protank....not impressed....yet.

[Asmotron]

I've been loving my ProTank. Got it in the mail about a week and a half ago, rinsed it out good and loaded it up with MBV Hawk Sauce. Found that 8 watts on my SVD is the sweet spot for it. So far I have been nothing but happy with the flavor. The only times I've had any problems is if I take 3-4 long drags in a row (cause I do that sometimes) the flavor will get a bit muted, probably the wicks just not keeping up. Otherwise under regular use it preforms like a champ. Lots of vapor and plenty of flavor.

And its only leaked once, and that was because it got up to 95 degrees in my house because I forgot to turn the air on before I left for work. I can hardly blame it for that. Hasn't leaked a drop if the ambient temp is below 87 or so.

 

[IrishUpstart]

Lotta good information. Thank you all for responding. I shouldn't have read this and tried all the various tricks in rapid succession. Kinda forgot I had 24mg juice in my tank. Whooooo-baby!!!! That's a nic buzz!

 

[dw'struth]

Lotta good information. Thank you all for responding. I shouldn't have read this and tried all the various tricks in rapid succession. Kinda forgot I had 24mg juice in my tank. Whooooo-baby!!!! That's a nic buzz!

Don't feel like the lone ranger! LOL

 

[gando_salo]

Protanks are great when they work.
I think their performance on the eVic is brilliant and they have never failed me to date.

 

[IrishUpstart]

**update**

(Cues dramatic music)

I have managed to fix the problem a little bit. I lifted (lossened) the rubber grommet sitting in wicks a bit. Seems to have increased flavor.

 

[1happyheretic]

Ya on a 2.5 i go up to 4.2 v on most juices. You can also try removing one of the wicks if its super thick vg juice. I looove my protank!

 

[IrishUpstart]

Not super thick. I don't know the exact ratio. It's stock aliceinvapeland juice.

While I do realize AiV has subtle juice, same juice in a nano was powerful.

 

[Mike Sheda]

Something else that works with thick juices is flipping that washer over, so the cap is up, it doesn't leak, and helps with flow onto the wick.

 

[IrishUpstart]

The rubber deal over the wick/coil?

 

[Mike Sheda]

yes.... the round one that goes around the removable post.

 

[IrishUpstart]

Interesting. Worth a try!

 

[Dj tank]

I've found some replacement heads that didn't have a wick sitting on top of the coiled wick, or just had 1 sitting on top. In those cases, with thinner juices, I've resorted to stealing a wick or two from another head (or using a piece pulled off a cotton ball) to reduce flooding. On the most though my protanks work well. When they do flood its usually because of temp change. I have 3 Pro's currently...and just had to throw one out. I dropped it attached to my PV and while it lived...it seemed no matter what I did it would flood. I could see on the first drag it was bubbling into the tank so I assumed I lost vacuum because of a leak between the tank and the metal... and the juice was just dribbling out through the bottom into the 510 connector. I just tossed it and bought a new tank...I had it 90 days, and it had been dropped many time.

 

[Mad Scientist]

Finally getting around to trying my Protank. Thus far I am maybe 1/3 of a tank down and while I am getting ample vapor, I am getting very little flavor already. Hopefully this is a temporary thing and flavor increases after a tank or so cuz I'm enjoying the physical aspect of it. Is the juice muting common initially?

2.5 ohm heads. 3.8v on mvp.

FWIW, I've found that between 8 to 10 watts is ideal on the Protank. W= E^2/R (among other things lol). You are running at W=3.8^2/2.5= 5.776 watts. No surprise that performance is not optimal. On a 2.5 ohm head, voltage for 8 watts is 8=E^2/2.5=root2(8*2.5)= 4.47 volts. Vape starting at about 4.5 volts and go from there.

And hold on to your hat because (as long as your battery can supply the W=EI, 8=4.47I, I=8/4.47 =about 1.8 Amps), you will see why Kangertech is selling so many Protanks.

 

[IrishUpstart]

I don't see why the MVP wouldn't spit out the 1.8 amps.

At 4.5v it definitely is a more aggressive vape. Kinda sounds like I'm vaping half the tank in one pull the amount of crackling going on in there. Perhaps a slight increase in flavor.

Also..... how did you know I was wearing a hat?

 

[Lombaowski]

I'm not impressed yet either. I ordered my first Protank a few hours ago and it still isn't here yet.

 

[Discord]

I've been tinkering endlessly with my ProTank for months. when I first got it I was coming from cartos and wanted something with no plastic and an easier draw. At first it was so-so, but a lot better than cartos I was using. Then I started rebuilding, and it got 10x better. I started off with Ribbon Kanthal, but that's really hard to work with in the tight space.

My latest favorite build with the ProTank is a 28ga, 12 wrap microcoil with a whisp of cotton as a wick. This comes out to about 1.2-1.4Ω and vapes beautifully on a mech or VV/VW (I usually set to 7.5-10 watts or 3.3-3.8 volts). TONS of smooth vapor and flavor. A total light and day difference from a stock coil.

 

[IrishUpstart]

That makes me want to rebuild. Which, in turn, just go straight to RBAs. Which, in turn, makes me rethink I need a mech mods. Which, in turn, umm...I got carried away there.

 

[Discord]

I do end up treating my ProTanks like RBAs. I don't actually have any proper RBAs, just some RDAs. I have some chobras on order and I'll see if that really does perform any better than what I've managed to fine-tune the ProTank to do for me.

edit: Looking forward to checking out the v2 when they hit shops.

 

[IrishUpstart]

Can I just pay you to build and send me coils?

Lol...jk

 

[Discord]

if you have a pair of needle nose pliers, 28-30ga Kanthal, a cotton ball or q-tip, a jewelers screw driver (or something similarly small), I can show you how to make your own