Question about eGo-T CE4 1100mAh

[MarkRNY]

Mine just arrived today with 5 atomizers. Charged it for about 4 hours and started vaping. Fair vapor production but, after the 1st drag, it started to taste "burnt".

My question's this--I'm using V2's 24mg nic. level coffee e-liquid. Is it the strength/type of the e-liquid that's doing this, or the battery/atomizer itself? This model is 2.4 ohm, both the battery and the atomizer, and I just found out (after searching hard) that V2's battery is a 1.0 ohm. Could this be what's doing it??

Hate coming on here and whining all the time. I just want to get it right. I've kicked a 30+ year smoking "habit" through vaping. I don't want to go running back to V2 because of ridiculous experiences with their carts and their overpricing. This ego's exactly the style/type of unit I'm looking for. Maybe I have to look for a model with a little lower ohm level (sorry if I'm butchering the terminology here). Maybe I just have to break this new one in more!

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[Grimwald]

Many of us old timers fondly remember an ego/CE4 setup.

Questions:
1, Do you know the amount of VG in your liquid? Higher VG liquids may not wick very well in a CE4.
2. When you say it came with 5 atomizers, does that mean 5 separate tanks? The CE4s I remember did not have replaceable coils.
3. Have you tried a different liquid? Coffee can taste burnt on occasion.

The Ego-T is perfectly able to run a better bottom coil tank. Try a simple Evod or Protank mini.

 

[listopencil]

Which flavor V2 liquid are you using, specifically? What is the name of the flavor? I'm asking you because after looking at the list they can vary in VG/PG ratio. Here's the list:

Coffee, Chocolate, Cola and Dessert E Liquids | V2

 

[djsvapour]

Oh dear. I don't know what to say @MarkRNY
We told you about V2 (you clearly understood) and now you've invested in something so old and cheap you are complaining about the performance. Why did you go for this? A CE4 on an eGo battery should work (just) but there are issues. My first CE4 lasted less than 24 hours and I made the instant decision to get a modern bcc (bottom coil clearo) with replaceable heads. I recommend you do the same. An eGo CE4 is less than $10 in UK money and I am surprised you didn't ask about value and ongoing success before spending your money again. I detest V2; their products, prices & marketing but getting a cheap dinosaur e-cig seems a bad move. You could save the battery and put a mini Protank or Evod on it, but ultimately there are better products. I think we call it false economy to attempt to get useful service out of legacy products.
I'm sorry to say it like this. I'm quite upset for you; we have made it clear to vaping shops that eGo CE4 is just an alternative starter option to cig-a-likes and customers serious about long-term vaping need better products.

 

[MarkRNY]

Oh dear. I don't know what to say @MarkRNY
We told you about V2 (you clearly understood) and now you've invested in something so old and cheap you are complaining about the performance. Why did you go for this? A CE4 on an eGo battery should work (just) but there are issues. My first CE4 lasted less than 24 hours and I made the instant decision to get a modern bcc (bottom coil clearo) with replaceable heads. I recommend you do the same. An eGo CE4 is less than $10 in UK money and I am surprised you didn't ask about value and ongoing success before spending your money again. I detest V2; their products, prices & marketing but getting a cheap dinosaur e-cig seems a bad move. You could save the battery and put a mini Protank or Evod on it, but ultimately there are better products. I think we call it false economy to attempt to get useful service out of legacy products.
I'm sorry to say it like this. I'm quite upset for you; we have made it clear to vaping shops that eGo CE4 is just an alternative starter option to cig-a-likes and customers serious about long-term vaping need better products.

The CE4 was one of the models recommended to me here. The low price was a reason for me buying it, but not determinative. I figured if it was recommended by some here, it couldn't be that bad (or bad at all). I viewed it as a stop-gap until I could figure out a more substantial set up, if one was needed at all. If one was, I was only out 8 bucks for 2 batteries and another 8 for the tanks.

As I was saying in my previous posts--although I have reasons to detest V2 also-- I didn't want to mess around with other e-liquid yet. Their coffee e-liquid got me off smoking, and it's been too short a time (a month and a half) without butts to mess around with other e-liquids that may or may not work for me. We're talking a 30+ year, pack and a half a day habit here, so that explains why I'm jittery about it. V2's e-liquid is the only thing I like about them, but if I have to change to keep from buying their equipment, I will.

You can see by Grimwald's post above that many here don't pan the Ego-T. The battery to me is pretty much the size and style I've been looking for and it fires up pretty well. It's just the burnt taste thing, which might be the tank and or the battery's 2.4 ohms or the strength (24mgs) of the e-liquid or both. That's what I'm trying to determine.

It really can be confusing as hell out there, especially when you're spending all day and most of the night setting up a new business. I always welcome your advice, djs.

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[MarkRNY]

Many of us old timers fondly remember an ego/CE4 setup.

