Smoktech Vmax Owners - tips, tricks and quirks

[fuzzione]

Hi all Vmax users.....wow! Great vape! I am posting for Vapn. He was so kind to answer my questions as I've been a lurker here for a couple weeks now. I have to say that I'm afraid the batts I got are not holding the charge or I just shouldn't be using them with the DCT carto that comes with the tanks. The charge only held for approx 1 1/2 hr and then metered at 6.0 volts and stopped working. The beginning batt. volt metered on the Vmax at 7.7 volts,not sure why? I'm not sure what's going on with it. It vaped heavenly for that 1-11/2 hrs,but I know I should get more out of it than that. I have some fusions here that are 2.9ohm and will shortly check those to see if the prob. is the battery or the carto. Any suggestions?
I got the SS,and it is beautiful. There is no smudging at all; it's very sturdy and a bit heavier than I thought it would be but comfortable enough to hold for petitie female. There is a jiggling from the LED area,but from what I've read this was common in the first model or two,but I thought that it was remedied in this newer one. Can this be fixed or could it cause problems down the line?
I'm very impressed so far with this device as when I was vaping ,it was so much more satisfying than the Twist I've been using for a while. I think it's more comparable to my Darwin vape experience.
Overall,I'm impressed,but the vape time and the inablity to use the DCT at this point has me thrown off a bit. I hope that the fusion carto will change the low vape time on both the batt and the blinking when it got to 6.0 v on the battery,where the device totally stopped working.
I will report back as to how it goes with the 2.9 fusions....
Thanks Vapn for all of your support and time you took to answer all of my questions.

What batteries are you using? If they're knock off IMR's get the genuine AW IMR18350's or equivalent E'fests and your troubles will disappear. I'm also guessing you got 1.7ohm Smoktech cartos with that DCT. Try the higher ohm DC's (2.5) if you're set on using DC cartos. Although if you got the 2.9 Fusions coming you'll likely never look back.

 

[fuzzione]

Well...how about eGo-type batts then,I have ordered some of those .... plugs from RV and something tells me I am about to get them anyways

I would agree with you Martin that depending on the vendor, battery shipments from the U.S. may still be possible.

 

[stoprealones]

Hi Fuzzione,
I did get the efests with the purchase of my SS. I have my second set charging,as well to see if the second set will keep the charge. I have the fusions but they're not punched yet,so I'll need to do that first. Do you think it's unusual the way the batt charge changed like that? or do you think it could be from using wrong carto ohm?
I will get back and let you know how it goes once I start using the fusions and/or doing the battery change. Could you tell me what the batt charge should be when batts come right off the charger? I'm not sure why mine registered so high and drainined so quickly.
I'm hoping for some insight from all of you Vmax experts out there.

What batteries are you using? If they're knock off IMR's get the genuine AW IMR18350's or equivalent E'fests and your troubles will disappear. I'm also guessing you got 1.7ohm Smoktech cartos with that DCT. Try the higher ohm DC's (2.5) if you're set on using DC cartos. Although if you got the 2.9 Fusions coming you'll likely never look back.

 

[Freddie]

Hi Fuzzione,
I did get the efests with the purchase of my SS. I have my second set charging,as well to see if the second set will keep the charge. I have the fusions but they're not punched yet,so I'll need to do that first. Do you think it's unusual the way the batt charge changed like that? or do you think it could be from using wrong carto ohm?
I will get back and let you know how it goes once I start using the fusions and/or doing the battery change. Could you tell me what the batt charge should be when batts come right off the charger? I'm not sure why mine registered so high and drainined so quickly.
I'm hoping for some insight from all of you Vmax experts out there.

First off Welcome to the thread!

Your batts. out the charger should read between 4.21V to 4.22V per batt. equalling a total 8.4V combined! What kind of CHARGER are you using?

 

[stoprealones]

Hi Freddie,
Thanks so much for your warm welcome!- It's so good to be back vaping again,hopefully permanently this time!
I have the is TR-188,the one that Vapn told me to purchase. I don't have a batt. meter thingy,so I'm going by what it says the volts of batt are from the Vmax.

 

[fuzzione]

Hi Fuzzione,
I did get the efests with the purchase of my SS. I have my second set charging,as well to see if the second set will keep the charge. I have the fusions but they're not punched yet,so I'll need to do that first. Do you think it's unusual the way the batt charge changed like that? or do you think it could be from using wrong carto ohm?
I will get back and let you know how it goes once I start using the fusions and/or doing the battery change. Could you tell me what the batt charge should be when batts come right off the charger? I'm not sure why mine registered so high and drainined so quickly.
I'm hoping for some insight from all of you Vmax experts out there.

There is definitely something wrong. Assuming these are no-nipple flat top batteries, you are using the magnet on them correct? Could be something wrong with those particular batteries if so. Or could be a charger problem. What charger are you using? Have you measured them with a multimeter when they come off the charger?

Fresh off the charger my AW18350's show 8.2v on the vmax, drop fairly rapidly to 7.2 then drop extremely slow to 6.7. The 6.7 - 7.2 range lasts me hours and hours on the vmax. Once they hit 6.7 they drop rapidly again until they hit 6.3 or so and the 'lo' warning then flashes. My total vape time out of a freshly charged pair of AW's is approx. 48 hours using the vmax at what I consider a moderate vaping pace.

