How many top-fill tanks / clearomizers are there?? I want a NO LEAK solution!!

[Vapoor eyes er]

Using Vision Vivi Nova tanks for over a year and no leaks. Also using IBTanked carto tanks without issue. As for the Vision Vivi Novas some have slight wicking issues- I never had BUT now use cotton wick in my rebuilds and it's far superior to the stock silica wick.

 

[bosun]

Have had good luck with my Vivi Nova v2.5. Top coil, top load, rebuildable coils. Slight amount of fluid on the battery's positive post but nothing a Q-tip can't handle. Now my ProTank 2 on the other hand...

 

[28if]

A quality carto tank like Phiniac or Ibtanked is about as leak free and fool proof as a delivery device gets.

Fill them from the top if using a flanged carto or from either end using unflanged carto.

Never saw the Phiniac tanks before - Thanks!!!

 

[28if]

A good carto tank such as the IBTanked, especially with a straight drip tip, such as those from Empire Mods, are leak-free and dead simple to use. To refill, slide the tank up so the top end cap is just above the drip tip, push the tank over, and fill with a dropper. Slide the tank back down, wipe the drip tip off and you're done. No tank tool needed. It's fast and easy.

Swapping out a clogged or dead carto is easy as well, even with a full tank. Remove the drip tip, put the 510 connection of the new, primed carto in the drip tip end of the old carto, and push the new carto down past the first o-ring. Flip the tank over and push the new carto up until the old one pops out the top and the new one slides past the second o-ring. Wipe the 510 connector off and install on the mod. No tank tool needed.

I am using these: SMOKTech Pyrex Glass DCTank V2 and am loving them. However they use flanged cartos with a recess on only one end of the tank. Is there an easy way to swap out the carto on these style tanks?

 

[tj99959]

That must have been a cheap tank. I use only pyrex cartotanks. With over a dozen cartotanks used over the last 18 months I've never had a single cartotank leak. Spend some money on a decent quality tank and you will not see a leak.

Why in the world have you needed a couple of dozen carto tanks?!? That gives the impression that they wear out or something.
I bought three when they first hit the market place in 2011, and I'm still using those same three tanks.

I am using these: SMOKTech Pyrex Glass DCTank V2 and am loving them. However they use flanged cartos with a recess on only one end of the tank. Is there an easy way to swap out the carto on these style tanks?

SmokTech tanks are made with one goal in mind ... to force you to buy SmokTech cartos. They could give the tanks away because of the carto sales they have generated.
I have to say that it was a good market strategy, and one that is followed by almost every clearo maker today. They lock the consumer into buying their replaceable heads.

 

[440BB]

The Kanger T2 is my favorite top fill clearo. 2.5ml capacity, easy to fill, easy to swap heads and leaking if any, is rare. Making the sure the head is screwed on tight is the only thing to check after a refill, otherwise a no-brainer tasty vape.

 

[NicoHolic]

I am using these: SMOKTech Pyrex Glass DCTank V2 and am loving them. However they use flanged cartos with a recess on only one end of the tank. Is there an easy way to swap out the carto on these style tanks?

Not that I'm aware of. The only reason I can imagine for flanges are for those who can't remember not to try to pull a drip tip off the carto unless it's attached to a mod. Using straight drip tips, I hardly ever remove the drip tip.

 

[DoctorBuzz]

What about the joyetech eComs??? They say they're leak free, but is it really so?

I highly doubt I'll buy this since it's probably too expensive compared to other VV/VW ego-style devices... but it's not entirely out of the question.

The "VV/VW" you note is a battery - it won't leak. What you slap on top may. So........ "define LEAK".

Senile Old Man Don

It's all in the details.

It's definitely all in the details. Have you looked into the eCom? It's got completely NEW threading compared to any other vape, AFAIK. So.... the "leak-free" tank design is "tied" to its paired battery... at least for the time being.

 

[DoctorBuzz]

Define "LEAK". Some folks consider the normal "seeping" from a BCC on to the top of the battery as "leaking". Others accept it as part of the design.

Are you getting wet hands or a spot on the battery? It's a big difference. Typically coil related - 'normal' or 'abnormal'. Just "leaking' is not specific enough I don't believe.

Senile Old Man Don ............

I think defining ZERO should be the optimum keyword, here. There should definitely be ZERO juice on the battery. There should be ZERO wet hands.

Top fill tanks give this. There have been a few others mentioned here that seem to be "quality" tanks I'll need to look into.

I might try the Kayfun Lite clone. They look pretty cool from what I've seen so far.

I find it tough to believe that a cartotank would be mentioned in this thread, particularly when one user cited needing 18 of them to find the good ones. They are the leakiest of them all. Sure, you could get a good one every now and then, but the cartotank design is flawed from my very short time in VapeLand, IMHO.

