Tanks that dont leak

[itskohler]

Not true. Some tanks are just leaky b@#$#&*ds no matter how proficient you get with them. The thing about the Lemo is that it does leak a very little but it contains the little that does in the base where you fill. As long as you wipe it out when you fill it will never drain out the airholes, down your mod, or into your 510 connection. "Cleanest" tank I've owned. Even the Lemo 2 isn't as "clean" as the OG Lemo and its top fill.

Edit: Even walking around with it stuck in my pocket with all the jarring it takes in my pocket...it has never ever leaked on me.

Agree to disagree. But I have over 20 tanks, from the newest sub-ogm rebuilables, to first getn Kayfuns. And the basic idea on every single one is the same. More comes into play than just the tank; juice consistancy, ambient air temp, wicking material, etc.

 

[Kaezziel]

Kaezziel, I've tried every which way to build my orchid only using cotton, 24,26 g wire and 5,7 wraps. Not much airflow for me. Matrix so far is great on airflow.

What worked best for me was 26g, 2.4mm ID, at about .4 ohms. I'd wick with rayon, really tight inside the coil, but trim the tails so they were about 60-70% less thickness and seat them in the juice channel as I put the chimney on. Then cut off the excess, put the tank together and fill it with juice... I never got more than a drop or two coming out of the airholes...

 

[edyle]

for most typical tanks (bottom coil; atlantis, subtank, lemo, etc) nowadays, to prevent leaking you can store them upside down.

 

[AXIOM_1]

Give me your leaky tanks...I'll use them

The way I look at this subject is that there are two separate things being discussed. One is trying to determine which tanks leak the least amount right from the start and the other is which ones last the longest without leaking.

About 3/4 of the time whenever I see someone state that their tanks are leaking it is usually because they over tighten the parts or they don't keep them cleaned out. This means that about 1/4 of the time tanks leak because of improper design or other factors...

I own a few tanks and have never had any problems with leakage out of any of them. But I also know that everything in the world wears out in time and tanks would be no different. The o-rings will age and leaks will begin. The simple fix for that is to simply replace the worn out o-rings. Tanks are exposed to lots of heating and cooling from the coils and I imagine that the metal may warp in time which may also promote leakage.

As I see it, if a person gets a well designed tank and they operate it properly and keep it clean then no matter if the juices are thin or thick or if exposed to various atmospheric differences then the tank should still not leak. I have run about every kind of juice imaginable through this Arctic and had it exposed to vary extreme temps and have never experienced leakage. The manufacturers of tanks seem to be getting better with their newer tank designs.

In other words, fewer flawed tank designs are around today and better designed tanks are in the market. But even a perfectly designed tank will wear in time and need parts replaced when leaking does eventually occur.

 

[Ou2mame]

With the lemo's, do I need to build coils and if so can I do a single coil?

Lemo is a single coil tank