FreeMax Starre Pro Tank
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Cool mate, sorry, I forgot to ping you.. Had too much on lately .
Yeah, I will booger with it more later this week. I need to step away from it for a moment. I left for vacation and left those pro tanks behind. No time to trouble shoot or roll the dice.
I do think they over complicated the design. When it worked it was not outperforming my OG Maganus and the top fill is not proving easier. Even if I get it smoothed out the experience was enough to turn me off trusting them. The joy of finding tanks that did not leak like my Kanger Plus was found with the Starre 1, Crown and Arctic without reading a book lol.
We shall see.
Then Sig 75, no rattles, no issues
I do think they over complicated the design. When it worked it was not outperforming my OG Maganus and the top fill is not proving easier. Even if I get it smoothed out the experience was enough to turn me off trusting them. The joy of finding tanks that did not leak like my Kanger Plus was found with the Starre 1, Crown and Arctic without reading a book lol.
We shall see.
Then Sig 75, no rattles, no issues
I will address this tomorrow as I disagree af
, I think because you have had leaking issues, may I state, the only one so far, it has made you feel a little negative towards the tank which is understandable.
I will be putting your numbered comments on page 1 up against mine to get a view from another perspective, where my Starre Pro outperforms the Starre V2 with the Nickel coils.
Your review was great, no one is questioning it including me. My points are over engineered, leaking, not easier to use, more time consuming and much info that could have been explained better in the book. So for me it is becoming a why bother scenario.
I'm not comparing to Nickel, don't use it and is not my concern right now. I said I was using the .25 kanthel and the tank was not flowing and wicking as well as the Starre 1 IMO. I wanted a simple apples to apples of same coils in a new vs. old tank. I'm very familiar on how these coils wick, burn and last. My magaunus V2's have never give me a burnt hit.
Very few people have the Pro tank so I would not be too surprised if some others pop up with issues on leaking in due time and it will all be blamed away to everyone not following instructions I'm sure, but I feel that I did.
You have to remember I was already giving the nod to the Crown over the Starre 1 IMO in the Uwell thread. So leaks aside this Starre Pro using the same .25 coils is not going to compete with the 90 to 120 watts I can chain vape on the Crown. No matter how this hashes it out for me it is still a battle for 2nd place in my kitchen . However I truly wanted the Starre to finally get some credit due for being a solid tank builder and the new design was a big opportunity to win over some new folks.
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I understand but not having these problems makes reading your comments a little difficult. We will see what others think..
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Crown is a great tank but I find the flavour on the Starre tank slightly better..
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1A - Top cap, turning it off closes the little hold underneath to prevent leaking.
1B - As long as its primed you don't have to let it sit, I just do this for all my tanks as a rule though anyway, I tested this with a new coil and vaped at 60w from the get go, no problems there.
2 - States that you have to turn the switch to the off position when screwing on the rotating cover
3 - True they don't state it but the only time the switch should be in the ON position is when your screwing the cover back on, that is the only time.
4 - Many tanks don't state this, after experimenting with this, you can fill it right to the top.
5 - The major flaw which is going to trip people up, can't deny this, it seems it's the juice that creates the vacuum on the spring loaded design, I find if you fill the tank with about 2ml of juice, screw it together and vape on it for 5 minutes, then proceed to fill the tank up, it works great, no leaks or flooding using this method. Yes it's a pain though but this only needs doing once when the tank is new or after it has been cleaned.
6 - Simply turn it to the OFF position after you screw the top on.
A few have said, you can't fill the tank to the top either, again this isn't true, yes the juice level will drop slightly but you can top it up and get the tank full.
Is the tank over complicated, I don't feel it is and it certainly didn't bother me enough to put it in the review, all tanks have their pros and cons but for the past 3 days, I've took the top off, refilled, put the top back on and vaped away, I wouldn't call that complicated. The spring design works fine, its one moving part when you unscrew and screw the top on, I would of thought that this would of been stress tested to determine the life of the spring by Freemax but only time will tell on this one.
It will be interesting to hear the views of others when more people get the tank which I look forward too.
Off topic alert ! I'm awaiting a Smok TFV4 and will be putting a thread up as soon as I can which im really excited to try.. It's been touted as a game changer and a crown and starre killer so I had to find out for myself.
