New Smok prince mesh coils... they all taste burnt immediately

[grumpyuncleart]

Hello all,

New to the forum, not new to vaping. I recently started using the Smok E - Priv and am enjoying it. Have been happy with the Smok prince coils. Mainly the V12 T10. I saw they had these new mesh and ribbon coils. Gave them a shot. First one gets installed, properly primed (i even let it soak in its juice for an hour before using), took hit at a wattage about 20 below what is recommended (60W) and it tasted like it had been dry fired. Complete burnt taste that we all know and love on the very first hit and way under the wattage it is said to support which is 0.15ohm rated for 60-100W, recommended 80-90W. I hit it at 60.
Lowered the wattage. Same problem. Lowerd it some more, same problem. Took it all apart and looked at the coil. Looked perfect.

Installed a new one. This time though, again properly priming it and letting it soak in juice for even longer, took a hit at the bottom of what is recommenced (80W)... same thing.

Anyone else have this experience with these mesh coils or mesh type coils?
Anyone else have any experience with the Smok mesh coils that might either tell me what I might be doing wrong or some tips?

Thus far I just think they poorly designed or I got a bad batch. I intentionally bought these from my local shop; whom i trust and they are 100% authentic and confirmed this with Smok. They (my shop) were brand new to them and they didn't have a clue why this might be happening. Said I was doing everything right. Went back to the coils that I know are fine but I am curious as to your thoughts.

Thank you!

 

[Fidola13]

Seems to be a common problem with Smok coils including the mesh ones unfortunately. You can try pricking the cotton on the sides of the coil with a pin if it’s showing and soaking juice thru the cotton them prime as usual.

Good luck.

 

[grumpyuncleart]

Agreed, thank you. The coils are supposed to be suitable for this prince tank. Same mfg of all components (Smok) but yes, the ones I know work is the way to go. Appreciate the insight.

 

[Eskie]

They may be poorly designed or a bad batch. Generally when first breaking it in, it's far better to start well below any "recommended" or "best at" wattage settings as they're usually inflated. I start low, around 20W and go up a few watts each inhale. Throw in some unpowered puffs to assure you're really pulling juice through the cotton, and you should not have any dry hits. After a several minute soak then slowly turning the power up you should be at your preferred wattage in maybe 20 minutes, better than an hour passive soak.

Some folks will also poke a few small holes in the cotton with a pin to help wicking, but I've never resorted to that.

 

[grumpyuncleart]

Thanks Eskie! Good tips. Will give this coil another run.

 

[Slavencia]

I am having the same issue. I had issues with the old regular q4 prince coils though not as bad. Wanted the mesh to work better as I like this tank. I do start out at about 30W and work up only to between 40 and 45 W and am not chain vaping as I keep reading that is bad for coils. I am about ready to throw all Smok products out the window!

 

[Colombia]

That is weird, as I mentioned before in another thead I used the Q4, X6, T10 and finally the mesh.

Of all this 4 the one I like most is the mesh coil, very smooth vape and excellent flavour from the beggining. I am going to try the strips coils as a good member suggest are better than the mesh.

I did have a break in issue with the T10...

 

[Slavencia]

i haven't tried the strip coils yet either. guess I will try them too but then off with its head to this tank forever if not better!

 

[Surf Monkey]

That is weird, as I mentioned before in another thead I used the Q4, X6, T10 and finally the mesh.

Of all this 4 the one I like most is the mesh coil, very smooth vape and excellent flavour from the beggining. I am going to try the strips coils as a good member suggest are better than the mesh.

I did have a break in issue with the T10...

I’m curious about these for sure. There’s no doubt that Smok coils of all a stripes like to get burned very quickly, but some finesse when breaking them in helps a lot.

 

[TrollDragon]

Has to be a bad batch, Smok has some really sketchy QC.

We sell a ton of the Prince mesh and BB mesh (GT Cores), never have any reports of burnt out of the box.

Wondering if the E-Priv is not firing right, have you tried the Prince tank on a different mod to see if it is the same?

 

[RumbleFish]

Thanks Eskie! Good tips. Will give this coil another run.

I've also found that setting the preheat to 'soft' seems to give me more life out of the SMOK coils

 

[stols001]

Oh, there may be some magical dark arts kind of all to Smok coils and you may be casting the I-ching incorrectly for your needs, and yeah, you do kind of probably break them in like you would a virgin princess.

However, if a coil wants to give me THAT much trouble, I am going to steer clear. If you are hating the coils, it seems like the list of non-smok coils that fit in prince tanks grows ever exponentially.

So I guess if you want to work on your.... finesse as it were, hey, give it all you got. Try as many priming methods as you can come up with, and then go buy some non Smoke coils and I bet you anything you get a better vape. Etc.

Anna

 

[djsvapour]

I won a Smok vape pen and it came with the wrong coils... they were mesh 0.15 instead of 0.3/0.4 as far as I can tell.

I have no idea what power (watts) it is vaping at but the heat and vapor would suggest getting near 90 watts. (I can't do the math... I have no idea on the battery output).

So far, so good.

Maybe your mod is not right? Smok are not famous for great QC but the tanks and coils are usually good in all honesty. It's the mods where I fear things are too vague and unreliable.