Thank you for that answer, I am glad to see a scientific explanation as to why it leaks when it's low. Common thinking would say that when it's full there is more liquid volume and force on the bottom so it should leak then but when low there is not as much "pressure" on the bottom so it shouldn't but what you said makes perfect sense! I will just try not to let it get too low.
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Thank you for that answer, I am glad to see a scientific explanation as to why it leaks when it's low. Common thinking would say that when it's full there is more liquid volume and force on the bottom so it should leak then but when low there is not as much "pressure" on the bottom so it shouldn't but what you said makes perfect sense! I will just try not to let it get too low.
I'm a little confused. Your first post mentioned a Vivi Nova. That's a TOP coil tank with spider wicks that extend down into the juice. BDC and BVC refer to Bottom coils, not top coils.
Good wicking in the Vivi Nova requires that you turn the tank horizontal and rotate it between vapes to keep the wicks saturated. If you keep it vertical all the time it will vape really well at first, but as the tank begins to empty the coils are more and more out of the juice in the tank. That's why you have to turn it horizontal periodically to saturate the wicks. Either that, or top it off when it begins to reach the half full point.
Nautilus with the BVC coils will probably impress you so much that you will put the Vivi Nova in a box and forget about it. If you are interested in a really good tank that allows you to choose your own wicking solution try a Kayfun. You can buy a bag of organic cotton balls and a 100 foot roll of Kanthal wire for about $10 and have enough wire and wick to last more than a year, maybe two. A coil will last you a month to 6 weeks and you can replace the cotton wick and dry burn it every two or three days. That takes about 10 minutes. My Nautilus and Aerotank Mega sit in the box along with every other atomizer these days. The Kayfun spoiled me.
Good wicking in the Vivi Nova requires that you turn the tank horizontal and rotate it between vapes to keep the wicks saturated. If you keep it vertical all the time it will vape really well at first, but as the tank begins to empty the coils are more and more out of the juice in the tank. That's why you have to turn it horizontal periodically to saturate the wicks. Either that, or top it off when it begins to reach the half full point.
Nautilus with the BVC coils will probably impress you so much that you will put the Vivi Nova in a box and forget about it. If you are interested in a really good tank that allows you to choose your own wicking solution try a Kayfun. You can buy a bag of organic cotton balls and a 100 foot roll of Kanthal wire for about $10 and have enough wire and wick to last more than a year, maybe two. A coil will last you a month to 6 weeks and you can replace the cotton wick and dry burn it every two or three days. That takes about 10 minutes. My Nautilus and Aerotank Mega sit in the box along with every other atomizer these days. The Kayfun spoiled me.
If you like the large tank size spend $20 on ebay and get a Kanger Mage. You'll be AMAZED !!!
^^yeah I was going to say I had a Viva Nova as a second vape, it came with the spinner, and those Mops got gunky as all get out quickly AND it was like sucking a golf ball through a garden hose to get any vapor.
do what he said and daily
do what he said and daily
Chili, stop & refill before you get to 3/4 empty. All the instructions with my tanks say that's where gurrgling & leaking start. You're losing vacuum after that.
Oh, tighten the coil everytime you refill. Sometimes they start to come unscrewed when you take off the bottom cap to refill.
I may have mis stated what I have, I do have an innokin iclear16 that came with my mvp and it is indeed top coil, it has the long wicks that you have to keep wet, but the one I was talking about was the aspire vivi nova which I will include a picture of, this uses aspire BDC coils stock, I have since changed those out to the BVC version. You are also right about the nautilus which is why I want one so badly, my father in law whom I got into vaping bought an aspire BDC tank and didn't like it very much so he asked me wha he should get and I told him to get the nautilus, he went and got the mini version and I got to put it on my mod with my drip tip and try it and I was absolutely amazed, my preference was the smallest air hole and it hit like a hammer at 11 watts, it really made me want one even more than I already did!
Here is the pic of the tank I have now, though this one is the plastic, I now have the glass version of the same one.
I will also add that a genuine SvoeMesto kayfun is my grail right now, I will have one eventually but funds just are not allowing it right now. I may even end up with a clone before I can get the real one, but it will happen one day.
Here is the pic of the tank I have now, though this one is the plastic, I now have the glass version of the same one.