I doubt this is a problem with your carto.

 

[Cyrus Vap]

stoprealones when the PV stopped working, did you get the 'flash and reset to 5V' thing? that's what happens to me when it gets down to 7V on anything around 1.5 ohms, I've concluded its the knock off IMRs

 

[fuzzione]

stoprealones when the PV stopped working, did you get the 'flash and reset to 5V' thing? that's what happens to me when it gets down to 7V on anything around 1.5 ohms, I've concluded its the knock off IMRs

High probability your conclusion is correct.

 

[Freddie]

Hi Freddie,
Thanks so much for your warm welcome!- It's so good to be back vaping again,hopefully permanently this time!
I have the is TR-188,the one that Vapn told me to purchase. I don't have a batt. meter thingy,so I'm going by what it says the volts of batt are from the Vmax.

I think it's the Ultra Fire WF-188! I have that charger and it works very well! You may have had some defective batts.! Where did you purchase your VMAX from and or your batts.?

 

[Freddie]

stoprealones when the PV stopped working, did you get the 'flash and reset to 5V' thing? that's what happens to me when it gets down to 7V on anything around 1.5 ohms, I've concluded its the knock off IMRs

Not in ALL cases bro! As I have purchased a VMAX from Vaping Zone which included 2 800 mah IMR's and their batts. work just fine dropping down to 6.3V-6.4V getting a LO reading on the VMAX!

 

[stoprealones]

I got the charger,batts(efests),and Vmax from CCV.I"m not sure if it resets to the 3volts,since I had it set at 3 volts using the low ohm carto,but I know that I get the blinking Lo; should I check to see if it resets to to the initial 3volts? I'm not sure if its the batts or the Vmax,since you don't think its the cartos. Now,I'm really wondering. Any suggestions what to do. Should I order the regular AW IMR to see if that rectifies the prob?
Thanks so much guys for trying to help me on this...........

 

[stoprealones]

I forgot to add,could be the charger,I guess,too.............??? what do you think I should do next?

 

[fuzzione]

I got the charger,batts(efests),and Vmax from CCV.I"m not sure if it resets to the 3volts,since I had it set at 3 volts using the low ohm carto,but I know that I get the blinking Lo; should I check to see if it resets to to the initial 3volts? I'm not sure if its the batts or the Vmax,since you don't think its the cartos. Now,I'm really wondering. Any suggestions what to do. Should I order the regular AW IMR to see if that rectifies the prob?
Thanks so much guys for trying to help me on this...........

Again I would ask....are these the flattop efests that come with a magnet?

You mentioned you were going to try the other set of batteries ...how did that go?

Do you have another higher ohm carto? Try that and let us know.

 

[stoprealones]

Again I would ask....are these the flattop efests that come with a magnet?

You mentioned you were going to try the other set of batteries ...how did that go?

Do you have another higher ohm carto? Try that and let us know.

I did try the other batts,the same thing happened. I don't have access to a dremmel until later,but I will definately try the higher ohm carto to see if that makes a difference.
Yes,they are the flat tops,and yes, I put the magnet on the pos. pole of 2nd batt. They worked just fine right from the start; it was approx. and hour to 1 1/2 hr before I got the low reading.

 

[stoprealones]

I just put the other set of batts in the Vmax and freshly off the charger,it is fluctuating between 7.9 and 8.0 volts. Does this mean something?

 

[stoprealones]

First off Welcome to the thread!

Your batts. out the charger should read between 4.21V to 4.22V per batt. equalling a total 8.4V combined! What kind of CHARGER are you using?

Based on my batts only being charged to a fluctuation point of 7.9-8.0v,going back and forth,would this mean its the charger not fully charging the batts?

 

[fuzzione]

I just put the other set of batts in the Vmax and freshly off the charger,it is fluctuating between 7.9 and 8.0 volts. Does this mean something?

I'd suggest to continue using this particular set with the higher ohm carto and see how that goes. You don't have to dremel and tank it right away....just fill it and use normally to test everything out.

Another test...set your vmax to display voltage (option 5...look for the small 'u'). Keep the fire button held down and tell us what your voltage starts at and what it drops to.

 

[Errol]

What's up my VMAX sister! Where have you been? How's your VMAX holding up?

I've been around ECF regularly and check this forum daily adding a tid bit here and there. Don't venture over to that other forum since my Vmax came in and is working fine, fortunately.

Errol

 

[fuzzione]

Based on my batts only being charged to a fluctuation point of 7.9-8.0v,going back and forth,would this mean its the charger not fully charging the batts?

You really won't know the answer to that until you get a multimeter to check them. This is something I would highly recommend you purchase and have as part of your vaping gear. It will assist you greatly in ensuring, among other things, battery safety. You can't rely on the vmax to give you an accurate reading to measure your batteries fresh off the charger. I've seen everything from 7.9 - 8.2 when my multimeter reads 4.25 per battery.

 

[stoprealones]

I just finished recharging the other set,and these are reading 7.3 volt off the charger.....