I bought a fresh sealed bag of cotton bacon V2 and there's a very bad bitter taste coming up. I changed the coil and the juice and the same taste. Was sure its the new nicotine I got (nic select) but I added it to all the ejuices I have atm. I changed the coil once again and rewicked with old cotton I had and the taste is still there but like 60% less. Not sure whether it's the nicotine or the cotton at this point.
Anyone had the same experience?
I have most of a bag of v2 here myself, the two times I've used it it had a lingering off taste (think... Burnt Hair 0.25%, accent) that does go away after around 4 or so ml. Could be we both got an off bag, but I'm not buying another to find out.
I did get a bag of bacon prime cheap at a vape expo and will get another when I run out, though I typically use rayon a couple of my tanks just work better with the prime.
I've also mostly used nic select, the only time it was an issue it was a bad batch that had gone yellow and smelled like wet ashtray.
cotton bacon gives me a horrible break in time.
It's not the cotton taste, it's a bitter disgusting taste. Not sure what's wrong, the nicotine is clear and bought fresh and shakes well before adding and nic select is supposed to be one of the best brand with high quality nicotine.
cotton break in to me tastes like im licking a metal pole. if you’re sure it isnt the cotton, what juice are you using?
I'm using my DIY juices. All new recipes except one that I'm trying right now and with my old cotton it doesn't taste as bad as with the bacon V2.
Actually I can't taste flavoring on ejuices this time at all but I think that's the new recipes I cooked up (or fucked up).
Did you finger up the cotton while you were wicking?
Yea but I fluff it after and thin it out. I'm using it on a galaxies RDTA and the wick ports aren't very big.
I literally meant did you touch the cotton with your fingers. The oils from your skin transfer to the cotton.
Cotton bacon tastes almost like some kind of cleaning fluid/disinfectant kind taste to me. Chemical and artificial is the best way I can describe it.
Other people have told me it taste lovely to them, so there's definitely something about it that can taste off to some people.
Honestly get some Labo Puff or Muji pads off ebay. You get years and years worth of perfect tasting cotton for about a fiver.
I had cotton bacon V1 before and it wasn't bad at all. I definitely like muji pads a lot more, which I will get once I'm back home from my work trip. For now I'm stuck with the CB unfortunately.
its probably the cotton, just load it up, fire it with the cap off, and blow like the wolf from the little pigs, do this for about 2ml and taste should be normal
Will definitely try that
ohhh and this should of went without saying, but try not to fire it too long at a time doing this, 3 second draws at most, just repeat the process like 15+ times
I've never had an issue with the cotton myself, not to say that isn't the case for you or others, so it's hard to tell.
I do, however, have the same atty as you and idk if this could be the problem or not, but every time I rewick i take out the mouth piece as juice is stuck underneath and alters the taste a little
Yea I noticed that and I clean it every now and then. I use it on restricted DL mode so I sometimes use another 510 drip tip. Weird enough I get some spit back of liquid coming up my mouth with the included derlin driptip but never with a regular wider 510 drip tip. I guess that's cause the included one is so narrow but I hate it when that happens.
I like rayon and plain old cotton balls better than muji or that other over priced vape specific stuff. I have had a bad experience with not getting engine oil washed completely off of my skin once while doing a wick job and just thinking about it I get a mobile one flash back flavor yack.
I use it and don't get any off flavors. I use a lot of different wicking materials. I recently got some native wicks platinum plus. I literally laughed and said wtf when I opened it. I've never bought a wicking material that resembled pill bottle cotton more than this stuff.