protank 2 issues

[bewlay]

Hi all.
been vaping for a month or two now with a couple of ego batteries and the cheapo clearos from corner stores, enjoyed the experience so far. managed to get a pretty good vape from learning how to maintain equipment properly.

so, thought id upgrade to a better tank, and decided on the protank. Got it last week with a stock of spare coils, looks like a beautiful piece of kit, even on a rubbish battery, nicely weighted, solid looking design.

Anyway after vaping on and off for a day with it, started off with a great taste, no huge vapour clouds, (but i dont care about that) but a slightly too light draw for my liking. However, as the day progressed, the draw on it got tighter and tighter, till i had to suck way too hard on it, and got gurgling and drops of juice in my mouth. changed the (day old) coil, but no difference.

after a bit of playing around with it, i discovered that by having the tank just barely enough on the thread of the battery to make contact, i can get an ok vape from it...not great, not even close to the cheaper clearos. too tight, im sucking for my life and getting nothing but the occasional blob im my mouth, too loose, and it doesnt even fire up , of course, as there is no electrical contact.

so, so far my experience with the protank is, after lots of twiddling and fiddling....just ok!

question is...
1)
have i bought a duff one, are they usually better than that? im aware the ego batteries im using arent ideal for this tank, but would have expected it to at least match the performance of the 3 quid clearos/1.50 coils id been using before, sadly, so far it hasnt.

2)having the protank at such a loose torque on the battery, even with the (again rather well aesthetically designed) beauty ring holding it more firmly, does still produce a fair bit of wobble, given the weight of the protank on top...is this likely to damage anything, explode in my face, short out New York City...or kill a battery? feels somewhat wrong, but its the best vape ive managed to get from it so far, which is a shame, as it does look pretty good.

not looking for miracles here, i know better functionality can be achieved with a mod, or at least a vv bat, but am i missing something obvious here?

 

[Blindtarm]

I haven't had that exact problem my self, but I know that exchanging the base with an airflow controller, sold separately, solved my problem with leaking. It's a much better tank now. It sounds like it is trouble with the base anyhow, so worth a shot. Kanger Airflow control valve for Protank-2, Protank-3, Aerotank – KangerTech
Maybe you guys out there know better?

Good luck to you! Hope you find a solution!

 

[Leothwyn]

Did you have it in your pocket? Any chance that dirt or lint got in the little air holes on the base?

 

[bewlay]

Blindtarm "solved my problem with leaking. It's a much better tank now. It sounds like it is trouble with the base anyhow, so worth a shot. "

yeah i did see that on my various searches, could be a possibility...airflow is def a problem, although after the first day of using it, i didnt have any leakage. might be worth a shot though, thanks!

 

[MotherNatural]

Do yourself a huge favor and get the air base for it. You won't believe the improvement it provides. Frankly, Kanger would do themselves a favor by including it even if it meant upping the price of the pro tank 2.

 

[bewlay]

no had it in a rucksack used it only at break, so i doubt its a lint issue. have given all the parts a good clean since any way, and still the only decent draw i get is by having the two parts just barely connecting

 

[bewlay]

Do yourself a huge favor and get the air base for it. You won't believe the improvement it provides. Frankly, Kanger would do themselves a favor by including it even if it meant upping the price of the pro tank 2.

thanks i may well just do that, not a huge cost anyway

 

[Deryan3]

Do yourself a huge favor and get the air base for it. You won't believe the improvement it provides. Frankly, Kanger would do themselves a favor by including it even if it meant upping the price of the pro tank 2.

I echo this.. I too have a PT2. Wasn't very happy with the draw, it was recommended from another member to get the air flow control valve, it is now one of my favorite tanks.

 

[edyle]

Hi all.
been vaping for a month or two now with a couple of ego batteries and the cheapo clearos from corner stores, enjoyed the experience so far. managed to get a pretty good vape from learning how to maintain equipment properly.

so, thought id upgrade to a better tank, and decided on the protank. Got it last week with a stock of spare coils, looks like a beautiful piece of kit, even on a rubbish battery, nicely weighted, solid looking design.

Anyway after vaping on and off for a day with it, started off with a great taste, no huge vapour clouds, (but i dont care about that) but a slightly too light draw for my liking. However, as the day progressed, the draw on it got tighter and tighter, till i had to suck way too hard on it, and got gurgling and drops of juice in my mouth. changed the (day old) coil, but no difference.

after a bit of playing around with it, i discovered that by having the tank just barely enough on the thread of the battery to make contact, i can get an ok vape from it...not great, not even close to the cheaper clearos. too tight, im sucking for my life and getting nothing but the occasional blob im my mouth, too loose, and it doesnt even fire up , of course, as there is no electrical contact.

so, so far my experience with the protank is, after lots of twiddling and fiddling....just ok!

question is...
1)
have i bought a duff one, are they usually better than that? im aware the ego batteries im using arent ideal for this tank, but would have expected it to at least match the performance of the 3 quid clearos/1.50 coils id been using before, sadly, so far it hasnt.

2)having the protank at such a loose torque on the battery, even with the (again rather well aesthetically designed) beauty ring holding it more firmly, does still produce a fair bit of wobble, given the weight of the protank on top...is this likely to damage anything, explode in my face, short out New York City...or kill a battery? feels somewhat wrong, but its the best vape ive managed to get from it so far, which is a shame, as it does look pretty good.

not looking for miracles here, i know better functionality can be achieved with a mod, or at least a vv bat, but am i missing something obvious here?

