New Vaper Problems With Altitude changes.

[FRSguy]

I got my first MOD last Thursday so am very new to vaping.
I am running an evic with Aspire Nautilus.
Okay so I ran in to a few problems with leaking and was having to drain the tank and tare everything apart, clean it an put back together in order to make it work again and then I discovered a short cut that kind of cleans out the leak a bit faster by blowing in to it and burning off access in the air tube however in my search for a solution I discovered something weird.
I work at an altitude of 11 feet above sea level however I live at about 6,000 feet above sea level.
At about 4,000 feet my vape pretty much stops working
Above 4,000 feet my mod starts to leak because the air pressure inside the Nautilus tank does not seem to equalize fast enough so the juice is forced from the tank in to the coil and air chamber which will leak about .5 ML before the pressure equalizes and the whole thing has to be cleared out and burned off access which takes me about 20 minutes to get the thing working again when I am up to altitude.

Does anyone know of something that might be better than the Nautilus when it comes to equalizing pressure so it wont leak?
The only solution I have thought of (but havent tried) is having a hole drilled in the top side of the tank with some kind of valve or stopper to remove while climbing the mountain at the end of the day..... Any ideas?

 

[classwife]

Welcome to ECF FRSguy



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[Vulcano]

As far as I know, most tanks works with pressure, then you would have to move to RDA to prevent that

 

[amtseung]

You could drill a little hole in the top for pressure release, and then never be able to tilt it again, but having not owned one of these, I don't know how safe or structurally sound that is.
Dripping atomizers would be the easy way around this issue, as altitude/air pressure change can't affect its function at all. I don't think anyone wants another wall of text of physics, but from experiment, a vivi nova failed to function properly on an airplane at 26000 ft, but my chimbus before it melted worked perfectly fine on that flight. Luckily it was a small flight, and the other passengers thought it was cool or funny. I was the youngest person on a flight of 30 people.
Back on track, I just remembered that there is a reasonably new product called the Big Dripper RDTA. It's an RDA deck, with a tank-like apparatus on top, that drips your RDA for you. Either this, or a Genny or RSST or similar RBA (the venerable Aga-T2 comes to mind) are a great compromise between ease of use and having a tank.

Hope this helps, and good luck! That must be one gnarly commute.

 

[Warpigs]

Welcome to ECF!

 

[lirruping]

This is fascinating. I am a relatively new vaper, too. I live in an area where the air pressure is constantly changing and have noticed that the weather definitely affects my tanks--especially the ce4 tanks. (I don't recommend those, by the way! I'm just vaping my way thru them till they're gone). On rainy, overcast days, my tanks work better in general. I wish I could offer some kind of advice... But I'll be watching this thread to see what people say!

 

[mogium]

Get a rda or a reo mod and enjoy

 

[abpigdoc]

There are a few tanks that are top fill--like the Erlkonigin that open and can equalize...but I like the Reo idea the best! Good luck and welcome!

 

[amtseung]

This is fascinating. I am a relatively new vaper, too. I live in an area where the air pressure is constantly changing and have noticed that the weather definitely affects my tanks--especially the ce4 tanks. (I don't recommend those, by the way! I'm just vaping my way thru them till they're gone). On rainy, overcast days, my tanks work better in general. I wish I could offer some kind of advice... But I'll be watching this thread to see what people say!

I don't recommend ce4's either. I actually had one implode during takeoff, in my carry-on, during a short flight from New York to Chicago.

 

[6mgRSST]

For altitude RBA's or RDA's are the way to go. Tanks have multiple rubber gaskets that swell during quick altitude changes, I had a tank decide to leak on my way up the zutspitz.

 

[williebb123]

if you like tanks your only choice is a RTA like the rsst i live at a 4250 ft altitude and while im not a big fan of dripping i find either my AC9 or AL-1 in constant use and to keep my genny from leaking if it falls over while using a ss mesh wick ive found a slight pinch at the top of the wick works better than using a plug for the fill hole

 

[Whitewolf2014]

Hello and welcome to ECF. The only suggestion I can offer if you haven't already tried it. What if you turned the tank upside down and left it like that until you were almost home. It would put the liquid at the top of the tank, away from the coil. You might still get a little leakage of what was already in the coil but the air inside the tank would be able to equalize instead of pushing liquid out. just put a napkin or something under the drip tip and don't let road rage make you want to reach for your mod.

 

[Hppsc]

Empty any vacuum dependent tanks when you're going to change altitudes. Maybe use a Dripper.

 

[oldbikeguy]

Yep I would get a REO before I would deal with that every day !!

 

[FRSguy]

As far as I know, most tanks works with pressure, then you would have to move to RDA to prevent that

What is an RDA?

 

[Sgt.Rock]

RDA=Rebuildable Dripping Atomizer (a Dripper for short)

 

[FRSguy]

Hello and welcome to ECF. The only suggestion I can offer if you haven't already tried it. What if you turned the tank upside down and left it like that until you were almost home. It would put the liquid at the top of the tank, away from the coil. You might still get a little leakage of what was already in the coil but the air inside the tank would be able to equalize instead of pushing liquid out. just put a napkin or something under the drip tip and don't let road rage make you want to reach for your mod.

LOL this worked like a charm!