Hey all,
So about a year or so ago, I went out and spent a couple hundred dollars on an Eleaf iStick 30w and 50w mods, a Nautilus and Nautilus mini, extra coils, juices, etc. Over the last 4 months or so, I've also started getting into more sub-ohm stuff, like two Triton tanks, a Kanger Subtank Mini, and juices from various vendors.
The problem occurring now is that I don't seem to be satisfied with the quality of anything I have, and I'm getting tired of buying a new tank/new coils/new vape juice every 30-45 days only to continue to be disappointed. Here are my current issues:
1. I primarily buy juice from Vape-Rite, located in Georgia. At their vape bars, which use a lot of the same hardware I have (Eleaf mods and either Nautilus tanks or Subtanks), everything tastes wonderful. When I get it home, a lot of times it doesn't, and I don't know why. Elaborating further, a lot of times I'll buy a 50/50 mix at 12 or 18 mg (for mouth to lung on my Nautilus tanks). I max out at 10 or 11 watts, and sometimes I get decent flavor and the coil will last long enough to go through an entire 30ml bottle. But other times, the coil will start to exhibit signs that it is clogging up, it sounds like something is "stuck" and gurgles, and I'll get burnt tasting hits and see a dark brown substance coming out of the wicking holes back into the juice. Sometimes this happens only after 3 or 4 hits. I am priming the coils correctly to my knowledge, and I let the tank sit for 10-15 minutes before vaping. Using the non-subOhm coils for my Subtank Mini on the same juice exhibits similar behavior, with the flavor just not being there and a slight tinge of being burnt. The juice also tastes a bit acidic in nature. I thought I might be going too high, but this even happens at 8 or 9 watts, which isn't even enough to get adequate vapor production. I would suspect the juice itself is bad or tainted in some way, but I've gotten 4 or 5 bottles in the last 3 months that do exactly this. I thought the juice might be too thin, so one time I went for a 70 VG/30PG mixture, but the vapor this produced seemed too warm/thick and the flavor profile was very diminished, and also a bottle of VR juice in that mixture also exhibited the same burning issues in the Nautilus tanks.
2. I wanted to try sub-ohming, so I got two Triton tanks and then the Subtank Mini later on. I liked the fact that these tanks can do both mouth-to-lung with standard 1.8 or 1.3 ohm coils, and direct-lung with the subohm coils, so if I didn't like the whole direct-to-lung stuff I could use them the other way, too. I got some different juice from Fuzion Vapor, 3mg and thick VG. First off, the Triton tanks are loud as hell when inhaling on them, so much so that I don't find it acceptable to use in public. Secondly, it's very very difficult to get a tight enough draw on them using the 1.8 ohm coils for mouth-to-lung. I feel like my mouth is filling up with too much air much too quickly, no matter how closed off the air holes on the top and bottom are. With the subohm coils, I'm getting good vapor production, but it almost seems too tasteless and airy for my liking. I'm not getting that nice throat hit anymore, and it seems to be too much inhaling work to vape.
I think I prefer mouth-to-lung style vaping, but I'm unhappy with the latest tanks that are set up for it (that being the Triton/Subtank) and both of my Nautilus tanks seem to chew through coils and have all of those clogging/burning issues, and a pack of coils is $20 a piece and I'm burning so much money going through them. All of the new stuff coming out seems to be either TC stuff or very low sub-ohming at ridiculous wattages. I'd like to think that maybe I'm doing the whole direct lung hit vaping wrong, because everyone seems to love it, but I don't feel like I'm getting that same great flavor, throat hit, and nicotine buzz as I do with something like a Nautilus and 12-18mg juice (when the Nautilus works and doesn't end up destroying the coil by the 3rd or 4th drag).
I'm also getting tired of buying a new tank, coils, and juice every month and being just as unhappy in one way or the other. It's becoming a money pit of unhappiness.
So here's where I turn to you guys. Are my tanks messed up? Are my mods? Am I doing something wrong here? Using the wrong kind of juice? If my hardware needs to be replaced, what would I be happy with? Are the Vapresso ceramic coils and 75w mods good? I see a lot of reviewers are raving about them right now, but I'm not sure if they can produce the kind of flavor and nicotine hit that I'm used to with 18mg juice.
Thanks for any guidance and help!