I will also add that a genuine SvoeMesto kayfun is my grail right now, I will have one eventually but funds just are not allowing it right now. I may even end up with a clone before I can get the real one, but it will happen one day.
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Thank you! I am definitely going to start making a habit of this from now on. I never got any paperwork with my tanks, my shop just handed me the tank in a plastic bag, no box or anything.. Maybe if I had gotten those I would have known better!
I am currently vaping on the very same tank (but with stainless/pyrex sleeves ...awaiting a Vamo 8 25 watt)
Mine also has BDC coils...and they are spinoffs. They work great !
Yes at 2/3 empty it used to start gurgling for a vape or two, but I tip it upside down and vape till the excess fluid is burned off and then rightside up and all is well.
I clean the coil every tank and dry burn. I have been running the 2.0 ohm coil at 4-4.2 volts and I love it.
I have received 20 BVC coils, but I will wait till these (BDC's) are used (2 of them).
I did have to take it totally apart and reassemble it because the threads were not allowing the bottom to screw down without hitting the top stem and not sealing properly. There was a rough spot that I had to work through and then all was fine...and still is. I am vaping it right now.
Mine also has BDC coils...and they are spinoffs. They work great !
Yes at 2/3 empty it used to start gurgling for a vape or two, but I tip it upside down and vape till the excess fluid is burned off and then rightside up and all is well.
I clean the coil every tank and dry burn. I have been running the 2.0 ohm coil at 4-4.2 volts and I love it.
I have received 20 BVC coils, but I will wait till these (BDC's) are used (2 of them).
I did have to take it totally apart and reassemble it because the threads were not allowing the bottom to screw down without hitting the top stem and not sealing properly. There was a rough spot that I had to work through and then all was fine...and still is. I am vaping it right now.
Chili, there are bvc coils for the other Aspire tanks, not just the 2 Nautilus tanks. The 2 Nautilus tanks use 1 coil. The other tanks use a different size bvc coil. If you are using the wrong one, that may be why you are leaking. And tell your FIL there's a coil for him!
Yes, I do have the correct BVC coils. I have seen the nautilus ones and they look completely different. The BVC coils for BDC tanks look just like the BDC coils, you can only tell the difference by looking into the top of the coil or by looking at the bottom. I am sure that I have the right one.
You lost me on that last statement though?
I have a nautilus mini and I can even leave the tank unscrewed a tad to make it line up better on my Kamry k1000 pipe hah its so far not leaked once. It also feeds juice to the coil so fast I've not yet gotten a dry hit. Haven't tried a 5ml nautilus but the mini is a champ so far.
I was watching a video from 2 random dudes doing a limelight epipe review their name lemonvapes but they had the exact same juice on the battery problem because there was a tiny gap between the connector and tank and fixed it by buying one of those attachments for a few bucks. A beauty ring type attachment if that helps.
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Well, I finally bit that proverbial bullet today and got myself an ehpro kayfun clone. Other than some hiccups trying to make the first coil and some continuing dry hit issues, it's working good and not leaking!
I actually had to go back to the shop with it because it was dry hitting so badly, they wound a new coil and it was ok for about 20 minutes and started doing it again, not it's still dry hitting from time to time but it's better. They said that since I wrapped the ends of the coil around the screws one complete time and then tightened them it was causing the problem, I am not sure about that but the way she wound it the ends are just "tucked" under the screws instead of wrapped around them and it seems to be working. I also wound mine to about 2ohm but the one she wrapped is 1.1 so far it's working well with the MVP. I'm happy
I actually had to go back to the shop with it because it was dry hitting so badly, they wound a new coil and it was ok for about 20 minutes and started doing it again, not it's still dry hitting from time to time but it's better. They said that since I wrapped the ends of the coil around the screws one complete time and then tightened them it was causing the problem, I am not sure about that but the way she wound it the ends are just "tucked" under the screws instead of wrapped around them and it seems to be working. I also wound mine to about 2ohm but the one she wrapped is 1.1 so far it's working well with the MVP. I'm happy
I figured out my dry hit issue thanks to a thread on this forum, I was making the coils too small and the wick was not moving freely in the coil, so now that I have that it's perfect!
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