Are there any clearos that don't just leak all over the place.

[DezRo]

I've been using various tanks and clearos for the last few years an although they seem to work well enough, I simply cannot rely on them to remain consistent and not leak all over me when I'm on the road.
Literally the only thing they're good for is when I'm sitting around at home, but when it comes to leaving the house I don't even bother with anything but good ol' 510 Boge Cartos.
This is obviously a bummer since one of the big perks of having a tank/clearos is having larger juice capacity for less refills, etc.
But due to the fact that every time I have to travel I ALWAYS end up with juice leaks all over my stuff and end up having to fiddle with the freakin things constantly with Q-tips, tooth picks, and tissue paper..... I can't use them for out and about purposes.
The system I have now is to just carry along a small vial of my ADV and just keep topping off the carto frequently. It's kind of a PITA but at least it works and doesn't ever leak, ever.
I just don't get it with this stuff. I need to go to a vape meet and actually see the set ups that people use and how they are able to not have to problems.
For me the wick doesn't ever seem to want to reach field capacity and stop there, it just keeps going, dripping through it like a sieve, all down the airway, and into the contact point of my batteries.
And what gets me is I will fill a brand new clearo up, with high VG juice, wipe it all down so there's no stray juice when I go to seal it, put it in my eGo case for a few hours, go to retrieve it, and it's still managed to leak and my first few hits off the thing it's gurgling... And then it just gets worse as usage creates condensation which creates even more vectors for leakage.

Just had to vent, and seek answers.
Yesterday I was driving down the highway and went to reach for my PV only to find that half the contents of the tank had made their all down the side of the battery and all over the upholstery.

I've tried
Vision CE3, CE4, replaceable heads, etc.
Smoktech - nearly every type
Kanger Evod
Vision Novas
Aro tanks, Atomizer tanks
probably a few more I'm forgetting.

Kanger Evod is the only thing even comes close but even those swell up in a hot car and turn into a maintenance issue instead of an enjoyable vape.
At the end of my rope here.

Thanks

 

[BostonVape]

Try Innokin.. I have 5 iclear30-S clearos and not one has had a leaking problem.. even when I overfill by accident.

I also think they give out better flavor and vapor production than kanger products (plus the replacement heads last longer and are way more reliable)

I will always choose Innokin products over Kanger any day of the week. Good luck in your search since I went through the same process over the past year!

 

[BostonVape]

Also.. if you want to stick with Kanger.. try the AeroTank - it's sealed at the bottom so it won't leak through onto the battery like the Protanks/EVOD's...

The only leaking issue is that it will seep under the wick and you sometimes need to remove it and clean any excess juice that gets under the head.. which sometimes is more of a pain but happens far less frequently.

 

[DezRo]

Thanks, I will re-investigate this Innokin thing.
Really this whole E-cig thing really makes me wonder sometimes about people's lifestyles and what sort of gig you have to have in order to make these products work for you.
My own life is erratic and I travel a lot, and the only thing that is consistent and reliable under those circumstances is straight up tobacco.
I still smoke American Spirits when I'm in the woods or venturing out of state or whatever.
Still though I'm grateful to have a "supplementary" source for nicotine to be able to for the majority of the time.
Being able to go weeks without a cigarette is a big plus for me, although I know that's not exactly the purist ethos that get touted around here.
From the research I've found, a lot of the severe harm caused from cigarettes is cumulative. So by giving my body rest I'm at least mitigating a substantial amount of the harm I could be doing if I still smoked every day.
But yeah, maybe I'll go full on E-cig someday and quit the smokes outright. Maybe when I'm over the hill (I'm 28) and the technology is better and more consistent.
The E-cig habit is simply not working-man-friendly at this point in time IMO
The only way I could ever convert to these things fully is if I was a stay-at-home Dad or something, with lots of money and nice things, and a boring, orthodox life structured fully around predictable routines.

Have you ever heard anyone addicted to Ecigs talk about hiking the PCT next summer?
Nope. Good luck with that. Hope you brought a solar charger and a bunch of other useless weight along.
And BTW... mosquitoes will eat you alive out there, in my experience they are attracted to it and will target you and your food-flavoring-scented self.

 

[BostonVape]

It happens man, I've slipped up several times over the almost year and a half I've been vaping.. Overall now the taste of cigs makes me sick and upsets my stomach but I did need to bump up my nic level for a few months to help with the cravings.. I've finally lowered back down from 18mg to 12mg and now with my new RBA i'll be dropping down to 6mg.. I don't think I will ever fully get off nicotine anytime soon and I'm okay with that. I don't really drink alcohol at all so I figure everyone has their addictions to something.

You will come to a point when cigs will just disgust you in general.. but it can take awhile for some people.

regarding the big hike - if you get yourself a MVP mod (another Innokin mod) that thing can easily last for 2-3 days (i've gotten 4 days without a charge before) and if you have a mod with several extra batteries you can easily survive a week without electricity just depends on how much you want to stock up prior to lol.

