I have several sub ohm tanks, such as the Kanger subtank nano, mini and plus. I also have an Arctic and an Atlantis. All these tanks are very high quality, well made and designed.
I guess I got spoiled and assumed that all name brand non-clone (I have nothing against clones) tanks live up to this status. Boy was I surprised when I unboxed the Matrix. I wish I had read the reviews.
The box seemed like it was a well made and quality product, was my first impression. Even after I got the tank in my hands it felt well built and quality. All that ended when I tried to open the tank to fill the juice. Since there was no instructions included in the box and my phone was in the other room I attempted to open the tank myself. Figured it would be an easy job. As I began to attempt to unscrew the base of the tank all that would happen was the air flow adjustment would spin. The tank has no were to grip the base when you try to unscrew the top or bottom. best I could do is grab the lower part of the base around the 510 and turn. I felt like I was going to break the glass/plastic.
When I finally got the tank apart to fill it. I realized that the top cap was what unscrewed and the glass was still attached to the base. Because of the way the tank is designed you can fill from the top unless you just want to fill 1/3 capacity. This struck me as odd since the only way to change coils would be to remove the glass from the base. So I started to work on getting the glass apart from the base. More feeling like I was going to break the glass. When it finally did come apart I noted that the glass has two O-rings attached to the glass at the base. Upon further inspection I realized that the O-rings have a drop of glue on a small part of the glass making them stuck to the glass in one small spot. This struck me as very cheesy and no where as well designed as other tanks I have ever owned.
As I looked further I noticed that although the base has two O-rings the top cap of the tank has NO gasket. I thought maybe I lost one, which was doubtful since I was doing this on a work area where that would show any lose parts. Googled it and found several people with the same experience as me.
I put the tank together without filling it and put it back in its box. I read several reviews that stated that the tank was prone to leaking unless you messed with it so that everything is just right.
I also read that once working right the tank is a pretty good tank, but it takes just the right amount of tuning to get it to this state after each refill.
My suggestion for anyone looking at this tank...buy another brand of tank instead. Kanger, Atlantis, Arctic, those tanks are proven to work well and are not as big of a chore to change juice.
I'm sure the Matrix performs about as well as the other big name tanks on the market right now, but what a hassle.
I guess I got spoiled and assumed that all name brand non-clone (I have nothing against clones) tanks live up to this status. Boy was I surprised when I unboxed the Matrix. I wish I had read the reviews.
The box seemed like it was a well made and quality product, was my first impression. Even after I got the tank in my hands it felt well built and quality. All that ended when I tried to open the tank to fill the juice. Since there was no instructions included in the box and my phone was in the other room I attempted to open the tank myself. Figured it would be an easy job. As I began to attempt to unscrew the base of the tank all that would happen was the air flow adjustment would spin. The tank has no were to grip the base when you try to unscrew the top or bottom. best I could do is grab the lower part of the base around the 510 and turn. I felt like I was going to break the glass/plastic.
When I finally got the tank apart to fill it. I realized that the top cap was what unscrewed and the glass was still attached to the base. Because of the way the tank is designed you can fill from the top unless you just want to fill 1/3 capacity. This struck me as odd since the only way to change coils would be to remove the glass from the base. So I started to work on getting the glass apart from the base. More feeling like I was going to break the glass. When it finally did come apart I noted that the glass has two O-rings attached to the glass at the base. Upon further inspection I realized that the O-rings have a drop of glue on a small part of the glass making them stuck to the glass in one small spot. This struck me as very cheesy and no where as well designed as other tanks I have ever owned.
As I looked further I noticed that although the base has two O-rings the top cap of the tank has NO gasket. I thought maybe I lost one, which was doubtful since I was doing this on a work area where that would show any lose parts. Googled it and found several people with the same experience as me.
I put the tank together without filling it and put it back in its box. I read several reviews that stated that the tank was prone to leaking unless you messed with it so that everything is just right.
I also read that once working right the tank is a pretty good tank, but it takes just the right amount of tuning to get it to this state after each refill.
My suggestion for anyone looking at this tank...buy another brand of tank instead. Kanger, Atlantis, Arctic, those tanks are proven to work well and are not as big of a chore to change juice.
I'm sure the Matrix performs about as well as the other big name tanks on the market right now, but what a hassle.
