Good morning all;
I've read all the various posts on the Vortex. I had read a post from a user that mentioned their Vortex having a plastic taste. Cannot find that post again so I wanted to start another thread that really only dealt with a plastic taste, either a burnt plastic taste (not my current predicament) or tasting a plastic taste when vaping the Vortex.
Firstly, let me state that when the Vortex first came out I bought two packs to try them out. From the beginning I tasted a plastic taste added into the taste of the juice. The juices in question are both from Tasty Vapor, and have the "extra" flavor option. First is Tastyfinger, other is waffles. Both are 70/30 w/extra flavoring.
Shortly after getting the plastic taste, recommendations on removing the filter sheet were made. I tried that on the first two Vortex I opened, but found they leaked like a sieve afterwards. Tried to repair them using Gum Arabic, but that only ended up getting GA on the ends of the wicks, which of course sealed the wicks and ruined them. Into the garbage they went. Took GA back to store for refund.
I put the Vortex on the shelf and tried my new Turbine. More on that in another thread. Just a few days ago I ordered some juice and more Turbines and Vortexes. Now have four boxes of Vortex. Tried the Vortex again yesterday. Same plastic taste. I hadn't removed the filter yet because I wanted to come back to them to re-evaluate, and wanted to restart my evaluation from the beginning.
After getting the plasticy odd taste again, I removed the filter and lifted the cup slightly to aid in the wicking effect. Same plastic taste. Don't think I can refer to this as a burned plastic taste, because to me I would think burnt plastic would be acrid in taste. This isn't acrid tasting.
I removed the stock mouthpiece and put of one of my drip tips. I used a flat spacer from a CE2 under the mouthpiece and it sealed off the tube nicely. I then noted great flavor for about 8 hits, then back to the plastic taste. In looking at the wick and cup under heavy magnification, it appears that the wick is split in half by the split in the cup where it seats on the connector. I'll disassemble and re-orientate
the cup so that all the wick is exposed and possibly lift the cup even further off the wicks. I should note that after taking these two Vortex apart, I saw some leaking initially after they sat on my desk for 15 minutes, but after the initial time of leaking, they haven't leaked again and they sat on my desk overnight and this morning, desk was bone dry. This was with the standard tips installed and the filter removed.
I opened another fresh Vortex just now to give it a good smell. The plastic taste I'm getting I can smell from the fresh Vortex I just opened. I removed the tip, and in smelling it all by itself, appears to be the major source of the plastic off smell/taste. I smelled the tube by itself and couldn't detect much if any plastic smell. The other two mouthpieces used now smell like the juice I'm vaping so the smell is masked by the juice but I think the taste of plastic is still coming through.
After these two are tossed out I'm going to mod a Vortex from the start and not use the mouthpiece at all but use the flat spacer/drip tip mod.
I work with computers, and if any others do, try smelling through the fan exhaust holes in the back of a brand new power supply or a new motherboard or new computer component with a PCB. Check them out before they have a chance to heat up and burn off/ lose that printed circuit board smell.
For discussion purposes (not to bash), I question the type/construction of plastic used in the Vortex. If you want to recreate the smell I refer to, take a new Vortex out of it's package, and immediately give it and the tip a good smell. Smell the tip all by itself. Place the Vortex in a sealed plastic baggie (usually devoid of any smell) for an hour, open it and immediately smell it. I don't think it's just me. I think you'll smell that plastic/PCB smell I refer to. I think that the smell/taste of the juice can mask this smell, but I believe the smell/taste is always there, just muted and or masked for most users. JMHO of course. You may try what I've stated and not discern a plastic or PCB smell. YMMV.
I've read all the various posts on the Vortex. I had read a post from a user that mentioned their Vortex having a plastic taste. Cannot find that post again so I wanted to start another thread that really only dealt with a plastic taste, either a burnt plastic taste (not my current predicament) or tasting a plastic taste when vaping the Vortex.
Firstly, let me state that when the Vortex first came out I bought two packs to try them out. From the beginning I tasted a plastic taste added into the taste of the juice. The juices in question are both from Tasty Vapor, and have the "extra" flavor option. First is Tastyfinger, other is waffles. Both are 70/30 w/extra flavoring.
Shortly after getting the plastic taste, recommendations on removing the filter sheet were made. I tried that on the first two Vortex I opened, but found they leaked like a sieve afterwards. Tried to repair them using Gum Arabic, but that only ended up getting GA on the ends of the wicks, which of course sealed the wicks and ruined them. Into the garbage they went. Took GA back to store for refund.
I put the Vortex on the shelf and tried my new Turbine. More on that in another thread. Just a few days ago I ordered some juice and more Turbines and Vortexes. Now have four boxes of Vortex. Tried the Vortex again yesterday. Same plastic taste. I hadn't removed the filter yet because I wanted to come back to them to re-evaluate, and wanted to restart my evaluation from the beginning.
After getting the plasticy odd taste again, I removed the filter and lifted the cup slightly to aid in the wicking effect. Same plastic taste. Don't think I can refer to this as a burned plastic taste, because to me I would think burnt plastic would be acrid in taste. This isn't acrid tasting.
I removed the stock mouthpiece and put of one of my drip tips. I used a flat spacer from a CE2 under the mouthpiece and it sealed off the tube nicely. I then noted great flavor for about 8 hits, then back to the plastic taste. In looking at the wick and cup under heavy magnification, it appears that the wick is split in half by the split in the cup where it seats on the connector. I'll disassemble and re-orientate
the cup so that all the wick is exposed and possibly lift the cup even further off the wicks. I should note that after taking these two Vortex apart, I saw some leaking initially after they sat on my desk for 15 minutes, but after the initial time of leaking, they haven't leaked again and they sat on my desk overnight and this morning, desk was bone dry. This was with the standard tips installed and the filter removed.
I opened another fresh Vortex just now to give it a good smell. The plastic taste I'm getting I can smell from the fresh Vortex I just opened. I removed the tip, and in smelling it all by itself, appears to be the major source of the plastic off smell/taste. I smelled the tube by itself and couldn't detect much if any plastic smell. The other two mouthpieces used now smell like the juice I'm vaping so the smell is masked by the juice but I think the taste of plastic is still coming through.
After these two are tossed out I'm going to mod a Vortex from the start and not use the mouthpiece at all but use the flat spacer/drip tip mod.
I work with computers, and if any others do, try smelling through the fan exhaust holes in the back of a brand new power supply or a new motherboard or new computer component with a PCB. Check them out before they have a chance to heat up and burn off/ lose that printed circuit board smell.
For discussion purposes (not to bash), I question the type/construction of plastic used in the Vortex. If you want to recreate the smell I refer to, take a new Vortex out of it's package, and immediately give it and the tip a good smell. Smell the tip all by itself. Place the Vortex in a sealed plastic baggie (usually devoid of any smell) for an hour, open it and immediately smell it. I don't think it's just me. I think you'll smell that plastic/PCB smell I refer to. I think that the smell/taste of the juice can mask this smell, but I believe the smell/taste is always there, just muted and or masked for most users. JMHO of course. You may try what I've stated and not discern a plastic or PCB smell. YMMV.
