Desserts, Fruits, Sweets, Drinks, Ice, Menthol, Tobacco – with so many different flavour profiles to choose from, finding your go-to can be a difficult and time-consuming process. And when you find your perfect flavour, the last thing you want is to spoil your hit with the foul taste of a burnt coil. Show
If your usual vape is tainted by the acrid taste of smoke, it’s likely that the wicking material inside your coil has been singed. Often made of cotton, the wick draws your e-liquids towards the heating element where your liquid is vaporised. When there is not enough liquid left for the coil to vaporise, your coil will continue working without the necessary fluids. This causes the wick to dry burn, causing an acrid burning taste that spoils the flavourings of your e-juice. HOW DO I KNOW WHEN MY COIL IS BURNT? Due to the acrid, unpleasant taste of a burnt coil, you will be under no doubt that your coil is burnt. You may also notice some visible signs that your coil is burnt. What does a burnt coil look like? At first glance, a burnt coil may not necessarily look any different to a normal coil. The inside wick, however, will show obvious signs of damage with singed and burnt edges. Can you fix a burnt coil? Though burnt coils are best to be replaced as soon as possible, the good news is that you can get a little extra life from them whilst you wait for your new coils to arrive. STEP ONE: SOAK YOUR COILS First thing’s first, remove your coils from your e-cig and let them soak in a bowl of hot water to loosen any residue. STEP TWO: CLEANSE YOUR COILS (optional) If the residue does not loosen when soaked, try adding a little lemon juice or vinegar to your bowl of hot water. Follow with an additional soak in hot water to remove any trace of lemon or vinegar that could alter the flavour of your vape juice. STEP THREE: LEAVE TO AIR DRY Remove your coils from the water bowl and place on a flat surface or towel where the coils can airdry. STEP FOUR: PRIME THE COILS Priming your coils is the best way to avoid dry hits. By soaking your coils with a small amount of your e-liquid, your wick will soak up the fluid to prevent it from burning. STEP FIVE: REPLACE Last but not least, put the coils back in your e-cigarette and vape as normal. THE FINAL VERDICT Cleaning your coils is great way to give your coils some extra life when you cannot immediately replace them with new ones. This is not a hard and fast rule, however, as, in some cases, your coils may be beyond repair. The best course of action is to keep a spare coil on hand for emergencies to make sure you are not caught without your vape. And don’t forget, the best way to avoid the unpleasant taste is to make sure you prime your coils and always have enough liquid in your tank. So you did your research, you found the best device for you (hopefully it’s Vuse), you discovered your favourite e-liquid flavours and you’ve been having the best vape experience until… suddenly your vape starts to taste burnt. Don’t worry, you’re not alone - an occasional burnt taste is super common and it can happen to all vape pens. The good news is that there’s an easy solution to minimize that burnt taste and we’re going to walk you through it. Just follow these simple steps and you’ll be back to enjoying your vaping experience in no time. WHY DOES YOUR VAPE TASTE BURNT?Regardless of the type of device you’re using, you may experience a burnt taste from your vape from time to time. Why does this happen? Well, the burnt vapour cloud can catch at the back of your throat, causing you to cough. It’s not a pleasant sensation and there are various reasons for your vape tasting burnt, but the good news is that it can be easily avoided. WHY CAN YOU GET A BURNT TASTE FROM VAPING?Running low on e-liquid For ePod 2 and ePen rechargeable devices. The burnt taste can occur if there’s not enough e-liquid on the wick inside your atomizer coil. The wick is the part of your device that soaks up the e-liquid, which is then turned into vapour when the coil heats up. Without any liquid to vaporize, the coil gets too hot and overheats the eLiquid which is what causes that unpleasant burnt taste in your mouth (and ruins your vaping experience in the process). But that's not the only case. There's another common cause of burnt hits... Chain vaping This is probably the most common cause of burnt hits. When taking lots of puffs in a