mini vivi nova or kanger mt3?

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While the wicking makes a difference in consistency, it mostly comes down to personal taste. The kanger bottom coil tanks don't provide as "warm" of a vapor since it has to travel through the whole tube before inhaling, while tanks like the nova's and iclears produce much warmer vapor.
 

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Kanger evod is compatable in size to a mini nova. Kanger T3 is comparable to a (regular) nova. There is a bigger Kanger again - the Protank. The Kangers are all bottom coil so there's no need to roll the juice around. The nova's are top coil so you get a warmer vape, a bit more like a ciggy, but you need to roll the atty around to keep the wick soaked.

Both perform well and are respected, it really comes down to personal taste/choice. Why not get one of each?
 

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Kanger changed the head design of the T3, which is now the T3S, with a replaceable coil instead of the whole bottom.

The MT3S is the same animal, just with a metal sleeve like the Evod. Otherwise, T3S and MT3S are the same. I prefer the T over the MT, as it's easier to see how much juice is left.
 

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Depends on your juice - flavor, PG/VG ratio - and vaping style.

I have a couple of dark thick one's that will gunk a head in 3 mls, thinner juices that don't gunk up for 9 or so.

At that time, you can, if you wish, toss them, but they're easy to clean and dry burn. Done properly, that makes them pretty close to brand new. I find I usually have to replace the flavor wicks after I dry burn. You pull the post off the top of the head and have to remove the flavor strands to see the coil, necessary to properly dry burn. Stock is two strands of 1 mm silica, but I just use 100% cotton yarn.

Similar rehab can be done on top coil units, of course.
 

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Nothing significant in my experience. I have several going at once (well, in rotation, I'm not that hard core!), with different flavors. Some do have a little seepage, but not leaks, when very low on juice.

After cleaning, if they needed a dry burn, I replace the flavor wicks with a strand of cotton yarn. It's a touch bigger than the two 1mm strands, but compresses easily, and then swells with juice to apparently make a good seal.
 

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That's a hard one to explain!

Draw is such a personal preference... I don't find them "airy", but light... certainly a lighter draw than the Nova or other top coils. Some have found them to be too light, and plug one of the base holes, or put them on an air flow controller. Relatively easy to tighten it up a bit, if desired.
 

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From my own experience, they build quality of the nova heads makes them easier to re-wick. The coils tend to stay in place. The heads in my T3 are different...even being gentle, the coils get outta wack after a rewicking or two, and won't go back to normal. I've used the same heads in the nova for months, whereas I'll be lucky to get a few weeks out of the T3s. No biggy, though, they're cheap.

The T3 is pretty airy, but the placement of the air holes allows you to adjust this mid-vape.

One thing I've noticed...the nova can handle being outside during hot weather. My T3 leaks is the ambient temp gets too high...and once it starts leaking, it won't stop until I've re-wicked.

It's good to try both :D Different juices work better in different clearos, IMHO.

As to burning through juice, my T3 uses noticeably less juice. The mini eats it up. Probably the reason the mini provides better flavor.
 
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