New EGO TANK system.

[THEDert]

This system is a disappointment. Worked great for 1 day and I would think with buying a $14 addy and $6 blanks, that you could get 2 weeks atleast out of it. Now all I get it burnt hits and poor flavor not matter what juice I use.

 

[shadowseed]

I am using boba's bounty just fine in it. I tried some toffee coffee flavor and after a day I needed to clean it out. Boba's I haven't noticed it gunking it up, so I suppose it depends on the juice. First atty went 10-14 days before I cleaned it (vapor production started to drop, about half of what it was original). Second atty im 4 days in with no noticeable drop so far. With thicker liquids I just do some primer puffs, its similiar to dripping, you know when to do it based on taste and dryness.

 

[THEDert]

I've tried tons of different things and cleaning. The first day I was in heaven! HUGE pulls and GREAT flavor. Now I'm looking at a $20 waste of cash.

 

[Prodigal441]

I have had mine for over a week and I have only used it to see how it performs. At first it was great and then not so much with the burnt taste being the worst part. I pushed the wick that is in the spike down just a hair and when I fill the tank, I leave space for a little air. Now I never get the burnt taste. I grabbed my regular 510 atty for a minute to compare the drag. The tank is a little harder to take a drag off of. I tried untwisting the entire tank and atty 1/2 a turn. The draw was much better. I took my dremel to it and made the slots at the base a little bigger. Now I have no complaints.

 

[Rachus]

...took my dremel to it and made the slots at the base a little bigger...

I might try this mod too. I'm having to pull a little harder, which is what she said as well.

 

[woodman]

Dremmeling the slots a little deeper as it was drawing too hard and I also put a few drops of AG mix into atty then blow it back out and tail pipe a few puffs seems to restore it.

 

[Elendil]

A note on the "chad" issue.

Use the atty to puncture the tank(making sure to line it up properly). Remove the tank and turn it 180 degrees and re-insert fully into the atty. No chad issue.

 

[kelleymcm]

I got my replacement wick material (silica rope) a few hours ago
& THANKS to a KIND gentleman in NJ ......

YAY!!!

I have tank usage again !! Seems to be working well, on my 3rd tank & NO leaks yet !

I used a piece of mesh from a dead 401 atty to replace the little bead that holds the wick fibers in place. I doubled it compared to what was there b-4 and used as much wick as I could & still thread thru hole in needle. I made sure I had flat sides on needle plate & tank lined up & placed unit in atty housing with channel on plate directly over coil channel.

I assume I have V#2 cuz I have tapered sharp needle .... that may be why some of these lose their wick ....they made the needle wider but didn't increase the size of the mesh & wicking enough???

I'm NOT gonna blow it out 100X like I did before.
I basically blew the wick into the atty cup,that is what caused it to start leaking @ 8 days, it was shortly after the 1st cleaning .

The wicking is separate little fluffy fibers that just pull apart very easily & when I tried to use a little juice to hold it together it seemed to just pull apart easier ???

odd stuff ...seems tough in its big woven rope form
but separated down to size needed .....just fluffy stuff !

It sure GLOWED GOOD when placed in flame tho !

p.s. I have NO draw issues AT ALL ...if any thing I have an over easy draw!
I have been using ego mega carto's tho I wish I knew the FIX for you "burning no draw guys "

 

[AlbertaClipper]

So is everybody basically shying away from the dark juices on these? How dark is dark?

I think it's looking that way. I finally have some real-life experience I can offer on this one. I just got some of Juicy Clear's "Timmy's Double Double" juice. It is a dark, thick juice. It tastes great, but is a bit of a challenge to start with on the Tank. I found that it was quite do-able once the atty and my mouth warmed the juice in the tank up but I needed to be persistent at first to get it going. That speaks mostly to the viscosity, not the darkness, though. My guess is that if you keep with the dark stuff, you'll just need to clean that atty a bit more often.

 

[jeannest]

What juices is everyone using to avoid the lack of flavor and plastic taste? Do you have to use a super strong mint or cinnamon juice?

 

[Brazilleon]

What juices is everyone using to avoid the lack of flavor and plastic taste? Do you have to use a super strong mint or cinnamon juice?

I'm vaping tastyvapor ultimate vanilla and cheesecake. On a new atty, they have loads of flavor.