 

[pt91]

I posted this in another thread yesterday so I will post it here...not clearos but they work very well for me. Building coils isn't hard at all once you do a few....

of all the attys I have owned (and that is quite a few) the only ones that can't leak are the ones that are not affected by pressure. These also happen to be the ones that I have found to give the best flavor and the easiest for me to maintain.
These are the filler top types.
In order of my preference and the ones I use daily are:
- prometey II (ukraine...unfortunately a long wait)
- spheroid 2/3...small but great
- heron..I pull off the cotton user cap and set it up like a big spheroid

I have other rba's and rda's that I hold on to but the ones above Never let me down and have never leaked...at 40k feet in an airplane, in the winter or in the summer. They are very simple and IMO the best so far.

 

[xCJack]

My mini protank 2 does not leak at all, except for the slightest drop on the battery occasionally, which a q tip once a day takes care of. Are you tightening everything properly?

 

[BostonVape]

My mini protank 2 does not leak at all, except for the slightest drop on the battery occasionally, which a q tip once a day takes care of. Are you tightening everything properly?

You might be the luckiest protank user then lol.. I take my PT in a hot car for an hour driving and the thing is pouring out juice by the end of the trip.. I'm hoping now with the aerotank they will start making all their clearos sealed at the bottom just to remove that issue regardless.

 

[xCJack]

You might be the luckiest protank user then lol.. I take my PT in a hot car for an hour driving and the thing is pouring out juice by the end of the trip.. I'm hoping now with the aerotank they will start making all their clearos sealed at the bottom just to remove that issue regardless.

I never have my protank upside down, but I would suggest making sure that the plastic insert that is inbetween the pyrex at the top and the metal under the mouthpiece is in place and intact.

Edit: For some reason I read your post as "pouring out juice by the end of the drip tip" but that's not what you said, lol. Make sure everything is tightened in place.

Here is an issue you might be experiencing. I've noticed that the atomizer will loosen and unscrew itself somehow if it is not put in place very tightly, make sure you screw in the atomizer very tight, or it will surely leak.

 

[-Redd-]

I use an Aspire BDC and it has never leaked.

Are you sure the O ring is in proper place?

 

[DezRo]

I'm pretty sure faulty o-rings could be the cause of a lot of leaks. You're right.
Condensation, and hot weather aside, would it help to buy a box of o-rings and always just check/replace the stock ones when I buy a new tank or atty/wick head?

 

[xCJack]

I'm pretty sure faulty o-rings could be the cause of a lot of leaks. You're right.
Condensation, and hot weather aside, would it help to buy a box of o-rings and always just check/replace the stock ones when I buy a new tank or atty/wick head?

On what clearomizer? And are you talking about the O ring that goes on top of the atomizer post? I've never had any of those o rings on my protank 2 break or fall off.

Also if you're using plastic clearomizers, I could see how they could expand and possibly even crack in heat, upgrade to pyrex.

 

[DezRo]

I bought a slew of new pyrex stuff recently and all the aforementioned issues still apply.
The CE3 clearo types are looooonnnnnng gone from my lineup and I only rarely use them to test questionable flavors in the lab (They do have produce good flavor at least).

And I would buy o-rings of several sizes to accommodate all the different devices and such.

Furthermore... it would be cool if you could get the rubbers that come with cartomizers... but in bigger sizes to fit around the bottom of a clearo. Or any type of container or storage item to put these things in so they are not just free floating around while not in use on battery.

 

[machinestatic]

Try Innokin.. I have 5 iclear30-S clearos and not one has had a leaking problem.. even when I overfill by accident.

I also think they give out better flavor and vapor production than kanger products (plus the replacement heads last longer and are way more reliable)

I will always choose Innokin products over Kanger any day of the week. Good luck in your search since I went through the same process over the past year!

I'd vote for Innokin all day. I tried to be a Kanger guy, and at one point I owned a pile of Evods, Protank 1 and 2's, and mini Protanks. I would either get dry hits (even with a flavor wick removed), or the juice would flood the atty head and leak. This happened with all of them, not to mention the mysterious high pitched whistle that my PT 1 produced. I also had an Evod crack once simply by slightly over-tightening it.

Then I got an Innokin MVP, which came with an iClear 30, and it was the best clearo I'd used. It's easier to refill and warmer because it's top coil, it didn't leak, and was always saturated because it had a bazillion wicks.

I've also bought a couple iClear 30S's and replacement heads, but have not tried them yet.

P.S. we're both in Boston. Coincidence?! (...yes.)

 

[PaulBHC]

These things all work based on viscosity of the liquid, surface tension and for clearos, vacuum inside like a medicine dropper. Change any of these things by altitude, barometric pressure change, temperature, even sucking too hard, and the liquid will break through the air bleed holes. Condensation after a time of vaping will travel down into the liquid and change viscosity.

Vaping is alternative nicotine replacement therapy. Not smoking replacement. YMMV

 

[charlzrocks]

I use an Aspire BDC and it has never leaked.

Are you sure the O ring is in proper place?

I concur about the aspire line, never had a leak except when I cross threaded the base after filling. Ya gotta be careful screwing them back together.

These things all work based on viscosity of the liquid, surface tension and for clearos, vacuum inside like a medicine dropper. Change any of these things by altitude, barometric pressure change, temperature, even sucking too hard, and the liquid will break through the air bleed holes. Condensation after a time of vaping will travel down into the liquid and change viscosity.

Vaping is alternative nicotine replacement therapy. Not smoking replacement. YMMV

A hot car will make clearos leak really quick as the liquid expands with hot environments and has to have someplace to go! But I have found that I have better results overall with a 50/50 mix as opposed to a 70pg/30vg.