Boge 3 Ohm Tasting Burnt Above 4.6V

[Sigmatica]

Hi,

I've struggled with two juices so far in my boge sr cartomizers. I'll gradually break them in starting at 4 V and slowly increasing. However, with two juices I've tried, the carto starts tasting burnt above 4.6V.

I've read on the forums that boges should be able to handle up to 6V and I like high wattage (I used a 1.9 ohm Atty at 5.2V for reference).

Is it the juice? Both juices were either 70PG/30VG or 60PG/40VG. I am a chain vaper, but I try to always keep my carts topped off. I like boges most of the time, but I want to enjoy high wattage without throwing a carto out after a couple hours or limiting myself to 4.6V.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[RickMc]

It sounds like you don't like high wattage on these particular juices...nothing wrong with that. Each juice is different. Do you like them at the lower wattage? Numbers are just numbers - let your tastes tell you what's right.

 

[Sigmatica]

Thanks for the tips. Its weird though. I forgot in my first post that the flavor I'm having issues with is 50/50 pg/vg. Now it even tastes funky at lower voltages. I've only run a few mls through it too. Maybe I just need to exclusively use tanks?

 

[bnrkwest]

I generally vape Boge 3 ohms at 4.4 or 4.5 for chocolates, tobacco's, coffees, and heavier flavors, but lighter flavors like fruits or white chocolate, cheesecake, etc it is at 4.0 to 4.3. I am finding that light flavors do best for me at lower volt settings. I have a Provari. I have gotten some Boge 3's that did not work right so cranked them up to 5.5 and they were fine, but that is not the norm for me. Most get burnt at that level. bnrk

 

[RickMc]

Is this your first experience with cartos? If so, make sure you are getting the cartomizer good and saturated (YMMV, but perhaps 20 drops in a standard 35mm carto and 30 in an XL 50mm carto). Fill the carto a few drops at a time and give it plenty of time to wick. I top fill cartos, but a lot of people either use a syringe or the "condom method" - search on YouTube for video of these methods.

50/50 juice will be somewhat thick, so it will wick through the polyfill slowly, especially in a new, dry cartomizer. It sounds like the carto isn't getting filled and you're getting dry hits. If you burn the polyfill, the cartomizer is a write-off. The burnt poly taste will stay no matter what.

 

[RickMc]

I generally vape Boge 3 ohms at 4.4 or 4.5 for chocolates, tobacco's, coffees, and heavier flavors, but lighter flavors like fruits or white chocolate, cheesecake, etc it is at 4.0 to 4.3. I am finding that light flavors do best for me at lower volt settings. I have a Provari. I have gotten some Boge 3's that did not work right so cranked them up to 5.5 and they were fine, but that is not the norm for me. Most get burnt at that level. bnrk

This is pretty similar to my taste - I rarely go much above 7 watts. Most of the time on a 3.0 ohm cartomizer I'm vaping at 4.2 - 4.6 volts. As with brnk, it depends on juice - tobacco and cofee juices on the higher end, lighter fruit kind of juices on the lower end.

 

[Sigmatica]

Thanks! That makes me much happier to hear people using lower ranges. I guess my only question is why would an Atty perform better at much higher wattages? Is it just a polyfill thing? I appreciate all your guys help.

 

[Sigmatica]

Is this your first experience with cartos? If so, make sure you are getting the cartomizer good and saturated (YMMV, but perhaps 20 drops in a standard 35mm carto and 30 in an XL 50mm carto). Fill the carto a few drops at a time and give it plenty of time to wick. I top fill cartos, but a lot of people either use a syringe or the "condom method" - search on YouTube for video of these methods.

50/50 juice will be somewhat thick, so it will wick through the polyfill slowly, especially in a new, dry cartomizer. It sounds like the carto isn't getting filled and you're getting dry hits. If you burn the polyfill, the cartomizer is a write-off. The burnt poly taste will stay no matter what.

This isn't my first run with cartos, but I used to tolerate 5 volts just fine. Maybe all that time my taste was still coming back Also could've been that I was using heavily flavored juices.

When I initiated the 50/50 carto, I filled, waited, blew through, filled more, blew through , topped off and it hit fine but the flavor left something to be desired compared to when I tested the flavor at the shop I was at.

I know steeping changes flavors, but the bottle I got was bottled over a month ago, which seems plenty long to steep. I'm at a loss, but it'll figure itself out, haha. Thanks again for all the useful info!

 

[bnrkwest]

Good luck! Best is to just play around with all the juices and settings until it is what you like. I am now in a tank mode so things are different in a tank than straight carto, but I am having fun playing! LOL bnrk