Kanger Protank Bad flavor!

[boshans]

The packing case the protank comes in smells like ..., very plasticy synthetic smell...I washed mine out like 2 times over the course of two days before I used it, maybe you are tasting that?

Ilovenips: Yes you wash the entire thing, including the part with the wicks, which is called the head. A dry burn is, after washing everything out including the head with the wick, you put just the head onto your device, and hit the button for a couple of seconds to get the old juice residue/gunk off of the coils/wick. You really would need to take the little post off of the head to see the coil itself, because you are suppoesd to hit the button until the coil glows red than let go of the button. Then you need to rinse again to get rid of whatever you just dry burned off. Personally I don't dry burn, I just wash the head(thing with wicks) and the protank itself real good under hot water, and just let it air dry. If I'm in a rush and don't or can't let it airdry overnight, just try to get as much water out of it as you can and you can just refill it even with the wicks still wet. It is going to take a couple of pulls to get the water out of the wicks before you see vapor and flavor again, but it still works. I personally never remove any of the wicks either and it still works fine, and I only use 100% VG since I can't use PG. YMMV.

 

[fabricator4]

I actually just did a dry burn on mine and was noticing when I was topping of my juice that the juice inside the tank was much darker then the the juice in the bottle. I know some juices tend to change color from the heat, it kind of looked like a half and half mixture for a few minutes until it mixed with eachother. Not sure if it's regular or the gunk, how to tell?

To dry burn successfully you need to wash the head in hot water several times or boil to remove all traces of juice. Air dry for 24 hours, THEN dry burn. The smoke coming off the coil will be the deposits burning off. Keep burning until the deposit is white ash, or stops changing colour. Burn in short bursts so that you don't pop the coil or destroy the wick. I then recommend that you boil the head for 10 minutes to remove all traces of ash and burnt flavour. Once the wick is dry again it is ready for use. Some coils come up looking like brand new.

I can garantee the dark liquid is the result of backwash from the dirty clogged up coil. The taste only gets worse from there, and quite quickly. Dump the juice and put a new or just cleaned head in. I've had heads that only lasted three days then last 2 weeks after a proper cleaning. I don't know why, but it could be that the reconditioned coil has a wick that has been fluffed up from the treatment and so wicks the juice better. Logically, dry hits are what clog up the coils faster than anything else.

 

[cmacclel]

I bought one yesterday and it's horrible. I even cleaned it out and installed the spare wick / coil assembly.

 

[sonicdsl]

Moved to Clearomizers from New Members

 

[TrentTC]

You don't have to let them sit overnight. I wash mine out after almost every tank. You can then blot the wicks with paper towel to dry them, load up, and vape. You can also pull the post off the head so you can see the coil and tell how much gunk has built up on it. Just look up dry burn on YouTube.

 

[fabricator4]

I bought one yesterday and it's horrible. I even cleaned it out and installed the spare wick / coil assembly.

I'd recommend that any new device you buy should be be washed in (at least) boiling hot water before use. This includes, tanks, clearos, atomisers, heads, and drip tips.

If you're wondering why it seems that your new devices taste like they are full of machine coolant, oil, or some other unknown chemicals, it's because they are.

Kanthal may still contain some sizing, and machined parts may have been given only a rudimentary clean. Remember that the components and factories making these devices probably don't normally manufacture food service items: eg Kanthal and silica wick.

Washing in very hot water, or better still, boiling are *highly* recommended before you use any device for the first time.