Questions:
1, Do you know the amount of VG in your liquid? Higher VG liquids may not wick very well in a CE4.
2. When you say it came with 5 atomizers, does that mean 5 separate tanks? The CE4s I remember did not have replaceable coils.
3. Have you tried a different liquid? Coffee can taste burnt on occasion.

The Ego-T is perfectly able to run a better bottom coil tank. Try a simple Evod or Protank mini.

V2's customer service gal and the chart posted below by listopencil both say it's more PG based (it doesn't say on the bottle). That would explain why it didn't work with V2s sub-ohm, Series 3 tank, which I found out after I bought it.

Yeah (lol), I meant Tanks (FastTech calls them Atomizers). I did buy 4 extra ones and it came with one. They're 2.4 ohms as is the battery. I'm thinking that this might be what's causing the burnt taste thing, or maybe the nic strength is too high.

No. Haven't tried any other e-liquid, although when I first dabbled with vaping a couple of years ago, I tried V2's Red, "tobacco" flavor and it tasted like crap. Coffee tasted more like a real cig then their "tobacco" flavor. I'd hate to switch e-liquids now, but will if I can't resolve this. Not going back to V2's equipment. Their carts/tanks make it a crap shoot and a money pit.

Thanks for the reply, Grimwald. I'll get it right eventually. Think I'll try that Evod tank, which is 1.6 ohms I believe. I'll have FastTech fast deliver it.

 

[Beamslider]

Stay away from CE4 and if it is a normal ego threaded battery you have. Get some cheap Kanger t3s or t3d or aspire clearomizers to use with the battery. Buy some bottled eliquid to fill them with and a 5 pack of the coil heads. Those clearomizers can be found for $5 or so in vape shops. 24 MG is pretty high depending on how much you smoked before. Maybe try 18 mg.

The battery is not a variable volt or wattage right? It may be putting out more than the CE4 can really handle. The wick maybe dry and getting burnt.

Lots of other possibilities. But if you want cheap, try out use and not horrible. Go with a variable voltage EGO stick battery (these are really cheap) and use with a kanger t3 or aspire ET.

Whatever you do stay away from V2. Overpriced for sure.

Here are links to some the items. These are for reference only and not suggesting you should buy them from these links.

Aspire ET BVC
Authentic Aspire ET Bottom Dual Coil (BDC) Clearomizer

Kanger T3s
Kanger T3S Clearomizer

Vision Spinner VV battery
Vision Spinner VV eGo Battery 1300mAh

 

[MarkRNY]

Which flavor V2 liquid are you using, specifically? What is the name of the flavor? I'm asking you because after looking at the list they can vary in VG/PG ratio. Here's the list:

Coffee, Chocolate, Cola and Dessert E Liquids | V2

It's coffee, listopencil, 24 mgs. You can see by their chart that it's PG based (I was going to post that link earlier but didn't know if it violated this site's rules. Thanks).

When I take 3 or for "dry drags" before pressing the manual button, it tastes OK...most of the time, which leads me to think that the "resistance" levels (2.4) of the battery and the tank are too high for this e-liquid--but I REALLY have no idea what I'm talking about and I'm probably dead wrong (lol).

Thanks for the reply.

 

[listopencil]

It's coffee, listopencil, 24 mgs. You can see by their chart that it's PG based (I was going to post that link earlier but didn't know if it violated this site's rules. Thanks).

When I take 3 or for "dry drags" before pressing the manual button, it tastes OK...most of the time, which leads me to think that the "resistance" levels (2.4) of the battery and the tank are too high for this e-liquid--but I REALLY have no idea what I'm talking about and I'm probably dead wrong (lol).

Thanks for the reply.

Which coffee is it? V2 Platinum coffee is high PG. XEO Coffee Arabica is 50/50. I haven't vaped anything that high in Ohms in a very long time so I'm not sure 50/50 is going to work for you. But, coffee flavors do have a tendency to taste burnt. Also the more PG you have in your juice the harsher it is going to be for you. And the more nic you have in your juice the harsher it is going to be for you. First you're going to need to find the PG/VG of your liquid. You know the nic, that's a good start. I have found that 1.30-1.80 Ohms resistance works really well for me on a 50/50 blend at 12-18 mgs nic. You can get cheap cartomizers all over the place, by the way. If your battery has eGo threading:

Here's one from MVS:

Innokin iClear16D Clearomizer

With replaceable atomizers and you can pick between 1.5 or 2.1 Ohms:

Atomizer Head for Innokin iClear16B, iClear16D

 

[Grimwald]

It's just not wicking. Likely nothing to do with the battery or ohms. Either it's just a bad CE4 or too thick a liquid. The fact that you can make it wick with a few drags just points to a wicking problem.

