I am going to give you my honest opinion now that I have used the protank 3 since monday. Let me tell you where it is right now, its home in the box that it came with and probably wont be opened again. ha ha. Im assuming you all know how I feel about it now. Quite frankly I think Kanger took a few steps back. Very Very Very disappointed. Id almost feel bad giving it to someone. slow down kanger, do some of your homework and try testing your products before you put something out. A friend of mine have a bet going, the bet is Kanger 5, will it or will it not be out by January 1st
Honest opinions are always very helpful!
I personally believe if Kanger wants to take its tanks to a new level, it only needs to redesign the head by eliminating the burning grommet problem. Supposedly it did this by adding a silicone grommet (vs the stinky rubber ones) and no-res legs to it's newest head, but where the heck are they? PBusardo reviewed them weeks ago on his website as Kanger sent him a few, but AFAIK they are nowhere to be found.
Seems to me there are only a few areas the PT2 needs improving in a way that would please everyone:
1> the new head with an inert silicone grommet and no-res legs (though eliminating that grommet all together is the best idea, but that's more R&D).
But I should only be able to burn my
juice, not the grommet! Looking for the sweet spot involves clicking the watts up to where you can taste the juice but it's not burning the juice... which sometimes means burning the juice a tad then stepping back down. Can't do that with high-VG (which requires more power) and rubber grommets because the grommets burn before the juice even gets warm enough to really deliver its full flavor! Now silicone won't stink or off-gas if burnt, so that's BIG improvement, but it will still char, and that's still a poor design. Either the grommet needs to be eliminated and replaced with a whole new design or it needs to be made of something inert that also has a much higher heat tolerance.
2> a base with some kind of mechanism to dial in the style of draw you want, airy or tight.
Personally I can adjust the draw by drilling a larger base hole, or blocking the one that's there. So that isn't as important to me, but is a complaint of many and I imagine sales would climb with an adjustable draw.
3> Kanger heads don't deliver much flavor. Nothing like an Aro head, but the only real diff I can see is the smaller collar on the Aro. Don't know if that improves airflow which improves flavor or what, but Kanger could afford to improve flavor on its heads. I don't even use Kanger heads for this reason, but Aro heads on my PT2. (Though when the silicone grommets come out, I will buy those for sure and put them on ALL my heads and will certainly try Kanger heads again with the no-res legs to see how they are.)
Anyway... point is, the PT2 tank itself is fine and doesn't need improving... it's the head that needs improving, and adding another coil isn't the answer... fixing what's already there is the answer, imho.
