Get a pack of 1.7ohm Reasurector cartos for your 3.5ml tank. They are a world of difference and are a LOT better than the dual coils. I use an Epower which is very similar to a kGo but uses non-proprietary batteries, and the Ressurectors in a 3.5ml tank are all I use. Personally I think dual coils suck a lower voltages. The tanks come with a 1.5ohm dual coil, which is really 2 3.0ohm coils, so its going to give a cool vape at 3.7V. The Ressurectors will give you the nice warm vape your looking for. They are single coil, but are XL so they fit Perfectly in the tank and work awesome.
I normally don't even use the DC carto that comes with the tanks, but did try one last week just to try them and see how they compare to the Ressurectors and it really is a night and day difference. Even though dual coils are supposed to produce a lot more vapor than a single coil, I find on a 3.7V PV they just plain don't. The Ressurectors produce just as much, if not more, and it's a much more satisfying vape. The Reasurectors give a nice warm vape with good TH, while the DC that comes with the tank gives a cool vape that's mediocre at best.
I promise you that if you put a Ressurector in your tank you'll have a completely different opinion of it, and def like it a lot better.
CCV sells the Ressurectors for a good price. You can just use regular Ressurectors and punch them yourself, or CCV also has pre-punched Ressurectors for the Smoktech tanks. The pre-punched ones have the metal base on them too like the DC carto that comes with the tank, which stops the tank from being able to slide down and keeps the carto in place when you Pull the drip tip off.
I use the pre-punched ones just because I like the metal base on them bc I carry my Epower with a tank on it and another tank in my pocket everywhere I go. I like the metal base cartos bc then I don't have to worry about the the carto sliding in my pocket and he tank leaking everywhere.
The hole in the pre-punched Ressurectors is the same size as the hole in the DC carto that comes with the tank, which is small. It works okay with mostly PG juices, but for thicker juices it needs to be made bigger. I have 2 3.5ml tanks and I use a thin 80/20 cafe Caramel juice in one tank. The 80/20 juice does work with the small pre-punched hole, but I do make the hole ever so slightly bigger so it feeds easier when I do dry pulls. For my other tank, I use Bobas Bounty, which anyone that's vapes Bobas knows that it's 100%VG and very thick. Thick juices, and especially 100%VG, will def not work with the small pre-punched hole, so don't even try bc the carto will just burn bc the thick juice can't feed even close to fast enough to keep the carto wet. Some people say that you shouldn't use VG juices in a tank, or VG juices don't work. Thats not true though bc they do work. They just require more tinkering to make them feed correctly. It can take a few trys to get it to work right for whatever particular VG juice your using, but once you get it right, it works awesome and then you know how big the punched hole needs to be for Everytime you put a new carto in and its smooth sailing from there.
If your going to use cartos that have the metal base on them, keep in mind that a lot of the carto punch devices that you can buy from different vendors will NOT work with those cartos bc of the flanged bottom.
Like I said, you dont have to use cartos that have the metal base, but they are nice bc they make sure the carto stays in place, especially if you carry them in your pocket often.
The way I punch my pre-punched carto holes bigger is with a simple hammer and finishing nail. I refuse to spend money on a fancy carto punch, dremmel, or saddle valve, when a hammer and finishing nail gives the same results.
If you have a vice, it makes it even easier, but its not absolutely necessary. What I do is make the vice slightly smaller than the width of the carto, so it can sit on top in the groove and not fall thru. You can clamp the actual carto in the vice, but I find that doing that actually doesnt work as well, bc if you clamp it too hard it will deform the carto which can cause it to leak when you put it in the tank, or if you dont clamp it hard enough bc you dont want to bend it, it will move when you try to hit it with the hammer.
This is what I mean:
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Close the vice just enough that the carto can sit in the groove without falling through. Doing it this way will keep it in place so you can punch the hole bigger, but wont deform the carto. Just hang the threaded end with the metal base off the side of the vice so it sits flat and wont get damaged in any way.
