Didn't believe it til i saw it

[Ryan Kelly]

so i always thought people who despised kanger coils so much were exaggerating about the terrible quality control. i never owned any kanger products but last week i needed a new tank for my ego (which i only really use if I'm going to be in a crowded place to stealth vape) and i picked up an aerotank mini and just for the hell of it i picked up a standard aerotank. i tried both tanks out and was pretty impressed with the flavor and airflow systems. a couple days of heavy use passed and it was time to change the coils. i popped out a coil for each tank, screwed them in, aerotank mini: dud, aerotank: dud. other three coils in the pack? all duds. 10 bucks down the drain and now I'm terrified to shell out the money for another pack. so if you never believed how terrible kanger coils really are, believe it. if you need some decently priced tanks, you can't go wrong with aspire. they make good coils and out of 10-15 packs I've bought i have only gotten one coil that wasn't functional out of the box

 

[cope]

wierd i have used pro tanks for over a year and i think i have only had one bad coil in that time thats bad but thats not the pt3 coils

 

[crxess]

Were these coils Boxed (Kanger) and logo'd?

Honestly not doubting but I have never, in over a hundred coils, had a single Kanger Branded coil even more than .3ohm out of whack and not one dud.
90%+ of new coil No fires are non-contacting center pin. This shows in everything from ce5's to Protanks and on. I have even advised a Nautilus owner and that was all it was.

 

[DoMortas]

I just rebuild the coils in my protank 2, they work better, last longer, and if there is a dud it's my own fault and often easy to fix

 

[m1911]

No problem with my aerotank, protank mini, and their coils.

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[glointhedark]

We have been using Evods and Protank 2 Minis since March (before that we had cigalikes with cartos), but we have only had a few duds, maybe 3 or 4. I order the genuine Kanger coils at either Sun Vapers or Mt. Baker Vapor.

 

[ChurchMouse]

I buy my Kanger coils boxed, genuine from Vaping Me or Discount Vapers, occasionally MBV if I'm in a hurry. Much less than 10 bucks a box (Vaping Me and DV run about six) and never had a bad one, most can be cleaned/dry burned to last 3-5 weeks. I'm sure bad batches are possible, but are you certain they were authentic? I tried knockoff coils once...waste of money.

 

[Susan~S]

No problems for me in the 1+ years I've been using them. Make sure you are getting authentic Kanger coils. My local vape shop sent me home once with clones and I had to go back the very next day and get the real thing.

 

[KDCart]

A lot of the clones are bad. I've had really good luck with the genuine Kanger coils. Maybe one dud out of 20 or so, on average.

 

[chawk]

I haven't ever had a dud. I rebuild mine too, but when I use a new one I never have a problem. Hope you have better luck!

 

[djsvapour]

What makes the "dud"?

Not working or some performance issue?

...just curious...

 

[retic1959]

so i always thought people who despised kanger coils so much were exaggerating about the terrible quality control. i never owned any kanger products but last week i needed a new tank for my ego (which i only really use if I'm going to be in a crowded place to stealth vape) and i picked up an aerotank mini and just for the hell of it i picked up a standard aerotank. i tried both tanks out and was pretty impressed with the flavor and airflow systems. a couple days of heavy use passed and it was time to change the coils. i popped out a coil for each tank, screwed them in, aerotank mini: dud, aerotank: dud. other three coils in the pack? all duds. 10 bucks down the drain and now I'm terrified to shell out the money for another pack. so if you never believed how terrible kanger coils really are, believe it. if you need some decently priced tanks, you can't go wrong with aspire. they make good coils and out of 10-15 packs I've bought i have only gotten one coil that wasn't functional out of the box

Plus one for the Aspire , I got a lot of trash from Kanger when I started vaping , not knockoffs , genuine Kanger 5 packs with 3 out of five not functional for different reasons , the Aspire was a big relief for me , but I've long since moved on to RBA's and RDA's , I don't look back fondly at clearomisers , Kanger in particular .

 

[Tinkiegrrl]

I would take a pair of tweezers an pull down the coils just a tad once it's installed in the tank. It sounds like they aren't making contact to the battery. It's common, an part of the reason I stepped away from clearos.

 

[Bunnykiller]

What makes the "dud"?

Not working or some performance issue?

...just curious...

dud is a term used for a non working item, very popular term for bombs that were delivered ( dropped from airplane WW2) and failed to explode

 

[Mark Anthony]

I just rebuild the coils in my protank 2, they work better, last longer, and if there is a dud it's my own fault and often easy to fix

Yep ^^^^ this exactly!!! I rebuild them all too.

 

[Marble]

I use both kanger and aspire .. Neither have given me issues.. I would say probably down to a connection problem like said in a previous post...

 

[YKruss]

Kelly (OP),

Multimeter is the answer to find the culprit.

1. Check if coils have a resistance then screw them in tanks.
2. Check if coils screwed in tanks still have a resistance and not shorten.
3. If you pass 2 steps above and couldn't fire them then the culprit is the center pin of your device that needed an adjustment.

 

[Nightshard]

For those 10$ you could get all you need to make your own coils and never have a dud again.

 

[Midniteoyl]

so i always thought people who despised kanger coils so much were exaggerating about the terrible quality control. i never owned any kanger products but last week i needed a new tank for my ego (which i only really use if I'm going to be in a crowded place to stealth vape) and i picked up an aerotank mini and just for the hell of it i picked up a standard aerotank. i tried both tanks out and was pretty impressed with the flavor and airflow systems. a couple days of heavy use passed and it was time to change the coils. i popped out a coil for each tank, screwed them in, aerotank mini: dud, aerotank: dud. other three coils in the pack? all duds. 10 bucks down the drain and now I'm terrified to shell out the money for another pack. so if you never believed how terrible kanger coils really are, believe it. if you need some decently priced tanks, you can't go wrong with aspire. they make good coils and out of 10-15 packs I've bought i have only gotten one coil that wasn't functional out of the box

Sure your center pin doesnt need to be raised?

 

[Steamix]

Dunno - maybe you got 'clones' or even copies.

Chinese have a rep for copycat products, so why should they have any qualms about copying local brands too ?