Hi all,
Great to find somewhere whereI can leave my findings and legacies…
I have been using T18ii for 5 years and gone thru 5 pens and about 5 extra replacement batteries. I have taken a part the batteries, coils and every bit of T18ii to figure out what goes wring when it dies…. Here are some of my findings and tips.
1. Badass coils.
The coils have average 5-10% fail rate. I must have gone thru 100s of coils and some die almost instantly (within 2-3 days), some has really bad burnt taste and gurling noise and finally blockage that 90% of coils suffer. There are remedies for some and some have no remedies.
If your coil (T18 and T18E) is blocked and it takes so much effort to inhale, then you need a safety pin (or a paper clip). When you take apart the coil, you will see a thin layer of wick that has built up in the center of your heating unit and when that wick is saturated with burnt liquid, it blocks the coil. All you need is a small pin to puncture a hole. The vape hole is exactly in the middle of your coil (open the refill cap and it is at the dead center), you need to gently push the pin down by 1cm or so. You can also drain any excess liquid in the atomiser chamber, which is the leading cause of gurling noise. 90% of blocked coils can be rescued by this and the max life I got from a single coil was 3 months.
2. eliquid burning
Many 50/50 eliquids are sub-ohm. This means, unless you read it carefully, you may end up with sub-ohm liquid for a devise with 1.5-1.7 ohm coil. If you are using T18/T18E coils, this is inevitable.
3. Battery lifespan
From the 10 or so batteries I have gone thru, many had normal lifespan of almost exactly 1 year. 3 had over 1 years (1 had 2 years), the others had less than 1 year (1 with just 3 weeks). Bigger challenge was the charging port was easily damaged and it also damages the USB C cable. I must have gone thru a couple dozen cables. One lesson I have learned is to clean the 510 thread and mod every time I switch batteries (I normally use 2 batteries).
Next endeavour:
I am wondering if I can use mix and match between T18 tank and T18ii battery and vice versa OR T22 pro batteries and T18ii tank etc.
T18 starter kit is cheaper than T18ii replacement batteries and T22 pro offers 3,000 mAmp batteries etc. The only problem is, I still have 2 more T18ii starter kits, 2 replacement batteries, 5 boxes of coils etc etc. I understand T18 tank requires T18 coil. I am only wondering whether T18 coil + tank can be used with T18ii battery etc.
If anyone knows whether they are compatible/ interchangeable, please do let me know. If they are compatible, I would love to stock up more T18 batteries, T22 Pro starter kits to use with T18ii tanks and T18E coils.
Great to find somewhere whereI can leave my findings and legacies…
I have been using T18ii for 5 years and gone thru 5 pens and about 5 extra replacement batteries. I have taken a part the batteries, coils and every bit of T18ii to figure out what goes wring when it dies…. Here are some of my findings and tips.
1. Badass coils.
The coils have average 5-10% fail rate. I must have gone thru 100s of coils and some die almost instantly (within 2-3 days), some has really bad burnt taste and gurling noise and finally blockage that 90% of coils suffer. There are remedies for some and some have no remedies.
If your coil (T18 and T18E) is blocked and it takes so much effort to inhale, then you need a safety pin (or a paper clip). When you take apart the coil, you will see a thin layer of wick that has built up in the center of your heating unit and when that wick is saturated with burnt liquid, it blocks the coil. All you need is a small pin to puncture a hole. The vape hole is exactly in the middle of your coil (open the refill cap and it is at the dead center), you need to gently push the pin down by 1cm or so. You can also drain any excess liquid in the atomiser chamber, which is the leading cause of gurling noise. 90% of blocked coils can be rescued by this and the max life I got from a single coil was 3 months.
2. eliquid burning
Many 50/50 eliquids are sub-ohm. This means, unless you read it carefully, you may end up with sub-ohm liquid for a devise with 1.5-1.7 ohm coil. If you are using T18/T18E coils, this is inevitable.
3. Battery lifespan
From the 10 or so batteries I have gone thru, many had normal lifespan of almost exactly 1 year. 3 had over 1 years (1 had 2 years), the others had less than 1 year (1 with just 3 weeks). Bigger challenge was the charging port was easily damaged and it also damages the USB C cable. I must have gone thru a couple dozen cables. One lesson I have learned is to clean the 510 thread and mod every time I switch batteries (I normally use 2 batteries).
Next endeavour:
I am wondering if I can use mix and match between T18 tank and T18ii battery and vice versa OR T22 pro batteries and T18ii tank etc.
T18 starter kit is cheaper than T18ii replacement batteries and T22 pro offers 3,000 mAmp batteries etc. The only problem is, I still have 2 more T18ii starter kits, 2 replacement batteries, 5 boxes of coils etc etc. I understand T18 tank requires T18 coil. I am only wondering whether T18 coil + tank can be used with T18ii battery etc.
If anyone knows whether they are compatible/ interchangeable, please do let me know. If they are compatible, I would love to stock up more T18 batteries, T22 Pro starter kits to use with T18ii tanks and T18E coils.
