Kanger EVOD plastic taste?

[LazyBulldogge]

Ahoy-hoy!

I recently bought a Kanger EVOD, to go with my Spinner battery, for an easy, lightweight "out-and-about" (read: drunk) e-cig setup.
However I'm getting a slight plastic-like taste on the first few drags when I use it - am I the only one?
Initially I just rinsed it out with water, filled it, vaped it and got the plastic taste.
Then, I gave it a good 12 hour vodka soak. I also rebuilt the coil, but still get the plastic taste - and no, it's not the rubber grommet burning, no scorch marks on it.
If anybody else experienced this, how the heck did you get rid of that plastic taste?

Thanks in advance.

 

[ThunderPumpkin]

I've had no such taste with 5 Evods, FWIW.

 

[Dannyboy5691]

What voltage are you setting your spinner at? I've noticed at higher voltages I'll get a slight plastic taste so I vape at 3.8-4.0 volts. I have the same setup as you. EVOD with 1300mah Spinners and it works great at those voltages for the juice I'm using. Good luck.

 

[LazyBulldogge]

Mostly, I've been using at about 3.9-4 volts, with a 2.3-2.4 Ohm rebuilt coil...
I don't know, maybe I've just gotten too used to the pretty pure taste from the Protank, so I notice the plastic more in the EVOD.
Maybe I should just wait for the Kanger T3S (or was that just a dream I had?) with the new EVOD/Protank like base, where the base and coil are two pieces, for easier rebuilding

 

[Dannyboy5691]

Yeah I saw that also about the T3S. So if you were dreaming we both had the same dream. Lol! It's possible that you just got accustomed to the taste of the pro tank because your using about the same voltage as I am. If your juice tastes fine in your pro tank, then it's gotta be the EVOD.

 

[Vaptor]

That rubber taste is in many clearos even the Evod but very little. You get used to it quickly but if you come from RBA or carto to a clearo you will likelly taste it. I don't know what that smell is. I changed coil, the wicks, even removed the silicon seal and still can taste it. It's a mystery I'd like to solve.

 

[J Guns]

I've gotten that taste on (M)T3s, T3Ss, and a funk from a Protank. I got rid of it by doing a 10 minute boil of all parts, heads included, and then a 10+ minute soak of all parts (other than heads, O rings, anything silicone) in 50/50 distilled water/white vinegar, folled by a quick rinse in distilled water afterwards. Seems to work everytime for me.

 

[piggy]

Intersting. I'm also very sensitive when it comes to burnt plastic flavor and I didn't notice this on my evod and I vape at 7.5 watts. I'm the type that feels the best place for a ce4 is a trash receptacle.

 

[lynch]

Whenever I have a clearo that have that bad taste that regular soak in hot water wont help I put it in a sink with hot water and some mouth wash and soak. Rinse out good and most times its gone, if you dont rinse out good you have a minty taste to it thats not bad.

 

[Vaptor]

I've recently discovered that when I put new coil in Evod and give it a few slow long draws at 8-10W to really heat it all up and burn it in, the rubber taste clears out to useable level. This brings me to an idea that perhaps most high Voltage vapers don't experience this rubber taste because it gets burned out. Kind of a semi working theory anyway.

 

[Bambam2970]

Never had the plastic taste in the eVod, but the knockoff CE4's are awful; I have two filled with juices that I can't even make my self try to finish, however, the Inoken CE5 clearo is much better and I've not experienced the plastic taste.

 

[DavidOck]

Some juices react with the poly tank... and I'd guess not all poly is equal! Since it's a chemical soup, slight variations batch to batch could affect a manufacturer...

 

[Vaptor]

I've finally figured out what is that rubber smell in Evods (and many other clearos). The odor is coming from the bottom seal. It is made of rubber and it off gases the odor. If you got a new head, take a sniff. Sometimes it's strong enough to smell it outright. The rubber looses it's odor with age so depending on how recently made the heads are it might smell a lot, little or even not at all tho I've never had that luck with new head yet. Solution? I boiled bunch of new heads for 20 minutes. It got 80% better. Leaving the heads to dry over night got rid of more odor. Soaking in alcohol over night might work too but I don't have any so can't try this method. Enjoy cleaner flavor.

 

[dr g]

Yes the rubber grommet is more or less the main culprit in plasticy/rubbery tastes. Heat does transfer down the legs and sometimes you can even get a "hot leg" that burns the grommet, but you will DEFINITELY know it if that happens.

If you are really obsessive about getting rid of that taste, you can "circumcise" the grommet, cutting the tip of it off so it clears the coil further and heats up less. Usually you will be in the process of rebuilding your coil when you take out the grommet but it is not impossible to take it out and put the legs back in successfully with the same coil.

 

[LeoRex]

Where did you get the heads? Reading around, I suspect that the knock off coils are the guilty party. I have authentic Kanger coils, and I've never had a nasty stank come off one.

 

[dr g]

I've seen reports from both genuine and clone EVODs.

 

[itsrayray]

I've found that a low battery will make them taste like dung. I went through 2 coils tasting like crap. I charged it and it went away. Happened on a couple occasions, not just once.

 

[Mkbrew42]

Beginner Vaper here. I built my first coil ever last night (32 awg wire, 2 mm wick, 5/4 wrap (hope I said that right)) for my Evod and I was getting a plastic taste and the juice flavor was dull (Mt dew). I was so disgusted with whole thing I just put it back in the tackle box and put a 1.7 cartomizer back on. Guess I should get a tank, and just stick with my cartos =/

 

[DavidOck]

Was the Evod performing well before your attempt at a recoil? If you liked it, just get some replacement heads.

 

[four2109]

Just bought one yesterday. Tastes nasty. I wish I hadn't filled it all the way up before I tried it. I know better.