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tek1024

[New Vaper Question] Right Coil for Kanger Mini-Protank 3 & 900mAh Ego-T?

Today marks 40 days tobacco-free!

Briefly: on June 2, I received an Ego-T 900mAh battery, a Kanger Mini Protech 3 tank unit, and a pack of 1.8 ohm resistance coils; as well as a couple of 50/50 PG/VG flavors at 18mg nicotine. I stopped smoking that day and haven't looked back. It's time to reorder coils and flavors, and that brings me to the following:

Is 1.8ohm the right kind of coil for this? It's pretty clearly marked on the Kanger-branded box, "Coil Unit for Protank & Evod & Unitank." Do I need a different coil for my mini-Protank 3?

Googling, I came up with this video review of the tank in which he off-handedly mentioned that he was using a 0.8 ohm coil.

I'm good with the flavor, the throat hit, etc., and I know now that the mix of PG/VG bases can affect both of those and then some. But, I've had some problems with the battery - sometimes I'll fill up the tank and the battery will stay solid for a few seconds. The connection feels tight, so I'll loosen it. Having watched his video, I realize I've been over-filling my tank, so that could be why the battery is giving me trouble.

tl;dr This is on me for being a newbie, I just want your opinions on whether I'm using a stupidly-large resistance coil with my tiny tank and 900mAh battery. Would I get more vapor/flavor and/or fewer "glitches" if I used a lower-resistance coil, or is all this up to me over-filling the tank?

Posted Jul 13, 2014, 12:34 AM UTC

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tek1024OP•

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Shaggy_Uke•

Did you ever find an answer OP? I have the same setup as you and I have to change coils very frequently. I cannot diagnose what is going on and the coils are not user friendly for cleaning. I'm about to resort back to smokes because I am getting too fed up with this.

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tek1024OP•

Well, other than cautioning that it's not worth it to switch back to tobacco, I can give you a bit of good news!

I went to a local B&M store when I ran out of that pack of coils. Well, they didn't have 1.8 ohm single coils, but they did have 1.5 ohm doubles, so I went with that.

The difference has been remarkable. Just that little change has totally stopped the constant coil-swapping to avoid a burned, bitter, metallic flavor. Whatever it is about the lower resistance, the 900mAh Ego-T gets along much better with it.

In the video review I linked in the original post, I noted that the guy was using a 0.8 ohm coil - clearly he knows something you and I don't. From changing coils every 4-5 days, now I change them about every 16-20 days, just because anything longer than that feels weirdly unhygienic to me; I haven't actually gotten the burning metal sensation since I switched to these coils.

I'm not an expert, and I don't want to lead you wrong by suggesting an even lower voltage, but I think all things being equal, if you have an identical setup to mine, try a pack of dual-coil 1.5 ohms. Hope that helps!

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Shaggy_Uke•

Thank you so much I will try this because my throat hurts and the coil I just put on lasted from Friday and the one before that I think was just a couple days. It has ended up being more expensive then just buying a pack. I know your post is older so thank you for the response. I've been a month off analog cigarettes so hopefully I can stay off.

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tek1024OP•

Hey, glad to help, and it's great you're still off analogs.

My first four or five weeks were the hardest. Part of the reason was because with a single mid- to high-resistance coil, I was getting more throat hit than vapor.

I was using 50/50 PG/VG at 18mg nicotine. I went from pack-a-day American Spirit Black/Perique to vapor, and ended up getting just as stressed out about the weird metallic taste and sore throat as I had been about whatever was in the cigs.

If I had it to do over again I'd get the same setup, but maybe with 1.2 ohm dual-coils to begin with, and start at a higher nicotine rating. I'm down to 6mg and 12mg juice now after 2 1/2 months. I don't know what you were paying per pack or what you smoked, but I went from $6.35 per pack after tax ($2300+/yr) to spending a grand total of $0.67/day on the whole unit plus five different flavors.

Anyway, I know you didn't ask for my story, just trying to put it into perspective. I was trying not to go back to analogs, but until I got the dual coils in a lower ohm I thought all the e-cig hype was totally overblown. Ex-smokers like you and me trying to learn on our own without making a hobby out of it for its own sake seem to be a smaller presence on the internet than people hand-wrapping custom coils to show off; doubtful that's the case, but they definitely have more of a presence than people just trying to satisfy a practical hand-to-mouth addiction without burning plants as a delivery system.

If I can help in any other way please let me know. Once you have a clean-burning vape that requires such little maintenance, you won't be tempted by anything else. May you vape frustration free!

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Shaggy_Uke•

I appreciate your story man.

I will definitely holler at you if I need some support and the same goes for you if you ever need to talk about anything.

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