How long should it last?

[NADman]

Hi from the great white Frozen north,
I'm using the Itaste v3 VV batteries, which work great, and Kanger BBC.
I'm using 2.2 ohm coils and running 3.8 V and 6.5 W but I have to change
coils more than once a day cause it really starts to taste bad. Wondering
If I should up or down the power. I set it up according to some charts I found here.

 

[mitch655]

Go down on the volts to 3.3 setting and then work your way back up to what taste good. I use the itaste vv with a mini pro tank 2 and usually keep mine at 3.5 to 3.6 v and it last me 4 days or so

 

[NADman]

Thanks
I hope you're not under a winter blanket like us.

 

[ohkay]

I'm using a v3 with a Kanger T3S its running around 3.8v with 2.2ohm coils (reads 2.4 on the v3) and havent had any issues. I've had this same coil for a few days now. Try lowering your settings and slowly going up as stated above.

 

[TheReign]

Not sure why the coils are going bad so quick, Usually thats the right voltage that I use for my Clearos at 2.0 ohms. Maybe the cold has something to due with it? As said above tinkering with your Voltage/watts level will help to try to solve the issue, What juice are you using? PGVG levels?

 

[Simply Red]

Hi from the great white Frozen north,
I'm using the Itaste v3 VV batteries, which work great, and Kanger BBC.
I'm using 2.2 ohm coils and running 3.8 V and 6.5 W but I have to change
Coils more than once a day cause it really starts to taste bad. Wondering
If I should up or down the power. I set it up according to some charts I found here.

When you set your volts or watts, that's what the setting is as to say if you set 3.8v the watts will adjust accordingly and visa versa. 3.8 is kinda high for a 2.2, IMHO. Try 3.4 or 3.5 and see how that works for you.

 

[NADman]

The battery gives me the option of setting the Watts. Makes it more confusing.

 

[ImThatGuy]

How much liquid are you going through a day? What kind of liquid (color depth)? The darker the liquid the more it will gunk up the coil. 3.8 volts or 7 watts is okay for a 2.2ohm resistance. You can go as high as 4.4 volts or even 8.8 watts.

 

[Baditude]

The battery gives me the option of setting the Watts. Makes it more confusing.

You can set your V3 up in either watts mode or voltage mode; it will be either one or the other. Which one to use is personal preference, but they both get you to the same place eventually. I would get familiar with one or the other first to get the routine down pat.

 

[Mikie]

wow yeah you shouldn't be needing to change your coils daily I don't think. I use PT's and usually 2.2 ohm heads, and 3.8 is fine. Some flavors I like lower and some I like a little higher.

Your juice, or your draw time might be the culprit. It's already been asked about your juice, but how long to you take a draw each time? Too long and you could be drying out your wick. I go no more than 5 seconds, but when i do, I release the button while still drawing air in to saturate the wick some more, and then fire a gain a few more seconds.

 

[evan le'garde]

I use a protank or two. 2.5ohm coils, and depending on the juice, i'd normally vape at 4.3v, and i use 100vg. My coils last, literally weeks, three or four weeks. When i fill up a tank i leave about three millimetres empty because it messes with the pressure in the tank, i'd get a burnt taste with every draw if i filled it to the top. When the tank gets down to about three millimetres from the bottom it starts to gurgle, because the coil is flooded, there is a lack of pressure in the tank, so i'll take off the tip, hold some tissue over the hole and shake it upsidedown for about half a minute, and then clean out the tube with a q tip. I'd vape again for a while and it would start gurgling again. Then i just repeat the shaking process. After that i'll finish the tank with no more problems. It works like this with every tankfull. It's how my protank works !.

If you overfill the tank the liquid will burn when you vape with it.

 

[WakeUpDead]

WOW, changing coils twice a day, no no that isnt good and shouldnt be that way. You have to be burning the crap out of those wiks and coils to have to change them due to taste and it sounds like its a wicking issue.

Are you using a VG heavy juice? or a dark flavor? How about removing some of the wick in the coil and see if you get better juice flow.

Something has to be wrong to have to change coils twice a day.

Good luck man it has to be frustrating for you.

 

[Grimwald]

I've had juices that gunked a coil in one tank. I mostly use unflavored which will get me a week or so. Sometimes it's all in the juice.

 

[cloudjunkie323]

Hi from the great white Frozen north,
I'm using the Itaste v3 VV batteries, which work great, and Kanger BBC.
I'm using 2.2 ohm coils and running 3.8 V and 6.5 W but I have to change
Coils more than once a day cause it really starts to taste bad. Wondering
If I should up or down the power. I set it up according to some charts I found here.

Start by adjusting the voltage to about 3.4 and get familiarized with the consistency of how you actually feel comfortable so work your way up from there you won't have to switch out your coils that often.

 

[NADman]

I think you're right. The first juice I bought is very dark and thick compared to the new flavor. Like the difference between 0-20 synthetic and 40 weight. Also the first stuff does not tell me the ingredients. The new flavors are 70PG 30VG. Burns a lot nicer.
All the input has been very helpful.