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I boil my tank atomizers when they start tasting bad a lot. The one I'm using currently went to a permanent burnt taste. I removed the spike plate and boiled it disassembled. That cleaned it really well which got it tasting good again. It's pretty easy to remove the spike plate by prying with a smaller screwdriver at the slots. Not terribly difficult to refit.

One of the guys on the TW forum actually replaced the wick using material from an old CE2 cartomizer. Said it totally resolved the burnt taste issue. Joye should be using the same material for the wick when they manufacture these things. CE2 wicks don't burn.

I watched the video above after cleaning what appeared to be a dead atomizer. I left this comment-

I went a slightly different route to clean the atomizer from my 510 days. I soaked it in Polident 3 minute denture cleaner for a few hours, blew out then let dry for 2-3 days. I got very little vapor so I put some nicquid in a syringe and put it directly in the spike in the atomizer and had heavy vapor until the nicquid fed ran out. I repeated the prime and it seems to be working fine now. I may have pushed that material down some inadvertently. I do know the atomizer still is good though.

As I'm writing this I'm vaping my head off trying to get it to stop vaping but I think I'm good. If not, I'll work on pushing those fibers down a bit but probably did with the syringe. I still have only killed on atomizer in 2 years of vaping. A lot of time it's just cleaning and re-priming that's required.

While I wondered over here for my hardware issue, a little sales pitch for those that don't hit the legal area. The Dems have proposed legislation that will double the federal cig tax AND work on bring the tax on smokeless products up to make them as expensive as cigarettes-

https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/112/s1403

If you're not familiar with the site, spend 5 minutes, vote NO to the proposal and voice your opinion. Your reps in Washington will get your message. Also post it to your social media with links. Washing has to stop picking us.
 

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Hey Folks -
Seems people either have no trouble at all with their Ego Type B tanks, and love and swear by them, OR people have bad taste/leak problems and give up on them. Has anyone had bad plasticky/noxious taste that went away?

I just got mine - Ego-T from Vaperite, Type B - today. First thing I did was fill up a tank full of vaperite Kona Cream, jammed it on the atty, and started vaping. Bad bad taste. Then I did some research here, yanked the tank off, blew out the atomizer from mouthpiece end to get any primer out, put the tank back. Still bad taste. I tried filling a different tank with BWB RY4 - still burnt taste but seemed a little better - not anything I'd continue to vape for fear of poisoning myself with primer/plastic fumes.

Finally I yanked the tank again, rinsed the atty both sides in cool and warm water, blew out both ends for about 30-45 seconds total, dried it, dripped a couple drops of Ry4 right onto the wick and plate so it would slide down the holes on each side of the plate. Even pulled off the chads from the tank caps! Stuck the tank back on. Still bad taste.

When I take a draw on the atty directly, the taste isn't nearly so bad - which leads me to think I'm burning plastic tank!

This would really suck if I can't get a clean vape from the tanks. I absolutely love Kona Cream dripped on an LR 306 atty. But this setup makes me dislike it totally!

Can someone help? Or should I start looking at bottom feeders?

Thanks,
CC
 

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Do yourself a favor and don't even bother with tat thing. I tried at least five different tank attys and several tanks but still got that burnt nasty/plastic/chemical taste. I even sat face to face with the owners of two different sites who swore by the ego tank system to show me how they get them to work and still tastes bad. I finally gave up and just went to cartos and regular attys on my ego batt. I still have 5 or 6 tank attys sitting in my supply box that I don't use. Believe me, I have tried everything but it still tastes horrible. I finally decided to stop wasting my money and time. You might get one or two good hits for every ten bad ones.

I finally bought a Provari and all is perfect in my vaping world.

No offense to the ego t fanboys and girls, this was just my experience.

Happy vaping to all, no matter what set-up you use....

Hey Folks -
Seems people either have no trouble at all with their Ego Type B tanks, and love and swear by them, OR people have bad taste/leak problems and give up on them. Has anyone had bad plasticky/noxious taste that went away?

I just got mine - Ego-T from Vaperite, Type B - today. First thing I did was fill up a tank full of vaperite Kona Cream, jammed it on the atty, and started vaping. Bad bad taste. Then I did some research here, yanked the tank off, blew out the atomizer from mouthpiece end to get any primer out, put the tank back. Still bad taste. I tried filling a different tank with BWB RY4 - still burnt taste but seemed a little better - not anything I'd continue to vape for fear of poisoning myself with primer/plastic fumes.

