The dreaded burnt taste seems to be inevitable

[gummyblood]

I was recently having a huge problem with burnt taste with a brand new atty for a Joye 510. So I decided to just give up on the whole entire model and buy an upgrade. I went with an Ego battery and a Kanger Mini Pro Tank 2. I just got it in the mail this past Thursday.

So I set up my new tank with one of the 2 brand new coils that came with it. It worked like a charm, great flavor and vapor the first few days. Unfortunately around Saturday night, I started to get hints of a burnt taste again.

My juice was always stocked full, and I only changed my flavor once (it was to a very similar flavor). I didn't understand why this coil would be going bad already. But the burnt taste came and went throughout Sunday, and this morning it got worse.

I looked up a few videos on youtube and saw how people cleaned their coils by washing and dry burning them. I did this 3 different times until my coil looked sparkly clean.

Put it back on my tank to try vaping, and the burnt taste was 100x worse. It was also sort of metallic tasting too. I almost gagged. I figured I had done something wrong in the process, so I just gave up and put on the other brand new coil that the tank had come with. Screwed everything back up and was confident things would be back to normal now.

Eghhh nope. Burnt taste STILL THERE! With a brand new coil! I don't understand at all.

Sigh. This is the exact reason I stopped vaping for an entire year. The technical/hardware issues were just too much for me. Now I've gone and spent over 60 dollars on brand new equipment and juice, figuring this would be the end of my problems, but I was wrong.

I'm starting to think of how much easier it is to just go buy a pack of analogs with no issues whatsoever.

Please help me stay away from that idea and encourage me not to give up again

 

[hazarada]

Thats the main reason i swear by rebuildables with SS wick, they do take some time to learn to build properly but are the most reliable devices out there. Alternatively you could switch to carto tanks and get prepunched cartos in big packs (which makes them around $1 a pop) and just throw them out as they start getting tired.

 

[Huckleberried]

Are you rinsing your coil AFTER you dry burn? That helps me.

 

[DanG]

Wow, sorry about you issues. I was going to say change the coil and juice. It has always worked for me. The dry burning has never worked well. Now I just rebuild my heads and swap them out when the burnt taste starts showing up. I do know the feeling it gets really annoying quick. Don't give up. I believe the metallic taste is caused by having wraps touching themselves. I might be wrong though

 

[emus]

Coils have lasted me months with unflavored. Other coils/wicks have gunked in a few minutes with dirty burning flavors. Good to have at least one atty friendly flavor in your rotation.

 

[DetraMental]

I read somewhere that the coils, if touching, can cause the metallic taste. If you can get a toothpick and gently separate them this should fix the problem. Also, check and make sure the metal is not touching the sides.....ticky ticky little coils. Good Luck

 

[Mrs C]

If you put the clean /new head on a tank that already had the burned one in it, it could be that the juice in the tank has already absorbed the bunk gunk taste. Try rinsing the clean coil again and change to some fresh juice.

If you are using a dark or sweeter juice you will need to clean the wick more frequently.

 

[gummyblood]

If you put the clean /new head on a tank that already had the burned one in it, it could be that the juice in the tank has already absorbed the bunk gunk taste. Try rinsing the clean coil again and change to some fresh juice.

If you are using a dark or sweeter juice you will need to clean the wick more frequently.

I was actually thinking this for a second. No, I didn't change my juice in my tank after putting on the fresh coil. Firstly because I didn't know that the burnt taste could possibly have messed it up, but secondly because I am running VERY low on juice at the moment and the tank had been full. I wish I would have known this though. If I go and change it now, will it help or is it too late already? :/

 

[Huckleberried]

If you put the clean /new head on a tank that already had the burned one in it, it could be that the juice in the tank has already absorbed the bunk gunk taste. Try rinsing the clean coil again and change to some fresh juice.

If you are using a dark or sweeter juice you will need to clean the wick more frequently.

True. I have a dark juice with sweetener in it that does this to mine. I take lighter draws on it and for whatever reason, that helps. I do have to clean/dry burn that one more frequently. Also, make sure you let it sit a couple minutes with a fresh coil before you press the button. I know I don't want to have to part with this particular juice, so I try whatever works for it. So far, lighter draws works and more frequent cleaning.

Yes, vaping (vapeing??) may require maintenance, but I've gotten into it and don't mind. ESPECIALLY since I don't smell like smoke anymore.

 

[Jonathan Tittle]

A few questions that'll probably help us better help you .

1). How quick after filling are you vaping?
- - Asking as most juices need some time to soak in, if you vape immediately after filling, you will probably get a burnt hit.

2). What type of juice are you using? (i.e. PG/VG ratio, if available - if not, what brand and juice is it?)
- - Higher PG needs less time to soak, higher VG needs more time to soak [into the wick].

3). Have you tried removing 1, 2 or (possibly) all 3 of the "flavor" wicks from the heads?
- - You can do this by wiggling the post/shaft/tube on the head - it snaps in and out.

The "flavor" wicks are the thin wicks that sit on top of the coil. I've seen some heads only have one while others have two or even three. They can be an issue, especially if you chain vape (for a short or long period). Even though I no longer use the default heads (I build my own and wick with cotton), when I did use the Kanger pre-built heads, I always had to remove the "flavor" wicks as I got the exact same crap/burnt/dry hit.

