How are tanks better that clearomizers?

[Discordian]

Ok, somebody help me out here. What are the advantages of tanks over clearomizers? To expand - I'm using T3S clearos - and from what I can gather it uses an almost identical coil to the Protank 1 & 2. I think PT3 has a dual coil - which is about to be available in T3SD line. So... what do tanks have or do better than clearos that warrants nearly 5 times the cost?

 

[*deleon517*]

Most people transition to tanks for a larger capacity of liquid. as far as flavor and vapor goes everyone has a different opinion on which is better.

 

[Completely Average]

Clearomizers basically are tanks. Most people call small ones clearomizers and really big ones tanks, but they are really the same thing.

The only other difference is "clearomizers" tend to be plastic while "tanks" are usually glass. That is important because some flavors (for instance, strong cinnamon or citrus) can damage plastic clearomizers. It's a combination of the larger size and more expensive glass that causes the "tanks" to cost so much more.


This thread should help you out more...

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...minology-carto-tank-what-lol.html#post7562212

 

[*deleon517*]

Make sure if you are looking for a glass tank, that the vendor list it as glass. There are many tank style systems that do use plastic as well.

 

[TheLovelyMissJ]

I'm going to jack this thread for a minute... would you consider a "sweet tart" flavor to be citrus?

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[Discordian]

Clearomizers basically are tanks. Most people call small ones clearomizers and really big ones tanks, but they are really the same thing.

The only other difference is "clearomizers" tend to be plastic while "tanks" are usually glass. That is important because some flavors (for instance, strong cinnamon or citrus) can damage plastic clearomizers. It's a combination of the larger size and more expensive glass that causes the "tanks" to cost so much more.


This thread should help you out more...

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...minology-carto-tank-what-lol.html#post7562212

I've read that thread - and it made sense. But I keep reading about people "ditching the clearo for the tank" in various variations and for the life of me I can't figure out why - other than adjustable air-flow on some of them. That part I get.

 

[*deleon517*]

I used tanks only for well over a year. This was in part to vaping a ton of juice per day. I was around the 10-12ml per day mark and it was more convenient to have a lager amount of liquid in one location then to have multiple clearo's laying around.

 

[wv2win]

If you want much less hassle, better consistency and better flavor, then switch to glass carto-tanks over clearos.

Good Luck

 

[vaperature]

A clearomizer is a tank. It's just clear. You can see into it. Not sure if it matters where the coil is, top or bottom, but a clearomizer is just a clear tank. Not sure where the idea that clearomizers are normally plastic comes from. The protank mini and protanks are both glass.

 

[Sam M]

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The only other difference is "clearomizers" tend to be plastic while "tanks" are usually glass.

This is what I always thought as well. Carto's being more "disposable" (not that I ever really trash them) and Tanks being more robust.

 

[Completely Average]

I've read that thread - and it made sense. But I keep reading about people "ditching the clearo for the tank" in various variations and for the life of me I can't figure out why - other than adjustable air-flow on some of them. That part I get.

Usually what they are talking about is ditching prefab clearomizers and either buying mods or making DIY tanks such as the ever-popular "cartotank".

A clearomizer is a tank. It's just clear. You can see into it. Not sure if it matters where the coil is, top or bottom, but a clearomizer is just a clear tank. Not sure where the idea that clearomizers are normally plastic comes from. The protank mini and protanks are both glass.

There is technically correct, and there is "as normally used" correct.

You are technically correct, but that's not how most people refer to them. Most people think of the small 1.5-2.5ml prefab plastic tanks as clearomizers and anything larger than 3ml is a tank. Most assume all tanks are glass even though you can get stainless steel and plastic large tanks as well. It's very hard to find glass tanks in the 1.5-2.5ml range.

And to make things even more confusing, while a really big tank is a tank, and a medium sized tank is a clearomizer, anything smaller than 1.5ml is usually called a mini-tank rather than a mini-clearomizer.

 

[Grimwald]

In my feeble mind, I still consider a tank to be a cartomizer tank. Everything else is a clearomizer. That's the way it was when I started, and change is hard when you get older.

I think the terminology started to change when Kanger introduced the Protank. Or perhaps with the Ego-T(tank). It was probably a marketing or branding decision to distinguish the glass "tank" from other more common plastic varieties. I guess the Kanger marketing department was correct, because the terminology stuck.

 

[djsvapour]

In my feeble mind, I still consider a tank to be a cartomizer tank. Everything else is a clearomizer. That's the way it was when I started, and change is hard when you get older.

Me too. A clearo is a clearo, whether it's plastic or pyrex. A Protank is a clearo. I know...I am messed up

How Joyetech ever came up with the idea of a plastic cartridge being a tank is as curious to me as a tank is either
a) A tank is a tracked, armoured fighting vehicle (thanks wikipedia) or
b) a liquid holding container, implying "more" than "less".... which of course is nonsense, in the case of Joyetech.

 

[NicoHolic]

A clearomizer is a clearomizer because it has an atomizer in it, just as a cartomizer is a cartomizer for the same reason. In and of itself, a "tank" doesn't have an atomizer. The things Joyetech use on the end of the 510T and later, as well as carto tanks, are tanks. IMO and YMMV.

 

[evan le'garde]

Well,................Tanks very much !.

Quick question. What is a tommy tank ?.

 

[Bunnykiller]

A clearomizer is a tank. It's just clear. You can see into it. Not sure if it matters where the coil is, top or bottom, but a clearomizer is just a clear tank. Not sure where the idea that clearomizers are normally plastic comes from. The protank mini and protanks are both glass.

hmmm Pro omizer nawww I like Protank better

 

[sky4it]

yeah and yaz gots to remember that lots of clearos and tanks are very like much, yes u do, they gots rubber grommets, they gots top or bottom wicks, so they are lots a like. Kanger start calling it a tank, that dont mean you can put it in the army as one, if you gots that then you get it.

 

[keonee]

Don't forget the manufactures are every day putting out updated tanks/clearomizers/cartomomizers. I use clearomizers. Just bought my 2nd Aspire Nautilus and I can tell you this is the best I have ever used. Holds 5ml, tastes great and has an aero base design to let you change airflow.

Good Luck.

 

[Baditude]

I find cartotanks to provide better flavor production and offer more consistancy over a clearomizer/clearotank.

Consider the difference in wicking systems:

A clearomizer only uses a silica string wick to bring e-liquid to the heating coil. Thats a very small surface area, and a moderate to heavy vaper can easily out-vape its ability to perform its job. This leads to dry hits (no vapor during puffs). This can cause the vaper to draw more heavily, which can lead to flooding issues. Inconsistancy.

A cartomizer uses a big wad of wick material which completely surrounds the heating coil. A very large surface area compared to the clearo. This leads to better flavor and more consistancy. Cartomizers used in tanks need punched holes in them (pre-punched) to allow juice from the tank to enter the cartomizer while vaping. Each puff wicks more juice into the carto from the tank.

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