Kanger T2/ CC / Coil-5 - mini-review / opinions ?

[chagrin]

Ok .. so there a was a big thread a bit ago; waiting for our favourite Canadian suppliers to get them in stock after all the good reviews. Now that virtually everyone has I'm wondering what people's opinions are. This may fit better in another section, but I'm kind of curious about what versions made it to Canada, etc.

If you have no idea what this is, it's another clearomizer/tank like the stardust or vivi.

VaporChase's review; VaporChase Review - Kanger T2 Coil-5 from Urban Vapor - YouTube
therealcmac's; Real Reviews: The T2 Coil-5 Ultimate Clearomizer from Urban Vapour - YouTube


I got this from urbanvapour the other day and I was in love. Personally I like the Vivi *a lot* more than the stardust v3, I've tried cutting the stardust wicks down to 1/2-1/3 their length and unraveling them - I personally think past 1/4-1/2 doesn't do anything for wicking and just gets in the way. Despite trying and trying the stardust, I still find the vapour production and taste a lot lower than the Vivi. The only downsides to the Vivi were; filing the center post, the lack of ego skirt which can be solved with a $2-3 sleeve, the very subby wicks increases the need for tipping, avoiding the air hole while filling and the gurgling or leaking liquid out of the mouth piece - I've had this problem with the stardust too.

So for the T2; medium wicks seems perfect to me to hold a bit more liquid, but stay past the point of uselessness. It's ego threaded, which is a problem with some devices and needs an adapter, but on an ego is much more secure. And from my limited experience the draw was loose and the throat hit, vapour and taste were as good or better than the Vivi to me. There's also no bottom threads on the tank, so maybe cleaning is a bit harder, but to me it adds more support and I'm always a bit afraid of grabbing the tube to unscrew and having a catastrophic leak. The coil head is also above the tank, so I don't have to carefully fill it trying to avoid getting liquid in the air hole - which I always manage to do on the stardust and Vivi.

The downside; there's been a problem with the tips breaking, which has since been fixed and most suppliers have the newer tips now - urbanvapour sent me 2 tips. There's also a head with shorter wicks and a silicone head, that apparently has lower performance floating around there. The worst part though is that .. I was fiddling and noticed my tip was threading a bit off center, so being me .. I just pushed it back into place and wiggled it a lot and the metal top came off ! I'll chalk that up to 10% build quality and 90% user error, but I have read this has broken for other people. I've seen superglued it back together, but it's not straight and affecting the draw.

I'm curious what other people's opinions are on this, personally the build quality seems a bit low (after I broke one), but at a lower price point and version 1, I'm still sold and I'm going to pick up a couple more to continue the testing. By version 3, this should be perfect.

I'm also curious if anyone has tried modifying the well from the worst performing head - I've read they are interchangeable and can be cut to keep even more liquid up by the wicks. Vaporchase talks about swapping them here; VaporChase Review - Kanger T2 Coil-5 from Urban Vapor - YouTube

Ugh;


Wow, sorry for such a long post everyone.

 

[farmer_bric]

Haven't tried them myself ... yet, but with mopar giving away a free T2 with every order this weekend, I'm sure there will be LOTS of people who will be able to respond

 

[SoUnique]

I've been using mine a bit more then a week and LOVE it. Wasn't fussy on the Nova but used the Stardust a lot till I got this sweet lil puppy. I for one will be getting lots more.

 

[aggo]

Haven't tried them myself ... yet, but with mopar giving away a free T2 with every order this weekend, I'm sure there will be LOTS of people who will be able to respond

Just made an order for some Kangers today. I've made good use of the Stardusts but they just don't work too well with certain flavours, and I've heard the T2's are much better. Thought about getting the Vivi Nova to try out but decided against it, as the T2's seem easier to deal with.

 

[therealcmac]

Ya I really need to pick some more of these up, I have been without mine shortly after my review. I have been constantly trying out new tanks for more reviews so have not had a chance to buy some more.

