this ^^^^^ I had the same taste as long as it was just washed it wass good but after a few vapes the metal taste was bad i use a plastic tip and love my protank 2
I think I hate my protank2 or maybe it's the svd...HELP!
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this ^^^^^ I had the same taste as long as it was just washed it wass good but after a few vapes the metal taste was bad i use a plastic tip and love my protank 2
I have been having the same problem with my protank 2 as well. I still haven't found a solution and i'm pretty torqued over it still. (side note im tinkering with it as I type.)
The burnt/metallic taste is a function of the power being delivered to the coil, the ability of the wick to move liquid to the coil, and the viscosity of the liquid you are trying to atomize. Once you are sure that the tank is clean, then varying either power, resistance or liquid will solve almost any problem with a BCC.
Vary one thing at a time.
Replacing the flavor wicks with cotton or cotton cheesecloth will improve the ability of the wicking system to get liquid to the coil.
Dropping the voltage on your battery will improve the system's ability to atomize the liquid that is present. The lower the resistance on the coil, the better your wicks must perform at any given voltage delivered.
Very thick, VG-based liquids have trouble moving across silica wicks. Cotton greatly improves the system's ability to wick the liquid. VG liquids degrade wick performance rapidly. We trade the flavor and vapor production with these liquids for coil/wick life.
Please ignore any advice you get to remove the flavor wicks. Those things are there for a reason. If anything, replace them with cotton or add to them with cotton.
Vary one thing at a time.
Replacing the flavor wicks with cotton or cotton cheesecloth will improve the ability of the wicking system to get liquid to the coil.
Dropping the voltage on your battery will improve the system's ability to atomize the liquid that is present. The lower the resistance on the coil, the better your wicks must perform at any given voltage delivered.
Very thick, VG-based liquids have trouble moving across silica wicks. Cotton greatly improves the system's ability to wick the liquid. VG liquids degrade wick performance rapidly. We trade the flavor and vapor production with these liquids for coil/wick life.
Please ignore any advice you get to remove the flavor wicks. Those things are there for a reason. If anything, replace them with cotton or add to them with cotton.
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I swear the Protank II blows... now its leaking and gurgling... I can not win with this vape stuff. About to go back to my K101 with Protank Mini
It's probably the SVD. I'm running a pro tank II on my Itaste VW and it blows my iClear30 out of the water
I got my Protank 2 yesterday and absolutely hated it. My Evod on a tiny ego-t was outperforming the PT2. After reading many responses to PT2 gripe posts I tried a few things that really helped. First I washed everything out with alcohol for maybe 5 mins. Then soaked it in clean water for 15 mins. I also replaced the coil that it came with a new 1.8 ohm coil. I now get very good flavor and vapor. I also do not take the flavor wicks out as I'm sure there is a purpose for them being there. Good luck and don't give up. YMMV.
Well I put in a 2.8 ohm in my protank mini and added some bobas bounty in with my pg kamol blend. I must say it's a really good vape on my vamo 2 and the metallic burnt taste is gone. I'm also cranking it at 5 volts. I know everyone says it's too much but I'm getting better vape and flavor. Trial and error I guess.
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I absolutely hate the itaste svd and the protank 2. My evod on ego crushes it. For no reason, 4.0 volts to 5.0. Then switch to watt, 8 to 10. Still nothing, then 1.9 ohm to 2.4, etc.... The protank performs fine on my ego. Kinda weak compared to the evod. Then put it on the svd. Crap, pull out wicks, floods. Hit it for about a min straight to get a decent hit. Super annoying. Why is the ego so much better. And why is the 5 dollar evod better than the 20 protank 2. Also the protank 2 glass is super fragile. Already broke one.
It's running too dry I bet. You want to see bubbles rise from the wick every 4 vapes or so. Definately remove a flavor wick, if no good bubbles, Remove the cup seal on the top of the coil, still not good bubbles rising loosen te tank a little Till you see a Bubble rise. I've been using t3s and protank for while. I run my protank 1 with the tank loose sometimes up to 4 turns. I like it that way because I can tighten it to slow the wicking.
Try it out and let me know if it helps you flavor getting a good saturated wick. If your not seeing bubbles rise well then your not getting the best flavor from the protank.
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Try it out and let me know if it helps you flavor getting a good saturated wick. If your not seeing bubbles rise well then your not getting the best flavor from the protank.
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I can confirm that w/ no cleaning and switching the tip to an acrylic tip there is no longer any metallic taste and I love vaping the Protank again
I swapped my coil head to a 2.5 ohm coil and DID NOT TAKE OUT THE FLAVOR WICK on 100% VG juice no leaking or flooding in 4 tanks. Absolutely love the Protank II now. I guess leave it how it is because they sold it like for a reason.
I have tried taking a wick out of my protank and al that happened was leaking and flooding.
What he said if you over tighten the protanks I think a vacuum is created and it has problems wicking. Tighten it down then back it off a turn or so, as you do this you will see bubbles rise.
