Battery life issue and a question about the clearomiser.

[Jon9ball]

Hey guys, got my Torpedo Chrome Mini last Thursday and I've been playing around with it for the last week.

First impressions were very disappointing. I get far, far better performance out of a standard tornado battery than the Torpedo when using a DCT which is my atomiser of choice. More vapour and a cleaner hit.

Then there's the issue of battery life - even at fairly low voltages of 3.3 - 3.8 with a DCT the battery life is terrible. Every few hits i check the battery's voltage and see its dropped by a volt. Its literally draining before my eyes.  Once it gets to below about 3.7-3.8 volts of power left in the battery the performance is greatly impaired and the vapour production goes way down.  I reckon with heavy vaping I would barely get half an hour of decent performance out of a battery.

I have 4 batteries with it, the 2 it came with and 2 extras and they all perform the same way. I guess the Torpedo itself could be faulty but I need to find out how others are finding it to see if that might be the case.

For a device of that size i would expect it to perform much, much better.  With a DCT its hardly worth using.



Tonight I tried the clearomiser for the first time and I have to say it performs amazingly. I'm running it at 5V but the battery life is still pretty bad.

So my question is - Is everybody else noticing the same thing with the terrible battery life?

Also a question about the clearomiser - How long does one last? How will I know when its time to use a new one?


Thanks for any input

[dejabu]

Hi Jon, I must admit I am not overly impressed with the battery life of the Torpedo Chrome, bought mine a week ago thinking the bigger battery should last me most of the day, in reality it lasts maybe 4 hours which is not what I was expecting. I know that the higher voltage will obviously drain it quicker but was disappointed at how quickly it does drain...
Will be interesting to see other's comments to see if we are just unlucky and have faulty shiny things...

[ABumgardner]

I've had mine for over a week, vape at 4 - 4.8 about 2 ml per day and my battery has lasted at least two days or longer. Another question I have though, at higher voltages 4.8 or above I am getting the burnt taste. I use %80 pg and all that good stuff. Is it because it's sweeter flavors I use? Does anyone else get this?

[Jon9ball]

ABumgardner, are you using the standard chrome Torpedo or the mini version?  Also what atomiser do you use?

[ABumgardner]

I'm using the big one with the clearomizer that came with it.

[Scotty58]

Very strange I get about 20 hours from each battery running between 4 and 4.2 volts and the clearomizer that came with the Torpedo.  I wonder if there is a circuitry fault with your example.  I would put a call into customer services.

[Dtone]

I've had mine for over a week, vape at 4 - 4.8 about 2 ml per day and my battery has lasted at least two days or longer. Another question I have though, at higher voltages 4.8 or above I am getting the burnt taste. I use %80 pg and all that good stuff. Is it because it's sweeter flavors I use? Does anyone else get this?

                 

It all depends on what you are using ? I have tried  XL clearomizers and  I have not had any luck at the lowest voltages , DCT's on the other hand and a atomizer set up I have stayed on the 4.8 no problem with the same exact e-liquid.

[RichJr]

Slightly off topic but I'm using an XL ce2 clearomizer (old brittle tube version) with Titan menthol in it right now. So so so good!!! It's the only way I use my beloved Titan menthol besides Titan tanks which I don't have anymore. 3.3v-3.7v I snipped those slots slightly bigger that the wick goes through and it vapes like a dream. I've been vaping Titan menthol out of these for over a year easy with more than exceptional results.

Be sure to prime well and vape easy on low voltage until the clearo breaks in and the hits get smoother. After the break in period it will vape like a train.

[PEneoark]

See I think the included clearos vaped like beasts.  They just never wicked well for me, and leak.  If you hold your PV at 3 o clock, they wick much better.

[BamaKent]

Chrome mini here and running it at 4.2 with clear tank I use 2 batteries a day.

[StarGeezer]

1) Battery Life - I have been using the full-sized Chrome for a bit over a month now, it's my go-to PV.  As such, it gets the most use during the day.  4-5 hours of fairly steady vaping sounds about right for a fresh battery.  It's a widely-accepted truism that performance falls off precipitously at or around 3.6v, which is about where I wind up swapping out cells. Typically I use a 6ml DCT at 3.8v on my set-up, and it vapes like a dream!

2) Clearomizer - I used the Clearomizer for the first 2-3 days I owned the Torpedo.  While I never had issues with leaking, I did have some experience with hot draws... never burnt tasting, but nonetheless unpleasant.  Now, here's the odd part:  I put the Clearo on a standard 650mah Tornado battery at a much lower voltage, and it performs quite well with no hot draws.  I suspect part of this is due to the lower voltage, but the other part is likely due to the "breaking in" period RichJr alluded to.  Because of the wicking action of  the clears, it's one of those types of devices that works best when well-primed and allowed to "cook" for a while (i.e., either left alone to allow capillary action to naturally saturate the wick, or more actively encouraged by taking "cold pulls" or unpowered draws on the tip in order to soak the wick closest to the coil.)  Once it's finished cooking, it works exceedingly well.  But it's definitely not a "fire-and-forget" cartomizer in terms of getting optimum performance from it.

[Jon9ball]

I'm gonna sell it I think and get the Torpedo full.

[aj1982]

The 6ml tank and torpedo just don't go too well I've tried it with mine.

[StarGeezer]

The 6ml tank and torpedo just don't go too well I've tried it with mine.

Oh, I dunno... I rather fancy it! 

[aj1982]

Na I'm talking about performance, or lack of it.

[PEneoark]

The DCTs are too low in resistance to really benefit from a VV device IMO.

[aj1982]

The DCTs are too low in resistance to really benefit from a VV device IMO.

Exactly! I've been holding back as I don't want to put out anyone's bonfire. They simply don't work on VV the torpedo will drop the voltage because it knows the ohms are to low. But everyone seems the rave how great the are at 4.5. The torpedo may display 4.5 but it's not giving the user that much because the DCT just is not up to it. To really benifit from VV you need a 2.4 ohm atty or if you really want to just burn the DCT atty out as quick as you can just vap it on a device that gives you higher voltage regardless of the ohm of the atty which the torpedo does not.