Patriot clone atomizer really harsh and not much vapor

[Joey13091]

I just received a patriot style dripping atomizer. I built a coil and ohms are good at 1.5. Dripped some liquid. But when I try to vape it it is really harsh and hurts my lungs. With hardly any vapor.

I can take way longer draws from my ego with a kanger pro tank 2 and get way more vapor.

Do I just need to drill the air hole bigger? What's the problem here? I'm using the same juice.

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[Papa_Lazarou]

Pics of your build will help.

Sounds like hot spots. Air hole positioning will cause a little of what you describe, but toots that harsh have always been due to coil issues in my experience. If you take the cap off and fire it, do you see any part of the coil glowing red? If so, that will be your culprit. A coil with a wet wick should not visibly glow.

 

[Joey13091]

No redness of coil. Juice seems to pop off of it when I fire it.

It had a dual coil setup in it when it arrived and I tried vaping that and it did the same thing. I just built a single coil setup.

I'm new to this building thing.

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[Joey13091]

Pics of your build will help.

Sounds like hot spots. Air hole positioning will cause a little of what you describe, but toots that harsh have always been due to coil issues in my experience. If you take the cap off and fire it, do you see any part of the coil glowing red? If so, that will be your culprit. A coil with a wet wick should not visibly glow.

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[Jenn Perry]

What are you using to vape on mech VV/VW and if VV/VW what is your setting might be burning with too high VV/VW. I have the Patriot clone and there ARE different ones is it fastech or another. All info you can give would be helpful

 

[Joey13091]

Fast tech. I also suck at this stuff.

But the original coils it came with had the same harsh hit.

That was just a quick coil I put on because I wanted to try it out.


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[Robertlhuffman]

What level nicotine are you using?


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[Joey13091]

What level nicotine are you using?


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Only 6mg. Same juice I use on my ego battery

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[Robertlhuffman]

Damn I was gonna say the nic level maybe too high. Mine was the same though. Drill the air holes out to 3/32 that should solve the issue for you

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[Joey13091]

Damn I was gonna say the nic level maybe too high. Mine was the same though. Drill the air holes out to 3/32 that should solve the issue for you

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I rebuilt my coil to a 1.1 ohm single and drilled the hole 3/32 like you said and all is well now. Thank you for your help!

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[Robertlhuffman]

No worries thats what we are here for. Glad you like the patriot I love mine even though its a clone

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[Shields42]

The patriot has a relatively high air hole for a dripper, try moving the coil up above or up next to one of those air holes, could pull some of the thump out of your vape