Setting aside the Aspire Nautilus for now

[GotDebt]

I am one of those new vapers that once a "plug n play" experience with my tanks. I have a love/hate relationship with my Kanger Pro Tank IIs. They were great, then flooded all the time. I spent countless hours on this website and others learning all about atomizers and the such. I have rolled back to my Kangers because the tank to end all, the Aspire Nautilus, has left me very disappointed.

When it works; it's awesome. But right now, after three head changes, all I get are dry hits. In a weird way, I would rather have this then flooded hits.....but I am not happy with it because in all other respects, it's a great tank. I am waiting to see what changes Aspire does to the coils to help it along.

I prefer the Aspire dual coil design with the extra wicking (padding), even in my regular Aspire BDC, there is NO flooding. It creates great vapor, but no flavor. I have put it on the smallest airhole and even closed that off partially and I can barely taste anything. I tried to ..... the coils with a pin to get more air into it and I can't even dent the thing. I have rinsed and dry burned all three of them and don't see that it makes much of a difference. I burn 50/50 juice but those coils seems to "gunk up" real quick. At $3 per coil, I am not ready to spend more money to find a better batch of coils.

The overall design is so quality, that I will wait a bit to see if they change up the coil issue.

I have gone back to my Pro tanks, but added air control to them and it has made a great difference. Crank up the voltage on my Provari and they are running really smooth. At $1 per coil, I just change them out every week. I don't make anymore adjustments to them, I don't add cotton, I don't rinse and dry burn. Working well so far. This is true plug n play at $2 a week for my two tanks.

So for now, the Nautilus sits there all cleaned up.

My only wish is that someone builds a tank that doesn't require screwing on or off; that we could just literally plug one into a rubber holder to witch them out really quick.....someone come up with this design.

 

[anotherthing]

There have been designs they allowed a quick connection rather than screwing things down. Innokin had a magnet system to hold tanks on with previous versions of the iTaste VV. There's also a battery/tank combo called Trendsetter that is just like a plug. The problem is that 510 and eGo threading are pretty much standard and they work a lot better.

 

[v1k1ng1001]

You are ready for a Kayfun. I learned to build my first coil in 20 mins. By the 3rd attempt I'd produced a coil that is miles beyond anything I could achieve with a protank.

The point is that once you have a well-functioning coil, you just leave it an pull in some new cotton when you refill it.

To be honest, I fiddle far less with my Kayfun than I had to with my protanks.

 

[livinlarge]

I just bought my Nautilus today and I'm soooooo .........
No matter what I do it just keeps flooding. Tried to run on the largest air hole, have to take it apart ever 10 mins to clean it out or I get juice in my mouth.
This thing sucks. I've never had this problem with any of my other brand of clearomizers
Seeing this was my first ever Aspire purchase I'm really disappointed. Any one else in this boat?

 

[Mikex123]

I have a couple Aspire Nautilus' and I have to say they work amazing. It's the best non-rebuildable I have tried by far, although I admit I get some dry hits once in awhile. Although that could be the cheap piece of junk mod I have been using. (my new GGTS and Ithaka are sitting at home, I can't wait until tomorrow woohoo!)

 

[Xaviour]

Yep like v1kv says. I wanted to love kanger or aspires but when I tried and IgoW I was hooked. Now I use only my igo or kayfun.

Money is the root of all evil. Send $9.95 for more info.

 

[ScandaLeX]

Just rec'd a Nautilus a few days ago & it's been great. I've been reading the heads can be hit or miss. It went from my ProVari to Paps & now it's hanging out on the Segelei Zmax. I'm not disappointed in it.

 

[Shootist]

I suspect those having problems with the Nautilus bought Knock Off units, Fakes, Clones. They are flooding the market right now and they LOOK just like the real thing. Except they aren't the real thing. I've had a Real Nautilus for about a week and love it. I had a fake previously but never used it. I checked the security code and it came up FAKE so I sent it back to the seller.

So if you haven't checked the security code, if it even has the security code sticker on the box, do that to see if it is real or fake. If no security code label on the bottom right hand side of the box then it is surely fake.

 

[juggalofisher88]

Have you tried a new coil could be bad

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[jkhtx]

You are ready for a Kayfun. I learned to build my first coil in 20 mins. By the 3rd attempt I'd produced a coil that is miles beyond anything I could achieve with a protank.

The point is that once you have a well-functioning coil, you just leave it an pull in some new cotton when you refill it.

To be honest, I fiddle far less with my Kayfun than I had to with my protanks.

I second this. When I first got my Nautilus I thought it was awesome, coming from Evods. After about a month I was at the point that I was tired of replacing the expensive coils and started rebuilding them but even then the flavor seemed to become more and more muted over time. Got a Kayfun Lite+ a few weeks ago and from the first coil build until now it's been great. A couple of minor hiccups here and there but for the most part it's been great. Much more consistent than any of the clearomizers I was using in the past. The flavor and vapor are just worlds better. I can't go back to clearos anymore, the Kayfun has ruined me.

 

[BostonVape]

You are ready for a Kayfun. I learned to build my first coil in 20 mins. By the 3rd attempt I'd produced a coil that is miles beyond anything I could achieve with a protank.

The point is that once you have a well-functioning coil, you just leave it an pull in some new cotton when you refill it.

