I recently bought a new set of 0.6ohm coils for my Voopoo Drag X pod and quickly experienced burnt taste. I received the coils last week and am already on my 3rd coil from the new pack of 5.
Before, a coil would last somewhere between a week or two but now it’s barely a couple of days, with the quickest one tasting burnt within a day.
Not sure if it started before or after, but also recently, the pod started to turn off on it’s own very frequently. It’s not the batteries, or at least not according to what the display is telling me.
I’ve had the Drag X for a bit more than a year. Before that, I used Drag S for a year and before that, I had a beginner AIO type of thing for 6 months or so. So I’m not entirely new to this and my vaping habits didn’t change in such a short time. Even if it did, I’ve very more conscious about how I vape after the 2nd coil and it hasn’t helped.
Honestly it sounds like a bad batch of coils if you are using the same juice etc.
Try to loosen up any of the visible cotton before inserting coil, you can even poke some holes in cotton with a needle but be careful not to damage the coil inside…
I hope so and yeah, it’s the same juice. My Drag S died after a year and it would be disappointing if the Drag X died already too.
I’ve mainly vaped using 0.6ohm and haven’t experienced issues till now. I have occasionally tried 0.3 and always had connection issues with those. Bad coil batch doesn’t sound unreasonable.
I also use the Voopoo PNP VM4 0.6 coils on a Argus Air 25w which are rated @25w max. I’ve never had any problems with dry hits or burnt taste unless I use a max VG juice. I have had slight burning issues with the VM4 0.6 coils on my Voopoo Vinci and PNP Tank if used over the 25w rating of the coil.
I vape at 28w and have been doing it for 2 years. I’ve had bad hits, but it was mainly my own fault, like not having primed a new coil well enough or overlooking that I ran out of juice (those are the worst, lol). A 1+ week old coil + newly recharged batteries could result in burnt taste and that would be my sign for coil change.
Yeah, I add 5 drops directly into the coil before placing it into the tank. I don’t add drops to the sides of the coil, which I’ve read some people talk about. I then fill the tank and let it sit for about 10 minutes.
I haven’t used that device but I have just experienced the same issue with a new pack of 3 Oxva coils(pods 0.8ohm). Nothing different juice wise or pod coil ohm etc. Each one burnt out within an hour and one was duff before 2 drags. I went back to the shop I bought them from and he exchanged for another box and said its rare but you do get dudd ones which have been missed. He said when you have a company factory making hundreds of thousands of pods constantly then there will be the odd duff one which gets through. I just accepted that and this pod from new box is normal and working fine! Just to explain really that it can happen unfortunately.
Check your wattage you say you using 0.6 those coils have a range between 20/28 watts tm2 coils 0.6 max out @25 watts it’s possible your to high on watts
Yea sounds like you just git a bad pack. Iv had it happen with gtx coils. The whole pack was bad. Each one right away was just getting burnt hits. Maybe they wrapped them too tight and the just cant soak all the way through or theres a area where the cotton isnt touching the cotton or something
Another update: I’m fairly certain my Drag X is bad.
I changed to a 0.45ohm coild I had laying around (still in original packaging, so perfectly new). It tasted a bit off yesterday but I thought maybe I was over analyzing it. Today, with 3/4 full tank, I got an extremely burnt taste early on in the day. There is zero change the coil was dry. The previous puff was maybe 30 minutes or more before that one.
The Drag has a funky software system with two different sides. One side is better for it’s pods and the other side will be for marked for RBA’s. Since your using their coils use the pod side. Three quick presses will toggle to either mode. Sounds to me that you aren’t priming the coil enough. The cotton in a commercial coil is built in layers. They have a coating that sometimes can’t be penetrated. On the side of the coil will be holes. Take a pin and scratch the cotton. It will break the layer the VG/PG is not penetrating.
WOTOFO used make coil rebuild kits for the pods. The cotton clearly shows what layer’s will be penetrated and what won’t in the kits.
Prime the inside of the coil before inserted then scratch the the sides. Allow about five minutes of soaking the coil after filling the pod. If done right the coil should give you forty-five to sixty ml of vapor before replacement.
The software will default to 50 watts. Adjust wattage down before vaping. Better a cooler vape than burnt coils.
All of this has happened within a weeks time and I’ve been vaping with same type coils for more than 2 years. I have never ever before been fearful about what would happen when I was out, but was today. There have been many times where I’ve been away for 12+ hours and haven’t had spare coil with me because I was never afraid I might need it.
I always use smart mode, which limits itself to what the coils are made for.
The VOOPOO default in smart mode is 50 watts. Way too high for those small coils. Make sure you scratch up the cotton in the holes so it penetrates the cotton inside. Research the Rebuildable WOTOFO kit you will see why you have to scratch inside the side holes.
I’m not entirely sure what you are referring to because mine always picks the appropriate watt for the coil. With VM4 which I use the most, it defaults to 25W and maxes out at 28W. I’ve never noticed the watts being off from that.
I will try scratching. I’m currently on my 5th coil since this started. I started with 20W and am now at 25W and it’s been perfectly fine so far. I’ve been vaping VM4 coils at 28W for a very long time without issues.
I have a Joyetech AIO, which I set to charge earlier today. But I haven’t yet used it. My Drag X has been perfectly fine today (with a new coil and at lower wattage - 25vs 28).
