I just got the new Cthulhu v2 last week and in all have been enjoying it. It chucks huge clouds, and has exactly the open airflow I was wanting, but the flavor is just ok. It does seem to be gradually improving over the last week so is this what people talk about when they say a tank needs to be broken in? What exactly are the mechanics of that? My first and only tank was a Subtank mini. Have I been just spoiled? I switched back to the subtank tonight and was almost made sick by the flavor intensity of the exact same juice. Granted I am still using the Cthulhu v2's stock coils and Maybe thats the problem, but I'm kinda dissapointed in the flavor department. I'm going to try and build a vertical coil on their single coil RBA deck w/ some 24g kanthal and see how that fairs, maybe when I get my 26g in I'll attempt a dual vertical coil on their dual deck..... Any thoughts, suggestions or advice?
I don't know that this is the problem or not; I never used anything but coils that I have built on mine. I do know that my Cthulhu v2 is right on par with my tugboat with regard to flavor. Maybe not quite as good when using dual coils, but close. Especially if I go single coil with it. I haven't tried vertical coils yet on it, but in single mode I've been generally pretty happy with 26 gauge wrapped around a 2.4mm screwdriver 8 times (about .9 ohms) running around 25 watts. If I want bigger wire, I use 24 gauge wrapped 8 times around the same size screwdriver and I get about .6 ohms... I run that one closer to 35 watts.
If I want clouds I throw in the dual deck. I haven't tried anything fancy in mine like braids, twisted, claptons, etc... just single strands of kanthal. But even with the dual deck the flavor isn't bad at all.
As far as the tank breaking in, etc... I don't know about all that. When I got mine, I disassembled it and washed it thoroughly (a few times to make sure it was free of machine oil, etc.). After that it was good to go. I have found that depending on your wicking material and method, there may be some break-in time there. With Japanese organic cotton it takes a little while (not much) for the flavor to be what I'd expect. With rayon, the same. With Drago, no break in; the flavor is fresh from the get-go but it's a pain in the ass to work with. Anyway, it all boils down to using it and getting used to building it. Eventually you will find what works for you, hopefully. Good luck with it!