To be honest, I fiddle far less with my Kayfun than I had to with my protanks.

Exactly this. My kayfun gives me the most consistent, reliable vape I've ever had..

every day I used protanks it was a gamble every time I used it on how it would perform.. one day its great, the other it was awful, full of dry hits and the juice didn't taste good.. plus the cost of the wicks and how long they last is awful.

Kayfun for the win.

Now I just want to buy more and more of them so I can totally stop using any clearos.. I think next will be a nice RDA though.

 

[v1k1ng1001]

I have gone back to my Pro Tanks, but added air control to them and it has made a great difference. Crank up the voltage on my Provari and they are running really smooth. At $1 per coil, I just change them out every week. I don't make anymore adjustments to them, I don't add cotton, I don't rinse and dry burn. Working well so far. This is true plug n play at $2 a week for my two tanks.

I will add that once you learn to build your own coil and use cotton wick the PTII is a much-improved device and costs way less that $2/wk. A Kayfun is easier to build on for sure but you can cut your chops on a protank with some fiddling.

 

[ScandaLeX]

I'm in the minority that feels the Kayfun is so so but for the price of a clone is not too bad to start with.

 

[BostonVape]

I'm in the minority that feels the Kayfun is so so but for the price of a clone is not too bad to start with.

I got my kayfun for 45$.. and its legit.. totally worth it.. they charge 30-40$ for a nautilus at most B&M's.

 

[oxidus]

I'm in the same boat as you OP, in fact, I'm steering it.

I got sick and tired of the videos online, or people getting massive clouds, and running 1.6ohm at 4.3 volts...etc...etc. My experience with the nautilus was nothing like what they showed. It was dry hit, after dry hit, and mediocre vapour. It was legit, as were the coils. Checked the scratch stickers on the website.

I eventually just stopped using all the expensive stuff. I chucked the vamo into the drawer (yes it was on RMS), and the nautilus with it. I went to a local vape shop, bought a $20 ego passthrough, $8 vivi nova mini, and laughed all the way home.

If you're like me, just stick to top coils. They're reliable as all hell, never give me dry / burnt hits, and you can pull for days on the things. The coils are dirt cheap, easy to clean, and last me a 30ml bottle or more. No fiddling, no flooding, no BS.

My $0.02 CDN

 

[Marc411]

I have zero problems with my Protanks (just jinx myself) since I went to AFC and building my own coils. These two change were game changers for tanks that were ready to hit the trash.

 

[huhhman]

I haven't purchased a Protank coil in over a year. Get yourself some kanthal (28 gauge +) and rebuild them. It literally costs pennies or less per coil. I always hated buying new coils, just to Expensive for what you get.

 

[jkhtx]

I haven't purchased a Protank coil in over a year. Get yourself some kanthal (28 gauge +) and rebuild them. It literally costs pennies or less per coil. I always hated buying new coils, just to Expensive for what you get.

I agree that rebuilding gets you a better vape for less money with clearomizers. Still, after rebuilding clearos for a while and rebuilding an actual rebuildable for a while, it doesn't make sense to me anymore to rebuild clearos. If I'm gonna wrap a coil I might as well be putting it in something that is gonna give me night and day better flavor and vapor. Plus it's so much easier to just build on a deck than fiddling with little coil heads. Just my opinion.

 

[WelfareKid215]

I've never had a problem with my nautilus tank. Works flawless every time I fire it up. I think you just got a bad defect. Now I'm not a cloud chaser as I prefer a good flavor hit but even atop my Provari I don't think I ever had a giant cloud. But overall in my opinion I think that the nautilus is the best non rba tank out there.

Sent from a submarine in the south Pacific 90 fathoms below sea level and vaping through a unicorns horn.

 

[Tinkiegrrl]

I feel your pain with clearos OP! My husband and I moved on pretty quickly from them, as we found ourselves spending a ton of time troubleshooting issues. Each new model that comes out however, has improvements to the last, and they are the simplest thing for a new vaper to use.

After clearos, the next thing that may be worth looking at are cartotanks. It does take a little more time to prime a carto, but once it's all set up, a quality carto tank saves you time with less maintenance and troubleshooting, plus gives you what is the best taste you'll get until you get into rebuilding. I get mine from IBTanked, which I feel gives a great balance on price and quality. You can get a thick, glass tank with metal endcaps for a little over $20. For a few more dollars, you can get them custom painted. The tanks fit around stainless steel cartos with holes punched in them to constantly feed in more juice. Once the cartos are primed, installed into the tank, and the tank filled, all you need to do is top off the tank until the carto dies. They last a long time in a tank though, and depending on my juice I've had quite a few last through an entire 30ml bottle. Also, once they start to die, it's a slow death, so you'll have plenty of warning. Once the carto dies, you just through it out and replace it.

Next up would be a Kayfun style tank. I know that this is a rebuildable option that isn't exactly plug and play, but since I've set up mine I haven't had any issues with these at all. No flooding, no gurgling, great taste with some cotton wick.... Also, in the long run they will save me some money, as kanthal and cotton are cheaper then any coil or carto. I do a simple microcoil with cotton ball wicking that comes in at around 1.5 to 1.6 ohms. While it's one of the simplest rebuildables out there, this is not a plug and play option though. You must have a device that can check ohms, like an MVP 2 or an ohm meter before getting into this.