What am I doing wrong?

[Spoons]

So I have been using my kgo for about a week. The day after I got it, I started using my DC tank with the pre punched carto that came already inside of it. Everything has been going awesome, until this afternoon. While removing the carto to reload the tank the carto started coming apart. Ok no big deal, luckily I ordered 5 additional cartos these --> Pre Punched Replacement tank cartomizers 1.25 ohm. So, I replace the carto and fill, as per so many youtube videos I have watched. Top it off with a few drops.. Wait a few minutes... YUCK... hmmm, maybe I need to wait a few more minutes... uh, no.. Yuck.. Many of the videos I have watched, in fact all of the videos I have watched say that the hole in the pre punched cartos are too small. So I drive to Lowes and pick up a saddle valve and punch the hole to make it a little bit bigger... Refill tank, and YUCK... Maybe it needs another hole... NO.. YUCK...
Maybe it's the carto... So I get another out of the box, same result... Everything tastes like crap now. At least I know what a carto tastes like now. So for the time being I am direct dripping onto my atty. (Which if I may say is pretty damn good, I just don't think I have the patience to drip into the atty every 5 minutes or so)

Anywho, what could I be doing wrong with these cartos? Did I get the wrong ohm? Should I not use DC cartos? Different brand?

 

[mekks]

Have you tried blocking the hole at the end of the carto with your finger and drawing on the drip tip a few times to moisten the lower part of the carto? I do this when it feels like I get a dry burn and works for me.

* you should see some air bubbles from the prepunched hole when you do this*

 

[PoliticallyIncorrect]

If by yuck you mean a burnt taste, I suspect the problem is that waiting "...a few minutes" isn't enough.

I slot my cartos with a Dremel tool—nice, large openings—and have found that a good 30 minutes is required to ensure the filler material has been soaked through to the core.

 

[sailorman]

Get regular single coil 1.5 to 2ohm cartos. DC cartos need pretty close to 5V to work well. It's a pet peeve of mine that nobody bothers to tell people that. What you're doing is trying to drive two 2.5ohm coils with 3.7 volts. With a single coil 1.25ohm carto, that would give you 10.95 watts of power, which is a good vape. But because it's a dual coil, you have a pair of 2.5 coils in there and each one is only getting 5.48 watts of power. 5.48 watts of power is crap and 2 X crap is still crap.

IOW, you are getting the same vape as if you had put two 2.5 ohm cartos on two kGos and stuck both mouthpieces in your mouth and vaped them at the same time.

So, use a single coil 1.5ohm or 1.7ohm carto and you'll be golden.

 

[salemgold]

Those holes are punched too small. You could easily enlarge them with a nail or an awl. I have had those prepunched and that was the problem with them. I just punch my own now.

Sorry, I see now that you did try to enlage the hole. You might try filling the carto before putting in in the tank.

 

[sailorman]

Oh, yeah, if you don't pre-fill the carto before you close up the tank, you DEFINITELY will get bad taste, no matter what carto you're using. I hadn't even considered that you might have forgotten that step. Regardless, get single coils next time and you'll see a vast improvement.

 

[Spoons]

Thanks for the responses.. I am happy to report, that I am indeed a noob.. I removed the cart..
Through your combined suggestions, I removed it filled it. Put it back in and it seems to be hitting much much better... Although I fear I have already ruined this one.. I will try another and see what happens. I will also take the suggestion of trying some single coils..

Thanks again.