 

[kelleymcm]

I am using a DYI vanilla/caramel/bav. cream VG juice & adding 5% vodka .... to thin & it adds TH also

 

[arjay55]

What juices is everyone using to avoid the lack of flavor and plastic taste? Do you have to use a super strong mint or cinnamon juice?

I'm using Apple, Raspberry and occasionally Watermelon. The Apple comes through well, the Raspberry needs about double strength and the Watermelon needs double strength. Getting good vapour and the apple has a hit like Ali.

 

[jwv651]

After a couple of weeks with the eGo-T, I really like it for anytime I'm not sitting at home and dripping. Yes, the flavors are a bit muted and the vapor is cooler. This isn't surprising to me, the vapor has to go past the needle plate, up the cone, through a couple of little skinny channels ("vapeways"?) on the side of the tank, then through a couple of little tiny holes in the mouthpiece.

Compare this to my home-made drip tip on a standard 510 debridged/dewicked atty. I have a hole approximately .266" (17/64") in the drip tip, actually, just a hair bigger, as I polished it carefully after drilling. I literally have a hole bigger than 1/4" in diameter directly from my mouth to the coil. The distance from coil to mouth is shorter, and there's less "stuff" for the vapor to come in contact with, thereby less "stuff" cooling it and being condensed on. I get consistently warm, flavorful vapes off this set-up.
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As long as I keep the coil wet enough, and not too wet, that is. That's another good point for the tank, it keeps the atty nicely wet, but not flooded. I've only had a few "dry" vapes off the tank, and that was shortly after putting a fresh tank on a freshly cleaned atty. My fault, in other words. I didn't allow it time to prime, or didn't do some priming puffs to get things flowing.

Now, the reason for my post. Since the vapor has to go farther, and through smaller holes, it gets cooled off more, and has more contact with surfaces, which gives it a chance to condense there. I'm sure most of you tank users have noticed condensed juice in the mouthpiece, particularly inside those vapeways. It just seems reasonable to me that if we can open up the vapeways in the tank a bit, it should give a warmer, more flavorful vape.

So I put one of my 5 precious tanks under the knife. An as-yet unused one.

Using a 0.0625" or (1/16") drill bit, I opened up the holes in the 2 inserts in the mouthpiece, and drilled two new holes, one on each side of the original one in the center. This gave me more than 3x the open area that I had before, .1875", or (3/16"). Any of you who know your fluid dynamics, yes, I know it's not the same, but we're just talking in general terms. I did this to both inserts, inner and outer.
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I considered taking out the inner insert entirely, but I figure it really isn't hurting anything, as the open area is the same as the outer, and it might save me from getting juice in the mouth quite as easily if something drastic happens. I may also open up the holes some more, basically by removing the material between the holes, so it will have a long slit instead of 3 separate holes.

Then I did some more radical surgery. I cut off the thin piece of plastic that extends from the "outer" part of the tank, (the part you see when it's inserted into the atty cone), that covers the "vapeway" on either side of the tank, so that I had as big an opening as possible from the atty to the mouthpiece. I left about a millimeter untouched, so that I can get a good seal against the rim of the cone.
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And a (blurry) view from each end, showing the enlarged opening to the vapeway:
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After I did the first side, I blew through the mouthpiece end. The larger amount of air coming out the modified side vs. the unmodified was quite obvious.

The results? Well, this is, of course, subjective. YMMV, at your own risk, I've only tested one juice so far, yadda yadda.

I think it's better. The draw is about the same, as the bottleneck for air flow is the two slits at the battery end of the atty cone. I used the same atty with two tanks. I used the same juice in the tanks, one modified as above, and the other stock. The juice used was Backwoods Brew Cola, 12mg, 70pg/30vg.

• When dripping, it has a nice "bite" on the tongue during the draw, warm, thick vapor feel, moderate TH, and good cola flavor on the exhale.
  
• In the unmodded tank, it is completely missing the "bite" on draw, and the flavor seems muted. Of course, the vapor is cool, and seems to be "thinner". As the tank gets lower, a little bite begins to appear on the draw, and flavor increases a bit.
  
• In the modded tank, the bite is there, but not quite as sharp as dripped. The flavor, while still lacking something, seems to me a good bit stronger than the unmodded tank. The vapor feel seems to be a bit warmer and thicker. And the lower the tank got, the better it got, too.

