Anyone try the new Kanger T3 yet?

[txtumbleweed]

I haven't removed any of my flavor wicks and I haven't had any leakage. I have flipped the silicone cap over on a couple of them that had occasional dry hits. I've been using them for a couple of months now and I'm still using my first one along with a few others too.

 

[WorksForMe]

I’ve been using my T3 with eGo-C batteries exclusively for almost two months now, and I’ll probably continue to use it for the foreseeable future. I’ve had my ups and downs with it, and there’s definitely been a learning curve. I’m starting to learn how this thing ticks now, and which little mods fix the problems I’ve had.

My first coil assembly worked great from the beginning. No dry hits, no gurgling, it just worked. I just rinsed the coil and wicks under warm water every couple of days, and everything was fine. The only real problem I had with it was that after a few weeks, it started turning my juice dark. From reading this thread, I kinda figured that it needed to be dry burned. Unfortunately, when I removed the air tube to dry burn it, I somehow lost the loose “flavor” wicks. Since I had three replacement coils, I put a new one on my T3.

My second coil has been the problem child. From day one, I started getting burnt tasting hits. It wasn’t real bad, but definitely had to be fixed. People on this thread kept saying that loosening up the coil would stop the cup seal from squeezing the wicks, and help with dry hits. GIMike suggested cutting little notches in the cup seal, so that it didn’t touch the wicks. The cup seal is pretty small and soft. Since my utility knife wasn’t real sharp, I couldn’t seem to cut the notches. After looking at it for a while, I realized that if I just turned the cup seal upside down, it would accomplish the same thing. This stopped the dry hits, and my T3 worked great for a while.

After a couple of weeks, I started having what seemed like an air flow problem. The vapor production would drop off dramatically. I found that if I loosened up the coil momentarily, and then re-tightened it, everything would go back to normal for a while. After again reading this thread, I removed one of the “flavor” wicks. This seemed to fix one problem, but caused another one. Now, when I vaped the tank down to about .8ml, liquid would flood the battery real bad until I refilled the tank.

Trainguy059 suggested to me that I could replace the flavor wicks on my first coil with one piece of 2mm wick. I dry burned my second coil real good and used the 2mm wick in place of the original flavor wicks. Now my second coil is working great. No dry hits, no gurgling, and I can vape the tank dry.

Sorry about the long post. I wanted to put down everything I’ve learned in one place, instead of just little bits and pieces.

J.R.

 

[spider362]

No problem about the long post.

I got so interested in what you had to say I read the whole thing...

 

[Kyi]

Can someone explain removing the flavor wicks? Are these different from regular wicks or the wicks in general are the "flavor" wicks? I have 6 of these Kangers, there's 3 that work like magic, one with really tight air draw but would otherwise seem like a good coil, one with very muted taste, and one that is just ok. I ordered some new coils too, I don't really know much about recoiling or rewicking and would prefer not to bother with that. I've tried a few things to improve the flavor on these, like flipping the cup seal upside down, fluffing the wicks out, dry burning and cleaning often, but the airflow/muted taste problem in some of these coils still persist.

 

[spider362]

What we refer to as flavor wicks are two additional wicks that sit on top of the coil, not the ones that run through it.

If you pull off the air tube you can then just lift these two additional wicks off the top of the coil. Just be careful when you pull off the air tube that the flavor wicks don't go flying and you can't find them. Just gently wiggle the air tube as you pull it off and it will come off very easily.

Once you get the flavor wicks off you can see the coil very easily and this is a good time to do a dry burn if you need to.

 

[JimmyJet]

Once you get the flavor wicks off you can see the coil very easily and this is a good time to do a dry burn if you need to.

I've always used disposable cartos so dry burning is something I've never done. Is there a preferred method for dry burning the T3? What clues will tell me it's time for a dry burn?

 

[WorksForMe]

I dry burn when the clearo starts turning my juice dark.

OK….A little update since my last post. After changing the battery, I got a little burnt taste and reduced vapor. I replaced the 2mm wick again, except this time I removed one of the stands from the replacement wick. I think the 2mm wick is too big. This seems to be working real good. I think I’m going buy some 1.5 mm wick.

Jeez, I thought I had everything fixed the last time, but I guess I jumped the gun. I want to see what happens now when I vape the tank level down low.

J.R.

 

[WorksForMe]

I've always used disposable cartos so dry burning is something I've never done. Is there a preferred method for dry burning the T3? What clues will tell me it's time for a dry burn?

