H2/Kanger/whatever coils tasting funky after vaping 1ml

[thatrandy]

I keep finding that after vaping around 1ml of ejuice, on any and every coil I use, It starts to taste funky, dirty, and just grimy.... this applies to both clear ejuice and dark juice equally... am I stupid or something? Im trying to wash it under hot water, then blow it out and pop it back on the tank, but besides that IDK what to do. AND IM NOT DRY BURNING (ive failed all 12+ times I've tried, and yes I know how to properly do it)

is it just me?

 

[Topwater Elvis]

Power level & resistance?

 

[thatrandy]

2.4 ohm, useally at 3.3 to 3.5 volts MAX

 

[Topwater Elvis]

Could be you're rapidly gunking up the coil & wicking material by under powering.
When the gunk finally gets warm enough to vaporize / burn off it has an odd off funky burnt taste.
When the wicking material gets grungy it severely restricts its wicking ability, which leads to dry / burnt funky hits.
3.3v / 2.4Ω = 4.5w
3.5v / 2.4Ω = 5.1w

 

[thatrandy]

Could be you're rapidly gunking up the coil & wicking material by under powering.
When the gunk finally gets warm enough to vaporize / burn off it has an odd off funky burnt taste.
When the wicking material gets grungy it severely restricts its wicking ability, which leads to dry / burnt funky hits.
3.3v / 2.4Ω = 4.5w
3.5v / 2.4Ω = 5.1w

so what do I do?

 

[edyle]

I keep finding that after vaping around 1ml of ejuice, on any and every coil I use, It starts to taste funky, dirty, and just grimy.... this applies to both clear ejuice and dark juice equally... am I stupid or something? Im trying to wash it under hot water, then blow it out and pop it back on the tank, but besides that IDK what to do. AND IM NOT DRY BURNING (ive failed all 12+ times I've tried, and yes I know how to properly do it)

is it just me?

what are you vaping with and what eliquid is it

 

[Topwater Elvis]

What power device are you using?
What delivery device? topper/ thing on top you put juice in.
With out knowing the basics;
Turn up the power or use a lower resistance head 1.8Ω ish.

Sweet flavors tend to gunk coils clog wicking material faster & burn easier.

 

[thatrandy]

what are you vaping with and what eliquid is it

vaping this ForePlay Signature Flavor | Gorilla Vapes its a chochalate covered strawberry flavor

 

[thatrandy]

What power device are you using?
What delivery device? topper/ thing on top you put juice in.
With out knowing the basics;
Turn up the power or use a lower resistance head 1.8Ω ish.

Sweet flavors tend to gunk coils clog wicking material faster & burn easier.

im using a MVP 2 and im using a HS-G2

 

[edyle]

vaping this ForePlay Signature Flavor | Gorilla Vapes its a chochalate covered strawberry flavor

try some unflavored; I bet you don't the problem with unflavored;

fancy flavors are more likely to muck up coils.

pg, vg, and nicotine are all compounds contain no metal elements. The contain elements like carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen.

But among the many substances that go into food flavors, many compounds will have metals of some sort; metals such as sodium, potassium, iron, calcium; when heat is applied to this stuff, salts or other not-so-easily vaporized stuff gets left back on the coil.
Basically the more metal content in the eliquid, the sooner it will gunk up coils

 

[thatrandy]

try some unflavored; I bet you don't the problem with unflavored;

fancy flavors are more likely to muck up coils.

pg, vg, and nicotine are all compounds contain no metal elements. The contain elements like carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen.

But among the many substances that go into food flavors, many compounds will have metals of some sort; metals such as sodium, potassium, iron, calcium; when heat is applied to this stuff, salts or other not-so-easily vaporized stuff gets left back on the coil.
Basically the more metal content in the eliquid, the sooner it will gunk up coils

But why vape if you can't use flavors, and how come no one else seems to have this problem?

 

[Topwater Elvis]

Do you mean GS-H2?

Sounds like its time to upgrade to a better delivery device.
Chocolate is a finicky flavor to find something that will work.

The tiny pieces of wicking material in a gsh2 won't wick very well and clog extremely fast. With a sweet gunky flavor like chocolate strawberry 1 ~ 3 ml is probably normal life.

 

[thatrandy]

Do you mean GS-H2?

Sounds like its time to upgrade to a better delivery device.
Chocolate is a finicky flavor to find something that will work.

The tiny pieces of wicking material in a gsh2 won't wick very well and clog extremely fast. With a sweet gunky flavor like chocolate strawberry 1 ~ 3 ml is probably normal life.

I have 1mm silica wick, should I try replacing the flavor wick maybe?

 

[Topwater Elvis]

IMO, you need a lot more wicking ability and wicking material to coil surface area than a gsh2 can provide no matter what you do to it.

 

[thatrandy]

will they last longer? and what are your suggestions?

 

[Topwater Elvis]

I don't vape flavors that cause coil gunking & wicking material clogging.
An RTA or RDA so that you can change wicking material as needed & re coil or dry burn to remove gunk, or an aspire nautilus.

IMO, it would be easier to find a different juice than find an off the shelf replaceable head delivery device that works well consistently with gunky juice.

Have you tried soaking the used heads in PGA overnight?
About the only sure way to remove coil gunk is to dry burn them.
Remove all wicking material, pulse fire button until even orangeish glow, rinse away burnt off gunk, re wick, prime.

Are you properly priming new / unused heads - Drip 1-2 drops down the center of the head and a few on each exposed piece of wick. Then assemble & fill tank allow them to sit for a few minutes in the filled tank, then take several un powered primer puffs before pressing the fire button.

Have you tried using watt mode on your mvp?
Start off around 6.5w ~ 7w and work your way up until you find what you like.