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I just got a nova and a knock off. the nova worked great day1, but after that it lost 50% of flavor. Common problem so i have read. i bought it because of the metal tank. i have not tried the knock off yet. the nova tokes very good. stiif toke though. lots of vapor. i run at 4.6 volts. i have another carto tank i use. it's a locking tank smok tek type. 1.5 ohm tokes just a little airy, but better taste than the nova. i'm just waiting for my clear carto tank to bust. lol. i wish i could make the nova taste better. i do like it. no adapter needed for it. the knockoff requires one though. i use a provari. the guy that said the nova gets better in a couple of weeks. meaning taste ? toke ? looks ? i'm curious. i like the idea of using no adapter on the nova. that's the only thing i don't like about my carto tank, except the fact knowing it's going to bust on me. just a matter of time. i use the mean juice.
I use Vivi Novas and 1300mah Spinners exclusively.
After seven months of constant usage and experimentation with my 12 Vivi Nova Minis, I've learned that a thorough initial cleaning completely eliminates all the poor wicking and lack of flavor (aka Break-In) problems commonly associated with using brand new silica and wire heads ala Vivi Nova, Stardust or most any other 'rebuildable' tank of this genre.
New tanks, wicks and coil assemblies must be thoroughly cleaned before their first use. The first and most obvious reason being "You are not really gonna put that in your mouth without washing it, are you?'
Even so called 'New' items and their heads are contaminated with minute amounts of everything from manufacturing particles and fluid residue to what the factory worker has on his hands after the lunch he ate or the bathroom break he took moments before he assembled your 'new' tank.
Further, if you try a new juice with a new Vivi Nova and/or head that you haven't vigorously flushed prior to first use, it's a 50-50 proposition whether or not you will like the new juice. Asking a subtle juice flavor to compete with imbedded manufacturing residue is not a fair contest.
How many times have we all read "The flavor was terrible at first but it got better after a tank or two."
It took that '...tank or two' to flush out the crud the factory left in your device. What's worse is you didn't wash it down the drain, you inhaled it.
Simply rinse the heads and tank components under a faucet using the hottest water you can stand. Or let them soak in hot water for a few minutes, then flush with running water. Personally, I soak them in alcohol for 5-10 minutes. I gently agitate the parts a couple of times during the alcohol soak. I rinse by placing the heads and/or parts in a small bowl under slowly running HOT water. This rinses and again agitates them to insure the item's nooks and crannies are flushed clean and I don't lose parts down the drain.
I also found that cleaning before first use allows the wicks soak up juice faster, making them ready to vape within a few seconds after filling the tank.
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