Need some help - Aspire BDC

[madpiano]

My Aspire BDC was delivered today. I am doing a happy dance! Its so pretty and it works like a dream. Feels solid, smooth and well designed. Flavour and vape is great! I found my new favourite. And it's glass, so swapping flavours shouldn't be too bad either.

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[Uisgemann]

Glad to hear you got it. I've been using an Aspire BDC for about six weeks now and it's the best tank I've used so far, but I will say be careful with those dual coils. I found myself going through the juice much quicker with the dual coils than I do with a single. Other than that, it's a solid tank (and when I ran out of dual coils I found that the Protank 2 single coils fit in there as well, you just have to remove the wee white grommet and the upper of the two base rings).

 

[madpiano]

Where is the best place to get coils from?
So far I am not using more juice than the EVOD as I no longer have to shake out flooded coils :-)

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[Liroka]

I bought an Aspire BDC on Saturday, to fit an eGo 900 battery, and it started to leak yesterday. It leaks from the bottom all over the top of the battery. I've taken it apart, cleaned it, dried it and put it back together but I'm still having a problem with it. I might just buy a new head for it. Other than that, the flavour and vapour production was/is much better than the top coiled CE5(?) that came with my starter kit.

I'm now waiting from a Protank 3 that I ordered from the marketplace yesterday.

 

[Mr.Motivapr]

After trying just about every clearomizer out there, i always seem to come back to my iClear 30.

Great flavour / vapour, cheap heads and never had a single dry hit or leak / gurgle.

Have had bad experiences with Kanger tanks so tend to stick with innokin now.

 

[Mr.Motivapr]

Liroka, i hate to put a negative on your purchase but my protank 3s were plain awful for me. Constant leaking no matter what i tried.

They work fine for a few hours with a brand new coil and then mess up and i couldnt stop the leak without changing the coil. 8 coils in one week and i tucked them away for a rainy day, and havent got them out since.

Hopefully you have more joy than I did

 

[VaperCaper]

I bought an Aspire BDC on Saturday, to fit an eGo 900 battery, and it started to leak yesterday. It leaks from the bottom all over the top of the battery. I've taken it apart, cleaned it, dried it and put it back together but I'm still having a problem with it. I might just buy a new head for it. Other than that, the flavour and vapour production was/is much better than the top coiled CE5(?) that came with my starter kit.

Which one?

Some of the Aspire tank designs are more prone to leaking than others. I get leaking more often from the "ET" ones, rarely from the CE5 ones and almost never from the Davide glass ones. (not tested enough of the vivi nova style ones to have an opinion)

Another 'feature' of them is that as the head gets gunked up over time less juice is being turned into vapour and it builds up inside the head until you get to a point where it leaks as it can't convert enough liquid into vapour and floods. You get used to them and get to recognise the "this head is about to die point" and replacing the head cures it. Typically the "about to die" point is when you get little vapour and flavour, though if you draw hard on them or get a tank that's got poor airflow it can happen sooner. also the cheaper clearos can sometimes be mis-threaded. If you don't get the centre post nice and straight with the head and if the heads not being pushed firmly enough into the centre post inside the tank, it'll leak like a sieve.

They're minor issues though and usually I don't have any problems. I use the Davides at home and out and about a lot, and we have our juice testers for the flavours we sell here all using CE5 style Aspires, they're pretty decent little clearos.

 

[Liroka]

Liroka, i hate to put a negative on your purchase but my protank 3s were plain awful for me. Constant leaking no matter what i tried.

They work fine for a few hours with a brand new coil and then mess up and i couldnt stop the leak without changing the coil. 8 coils in one week and i tucked them away for a rainy day, and havent got them out since.

Hopefully you have more joy than I did

Oh no, don't tell me that! Haha hopefully I'll have more luck!

Which one?

Some of the Aspire tank designs are more prone to leaking than others. I get leaking more often from the "ET" ones, rarely from the CE5 ones and almost never from the Davide glass ones. (not tested enough of the vivi nova style ones to have an opinion)

Another 'feature' of them is that as the head gets gunked up over time less juice is being turned into vapour and it builds up inside the head until you get to a point where it leaks as it can't convert enough liquid into vapour and floods. You get used to them and get to recognise the "this head is about to die point" and replacing the head cures it. Typically the "about to die" point is when you get little vapour and flavour, though if you draw hard on them or get a tank that's got poor airflow it can happen sooner. also the cheaper clearos can sometimes be mis-threaded. If you don't get the centre post nice and straight with the head and if the heads not being pushed firmly enough into the centre post inside the tank, it'll leak like a sieve.

They're minor issues though and usually I don't have any problems. I use the Davides at home and out and about a lot, and we have our juice testers for the flavours we sell here all using CE5 style Aspires, they're pretty decent little clearos.

It's the CE5 style that I'm having a problem with. From the reviews I've read I think I may have just been unlucky. Thanks for the info, it's good to know.

 

[Mr.Motivapr]

Yeah maybe mine were from a faulty batch, other users seem to have been fine with them

 

[Liroka]

Update on leaky Aspire BDC:

Figured I had nothing to lose so took it apart and cleaned all parts under a cold, flowing tap. Job's a good'un, no more leaks.