I certainly meant no disrespect by my post. More as an homage to how far vaping has come.
Tired of people defending the protank ll
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I certainly meant no disrespect by my post. More as an homage to how far vaping has come.
I have had nothing but problems with my protank 2. Same issues as the OP. Only used it for a week and it has been nothing but a pain in the .... Switched to carto tanks and haven't had any issues with them. Seem to have a overall better vapor performance and taste. Using IBTanked with Boge cartos.
Have two RBA's on order and am looking forward to giving them a try.
Have two RBA's on order and am looking forward to giving them a try.
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Thanks I had already tried stuffing some extra cotton on each side without covering any more of the coil and that did the trick. Ill try doing it like a flavor wick on the next build.
Sorry if my post went slightly off topic but I was in the moment just as I was going through the thread.
I started with the protank2 and however inconsistent it has been its also the most consistent I have used. It has not been that troublesome, its still my favorite tank. Some juices last two or three tanks, some of the thicker juices destroy a coil in one but its really those wicks that are disintegrating. I tried cardo tanks for a while, a few expensive and a few cheap, I never seemed to get the hang of it and dont like them. Now that I have been building my own coils I feel confident that I can make protank a better experience. I am already digging it with the cotton. Thanks for the advice.
Almost night and day ain't it
I too was incredibly standoffish trying the cotton wick method...once you get it down...wow the PT/EVOD coils and vaping on them takes a whole new meaning...yes sometimes it takes a bit of tweaking to get them right..but once you get it down...whoah!
Remember to use organic cotton and give it a good rinse or boil...I use q-tip cotton and fluff it up...and it's treated with hydrogen peroxide so it tastes a bit "off" for the first few hits...clean cotton fluffed then rolled into a string...makes the stock coils soooo much better.
Glad it worked out for you...and once you learn how to do it...you almost kick yourself for NOT doing it sooner...ask me how I know
After reading all this, i noticed only one post brought up "authenticity". I started 1 month ago with a legit mini-protank 2, me and the Mrs. were sharing, when she quit the analogs for good I ran out in town and bought a clone (all i could find).
Comparing the two...The Kanger is great, still is, coils lasted 2 weeks each and still going with dry burns every few tanks, no leaking, gurgling, or other crazy jazz. The clone on the other hand, what a POS, nothing but problems, the heads taste funny and wear out in a week and are visibly a much lower quality, cleaning out the gurgles 3 times a day at least. Fitment is poor, threads are junk, o-rings look misshapen, just feels like a low quality piece held side by side with the original.
It seems to me Kanger does an ok job, but we all know how great a stand-up job knock off companies do with everything. The cheapies don't give two pee sprinkles if your tanks work, they just want your moneys!
Comparing the two...The Kanger is great, still is, coils lasted 2 weeks each and still going with dry burns every few tanks, no leaking, gurgling, or other crazy jazz. The clone on the other hand, what a POS, nothing but problems, the heads taste funny and wear out in a week and are visibly a much lower quality, cleaning out the gurgles 3 times a day at least. Fitment is poor, threads are junk, o-rings look misshapen, just feels like a low quality piece held side by side with the original.
It seems to me Kanger does an ok job, but we all know how great a stand-up job knock off companies do with everything. The cheapies don't give two pee sprinkles if your tanks work, they just want your moneys!
I have to agree with you...I've only been smoking e cigs for a month now and I have the kangertech pro tank 2 with a SMOK adjustable voltage battery and idk what's going on but I've been having tons of problems trying to keep my tank from leaking and from keeping it to vape nicely..I've already gone through about 6-7 coils within a month..just bought two brand new coils for my tank and some reason doesn't produce any vapor at all..I'm about to give up on e cigs and go back to real cigarettes..
Both of mine are clones...straight from FT...the cotton wick (from page 12) WILL fix dry hits and gurgling...I dunno why it does...it just does, perhaps maybe the cotton wicks better but the fibers are thin enough it holds the juice better...all I know is it DOES fix the problem
Clone tanks using clone heads, fixed..vape like crazy
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I love my Protank II. It gurgles a bit but it never leaks, and the flavour is great.