row, your wick doesn’t have enough time to soak up the e-liquid, causing it to dry out and cause burnt taste. If you start noticing a slightly burnt taste when you inhale, put your vape pen down for a moment to give the wick time to absorb more e-liquid. Incorrectly priming coils (Open System users only) When vaping on a new coil, you should take time to properly prime your coil head before filling the tank. Priming means soaking the wick directly before you start vaping on it to ensure it gets properly saturated. The wick is made of dry cotton and the material is tightly compacted, making it less porous, so if you don’t correctly prime it, you’re likely to end up with a burnt taste in your mouth. High power vaping (Open System users only) If you vape at a wattage that’s too high for you coil head, your e-liquid will vaporise too quickly. When this happens, the wick can’t re-saturate quickly enough, so the coil ends up burning the wick which causes that unpleasant burnt taste. HOW CAN YOU GET RID OF THE BURNT TASTE WHEN YOU VAPE?Ok, so you’re sick of having your vaping experience interrupted with a burnt taste - we totally get you - so let’s jump into how you can easily avoid having a burnt taste from your vape pen. Alter your vaping technique As we mentioned before, taking lots of short, frequent puffs, could dry out the wick. Try taking longer, slower puffs, leaving 15 to 20 seconds between each puff. This will ensure that the atomizer or wick has enough time to absorb sufficient liquid for your next puff and give you the best vape experience. Avoid the cold As temperatures drop, the viscosity of your e-liquid increases. If your e-liquid becomes thicker, it becomes more difficult for it to easily flow into the atomizer or wick. For the best vape experience, it's best to operate your products between 0-35°C. Check your levels For rechargeable closed system devices like our ePod 2 and ePen devices, Always keep an eye on the amount of e-liquid in your pods before each vape session to ensure you don’t run out liquid. TIPS FOR OPEN SYSTEM USERS TO GET RID OF THE BURNT TASTEPRIME YOUR COILSPriming your coils is an essential part of vaping preparation. It’s quick and easy to do:
PRIME YOUR REFILLABLE KITSIf you have a refillable kit instead of a vape tank with a replaceable coil head, the process is even easier:
KEEP TO THE RECOMMENDED POWERVaping at too high a wattage can damage your coils. If you’re using a device with variable wattage or voltage, you should always stay inside the recommended range to maintain your vaping device and keep it in top condition. You can find this information on your vape packaging or printed on the side of your coil head. If you enjoy vaping at high intensity, consider upgrading your vape tank to one with a higher maximum wattage. Now you know how to minimise the burning taste when you vape, you might find our guide on device maintenance useful, check it out here.
 As a brave beginner who has recently quit the bad habit of smoking, you may feel a little overwhelmed by the fact that that a vape device, while 95% safer than cancer sticks, actually requires quite a bit of know how to operate, especially if you’re running a vape mod and sub-ohm tank set up or something more complex than an all-in-one. Regardless of what type of vape device you’re rocking, there is one nasty sensation that just about every vaper will be subject to at some time or another…especially beginners…that’s the sensation of drawing in a lungful that tastes burnt and unpleasant, masking the delicious taste of your e-juice and making you wonder what went wrong. The good news is that, regardless of whether you using a pod vape, on an all-in-one, a sub-ohm tank and mod setup or an RDA and mech, a burned taste doesn’t mean the end of your vape, so no need to throw that pricey setup in the bin and pick up a fag just yet, luckily! So… Why Does My Vape Taste Burnt?Now, an experienced vaper’s automatic answer to this question would usually be something like, “that’s coz you burnt your coils, genius,” but the fact of the matter is, you have most likely not burnt your actual coils… the metal heating element inside your vape tank… what you’ve burnt is your wick (the cotton wrapped around the coils). I sincerely hope that you’ve already got a fundamental understanding of how your vape tank does its vaporising but if not, here’s a basic rundown.