Finally I yanked the tank again, rinsed the atty both sides in cool and warm water, blew out both ends for about 30-45 seconds total, dried it, dripped a couple drops of Ry4 right onto the wick and plate so it would slide down the holes on each side of the plate. Even pulled off the chads from the tank caps! Stuck the tank back on. Still bad taste.

When I take a draw on the atty directly, the taste isn't nearly so bad - which leads me to think I'm burning plastic tank!

This would really suck if I can't get a clean vape from the tanks. I absolutely love Kona Cream dripped on an LR 306 atty. But this setup makes me dislike it totally!

Can someone help? Or should I start looking at bottom feeders?

Thanks,
CC
 

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Hi Paulie -

Thank you for your response. I'm very eager to know - when you sat face to face with the site owners, could they simply not taste the same plasticky burning flavor on your device that you could? I guess I'm wondering whether it's actually that certain people can distinguish this flavor while others can't - or whether it's bad equipment.

I'm also leaning towards a vv, if different atties can make such a difference on the flavor of the same eliquid.

Thanks,
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The one guy kept telling me that hedidnt understand what the problem was, "he loved his".

The other owner tried to say that it should work perfectly the way that she showed me. Then sold me two type b attys and tanks. Then I noticed that she was using a cheap tube mod with a 306 atty.

I was really optumistic about this thing in the beginning. It sounds like the perfect setup. And it is. It just needs to work right.

Its a good battery, just a crappy tank/atty system.

Either way, I think that both owners were just trying to save face.

Paulie P.
 

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The one guy kept telling me that hedidnt understand what the problem was, "he loved his".

The other owner tried to say that it should work perfectly the way that she showed me. Then sold me two type b attys and tanks. Then I noticed that she was using a cheap tube mod with a 306 atty.

I was really optumistic about this thing in the beginning. It sounds like the perfect setup. And it is. It just needs to work right.

Its a good battery, just a crappy tank/atty system.

Either way, I think that both owners were just trying to save face.

Paulie P.

I wouldn't understand what your problem is either, and I have 5 Ego-T Type B tanks that I've enjoyed for months. I think they are top contenders, and I have no reason to lie to you. Further, I'm not affiliated in any way with any suppliers or manufacturers. The first thing I would consider is a user oriented problem because many thousands are happy users. I'm one of those happy users with no need to "save face". It's most obviously a good system or there wouldn't be a market so saturated with them. You'd make a fortune if you could design and manufacture one that works better.
 

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Tanks attys can tend to burn certain weaker ejuices - the LRs will even effect stronger ejuices. The new soft caps help with both situations as the soft silicone doesn't transfer the heat from the spike to the ejuice as much as the solid plastic caps can. And some people are more sensitive to certain tastes. I can always taste the cloth in any carto that uses it as a sock or filler. Joye cartos use regular filler (not wrapped cloth) so it isn't as bad but for me, the CE2 cartos and tanks without fillers have the best taste - for me, it's the best thing next to dripping. I use regular B type attys/tanks on regular eGo batts.
 

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Hi Tom -

Have you tried dripping? If so, do you taste a difference between dripping and tank?

Thanks,
PJ

No, I've never tried dripping. I don't want to take that much time and effort to vape. This is why I use the Type B 2 ml tank and the EMDCC's with the huge capacity. I'm quite happy with the flavor and vapor with either.
 

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Hi Tom - Good to know. Do you taste a diff between the EMDCCs and the Type B?

I'm just learning that apparently every single atomizer/tank/cart/carto actually gives a different flavor. And then add on variable voltage! It seems like I may need a couple different setups to get the best out of each class of juices. My BWB juices work like a dream in EMDCCs, but I just don't get the flavor when dripping those on the LR306. Ah well - I suppose we should count ourselves lucky to have so many options!
 

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Hi Tom - Good to know. Do you taste a diff between the EMDCCs and the Type B?

I'm just learning that apparently every single atomizer/tank/cart/carto actually gives a different flavor. And then add on variable voltage! It seems like I may need a couple different setups to get the best out of each class of juices. My BWB juices work like a dream in EMDCCs, but I just don't get the flavor when dripping those on the LR306. Ah well - I suppose we should count ourselves lucky to have so many options!

