I finally managed to create an awesome vape using 3mm silica with no flavor wicks. Even a tiny strand of flavor wick gives me muted flavor. Will 3mm and no top wick be sufficient enough to prevent leaking and flooding? These issues usually appear randomly after a period of time elapsed and thats why i'm asking.
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I've used 1.5mm and 1mm ekowool in the Protank and have had little leaking, now I only use cotton/microcoils and I am able to almost vape the tank dry without any issues. The problem I find with BCC's is that when I walk around in the heat with my PV in my pocket it will always leak, heat always causes problems with tanks.
Do you think cotton is a better alternative to silica when it comes to leaking and using no flavor wicks? I hate using flavor wicks of any kind because they give me a muted flavor.
I use 2mm silica and 3 strands of flavor wick. I get good flavor and no leaking.
I use Evods and Protanks with micro coils and cotton wicks and flavor wicks. I don't find the flavor is muted.
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I use mostly micro coils with only cotton wick and a very tiny piece of cotton flavor wick I leave the wicks a touch long and sort of tuck them into the cup, it took me a couple of tries before I got it right but now I rarely have any flooding issues and the taste is great. I wet the wicks with juice before I instal it into the tank then give a couple primer puffs and I'm of and running
I rebuild with cotton and just when i thought i was set with awesome flavor, major leaking crept back. I can't win with these things. Either I get leaking, or dry muted flavor. There is no in between.
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i rebuild my protanks with either 28g micro coils and cotton.. very thin flavor wick, or 32g normal coils with 2mm ekowool and no flavor wicks.. i guess i have been extremely lucky; no muted flavors.. and no leaking at all..
btw.. mesh in a protank: Rebuilding A Kanger Protank Using SS Mesh - YouTube
btw.. mesh in a protank: Rebuilding A Kanger Protank Using SS Mesh - YouTube
I tried SS mesh (300) in a Protank 2, and I have to say it vapes very well (doubled-twisted 34ga kanthal in a 5 wraps microcoil at 1.8 ohms).
The flavour is nice and less flooding than cotton. However, I favour the cotton wick for flavour, but it gives me leaking. I tried just now to do a very dense cotton wick instead of a soft one, and indeed, no flooding, but dry hits. I think the key is to get the cotton wick just dense enough, but not too dense, to avoid the leaking. I'll experiment until I get it right.
The flavour is nice and less flooding than cotton. However, I favour the cotton wick for flavour, but it gives me leaking. I tried just now to do a very dense cotton wick instead of a soft one, and indeed, no flooding, but dry hits. I think the key is to get the cotton wick just dense enough, but not too dense, to avoid the leaking. I'll experiment until I get it right.
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