I don't know why some people seem to be having problems, but before you give up, I'd make sure you're using authentic kit. There's a place for clones, if you just can't afford to buy authentic, but I wouldn't say it was a good idea for a beginner to have only clone kit. You would be setting yourself up to fail. There's plenty of cheap kit available; you don't have to buy clones.
If the Protank doesn't do it for you, try something else, such as the TS3 or the EVOD, or a cartomiser. There's enough choices out there for everyone to find something they like.
I don't know why some people seem to be having problems, but before you give up, I'd make sure you're using authentic kit. There's a place for clones, if you just can't afford to buy authentic, but I wouldn't say it was a good idea for a beginner to have only clone kit. You would be setting yourself up to fail. There's plenty of cheap kit available; you don't have to buy clones.
If the Protank doesn't do it for you, try something else, such as the TS3 or the EVOD, or a cartomiser. There's enough choices out there for everyone to find something they like.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not against the clones at all, I'm one poor .... that likes to tinker, just stinks when you HAVE to tinker to get your fix. I plan on rebuilding all 7 of the heads I got in various configs, Just that the actual kangertech one worked properly out of the box, and the atomizer are nicer. They even have the ohm rating printed on them and tested to be sure it was correct, on the other hand though it was supposed to come with 3 different ohm versions and came with 3 2.5ohm atomizers. The generics all bounce around within .8 ohms of each other (all taking in consideration the internal resistance on my meter)
That is an oddity. If you read the reviews there is no consensus about what atomisers you get, and nothing on the Kanger site or the instruction leaflet in the box tells you. I got two: a 1.8 and I think a 2.4 (it's not here to check). There was nothing in the tank, just the two spares. I think maybe it's a matter of pot luck which resistances you get.
Look at it this way, you will have some experience wrapping coils for when you feel the need to move up to a real RBA. ............ and that's a good thing!
Nice thing about the tea bag mod was you could still use the tea if you had one of these
ok there mr snobby elitist type ,,wth makes you think i don't already have any high end attys ?? hmmmmm !!!!
I have several authentic Protanks and have had zero issues. I use them daily and they outperform any other clearo or cartotank IMO. Maybe I got lucky. I did not care for the mini's, regardless of the resistance. I have not tried the Aspire series yet though.
I dumped my evod/pro tank combo after trying the aspires. They hit great and are imo built better.
There seems to be zero consensus on any of the replaceable coil systems. One could have to do with taste: I personally did not like the hotter taste of the top coils like the Vivi or Iclear 16.
If you check the reviews, PhilB loves the Aspire. Riptripper claims they have too many bad coils. Rebuilding a Kanger style is a snap; you can improve the flavor and throat hit dramatically by optimizing the wick/coil to your taste.
I agree with Riptripper on this one: 6 Aspire coils, only two worked for me, and I am not going to even attempt rebuilding them. I get a headache watching the rebuild of that double coil Aspire in that tiny space: no, no, a thousand times no!
Even with the stock coils, cloned or genuine, I never had an issue with leaking, and I have a whole bunch of different Kanger style tanks-some genuine, some clones (PT I&II, Mini, Evod and T3). There was the gurgle which was easy enough to control by topping off the tank before the level got too low. I only use them when I am out and about and cannot afford to have juice all over my clothes or leak in my kit. Gennies are a disaster if you lay them down. I am a consultant in my supposed retirement; stains on my white dress shirts and light colored suits are not good for the image.
Also, I have never had any vaporizer with a bottom air hole (lots of RBA's and RDA's don't have one), not leave some liquid in the base of the connector. Is it a leak, or is it a little bit of condensate or seepage? A little bit of wetness at the base is normal; if juice starts leaking out over your device, you have a leak.
I also got some of the Ismoka BC from Fasttech. They were dirt cheap. It has an air hole on the side rather than the bottom. It does not use the same coil replacements as the Kanger's. The first head was terrible; the second has worked fine.
So much of your experience will have to do with your PG/VG ratio, flavor type, vaping habits (long deep draw vs a puff) and device.