The coil heated them so much they dried out before the actual wick inside the coil did so even if the inner wick was giving amazing flavor, it mixed with that nasty flavor from the dry "flavor" wicks.

 

[pinachronic]

I have a couple of mini pro tanks and I love them. I just have to buy coils every once in a while (a coil lasts me ~5-7 days)

The taste you are getting is probably just an old coil. The metallic taste might be too much voltage on your battery, that happens to mine when I crank it up on my Smoov REV.

Go get yourself another coil, I know that exact feeling you have. It is expensive at first to vape, but I would rather pay more to feel healthier.

Happy vaping bro

 

[Huckleberried]

And most importantly. ALWAYS have back ups. Batteries, tanks, JUICE!!

 

[Stonesourlemon]

If you are using pro tank on an ego, the little adapter base is very important. It helps limit airflow a bit so you get better pressure and juice flow. Try taking the coil apart, run it through your coffee pot where you normally put the filter, I do this after dry burning. Then reassemble, if its still burnt try removing one of the flavor wicks or even both if 100 VG. I had issues with my pt2 originally but after I got the adapter ring and did these things with the coil it now vapes very well, I use it at work all day long

 

[JasonBourne]

I just sent you a private message. I replace my silica wicks with cotton and it has made such a big difference. And it really is very easy to do, I dont build the coil just slip the silica wick out and replace it with cotton. I hope this helps.

 

[devauto]

I was recently having a huge problem with burnt taste with a brand new atty for a Joye 510. So I decided to just give up on the whole entire model and buy an upgrade. I went with an Ego battery and a Kanger Mini Pro Tank 2. I just got it in the mail this past Thursday.

Sigh. This is the exact reason I stopped vaping for an entire year. The technical/hardware issues were just too much for me. Now I've gone and spent over 60 dollars on brand new equipment and juice, figuring this would be the end of my problems, but I was wrong.

I'm starting to think of how much easier it is to just go buy a pack of analogs with no issues whatsoever.

Please help me stay away from that idea and encourage me not to give up again

Hi Gummyblood! Looks like you got a pretty good setup as an upgrade, it *should* be relatively maintenance free (although everything needs some maintenance). Just don't stop vaping for another year!!! Even with the hassle, it is better than smoking!

Even if you slip a little and have an analog, DON'T give up! Some advice ...

Don't count your failures by the cigarettes you smoke, count your successes by the ones you don't!

There are a lot of people here to provide support, and give GREAT advice (as you can already see in this thread). I usually soak my coils in Everclear and then rinse and let dry. You can try it, and if it doesn't work, hopefully one of the other solutions already posted here will.

Good luck!

 

[vaperature]

You may have corrupted the juice itself with the burnt taste, in which case all you can do is dump it.

You may be screwing the base on too tightly. This will cause the rubber grommet to get pushed down over the wicks stopping the juice from getting to it.

Never change flavors without cleaning and dry burning first, even if they are similar flavors. It has never once worked for me, it always burns.

Watch this

Vapor Lady Lounge: A New Way to Rebuild a Protank and eVod Atomizer Without Flavor Wicks!

 

[emus]

I'm starting to think of how much easier it is to just go buy a pack of analogs with no issues whatsoever.

Please help me stay away from that idea and encourage me not to give up again

Once you get your vape dialed in, you probably wouldn't trade it for analogs even if health risk was equal. Vape provides more throat hit if desired, many flavor choices and much bigger clouds if desired.

If both were invented at the same time I suspect the world would be vaping instead of smoking. Just so much variety and better quality experience. If one continues to smoke and vape there is a good chance the smokes will eventually get shelved due to lack of performance and taste.

 

[Susaz]

Basic: do you wash your heads/clearos/attys prior to use? Not only it helps the liquid wick, it removes remaining machining oil. Since I do that I've NEVER had burnt taste.

If you do have burnt taste, three issues are important: First, make sure the atty is thoroughly clean putting it into vodka overnight. Second, make sure the head/atty wicks correctly and has enough juice to burn (most time juice doesn't get to the wick and it burns), third, check your voltage. If it keeps giving burnt taste discard the head.

If the problem is with a top coil, make sure it has enough liquid, tilting frequently. If it's a bottom coil, try removing a wick.

 

[JoeDerty]

ive been fighting the same battle for 72 days i cant find a carto that is perfect they all leak or get a burnt taste. I finally got a aspire bdc vivi nova and the taste is off a little but i cant get a burnt taste out of it no matter how hard i try but you have to have a mod for the aspire. But what juice ratio do you vape? i vape 100% VG and ive always had to take out flavor wicks on the coils because the juice is just to thick to get into some coils. Also there are a lot of bad coils going around. My local store will trade them out if i get a bad one. Good luck and dont give up yet!!!

 

[Arnold Ziffle]

maybe the coil is of too little resistance. a 1.8 and an ego at 4.0 will burn all the time. that's why a variable volt works so well. you could dial it down to 3.4 and be all good.