Warning: My Aspire Atlantis coil just FELL APART while I was vaping, and particles got lodged in my throat.

[supermarket]

You got some kinda funky heads because I've never seen an Atlantis head turn to sludge....

Don't know what to tell you. They are authentic Aspire Atlantis coils, from a brand new 5 pack.

 

[DavidAmonettNashville]

Don't know what to tell you. They are authentic Aspire Atlantis coils, from a brand new 5 pack.

Hope you're ok and maybe just use a Sub tank mini...It is all that's advertised IMO.

 

[caramel]

The subtanks are spitting too.

If I were into high power I would go for one of the tried and true RDAs.

 

[DavidAmonettNashville]

The subtanks are spitting too.

If I were into high power I would go for one of the tried and true RDAs.

Mines Not? VERY HAPPY

 

[beckdg]

WOW!

WHAT responses...

guys... check the users post history before assuming he's a loon...

supermarket should be a respected poster that can be trusted by this point. is there really reason to doubt him?

super... my wife's been badgering me about the atlantis lately. i'm forwarding her a link to this thread now.

funny thing. with the gear she has, she has no reason to want for this garbage in the first place. even funnier... she's known she despises clearos for over a year now.

silly woman...

 

[crxess]

I highly suggest avoiding the Aspire Atlantis. It is a defective device. After talking to several people on facebook, I have found out that this has happened to numerous people.

If for some reason what happened to me and others doesn't scare you away, at LEAST replace your current coils and get the new cotton ones. Be safe guys!

Rather unnecessary and incorrect statement of device overall quality BASED PURELY on the failure of a REMOVABLE/REPLACEABLE Coil Head that is Now superseded.

Makes as much sense as Warning NOT to use a Kayfun 4 because someone tried a Burlap wick and it Failed to perform

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The ONLY lesson you have shown me is:

Check your Coil Heads on installation!

 

[stevegmu]

I personally wouldn't consider doing business w/them ... don't they have any engineers in that company who can test these before they hoist them onto the guinea pig vaping community. Topics about the coils have been going on since december. Before that, it was the nautilus chamber materials that weren't to spec.

I would not be happy if I had purchased a whole bunch of coils before they changed them (and finally admitted their problem).

Are they willing to take back all the badly engineered coils that people purchased?


In the words of my grandmother: "we teach people how to treat us"...........

As long as the price is right and their devices can make clouds, people will keep buying them. Mystery metal, fiberglass and all...

 

[DaddyO]

This read makes me quite uneasy about using the Atlantis. It's all I have at the moment, though I'm nearly out of coils. I guess I'll transition to a Melo or something. I've enjoyed the Atlantis otherwise, but can't use it with full confidence anymore.

 

[Racehorse]

Err... not quite...

There's good silica and bad silica.

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Just for the record.

Other than that, the subject is now moot since Aspire is making a change to all organic cotton, so there's no further need to beat that horse any more.

Thanks for bringing this up, Katya. it may be moot in terms of this particular coil but for other coiils it is still useful information that will benefit fellow vapers.

 

[stevegmu]

After reading the piece about Joyetech, I don't believe for one minute anyone who is mass producing wicks- Kanger, Aspire, Joyetech... is really using organic Japanese cotton...

 

[Stratm69]

Either the coil was a bad one, which is fairly rare with Aspire, or you never cleaned your tank, which lead to a nasty buildup of gunk and juice. Maybe even a combination of both, and your coil just happened to be bad, and you inhaled hot, nasty gunk's of goo from never cleaning your tank!

 

[wesson]

The silica issue hasn't stopped me from using my Aspire Mini, but I'll be happier when the all cotton wicking material filters down to these tanks. Regarding the new Atlantis coils, does the packaging in some way identify them as "new," or is it mentioned that coils are now "OCC?" I'm asking because I would imagine that there are still thousands of the old coils available for sale, so how will the consumer know they're getting the new coils?

Peter

 

[iwarzon]

I personally think so. I have had no problems with them whatsoever, great flavor, wicking, and vapor production. Some people have reported being able to taste the cotton but I suspect that will go away after a break in period. My hubs thinks they are exactly the same, maybe a little better flavor. No complaints from him either though. It's probably similar to juice in that aspect that taste is subjective.

