ILeaf istick 30 questions

[r77r7r]

OP, it's just a learning curve, don't give up, most have gone through this short period and ended up fine.
Best wishes

 

[Greenfish]

For a pt 2 mini or evod, you are using the ego adapter...so maybe that's the problem.

I am using the adapter. I have the nautilus mini tank on order as many have advised. Maybe that will end my troubles.

 

[Greenfish]

You folks are giving me so much information which is greatly appreciated and I see no way to respond to all so I am going to keep reading and look into most of it.
Just to update you all. The ileaf is growing on me but am concerned it might not be reading ohms correctly and have sent to messages to the seller with no response yet letting him know of my concern. I opened a new box of 2.2s and got a reading of 3.4 ohm. With your advice, I am using it on watts mode and works OK only if I wait till the led display dissapears before hitting it again. If I double hit(I always hot boxed my cigs) it before the display goes off or use it while charging, it like doubles the power and I get a burned hit. Strange, but maybe that's how it's supposed to work. On volt mode, the power lever remains the same but I cannot turn it down past 4.2 volts. Sometimes it will let me get it to 4 but resets to 4.2 or 4.4 for the next puff. I have never been able to get less than 4 volts. What sort of tank could I use so I don't need an adapter that might be throwing the reading off? Thanks again all. I'll check back as time allows.

 

[Greenfish]

He said its reading it at 3.5 ohms. Ya think that might have something to do with it?

I hold the fire button usually around 5 seconds. Any longer, it taste burned. I have been using 30/70 juice the last couple days. Any thicker is where I have discovered more server burning. Certainly a learning curve with this unit.

 

[Greenfish]

OP, it's just a learning curve, don't give up, most have gone through this short period and ended up fine.
Best wishes

Fantastic! Thx

 

[Greenfish]

I can easily imagine an iStick ripping through a PT3 coil in seconds. Once it's killed, it's killed.
Next time, put the iStick into watts (3 clicks, if it's in volts).
Scroll down to 5 or 6 watts and work up from there. You'll get a warning... sure

The bottom charging port is a gold-plated PITA. I hate charging mods on their side... I'm too lasy to take the tank off.

I am worried about your Ohm readings though... no wonder it's burning the life out of a coil. What are they supposed to be? If the iStick thinks it's 3.0ohms it's going nuke it straight away. Have you tried gently screwing the tank down a little. Too loose and it reads high and then "reaper-drones" your atomizer. (blasts it with firepower!)

I am being very vigilant to make sure everything is good and tight so I don't think that is the problem. For sure it works better for me in watt mode.

 

[Greenfish]

The problem is with the istick reading the coil to high. The istick has a "sweetspot" ohms range to work fine, between .5 and 2.5ohms. When you install the coil into the evod or protank, make sure it's nice and snug screwed in, and that the tank is firmly screwed onto the istick.

Due to the "ghost drones" nature of flexing ohms on a regulated device, it's safer to run in voltage mode. The batter always delivers in volts, leaving the mod set to watts relies on the mods ability to read the coil correct and do the math to deliver "the right" voltage set to your watts. If you can get the coils to read correctly on the mod, I'd sudjest setting it to 3.7v and work up/down if the istick allows it(due to the ohm/volt/watts limitation of the mod)

I cannot get it below 4 volts.

 

[Greenfish]

The istick 30 was only goes down to 5 watts OR 2 volts. So you reached the limit. If your getting burnt hits at 5 watts you might want to try a lower ohm coil so you can turn the watts down, heck 5 watts might be low enough with a lower ohm coil. Also try a different coil, it shouldn't be reading it that high anyways.

I did open another box, same trouble. 2.2 reading at around 3.3 to 3.5. I have the Nautilus tank orders and ask for a box of 1.5 and box of 1.8 coils. Maybe that will fix me.

 

[Greenfish]

Might want to visit your local Vape store and talk to them about your problems. You seem to have many. The equipment you have should be fine (baring malfunctions which I kind of doubt). You just need to know how to manage it.

Since I didn't get it from them, they might not want to help. I'll try anyway. They are a pretty good buch of guys there.

 

[Greenfish]

Also due to the nature of spring loaded pins, try screwing and unscrewing the tank a few time, you will see the ohm reading jump all over the place.