Then all you have to do is put the tip of the finishing nail in the pre-punched hole and carefully tap it with a hammer until its the size you want it to be. Just remember to go slow! You can always take the carto out of the tank and make the hole alittle bigger if needed, but if you make it too big, it will just continuously flood the carto and youll have to use a new one. This is the part that I said can take a few tries to get right. Your best bet it to make it alittle bigger and try it for awhile. If it isnt feeding well, then just empty the tank, take the carto out and punch it alittle bigger. Keep doing that until you get it right. And the youll know exactly how big the hole needs to be made when you put a new carto in. If you dont have a vice, its still pretty easy to do. Just put it somewhere where its not going to slide around a ton and youll be fine. Its harder to punch a regular carto without a vice, bc its fairly easy for the finishing nail to slide off the carto when your trying to hold it in place to punch the hole. But with a pre-punched carto its really easy bc you can just put the finishing nail in the pre-punched hole, which will hold it in place and all you have to do is hit it a few times.
So you can prob get something to punch cartos, but its not totally necessary bc a hammer and finishing nail works just as well, especially with the cartos that have the metal base on them.
Like I said, every juice is different and might need a sightly bigger or smaller punched hole to work properly depending on what the PG/VG ratio is and how thick the juice is.
Heres a picture though to give you an idea about how much bigger you might need to make your hole if your using a thicker juice:
View attachment 85903 This is 3 pre-punched Ressurectors that have the metal base on them for use in the Smoktech tanks.
The left one is the regular pre-punched hole that hasnt been made any bigger, and I put it with the others to give you a size comparision. The middle one is what I use for my 80PG/20VG juice. Liek I said earlier, its only very slightly bigger than the pre-punched hole. An 80/20 juice will feed into a pre-punched hole without making it any bigger, I just do it so it feeds very easily with a dry pull.
The right one is what I use for the 100%VG Bobas Bounty. As you can see its quite a bit bigger than the pre-punched hole. When I first started using Bobas in a tank I would punch another hole on the other side, but I found it could be inconsistant at times that way. You dont need punch a second hole, as long as the first hole is made big enough to adequetly feed the juice.
So hopefully this givbes you an idea on how much bigger you might need to make the hole if you use thicker VG juices at some point.
Just remember to periodically do dry pulls while your vaping, and always fill the carto completely full before you put it into a tank. I fnd that doing dry pulls are the single most important thing in getting a tank to work correctly, especially if your using thicker juices. Sometimes even when the punched hole is big enough for the juice your using, the tank wont feed enough juice on its own to keep the carto wet. Doing dry pulls will force juice into the carto, and ensure it stays wet. For thinner PG juices, I do short hard pulls, and for thicker VG juices I do long hard pulls. For Bobas I just pull as hard as I can for about 5 seconds. Do that 3-4x in a row periodically throughout the day while your vaping and you wont have to worry about a carto burning out bc it was dry.
When you do dry pulls you should see airbubbles come out of the punched hole right after you stop. If the cartos new and full, you prob wont get any bc the cartos already full, but if its not full you should get airbubbles. That means the carto is being fed juice. I normally do a few dry pulls until either the airbubbles get alot smaller or stop coming out. Then you know the area around the coil is completely wet again.
This is also how you can tell if your punched hole is big enough. If you know the carto is not full and you dont get any airbubbles when you do dry pulls, that means you prob need to punch the hole alittle bigger.
Like with any other ecig stuff, there is a slight learning curve with tanks when you first start using them. Once you get it down though, they are absolutely awesome.
I pop a fresh battery in my E-Power every morning and fill both my tanks, and I can easily vape all day while Im at work completely mainenance free. You can do the same thing with your kGo bc it has really good battery life as well.
Get some Ressurector cartos and give your tank another chance. I think youll like it a LOT better with a Ressurector in it instead of the DC. Just dont give up or get frustrated bc I think youll realize how awesome the 3.5ml tanks can be for an E-Power/kGo with the right carto in it.
Sorry this was so long, but I hope it helped some
Goodluck!
