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- Thread starter Chomsky86
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My experience has been a little different to some it seems ...
I have two PT3's - mine and my wife's, and I'd rate them very highly. Both have worked flawlessly since we got them about a month ago, and we're very happy with their performance. The highly rated Aerotank is nothing more than a PT3 with an adjuster ring that you can always add if you felt the necessity, but the PT3's air flow on both of our mods seems perfect.
An Innokin iClear 30b tank that came with my wife's new mod leaked like a sieve when I first tried it due to a faulty coil (missing part of the wick). An expensive replacement coil was a little better, but the tank still didn't work as well as the PT3. With a coil re-wicked with cotton-wool it improved a lot, it now has the same vapour production as the PT3, but less apparent flavour. I don't like the plastic tank, the base and top feel and appear cheap, the draw is a bit loose, and it's more difficult to clean. After this experience I wouldn't buy another Innokin tank.
I think a lot of problems with Kanger coils has to do with luck and the volume of production out of China. These coils are very cheap so probably don't warrant extensive QA, therefore even a small percentage of errors will likely result in a good chance of getting a bad one. But as long as they're cheap, it's not too much of a problem - they are consumable items after all. And you can always rebuild them.
I've had two poor experiences with Innokin products - the 30b and an itaste VV, although my SVD and wife's CoolFire2 are brilliant. I've yet to have a bad experience with KangerTech (apart from 1 or 2 coils) - every tank and battery I have is still working correctly, including my original eVods that a young mate is currently abusing.
Although I haven't been doing this for very long, the amount of use I subject my e-cigs to on a daily basis means that any weaknesses are exposed relatively quickly, as was the case with the itaste VV. My mPT2/eVod VV just keeps asking for more, while the PT3/SVD swallows juice almost faster than I can make it.
*Disclaimer: This opinion is subject to revision with further experience*
I have two PT3's - mine and my wife's, and I'd rate them very highly. Both have worked flawlessly since we got them about a month ago, and we're very happy with their performance. The highly rated Aerotank is nothing more than a PT3 with an adjuster ring that you can always add if you felt the necessity, but the PT3's air flow on both of our mods seems perfect.
An Innokin iClear 30b tank that came with my wife's new mod leaked like a sieve when I first tried it due to a faulty coil (missing part of the wick). An expensive replacement coil was a little better, but the tank still didn't work as well as the PT3. With a coil re-wicked with cotton-wool it improved a lot, it now has the same vapour production as the PT3, but less apparent flavour. I don't like the plastic tank, the base and top feel and appear cheap, the draw is a bit loose, and it's more difficult to clean. After this experience I wouldn't buy another Innokin tank.
I think a lot of problems with Kanger coils has to do with luck and the volume of production out of China. These coils are very cheap so probably don't warrant extensive QA, therefore even a small percentage of errors will likely result in a good chance of getting a bad one. But as long as they're cheap, it's not too much of a problem - they are consumable items after all. And you can always rebuild them.
I've had two poor experiences with Innokin products - the 30b and an itaste VV, although my SVD and wife's CoolFire2 are brilliant. I've yet to have a bad experience with KangerTech (apart from 1 or 2 coils) - every tank and battery I have is still working correctly, including my original eVods that a young mate is currently abusing.
Although I haven't been doing this for very long, the amount of use I subject my e-cigs to on a daily basis means that any weaknesses are exposed relatively quickly, as was the case with the itaste VV. My mPT2/eVod VV just keeps asking for more, while the PT3/SVD swallows juice almost faster than I can make it.
*Disclaimer: This opinion is subject to revision with further experience*
I think @Die Kriek is onto something big with his rating system - that is something I have also thought about for quite a while. I agree - just do it - and I see @Die Kriek has gone ahead - well done!
But I do feel that @Matthee's suggestion is also good - to focus on the things that have known problems -
I don't get it, I decided to give the pt3 another shot and it has been working fine all day...? Lol. I'm so confused.
Lee
Lee
I think these tanks are very much dependent on the individual coils - a faulty rubber or a wick that is maybe just a bit too thin can cause all kinds of issues
Hi All, 4 weeks now so still a noob but I have 2x original Protanks and they have been brilliant no issues!
Nautilus is my daily workhose also been great but a little heavy on the coils so far used 2 this week.
Got a Protank 2 yesterday all working great and don't really see a difference except the removable mouthpiece.
Maybe luck of the draw but I would recommend the Kangertech tanks any day
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Nautilus is my daily workhose also been great but a little heavy on the coils so far used 2 this week.
Got a Protank 2 yesterday all working great and don't really see a difference except the removable mouthpiece.
Maybe luck of the draw but I would recommend the Kangertech tanks any day
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a rating system would be best in a spreadsheet that is accessible and editable to everyone, me thinks. if you do it in the form of a thread it will soon become difficult to follow.Sir yes sir!
Gr8 idea tho!
...like that: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlyK_zYvc4VpdEFnendyTURva2ZHTURFNThIUjU5VEE&pli=1#gid=0
just see it as an idea, don't worry about the strange language
just see it as an idea, don't worry about the strange language
Just wondering wether the airflow control fits on the Mini Protanks II?rather get the kanger airflow control valve. some local resellers have them or else slowtech has a cheap one also. will do nice wonderfull things to the older protanks
I realise im somewhat late to the party,but i have found with my PT2,using mainly VG juices
,that removing the loose silica flavour wicks in favour of a cotton wick worked wonders.
Understandably this means no dry burning,however,Pg high juices dnt seem to yield the same improvement.
But as mentioned,the mini's are magic,i co bought with a friend,and gave him my 1000mah passthru when i bought the mvp 2.0...to date,zero issues,no leaking,minor gurgling that rectifies itself.
and his dual coils are immortal it seems,in 2 months i think he has used 2 coils,and given me one to experiment with,i have on the other hand killed a pack f evod/pt2 coils in the same timeframe,and now find myself away from home with a leaky,gurgling,spitting PT2.
feel like a bit of a chop dropping R900 on the mvp 2.0 with iclear 30(horrible imo) and then paying another R200 for the Pt2,aside from glass and stainless finish,i frankly preffered the evod for its reliability vs price.
After a year of trying different tanks and clearo's i have realised that dripping isnt so big a mission,because 75% of clearo's i have used require cleaning and fiddling at the same interval i would drip onto an rba.
Bad clearo's cause stinky regressions into the dark ages of combustion.
My next buy is an RBA and some Kanthal
,that removing the loose silica flavour wicks in favour of a cotton wick worked wonders.
Understandably this means no dry burning,however,Pg high juices dnt seem to yield the same improvement.
But as mentioned,the mini's are magic,i co bought with a friend,and gave him my 1000mah passthru when i bought the mvp 2.0...to date,zero issues,no leaking,minor gurgling that rectifies itself.
and his dual coils are immortal it seems,in 2 months i think he has used 2 coils,and given me one to experiment with,i have on the other hand killed a pack f evod/pt2 coils in the same timeframe,and now find myself away from home with a leaky,gurgling,spitting PT2.
feel like a bit of a chop dropping R900 on the mvp 2.0 with iclear 30(horrible imo) and then paying another R200 for the Pt2,aside from glass and stainless finish,i frankly preffered the evod for its reliability vs price.
After a year of trying different tanks and clearo's i have realised that dripping isnt so big a mission,because 75% of clearo's i have used require cleaning and fiddling at the same interval i would drip onto an rba.
Bad clearo's cause stinky regressions into the dark ages of combustion.
My next buy is an RBA and some Kanthal
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