So, my only advice is: if it does not work for you, move on. Vaping has become so complicated with so many permutations, that one has to fiddle a lot to get there.
We can do so much with computer aided simulations to the point of testing aircraft, cars, buildings, bridges without even buying the first piece of metal, that one would think that an engineer could solve the problems of the vaporizers with ease.
If you check the reviews, PhilB loves the Aspire. Riptripper claims they have too many bad coils. Rebuilding a Kanger style is a snap; you can improve the flavor and throat hit dramatically by optimizing the wick/coil to your taste.
I agree with Riptripper on this one: 6 Aspire coils, only two worked for me, and I am not going to even attempt rebuilding them. I get a headache watching the rebuild of that double coil Aspire in that tiny space: no, no, a thousand times no!
Even with the stock coils, cloned or genuine, I never had an issue with leaking, and I have a whole bunch of different Kanger style tanks-some genuine, some clones (PT I&II, Mini, Evod and T3). There was the gurgle which was easy enough to control by topping off the tank before the level got too low. I only use them when I am out and about and cannot afford to have juice all over my clothes or leak in my kit. Gennies are a disaster if you lay them down. I am a consultant in my supposed retirement; stains on my white dress shirts and light colored suits are not good for the image.
Also, I have never had any vaporizer with a bottom air hole (lots of RBA's and RDA's don't have one), not leave some liquid in the base of the connector. Is it a leak, or is it a little bit of condensate or seepage? A little bit of wetness at the base is normal; if juice starts leaking out over your device, you have a leak.
I also got some of the Ismoka BC from Fasttech. They were dirt cheap. It has an air hole on the side rather than the bottom. It does not use the same coil replacements as the Kanger's. The first head was terrible; the second has worked fine.
So much of your experience will have to do with your PG/VG ratio, flavor type, vaping habits (long deep draw vs a puff) and device.
So, my only advice is: if it does not work for you, move on. Vaping has become so complicated with so many permutations, that one has to fiddle a lot to get there.
We can do so much with computer aided simulations to the point of testing aircraft, cars, buildings, bridges without even buying the first piece of metal, that one would think that an engineer could solve the problems of the vaporizers with ease.
I've given up on the bottom feeding tanks. I've had a protank 1, 2, a few evods, and all leaked. I've even tried building my own coils. I'm done with kanger tanks.
Having gone through the Joye 510, the eGo, tea bag mod, the Fluval fish tank blue foam with the drink stirrer mod, Ego B and C, cartos that worked (or didn't work depending on the brand and QC issues), carto tanks, drip attys, and all manner of top coil and bottom coil tanks, I'm pretty happy with the state of the art in vaping these days. I'm sure I forgot some of the transitional points of ecig evolution, but I've tried them all at some point.
Sure, there are still issues compared to smoking tobacco in a paper tube. Pulling one from a pack, smoking and tossing was easy and the QC was fairly consistent. But, there was little in the way of high tech involved. Smoking was just a way to get your money and make you sick over time. I'm glad to be rid of it.
I'll take the current vaping tech and learn to optimize it like I have for over 3 1/2 years. It's not a problem to me.
Sure, there are still issues compared to smoking tobacco in a paper tube. Pulling one from a pack, smoking and tossing was easy and the QC was fairly consistent. But, there was little in the way of high tech involved. Smoking was just a way to get your money and make you sick over time. I'm glad to be rid of it.
I'll take the current vaping tech and learn to optimize it like I have for over 3 1/2 years. It's not a problem to me.
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And it is to each their own. I have had alot of luck with my protanks. The occasional leak and gurgle, but other then that, i am happy with it.
I know that YOU do, but I also know that most ProTank users don't.
(at least your avatar does)
^^ Very true. At the moment I am using Protank II & EVODs. I had one problem when I was using a 80/20 juice and it was leaking/gargling all the time. Added my own cotton flavor wick...problem solved.
With so many other factors in play your going to have people that hate them and people that love them. Right now I am loving my Protank II and EVODs. Haven't even had a coil go out in any of them yet either... I clean them really good and they just keep vaping!
Unlike my iClear30... the coil is bad after a week.
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