I'll preface this by saying I love the form factor and design of the device. It fits nicely on the Provari, and unlike with a DCT, I don't feel like I'm going to knock it loose by accident. I really want to love the Nova. Unfortunately my experiences actually using the thing have been less than extraordinary.
I've been searching for an alternative to my current DCT setup as my juice of choice, KPB from vermillion river, while tasty, tends to gunk up and effectively kill my smoktech single coils after only a day, or around 6ml. Naturally, the most obvious alternative would be a rebuildable, filler free, tank design. While at first glance, the Vivi Nova 2.5 fits the bill, I've experienced a few inconsistencies that are frustrating me to the point of throwing in the towel on it.
First off, there's the issue of wicking. I'm getting dry, burnt rubber tasting hits at pretty much any voltage capable of producing any decent vapor. Granted this doesn't happen with every draw, more like every other draw, or even a single draw that starts fine, but tastes burnt after drawing around 4 seconds. In every case of this issue, it's clear that the wicks are indeed wet with juice... It's as if the wick material simply can't draw in juice to the coil fast enough to take a prolonged drag.
Next up is the flavor muting. I'm not getting anywhere near the flavor produced by a 3ohm single coil in a DCT. At low voltages I can barely taste it and through slowly increasing the voltage I can start to taste the flavor, but can't take a decent drag without it drying out and tasting like a shoe sole.
Then there's flooding. Seemingly at random times, or whenever the device is left lying on its side for any length of time, the atty chamber fills with liquid. Naturally the result is a nice dollop of e liquid to the mouth/lips of the unsuspecting vaper.
I was an early adopter of the 2.5 nova and received both long and short wicked heads in the box, but I've tried replacement heads and trimmed vs uncut wicks as well. Nothing I've done seems to remedy these issues. I also try to assure that all the grommets and parts are in their proper place (including the inner drip tip grommet). I know this is a true 2.5 due to the air intake holes on the 510 connector... Perhaps I've been unlucky and have gotten all 2.0 heads, despite the variance in wick length.
I've been searching for advice, but it seems like a fool's errand at this point as it's looking like nothing short of rebuilding the heads MIGHT fix it. Does anyone out there have any input to point me in the direction of a cure, or perhaps a viable alternative to the DCT setup I'm current using on the Provari?
Darkly
I've been searching for an alternative to my current DCT setup as my juice of choice, KPB from vermillion river, while tasty, tends to gunk up and effectively kill my smoktech single coils after only a day, or around 6ml. Naturally, the most obvious alternative would be a rebuildable, filler free, tank design. While at first glance, the Vivi Nova 2.5 fits the bill, I've experienced a few inconsistencies that are frustrating me to the point of throwing in the towel on it.
First off, there's the issue of wicking. I'm getting dry, burnt rubber tasting hits at pretty much any voltage capable of producing any decent vapor. Granted this doesn't happen with every draw, more like every other draw, or even a single draw that starts fine, but tastes burnt after drawing around 4 seconds. In every case of this issue, it's clear that the wicks are indeed wet with juice... It's as if the wick material simply can't draw in juice to the coil fast enough to take a prolonged drag.
Next up is the flavor muting. I'm not getting anywhere near the flavor produced by a 3ohm single coil in a DCT. At low voltages I can barely taste it and through slowly increasing the voltage I can start to taste the flavor, but can't take a decent drag without it drying out and tasting like a shoe sole.
Then there's flooding. Seemingly at random times, or whenever the device is left lying on its side for any length of time, the atty chamber fills with liquid. Naturally the result is a nice dollop of e liquid to the mouth/lips of the unsuspecting vaper.
I was an early adopter of the 2.5 nova and received both long and short wicked heads in the box, but I've tried replacement heads and trimmed vs uncut wicks as well. Nothing I've done seems to remedy these issues. I also try to assure that all the grommets and parts are in their proper place (including the inner drip tip grommet). I know this is a true 2.5 due to the air intake holes on the 510 connector... Perhaps I've been unlucky and have gotten all 2.0 heads, despite the variance in wick length.
I've been searching for advice, but it seems like a fool's errand at this point as it's looking like nothing short of rebuilding the heads MIGHT fix it. Does anyone out there have any input to point me in the direction of a cure, or perhaps a viable alternative to the DCT setup I'm current using on the Provari?
Darkly
