KangerTech SUBTANK Mini

[freedogg]

Mac....I posted to supplement the post I made yesterday.

Agreed....pin vise handy little tool. Dremel = pin vise on steroids. lol

Joey....I was having the same experience with my ST rba section. Intermittent dry hits, especially when airflow wide open and power high. When I did the build I thought the juice inlet/channels looked a bit on the small size and the dry hits confirmed this.

I took the rba section to the workshop and made the channels about 1.5x bigger with a dremel. You don't want to go crazy with the Dremel because the rba works on vacuum and if the channels are too large it's harder to create a vacuum (you have to suck too hard).

1.5x enlargement of my channels is absolutely perfect!! I've been through over 10 tanks of liquid and not 1 dry hit. This Mini now wicks as good if not better than any of my Kayfuns or Erlkonigins.

I highly recommend opening up those channels a bit! Good luck!

Simple solution for that dog…pin vise and drill bit. Works every time. Same goes for the juice channels. Just be prepared for some flooding if your coil's efficient ('case you've overdone it). Handy tool. Multi-faceted.

Good luck.

 

[g3n3r1c]

Mac....I posted to supplement the post I made yesterday.

Agreed....pin vise handy little tool. Dremel = pin vise on steroids. lol

Dogg, what size bit did you use to open the channels? I'll wait until I get another RBA deck or two since it's working fine as it is for me, but I am interested to see if it makes a difference.

 

[MacTechVpr]

Dremel = pin vise on steroids. lol

Ditto that! That's the motto on my vCard, lol…

Have Dremel, will travel.

Good luck.

:O

 

[freedogg]

g3.....I used a Dremel with a cutter like the round one in the pic. I beleive my channels were 1.5mm and I opened them to around 2mm.

Wicking is now PERFECT!!!

Dogg, what size bit did you use to open the channels? I'll wait until I get another RBA deck or two since it's working fine as it is for me, but I am interested to see if it makes a difference.

 

[AmandaD]

I was reluctant to use a Dremel on my channels in case I took off too much, so I used a bead reamer to do mine:
Beadalon Bead Reamer Delux

 

[Arnold Ziffle]

just tried the rba. it's an earlier one with the short small channels. I used the coil that was in it and wicked it tight and fluffy so it just touched the deck. put some virus ,65/35, in and it's working great. with what I have I cant go below 20 watts. I'm getting great flavor but it's a little too much for me. el buzzo grande. it working so well I'm reticent to put in a 1.2. it's weird for a chain vaper like me to take three hits and put it down for ten minutes. oh well, I guess I'll get good juice mileage with this.

 

[Darryl Licht]

It isn't working Darryl ! It worked in the store, but I kept getting dry hits when i got home. I need to start again. I just gave up for the night and put in the stock 1.2 ohm coil. Vaped on that all night. I sure am not buying cotton at this point. I picked up a 5 pack of 1.2 ohm OCC coils and some juice yesterday.

To tell the truth, i feel like just packing the rebuild deck away and just use the OCC coils. I just want to vape and not get dry hits and frustration. The point of this is to keep off cigarettes and be satisfied.

Sorry you are having problems Joey. My point was that the cotton is cheap and easy to experiment with so go for it.

If you need a new home for your wayward RBA, I am opening a home for problem mini rba decks: "Darryls Home for Problem RBA Decks" I will make sure they have a good home! Feel free to IM me for an address to ship that malcontent out of your life!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXpaCa2o9DE

Looks weird to me, but he sure does chain vape with it.

I have no idea how this wicks... it doesn't even touch the deck! I guess he hopes the juice splatters up to the wick? I'm not a big fan of RT, too spazoid for me!

 

[Darryl Licht]

Simple solution for that dog…pin vise and drill bit. Works every time. Same goes for the juice channels. Just be prepared for some flooding if your coil's efficient ('case you've overdone it). Handy tool. Multi-faceted.

Good luck.

Would you ever open the juice channels up Mac? Isnt that compensating for other issues? Personally I thought they were too small when I first looked at the mini RBA, but after using mine with 80 & 99%VG I see zero need for it! I'm wicking fine and no dry hits on my .8 ohm build. And I can take it up to 30W with a 5-6 sec lung hit. I prefer around 20W for normal vapes on it though.

