Help with the Orchid, please
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Nope;
well most people start in the shallow end and learn the basics.
You seem to have jumped straight into the deep end.
I just got one of these also, it's definitely newbie friendly. I'm not new to rba's but the one piece chimney and deck configuration on this one make it more difficult than a kayfun. Chances are you scorched the wicks a bit and that's why it's still tasting burnt. Like they said, get some cotton(cotton balls are fine, q-tip cotton works in a pinch). Re-wick it and try again. Once you've used it for awhile you'll start tasting a difference when you start to get a dry hit. If you start getting dry hits and don't want to re-wick it right away, you can cover the air holes and draw lightly on it to pull some juice into the chamber, too much and you'll flood though so lightly. Once cotton is burnt, it will continue to taste burnt.
I've always been an over achiever, what can I say? I've got my online shopping done, so that stuff will be here soon, but I'll be finding a local CVS tomorrow to try my hand at the wicking 
Thanks for all the help, y'all!
Thanks for all the help, y'all!
Okay, HOW did I scorch the wicks? I need to know so I don't do it again!
It wasn't quite wicking properly, or you took too long of a drag for how it was wicking.
Exactly that, I bet. I'm used to pulling way too long and hard. Dang it, I am at fault and not the B&M!
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It will be a bit of trial and error, but you'll get there soon
I made the mistake of filling mine completely, with a thicker juice and it's not wicking well right now either. I'm too lazy to empty it and re-wick right now so I've "adjusted" the airflow a bit with some tape, seems to be keeping up better now. Since this has no afc, I'll have to figure out the right balance of resistance and wicking to match the airflow and juice, but that's part of the fun!
I made the mistake of filling mine completely, with a thicker juice and it's not wicking well right now either. I'm too lazy to empty it and re-wick right now so I've "adjusted" the airflow a bit with some tape, seems to be keeping up better now. Since this has no afc, I'll have to figure out the right balance of resistance and wicking to match the airflow and juice, but that's part of the fun!
Do you know what your coil resistance is? You don't have to use it on the lancelot, you can use it on the vamo and adjust the vamo instead of having to build a coil to suit the lancelot;
It's easier if you start building on a regulated mod first; like riding a tricycle first before jumping on a bike.
It's supposed to be .5, but the Vamo registers it at .4
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Ok, now we have to ask, what battery are you using in the lancelot? Is it rated to handle at least 11 Amps?
It's an Efest 18650. The guy at the shop said it was right.
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Look what I found when I took the wicking out this morning. GROSS!!! Cleaned it all out well, dry burned, wicked it again (I DID IT ON MY OWN! WOOT), put it back together, and .... HEAVEN!
That is great. Good job!
Thanks for all your help!!
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...and I have burnt wicking again. So, I'll rewick it. But, does this mean I'm using too much cotton, I assume?
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