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jayy

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hi all new to the forum, I've joined here in hopes of getting an answer because i cant seem to find one.

so i quit smoking about 6 months ago and switched to a voopoo argus. it wasn't the best but hey it helped me to get to the 6 months smoke free point. i went through coils like no tomorrow though, most burnt out in days, sometimes hours. juice brown, nasty vaping not great.

so about a week ago i decided it was time to treat myself to a shiny new vape to celebrate 6 months clear. i did a lot of research, asked a lot of people and finally settled on the geek vape l200 at £55 plus £10 for batteries plus spares, plus an external charging dock. first use, new coil in, coil primed, fill the tank... 30 mins later first hit.....oh wow this is what my vape juice is supposed to taste like. this is how vaping should be, this is great :D..... it lasted 5 days :(

after 5 days of use i started getting the odd burnt hit,,, i mean nasty, breathing in smoke, burnt to s**t kind of taste. but get this.... the coils cotton wass still pure white, and the juice was still crystal clear... so I'm thinking ok maybe just an odd one.. tried again and hey great stuff were back to a brilliant flavour. not sure what happened there but carry on.

leave the vape on the desk. go off to do something, come back to it half hour later and first hit is burnt again. try again back to normal. this got more and more over frequent the course of a few days till it got to the point where every other drag was burnt and nasty, BUT the cotton was still pure white and the juice still clear so I'm thinking maybe its the coil that came with the vape maybe its a dud ill try a new one. so i put a brand new coil in yesterday afternoon, same process primed it, filled the tank, left it half hour and great stuff. beautiful flavour smooth vaping i love it.

This afternoon the burnt hits have started again. tank is still full ( i never let the tank drop below half ) the cotton is still white and the juice is still clear. every where i look online its always the same. your cotton is dry/burnt, your tank is empty blah blah blah.

The tank is full, the cotton is white, the juice is clear. yet the burnt hits have started after just 24 hours this time....

i love this vape but will some please tell me what the hell is wrong with these coils.... :)
 
Hi @jayy and welcome to the planet.

firstly congratz on 6 months milestone. best move you will ever make.

ok the kit.
just to clarify, which tank are you using and which coils. think my first kit came with the zeus using z coils. for any new kit you are thinking of getting in the future always ask here first as we can usually find it cheaper (my l200 kit was £39.99).
also which batteries did you buy.
what make of juice and ratio vg/pg are you using and is it a shortfill. if so how many nic shots did you add and what was the ratio. most come with 100vg nic shots which i dump and buy a box or two of 70vg.
when youve primed your tank do you start low or go straight in at max coil wattage. we see a lot of this and its the easiest way to burn a coil out. if you are going to vape at 50watts then start at 25w with short puffs. you wont get hardly any flavour or cloud but the coil is still heating up inside and bedding the cotton in. turn up a couple of watts every puff until you reach your sweet spot to vape at.
i mainly have custards in mine and can get around a week to 10 days at 50-55w.

also my cotton looks white still from the outside but its totally black in the centre which is normal after a few days.
 
Hello @jayy and welcome to POTV. Congrats on getting through 6 months smoke free :2thumbsup:

We'll need some more info to help you out. I take it you are using the Z Tank that comes with the kit, and the kit coils. Which coils are you using? What W are you vaping at? What juice ar you using (VG/PG mis will help, as well as flavour)?

Sounds like you are priming the coil properly. That said, the coil may be white on the outside, but it is the inside that touches the coil that produces the flavour.

Anyway, let us know a bit more and hopfully someone will have an idea. Good luck!

EDIT: @MrDJ beat me to it :)
 
hey ok sorry guys ive left some info out here havnt i. so im using the tank and coil that came with the kit, the coil im using (excuse my ignorance) is the one the larger openings in it :s, im using it at 45w ( the guy in the shop told me this was best setting) the juice im using is "super sweets jelly beans" at the moment which is 70vg/30pg with i think about 5ml of nicotine he said, he used two bottles and said it was half and half, not sure what that means lol the batteries hes given me are called vapecell b30 if that helps. thanks for replies guys :)
 
hey ok sorry guys ive left some info out here havnt i. so im using the tank and coil that came with the kit, the coil im using (excuse my ignorance) is the one the larger openings in it :s, im using it at 45w ( the guy in the shop told me this was best setting) the juice im using is "super sweets jelly beans" at the moment which is 70vg/30pg with i think about 5ml of nicotine he said, he used two bottles and said it was half and half, not sure what that means lol the batteries hes given me are called vapecell b30 if that helps. thanks for replies guys :)
soz about all the questions but it will help others to give more correct advice instead of guessing.
vapecell or is it this vapcell https://www.fogstar.co.uk/products/vapcell-b30-18650-battery

not heard of this cell but mooch rates them and if fogstar sells them then all good there https://battery101.co.uk/products/vapcell-b30-20a-3000mah-flat-top-18650-high-drain-cell

not tried that juice,is this it https://www.gosmokefree.co.uk/jelly-beans-e-liquid-100ml-by-super-sweets/

did the shop mix the nicotine for you? illegal for a shop to do now in the uk.
its difficult to advise on what 5ml is as usually a shortfill will be either be 50ml in a 60ml bottle or 100ml in 120ml bottle.
adding 10ml of 18mg nic shot to 50ml will make 60ml of 3mg nic strength and double for the 100ml. so 2 nic shots will make 120ml at 3mg. you can double this up to make 6mg strength but then there will not be enough room in the bottle so some will have to be decanted.
edit, unless he used (half and half) 50/50 nic shots and didnt put all 20ml in.

are these the coils you have https://www.vapeclub.co.uk/vape-coils/geekvape/zeus-replacement
i mainly use 0.2ohm but do treat myself now and then to 0.15
0.4 were kak and not tried new 0.25
 
Hey its OK more questions means more information lol...
yes to all of the above, coils batteries and juice are the ones you've shown.. I wasn't aware of that about the shops doing the nicotine he's always done it for me lol.
 
all good then.
these are the coil ratings
Z0.15ohm KA1 Mesh 80 - 90 Watts
Z0.2ohm KA1 Mesh 70 - 80 Watts
Z0.25ohm KA1 Dual Mesh 45 - 57 Watts
Z0.4ohm KA1 Mesh 50 - 60 Watts

as i mentioned i use the 0.2 but at only 50-55watt max and im happy with that even though they are rated at 70-80w.

so when youve filled the tank do you go straight in at 45w as that could be the problem. start low and work way up.
jellybean could well be full of sweetner and thats another thing coils dont like and gunk up and burn out quick.
 
all good then.
these are the coil ratings
Z0.15ohm KA1 Mesh 80 - 90 Watts
Z0.2ohm KA1 Mesh 70 - 80 Watts
Z0.25ohm KA1 Dual Mesh 45 - 57 Watts
Z0.4ohm KA1 Mesh 50 - 60 Watts

as i mentioned i use the 0.2 but at only 50-55watt max and im happy with that even though they are rated at 70-80w.

so when youve filled the tank do you go straight in at 45w as that could be the problem. start low and work way up.
jellybean could well be full of sweetner and thats another thing coils dont like and gunk up and burn out quick.
Yeah so I pretty much keep it at 45w as always have, didn't know any different. First coil worked great for 4/5 days like that. 2nd coil started the burnt hits after just 24hrs.
 
try the bedding in method nex coil. start at 25w and take short puffs then turn up a watt or two every few puffs and coils certainly last longer for me.
 
OK I'll try that thanks. This coil is now pretty much dead and really burning.
 
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