Aspire Atlantis v2 burnt taste, no flavor

[stavrakis]

Hello, I have a really big issue with my Aspire Atlantis v2.
I'm using genuine coils with it, on top of an Eleaf iStick 50w, with Halcyon Haze's Northern Lights (40% pg, 60% vg, 6mg nic).
I've gone through 3 coils now, each with the same burnt taste and absolutely zero flavor.
I've taken the same procedure with all of them:

- Thoroughly clean atlantis with water and let it dry for a few hours
- Screw coil on base, add juice until it no longer absorbs
- Fill tank and screw it on the coil, making sure the round holes with the wick behind are visible, and connect to the iStick
- Let it sit for an hour or so
- Before vaping, taking puffs with no power all airflow blocked until no bubbles can be seen rising
- Turn power on at 25W and start vaping

This gives a burnt, choking taste at the beginning, and later the choking burnt smell goes away, with a relatively good vapor production but zero flavor.

What can I do? Is it possible to have 3 defective coils? For the record, I had no issues with 0mg flavor with Eleaf's melo coils.

 

[Elizabeth Baldwin]

Try starting at 15 watts. Then slowly turn it up over time, while vaping.

What size coil? Ohms?

 

[stavrakis]

I'm using genuine Atlantis replacement 0.5Ω coils.

 

[stavrakis]

Update: I have just tried putting an Eleaf melo 0.5Ω coil(which I had no problem with 0mg flavors, unsure about pg/vg ratio), priming it and let it sit for about 45 minutes. Same result. Could it be that the flavor is not wicking properly? If so, what kind of coil, or even tank, will help?

 

[Jenny Lynn]

Update: I have just tried putting an Eleaf melo 0.5Ω coil(which I had no problem with 0mg flavors, unsure about pg/vg ratio), priming it and let it sit for about 45 minutes. Same result. Could it be that the flavor is not wicking properly? If so, what kind of coil, or even tank, will help?

Hello!
I'm not familiar with your unit but the only thing I can think of is maybe the airflow is off? The VG needs more draw, but PG needs more air to produce flavor or else you taste burning. Maybe adjusting the air intake (if you can do that on your unit) and taking good 'pulls' at a slower pace might help? Just an idea...but I do hope it helps!