"Atlanta" Beta Feedback Thread

[ckquatt]

Steep: 10 days
Mod: Reo Grand
Atty: RM2 1.1 ohm coil KGD wick

Since first trying Atlanta in a Nautalus Mini when it came in the mail, I tried it in a couple more devices since. Once in a KF Nano which gave a funky flavor. Not like bad wicking, just a funk under the peach. I figured I was having wicking issues, so I put it in an IBTANKED with a 1.7 ohm ikenvape carto. After 2 or 3 hits that funk returned. I wasn't sure if the juice or my wicking was the culprit...
I cant describe the flavor. I didnt know if it was a flavor component or wick that was just starting to overheat (not burning but that point right before, you know that taste)

Today I said to hell with it and loaded it up in my Reo Grand. I wrapped a brand new 1.1 ohm coil wicked with KGD. I knew if there was an off flavor in the juice it would show up immediately!

Update to my first tasting:

Oh peachy goodness!!! The sweet candy peach is much more subdued now and is more like a natural juicy peach flavor. It makes me salivate every time a take a vape. Its the best fruit vape I have EVER tasted! Dont get me wrong the candy peach is still present which I LOVE, just not as prevalent as before.

Theres an underlying flavor which I'm assuming is the NET which I can barely detect. That being said I know 6mg is going to be a LOOOONG steep time so I knew I probably wouldn't be tasting it for quite a while.

I have a feeling that it's not going to make it that long because it's hitting just right for me right now!!! I'll take it as is!





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[charlzrocks]

Steep: Day #2
Mod: Dreadnaut 26650, 24g, 3.8ohm, cotton wick

First things First......I may be alergic to this juice as after the first two vapes on the brand new RDA I began sneezing uncontrollably and OMG does that thing hit hard compared to an eGo or X6 battery! Jeeez! Sneeez! I did sneeze a bit yesterday after first vaping it on the eGo/Aspire setup. That was after about 6 hits, then set it aside. I just thought it was some dust in the air, but now I know better. That said, the flavor profile is pretty much the same with the Dreadnaut only one hell of a lot more of it! I do seem to taste more of an apple taste than peach or apricot like everyone else is seeming to get. The net is not to be found, still a hint of cream coming thru. But Soooo Sweeet, toooo sweet. Just hit the Dreadnaut again and sneezing like crazy! AAaaackk!!!! What to do?!?!

 

[gotalotgoingon]

Did you clean your dripper when you got it before you built it? Could be machine oil making you sneeze.

 

[charlzrocks]

Did you clean your dripper when you got it before you built it? Could be machine oil making you sneeze.

I cleaned the entire thing with rubbing alcohol a half hour before I took it in to the local vape shop. They did the set up for me there and I started with another juice I brought with me. No sneezing there. I got home, rewicked, juiced up with Atlanta and thats when it started. I have since cleaned it again, dry burned the coil, etc, re-wicked and tried it with Virus and no problems. This morning I again vaped a few hits of Atlanta from the eGo/Aspire setup and sneezed for 5 minutes. So I guess I can't vape the juice. Must be some weird allergic reaction.

 

[Megan Kogijiki Ratchford]

Charlz I've been vaping Atlanta and not sneezing but oh lord, vape a bit of GCD and my head comes off and GCD is my ADV!

I really don't know what that is all about...

Back to Atlanta. Still using my PT at 7.5 watts on my MVP2 and this juice is so much less sweet now. The NET has jumped to the front with a whisper of the peach on the exhale. Earthier now, subtle and tasty and a hit on this make my GCD sing until I sneeze

Took an allergy pill so I'm hoping my GCD focalized sneezing will go away

 

[penguiness]

Charlz I've been vaping Atlanta and not sneezing but oh lord, vape a bit of GCD and my head comes off and GCD is my ADV!

I really don't know what that is all about...

Back to Atlanta. Still using my PT at 7.5 watts on my MVP2 and this juice is so much less sweet now. The NET has jumped to the front with a whisper of the peach on the exhale. Earthier now, subtle and tasty and a hit on this make my GCD sing until I sneeze

Took an allergy pill so I'm hoping my GCD focalized sneezing will go away

Try dropping your nic level just a bit for a tank or two and see if that helps. I know several people who get like that when they need to temporarily drop nic levels.

 

[Megan Kogijiki Ratchford]

Try dropping your nic level just a bit for a tank or two and see if that helps. I know several people who get like that when they need to temporarily drop nic levels.

Er...all I have is 6mg...

 

[penguiness]

Er...all I have is 6mg...

Well, it's a good thing you can easily get some NZ. Still on sale this week, right?

 

[Megan Kogijiki Ratchford]

Well, it's a good thing you can easily get some NZ. Still on sale this week, right?

I'll be fine by the time I would get it. Probably just a cold I'll kill by morning.

 

[charlzrocks]

I kinda thought about the nic overdose thing, but I have been vaping the Virus in 12mg with no problem. So it must be the juice. Wish it wasn't!

