Help! Its Like I Started Vaping All Over Again!

[TheDarthJager]

So I just got my MVP to replace my SVD that just broke and it came with a iTaste 30 and...well...I don't really know how to work with clearos. I've been using cartos for the last few months and have got them down to a science, or so I think. But I don't have a clue the ins and outs of clearos. I've been vaping it the last few hours since I got it and I've been getting some burnt dry hits. I've played with the voltage and wattage but still get that burnt hit once in a while.

If someone whos played with clearos before would be so kind, could I get some pointers? I like this clearo and I'd hate to shelf it because it keeps giving me burnt hits.

Thanks Guys.

 

[Bubba]

You're getting the dry hits because of the long wicks on that clearo. A lot of people use the "tilt and swirl" method to get the juice to the top of the clearo faster to combat this. Your juice has to travel up (defying gravity no less) all those long wicks to get where it needs to go. Tilt it back, swirl it around, and you should be good to go

 

[GetVaked]

Clearos are great, I however, prefer BCCs. Bottom coil clearos. The wick is always saturated and there are never any dry hits, given you are using a 50/50 or higher PG blend. If you are using 100 VG I recommend removing the "flavor wicks", or you will get insufficient juice feeding, and subsequently, dry hits.

Top coil clearos can be good, but now days people SEEM to prefer the BCCs, YMMV. And yes, tilt-and-swirl is the method for those top coil clearomizers as previously mentioned.

 

[TheDarthJager]

Right now I've got some 40/60 and I have noticed that the "tilt and swirl" has helped.

 

[Ken_A]

agree. I have been using only BCC devices for several months. I have the Protank - Puritank - T3 - MT3 - and lately have fallen in love with the odly shapped, yet fantastic working Tumbler.

 

[TheDarthJager]

Hmmm...maybe I should resign myself to getting a protank of some other bottom coil device.

 

[Bubba]

I've never been a fan of the top coil design. The two biggest downsides for me were - 1. Flavor muted compared to carto tank or BCC, and 2. no good for chain vaping (the tilt and swirl)

If you do get into the BCC's, I've used the VapeOnly Mega BCC with pretty good results. ProTank works well but the original version had way to airy of a draw for me. I've heard (but not used) the evods are good too. I've got a PT2 on the way now because they allegedly tightened up the draw on them. If not, keep an eye on the classifieds, lol

 

[Bubba]

lately have fallen in love with the odly shapped, yet fantastic working Tumbler.

What is the Tumbler? Pics or it didn't happen...

 

[CommaHolly]

I even had that problem with bottom coil EVODs.

Hated them.

Glad the tilt and swirl is helping,,,,,,,,

 

[TheDarthJager]

I even had that problem with bottom coil EVODs.

Hated them.

Dude seriously ...... the Evod. I bought one and within an hour it stuck a metal sliver in my finger from the stainless steel sleeve on it and dumped juice on me twice cause the post caught on the connector of my ego.

Yeah, ...... that little s**t!

 

[Butters78]

Clearos are great, I however, prefer BCCs. Bottom coil clearos. The wick is always saturated and there are never any dry hits, given you are using a 50/50 or higher PG blend. If you are using 100 VG I recommend removing the "flavor wicks", or you will get insufficient juice feeding, and subsequently, dry hits.

Top coil clearos can be good, but now days people SEEM to prefer the BCCs, YMMV. And yes, tilt-and-swirl is the method for those top coil clearomizers as previously mentioned.

 

[TheDarthJager]

Win, pure and utter win.

 

[Ken_A]

What is the Tumbler? Pics or it didn't happen...

Actually, although a guy, I posted a pic in the girly thread, but I got them from madvapes. I just ordered a couple of color ones from there too

Colored Tumbler Bottom Coil Tanks

Loads of vapor and flavor!

 

[GetVaked]

Evods are great. Have one on the ProV right now, if you buy one, get a legit version from Litecigusa or something. The fasttech ones I had all leaked from the view ports, the real one works flawlessly.

