Best Kanger Protank head for doing cotton wick?

[letmein]

It's for my mom and I plan to make several heads so all she has to do is replace them, once taste is different. I want to stress that her safety is the most important factor, that's why I'm using Kanger Protank as they have glass rather than plastic tube. Next step is cotton rather than silica wick. She has been sick, so health is a big issue.

Which head is the best one to buy currently, if I want make my own cotton wicks? There is a lot of different ones, aero etc. so I am confused as which is the best for cotton.

 

[EL Pistoffo]

The Protanks use a single type of head. I think what your getting at is what resistance (ohms) you think is best. That would depend on your battery type. Is it fixed or Variable Voltage? Do you like a warmer or cooler vape.

As far as cotton wick, since the heads are all physically the same it make no difference. Just pull out the silica and correctly insert a cotton wick.

 

[Rickb119]

http://www.discountvapers.com/kanger-replacement-coil-heads/

 

[Alter]

You get a brand new head, carefully remove the 2 flavor wicks and the silica wicking. Pull the cotton from a qtip swap, unboiled and twist it and insert into the naked protank coil, trim with nailclippers, replace the flavor wicks with the silica wicking you removed from the coil before, prime the coil with some juice..put the head back together , stick it into the atty and let it sit for a couple minutes then take a few unpowered puffs off of it then fire it up and amaze yourself with the vape. Whole process takes about 2 minutes and after that you'll be buying cotton at the drugstore.

edit......You an also use a used PT coil, you just dryburn it clean and when its still warm pull the silica wicking out and dryburn the naked coils clean then insert your qtip or cotton into it.

 

[edyle]

It's for my mom and I plan to make several heads so all she has to do is replace them, once taste is different. I want to stress that her safety is the most important factor, that's why I'm using Kanger Protank as they have glass rather than plastic tube. Next step is cotton rather than silica wick. She has been sick, so health is a big issue.

Which head is the best one to buy currently, if I want make my own cotton wicks? There is a lot of different ones, aero etc. so I am confused as which is the best for cotton.

Have you done any heads yet? Do you vape?

I think the newer heads have been coming out with a softer grommet at the bottom that's been causing some issues; the older ones have a harder plastic- almost bakelite looking type of grommet.

Some people have been ordering their heads from Smoktech; the ones for the Smoktech ARO tank, which is the same type; I'm pretty sure Aspire also makes similar heads.

 

[letmein]

No I don't vape myself. I've bought her a Vamo and a protank II which she is happy with.

My concern is that she's not able to replace the heads herself, and they gunk up. So I want to make like 5 or 10 cotton heads for her.

The question which I am unsure of is this:

Looking to get the safest vape, which head would be best to pick for replacing with a cotton wick?

A never aero head, Kanger protank III or II etc?

 

[danny4x4]

No I don't vape myself. I've bought her a Vamo and a protank II which she is happy with.

My concern is that she's not able to replace the heads herself, and they gunk up. So I want to make like 5 or 10 cotton heads for her.

The question which I am unsure of is this:

Looking to get the safest vape, which head would be best to pick for replacing with a cotton wick?

A never aero head, Kanger protank III or II etc?

That would be problematic because you would need to get some feedback from your mom with your first rewick. You need some trial and error before hitting on the correct amount of cotton to use each and everytime.

If it gurgles or floods = Too little cotton or too thin a flavour wick.
If she tastes burnt cotton = too much wick, hence juice flow is restricted.

IMO, it doesn't matter to me which head is used. Its how well the coil is wound and using the right amount of cotton.

 

[edyle]

No I don't vape myself. I've bought her a Vamo and a protank II which she is happy with.

My concern is that she's not able to replace the heads herself, and they gunk up. So I want to make like 5 or 10 cotton heads for her.

The question which I am unsure of is this:

Looking to get the safest vape, which head would be best to pick for replacing with a cotton wick?

A never aero head, Kanger protank III or II etc?

The heads that usually are sold for the protank III and the aero are different from the ones sold for the protank II.

The head you are looking for is the earlier one which is used for protank I, protank II, smoktech aro, and several other manufacturer tanks.

Note the white grommet at the bottom.
Note the silicone cap at the top, and there is a silicone ring in the middle.
The one shown above is a picture from discountvapers for the smoktech aro.
Smoktech ARO/Tumbler Coil head replacement - 1.8ohm - 5 pack


Silica wick does not burn, but cotton does, so while I rewick my top wicks for myself with cotton, if you're rewicking for someone else, I'd consider getting a roll or 3 feet of silica rope for rewicking

Here's a pic from kangeronline

 

[Rickb119]

I agree with edyle.

I rebuild all of my PT2 heads with a micro coil and cotton wick. I'm going to rebuild some for my sister (and give her the evods for them) with a micro coil and silica. The issue with cotton is that it needs to be replaced, often. With silica you can go a lot longer with just a simple cleaning (soak in hot water or high grain clear alcohol).

 

[letmein]

As I said it's a question of safety, and I'm not entirely secure in silica. So id rather build 10x with cotton than 3/5 with silica

edyle, isn't the white grommet in the bottom made out of rubber? I thought that was replaced by silicone in the newer ones?