Burnt taste off fresh cotton

[Robbly96]

Hi, im writing this cos i have got the smok spirals tank and am using the rba section, i have put fresh organic cotton in and it still has the stock coil so nothing should be wrong there.
Ive re wicked twice and i still get a burnt taste but the cotton isnt burnt. Plz someone help me out. Really dont know what the problem is, could my coil be burnt?

 

[PhantomOp]

Can you take some pictures of your RBA (without the sidewall cap).

Also
- what MOD are you using it on?
- what OHM reading is the coil showing up at?
- what wattage are you running it at?

Based on the MFG website, and the description of the RBA, it should have come with a KA1 coil (26g @ 4 wraps) -- that "should" be a .5Ω coil.

 

[Robbly96]

Think i may have sorted it out and cant take a pic at the moment but its and eleaf istick nano 40w, the coil reads at .5ohm and i run it between 22 - 27watts usually.
I will upload a picture asap need to clean my tank out in morning first

 

[inspects]

Welcome aboard, hope you get the wicking straightened out.....

 

[Mikhail Naumov]

1. Cotton used. Some brands are just shit.
2. How clean your hands / atomizer were before wicking. Sweat, oils and god knows can be absorbed into the cotton.
3. How loose / tight the wicks are. Too tight chokes off juice, too loose is obvious.
4. Coils. Hotspots in the build, shorts and etc. can be potentially burning the cotton. Also some coil builds can't be vaped over certain wattages without getting shitty, just like some coils can't be vaped below certain wattages due to lack of power.
5. The atomizer. Not enough airflow can lead to the coils getting too hot and burning the cotton. Other variables like machine oil and such are present as well.

If all five of these things are in order and you're still getting weird tasting hits. It's a placebo. Happened to me once, took a week to get over it. WEIRDEST shit.

 

[Robbly96]

1. Cotton used. Some brands are just shit.
2. How clean your hands / atomizer were before wicking. Sweat, oils and god knows can be absorbed into the cotton.
3. How loose / tight the wicks are. Too tight chokes off juice, too loose is obvious.
4. Coils. Hotspots in the build, shorts and etc. can be potentially burning the cotton. Also some coil builds can't be vaped over certain wattages without getting shitty, just like some coils can't be vaped below certain wattages due to lack of power.
5. The atomizer. Not enough airflow can lead to the coils getting too hot and burning the cotton. Other variables like machine oil and such are present as well.

If all five of these things are in order and you're still getting weird tasting hits. It's a placebo. Happened to me once, took a week to get over it. WEIRDEST shit.

Thnx man gonna get some of that cotton bacon, heard its ment be good and think i got vapes tongue been on a jam and toast liquid for weeks

 

[Synphul]

Have you cleaned your coil after removing the wick? Haven't played with rba heads too much, it looks like it would need installed to the tank in order to fire it. Maybe try putting it together without the wick, just the bare coil. Fire it in short bursts to pulse the coil and allow any residual gunk to burn off. Take it back apart and inspect the coil to see if it's a bit cleaner. Then try rewicking and putting it back together.

When my coils need cleaned or when switching juice, dry firing/pulsing them a bit sizzles the rest of the crud left behind on the coil and it flakes off. Then I give it a rinse with tap water and gently pulse it again. It can taste pretty funky and clean fresh cotton won't fix that. You might be tasting burnt old juice rather than a burnt wick.

Did you juice up the wick and prime it prior to putting everything back together to make sure it's not firing on a dry wick?

 

[JuicyLucy]

Have you cleaned your coil after removing the wick? Haven't played with rba heads too much, it looks like it would need installed to the tank in order to fire it. Maybe try putting it together without the wick, just the bare coil. Fire it in short bursts to pulse the coil and allow any residual gunk to burn off. Take it back apart and inspect the coil to see if it's a bit cleaner. Then try rewicking and putting it back together.

When my coils need cleaned or when switching juice, dry firing/pulsing them a bit sizzles the rest of the crud left behind on the coil and it flakes off. Then I give it a rinse with tap water and gently pulse it again. It can taste pretty funky and clean fresh cotton won't fix that. You might be tasting burnt old juice rather than a burnt wick.

Did you juice up the wick and prime it prior to putting everything back together to make sure it's not firing on a dry wick?

Definitely the dry firing - strum the coil with tweezers after a few pulses.

Not familiar with that tank or coil that comes with it, but sounds like "hot legs" to me...

 

[Synphul]

Me either, it looks like it screws into the tank similar to a factory coil. I strum mine a bit with the back end of the tweezers or a pocket screwdriver, knocks the flaky crust off the coils. Reminds me of when something boils over on the stove and burns on the heating element. In my experience it doesn't seem to take much to screw up a good vape, a little burnt stuff on the coils, residual juice from a different flavor etc can throw off a perfectly good fresh vape with new juice and wick.