 

[440BB]

Even my favorite top fill clearos will leave a drop on the battery, but it is only something I notice when I remove it, not a gurgling problem or a leak that goes any farther. If there is such a clearo, I haven't found it yet.

 

[edyle]

I think defining ZERO should be the optimum keyword, here. There should definitely be ZERO juice on the battery. There should be ZERO wet hands.

Top fill tanks give this. There have been a few others mentioned here that seem to be "quality" tanks I'll need to look into.

I might try the Kayfun Lite clone. They look pretty cool from what I've seen so far.

I find it tough to believe that a cartotank would be mentioned in this thread, particularly when one user cited needing 18 of them to find the good ones. They are the leakiest of them all. Sure, you could get a good one every now and then, but the cartotank design is flawed from my very short time in VapeLand, IMHO.

The Kayfuns are bottom coil rebuildables.

The top coil rebuildables are usually called Genesis type.

 

[NicoHolic]

IMO, the only way you'll never have a drop on the battery positive post with any juice delivery device that has a drilled 510 positive post is if you aren't using it. Condensation happens in the air tube.

 

[evan le'garde]

Self-explanatory title.

My buddy first started off with a cartotank on his eGo. MAJOR leakage.

Another buddy got a Kanger Mini PT 2. MINOR leakage from the bottom, since it's bottom fill. (Perhaps this will become less with experience and knowledge of the tank, but still wanting a better solution.)

Another friend has a clearomizer that NEVER leaks, altho, she does complain that it will sometimes pull thru the tip if it's turned upside down. However, I've never experienced this like I have with the other two options.

Are all clearomizers top-fill like hers? I really think that her solution is the best. Altho, the Kanger does TASTE better. I feel that a more portable solution should be leak free. What are my options??

The tube that you draw through goes straight to the coil. There is nothing stopping the tiniest teeniest drops of fluid leaking out of there when it's tipped up. I'm not going to pretend i have experience with every single model there is, however, i'll go out on a limb and say you won't find any clearo that won't do this.

Cartotanks wouldn't because they have filler in. Although condesation still occurs.

Protanks are clearo's that fill from the bottom. If you use a thicker fluid then there is little leakage, trace in fact. You still get a little fluid out of the top because it condenses as you use it. Whether you have a clearo that fills from the bottom or from the top the same "minor issues" occur. Your friends protank doesn't leak because it's bottom fill, it's because fluid drips off the coil and down through the tube and onto the battery terminal, but this leakage really is minimal with any clearo if a thicker solution is being used.

If you want a clearo that doesn't leak in a way that may seem excessive, get a protank II. It will still leak condensation from the top when tipped up, and tiny drops of fluid will get to the battery terminal. In a 24 hour period the leakage from the bottom is negligible. If you use thin fluids it will leak a lot more. You didn't mention what base liquids were being used in you friends devices. That most certainly would make all the difference. Just get yourself some q tips and kitchen towel to keep the tubes and battery terminals dry. Tools of the trade if you like !.

 

[edyle]

The tube that you draw through goes straight to the coil. There is nothing stopping the tiniest teeniest drops of fluid leaking out of there when it's tipped up. I'm not going to pretend i have experience with every single model there is, however, i'll go out on a limb and say you won't find any clearo that won't do this.

Cartotanks wouldn't because they have filler in. Although condesation still occurs.

Protanks are clearo's that fill from the bottom. If you use a thicker fluid then there is little leakage, trace in fact. You still get a little fluid out of the top because it condenses as you use it. Whether you have a clearo that fills from the bottom or from the top the same "minor issues" occur. Your friends protank doesn't leak because it's bottom fill, it's because fluid drips off the coil and down through the tube and onto the battery terminal, but this leakage really is minimal with any clearo if a thicker solution is being used.

If you want a clearo that doesn't leak in a way that may seem excessive, get a protank II. It will still leak condensation from the top when tipped up, and tiny drops of fluid will get to the battery terminal. In a 24 hour period the leakage from the bottom is negligible. If you use thin fluids it will leak a lot more. You didn't mention what base liquids were being used in you friends devices. That most certainly would make all the difference. Just get yourself some q tips and kitchen towel to keep the tubes and battery terminals dry. Tools of the trade if you like !.

The small amount of seepage that occurs and gets into the center tube and go down to the battery should not really be a problem, but, because of the 510 interface (the screw on threads), even a small amount getting down there causes very noticeable performance problems;

to solve that problem on a protank2, you get the miniprotank base, and youd want to had an extra inverted topcap onthe atomizer to get it to fit.

That way a small amount of seepage does not end up clogging up the space that would be used by a 510 connector. The topper would screw down on the outer eGo threads and not on the tight inner 510 threads at the center post