Before my vivi nova meets the trash can...any advise??

[time2quit]

Ive had few problem s with the nova mini. This vivi nova (authentic) is on my last nerve though!! Dry hit after dry hit. Im on my second coill head as I fried the first. The new one however, is good for about one good draw before it goes dry. This is even after tilting my pv before each pull. Im using a 2.4 coil being pushed by 4.2v. Real frustrating because the occasional good draw I get is excellent. Im about ready to can this thing and stick to my t3's and evod's. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[time2quit]

BTW...I did prime the coil before filling the tank. I then let it sit for ten mins.

 

[Berylanna]

BTW...I did prime the coil before filling the tank. I then let it sit for ten mins.

I let it sit longer than that, more like 15 mins. However, I have had pretty good luck with cutting teeny 1/8" slots in the two places where the little tiny cap touches the wick, so that the wick is less squished. Trouble is, if I make them too big, I get some leakage, too small (or none) and I get dry hits. (Of course you are rolling it sideways between hits like any top-coil clearo, right?)

I also get better hits when I add about 5-10% old juice to the new juice when I fill -- THAT is counter-intuitive as heck, but it works for some weird reason.

 

[TheSenator]

It takes awhile for a wick to soak up the liquid. I always roll my tank around a LITTLE to get the wick soaked near the coil.
I do this every couple of hits.

Hope you figure it out man, they can be a really great tank.

 

[time2quit]

BTW...I did prime the coil before filling the tank. I then let it sit for ten mins.

I let it sit longer than that, more like 15 mins. However, I have had pretty good luck with cutting teeny 1/8" slots in the two places where the little tiny cap touches the wick, so that the wick is less squished. Trouble is, if I make them too big, I get some leakage, too small (or none) and I get dry hits. (Of course you are rolling it sideways between hits like any top-coil clearo, right?)

I also get better hits when I add about 5-10% old juice to the new juice when I fill -- THAT is counter-intuitive as heck, but it works for some weird reason.

thanks bery! Do you cut the slits with scissors? Ill try anything to keep from throwing 11 bucks down the drain!

 

[time2quit]

It takes awhile for a wick to soak up the liquid. I always roll my tank around a LITTLE to get the wick soaked near the coil.
I do this every couple of hits.

Hope you figure it out man, they can be a really great tank.

thanks senator. Yeah, I agree. Its great when it works...but damn! I like to pick up my Vamo and take a pull at any given time, without having to go through a process to achieve it. Ya know??

 

[Berylanna]

thanks bery! Do you cut the slits with scissors? Ill try anything to keep from throwing 11 bucks down the drain!

I use fingernail scissors or some other tiny sharp scissors. The notch is either an upside-down V that's 1/8" at the bottom and about 1/8" tall (or less...it's just...teeny) or sometimes it's more a little 1/8" square taken out.

The rolling is never ever optional with a top-coil clearo, and I admit is is MUCH easier with a cigalike or ego-style fatt batt than it is with my lava tube, but it gets to be reflex after awhile. I need to find a way to add some texture to my lavatube so it's not so slippery. I LOVE the rubbery coating on fatt batts, it makes rolling so easy.

 

[mainevaper]

It takes awhile for a wick to soak up the liquid. I always roll my tank around a LITTLE to get the wick soaked near the coil.
I do this every couple of hits.

Hope you figure it out man, they can be a really great tank.

This ^ but I usually fill, roll around for 15 sec or so, and start vaping ...

 

[Thompson]

For me the stock heads never worked properly. incorrect Ωs and constant dry hits. IMO they rolled the coil way too tightly around the wick.

Once rebuilt they work a treat. Just a shame that I require that work on a new item just out of the box.

 

[Jeremy Evans]

rebuild them or take out 1 single wick, and double check to make sure you are getting genuine Vision Vivi Nova, not any other brands

 

[peraspera]

The silicone cap that goes on top of the head contains a small metal piece. The flat side of that metal piece goes down towards the head and the cone shaped side goes up.