Protank 2 simply DOES NOT WORK! Please help!

[GREEN ZOMBIE]

Sorry I thought you were having the burning taste issue. It's all good. When I lay in bed watching TV I use a knucklehead drip tip- seems to help.

I did have burning, Because of user error, Even though I already know better I forgot because I was distracted, And figured maybe, just maybe the OP didn't realize a Protank will not wick upside down or tilted and would burn after 2-3 hits... Just trying to answer the Op's questions, If I have issues I will make my own thread, Anyway back on topic... so again I ask...

OP... What was your first kit, Was it a top coil design or something that was ok to tilt and vape, such as a vertical coil carto?

Only ask because I'm a noob too, and being a noob I was laying down on my back watching a movie, Totally focused on the movie I reached over and grabbed my vape, Took 2-3 nice hits and all of a sudden I got the worst burnt taste ever... Instantly remembering this thread.

Hope you get a chance to read this.

 

[Snufalupaghus]

Rather a lot of people have these problems with ProTanks.

First, quit staring at charts and stop getting lost in the shoulds. A Kanger coil works at it's correct voltage, not what "the chart" says it should work at. If you can get past, OMG, a 2.5 ohm coil actually working at a feeble 3.4 volts there is hope for you. If you can't accept that possibility keep burning crud onto Kanger coils starting them at 4+ volts, ruining them in under two minutes, and move on to another device.

I won't even use 1.8 ohm coils because even 3.2 volts can be too much for a new 1.8 ohm coil. There is no room to adjust voltage down with the 1.8 ohm coils. Always start a Kanger coil at your lowest available voltage or wattage and only move up as needed to get the vape you are looking for. Don't go by "the chart" or feel sexually inadequate if you manage to get a 2.2 ohm Kanger coil to produce tons of vapor and taste right at a whopping... 3.2 volts. I won't tell anyone.

For the people who still insist that every device is a straight line thing that must conform to a theoretical volts/watts chart you are gonna be disappointed with a lot of devices that refuse to comply. You are also ignoring the non electronic aspects of the design that don't care about electronic theory. Once you have trashed a Kanger coil by starting it at too high a voltage/wattage and burned crud onto the coil the deed has been done - it's gonna taste like crap until you replace the coil or clean it. Once you have burned flavoring components onto the coil your vape is a mixture of burning crud and liquid vapor. You can't reverse the process by dropping the voltage after you do that.

Keep the volts/watts low on these things when you start and only adjust up as needed. Believe it or not - that can work.

Great post! I started out new to vaping on Kanger T3S's...and started out vaping on higher voltage settings on my spinner by just referring to the charts, but now I have some experience with wrapping my own coils and getting them right at 2 ohms, I generally get a good vape on my ProTank II at around 3.1 volts using 80% PG liquid. Great flavor and throat hit. The stock coils are good that come with it, and I only increase the the voltage to 3.4 with the 2.5 ohm stock coils.

Also, when It comes time to rebuild, I use 3mm silica wick and wrap 6 coils (six on top, five looking from bottom) to get 2 ohms. I do not use any other top wick (flavor wick) as the 3mm thickness fills the gap nicely and doesn't flood.

Whether or not you get a burnt taste after a short period IMHO depends on lots of variables. How you hold the device, how you vape, what liquid you vape, proper voltage vs. ohms...the list goes on. I have just been doing trial and error and found out that with a little tweaking, I can get the ProTank II to vape how I want it.

Looking into getting a steel mesh setup, although they are still outta my price range.