Kanger Protank Coils

[dherrington]

Good morning. I wondered if anyone out there knew how long I could expect a Kanger Protank coil to last? I am a heavy vaper. Does the voltage I run through it play a part?

Any help would be appreciated. I just got the tank yesterday. I probably should have asked this question in advance but c'est la vie.

Cheers,
Doug

 

[obscure_shadow]

i am also wandering this as well....

 

[Tintreach]

I'm going on my 3rd week of the same coil. I modified the stock wick a little, clean out the tank every other day. It's usually in my Vamo and only gets switched out with the AGA-T2 in the weekends.

All I can say it works and tastes just as good since I tweaked it.

 

[obscure_shadow]

how did you modify it?

 

[txtumbleweed]

Mine seem to start toneed dryburning after about a week. I just discard and replace with a new one if I detect any problem being as they only cost about 1.20. I haven't had any coils burn out or stop working. I just throw the discards in a ziplock and save for dryburning when times get hard

 

[AlanWoltemath]

i was running the protank at 4.2 volts and got a burnt taste after the first day, replaced the atomizer head and started vaping at around 3.7 to 3.8 and smooth sailing for a week now.

 

[Tintreach]

There are 2 issues you will find with these heads.

1: fluid seeps past the wick and floods the atty chamber causing gurgling and minor flooding.

2: the wicks run a little dry and burn up.

Now if you remove the top (flavor) wick to prevent the second issue, the first will likely pop up. What I did was relocate the top wick material to the sides. Tightens up the draw a little, exposes the top of the coil and prevents fluid from flooding past the wicks.

I have one coil that toasted the wick in less than a day. Very airy draw too then I switched out the coils and started tinkering and this is what I came up with. It seems to work well and much better than stock.

 

[Keiwie]

They should last about a month, it really depends. The case it came in has a card in it telling you what voltage you should be running with which ohm. They come with 2.5 ohm coils so about 4 volts is good. I just ordered some evod low ohm coils so I'll let you know how they work.

 

[VapRLady]

I have 8 Protanks, it varies depending on how much you vape it and what juices you are running in it. Dark fluids or syrupy clog the atty faster.

I rinse the atty under a stream of very hot water about every three fills and dab dry.

I rinse the atty, remove the flavor wicks and do a dry burn when they start to get soggy and lose flavor, replace the flavor wicks and dab dry and let sit overnight.

I am now rebuilding atty's, very easy to do and cheap so I may not even bother rinsing anymore....

On average they last two to four weeks.

 

[AlanWoltemath]

Its seems like the higher the vg mix is the quicker you will gunk up your atomizer head. I got 2 days out of one of my coils running it at 3.7 volts using 100% vg 555 liquid

 

[onem0hit]

I have been using the same head for about 2 weeks with a 50/50 solution and have not been able to burn out a coil. The wicks did become gunked up around the coils so I ended up rebuilding and using new wicks, mostly out of boredom. The performance is significantly better: no gurgling and closed up the draw significantly with a little extra silica on top. It takes a few minutes to pull them apart, rewind a new coil and reassemble, but it was worth it. I have 7 heads now and I am convinced that is 2 lifetime's worth.

 

[sonicdsl]

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