I got my crius v3, now for my questions

[ghost1k]

To help prevent leaking I have been closing the top fill cap slowly, dont close it fast because I think it traps more air inside the tank resulting in pushing more liquid in through the juice channels. Also, before opening the juice flow control, take a good three or so hits so to dry up the cotton and allow juice(once you open the juice flow control) to absorb to it, also once you open the juice flow take a nice drag off of it.

Also if your tank begins to leak, clean the tank(running it through water will suffice) if anything just do this to the deck piece. Once eliquid begins to leak it creates a highway for more eliquid to seep out.

 

[Mattp169]

heres what if found
@vuJim tell me if you wick this way
i rewicked yesterday and it was fine for a while then started to seep and then leaked
this tieme i used less cotton...it was thinner then before so i rewicked
and went pack to thicker cotton so much that you can just barely fill the hole for the wick . Still keep it so only a tiny tiny bit shows in the juice port. Now no problems at all.

I think that that are where you put the cotton it must be FILLED completely with cotton.

 

[vuJim]

@Mattp169: Given whence the seepage occurs: From the seam above the AFC: I really find it hard to believe it's wicking. ISTM wicking, if that was a problem, should cause the leak to come from the air intakes, not that seam.

I'm still on my second build on the replacement part. It seeped that one time, after my second build, and hasn't done so, again, since. I've probably got three tankfuls through it, having purposely let it get down to the point the juice ports were just barely covered by the juice in the tank, each time. I just refilled it last night. This will be the second time, on this build, where I changed juices. The other two were two different flavours of a 50/50 juice. This juice is a max VG.

I change juices by taking off the deck assembly, thoroughly washing the tank and drip tip under warm water, blowing out the tank with compressed air, wiping down the deck assembly to the extent possible, "burning off" the juice in the wicks until they just start looking white, then re-prime, assemble, fill. Takes about 3-4 vapes for the new juice to take over, that way.

Vaped the new juice all last night. Vaped about a 1 ml, by the looks of it. Took the tank off the mod, stored it. Just looked at it. Dry as a bone on the outside.

So I don't know what to think.

In answer to your question: I do have the juice channels well-filled and I can clearly see wick behind two of the four juice ports, but not so much on the other two.

 

[WARCHOP37]

I've never had a flooding problem when I wick this way. I split the tail and wick directly into the channel. No dry hit, perfect flavor balance. I've now gone through about 12 tanks and 2 rewickings with no seepage or leakage. I'm starting to trust this tank again.

 

[TheVapingDevil]

I can offer this for whatever its worth. I had passed off my Crius as you know because of that damn weeping issue. It was driving me insane...
So I got the Griffin and am in love with this little beauty. So much better than the Crius in many ways but there are a few things that bother me but thats for a different time
Anyway, I did have an epic fail on the Griffin due to poor wicking and it got me to thinking a bit. I found that I needed to really really fill the juice ports in the Griffin more than I had thought. Once I did that, all issues went away. So you can see where this is going.

I took the Crius back out from the land of lost souls and gave it a good cleaning etc and rebuilt and wicked it up. I put some of my new Jap cotton in it and really put much more cotton than I would have thought would be necessary and was sure I would get some dry or burnt hits. Once the cotton broke in, the Crius has been great. I have been vaping on it for 3 days now without even a drop of seepage.. Now I am scratching my head.

I came up with 2 different possibilities on this: Either I wasnt giving it enough wicking which is hard to believe because it would be fine for a few tankfuls then start weeping, or that hidden oring between the JCR and AFC rings was getting too wet with juice allowing a path for the juice to escape.
I notice that once I washed the base, the weeping stops for a bit. I presume because that oring would get washed out as well then creating the proper seal. I am leaning towards the oring factor at this point

All I can say is that this tank has not weeped or leaked on me in 3 days which is fucking amazing. Either that or it sees its superior the Griffin next to me and decided to straighten up and play correctly. I am wicking it with more cotton than ever before and getting great results. something to try I guess.
That top fill is causing some issues as well when you close it. If you close it fast, it will create more pressure in the tank creating a possible leak. I have been closing mine slowly with good results.