The problem is the 510 thread interface; it's not a problem unique to the protank; the airflow has to get past the holes at the top of the battery, get to the airholes in the 510 thead on the tank side, flow downwards to the bottom of the coil at the center pin, get to the slot on the coil head center pin, then go up the hole in the coil head center pin.

That's one of the reasons why I use and recommend eGo thread, and not 510 thread. One other reason would be the wobblyness you mentioned; and another reason is the obvious electrical problem with not tightening down your tank.
Why is the 510 thread so prevalent? Because it's a cigalike size, so it works with cartos too.

I use protanks, but with miniprotank bases on them.

 

[devilsreject]

yes get the air flow base all the leaks will stop and she will work flawlesslly

 

[beebz]

I had the same problem, once. The tank barely sat on the battery, one more tweak and bam, airflow shutdown. Personally, I've never ever had a "leak".
I recently got the air flow control thingie and its pretty cool. It works, no problems.
I also read a reply once in my surfing through the threads, to loosen the connections, not the coil for the "fill",
but the "ends" so to speak; just a teeny bit, and it changes the pressure in the tank for some problems.
I did it, heck, it helped. You were able to see tiny tiny bubbles entering the tank, kinda like a baby bottle, but,
not lots, just a teeny bubble here and there, like one per draw.
At any rate, I've always been so surprised to read about issues with a kanger tank, or any tank of that style/sort,
because they appear to be such an elementary concept. Fiddling etc usually always works.
Oh, also, I noticed, on the beauty rings, I have one that is flared, and one that is plain/straight sided.
The straight one, that I used with my MVP 2 Innokin box mod shut the air flow off completely. So, I just used
a flared one that I already had. A short time later I grabbed the aftermarket flow valve and am using it as I type.
Love it. Happy vaping ~Barbara~

 

[DaveP]

A hard draw creates excessive vacuum in the coil area when you draw. That causes more liquid to be drawn into the coil. The result is liquid in the air tube, weak vapor, gurgling, and coil flooding. Do it too long and there can be leakage around the base.

Adding the Aero base to the Protank is a good fix.

 

[Chew Magna]

The problem your having is common with the protanks. What's happening is the silicon sleeve at the 510 pin is over compressing and is cutting off the airflow. I've had to fix all mine. What I did was grab the whole unit, with the chimney installed, in a pair of needle nose pliers. Compress it with the pliers, tight but not hulk tight, and trim the seal with nail trimmers. Try that and see how she works.

 

[DaveP]

I'm vaping a PT2 on my Provari right now. The head is one that I rebuilt with 32ga Kanthal and an organic cotton wick. It's a consistent 2.2 ohms and it's producing medium sized tasty clouds at 5w. At 6 watts it's too much vapor for my liking when the coil is new. Cotton really wicks well. With a good coil, a Protank is hard to beat.

The reason I'm not vaping my Aspire Nautilus or my Kanger Aerotank Mega is the lack of factory coil quality. I think what happened with the Aspire and Kanger heads could be tracked down to welded wire coils. My supplier bought a large quantity of Aspire and Kanger heads from her wholesaler several months ago. Both the heads for those air flow style tanks were failing with rising resistance that finally resulted in an open reading on both brands.

I finally traced the rising resistance problem down to welded non resistance legs on Kanthal coils. The coils were failing from 2 hours to a day after install. I finally discovered by taking them apart that in all cases the weld where the resistance wire coil was welded to the non resistive legs. When you pull the pin and the post insulator grommet you find that one of the legs comes out with the grommet or it's inside the atomizer body. When you look at it under a magnifier you find that the break always occurs at the point where the wires were welded. There's a little blob on the wire on both sides of the coil and one leg is broken at that point.

QC is a problem with part quality from China at times. I'm thinking that someone is making the no-res leg coils for both companies since the same problem occurred across two brands. Since these were probably a short lived lack of QC I'm not hearing about it on ECF. Anyone seen this problem?

 

[skimmer02]

The Aero base makes the PT 2 right. The next step will be rebuilding your own coils and you'll have a really nice tank.

 

[Lurch]

Another vote for the Aero base on the ProTank2. I have it and it has made all the difference in the world!!

 

[herb]

With the Pro Tanks I and II i think they are quite airy as is without an airflow controller but i did get a basic airflow controller for about two bucks (not the Aerotank one) and it can make the draw a little tighter.

Most of the time i screw down the tanks right on my MVP without any adapter or beauty ring and they work fine that way , i found the Pro Tank I leaked but with the Pro Tank two , no issues even when filling.

 

[bewlay]

ok looks like ive made my mind up to get the airflow adapter, sounds like the solution, thanks all.

anyone know of a uk based company selling them? kanger tech want to charge me 28$ shipping to the uk, thats a lot of bottles of ejuice i can be buying instead?

 

[Catfood]

Try your local vape shop. all the ones near me have afc valves in stock.

 

[bewlay]

dont really have a local vape shop unfortunately..live in a pretty rural area with just cornershops selling very cheapo ego type kit. i buy most of my gear online, but cant find a uk based site that sells the kanger airflow thing, though i may well be looking in the wrong places