When do you refill yer tanks?

[Zuki]

Maybe a stupid question but, curious when you all refill your tanks?
Yesterday was a bad day for me, stopping cigs and I went thru a tank of my fav juice pretty fast and it started to get a flat burnt taste to it. I guess my question is, do you guys clean your tanks, then refill? or do you just add fresh juice into the older juice in your tanks?

 

[Hawking]

If its the same juice being put into the tank, I just open it up and fill it when it starts getting low. If it's a new flavor then I'll change out the wick or just dump in new juice depending upon how lazy I'm feeling =P

 

[Tangaroav]

I only clean mine when I change cartomiser. I have a few tanks, so I tried to use the same juice with each carto. With my RBAs, RDAs and clearos, I only clean when I change coils.

 

[Zuki]

Sounds good, Ive been doing just the same. I thought maybe cause I was getting a flat flavor and low on juice that the remaining juice in the tank was getting old.
I have a few iClear30 tanks with diff juices, makes things a lot simpler I did clean one tank just to see if I could and being the OCD I am, I had to see the inner workings etc.
I put in a new flavor and all worked well. Again thanks to this site and all the info here helped.

Time to go research when to replace the coil. Someone told me depends on usage, one said after 1-2 weeks.. So im kinda lost as to when this is a doable deed.
the iClear30's [dual coil] (if I remember correctly) are 1.5ohm and mine are reading 1.6

thanks again for the feedback..!

 

[mountaingal]

I smoke the same homemade juice all day, everyday. I have been using the same protank2 for a month. Other than rinsing the mouth piece and cleaning out the shaft with a q-tip, I have never cleaned it. I do sometimes dump out the juice if it gets too dark and then add fresh juice. I just change the atomizer, add juice and carry on. I run a q-tip around the battery threads, to collect any juice that may have leaked before I charge it. Good luck,

 

[DuckGooseMan]

I usually just mix the juices when I'm running low in my Kangers, but I only have fruity and minty flavors, so it always mixes well

 

[jaxgator]

I will just add fresh juice for maybe 2-3 tanks total and then I will change the wick. I typically rinse everything off with scalding hot water prior to re-wicking and re-filling.

 

[200mph]

I smoke the same homemade juice all day, everyday. I have been using the same protank2 for a month. Other than rinsing the mouth piece and cleaning out the shaft with a q-tip, I have never cleaned it. I do sometimes dump out the juice if it gets too dark and then add fresh juice. I just change the atomizer, add juice and carry on. I run a q-tip around the battery threads, to collect any juice that may have leaked before I charge it. Good luck,

Why does juice get dark?

 

[200mph]

I refill in the AM before I leave

 

[CastleRat]

I've been using an i30 with the same coil(s) for over two months. I wait until its down to the dregs in the bottom and shake out the remainder. I do a clean and burn if I get a burnt taste and that doesn't happen very often. When I hear of people changing coils every day I like the I30 series more and more.

 

[CastleRat]

Why does juice get dark?

The burnt sugars and other material washes out of the wick.

 

[Lurch]

With my ProTank2 Minis, ProTank2 and Aero tanks I clean the drip tips (mouth pieces) when I refill. I clean the tanks about every two weeks or so when I notice that flavor starts dropping off or vapor production declines which usually means I need to replace the coils and wicks.
I can get away with dry firing the coils a couple of times (I don't vape really "heavy" juices that gunk up coils). After that I just replace the coils.

I rebuild them so I use single coils in my Aero Tank. IMHO they seem to work better than the duals.

My Russian I clean thoroughly when I replace the wicks.

Not familiar with the I-Clears so can't help there...

 

[200mph]

The burnt sugars and other material washes out of the wick.

Thanks CastleRat

 

[bles]

Im adding on the go. If i feel that the taste is worse or vapour production is worse, i clean, burn and rewick.

 

[iamthevoice]

Why does juice get dark?

I figure that some material washes out of the wick but I'm convinced the most important contributing factor is oxidization of flavoring compounds!

 

[Guma]

I have read a few places that if topping off with same juice, you should keep it more than 1/3 full. I have been following that for a week or two and no problems.

 

[Bunnykiller]

Why does juice get dark?

as the juice in the wick darkens from the heat, it will seep back into the tank making the "fresh" juice darker. If you see this happening and the flavor beginning to become heavy/not right, time to change the wick/coil

 

[Cycloaddition]

Realize that when you use this type of tank, you give up performance. I smoked unfiltered cigs for 30 years, I need more than "regular" atomizers/cartomizers can provide. They vape weak compared to what I run (kayfun mini 2.1 clone).

How disgusting your wick/coil gets is mainly dependent on your juice/power/viscosity (if you hit it a lot, thick juice flows slow = burning on coil/wick). Lots of room to explore here.

 

[ej1024]

Maybe a stupid question but, curious when you all refill your tanks?
Yesterday was a bad day for me, stopping cigs and I went thru a tank of my fav juice pretty fast and it started to get a flat burnt taste to it. I guess my question is, do you guys clean your tanks, then refill? or do you just add fresh juice into the older juice in your tanks?

first of all,what kind of tank do you use?
2nd of all how many packs of cig did you use to smoke?

 

[Cyrene]

I only clean when I'm changing flavors, or maybe every other fill up. When I have the wicked Vivi, it's every other tank full, and my new wick-less tank, I don't know yet. I am a person that will vape a same flavor for a week straight.