Vaping in High Temps and Humidty

[ParaGrunt]

Sitting out by the pool this evening (Bahrain) with temp in the triple digits with humidity close to the same and my vaping experience was non-existent! Just gurgling and leaking. The juice of choice was Volcano Kona Coffee. Jumped over to my wife's PV which was loaded with Menthol Burst and no problems. Anyone else have problems with this? Is there an ideal PG/VG mix or flavor types that are more conducive to adverse climates?

 

[E_DeCastro]

i don't know what is ideal but in San Diego the temp is just right for vaping but when I leave an AC space and go out to where it's hot, all my tanks leak.

 

[Griff.J]

Yup when I take my carto tank outside in this nearly 40°C (with humidex) temperature, my carto seems to get too much juice and vapes like crap.

 

[mirth]

I was out by the pool with my ego's and CE4s and actually had the best vape I had ever had from those clearos. It must have been the crappy old wicks were actually doing their job with the thinner juice

 

[vang0gh]

I was out by the pool with my ego's and CE4s and actually had the best vape I had ever had from those clearos. It must have been the crappy old wicks were actually doing their job with the thinner juice

I think you may have found a use for the otherwise useless CE4s i have sitting in my tackle box.

 

[AtomiCapricorn]

In humid Maui, Hawaii in May, I had far fewer problems than in the very dry California high desert in July.

 

[vwkitty]

Ugh it's been miserable here lately. 100° and insanely humid. Leaky gurgly messes, odd flavor changes, or complete lack of flavor. All of my "creamy" flavors are unbearable. Iced tea ones are good, and citrus and menthol are tops.

This weather makes me want fall so bad.

 

[Ottotek]

A little thermal physics is probably the culprit; the air in the top of your tank was at room temp (75f or so). When you take it outside, that air heats up and expands, creating pressure in the tank and flooding the carto. Same thing happens if you go up a mountain road and gain altitude. Try lifting the tank up a bit on the carto and "burping" it...

 

[sailense]

No problems vaping here. 85-95% humidity year round and temps from 85-95F.

 

[H2kBallaAGG]

You sure it wasn't just a problem with your battery or something? I'm here in Florida with constant 90F with 90-100% humidity with afternoon thunderstorms making the humidity worse (sometimes feels like a damn sauna, literally watching steam/vapor coming off the roads lol) and I've never had a problem vaping. I use a standard ego battery with a kanger pro tank.

 

[Equus5O]

No problems vaping here. 85-95% humidity year round and temps from 85-95F.

Excellent! My mother-in-law lives in Pago Pago.

 

[ParaGrunt]

Battery was topped off. Like I said in an earlier post, the menthol was no problem. As soon as I go back into the a/c and clear the carto, everything is okay.

 

[josie wales]

I didn't have gurgling problems but I did notice there seems to be less visible vapor from a hit. I suppose, vapor is pretty much the same as humidity....like in winter, sometimes you see your breath and sometimes you don't depending on humidity levels. Or something like that.

 

[Crazy Birdy Mom]

I'm sitting in air conditioning and even the menthol won't cool me down!

It helps but seriously:

 

[Bambam2970]

I've had the same issue a few times with the eVod's, T3's and the CE5. Granted, I normally removed the top flavor wick from each addy for a little more vapor, this tends to result in flooding the batt when extremely hot outside or when the it is moved around slightly vigorously. Swapped to 100% VG and that has helped drastically. I have had good luck with the iClear 16's in the heat; only had one flood the batt like once or twice and that was even minimal.

 

[ParaGrunt]

I've had the same issue a few times with the eVod's, T3's and the CE5. Granted, I normally removed the top flavor wick from each addy for a little more vapor, this tends to result in flooding the batt when extremely hot outside or when the it is moved around slightly vigorously. Swapped to 100% VG and that has helped drastically. I have had good luck with the iClear 16's in the heat; only had one flood the batt like once or twice and that was even minimal.

Yeah, I was thinking of possibly going with a higher VG due to viscosity. I don't know what Volcano's ratio is but I think it is a 70/30 PG/VG mix. What was strange was that their Menthol Blast gave me no problems in the high heat and humidity. So there may be a different ratio between thier flavors.

 

[OperationMove]

I'm certainly no genius but I've noticed this with almost ANY tank setup when I go from my office AC out in the heat and humidity. If i'm in the hot all day it's fine, or if I leave it in the AC all day it's fine as well. Last week Ohio was in the 90s (along with the rest of the country practically) and this was happening to me constantly when I ran out of the office to smoke with my team. I'm betting on what someone said a page back, about the air heating up and expanding when going from somewhere cold and dry to hot and humid.

 

[fr0st]

Any issues with cracking the tanks in said temps?

 

[ParaGrunt]

Any issues with cracking the tanks in said temps?

No problems so far with Volcano TubeTanks. Holding up pretty well here in the Middle East.

 

[Greaser55]

A little thermal physics is probably the culprit; the air in the top of your tank was at room temp (75f or so). When you take it outside, that air heats up and expands, creating pressure in the tank and flooding the carto. Same thing happens if you go up a mountain road and gain altitude. Try lifting the tank up a bit on the carto and "burping" it...

YES THIS^^^ In the summer it gets super hot in my house. My daily routine is to top off my tanks in the morning and in the morning its cool in my house. When i first started vaping using CE4 clearos, by about 1:00 when it was getting hot I would start to have problems with leaking into the battery and gurgling, no vapor etc. I think the change in temp created pressure in my clearos. I found I had to unscrew the tip just a bit so that the pressure would release.
I use an evod and a vision victory now and havent had any problems with leaking or gurgling. I do notice not as much vapor when it is hot out though. I think the air is pretty dry here and when its hot it just makes the vapor go away faster.