt taste if i vape even slightly too fast. Mostly its with 50/50 juice. 70PG/30VG wicks much better but still need a "primer" draw if im vaping fast.

My PT-II though did go through a period of working fine then leaking and gurgles. Plus occasionally burnt taste with 50/50. Its been fine since the last cleaning and coil but i don't use it much anymore unless im in the mood for menthol. For some reason menthol and mint type juices taste a little better to me in the PTs.

ATM i prefer a carto, either alone or in a tank. It was a rough start but now i got them working great.
 
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I love my Protank2 but it does gurgle a bit. I have to take it apart and blow it all out at least once a day. However I really like the taste I get from mine. I personally did not like my iclear 30 at all. It was way too overpowering for me. It made all of my juices taste harsh. It just shows you how subjective this all is. What someone hates another will swear by...
 

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Like anything else in life. If someone doesn't like it they will tell you it sux. It doesn't have to, but they will swear it does anyway.

Sad part is some just take word of mouth as fact and never find out for themselves.

Personally, I have some 50 Kanger tanks from most of the line and have not had any serious issues with even one tank out of the lot. YMMV
 

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Like anything else in life. If someone doesn't like it they will tell you it sux. It doesn't have to, but they will swear it does anyway.

Sad part is some just take word of mouth as fact and never find out for themselves.

Personally, I have some 50 Kanger tanks from most of the line and have not had any serious issues with even one tank out of the lot. YMMV

Agree with you 100%. Inexperience with any juice delivery setup makes for uninformed comments which get passed on as gospel which makes a lot of noobs miss out on a lot of excellent equipment.
 

Robert Price

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Yeah after hearing so many bad stories around the pro tank, I ended up grading to a Smoktech Pyrex Vivi nova with aluminum tube around it. It is a slight step up in quality but is just as problem free as the acrylic Vivi novas. It has been all i have been using lately. Still looks a little cheaper than the protank though, but could care less. I'm now wondering if vision has a better version , being Smok sells a lot of slightly cheaper versions of higher quality stuff I find.
 
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