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It was just the basic modding. How to get them apart and remove the ALF and adjust the center tube slightly.
Also make sure the wick is completely touching the coil. I had one that gave me a burnt taste constantly. After removing the ALF, I noticed I could see one part of the coil glowing while vaping. I took it apart and used tweezers to move that part of the coil closer to the wick and it's been great since.
I've put a few hours on a really well used one between 4 and 5v with a Darwin. No problems yet. The Vortex in question varies a bit from 2.9 and 3.1 on the meter as I vape.
To me it tastes best between 3.6v and 4.2v with most of my juices tried so far. One or two really like from 4.5v to 5v.
GOD I LOVE these cartos!! And for anyone interested, I just replaced my first coil, and with the Vortex, it's fairly easy and requires NO modding. Check out my post here.
Check out my post here.GOD I LOVE these cartos!! And for anyone interested, I just replaced my first coil, and with the Vortex, it's fairly easy and requires NO modding.
Way cool!
What did you choose for wire, wick, and how many wraps? What resistance were you shooting for and where did you end up?
Now I don't have to get my bro to fire up is lathe to make me an atty making platform...this just totally rocks!
I used nichrome 60 in 36g, the wick was donated by an old CE2, but have SS400 on order, so that will be next for wicking material. I didn't have a specific ohm I was going for, wrapped it 5 or 6 times, and got 2.7o.
GOD I LOVE these cartos!! And for anyone interested, I just replaced my first coil, and with the Vortex, it's fairly easy and requires NO modding.
I ordered some nicrome so I could do this but so far I may have no need. I had one with a cracked center cup so I decided to try and kill it to see how durable it was... Dry burned it for about 8 sec at a time for 25 times with no damage to the coil. I guess I may never need to re-coil these.
I did find that my 3ml syringe tubes fit tighter than the original tube. Also the tip fits a little tighter. Now I just need to find a replacement for the center tube.
Just for giggles I made a mod with a full length syringe tube and extended the center tube with a filter syringe tube and some heat shrink. It worked and gives me over 3ml capacity but because of the length the draw is too cold and the vapor starts to condense by the time it hits the throat giving it a wet feel and off taste. Also the original center tube bent a little from too much heat shrinking the heat shrink. =[ The extension was able to make up for this though.
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Sweet, but of course you could always cut it in half so you don't have the issue of extending the center tube. There are a ton of options we could do to the Vortex cartos. But for the most part, (at home anyway) I like the original. I've found that (at least with the CE2 based ones) with tanks, juice seems to turn. Besides, with smaller volumes of juice, it gives the opportunity to vape different juices.
I built a couple of CE2 tanks (one for regular and one for XL) that'll also hold a Vortex with a bit of tinkering (haven't done it yet)...but I find I'd rather just fill several cartos with different flavors and swap them out throughout the day. Not only does it keep the PV smaller and neater looking...I also know I have a spare ready to go in the event a coil decides to go. Just as a point of reference I now have something like 8 CE2, 2 Vortex, and one generic polyfill carto in rotation. I just pick a few each morning and drop them in an empty Altoid tin and I'm good for the day
Now with Vortex, it's so bloody easy to refill the things, and they flush for a new flavor very easily. For the short term...knowing it's possible to rewrap them to create custom HV and LR variants with relative ease myself...Vortex looks better every day
It's also nice to know that if these catch a decent market share, they'll start to become avilabe in more resistance options and thread types 
I built a couple of CE2 tanks (one for regular and one for XL) that'll also hold a Vortex with a bit of tinkering (haven't done it yet)...but I find I'd rather just fill several cartos with different flavors and swap them out throughout the day. Not only does it keep the PV smaller and neater looking...I also know I have a spare ready to go in the event a coil decides to go. Just as a point of reference I now have something like 8 CE2, 2 Vortex, and one generic polyfill carto in rotation. I just pick a few each morning and drop them in an empty Altoid tin and I'm good for the day
Now with Vortex, it's so bloody easy to refill the things, and they flush for a new flavor very easily. For the short term...knowing it's possible to rewrap them to create custom HV and LR variants with relative ease myself...Vortex looks better every day
LOL I find my self doing the same thing since i modded my vortex have 5 ready to go in my case and they all tastes so good, got spare maxx fusions ready for an emergency.
If the stars align up just right there should be some major VORTEX news in a week or so. Improvements in every category, now im seeing whats feasible and what isnt .
I was just playing around to see how it would work =}
Definitely don't want to make these too long. In fact I think I'm going to make this a shorty to get the coil a little closer to the mouth to increase the heat just a little. They are easy enough to refill that I don't require a large capacity like stated above, I find myself only filling them about a 1/4 of the way as they don't suck juice as fast as the CE2's did.
I just hope the center tube isn't bent too much from excessive heat that it won't work.... Still looking for a way to replace the center cup as one of mine was cracked. I was thinking of just using heat shrink but don't think it would be coil friendly. Drinking straw is too thin... I'll come up with something...
Mine is chuggin' down the juice when I bump up to around 4.2 volts (6 watts regulted heat on Darwin), which seems to be a very sweet spot for this particular Vortex...about the same as a CE2 at similar wattage.
The nice thing about these is you don't have to fill them up at least once to wet the wicks good
They'll vape right out of the box with just a few drops in them.
Glad to hear it. Because every single one of my first 10 leaked. I get one maybe 2 fills and then its leaking all over the place.
So, I decided to get some teflon plumbing tape and that does indeed prevent the leaking. I did also find causes of issues when dismantling them.
The one that tasted burnt only had the wick coming out from one side (Obviously this was hidden behind the paper stuff and not visible until dismantled). Another one didn't have a long enough wick to poke out of both sides and when dismantled it was angled inside the inner tube.
Now the problem I have found by removing the paper leak protector and replacing with plumbers tape is that I think that paper was critical to the wicking process? Because now I can clearly see the liquid is having difficulty getting to the rope between the two plastic pieces. I can see the liquid trying, but doesn't naturally flow down to it. I think the paper/cotton, helped draw the liquid down. So now my modded ones are pretty useless.
It's a shame because out of the box, these things are awesome for a fill or two.
I have just ordered 20 Dual Coil Megas, see what they are like.
I'll hold of with these until I read some feedback on the new and hopefully improved versions.
Before you give up:
What kind of battery are you using?
Is the juice thicker or thinner?
Without even taking your vortex apart...experiment with using tweezer to gently adjust the inner tube up and down to get the right space around the wicks for your juice. Wicking on these is mostly about 'surface area' of the wick, and juice being pulled over that surface to the coils.
On my eGo batteries, I'm not enjoying the Vortex as much simply because they don't burn quite hot enough at 3.4v for me (although they do still work...eGo seems happier with something around 2.5 or lower in resistance). We do need to keep in mind this batch was threaded and intended for a true 3.7v battery.
A little more heat pulls the juice right through and vapes like a steam train
Mine wick and taste much better without the ALF.
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You could try Pyramid teabags. 4 of my 5 ea (have not used 5th one) also leaked through the middle part on the battery side and I have not been able to fix no matter what "trick" I have tried. But the teabags pieces (one on each side over wick) fixed some of my wicking problems. I just cut a small piece for each side and pushed between inner and outer tube over the wick with long thin tweezers.
But, when the Vortex does work, it is GREAT, flavor, vapor volume and all!
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these little issues will be addressed, there have been some breakthroughs and we are just looking at getting them implemented and tested. if all goes well then there will major improvements all around. sometimes the fixes are right in front of your face and I guess thats how we advance as a race.lol .
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