what's up guys..
so i'm about to a point in my vaping "career" where i wanna say fuck it and just go back to the ease of cigs. i started vaping about a year ago and have matriculated through the ranks of equipment and finances, and at every point along the way have found some problem or dead end that has made me say "whatever, i'll just go buy something new and better and that will fix what's ailing me". the main quandaries that have gotten me to this point were usually something along the lines of 'the device i have isn't providing enough vapor", and so here i am with an aspire atlantis v2 on a smok xpro80. well, the amount of vapor isn't my problem anymore, and the atlantis is not my favorite tank by any means, but it's what i'm using until new coils for my arctic subtank come in the mail. new coils... ahh, yes... those precious new coils that are going to let me start over and make everything better, right? HELL. NO. i can't even begin to tally the amount of coils i have gone through trying to make the dreaded dry hits go away. every time i put a new one in, it's like okay, i think i know what i did wrong last time, so i can fix it this time... nope. yes, i prime the wick. i drench it, i saturate it, i make sure the holes aren't being blocked, i let it sit for hours, i take primer puffs, i start it out on very low wattage and work my way up. and then, like clockwork, maybe 8-10 puffs in i get that god awful taste. i try the .3 coil, i try the .5 coil. every. damn. time.
side note- the .3 coils for the atlantis says it can take up to 70-80W, and the .5 says 20-30W, anyone know why there's such a disparity??
anyway, besides the point. the .3 coil can most certainly NOT handle anywhere close to 70 watts, and even when i run it at ~30 the dry hit comes. can anyone, ANYONE give me some advice... or maybe point me in a equipment set-up direction that works for them and they know is tried and true? i was only to able to vape one coil on my arctic before it got blasted, and none of the shops where i live carry extra arctic wicks (even the one i got it from). as usual, i think i know what went wrong with the arctic wick and in all honesty it worked pretty good for a while (not as long as it should've though), so i'm holding out some hope that i can get this thing right on that tank. i actually liked it while it was working. can you buy "premium" coils, for lack of a better word, that are solid and are known to work better than stock ones?
also, one last note. the smok xpro was a hand-me-down, of sorts, as i bought it second hand at a large discount from a guy who works at a vape shape here in town. is there any way, any way possible this problem could be related to my battery? or perhaps the xpro has a reputation for sucking balls?
i know i sound agitated, but if anyone responds to this, or even reads it, i would be sincerely and greatly appreciative. i really don't want to give up on vaping.. i do enjoy it, but have encountered more problems than pleasure thus far, and am only growing weary of the hassles.
thanks in advance.
so i'm about to a point in my vaping "career" where i wanna say fuck it and just go back to the ease of cigs. i started vaping about a year ago and have matriculated through the ranks of equipment and finances, and at every point along the way have found some problem or dead end that has made me say "whatever, i'll just go buy something new and better and that will fix what's ailing me". the main quandaries that have gotten me to this point were usually something along the lines of 'the device i have isn't providing enough vapor", and so here i am with an aspire atlantis v2 on a smok xpro80. well, the amount of vapor isn't my problem anymore, and the atlantis is not my favorite tank by any means, but it's what i'm using until new coils for my arctic subtank come in the mail. new coils... ahh, yes... those precious new coils that are going to let me start over and make everything better, right? HELL. NO. i can't even begin to tally the amount of coils i have gone through trying to make the dreaded dry hits go away. every time i put a new one in, it's like okay, i think i know what i did wrong last time, so i can fix it this time... nope. yes, i prime the wick. i drench it, i saturate it, i make sure the holes aren't being blocked, i let it sit for hours, i take primer puffs, i start it out on very low wattage and work my way up. and then, like clockwork, maybe 8-10 puffs in i get that god awful taste. i try the .3 coil, i try the .5 coil. every. damn. time.
side note- the .3 coils for the atlantis says it can take up to 70-80W, and the .5 says 20-30W, anyone know why there's such a disparity??
anyway, besides the point. the .3 coil can most certainly NOT handle anywhere close to 70 watts, and even when i run it at ~30 the dry hit comes. can anyone, ANYONE give me some advice... or maybe point me in a equipment set-up direction that works for them and they know is tried and true? i was only to able to vape one coil on my arctic before it got blasted, and none of the shops where i live carry extra arctic wicks (even the one i got it from). as usual, i think i know what went wrong with the arctic wick and in all honesty it worked pretty good for a while (not as long as it should've though), so i'm holding out some hope that i can get this thing right on that tank. i actually liked it while it was working. can you buy "premium" coils, for lack of a better word, that are solid and are known to work better than stock ones?
also, one last note. the smok xpro was a hand-me-down, of sorts, as i bought it second hand at a large discount from a guy who works at a vape shape here in town. is there any way, any way possible this problem could be related to my battery? or perhaps the xpro has a reputation for sucking balls?
i know i sound agitated, but if anyone responds to this, or even reads it, i would be sincerely and greatly appreciative. i really don't want to give up on vaping.. i do enjoy it, but have encountered more problems than pleasure thus far, and am only growing weary of the hassles.
thanks in advance.
