FYI:
I just picked up one of these and it came in the mail today along with a new SB I ordered. I am using (x2) 3v Tenergy RCR 123A's which are brand new batteries I bought two weeks ago from BatteryJunction. The new SB works with a normal 510 atomizer and these batteries. I then tried this tank setup & atomizer on the new SB and it would not heat. I tried several sets of batteries, and still nothing. I tried it on my old SB, and nothing. At this point I figured I had a bad unit but gave it a shot on my Omega using the same batteries I had in the SB. It finally worked, but very minimally. I then tried it on my USB-BB and it was night/day; plumbs of vapor. I went back and tried it with the new SB w/ a single 18650; low and behold it fires up no problem. Strangely, I am getting the same amount of vapor with this setup and an 18650 then I would get if I was using (x2) 123A's [IE: High Voltage] and a normal 510 atomizer. It blows my mind and makes going back to vaping with 3.7v possible. If your like me and used to high voltage vaping, you probably thought it was not possible to go back to 3.7v; you would be wrong. Using this with the USB-BB is actually too much for my liking, something I have not thought possible now that I have been vaping for so long. Reminds me of trying to vape 50+ MG liquid only meant for mixing.
Anyway, I got the same results with the old SB & the 18650. I have tried a bunch of times in the old SB with the Tenergy, silver 123A's blue strip on the bottom, which are the new ones vs the old style Tenergy 123A's that are all baby blue color. If I replace the tank atomizer setup with a normal 510 atomizer, it works great but will not work with the tank setup. Yes all three sets of 123A's I have tried are fully charged, and again new batteries. Why it refuses to work with the 123A's but will work with 18650 is beyond me. Even stranger, I tried those old Tenergy's I mentioned (Baby Blue color) which have been through hell and back, now barely charge and probably should be thrown out before they explode and catch the house on fire; guess what? The tank worked great. Go figure. Maybe an amperage thing with the new Tenergy's, maybe its just the batch I got; who knows.
If you run into a problem, you might want to try a different kind of battery. I am not complaining, don't worry that will come in my review of Altsmoke later on tonight or tomorrow. Now that I have almost $500 worth of their products, and have been using them for almost two years, I think its time for an honest review. As I said, this tank setup however works beyond my expectations, (becides a little leaking) its just odd the tank atomizer is so fussy about which batteries feeds the beast.
If I come across any further anomalies, I will post them in this thread.
Hope this helps.
-Jonathan
