Kanger Subtank Mini LEAKING

[RiceBurner95]

Oh god. Now I'm really regretting having ordered this mini last night. Initially I read a lot of good reviews, and the site selling it had 60 reviews and a 5/5 rating on it. I watched Busardos review and knew about the insulator issue, but didn't know until after I ordered that the "new" PEEK insulator was crap too. Now reading this thread makes me even less enthusiastic about my purchase. I thought I was going to just be able to use the OCC coils and be alright without the RBA section, but now apparently they leak around the base... ugh. This will likely be my first and last Kanger product at this rate.

 

[Jockamo]

Like I said, I tighten the coil up and no more leaks. Don't get all worked up yet.

 

[RiceBurner95]

From the sounds of it, you had to tighten it up pretty ridiculously tight. I'd we worried about snapping something off or pulling out threads. You shouldn't need to tighten anything up more that just beyond hand tight to get a good seal.

 

[inspects]

I have eight Kanger subtanks mini's, none leak, have a different flavor in each.

The Kanger Nano tanks don't leak, I have three with different flavors.

Have four of the full size Kanger subtanks, no leaks.

One of my Atlantis tanks leaked once around the air hole, but the base was loose, my fault.

 

[Jockamo]

From the sounds of it, you had to tighten it up pretty ridiculously tight. I'd we worried about snapping something off or pulling out threads. You shouldn't need to tighten anything up more that just beyond hand tight to get a good seal.

No tools needed. In this case finger tight. It came back out without issue too so my definition of way tight may be way different then yours.

 

[Jockamo]

I have eight Kanger subtanks mini's, none leak, have a different flavor in each.

The Kanger Nano tanks don't leak, I have three with different flavors.

Have four of the full size Kanger subtanks, no leaks.

One of my Atlantis tanks leaked once around the air hole, but the base was loose, my fault.

That's good to hear. I spent little time with the OCC coil and the 25mm because of the leaking. I looks like I just needed to tighten it a bit more. I just built the RBA of the mini and I like the flavor a little more. I will stick with the RBA on both. .

 

[underwhelmd]

I have eight Kanger subtanks mini's, none leak, have a different flavor in each.

The Kanger Nano tanks don't leak, I have three with different flavors.

Have four of the full size Kanger subtanks, no leaks.

One of my Atlantis tanks leaked once around the air hole, but the base was loose, my fault.

To be fair:
my nano leaked: user error, occ coil loosened off somehow when I assembled it. You have to watch out for that on the mini as well.
my 25mm subtank leaked: user error, base gasket on wrong.

Clean out the base! lol.

 

[DRLyman]

I have eight Kanger subtanks mini's, none leak, have a different flavor in each.

The Kanger Nano tanks don't leak, I have three with different flavors.

Have four of the full size Kanger subtanks, no leaks.

One of my Atlantis tanks leaked once around the air hole, but the base was loose, my fault.

I have 3 of the 25mm subtanks and 5 mini subtanks and none of them have leaked for me, either. Very happy with these tanks. Just thought I'd add my positive experience, as well. Not everyone has the leaking problems.

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[RiceBurner95]

I assumed you needed tools. Didnt you say you turned it a full 1/4 turn more than usual? How loose where you doing it before if you got 1/4 turn out of it by hand?

Well I'm glad to hear this isn't an additional issue now. I think I'll be fine without the RBA and just rebuild the occ coils. I'm a bit more optimistic now. Thanks

 

[VictorC]

I got juice leaking from the airflow holes too. Tried almost every suggestion on this thread and still was getting juice all over my istick once in a while.

After few experiments I found that it seems related to the situation when airflow holes are closed completely or so (user error). For the past two hours I am vaping on "two holes" and no leakage whatsoever.

 

[RiceBurner95]

What is the point of having a fully closed option anyway? Is that supposed to be like a travel mode to prevent leaking?

 

[VictorC]

No point, it was closed by rotating the control ring or blocking the hole by the finger in error. One deep puff and I got a little river running through the holes... I think Kanger should remove the option.

 

[jj6404]

Just an update guys since I am the OP.
Since the first couple times I leaked, after I cleaned out the afc it was fine. Rba has had no leaks. And vaping two days on a new OCC, no leaks. Guess I just flooded it with over priming and/or not tightening enough or over tightening.

 

[HeiSINberg]

Glad i found this thread. As i am having the same issue myself, i have both an atlantis and a subtank mini and recently have been using the mini cause i love the flavor on it. But as its getting more and more use i notice its now leaking from the air flow ring and nowhere else. When i first got it, it wasnt doing this, now that im on my 3rd coil its leaky. I personally went with the 1.2 coils, the .5 coils i had i didnt like at all, not sure whether it was just that 1 specific coil or what but it tasted horrible and i couldn't get rid of the taste till i switched to the 1.2 so i stuck with that. Anyway, im at a loss for what to do, i try not to mess with it much when vaping cause it gets finicky quick.

 

[thomthom]

Just thoughts I'd like to share, here's how I deal with my Subtank Mini >>

[Subtank Mini how to (Prevent dry hit,leaking issue)] vaper.hk - hong kongers' vaping notes!

 

[Darryl Licht]

Just thoughts I'd like to share, here's how I deal with my Subtank Mini >>

[Subtank Mini how to (Prevent dry hit,leaking issue)] vaper.hk - hong kongers' vaping notes!

I've been running my sub tank mini now for nearly a week and zero leaks! doesn't matter if I leave mod/atty upright of on its side... no problems! I love the flavor out of this tank, ever so slightly better than my two Atlantis tanks! It does run hotter and I had to put a glass drip tip on it as the ss drip tip got too hot for my liking when vaping.

 

[underwhelmd]

Mine seeped some juice out around the coil or glass during extreme temp changes in the car today. It's minus 16c outside so I don't blame the tank at all. otherwise no leaks.

 

[janne303]

Mine is also leaking from the airhole. Noticed it today after 2 weeks of pleasure

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[itotmike]

Updates:
SubTank - I received and have installed the updated O rings. My leaks have disappeared for the most part; see below.
SubTank Mini - disassembled, cleaned & dried, reassembled making sure EVERYTHING that has threads was TIGHT. Leak gone.

TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS! I am in and out of the cold (-20C) all day. Temperature variations wreak havoc on my SubTank (mini seems more tolerant) which is somewhat understandable & tolerable. I say "somewhat" because my Atlantis tanks are immune!

At the end of the day, I am delighted with my stable of SubTanks & Atlantis tanks. 3 of each loaded with 6 different flavours makes me a very happy vaper.

The End

 

[pugsley0134]

Same issue here man!!! I woke up this morning and had a puddle of ejuice laying all over my Sigelei. It's coming out of the air flow control valve. I even tried a different coil; same thing. I love this tank, but IDK. I messaged Kangertech in the US and China and got no response. Please let me know via private message if you find a fix for this issue. Thanks much.