I am not saying that this is the cure because this tank does have its issues but the above is what I have found is working for me at the moment. It is back in my rotation and it now comes out with me along with the Griffin of course.

 

[TheVapingDevil]

View attachment 38326 I've never had a flooding problem when I wick this way. I split the tail and wick directly into the channel. No dry hit, perfect flavor balance. I've now gone through about 12 tanks and 2 rewickings with no seepage or leakage. I'm starting to trust this tank again.

I like that method and I want to try it. Part of me wonders about the air flow. It will come up, hit that cotton in the center of the coil and be forced around the coil???? It must work and I want to try that on Crius and Griffin

 

[burley]

View attachment 38326 I've never had a flooding problem when I wick this way. I split the tail and wick directly into the channel. No dry hit, perfect flavor balance. I've now gone through about 12 tanks and 2 rewickings with no seepage or leakage. I'm starting to trust this tank again.

That looks like a helluva better way to wick verts than I did. I practically cocooned the whole assembly in cotton and left the center of the coils empty. It hasn't done poorly, per se, but it's not fantastic. Your way looks more logical. I'm gonna do that today.

 

[vuJim]

Meanwhile: (Mini) Crius Styled RTA Rebuildable Tank Atomizer

I probably won't bite, because I don't like the plastic tank, but I would were it not for that.

 

[burley]

I like the new top-fill method.

 

[Mattp169]

@vuJim I agree with you 100% that because of where the seepage occurs it seems unlikely wicking is the issue. whenever mine has leaked...it comes form bothe where your seepage does and through the afc holes.

MAYBE and this is a big maybe with almopst the rightw icking it leaks but not so much and that little bit some how runs between the afc and jfc becuase theres not enough to push it past that point to the afc. SO MAYBE once again a big maybe, the seppage between afc and jfc is a leak due to wicking issues but its such a small leakage that air flow and deck design divert the leaking juice into that area instead of out the afc holes. like the air intake through the afc is actually diverting teh leaking juice. Im not sur eif Im explaining what Im thinking well, but I think you are smart enough to know what i mean.

being the noob i am and having only used a kanger rba deck a few times, this is really my first deck ive worked with and my lack of knowledge heloed me do something taht is a little different then the norm and thats whats needed for the tank to work properly. so i got lucky. I still have no clue.


NOw I have a new question for all..

so I got the koopor plus with this thing

my build is
10 wrap contact 28g SS 316L 2mmish ID
i run it in power mode at around 44w. anything more and its burny tasty almost dry hit tasting.

SO i thought to myself...lets try SS TC finally.

And Im having no luck with this thing. I set the TCR to 88 which is what steam engine says 316l is
I set it to normal
i set it to dual coil
i take 1 hit its fine
regardless of temp
i take a second hit and its burny dry tasting
by the third hit its nasty..i cant tell if its just burny tasting or its dry hitting. And the weird thing is on the koopor plus
when you are in TC mode
and hit the fire button it actually displays the temp it thinks the coil is. and my temps not even getting to 400 and it it feels hotter then an ni200 coil set to 572 on my d2 or 3li

so anyone having luck with a crius in tc mode with a ss 316l build...if so what tcr are you using and what type of build.

i did read that some people say you ave to use spaced coils for this to work, but I just dont know.

 

[TheVapingDevil]

@vuJim I agree with you 100% that because of where the seepage occurs it seems unlikely wicking is the issue. whenever mine has leaked...it comes form bothe where your seepage does and through the afc holes.

MAYBE and this is a big maybe with almopst the rightw icking it leaks but not so much and that little bit some how runs between the afc and jfc becuase theres not enough to push it past that point to the afc. SO MAYBE once again a big maybe, the seppage between afc and jfc is a leak due to wicking issues but its such a small leakage that air flow and deck design divert the leaking juice into that area instead of out the afc holes. like the air intake through the afc is actually diverting teh leaking juice. Im not sur eif Im explaining what Im thinking well, but I think you are smart enough to know what i mean.

being the noob i am and having only used a kanger rba deck a few times, this is really my first deck ive worked with and my lack of knowledge heloed me do something taht is a little different then the norm and thats whats needed for the tank to work properly. so i got lucky. I still have no clue.


