Crown or TFV4? And help with Crown?

[PhilsPhanatic]

I was having consistent major dry hit issues with the crown as well, read the drip tip thing, switched back to the stock drip tip and it's been fine. Really crazy to me that a drip tip can cause so many issues.

 

[chopdoc]

I been vaping a Crown for over a week now and been thru a lot of max VG juice and have not had a single problem with it vaping at 60 watts. Hate hearing yall having these issues because i think the Crown is a great tank. I also vape the TFV4 but that one I use at 100 watts with max VG juice and the flavor comparrison to me is pretty much equal, they are both great tanks.

 

[Rixsta]

I was having consistent major dry hit issues with the crown as well, read the drip tip thing, switched back to the stock drip tip and it's been fine. Really crazy to me that a drip tip can cause so many issues.

Very true, the Crown hates custom drip tips, I had to go to the lengths of having a derlin one especially made with the exact inside dimensions, not had a problem with it..

 

[FinchX]

I was having consistent major dry hit issues with the crown as well, read the drip tip thing, switched back to the stock drip tip and it's been fine. Really crazy to me that a drip tip can cause so many issues.

Well, I thought my problem was a bad batch of coils. So much so that I went ahead and ordered 5 of the Crown tank in black. Was very stupid and over zealous of me because guess what? It lasted maybe through an extra 60ml of juice before going to crap like all my others... I'm priming them letting them sit, breaking them in slowly, even to the point of baby-ing them more than in the Q4V video... I am left clueless but in all my years of vaping never has a tank given me so many problems.

I'm going to start looking into the Freemax tanks, Sense tanks and the TFV4... I just wish I hadn't been an idiot and tested this out more thoroughly before dropping the money on FIVE MORE... it's a user error, it has to be. So obviously I'm just too d@mn dumb to use these tanks.

If anyone is interested, private message me, these 5 tanks haven't even seen 50ml of juice. All 5 in the black finish plus 2 packs of 0.25 coils for $100 PayPal accepted... it's a package deal, not sending them out individually....

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[GeorgeS]

Any other ideas anyone? The higher VG juice did not help the situation. Currently trying to break one of the two remaining .25 coils I have left in for a day to.see if that works. But given my luck so far I'm trying to get as many ideas as possible... I don't want to write these off as garbage when I know it's got to be an error on my part

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First - I don't own a Crown and FT may eventually send me the TFV4 I ordered in August (along with 4 RBA's) however with that said - I like to fill my replaceable atomizers with juice (squirted down the air exit) and let them sit until whatever wicking holes they have are wet and then while inserting the 510 end in my mouth blow out the excess juice into a tissue or paper towel. (what can I say? I'm impatient and the whole "few drops and wait 15min" thing IMHO sucks)

Priming from the inside out you know the wick is fully saturated.

 

[Mike Abrams]

How long did you break the coils in at lower watts?
Some of the reviewers and many ECF members in the Crown threads recommend 24 hours at lower wattage.
I used 45-55 watts for a day, yeah it was weak sauce but now I can chain hit them at 65W as much as I can stand with 70VG and not a scorch note to be had.
I'm using single battery mods so 65W with the .25 coils is ok but they cook along at 80W no problem on my IPV3.
Maybe you torched your coils?

I picked up a Crown today, and given the .25 coils felt a bit hot as expected, I asked the shop to install a TC coil. After about 3 hits, it was burned. Repeated, allowing the TC coil to soak for 15-20 min, after priming it well. The issue repeated. So after arguing with the shop for longer than should have been necessary, they replaced the TC coils with the 0.5 regular coils, SS or kenthal, not sure, hoping this would cool the vape.

However, I bought the Crown due to the combination of power and TC capability. If the coils are this much of a nuisance, I may go elsewhere tomorrow and just get an Arctic. TC coils are hit and miss to find for the Atlantis, not available yet on the SMOK VCT4. The Herakles felt warm to me, though I did not try with TC, and are local shops may have a Freemax Staare on the shelf, but no understanding of it.

As for FinchX's other symptoms, based on my short experience, I agree.....

My Kanger Mini gets some bad coils, but they are cheap and readily available, so it's a minor annoyance. However, the Kanger is a toy compared to these other tanks. Just not the same level of production.

Open to suggestions from anyone who doesn't have these constant coil or other issues with their higher-power Temp Control sub-ohm tanks. Until then, I feel everyone's pain! P.S.- the Crown does look nice and makes great clouds, drinking gallons of juice in the process. Good show, but can I live with it every day?

Have a good night,
Mike

 

[Danbrooks2k]

I bought a crown and hated it. The metallic taste from the .5 ohm coils would never seem to go away. The flavor from the 2.5 ohm coils was better but eventually continual RDA deck and wont spend another penny on coils. Great quality tank, great construction, buttery smooth threads and easy top fill. I will wait to see if coils improve.

The TFV4... great tank... almost too much vapor... you wont be disappointed.