Vortex 2.0 painfully hot?

[burt_betamax]

Hey there,

Just got a pack of the new Vortex 2.0's from GotVapes and I've got a bit of a problem!

The vapor is so hot, or something, that I'm getting something that you can't really quantify as throat hit- it's more like chest incineration.

I've tried using it at 3.3, 3.7, and 4.2 volts on my VV eGo and even on a plain ol' 510 kit battery and either way the vortexes are so incredibly painful to use. I used the original vortexes and loved them and have been direct dripping on various batteries for a while, all worked out pretty well, never like this.

The only way it's bearable at all is to take a tiny little .5 second puff, but that doesn't really produce any vapor, mostly just hot death.

Any idea what it could be?

My 510 to 808 adapter for the Vortex seemed to have its air holes blocked so I got zero draw-- I had to pierce and scrape away a little bit of the little rubber gasket thingy that's inside the adapter, but I don't think that has anything to do with it because now it seems to be drawing relatively normal.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. These are the only atties I have right now and really want to get back on with the vape

 

[burt_betamax]

Don't want to rudely bump but my post fell into the abyss because I posted so late.

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Harry Potter]

Hm. I was excited to try these, but now i'm not so sure. It seems that they have a lot of inconsistency re: resistance; have you tried a few of them out, or just the one? you could just be using one with seriously low resistance.

This guy talks about the resistance issues, and he mentions at the end that the vapor is warmer, but certainly not hot.
Vortex 2.0: The G4's Successor Reviewed

I still have about 10 g4s left that I love (unless the cap pops off in my pocket...) but i'm quite keen to see this sort of design be perfected.

 

[denali_41]

well i just learned the proper method of using a resurrector today,,b4 i was getting a real bad burnt taste after 5-6 hits.

try inhaling fsater and at the same time you hit the button

good luck

 

[Harry Potter]

what is a resurrector?

 

[burt_betamax]

I've tried two so far and they're both pretty chest imploding.

I never had this happen with the original Vortexes, so I'm not sure what's up.

 

[dormouse]

Hmmm guess I won't try those haha

Did you only try one out of the pack?

 

[burt_betamax]

It seems like it maybe took a while to break in--

the second one I've been using (the one I've used the most) is now hitting like a CHAMP!

Plumes of really tasty vapor, correct happy throat hit, full taste that's making my Boba's Bounty juice some next level stuff!

It works so well that I sort of needed to readjust the way I vape- now taking only a small 'analog length' draw provides a great full vape, rather than slurping on the thing for 8 seconds straight like I did when direct dripping etc.

The vapor is much warmer than I'm used to, but now it's pleasant and manageable. I noticed that the little metal bit inside their newly designed tips gets a little warm, which is no real issue, but feels funny to me, so I pulled off the little rubber gasket, put that in first, and then popped on my regular cheapo acrylic drip tip and it's working wonderfully.

It may have needed break-in-time or maybe there's just something off and fiddly about the first two I plucked from the box. It may also be that in order to make my adapter work by clearing away the rubber that was blocking the air holes I was letting in too much air so rather than cooking up a tasty plume of vapor, I was just getting a couple lungs full of hot, hot air.

 

[Harry Potter]

Thats quite encouraging. And gotvapes offers $5 shipping internationally; bonus!

But tell me, is that metal 'condensation ring' in the mouthpiece removable? Can you fit your own drip tip on the end of it?

I'm stuck between the vortex 2.0 and the sapphire...

 

[denali_41]

Here is a link to the resurrectors i mentioned earlier,,sure there are other suppliers out there too

Crystal Clear Vaping

 

[burt_betamax]

Sure is,
the tip has a little rubber gasket on the bottom- if you remove it and then put it inside the vortex, you can then pop your own drip tip on. Just need a little something to help pull the gasket back out.

 

[zerominusone]

I was so happy to finally get my Vortex 2.0s in the mail. Those things were just a BIG let down. A couple of mine were really warm but not HOT but after a few hits, they all had a burnt taste and it kinda hurt to vape 'em.

 

[rootwhacker]

I was anxious to get my first vortex 2's, and they arrived today! Now I'm just disappointed. I ordered 2 boxes of 5. I've already gone through the first box and haven't had one yet that hasn't malfunctioned in some way. I don't know why, but the center tube is filling up with juice. at first I thought I might be overfilling them, then I thought maybe it was just a condensation thing. So I 3/4 filled 2 and just let them sit for awhile. When I looked at them later, the inner tubes were filled in them, and I hadn't even used them. And yes, you get a mouthful of juice when there's liquid in the inner tube.

Oh, and I ruined 1 with a dry burn. And another one leaks at the bottom (and not from the center hole). and one of them has a problem with the threads.

I will say that, if you don't get a mouthful of raw juice when you hit it, the taste and vapor are wonderful (compared to the carts I've used so far). I really like the concept, being able fill them with an eyedropper instead of a syringe.

I guess now I'm anxious to try the fluxomizer 2 clearomizers.

BTW, I use manual KR808 batteries, the long ones.

 

[burt_betamax]

Yeah, after a day I'm finding the same thing.

I thought all my fiddling was why it was making the center tube all juice filled, but I've tried a third one and am having the same issues as you.

By and large this has become a drippy, sloppy mess. With all the tissues around my room required to clean up after these things it looks like I'm a chronic .........or.

When cleared out (and wasting a lot of my juice (uh)) they work really nicely. The lower resistance ones I ordered also seem to work best at the lowest voltage on my VV eGo pass-through battery, bumping it up any higher and they do start to taste a little gross.

 

[rootwhacker]

Out of the 10 I received, the score so far is 3 good, 3 bad, 1 destroyed (my bad) and 3 unused. I have to say that when these things work right, they're great! BUT I don't feel comfortable enough with the 3 working ones to take them out of the house. I have found that when the condensation builds up to form blocking drops in the inner tube, you can shove a pipe cleaner in it and clear the tube. Another oddity, out of the 3 different brands of batteries I have, they don't work on one of the brands (I probably should refrain from any vendor bashing, huh?).