NOT my day today...... :(

[Ratchet]

Geez, this is definitely not my day today. o-ring on Phiniac tank crapped out on me, tank started leaking.... Well, I have plenty of o-rings, no prob, right? Replace o-ring and go on with your life.... Not so. I finally managed to get the o-ring to seat inside the tank cap. Then had issues getting carto to go through, the o-rings are just a little too fat. Finally got that accomplished, primed a new carto, popped it in, was going to start vaping again. NOPE! The carto is dead, wouldn't fire at all....

Empty tank AGAIN, new carto, prime, get it in the tank... FINALLY! One hour later, I am vaping again............ Don't need any more crap today! Sorry guys, just ranting a bit..... LOL!

 

[water4choc]

Hey Ratchet,

Have you seen the tank tool from Phiniac? I just ordered one along with another tank and am waiting for it to come in. They also have videos on their site that show how to use the tank tool and replace o rings.

 

[Ratchet]

NO, haven't seen that! I'll have to hop right on over there and check it out. It's a PIA to get these o-rings in there..... THANKS!!!!

 

[Ratchet]

Awwwwww - store closed for medical reasons through the 17th or 18th..... I'll check when they open back up. I hope everyone is ok there......

 

[antlion]

I feel ya Ratchet, man... I sure hope these O-rings don't have to replaced like monthly or anything or I'm going back to atties 100% I've been having some leaking issues with my barely 2 week old phiniac tank too. I love it but seriously the constant leaking has got to stop or its gonna be trash. I can't afford to waste so much e-liquid.

 

[TravTech]

I have times like that and I hate it. The biggest issue is the lack of quality control / reliability of the cartomizers. It's a real crap shoot.

Just yesterday I felt like a clean setup. So I cleaned my tank, punched a fresh carto, primed the carto, filled the tank, and let it all sit for like 15 min.

Went to hit and my my Provari starts throwing E1 errors. So I check the res on the carto and it reads like 1ohm but then jumps up to like 2.5ohms. I'm thinking it should be OK now and try again. Nope E1, even at lower voltages.

So I popped the carto / tank onto a 4.2v Ego batt, thinking maybe I can burn off the intermittent short (worked in the past occasionally) and get it to stabilize at it's advertised resistance. Nothing, not even a sizzle or pop.

Put it back on Provari to check res, it's now reading open. So I have to start ALL over again.

This was with Boge 3.0 single coil carts no less.

There's just no consistency between any of the cartomizers. Even the ones that do work, 1 will have great flavor and vape while another has great vape but hardly any flavor at all.

I don't get it and it's really starting to piss me off. Thinking of switching to bottom feeders tbh.


Edit: Then again, I am in the coop for the Scubagen3's. Maybe that will help seeing how it eliminates the carto. At least then the consistency / reliability part will be on me to develop some mad wick / coil making skills.

 

[Ratchet]

I feel ya Ratchet, man... I sure hope these O-rings don't have to replaced like monthly or anything or I'm going back to atties 100% I've been having some leaking issues with my barely 2 week old phiniac tank too. I love it but seriously the constant leaking has got to stop or its gonna be trash. I can't afford to waste so much e-liquid.

My guess - its the oring......