Bad taste but still getting vapor. help!!

[Gaetano Nikko Urbanio]

Hi,
I just got my first rda (first time also getting into rebuildables) and I actually had my coil built for me by a guy at a vape shop and it was absolutely perfect for a few days. A few days later (today) its starting to taste really weird, not like burnt, but just really strange and i cant taste the flavor that much. And yes, I changed the cotton after every day and i constantly kept the juice on the cotton so its not that its burnt cotton. Im absolutely clueless on how to make it tasting better because right now I cant stand the taste. idk if its relevant but its running on .6 ohms and the RDA name is "the patriot" and the battery I have is an IPV2. Also, its still vaping the same its been the past few daysand I dont get that dry throat hit as though its burning. literally any help would be awesome! I just dont want to keep driving to this vape shop every time it happens. thanks!!

 

[Gaetano Nikko Urbanio]

Hi,
I just got my first RDA (first time also getting into rebuildables) and I actually had my coil built for me by a guy at a vape shop and it was absolutely perfect for a few days. A few days later (today) its starting to taste really weird, not like burnt, but just really strange and i cant taste the flavor that much. And yes, I changed the cotton after every day and i constantly kept the juice on the cotton so its not that its burnt cotton. Im absolutely clueless on how to make it tasting better because right now I cant stand the taste. idk if its relevant but its running on .6 ohms and the RDA name is "the patriot" and the battery I have is an IPV2. Also, its still vaping the same its been the past few daysand I dont get that dry throat hit as though its burning. literally any help would be awesome! I just dont want to keep driving to this vape shop every time it happens. thanks!!

 

[WireTheBox]

Hi,

Are you dry burning the coils when you change out the wick? Juices can get gunky after they've been on those coils for a while so, when you remove the cotton, press the firing button in bursts until the sizzling sound has stopped. This will mean that all of the excess juice has been burned off. Don't hold the firing button continuously though because eJuice is quite flammable. lol.

 

[Gaetano Nikko Urbanio]

did that already. looked it up online and still didnt work. like the gunk is gone but it still tastes like crap.. i really dont want to go back to that vape shop the 3rd time this week but i have no idea why it tastes to bad yet still isnt burning. its also brand new juice i got two days ago.

 

[WireTheBox]

Have you tried cleaning out the entire RDA? There may be gunk in the posts or everything may just be dirty. Aside from that, the only issue that I can see would be that the wires aren't really good quality and they could be letting off some nasty chemical taste. I hope you can find a way to get this fixed.

 

[Gaetano Nikko Urbanio]

how do i clean out the posts? like can i use water?

 

[WireTheBox]

Yup. I recommend removing the coils and sitting them off to the side. Take the rda off of the mod and just run everything under some water. Get it as dry as possible and make sure that there is no water near the 510 connection. Dry burning will evaporate the rest.

 

[Amanda Perdew]

A friend of mine has a custom build and told me he had to clean his posts and fix a tiny spring in them. There's a video on YouTube that will instruct you how to do it.

 

[Gaetano Nikko Urbanio]

that sucks.. im horrible with coils and worried that ill not be able to put it back on the posts. im like too new to this stuff lol

 

[Gaetano Nikko Urbanio]

can you find the link to it?

 

[Despraci]

What kind of cotton are you using? 100% Cotton or are you using organic cotton?

 

[Gaetano Nikko Urbanio]

im not even sure if i the posts are the problem tbh because its brand new and the guy that put in the coils and such has built hundreds of rebuildables

 

[Gaetano Nikko Urbanio]

im using oorganic. i was told it has the best flavor

 

[Gaetano Nikko Urbanio]

im using organic. i was told its the best for flavor

 

[Amanda Perdew]

I'll try to find it. It could be the posts even if it was recently built. .... happens.

 

[Despraci]

im using organic. i was told its the best for flavor

ok, just wanted to make sure it wasn't the cotton. Organic shouldn't be giving you any off taste after 10 pulls.

 

[Amanda Perdew]

I'm not allowed to post links apparently but if you search the patriot rda you'll get everything from building tutorials to cleaning and reviews

 

[Gaetano Nikko Urbanio]

thats why im so confused

 

[Amanda Perdew]

I would say clean everything you possibly can and try it. If it's still nasty you might just have to go back to the shop.

 

[Unforeseen]

I would highly suggest you either making a thread or ask questions in this sub-forum since it focuses on rebuildable atomizer systems:

Rebuildable Atomizer Systems

The real problem your experiencing is most likely the coil that was built for you.