 

[Gramdogg]

The ego batteries will usually run 3.7-3.8v and lower as the battery dies. Higher ohm will run lower watts and 2.4 ohm is dang high so its nothing to do with your battery/tank, I would suggest the original kangertech evod tank as well though as they offer SOCC coils and cotton will keep up much better with whatever juice you are running. I have ran 80VG in an evod with socc where the silica junk required 50-60PG to keep up.
$3.28 Authentic KangerTech SOCC Coil Head (5-Pack) - 1.8ohm at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping
$2.61 Authentic KangerTech eVod Bottom Coil Clearomizer (1.5mL) - 1.8ohm at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping

 

[BrotherBob]

Mine just arrived today with 5 atomizers. Charged it for about 4 hours and started vaping. Fair vapor production but, after the 1st drag, it started to taste "burnt".
My question's this--I'm using V2's 24mg nic. level coffee e-liquid. Is it the strength/type of the e-liquid that's doing this, or the battery/atomizer itself? This model is 2.4 ohm, both the battery and the atomizer, and I just found out (after searching hard) that V2's battery is a 1.0 ohm. Could this be what's doing it??
Hate coming on here and whining all the time. I just want to get it right. I've kicked a 30+ year smoking "habit" through vaping. I don't want to go running back to V2 because of ridiculous experiences with their carts and their overpricing. This ego's exactly the style/type of unit I'm looking for. Maybe I have to look for a model with a little lower ohm level (sorry if I'm butchering the terminology here). Maybe I just have to break this new one in more!
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
.

Suggest you stay above sub ohm'g and your problems will be far more manageable.
Might like to read:
http://diyordievaping.com/2016/02/26/why-is-my-ejuice-harsh-beginner-diy-ejuice-tips/
Allergies, Conditions and E-Liquid - The Complete Guide to E-Cig Safety
Wattage vs. Flavor | E-Cigarette Forum
How to adjust your base to reduce that peppery harsh Nicotine taste | E-Cigarette Forum

 

[Coastal Cowboy]

Consider ditching the CE4's and replacing them with Innokin iClear 16's. They're dirt cheap: $3.00/ea at Mt. Baker Vapors. They're dual coil and wick great for such an inexpensive little tank. I can push those boogers at 15 watts on my ego-threaded mods and

The EVOD tank is nice too, also cheap at $4.50 and also produce a very flavorful vapor.

You CAN do quite well on a very tight budget. Shop around, and get what you want and can afford.

 

[djsvapour]

I'm going to buy some CE4s and PG liquid and do some experiments. I don't really want to vape a CE4 but we must get to the bottom of this.

 

[r77r7r]

I'm going to buy some CE4s and PG liquid and do some experiments. I don't really want to vape a CE4 but we must get to the bottom of this.

You da man!

$1 says you can't do a full tank of 24pg, start to finish, lol.)

 

[Gramdogg]

I'm going to buy some CE4s and PG liquid and do some experiments. I don't really want to vape a CE4 but we must get to the bottom of this.

Its the silca wick, it wasn't that long ago for me to forget how horrid that was. Needed so high of PG that the only way for it to work makes it flood, gurgle or just plain leak so you need to keep it 1/3 full and do a blow out every 5 mins LOL. Other then the current solution of taking a few primer puffs every time nothing really can fix it other then removing silca and using cotton like the evods... if thats possible on them.

 

[MarkRNY]

Consider ditching the CE4's and replacing them with Innokin iClear 16's. They're dirt cheap: $3.00/ea at Mt. Baker Vapors. They're dual coil and wick great for such an inexpensive little tank. I can push those boogers at 15 watts on my ego-threaded mods and

The EVOD tank is nice too, also cheap at $4.50 and also produce a very flavorful vapor.

You CAN do quite well on a very tight budget. Shop around, and get what you want and can afford.

Think I'm going to do that. Thanks IBCR.

 

[MarkRNY]

I'm going to buy some CE4s and PG liquid and do some experiments. I don't really want to vape a CE4 but we must get to the bottom of this.

Think it was the 24 mg strength of the liquid, djs. See my new post above.

 

[MarkRNY]

Suggest you stay above sub ohm'g and your problems will be far more manageable.
Might like to read:
http://diyordievaping.com/2016/02/26/why-is-my-ejuice-harsh-beginner-diy-ejuice-tips/
Allergies, Conditions and E-Liquid - The Complete Guide to E-Cig Safety
Wattage vs. Flavor | E-Cigarette Forum
How to adjust your base to reduce that peppery harsh Nicotine taste | E-Cigarette Forum

Great info! Thanks for the links.

 

[MarkRNY]

The ego batteries will usually run 3.7-3.8v and lower as the battery dies. Higher ohm will run lower watts and 2.4 ohm is dang high so its nothing to do with your battery/tank, I would suggest the original kangertech evod tank as well though as they offer SOCC coils and cotton will keep up much better with whatever juice you are running. I have ran 80VG in an evod with socc where the silica junk required 50-60PG to keep up.
$3.28 Authentic KangerTech SOCC Coil Head (5-Pack) - 1.8ohm at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping
$2.61 Authentic KangerTech eVod Bottom Coil Clearomizer (1.5mL) - 1.8ohm at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping

Thanks, Gramdogg. I've learned a lot (the hard way).