 

[Megan Kogijiki Ratchford]

One ClaritinD and my super charged immune system and no more cold and no more sneezing. Unfortunately I have morphed that bug into a better and meaner disease so hubby is getting it. Poor guy...I haven't been sick at all since my relapse in 2008 but he gets everything I bring home.

And GCD is flowing freely! YAY!!!

Atlanta is still beautiful and growing to be a wonderful juice. The NET is so yummy with a hint of peach. Both of them are melding in such a delicious way!

 

[xpl0it]

I cleaned the entire thing with rubbing alcohol a half hour before I took it in to the local vape shop. They did the set up for me there and I started with another juice I brought with me. No sneezing there. I got home, rewicked, juiced up with Atlanta and thats when it started. I have since cleaned it again, dry burned the coil, etc, re-wicked and tried it with Virus and no problems. This morning I again vaped a few hits of Atlanta from the eGo/Aspire setup and sneezed for 5 minutes. So I guess I can't vape the juice. Must be some weird allergic reaction.

Happens to me as well. Though I've noticed the same on a few different NET's, therefore didn't pay it much attention. All in all its nothing crazy, reminds me of spring time allergies.

Doesn't really help being allergic to nearly everything under the sun either. Got to love genetics!

 

[pbxbelmar]

Steep Time:
FOOB

Device Type:
iTaste vv3

Build Information/Wicking Material:
Brandy new iClear 16

Tasting Notes!
First sniff - definitely peachy. Slightly like the sugar coated sour candy peach rings. Am leaving it with the top cracked open (switched to a dripper top I had handy) after a 1 minute shake. The aroma is wafting about. I rather like it.

4.0V definitely a peachy flavor that was mildly perfumey with a slight bite on the tongue. After a couple of vapes there seemed to be a burn-ish taste - but not(?) Tilted the juice around the top of the coil (had left it sit untouched for 10 min before vaping) and dropped it to the lowest setting.

3.3V. Got a mild peach and a larger hit of what I thought was "burn-ish" but I think must be the tobacco. Not sweet. Flavor is not really burnt, more like if you'd chewed a fresh Plaintain leaf to treat a bee sting (anyone else ever done that?). OK. So I get a nice peach flavor across the palate on the inhale with a light throat hit, then the leafy flavor on the exhale. Must be the tobacco, yes? It seems to coat the back of my throat and linger for a minute or so. Can see I won't be chain vaping this one this way but it will certainly dampen those occasional cigarette cravings with the way it 'hangs on' after a vape.

4.2V Nice warm vape from the top coil pulls a soft/deeper peach flavor on the inhale (think, puff, puff, puff, draaaawwww) with a dry leafy flavor out the nose and mouth. Still lingering on the back of the tongue/throat. Not what I'd call a flavorful vape, but is reminiscent of the 'feel' of a smoke without the nasty smell/aftertaste.

4.6V Not getting much peach, but there was a slightly sweet taste at the very beginning of the draw. Rest is all leafy. Am a little nervous about upping the Volts any higher but...

5.0V Yep. Got a borderline burnt hit on this setting. Definitely won't vape this high on this set up!

Overall thoughts...not a sweet/candy flavor to me. Some peach, mostly that leafy (Plaintain-esque, but dry) flavor that I'm not familiar with that I assume is the tobacco. Definitely hits more like a 'smoke' to me. The aftertaste lingers quite a while. This batch was born on 12/10 so already over 2 weeks steep time. I was looking forward to more peach but in this setup I don't get much peachy-ness.

So - a great vape to use as a craving killer (exactly what I needed lately!), but not the kind of 'tasty' vape I prefer for all day. Will try it in my mini Nauti on the iStick after I finish the current juice and need to change the coil.

YMMV

 

[ItTechy]

STEEP: NONE, made 12/10/2014

Device Type: Mod. Zen ZNA Lite

Build Information/Wicking Material: Erlprinz with 28ga Kanthal, Ready X Wick (new atty, new build), 1.4 ohm


Well I have to be honest pbxbelmar' review is pretty dead on the money.

Add the following observations:

I must admit though at least she tasted the peach!

I don't believe I got as much of the peach as she did, and I have a pretty sensitive pallet.

I have vaped various NET' before, and that is pretty much all I taste.

Much over 3.7 volts @ 9 watts I get a similar burnt taste...

It has a faint resemblance of a Dark Caramel flavor with a little coffee accent to me, much under 3.7 volts the flavor is hardly noticeable, and at lower voltages it just has a "something is really missing" taste. Higher voltages invoke the burnt / burning taste.

It definitely needs more Peach, at this taste testing anyway.

I am going to let it steep at least a week before I post again as this juice either needs a much longer steep time, and or more flavoring.

In flavoring is a "Juicy Peach" is being used as opposed to "Peach" it has been my experience that the Peach will be pretty much neutralized by any more dominant flavors or essences, in this case the NET.

We will have to wait and see...

7:10 PM I decided to hit it a few more times...

Now I am definitely getting a Peach overtone (very smooth) that seemingly is working quite nicely with the NET!

Rather odd as it has only been 8 minutes since I observed the above!