I love my protanks have the 1 and 2 and the mini...I grew accustomed to the feel of SS on my lips...but will sometimes put a silicone friend tip on the 1 or the mini...I bought the 2 so I could change the tip but havent purchased any yet
This happened to me after 2 days of using my ProTankI. I blamed the tank because the evods didn't taste that way. Then I realized all my juice tasted the same even out of the evods. I realized it started after I ate some extremely HOT pizza. Took a week and the normal taste returned. Hope this helps.So here's the deal, I've been vaping for a month now. Started with an egot with ce4s. I hated the ce4s so I switched to evods. LOVE those. Got bored with the egot and decided to upgrade to an itaste svd. With that upgrade I decided to get a protank2. THOUGHT I liked the new tank until I strapped it on my svd. Now every vape gets worse and worse. There's the horrible metallic taste. I've cleaned this thing probably 20 times. Changed the heads. You name it. Tried different juices by different vendors with different pg/vg ratios at various voltages and still the same problem. I can take the exact same head and put it on an evod and strap that to my svd and the flavor is spot on. I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong. Since I got this thing I have barely vaped, even with my egot. Everything now has that taste that is horrid. Anyone have an idea of what I am doing wrong or what I can do to fix this?
It's a fine balance in the right amount of wicking for your juice. The stock head is designed with 100% pg in mind.. Find a point in where its doesnt leak but yet alows bubbles to rise. It may come Down to single strands of silica to get it Right. Balance of juice thickness, wicking, cup seal, and tightness of tank, which compresses the cup seal tighter possibly choking wicks back. Cup seal can help that in between spot add it to slow wicking or remove to increase.
Check it this is how I run my pro1 most the time while vaping, 100vg, 4 - 1mm wicks 2-4 turns loose. Tighten back down if traveling, start closed vape till no fill gurgle if you have, start loosening. NO leaks no gurgling, controllable juice flow. (Inspired by the oddy which is much better a clone for 25.00) Welcome to flavor town beat the protank can get.
Check it this is how I run my pro1 most the time while vaping, 100vg, 4 - 1mm wicks 2-4 turns loose. Tighten back down if traveling, start closed vape till no fill gurgle if you have, start loosening. NO leaks no gurgling, controllable juice flow. (Inspired by the oddy which is much better a clone for 25.00) Welcome to flavor town beat the protank can get.
Water won't 'wash off' machine oils. When I first cleaned my PT-2 the one and only part that was seriously gross was the inside of the drip tip. Take the o-ring off of it and actually scrub it down. I used a twisted up piece of paper towel to clean the inside and black-ness came out. On 2 protanks actually...so do that even if you aren't getting a metallic taste.
Also, anyone with a PT-1 or mini-1: If you start tasting a horrible chemical taste, do NOT assume it's your juice or something and continue using it. You could be smoking epoxy. I kept trying different things, thinking it was the juice or the coil, when it was really the glue burning. Chest pains, shortness of breath, not good at all. Look at the base of the tank on the inside under the threads, you should see the CLEAR adhesive with little air bubbles in it. If you see any YELLOW, stop using it.
One more thing, yes different devices work differently with different batteries. None of this is 100% standardized yet. Yeah there's the different standard threading, but that's about it. On one battery, a device might screw down too far and block the airflow to the devices airhole in the 510 connnection. If the draw is too tight, you might flood it. Another batteries positive pin may be too high, like on my provari mini. There's too much airflow with a protank 2 just snug on it, and no airflow if you try to tighten it down so everything is flush. Too airy and it's going to burn the wick.
This doesn't mean the PT-2 is crap, it means the lack of standardization and adjustability on batteries and devices is crap. No glue is a HUGE win though and the design is great. What needs to happen is all batteries need the exact same dimensions, and all devices need adjustable air flow. The industry is getting there though. I haven't had the best experience with the PT-2 on a provari mini, but that doesn't mean it's a bad device. Inhaling burning epoxy/adhesives IS very bad though. Just some thoughts.
You might want to also consider looking at the Kayfun lite, Kayfun mini 2.1, the Russian, and soon to come out Russian 91%. Pricey, but how much did you spend on cigarettes every month? I finally decided to bite the bullet and get a BS-free device.
Also, anyone with a PT-1 or mini-1: If you start tasting a horrible chemical taste, do NOT assume it's your juice or something and continue using it. You could be smoking epoxy. I kept trying different things, thinking it was the juice or the coil, when it was really the glue burning. Chest pains, shortness of breath, not good at all. Look at the base of the tank on the inside under the threads, you should see the CLEAR adhesive with little air bubbles in it. If you see any YELLOW, stop using it.
One more thing, yes different devices work differently with different batteries. None of this is 100% standardized yet. Yeah there's the different standard threading, but that's about it. On one battery, a device might screw down too far and block the airflow to the devices airhole in the 510 connnection. If the draw is too tight, you might flood it. Another batteries positive pin may be too high, like on my provari mini. There's too much airflow with a protank 2 just snug on it, and no airflow if you try to tighten it down so everything is flush. Too airy and it's going to burn the wick.
This doesn't mean the PT-2 is crap, it means the lack of standardization and adjustability on batteries and devices is crap. No glue is a HUGE win though and the design is great. What needs to happen is all batteries need the exact same dimensions, and all devices need adjustable air flow. The industry is getting there though. I haven't had the best experience with the PT-2 on a provari mini, but that doesn't mean it's a bad device. Inhaling burning epoxy/adhesives IS very bad though. Just some thoughts.
You might want to also consider looking at the Kayfun lite, Kayfun mini 2.1, the Russian, and soon to come out Russian 91%. Pricey, but how much did you spend on cigarettes every month? I finally decided to bite the bullet and get a BS-free device.
change the driptip and resistance and try again, im very happy with my protank 2
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