Starre Freemax - Flooding and spit back

[TheOdessa]

Can anyone tell me why the Starre Freemax is flooding and spitting back so badly? I am running 70VG/30PG juice through this and it's killing me. The spit back and flooding is killing me. Does anyone have similar issues with this? Does this tank need a higher VG ratio juice to make it work flawless? I've never had this issue in my Herakles, Atlantis, Arctic, Delta II, or Subtank Mini?

 

[EBates]

This is the first I've even heard of this thing.
Have you tried opening up the air flow?
Have you tried changing the atty head?
Inspect for missing or damaged o-rings.
Your high VG juice should be fine.
Send it back for replacement.

 

[Topwater Elvis]

Not trying to minimize your problem but they flood for the exact reasons any of them flood.

Flooding occurs when more liquid than can be vaporized is drawn into the head or condensation from the center tube / air tube / chimney settles into the head.
Too strong of an inhale, too restrictive air flow setting, under powering, gasket not sealing, over filling, changes in temperature & altitude.

Condensation usually spits & snaps and the most likely cause if it has been sitting unused for a while, like a couple hours or over night.
It is a good idea to keep inhaling for a second or two after letting off the fire button to clear air tube & occasionally dry the center / air tube with a twisted napkin or qtip to dry condensation.

I use mainly 50/50 and it has never caused any flooding in any delivery device, including the freemax.

 

[TheOdessa]

Airflow is wide open. I am going to take it apart and see what is going on. I am literally sick from all the juice that got in my mouth

 

[Technonut]

Moved from General Vaping Discussion to Clearomizers..

 

[TheOdessa]

Looks like the stock coil it came with was bad. The coil even had the clear o-ring that goes around the base where it screws into the base.

I threw in an Atlantis coil and it worked flawlessly at 32watts. Weird.

I then threw in the .25 ohm coil it came with - working flawlessly. Something was off with the stock coil where it was just leaking and spitting all over. Blows my mind! Maybe Starre's QC department isn't up to par to other makers?

From now on I think I am only going to buy from well known makers. I've never had an issue with my Aspire tanks. All my other tanks I always found something wrong to shelve them.

Atlantis 2 - here I come.

I guess I can keep the freemax, throw on an adjustable air flow drip tip, throw in Atlantis 2 coils (when they come out) and have the Atlantis 2 tank pretty much?

 

[mrmoodz]

Mine started flooding after 9 or 10 days of chain vaping on the same coil. After putting a fresh coil in the tank, no more flooding.

 

[MikeB2Shady]

A friend of mine picked me up an Atlantis v2 earlier...I still haven't opened it lol I have zero problems with my Starre and I've been through a bunch of .25 & .5ohm coils. It's possible you got a dud in the packaging. I saw a video on YouTube where someone got a dud Herakles coil. Things happen *shrug*

 

[brickfollett]

I've been running the same coil for a month and a half on my arctic. I have a freemax on the way, so hopefully I can expect that kind of amazing performance. Running the 0.2 at 68 watts, moderate use for a month and a half is really impressive

 

[boandlkramer]

Atlantis 2 - here I come.

I was pretty close to getting the Starre/Arctic/Herakles....Then Aspire released the Atlantis 2.

I'm happy with it so far. But I keep wanting to try the Starre just because of all the reviews I read about flavor.

 

[uthinkofsomething]

I have issues with atlantis 2 spitting/flooding. Suspect I hit it too hard, but the higher the wattage I use it at the more it spits... been through a number of coils over the last couple months and they have all flooded. Main airflow wide open. No flooding from my subtank mini.

 

[sd3614]

Looks like the stock coil it came with was bad. The coil even had the clear o-ring that goes around the base where it screws into the base.

I threw in an Atlantis coil and it worked flawlessly at 32watts. Weird.

I then threw in the .25 ohm coil it came with - working flawlessly. Something was off with the stock coil where it was just leaking and spitting all over. Blows my mind! Maybe Starre's QC department isn't up to par to other makers?

From now on I think I am only going to buy from well known makers. I've never had an issue with my Aspire tanks. All my other tanks I always found something wrong to shelve them.

Atlantis 2 - here I come.

I guess I can keep the freemax, throw on an adjustable air flow drip tip, throw in Atlantis 2 coils (when they come out) and have the Atlantis 2 tank pretty much?

I guess a question that should be ask 1st............. Is this a Starre Pro tank or 1st Generation Starre V2.

Top fill or bottom fill?