I think I'm going to stop filling my tanks quite as full. 3/4 seems a reasonable amount. That should still last quite a while, unless I'm realling hitting it hard. Even then, refilling is easy, you don't have to guess, "Is this the drop that's going to fill it?" You can see how much is in the blamed thing. You also don't run the risk of flooding the atty, which I seem to have a tendency to do while dripping.

Altogether, I think this is a worthwhile mod. I intend to do the rest of my tanks.

I hope someone else will put a tank under the knife, to confirm or deny my subjective results. Let me know via PM, please, if you are thinking about doing this.

Leakage: I have only had one incident, with an unmodded tank, and that was when there was only about 3-5 drops left in the tank, and I had the PV at about a 45 degree or less angle in a holder. I think this is the point where the needle/wick is no longer totally submerged. Since the surface tension of the liquid keeps it from running out the hole when the tanks are not inserted in the atty, the ability for air to move freely into the tank allows the liquid to run freely out.

So, keeping the tank at a level between 1/4 and 3/4 full should address most leakage issues, and give me the best, most flavorful vape.

Burned taste: I had one atty that started giving me a burned taste. I blew it out, ran it under the tap using HOT water, blowing the water through several times from both ends, popped it into a jar of PGA, agitated it thoroughly, blew it out and did a brief dry burn, rinsed in water, back in PGA, and blew it out thoroughly. No more nastiness.

I removed the insert and the mouth piece from the tank and I have been vaping 2 days now with no problems. I found the flavor has improved and I'm getting much more vaper. I also noticed less of a plastic after taste, which was nasty. Oh and by removing these 2 pieces there is no more moisture in the tank. I have no leaks anywhere with the tank.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

EDit..................

 

[tenzip]

I removed the insert and the mouth piece from the tank and I have been vaping 2 days now with no problems. I found the flavor has improved and I'm getting much more vaper. I also noticed less of a plastic after taste, which was nasty. Oh and by removing these 2 pieces there is no more moisture in the tank. I have no leaks anywhere with the tank.

Yah, I considered removing the inserts altogether, but it seems to me that it gives a little support when I drop the dang thing on the floor. Instead of breaking, the outer insert pops out. It may also save me from getting juice in the mouth so easily if something goes wrong. Hate that nasty taste.

I do still get a little condensation, but nothing like before. It's barely noticeable.

 

[kellie]

Well it's been 1 month with my tank atty from TW. I have had no problems no leaks the flavor is alittle weak on the sweet flavors. I use FSUSA 50/50 and it works great. I got 4 more t atty's 2 more from TW during the yo-yo sale and a blue and a green from FSUSA. These are defin a keeper for me I love them.
Oh my main vape is Prue Cig menthol and my sweet flavors are Butterfinger and Snickerz which are both darkish. I just ordered the sweets with 2x flavor and see how that goes. I did do one cleaning with distilled water after about 2 weeks to see what would happen it still works great. I am a very happy vaper. I also ordered a flashlight mod from Oldgoat and and extender from mad vapes to try

 

[jwv651]

Yah, I considered removing the inserts altogether, but it seems to me that it gives a little support when I drop the dang thing on the floor. Instead of breaking, the outer insert pops out. It may also save me from getting juice in the mouth so easily if something goes wrong. Hate that nasty taste.

I do still get a little condensation, but nothing like before. It's barely noticeable.

Hopefully I won't drop it But tanks are cheap and flavor is everything to me and I just was not getting it with the inserts. It seems much better with the pieces removed. Less of a plastic taste, but it is still there, just less of it. I appreciate your post on the mod of the tank, everything helps. I hope they modify the atomiser and tanks because this system could be the best thing to happen to us vapers.

 

[KISSfn]

Just got my eGo-T today from Cignot (Great vendor)! Thanks to this forum for the recommendations! Vaping Mango from DFWvapor (Great)! I love this PV! Seeing how this is page 170 of this thread I'm not sure if this advice has been posted or not but hopefully I can help someone the way this forum has helped me. I think it is VERY important to align the vaping channels on the tank to the open areas on the atty's top plate. I know I have no long term experience with this PV but first impressions are: Great flavor, great amount of vapor and seems like a well designed system. I like it better than my 510. Of course I will keep you updated as time goes on.

 

[Scottbee]

I think it is VERY important to align the vaping channels on the tank to the open areas on the atty's top plate.

Personally I don't think the alignment is important at all. I just align the whistle tip so I have convenient access to the button.... done.