So about a year or so ago, I went out and spent a couple hundred dollars on an Eleaf iStick 30w and 50w mods, a Nautilus and Nautilus mini, extra coils, juices, etc. Over the last 4 months or so, I've also started getting into more sub-ohm stuff, like two Triton tanks, a Kanger Subtank Mini, and juices from various vendors.
The problem occurring now is that I don't seem to be satisfied with the quality of anything I have, and I'm getting tired of buying a new tank/new coils/new vape juice every 30-45 days only to continue to be disappointed. Here are my current issues:
1. I primarily buy juice from Vape-Rite, located in Georgia. At their vape bars, which use a lot of the same hardware I have (Eleaf mods and either Nautilus tanks or Subtanks), everything tastes wonderful. When I get it home, a lot of times it doesn't, and I don't know why. Elaborating further, a lot of times I'll buy a 50/50 mix at 12 or 18 mg (for mouth to lung on my Nautilus tanks). I max out at 10 or 11 watts, and sometimes I get decent flavor and the coil will last long enough to go through an entire 30ml bottle. But other times, the coil will start to exhibit signs that it is clogging up, it sounds like something is "stuck" and gurgles, and I'll get burnt tasting hits and see a dark brown substance coming out of the wicking holes back into the juice. Sometimes this happens only after 3 or 4 hits. I am priming the coils correctly to my knowledge, and I let the tank sit for 10-15 minutes before vaping. Using the non-subOhm coils for my Subtank Mini on the same juice exhibits similar behavior, with the flavor just not being there and a slight tinge of being burnt. The juice also tastes a bit acidic in nature. I thought I might be going too high, but this even happens at 8 or 9 watts, which isn't even enough to get adequate vapor production. I would suspect the juice itself is bad or tainted in some way, but I've gotten 4 or 5 bottles in the last 3 months that do exactly this. I thought the juice might be too thin, so one time I went for a 70 VG/30PG mixture, but the vapor this produced seemed too warm/thick and the flavor profile was very diminished, and also a bottle of VR juice in that mixture also exhibited the same burning issues in the Nautilus tanks.
2. I wanted to try sub-ohming, so I got two Triton tanks and then the Subtank Mini later on. I liked the fact that these tanks can do both mouth-to-lung with standard 1.8 or 1.3 ohm coils, and direct-lung with the subohm coils, so if I didn't like the whole direct-to-lung stuff I could use them the other way, too. I got some different juice from Fuzion Vapor, 3mg and thick VG. First off, the Triton tanks are loud as hell when inhaling on them, so much so that I don't find it acceptable to use in public. Secondly, it's very very difficult to get a tight enough draw on them using the 1.8 ohm coils for mouth-to-lung. I feel like my mouth is filling up with too much air much too quickly, no matter how closed off the air holes on the top and bottom are. With the subohm coils, I'm getting good vapor production, but it almost seems too tasteless and airy for my liking. I'm not getting that nice throat hit anymore, and it seems to be too much inhaling work to vape.
I think I prefer mouth-to-lung style vaping, but I'm unhappy with the latest tanks that are set up for it (that being the Triton/Subtank) and both of my Nautilus tanks seem to chew through coils and have all of those clogging/burning issues, and a pack of coils is $20 a piece and I'm burning so much money going through them. All of the new stuff coming out seems to be either TC stuff or very low sub-ohming at ridiculous wattages. I'd like to think that maybe I'm doing the whole direct lung hit vaping wrong, because everyone seems to love it, but I don't feel like I'm getting that same great flavor, throat hit, and nicotine buzz as I do with something like a Nautilus and 12-18mg juice (when the Nautilus works and doesn't end up destroying the coil by the 3rd or 4th drag).
I'm also getting tired of buying a new tank, coils, and juice every month and being just as unhappy in one way or the other. It's becoming a money pit of unhappiness.
So here's where I turn to you guys. Are my tanks messed up? Are my mods? Am I doing something wrong here? Using the wrong kind of juice? If my hardware needs to be replaced, what would I be happy with? Are the Vapresso ceramic coils and 75w mods good? I see a lot of reviewers are raving about them right now, but I'm not sure if they can produce the kind of flavor and nicotine hit that I'm used to with 18mg juice.
Thanks for any guidance and help!