 

[MacTechVpr]

Would you ever open the juice channels up Mac? Isnt that compensating for other issues? Personally I thought they were too small when I first looked at the mini RBA, but after using mine with 80 & 99%VG I see zero need for it! I'm wicking fine and no dry hits on my .8 ohm build. And I can take it up to 30W with a 5-6 sec lung hit. I prefer around 20W for normal vapes on it though.

Are you kiddin'? I've been b!!tchin' more about Kanger airflow than just about any other subject. If you want chunky wicks which Kanger handed us in their beneficence we needs da juice!



Let's see if those spare decks really do come through by the 20th. Now that's somethin' to get excited about. Multi-decks for standby's. Not all of us can rebuild every day.

Good luck.

 

[AmandaD]

Some channels appear to be slightly different than others - QC isn't too good on these decks! I had one that worked and one that didn't - hard to tell the difference by looking but one just wouldn't wick. Lots of people are having issues with them, and it's a pity because all that needs to be done is a little filing. Kanger needs to jump on this one!

 

[DoomiteAsh]

My MVP 3 and Subtank mini came in the mail yesterday, and so far I'm loving the combo! Got a wide bore carbon fiber drip tip for it, and it looks awesome in my opinion!

Sent from Doomite Central!

 

[DavidAmonettNashville]

My MVP 3 and Subtank mini came in the mail yesterday, and so far I'm loving the combo! Got a wide bore carbon fiber drip tip for it, and it looks awesome in my opinion!

Sent from Doomite Central!

Yeah I make no Secret about being Very Fond of most Innokin products and the MVP3 is no exception. It is a Super sharp looking mod IMO and being as it's the Innokin flagship you're almost guaranteed to have little if any problems. I wish I had waited and instead of getting the IPV mini 30 watt had purchased the MVP3. I dont care for the PWM being used for step down instead of a true Buck system as is in the MVP3. I purchased the IStick 50 because it was available locally and I must say that it is a fine device...Lots of bang for the buck with the newer ISticks. I suppose I will just continue to wait and watch my local B&M's and when/if one of them gets the MVP3 in I'll jump on it. BTW, All my Innokin mods still work as well as day one...Just very solid units IMO. Edit: I may purchase one online from Mount baker vapor as I see that they offer a 6 month warranty on the device...

 

[DP2Raja]

For any of you peeps watching Rips video, take notice of the size of the Delta 2 air channels. They are at least twice as big as the ST mini rba.

Yes, on the juice channels being larger than the STmini's. I have them both, but I don't ket dry hits on either of them, but I can go 8-10watts higher on the Delta 2 with the same ohm coil. Just a different vape. Both are great.

 

[DavidAmonettNashville]

So... Just for the heck of it I took my used 0.5 ohm head and removed the cotton wick with some tweezers,. Then I dry burned the coil clean and carefully threaded a new piece of cotton in place. I had seen a video of this procedure on you tube some time ago. I am surprised at how well it worked. It is Very,very, easy and for those choosing to use the stock coils this could save them some serious bread...-Dave

 

[StandingOnTheMoon]

I tried the RTA for the first time today, the hits aren't nearly as juicy as with the heads. I'm not the dremmeling type, but closing up the airflow has seemed to help some, but I may just stick with the heads.

 

[g3n3r1c]

I tried the RTA for the first time today, the hits aren't nearly as juicy as with the heads. I'm not the dremmeling type, but closing up the airflow has seemed to help some, but I may just stick with the heads.

depends on your build, out of at least 10 different coil configurations and getting the hang of wicking chunky I found something that works for me, went and tried a .5 OCC yesterday and it was good, but not half as good as a build gone well.

 

[StandingOnTheMoon]

^ Cool, I'll keep trying. I just used the coil that came with it, would a micro-coil be better?

 

[g3n3r1c]

^ Cool, I'll keep trying. I just used the coil that came with it, would a micro-coil be better?

Never built a microcoil in this thing, it seems to like big coils.
I've had the best luck with a 2.8mm id coil, 3mm was good too but restricted airflow just a bit, not necessarily a bad thing..

 

[slavkov]

Never built a microcoil in this thing, it seems to like big coils.
I've had the best luck with a 2.8mm id coil, 3mm was good too but restricted airflow just a bit, not necessarily a bad thing..

I think so too.
Spaced macro on 2.5-3 mm is the way to go

 

[Joey Blue]

@Darryl Licht

Here is the photo ... I tried the pancake wicking method and it did not work even though i had it right on the floor of the table, the flavor wasn't great and then i got dry burns. I had it very full and tight inside the coil. I had it soaked too.




What does ID stand for guys???