With the tank fully seated, press any button and the resistance should do its final calculation and give you "what it reads"

Been there and done that, no change.

 

[Greenfish]

Coils can vary. I once had a 5 pack of kanger coils. They were all stamped as 1.8 but all showed 2.5 on my meter. If you have another mod or meter to check the ohms you should try that. If the coil seems to work in the evod but not the pt mini, perhaps there is a bad o-ring or something on the pt mini.

Now about the formula:
volts squared divided by ohms = watts
or
volts = square root of (watts times ohms)
Your istick will attempt to balance this equation.

so if you set it for 5 watts and it reads the coil at 3.5 ohms then the volts will be 4.18.
If it can't get a good read on the coil--coil is loose or something--then the volts will jump all over the place as it tries to keep the equation in balance.
So wattage mode might not be best. Just for this situation, I would try voltage mode by pressing the fire button 3 times fast and set it down at 3.2 volts and work up.

Ohhh, don't be asking me to do math...bad subject!

 

[Greenfish]

OP, it's just a learning curve, don't give up, most have gone through this short period and ended up fine.
Best wishes

Oh, I won't give up, I will not smoke again! I'll find the right tank and coil setup to suit me. If all else fails, I'll go back to the stick style that was actually working well for me.

 

[BrotherBob]

they might not want to help

Kind of doubt that. Most vape shop owners/employees realize that free goodwill goes along way in promoting future sales. If you run in to an employee who is having a problem diagnosing, you could ask for additional help or try another shop.

 

[djsvapour]

Kind of doubt that. Most vape shop owners/employees realize that free goodwill goes along way in promoting future sales.

Wise words. Most people are 'in it' for the right reasons. They'll help for love/enthusiasm or future sales.

 

[Foggy Road]

I always enjoy a visit to my chosen B&M. The owner is always curious about whatever antiquated device I'm carrying on a given day.
Unfortunately he can't afford to stock anything that would interest me. Small shop and has to cater to the masses ya know.
But he did sell me my first APV so I like to pay a visit if I need batteries or to pick up some juice just to help keep his doors open.

 

[defdock]

I beleive the device is reading coils off, If you tried a new batch of coils too.

I cannot get it below 4 volts.

And that is where the problem of burning comes in. The coils made for those older style tanks were designed for ego type battery's witch are usually fix at 3.5-3.7 volts. The istick won't allow under 4 volts due to the chips programmed limits, 4 volts is more power than 3.5 or 3.7 obviously.

Definatly contact the vendor and explain the situation, or as others sudjested maybe try going to a local shop.

 

[Greenfish]

Kind of doubt that. Most vape shop owners/employees realize that free goodwill goes along way in promoting future sales. If you run in to an employee who is having a problem diagnosing, you could ask for additional help or try another shop.

Your probably right Brotherbob. I still have not made it to the shop with my questions but I kinda think there is something wrong with my istick. On recommendation from others here, I ordered and received the Aspire Nautilus mini. Wow what a difference! Love it. The ohm reading problem still remains however. It came with 1.8ohm coils and right frome the git go, it reads 3.1 and after 2 days of rather heavy usage, its reading 3.3. Everything is nice and tight but no matter the tank or coil, it wont read under 3. ohms.
It is working fine according to what I know (maybe could be better but I dont know that) as I am getting a very nice flavor and can produce huge clouds if I try. My question to you would be, should I return it (online store) or live with strange readings and go with it? Its my understanding that at lower ohms, I can crank up the power and get an even better experience.

 

[BrotherBob]

I am using it on watts mode and works OK only if I wait till the led display dissapears before hitting it again. If I double hit(I always hot boxed my cigs) it before the display goes off or use it while charging, it like doubles the power and I get a burned hit. Strange, but maybe that's how it's supposed to work.

Recommend returning it, way too dangerous. Just get/prepare to use a spare before you send it back. You could start a new thread with the vendors name if they give you a bad time (could ref this thread in the new thread). We all like to know how vendors stand behind their products.

 

[Greenfish]

I believe I will. Thanks for all the help folks.

 

[daviedog]

With a new tank system & still reading resistance an ohm or more higher? Definitely faulty. & now you have a good grasp on trouble shooting. Glad you figured it out..