I thinks it is slightly better taiste

 

[WharfRat1976]

Never had an issue with my Atlantis stock or rebuilt coils. I think the OP got a juice burn and has mistaken it for particulate material. If a piece of particulate material did get sucked into his throat cavity it will eventually work its way through the system. Demanding refunds and decrying from the mountain tops and shouting for responsibility is rather silly in these cases.

 

[smokinGAVIN]

Last month I bought a box of atlantis coils. After reading this thread I decided to check for authenticity on the aspire website. Like I feared they were not authentic. Now I have to go back to the vape shop and complain. The box looked pretty real to me and identical to my first box of coils which checked out when I verified it on the aspire website.

 

[wesson]

smokinGAVIN:

Love your avatar. Is that one of your Mods?

Peter

 

[supermarket]

Rather unnecessary and incorrect statement of device overall quality BASED PURELY on the failure of a REMOVABLE/REPLACEABLE Coil Head that is Now superseded.

Makes as much sense as Warning NOT to use a Kayfun 4 because someone tried a Burlap wick and it Failed to perform

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The ONLY lesson you have shown me is:

Check your Coil Heads on installation!

To each their own friend, however, you shouldn't HAVE to check and study each and every coil, fearing that each coil might unravel and burn your throat. Do you honestly think that is wise?

I Get it....for some reason you are attached to the Atlantis....even though it was released prematurely, and without quality control. However, there are far better sub ohm tanks out now, and they are FAR LESS DANGEROUS.

If you saw my suggestion, I mentioned it would be wise to cease using the Atlantis, which MANY people have already done, but in the very least, I suggested switching to the new coils.

There was nothing unwise about my post. This was terrible quality control on Aspire's part, and the product is a fail.

 

[supermarket]

Either the coil was a bad one, which is fairly rare with Aspire, or you never cleaned your tank, which lead to a nasty buildup of gunk and juice. Maybe even a combination of both, and your coil just happened to be bad, and you inhaled hot, nasty gunk's of goo from never cleaning your tank!

Now I finally understand the negativity people get when they come on here to share a negative experience with a product, vendor, juice, etc. You always see those who REFUSE to accept that something bad might be attributed to a certain product, or vendor.

I clean my tanks/ RDAs/RBAs twice a week.

As for the coil being bad....you say that is rare. Obviously not too rare....because Aspire has already received MANY similar complaints and I've already heard from several people now who have contacted me who have had the exact same thing happen to them.

You can google for yourself.....my case is not an isolated one.


Guys, if for whatever reason you don't believe me, don't agree with me, or just plain don't care, that is perfectly fine. However, what happened to me has happened to MANY other people, and should not be dismissed, or blamed on the user.

 

[supermarket]

Never had an issue with my Atlantis stock or rebuilt coils. I think the OP got a juice burn and has mistaken it for particulate material. If a piece of particulate material did get sucked into his throat cavity it will eventually work its way through the system. Demanding refunds and decrying from the mountain tops and shouting for responsibility is rather silly in these cases.

I knew beforehand that if I made this thread, I was going to receive comments like this, and the others. Accuse me all you want of lying, mishandling the product, misunderstanding the situation, or whatever you guys want. The fact remains, the Aspire Atlantis IS a dangerous product.

Nobody should have to check every SINGLE coil, and inspect it carefully, just to make sure that scalding hot pieces of ceramic and fiber glass don't shoot into your mouth and throat. The poster suggesting this is insane.

I knew I wasn't going to be popular after admitting what happened to me. I could have just thrown away my Atlantis, and kept my mouth shut. After reading some of the posts here, I even thought maybe I shouldn't have made this thread.....I knew it would cause controversary, considering how some people get about their products and companies and vendors and juices that they like. It almost becomes cult-like....."How DARE you say an Aspire product is a failure? It MUST be YOU!"

I AM glad I made this thread though, and decided to be honest with you guys about an issue that not only happened to me, but happened to MANY others. I've had a fair enough people message me or share their experience with me saying something similar happened with the Atlantis to make me confident that my advice to get rid of the Atlantis, or in the very least, replace the coils with the new one, is sound advice.


If you think I'm just a nutcase, and imagined it all, and that my throat isn't killing me right now, I'm okay with that. Afterall, I can't force anyone to heed a warning, and this thread wasn't created to be in anyone's face. It is a simple documentation, and warning, of an issue regaridng a product that is unsafe.

 

[Cacique]

People need to stop making assumptions. We all know what happens when we make assumptions...