First stainless mesh build, tastes terrible, is this normal?

[pauly walnuts]

First post, here goes...

Ive been rebuilding micro coils for my kanger protank and mini protank with great success. I just got an agat+ and a vamo v3 and figured id try my hand at the stainless steel mesh wicks many people rave about. I got it up and runnin, it vapes well, but it tastes like straight metal.

I oxidized the mesh a few times with a torch, rolled it up, dripped liquid on it and set it on fire a few times, touched up the hot spots, hit the button, and it vaped like a train. I took a good few hits thinking this would go away, but it did not.

Also, I was using the mesh that came with my agat+, maybe a quality issue? Not sure.

If this is the norm I may just stick with my cotton and silica, however, I assume others are getting better results as many seem to prefer it.

Walnuts out.

 

[Nikkita6]

You are having wicking issues ... this can happen with a fresh wick, and fresh battery ... your wicking is not keeping up with the current draw. This usually resolves itself once the wick is broken in, and the voltage comes down a bit on your battery.

 

[pauly walnuts]

Thats a good thought. I will try some thinner juice and see if it helps.

 

[lenz]

yea i would have to say you may need to break it in a bit and make sure you are tilting the gene as you are drawing on it. you may need to tilt it first and then draw on the device. if there are no hot spots then sometimes its just a matter of your wick not getting enough juice before you vape. hope that helps