Pre-soak the wick
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TruckinVaper
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I just tried some Iteo wicking too. Same result as lemon80, not quite dry hit but not great either and it didn't seem to carry the flavour well. Gone back to my regular wicking for my CLT2 and it's just luuurverly. I'll probably give it another go at some point though, must take a bit of practice to set out with just the right amount of wick before you start soaking it.
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I built a 3mm coil and used the steam sandwich method for wicking the silica. That was really fiddly and ended up with the same results. To be honest I didn't notice much difference between silica and cotton wool.
Made several more coils and tried different wick thicknesses, similar results.
Weirdly the veritas seems to have gotten worse. Now it has a metallic and almost burnt rubber taste at times. I got so many dry type hits yesterday it was horrendous. I took the two top screws off the positive post and checked that plastic bit underneath (insulator?) and that didn't seem burnt. I took the screw out the 510 connection and checked the oring there and it looked fine to my eyes. I replaced it anyway. I did notice black 'dirt' or whatever on the 510 connection, almost oily. I dunno what caused that though as the oring 'seemed' ok. I've never noticed it previously.
Starting to wonder if that's where the problem is, something to do with the 510 connection or with the center post screw. Does it matter how far out the 510 connection is? I tried unscrewing it more, screwing it further in closer to the oring. I've cleaned out the veritas thoroughly twice with everything taken apart since I got it, so I can't see how this can be residue machine oil as everything looked clean.
Gawd dammit why can't it just work.
Made several more coils and tried different wick thicknesses, similar results.
Weirdly the veritas seems to have gotten worse. Now it has a metallic and almost burnt rubber taste at times. I got so many dry type hits yesterday it was horrendous. I took the two top screws off the positive post and checked that plastic bit underneath (insulator?) and that didn't seem burnt. I took the screw out the 510 connection and checked the oring there and it looked fine to my eyes. I replaced it anyway. I did notice black 'dirt' or whatever on the 510 connection, almost oily. I dunno what caused that though as the oring 'seemed' ok. I've never noticed it previously.
Starting to wonder if that's where the problem is, something to do with the 510 connection or with the center post screw. Does it matter how far out the 510 connection is? I tried unscrewing it more, screwing it further in closer to the oring. I've cleaned out the veritas thoroughly twice with everything taken apart since I got it, so I can't see how this can be residue machine oil as everything looked clean.
Gawd dammit why can't it just work.
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Update: Thinking I'm gonna go order myself a Mephisto RDA clone. I swear I will never waste as much of my life on a vaping component as I have done with the Veritas RDA ever again. Perseverance is not a good trait when you're banging your head against a brick wall (unless your a Shaolin monk). I'm sorry for wasting all you's time as well who have answered and tried to help on so many of my posts about this very substandard product.
Veritas RDA clone review: Don't waste your life on it.
Veritas RDA clone review: Don't waste your life on it.
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