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    Having Issues?

    March 18, 2025 by
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    These are some common issues as well as potential solutions

    If these answers do not work then feel free to make a post on the subreddit which is found at the bottom of all pages on this site.

    There are a few common causes of clogs like the coil getting flooded due to getting too hot. Another cause is the airway going into the mouthpiece of the device will slowly collect reclaim from the vapor and will eventually clog the device if it's not regularly cleaned. The final common cause is taking too short of a hit, especially with the GT Ccells as a 1-2 second hit won't fully vaporize the wicked oils while still wicking more if enough hits are taken back to back.

    There are a few methods for this, the easiest but riskiest is just holding the fire button for a few seconds while sucking on it, the warmth will warm up the oil enough to melt it however this usually results in hot oil in your mouth which isn't fun. The next easiest is using a toothpick or dab tool to scrape out the oil inside, be careful when getting close to the ceramic as it's brittle and can crack if you try to scrape the coil itself. Another method is warming up the tank/pod and setting it upside down to drain out, though you'll want to do this when the tank is low otherwise it could continue wicking and purge a lot of the tank. If you want to re-use the oil that was pulled out you can do so but it will likely be similar to smoking reclaim from a dab rig, you'll also want to make sure it's not dusty since dust will likely settle in the sticky mouthpiece. 

    The most common reason for this is using your device at too high of a wattage, the "recommended wattage" on many of these coils is too high for this use case and you need to use a lower wattage. The Nord & PnP ceramic coils as well as the RPM Quartz coils run well at 3-8w, I usually run them at 5w. The 0.5ohm GT Ccell runs well at 15-20w in wattage mode or 20-30w in Temperature Control (TC) mode at 350-420F (175-215C), the 0.3ohm GT Ccell usually needs 5-10w more. Other reasons could be that you didn't properly wick the coil and may need to wait for it to slowly wick or your airflow is too cut off as too little airflow can make it taste worse or hit more harshly.

    Here is the FAQ if you didn't see it on the home page

    These are some common questions about using these devices with thick oils.

    This website is dedicated to using cannabis based oils such as CBD, THC, and HHC distillate. Other forms of THC like Resin, Rosin, BHO, etc. will also work but will need to be decarbed in order to get a consistency that will properly wick into the coils. 

    These devices will also work for other oils such as DMT but I don't have any experience with that so I'm not sure how relevant any of this information is to that use.

    You CANNOT use this for essential oils, this is only for oils that are intended to be inhaled, and you need to do your own research to make sure the product you want to use is intended for inhalation. For example products like RSO or Tinctures are NOT meant to be inhaled so you should not attempt to use them.

    Any tank that uses the Vaporesso GT Ccell coils is basically a portable dab rig. It gives far bigger hits than any other coils but the bigger the hit, the higher chance it is to be harsh without filtration.

    Yes, these devices develop reclaim like a dab rig would. It builds up in the chimney and if you don't scrape it out with a toothpick or dab tool then it will build up enough to cause clogs. If you continue to not clean it out then the clog can be forced below the coil and leak out the bottom causing even more annoying issues, so you should definitely clean it out once you start getting clogs.

    All coils have cotton in them, including the ceramic and quartz coils as well as 510 carts. The difference between those and normal vape coils is normal coils have a metal wire/mesh coil that directly touches the cotton which has a much higher chance of burning if there are hot spots or if it can't wick fast enough and gives a dry hit. Ceramic and quartz coils have a layer of their respective material between the coil and the cotton that distributes heat more evenly.

    As long as you're not using unterped distillate then regular coils can work however they have a higher chance of burning and don't last for as many refills as the ceramic/quartz coils do. Higher ohm coils tend to work better as they don't get as hot as quickly as the 0.1-0.3ohm coils that some devices come with, the 0.5-1.5ohm coils tend to have better results. 

    The reason ceramic/quartz works better is because unlike normal coils these have a layer of ceramic or quartz between the metal wire coil and cotton which distributes the heat much more evenly and even if you get a dry hit, the chance of the cotton getting singed and permanently having a burnt taste is significantly lower than normal coils.

    For this use case grams (g) and milliliters (ml) are basically interchangeable, there's very little difference between the weight and volume of cannabis concentrates so as long as you stick to one form of measurements it'll be the same for everything else. When using isolates it's better to measure everything by weight (grams) but if no isolates are used then it's often easier to measure by volume (milliliters) as that doesn't depend on having an accurate scale (just accurate eyes to read the syringe/pipette).

    Most coils last at minimum 20g/ml, the flavor starts to degrade around there but is often still good enough to last 30g/ml. Some users are able to get 40-60g/ml from the GT Ccells by using Temperature Control (TC) mode to make sure they never get a dry hit.

    When using non-ceramic/quartz coils most get around 10g/ml per coil but can vary depending on if you got dry hits or used too much power. If you use too powerful of a coil then you likely won't even get through 1g/ml before it tastes burnt.

    There are stepped adapters like Lookah's meant for other devices that happen to fit on many tanks and sometimes pods, they can be used to attach to a dab rig or water pipe as well as straight glass pipes that can also cool the vapor without water filtration.


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