 

[Rocketpunk]

Well, basically, with any clearo, unless it's a bottom coil atty, you just unscrew the mouthpiece, pour in the juice, and vape. If you know the atomizer's resistance, adjust the volts accordingly (if you're using variable voltage).

You're going to get funky and gunky hits because clearos are inherently flawed. People come in all the time complaining they have to "swish and slosh it around" to get a decent hit. I'm like, "Really? All you have to do... is fill it back up..."

Clearos are great for entry level vaping. And I'm assuming many vapers still prefer clearos. But, well... if you don't mind those wonky hits, leaking, et al., clearos are ok, I guess.

So I just got my MVP to replace my SVD that just broke and it came with a iTaste 30 and...well...I don't really know how to work with clearos. I've been using cartos for the last few months and have got them down to a science, or so I think. But I don't have a clue the ins and outs of clearos. I've been vaping it the last few hours since I got it and I've been getting some burnt dry hits. I've played with the voltage and wattage but still get that burnt hit once in a while.

If someone whos played with clearos before would be so kind, could I get some pointers? I like this clearo and I'd hate to shelf it because it keeps giving me burnt hits.

Thanks Guys.

 

[TheDarthJager]

Nah, I'm a carto man personally. Just wanted to find at least one clearo that I liked.

Also rocket, you've been posting like crazy. Whats the deal bro?

 

[SASmith]

I am one of the few who like top coil clearos, I find when they are new there is a little break in period and they really improve after the first fill up. I normally fill them up and let them sit for a while and I don't have to tilt that much but ..... I lay my PV's down and don't stand them up......as I tend to knock them over. I don't own an iclear 30 but I wouldn't give up on it just yet, my favorite bottom coil clearo is the VapeOnly Mega BCC .

 

[tom_chang79]

Well, basically, with any clearo, unless it's a bottom coil atty, you just unscrew the mouthpiece, pour in the juice, and vape. If you know the atomizer's resistance, adjust the volts accordingly (if you're using variable voltage).

You're going to get funky and gunky hits because clearos are inherently flawed. People come in all the time complaining they have to "swish and slosh it around" to get a decent hit. I'm like, "Really? All you have to do... is fill it back up..."

Clearos are great for entry level vaping. And I'm assuming many vapers still prefer clearos. But, well... if you don't mind those wonky hits, leaking, et al., clearos are ok, I guess.

The biggest flaw I've seen in BCCs are that they have a dinky wick... The wick can't keep up with how fast it is losing its fluid vaping off of it from the heated coil, so if you taste burnt taste, lower your volts/watts...

All things considered, my RBA produced a ton of vapor, but I only take my clearos out with me because they are more robust IMO. I use the fixed drip tip clearos, such as the Protank and the T3S, so I don't worry about losing my drip tip, or spilling juice all over the deck of my RBA...

I would recommend T3S to start with, this was my newb setup when I first started, and they seem to be more reliable than my Protanks... Protank is awesone because of the glass tank, but they are a bit finicky...

Also, don't unscrew it off your base grabbing the body of the tank, always unscrew it by the base, so you don't accidentally unscrew the body off...

 

[LeoRex]

Also, don't unscrew it off your base grabbing the body of the tank, always unscrew it by the base, so you don't accidentally unscrew the body off...

QFT

Did that once.... once.... only saving grace was that my juice was thick enough to not dump out before I noticed. Now, I always loosen my Vamo's ring to get at the base.

 

[Ken_A]

The biggest flaw I've seen in BCCs are that they have a dinky wick... The wick can't keep up with how fast it is losing its fluid vaping off of it from the heated coil, so if you taste burnt taste, lower your volts/watts...

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um... Gonna disagree with the reasoning there. The small wick means that the juice that it is always sitting I has less distance to travel to get to the wire. As opposed to long top wicks where you fight gravity and therefore have to tip to wet the wick.

If you are getting dry hits, then it is either too high on the volts/watts as you said, or the tiny hole that the wick goes through restricts the flow too much. Take out a flavor wick or two, or use a more narrow main wick and the problem gets solved.

I do not remove any wicks and vape 50/50 juice at 6 watts or between 3.6 and 4.2 volts.