 

[SoUnique]

So after singing the praise of these, mine quit working. I changed the head(or whatever the thing is called) and it still wont work. I've tried it on 4 different batteries, nadda.
Any ideas on how to bring it back to life? I was really enjoying it.

 

[therealcmac]

So after singing the praise of these, mine quit working. I changed the head(or whatever the thing is called) and it still wont work. I've tried it on 4 different batteries, nadda.
Any ideas on how to bring it back to life? I was really enjoying it.

Is it a pin issue? have you tried gently pulling the pin out on the T2? If you are using adaptors I find they often mess with pins on either the PV or the hardware.

 

[SoUnique]

It's a pin issue now, I just pulled the darn thing out

Is it a pin issue? have you tried gently pulling the pin out on the T2? If you are using adaptors I find they often mess with pins on either the PV or the hardware.

 

[shockabsorber]

Is Urban Vapour the only one in Canada carrying these?

 

[shockabsorber]

Hey, I just noticed that I passed the 7-month mark! Man, I feel good!

 

[Fesso]

I got 2 yesterday and an eGo Twist. I got them from Kevin at onestopeshoppe(dot)com he met me for pick up in Toronto, super nice guy.
I have nothing to compare it to but it seems like an awesome clearomizer. Works great!

 

[chagrin]

Is Urban Vapour the only one in Canada carrying these?

No, not at all. They seemed to be one of the first, but most vendors have them now.

 

[therealcmac]

It's a pin issue now, I just pulled the darn thing out

Yikes! That is no good. Gotta be gentle with those suckers and you usually only need a mm or two to get them firing.

 

[aggo]

Got the Kanger T2's from Canvape and just started using one today. They said it takes a couple of tanks to "break in" but I can already attest that the flavour is way better with these than the Stardusts.

 

[puddlejumper1]

I have 5 of them (oh 4 of them, dog chewed on 1), I love them. However, they are somewhat fragile, sensitive to cinnamon and citrus flavors (plastic tubes), and some flavor have a burnt taste. DiscountVapers sells replacement tips and parts.

 

[puddlejumper1]

Get a new coil (cheep), and every time you screw off the tip make sure it is screwed on tight (if it starts leaking in your mouth that is the problem).

 

[VintageMitzi]

I bought a couple from Canvape recently and broke one out this week. I'm liking the vapour and the taste is fine so far but the threading is a bit "touchy". I'm using ego batts and the threading just feels wrong on most of my batts for some reason. The kanger seems to want to thread perfectly on one of my ego's and that's what I'm using it on. Just a bit afraid of cross threading or pushing a pin down or whatever so I'm reluctant to use it on my other batteries.

 

[chagrin]

So insomnia strikes and I'll dig up my old thread, plus after canvape's labour day give away more people should have these.

I order 2 from canvape with someone else's order (can't turn down free shipping) and I got a third one for free with the sale. Canvape's seem identical to urbanvapour's version without the silicon well - which I really wanted to try test out with the long wicks. Canvape is using the wrong borrowed picture again I think.

It's been a day and I haven't broke one yet ! I did notice that canvape's seemed to have a break in period longer than urbanvapour's but that could just be me.

Compared to the Vivi personally here are my pros and cons;

Pros:
-ego threading, that adds stability (obviously a minus if you're using a 510 threaded mod)
-solid base (you can grab the thing anywhere without unscrewing the tank and risking a leak)
-solid throat hit and taste (definitely on par with the Vivi and above the stardust v3 to me)
-price (half that of the Vivi - unit and wicks)
-raised wick/coil (far easier to fill without getting liquid in the air channel and remove with less hassle)

cons
-rough threading on the EGO threads and tip
-inability to use any drip tip
-poor build quality on both the tips and top metal rim
-no Ω markings on the heads (personally I'm going to drop by urbanvapour's store and grab some coloured tanks to keep LR and SR separate, canvape only has clear, but Ω markings would be nice)

I can't wait for China to pump out version 1.5, 2.0, 2.247, etc. I just hope the clearomizer tank market isn't too saturated for this to not get the sale numbers to justify some quality improvements.