Hey everyone, welcome to all the new comers, and grats to all of you with recent victories of one sort or another.
I decided it was time to make a concerted effort to vape more and smoke less. All the stress of moving, having another smoker in the house and a terminal relative spending his last couple months here had me smoking well over a pack a day again. It's been only a few days, but I'm down to five or six a day without too much effort involved.
Recently picked up a Protank II, which is a nice improvement over the original. The main issues I've had with the Protanks are a) the draw is inconsistent, and b) they leak a bit from the bottom. Instead of chucking out all the Protank I's, I decided to try the airflow control valve used on the aerotanks. WOW, all the difference in the world.
The control valve allows you to adjust the airflow to your given preference, and uses a sealed 510 connector so there is no more drop or two of liquid leaking into the battery connection/well. When I store the tanks I seal the valve just to be safe. Fasttech sells them for under $4. I paid a couple dollars more to get mine from ebay, since FT wasn't selling them separately yet. So if your Protank I or II's are collecting dust due to leakage / air flow... it might be time to take them out of retirement.
I'm not sure why people are so into Evods and Iclears. I avoid plastic like the plague... we all know that chemicals leach in and out of plastics, especially when heat is involved. So I opt for metal and pyrex whenever possible... including drip tips. Harm reduction... right?
So many of you are building coils now who were adamant that they never would.
Make it easy on yourself and learn to walk before you try to run. START with 32 guage wire, it's thin, easy to manipulate and very forgiving. You don't need a coiling tool with 32 ga wire, you can totally free-hand micro coils. Just get a sewing pin, put some wick on it, (again START with silica it's EASY and you can DRY BURN IT) take 6" of wire, leave legs and free hand a micro coil. The first few wraps might not be perfect, turn it around unwind the side you started with and give it a couple wraps to make it better. Attach to atty, use another pin to make the coil as perfect as you want it, then gently remove the original pin and trim the wick. Think EASY. BTW I use the above method for protank coils... micro coil is much better than the 2-3 wraps on each side with an empty middle that come from the kanger factories, IMHO.
My IGO-L's gets all the dripping action. I agree about the draw being too tight, instead of using a drill to enlarge the air-hole I use a file and do it by hand. More effort, but more forgiving as well. Shari I'm not sure if my Igo-L clones are the same as yours, but mine pull apart, as opposed to being screwed or unscrewed. So I can put the air-hole anywhere I want it.
I want to try a Kayfun Lite + just don't feel like shelling out $35+ for a single tank and that's if it's a clone even. I need to get an eroll for driving eventually... I'm starting to ramble so have a good night / morning.
.....seriously! I think I've regrown my nose twice now 
