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My Cool Fire 1 and iClear 30b Journey

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wattageous

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Hi everyone! Here, I'd like to start something like a diary of some sort about my relationship with the Cool Fire 1 and iClear 30b. You can pretty much see a handful of videos on youtube as well as reviews all over the internet about this setup. Might not go much into the Cool Fire 1 as it is a pretty straightforward device. This will just be a record of what I observed, what I did and what I encounter as I go along. Importantly, I am keeping it for home vape only.

Day 1: (approximately an hour into vaping)

Pardon me if I missed out some details or inaccuracy of information. Do let me know and I hope we could learn from each other about especially for a beginner who just started off with this setup. I purchased two AW IMR 18350 batteries along with XTAR MP2 charger. Charged at 3.7v and it's functioning perfectly.

When I first received the iClear 30b, I dismantled the tank and study carefully the rings and screws which might contribute to potential leakage/flooding and gurgling. The areas which I looked out for were: the coil screw and o ring, the bottom and top cover of the tank. All the o rings looked fine and no misalignment was observed. Screw them all back together nice and tight and fill it up with Midnight Apple at slightly above 2ml marking. Remember: when screwing the tank to the Cool Fire, hold onto the tank base and turn it - do not hold on to the tank itself or the top part when screwing to avoid loosening it.

I suck in through the drip tip a few times to let the wick saturated and soaked the liquid well. Waited for a few minutes and was vaping away. A little review of the 30b on first try: vapour was definitely awesome and the taste was just nice. I realised the throat hit was pretty damn good and the 18mg nic was hitting me much more as compared to using the G6 cart when I first started. A nice surprise I'd say.. feeling a little woozy but nothing serious.

Based on whatever information I gathered on the internet, the crucial thing about using clearomizers was the airflow. This consist of the tank air holes ensuring they attain sufficient airflow from your setup as well as the rate of vaping - keep it consistent and take slow/smooth drag out of the drip tip. No gurgling witnessed so far but a few seconds after every vape, I realised a little bubble coming up from the coil. What I can assume is that the air that escapes from the coil will definitely be replaced with the liquid inside the tank. ATM I can only think the reason to it is due to normal vaping which of course lessen the liquid around the coil area.

So yeah, everything seems fine for now. I try to make it into a habit of taking out the tank from the Cool Fire and place it inside a film container (for those who aren't familiar, it's the white or black plastic container whenever you buy a film) whenever I am not using it for a long period like overnight. It only fits the tank but not the drip tip, at least any leakage overnight can be contained.

I'm still vaping it and of course, loving it :)

Stay tuned for more updates!
 
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Day 2:

So the Halo was at slightly below 1ml mark and I was getting some dry hits as well as weird taste out of it. Drained the leftover back into the bottle and pumped in DK Candy Floss at 18mg.

Screwed everything back and voila! No vapour at all. Changed the battery and still no sign of vapour. Checked on the coil but nothing was amiss. Put everything back on ensuring proper tightness and let it prime for a bit with occasion sucking from the drip tip. Finally, the first sign of vapour was seen. I almost changed to a new coil, dammit!

Now, after a few puffs, it's looking good but I saw a droplet of liquid at the connection after every vape - might be due to the water vapour building up so it didn't caused much alarm. Placed the tank back into the film container and awaiting for any sign of leakage.

I'm assuming to a certain extend that the thicker liquid like Halo does play a part in ensuring it didn't slip off from the bottom wick and onto the connector. This DK liquid looks a little thinner and it might escape a little from the wick and below.

We shall leave the tank for a bit and see how it goes in an hour or so..

Stay tune......
 

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Meh.

The coil starts to give our reaaally weird taste. It's not dry hits or metal taste... just weird. Washed the tank and used another tank and coil which has been washed previously..

Wonder what makes up the weird taste. My blueberry tasted stinky to say the least. I kinda suspect it's the cotton candy liquid that's making it gunky probably.
 

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Well you've had your coil for what? 7 days or so..? Chances are the coil's started to get gunked up, and you're just tasting the burnt gunk


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It was the 2nd coil after 5 days. Oh wells, I better be changing the coils periodically from now on.

Another problem I had was, the tank was somewhere near 1/3 and after topping up the juice, the coil just give out a dry hit metallic vape. Pretty sucky.
 

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Meh.

The coil starts to give our reaaally weird taste. It's not dry hits or metal taste... just weird. Washed the tank and used another tank and coil which has been washed previously..

Wonder what makes up the weird taste. My blueberry tasted stinky to say the least. I kinda suspect it's the cotton candy liquid that's making it gunky probably.

Sweet tasting liquid tend to gunk up the coils pretty quick.
 

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It has been slightly more than a month now while using the Cool Fire 1 and iClear 30B setup.. Some hits and misses along the way and so far I've only tossed one coil into the bin. I've been juggling between two tanks and two coils. Never had any major problem to say the least - from Halo, DK, Liqua to MEL liquids. I'd definitely avoid cotton candy or other sweet/dessert kind of flavour to not gunk up the coil too much.

So I guess, I'll keep this thread open if anyone wants to share their experience on using the similar setup.

Vape on everyone! :vapor:
 
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