Mininprotank foul taste issues

[Greg]

You may be right then, see what the vendor says regarding head material.
I'd just stick with the kanger heads with CW

[Greg]

I guess it's always a risk with non genuine attys and I'd generally only buy on recommendation unless I decide to throw caution to the wind

[sleedale]

Aug 27, 2014 21:09:01 GMT cHooBeyDoo said:

I have a couple of them tanks sleedale but I haven't used them yet, and from what I can tell they definately 'aint genuine heads.
The rank taste could be factory muck on the coils, I always wash and soak anything I buy overnight in a denture tablet bath so give them a long overnight soak in a shot glass of vodka (if you have some), rinse them off and leave them to dry then try them again leaving the coil to bed in.
Failing that, strip them down removing the coil and wick, soak the dismantled coil(s) overnight in vodka or a denture tablet then rebuild them to your liking.

Thanks cHooBeyDoo.....they aren't genuine, neither are the replacement heads. They have all been washed, rebuilt, and rebuilt again and the taste is foul. Interestingly they were ok for several days, which worries me more. Has heat over a few days allowed some base metal or something to come through?
i think the tanks are ok, but the heads aren't and the Kanger heads only just fit.

[cHooBeyDoo]

Aug 27, 2014 21:14:16 GMT sleedale said:

Aug 27, 2014 21:09:01 GMT cHooBeyDoo said:

I have a couple of them tanks sleedale but I haven't used them yet, and from what I can tell they definately 'aint genuine heads.
The rank taste could be factory muck on the coils, I always wash and soak anything I buy overnight in a denture tablet bath so give them a long overnight soak in a shot glass of vodka (if you have some), rinse them off and leave them to dry then try them again leaving the coil to bed in.
Failing that, strip them down removing the coil and wick, soak the dismantled coil(s) overnight in vodka or a denture tablet then rebuild them to your liking.

Thanks cHooBeyDoo.....they aren't genuine, neither are the replacement heads. They have all been washed, rebuilt, and rebuilt again and the taste is foul. Interestingly they were ok for several days, which worries me more. Has heat over a few days allowed some base metal or something to come through?
i think the tanks are ok, but the heads aren't and the Kanger heads only just fit.

That's a strange one then, genuine Kanger heads fit fine on the Mini Protanks I bought from them.

[sleedale]

The plot thickens.......think it might be best to just buy a couple from myepack, genuine ones, and chuck the others. I'm really quite worried about it now. It's such a horrid taste it must be something nasty, not just nasty like burned cotton wool, but strange and I'm worried that something nasty might be leeching from the metal heads? Don't have any idea if that's possible?

[Virtual Vape]

May seem an odd suggestion but have you checked the top of your battery around the centre pin?

[djs]

Lots of things to comment on here.

1. Even Kanger heads can easily taste foul after just a few days. My record is bad after 4 hours, vaping at 7.5 watts...
2. Homemade coils that taste bad are bad homemade coils.
3. Clone coils can taste bad immediately.

There is rarely anything wrong with clone clearomisers (apart from leaking...)
There is almost always something wrong with clone coils (unless you have a good clone atomizer...)

I've been there. Mini Protanks are my chosen subject.

[chykensa]

I've experienced the same with clone MPTs too sleedale - and it all went away with the replacement of the coil heads with genuine Kanger ones, which also were a tight fit!
I now don't use these particular tanks any more, preferring to use the genuine articles whenever I can. It will be interesting to hear what the vendor has to say.
I came to the conclusion that it was the silica in the non-genuine coils which was causing the problem - I can't see anything in the tank itself, after all it only holds the juice, hopefully leak-free!

[Deleted]

sleedale I have one of these tanks, not the mini, I have the protank II

The tank is fine, I found it to be the coils I bought at the same time, horrible taste from them!!

[sleedale]

Aha, not just us then.
Virtual Vape, we have tried them on a variety of batteries, it's definitely something to do with the heads, the  batteries are fine with different tanks on them.
djs fortunately the tanks don't leak, and when I make coils for my genuine PT heads they taste fine, so I'm still thinking it's something to do with the actual head, rather than the coil or wick?
chykensa, with the genuine Kanger head in the clone tank, even as a tight fit, it's got rid of the foul taste problem, but to be sure I think I'll suggest the same......I didn't realise when I bought them for her that they were clones, although I did note that it's a different manufacturer, just never made the connection, I was more concerned that the batteries would be safe I suppose. But perhaps I'll just get her a couple of Kanger PT minis from myepack and keep the clones as spare parts?
Lynne77 thanks for sharing that you had foul tasting coils too, it must be something in the heads, maybe it's the grommet which although isn't showing any signs of burning, might be causing the foul taste? As in the grommet either underneath with the centre pin or even the one on top of the chimney? The genuine coil seems to have cured the problem.
I even wondered if it was my home made liquid, but it's fine in other tanks.
The mystery continues

[dragon]

There must be a reason that kanger changed the heads for the original evods. When they came out hey had the small chimneys, but they quickly changed them to the bigger chimneys. Perhaps the smaller ones messed up the airflow or something. It's feasible that the smaller chimney isn't up to the job somehow. They should be interchangeable, try putting a big chimney on one of your recoils and see what happens

[sleedale]

Sadly dragon I've used my one spare genuine Kanger head to replace one in the clone tanks, I'll have to get a few spare heads, but I'll get genuine ones. It's safer I think.

[Deleted]

I use the genuine coils in mine now and it's been fine, just as good as my genuine tank, no leaks at all.

Just watch it start leaking now

[dinamic22]

Aug 28, 2014 6:45:01 GMT dragon said:

There must be a reason that kanger changed the heads for the original evods. When they came out hey had the small chimneys, but they quickly changed them to the bigger chimneys. Perhaps the smaller ones messed up the airflow or something. It's feasible that the smaller chimney isn't up to the job somehow. They should be interchangeable, try putting a big chimney on one of your recoils and see what happens

I only use the small chimney type heads dragon in Davide mini's as i found the ones with long chimneys didn't give me the same draw for some reason,  i have had the genuine type & the cheap ones from Fasttech & never had a problem with them.

[sleedale]

Must just be a bad batch perhaps? I'll, recoil and wick the spares we got and try the again? Or maybe just one or two of them.