Trident Clone melting insulator!

[MonoNatural]

I recently got a fasttech Trident clone, the SS one that has all the good reviews. After I got the driptip hole enlarged enough to actually fit a 510 tip, I thought I was home-free. But, after putting on a 1.7 ohm coil and ran it at 12w with a kick clone, I noticed that the large plastic positive post insulator ring was starting to singe below where the coil was positioned. This was with the coil as far away as possible from the posts (the trident's inner barrel can crush the coil down to the deck if you build the coil too far out). The melted spot was not deep, and I was able to scrape off the roughness. Still, I have read that delrin releases formaldehyde when melted or burned, so thats not great. I hope that it was melting when I was doing dry fires to tweak the coil (I let it glow very bright for a few seconds), but Ive noticed wet coils can still get the area very hot after a few seconds.

Now I have switched to wicking it in ways that shield the insulator (such as the "dragon coil" style), but the flavor is decreased a lot because less coil is exposed. And this is all at only 12w. (The dragon style probably requires more for good flavor). Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

[Kryyptyk]

I'd suggest getting a better dripper. As far as I can tell, the only way you can get a replacement insulator for the Trident is to buy another Trident.
Seems that Trident insulators, legit and clones, are prone to melting and singing (then again, most drippers will if you go low enough).

 

[MonoNatural]

Thanks.... By 'low enough' do you mean price, coil height, or resistance? ... probably all 3 though.