The Quad and triple coil design, they are the biggest coils I have ever seen, massive juice holes, I mean, they are huge, it looks very interesting. Not unscrewing the top to fill either, it's on a hinge, hmm...dual drip tip, 5ml tank, 4 air flow holes.. RBA deck..also massive so are the juice holes, looks really easy to work on due to the size. I can't wait to try this one, this one really could be the one guys....how many times have I said that...
Sneak peak..
The Quad and triple coil design, they are the biggest coils I have ever seen, massive juice holes, I mean, they are huge, it looks very interesting. Not unscrewing the top to fill either, it's on a hinge, hmm...dual drip tip, 5ml tank, 4 air flow holes.. RBA deck..also massive so are the juice holes, looks really easy to work on due to the size. I can't wait to try this one, this one really could be the one guys....how many times have I said that...
Sneak peak..
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I got shipping notification from Fasttech over the weekend that the two that I ordered shipped. Regarding the leaking, I picked up an Aspire Triton over the weekend and noticed that it would leak through the air flow control base as well right after I refill, and I didn't close up the air flow control before refilling it. I wonder if that is a quirk of top fill tanks?I sit here vaping my Starre Pro not knowing what to say, I have none off these problems, no dry hits either. I have no idea why it's dumping the whole tank out, its like seal that the coil pressed up to is missing but I'm sure you checked that. This sucks mate..It sounds like the tank floods before you even screw the top cap back on
As for the drip tip turning the bottom part to on, always turn it anti clockwise, works fine.
I always fill mine with the AFC off too and leave about a 5mm gap at the top, shouldn't really make much difference
I see kushy doesn't have any problems either, dunno...
@Kushy , the drip tip wobbles because it's a moving part I guess, you can't notice it when vaping so no biggy..
Ordered one from Vape Royalty on Friday, received it today. Everything is better than expected. I have the Maganus, and love it, but the overall quality is not that great. The Starre Pro is a work of art, very well done.
I'm using the .25 Ni coil right now, not really impressed with it. I have been playing with temp control for the last month, so far I'm not really sold on it. I think I still prefer kanthal. Whichever way I go with the coils, the top fill is well worth the switch.
I'm using the .25 Ni coil right now, not really impressed with it. I have been playing with temp control for the last month, so far I'm not really sold on it. I think I still prefer kanthal. Whichever way I go with the coils, the top fill is well worth the switch.
Hey guys, I got one of these however 2 times now my whole tank leaked into my pocket and I have no idea why. I know there is a leak control on the top but they have been in either position and it leaked both times.
I was walking down the road and noticed people looking at my package alot so I looked down and notice a huge stain because all 5 ml leaked on my jeans. I have done some reading but I have no found out what causes it to leak.
The 2nd time it leaked, I could tell there was some juice on the outside and while looking at it, the juice just started to flow out the bottom airholes. Any ideas?
I was walking down the road and noticed people looking at my package alot so I looked down and notice a huge stain because all 5 ml leaked on my jeans. I have done some reading but I have no found out what causes it to leak.
The 2nd time it leaked, I could tell there was some juice on the outside and while looking at it, the juice just started to flow out the bottom airholes. Any ideas?
Use my fill method. Clean the tank, fill with 2ml of juice and screw the top on, turn the cap to OFF and vape on it. It shouldn't leak, then you should have able to fill it up and vape away without problems.
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Welcome to my world. I spent hours starring at mine and it seemed unpredictable. So I don't feel I have a solid explanation so I can't trust it. BUT I will keep trying after vacation. I think the vacuum is pulling the chimney above the coil some way. The tiny hole under the cap is not a source of this much fluid.
Welcome to my world. I spent hours starring at mine and it seemed unpredictable. So I don't feel I have a solid explanation so I can't trust it. BUT I will keep trying after vacation. I think the vacuum is pulling the chimney above the coil some way. The tiny hole under the cap is not a source of this much fluid.
True mate, my friend has the same problem, it is starting to look like your right. He tried my filling method and it was ok but I agree, there is definitely a problem here and you should be able to just fill the tank and vape. The juice goes straight down the coil and out the afc. Please try my fill method when you get back. Funny thing is, I have still yet to have a leak on mine.
Enjoy your vacation.
I shall try your method. So far I have ran 3 tanks. 2 leaks and one worked without issue and I am not sure what was different but I will try it tomorrow. Thanks for the tip.
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