 

[penguiness]

STEEP: NONE, made 12/10/2014

Device Type: Mod. Zen ZNA Lite

Build Information/Wicking Material: Erlprinz with 28ga Kanthal, Ready X Wick (new atty, new build), 1.4 ohm


Well I have to be honest pbxbelmar' review is pretty dead on the money.

Add the following observations:

I must admit though at least she tasted the peach!

I don't believe I got as much of the peach as she did, and I have a pretty sensitive pallet.

I have vaped various NET' before, and that is pretty much all I taste.

Much over 3.7 volts @ 9 watts I get a similar burnt taste...

It has a faint resemblance of a Dark Caramel flavor with a little coffee accent to me, much under 3.7 volts the flavor is hardly noticeable, and at lower voltages it just has a "something is really missing" taste. Higher voltages invoke the burnt / burning taste.

It definitely needs more Peach, at this taste testing anyway.

I am going to let it steep at least a week before I post again as this juice either needs a much longer steep time, and or more flavoring.

In flavoring is a "Juicy Peach" is being used as opposed to "Peach" it has been my experience that the Peach will be pretty much neutralized by any more dominant flavors or essences, in this case the NET.

We will have to wait and see...

7:10 PM I decided to hit it a few more times...

Now I am definitely getting a Peach overtone (very smooth) that seemingly is working quite nicely with the NET!

Rather odd as it has only been 8 minutes since I observed the above!

Both this review and pbxbelmar's review are wonderful. Very helpful. I do have one question though. What did you have to eat or drink before you tried it and in the 8 minutes before trying again? If the peach is delicate, I could see a lot of food or drink choices affecting the ability to taste the peach. Even when I DIY a peach juice, I can kill the flavor quick by drinking coffee.

 

[Kent Brooks]

I have been dripping ATL all day, really digging it

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[ItTechy]

STEEP: FOOB, made 12/10/2014

Device Type: Mod. Zen ZNA Lite Voltages and Wattages as noted below.

Build Information / Wicking Material: Erlprinz RTA with 28ga Kanthal, Organic Cotton (new atty, new build), 1.5 ohm

Being a die hard and never being the one to say "well I just don't like that juice" one has to be willing to ALWAYS question all variables...

The reason I say this is that when I first tried Gravity it was in a clean Kanger Aero Mega with a new BDC, which IMHO gives a very clean taste, as do the Atlantis clero'. I fell in love! Well I filled my Squape R up with it, and I did not say anything to my son, who now has fell in love with Gravity, but I noticed it did not have the same delicate and pronounced flavor it did as with the Kanger.(The Squape R is also built with RXW).

Well I could not make that comparison with Atlanta as I had only put it a new, newly built RTA with RXW.

I decided to break the build down and replace the RXW with Organic Cotton, as I know that ceramic based wicking can affect delicate flavors.

There is a VAST difference!

The vape @ 9.8 watts 3.8 volts is very nice indeed, very smooth. The peach is very delicate and blends wonderfully with the NET, and it is not hidden at all!

Now that the wicking material is of a more neutral nature there is no harshness that comes and goes, and no burning taste and I now have the volume turned up to 12 watts 4.8 volts which is producing a wonderful full bodied vape with a even more pronounced, yet delicate peach tone with a hint of almost a extremely subtle coffee tone (the NET)...Very, VERY subtle and compliments the peach perfectly!

The Peach is so delicate! Not overpowering!

The blend also has a subtle sweetness to it, very, very delicate.

One thing I am very familiar with and many not be is that NET' have the tendency to leave a residue that otherwise does not occur when silica type wicking is used, and or the cotton is not a VERY tight fit between the coil SEE PHOTOS




This is VERY common with NET', and does not take high voltages or dry burns, this occurs when the coil heats up and there is air space between the coil and the wick; NET' seem to leave a gunky deposit that actually taints the vape horribly!

The coil was wound @ 3/16" with a 3mm wick, which is not as tight as if the coil is wound around the wick, as opposed to winding the coil and then threading the wick through the coil. Although snug, this is not an interference fit between the wick and coil, and ANY air gap will result in any NET blends in leaving these gunky deposits on the wick causing really weird variations in the vape, such as a burnt taste coming and going as described in the previous posts.

So now how do I fell about Atlanta; well as I mentioned the vape is now what I feel Clark had intended it to taste like, and that steeping will only improve the vape ten fold!

Seeing as this is 6% and I usually vape at 18% I can take monster hits, and the flavor is outstanding!

The amount of peach is perfect!

I could indeed now see this as a ADV!


BTW: I want to point out that what is seen in the photos is not the wick burning, as you cannot burn RXW, it is the gunk left from the NET cooking!

 

[ItTechy]

Both this review and pbxbelmar's review are wonderful. Very helpful. I do have one question though. What did you have to eat or drink before you tried it and in the 8 minutes before trying again? If the peach is delicate, I could see a lot of food or drink choices affecting the ability to taste the peach. Even when I DIY a peach juice, I can kill the flavor quick by drinking coffee.

BEER!



LOL not really!