NOw I have a new question for all..

so I got the koopor plus with this thing

my build is
10 wrap contact 28g SS 316L 2mmish ID
i run it in power mode at around 44w. anything more and its burny tasty almost dry hit tasting.

SO i thought to myself...lets try SS TC finally.

And Im having no luck with this thing. I set the TCR to 88 which is what steam engine says 316l is
I set it to normal
i set it to dual coil
i take 1 hit its fine
regardless of temp
i take a second hit and its burny dry tasting
by the third hit its nasty..i cant tell if its just burny tasting or its dry hitting. And the weird thing is on the koopor plus
when you are in TC mode
and hit the fire button it actually displays the temp it thinks the coil is. and my temps not even getting to 400 and it it feels hotter then an ni200 coil set to 572 on my d2 or 3li

so anyone having luck with a crius in tc mode with a ss 316l build...if so what tcr are you using and what type of build.

i did read that some people say you ave to use spaced coils for this to work, but I just dont know.

@Mattp169
I have good luck with Crius in TC using 316l. But like yourself if I use 88 or 92 results after first hit is sucks till it cools completely. I set my tcr up to 102 and it vapes great eeb chain vaping . May be due to dual coil set up but it works great on my vct mini. My build is dual 24 g, 9 wraps on 2.5mm comes in at .19.


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[WARCHOP37]

The Crius is not like our orchid decks of old. Granted, you don't wanna completely stuff the juice ports with cotton which I don't tend to do when I split the wick. I'm no scientist, but even though it restricts airflow a bit, the flavor is awesome. Again no leaks or seeps since I've been doing this, so yea. No complaints. She knows the Griffin is coming. So she's been playing extra nice.

 

[raymo2u]

The Crius is not like our orchid decks of old. Granted, you don't wanna completely stuff the juice ports with cotton which I don't tend to do when I split the wick. I'm no scientist, but even though it restricts airflow a bit, the flavor is awesome. Again no leaks or seeps since I've been doing this, so yea. No complaints. She knows the Griffin is coming. So she's been playing extra nice.

Your world will change when the Griffin arrives...no more sleepless nights wondering if you wicked it right no more bad days with dryhits...just blissfilled happiness awaits
I may of played it too hard there but the Griffin is the best RTA out so far in 22mm, it makes other RTA's cry.

 

[Mattp169]

@TheVapingDevil well 102 tcr helps
but its still hot for me
i have it at 400 f
and it is hotter then 572 on the ni200 coils on the d2 and 3li
and the koopor says its not getting above 300F
so something is not right

i really need to throw a ni200 coil in something and use it on the koopor and see what happens

 

[WARCHOP37]

So I picked up my Crius again after ignoring it for over a month. I gotta say, I've forgotten how clean and crisp the flavor was on it with my vertical coils. I've yet to rebuild the original SS coils I built for it, and it's still kicking strong. So hope no ones really given up on it. It's a great tank!

 

[raymo2u]

You can have mine...and the Aromamizer for 20+shipping...

 

[WARCHOP37]

Yours black or white?

 

[raymo2u]

Yours black or white?

Both in SS

 

[ghost1k]

running 22g dual 7wrap around 40watts, very nice vape.

 

[Mike O]

My taste buds must be funky cause I'm not a fan of the Crius, Crius Plus or the Griffin. There is just no flavor there for me. Every time I vape on one of them I have a question mark on my face wondering what the big deal is on these tanks that produce no flavor. Everyone's taste buds are different I guess cause some remark on good flavor on those tanks. Not me. I keep going back to my tried and true Crown tank vaping on my .5 ohm coils at 55 watts, cause that's the one my taste buds like the best.