Take off the air tube and loose wicks, so you can see the coil. Push the battery button in two second bursts with three or four seconds between bursts. Keep doing this until the coil glows red and the wick and coil look clean. Be sure to rinse off the coil after dry burning.

J.R.

 

[spider362]

WorksforMe, I can almost guarantee you'll never stop tinkering with it.

JimmyJet, you may want to do a dry burn when it starts gurgling and you can't seem to get it stopped. What usually happens is the coil gets coated with residue and the temperature falls off to the point where it doesn't atomize properly.

You may also need to dry burn when the flavor drops off or starts tasting yucky.

A dry burn is easy to do.

First, flush out the head (complete with flavor wick) with warm water.

Pull off the air tube and remove the flavor wicks. If they are black in the middle hold them with a pair of tweezers and apply a flame from a lighter. (The wicks are made of silicone or some other high temperature material and will not burn.) Stop when they are white again and rinse them off being sure not to loose them.

Attach the head (minus the flavor wicks and air tube) to your battery.

Press the battery button for no longer than 5 seconds. If the wick is still wet it will sizzle and pop. You may also see steam or vapor rise off the coil.

Do this a few more times waiting about 30 seconds between each burn to allow the coil to cool down and eventually you will see the coil glow red.

Keep up the dry burn until the coil glows red evenly across its entire length. However, you shouldn't have to do it more than 5 or 6 times.

Once the coil has cooled down give it another good rinse to get rid of the burnt ash.

Reassemble the flavor wicks and air tube.

At this time I flush the head with PGA, Everclear, or Vodka to completely flush out any impurities.

Fill the tank and replace the head.

Allow to sit for a few minutes so the new liquid can soak into the wicks and vape.

You might not want to inhale the first few puffs just to get rid of the alcohol flavor.

This sounds harder than it actually is and will only take a couple of minutes once you get the hang of it.

 

[WorksForMe]

WorksforMe, I can almost guarantee you'll never stop tinkering with it.

I really, really hope your wrong.

J.R.

 

[spider362]

Bwahahaha........

 

[SAG]

Just wanted to let you know how helpful this thread has been for me. I received a couple of Kanger T3s last week. I've been a carto/tank user in the past so this is a little jump. I like the clouds of vapor, and flavor I get with these. Throat hit is not as hot as it was with my previous tanks, it's really smooth. I've had a couple of burnt tasting hits that were corrected by unscrewing the tank a tad from where it's screwed into the narled head. (Thanks to the tips in this thread ) I have not cleaned the head yet, but need to try soon. I think I'll order some replacement heads first - in case I screw it up! Thanks again for all the help.

 

[spider362]

Also, if you are into it, or have the notion, you can rebuild the heads. It's a simple matter to take out the old coil and wick, wind a new coil on a wick and put it back into the head.

Small fingers or jeweler's or medical tools will also be a big help.

 

[Lbox88]

What about a fat palmed, stubby finger, engineer? lol, I got my dad's hands but wondered how rebuild on these and vivi's went.

 

[Kyi]

I admit, I am curious about trying to rebuild but it scares me a little since I'm messing with coils and stuff and don't want to destroy my PV. Unless it's really easy... I mean, all I need are some coils and wicks? And doing this will greatly improve the taste from the stock coils and wicks?? Anyone have a good tutorial?

 

[WorksForMe]

I admit, I am curious about trying to rebuild but it scares me a little since I'm messing with coils and stuff and don't want to destroy my PV. Unless it's really easy... I mean, all I need are some coils and wicks? And doing this will greatly improve the taste from the stock coils and wicks?? Anyone have a good tutorial?

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/clearomizers/337585-anyone-try-new-kanger-t3-yet-45.html Post #448

You can get wire and wick from Stormy's Vapor Cellar and lots of other places.

Rebuildable Atomizer Parts : Stormys Vapor Cellar, Electronic Cigarettes & More

J.R.

 

[Kyi]

What kind of coil and wick would you use? Does it matter? And those loose 2 pieces of wicks on top of the other wicks... is that the flavor wick that some people like to remove?

 

[WorksForMe]

I used 32g Kanthol A1 wire and 2mm silica wick. Yes, the two loose wicks are what we've been calling the flavor wicks. I'm not really sure why. That's what Skelley called them when he started this thread. You can use one piece of 2mm wick in place of the two smaller flavor wicks.

J.R.

 

[jerzig]

I just ordered a couple of these. I've only ever used cartomizers before. I like switching up flavors often! How do I/how easy is it to switch flavors in these? Thanks!

 

[denali_41]

i got a T3 three weeks ago,i finally had to clean the head yesterday and it is still going strong as the day i bought it !!