I think that the flavors between the EMDCC and the Type B tank are very close. One exception might be lighter flavors doing somewhat better in the Type B Tank. I've heard many people say there is no comparison to dripping, but I still have no desire to try it. I'm spoiled with convenience and being able to vape for a reasonable period of time with no filling to worry about. Yes, we do have a ton of options - enough to make just about everyone happy.
 

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After reading this thread in its entirety, most people seem to say that 100% VG juices do not work well in the eGo-T.

I REALLY want to try Boba's Bounty but its 100% VG. Has anyone successfully diluted it with something so that you still get the flavor, but its not quite so thick? I feel like I'm missing out on a really good juice.
 

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After reading this thread in its entirety, most people seem to say that 100% VG juices do not work well in the eGo-T.

I REALLY want to try Boba's Bounty but its 100% VG. Has anyone successfully diluted it with something so that you still get the flavor, but its not quite so thick? I feel like I'm missing out on a really good juice.

I vape VG... just not 100% pure VG which would be too thick. I'm guessing that Boba'a Bounty still cuts his VG with 15-20% H2O. I DIY with Decadent Vapour's Aqueous Glycerine, VG nic base-platinum ice and flavoring. Some of the flavoring has VG in it but it's mainly a PG base so there's nothing that's "100% VG". The end result with using the above isn't any thicker than regular PG and I vape it in 8 different eGo-t's without any problem. In fact, I was one of the lucky 'no leaks' one for quite a while - that's partly due to the fact that I have about 4 going at both my tv chair and computer chair, so I'm not power vaping any ecig - so less heat and less leaks.
 

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I vape VG... just not 100% pure VG which would be too thick. I'm guessing that Boba'a Bounty still cuts his VG with 15-20% H2O. I DIY with Decadent Vapour's Aqueous Glycerine, VG nic base-platinum ice and flavoring. Some of the flavoring has VG in it but it's mainly a PG base so there's nothing that's "100% VG". The end result with using the above isn't any thicker than regular PG and I vape it in 8 different eGo-t's without any problem. In fact, I was one of the lucky 'no leaks' one for quite a while - that's partly due to the fact that I have about 4 going at both my tv chair and computer chair, so I'm not power vaping any ecig - so less heat and less leaks.

Interesting, didn't know that. Thanks for the info. So you have used Boba's Bounty on an eGo-T? I supposed I could water it down a bit if I need too. I'm just worried about clogging up my atomizer or screwing my wick up or something.
 

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Interesting, didn't know that. Thanks for the info. So you have used Boba's Bounty on an eGo-T? I supposed I could water it down a bit if I need too. I'm just worried about clogging up my atomizer or screwing my wick up or something.

I haven't used Boba's Bounty but my DIY with Decadent Vapours is about as much VG as one can get. And I'm just guessing that the make of BB is also diluting VG with H20, so if I were you I wouldn't add any more water. Unless you notice a distinct difference in viscosity with the Boba Bounty ejuice vs. others, I'd think it would vape well. I have seen all the posts about not vaping tanks with VG, but my own experience is quite different - I had virtually no leaks for about 9 months then recently some started to leak and they were fixed with the new soft caps. VG on coils cleans up well with 151 proof vodka bath.
 

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I haven't used Boba's Bounty but my DIY with Decadent Vapours is about as much VG as one can get. And I'm just guessing that the make of BB is also diluting VG with H20, so if I were you I wouldn't add any more water. Unless you notice a distinct difference in viscosity with the Boba Bounty ejuice vs. others, I'd think it would vape well. I have seen all the posts about not vaping tanks with VG, but my own experience is quite different - I had virtually no leaks for about 9 months then recently some started to leak and they were fixed with the new soft caps. VG on coils cleans up well with 151 proof vodka bath.

Thanks for your input. I'm going to purchase a small bottle and try it out.

Do you notice a difference in cleaning the coils with high proof alcohol vs. isopropol alcohol? I have some vodka and I also have ISO. I'm a little worried about using the ISO as I've heard of people saying it can take the coating off of the outside of the atomizer (not the end of the world, but I'd like to avoid that). Also, if I were to dilute a VG, would distilled water be best?

I'm also going to look into Decadent Vapours. Thanks for your input, I appreciate the help!
 
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