Now, there are a number of reasons why your wicking material might have failed to saturate adequately to keep those coils wet, resulting in an overheating of the coiling wire (since the moisture helps to regulate the wire temperature) and causing the cotton to burn as a result of being heated while dry. How To Get Rid Of The Burnt Taste in Your VapeMost of the following solutions are actually ways to avoid a burned hit but, should you be experiencing this nightmare, there are actually only two possible fixes and we suggest you try fix a) and only if that fails, try fix b). Fix a):Check out our article on cleaning your vape tank and coils, there’s a chance that cleaning your coil head could eliminate the burnt flavour. New coil heads can be expensive, so try to salvage your coil before tossing it. Your coil head may be too far gone to save but worth a try. I’ve brought numerous burnt tasting wicks back from the brink with a simple deep clean or (in the case of RBAs) a wick change and a coil scrub. Remember To prime, fill, dry hit and soak (keep reading to find out how) before vaping. Fix b):If fix a) didn’t work for you, it’s time to install a new coil head/coil.
Reasons Your Vape Tastes BurntNow for the 7 reasons why your vape might be tasting burnt even with a new coil… 1: Your Coils Were Not PrimedBest practice when getting ready to vape on a new coil is to open up your tank and prime your coil head, before filling the tank, allowing the wick to saturate for a few minutes and only THEN vaping on it. Priming means wetting the wicking and coil material directly to ensure that it gets properly saturated before vaping…because dry cotton burns! It can be easy to burn a new coil, they can sometimes be a bit stubborn. This is because the wicking is tight and the wicking material a little less porous until being adequately ‘vaped in.’ What this means is that a little more attention needs to be paid to that wick when the coil head is new or hasn’t been used in a long while, just to make sure it really soaks through. Without priming, air pockets within the wicking compact might not get budged and you might end up with two lungs full of ‘no thanks.’ The solution:That’s easy…prime your coils!
2: You Haven’t Allowed Your Wick to Soak ThroughPriming your coil is not necessarily enough to ensure the wick is saturated, so there’s a good chance that, if you didn’t allow your wick time to saturate by leaving your vape to stand after filling…you’ve started vaping while there are still dry spots in the wick, resulting in the BURN. The solution:
3. You’ve Vaped at Too-High WattageI have one particular mod which I love to vape on, it has a huge touch screen which I always forget to lock and I often make the mistake of touching the screen and either dropping the wattage too low or increasing it to the mod’s 218W capacity. The consequence is that I’ve ruined more than one good coil and temporarily burnt many others, which, luckily, I’ve managed to salvage with a deep clean. If you know that you primed and soaked your coils correctly and if your coil head is still within its expected lifespan, there’s a good chance you’ve exceeded the wattage limit of your coil head while vaping. In fact, the first thing you should do when you taste a burnt hit is check your mod, to ensure that you haven’t accidentally turned your wattage up! The solution:On your vape packaging or printed on the side of your actual coil head, you should find a recommended wattage range for your vape coil. Do yourself a favour and stay within this range while vaping…it’s printed there for a reason, genius!!!!! When we vape at a wattage too high for our coil heads, the e-liquid in the wicking (cotton) vaporises faster than the wick is able to re-saturate, resulting in dry cotton burning! When we’ve just installed a new coil or coil head, we should ‘break it in,’ after the prime and soak phase, by starting at the bottom of the wattage range, taking 4 to 5 hits, increasing by 5 watts and repeating until we reach the top of our coil head’s range. Should you have exceeded the range of your coil, resulting in burnt cotton, your only real solutions are the fixes mentioned at the beginning of this article, ie: a deep clean or a coil/wick change. Tip: Just because your coil has a minimum recommended wattage this doesn’t mean you can’t vape it lower. To be super safe, start a fresh coil on a lower than recommended wattage and work your way up from there. 4: You’ve Not Kept Your Tank FullYou know those little wicking ports or holes around the sides of your coil head… they should never be exposed, this is one of the most basic rules of vaping and one of the fundamental ways to avoid the dreaded dry hit or the burnt cotton hit! Repeatedly allowing your ports to get exposed will decrease the lifespan of your coil head and its wicking. When you take a hit on a tank with exposed ports, or a tank that is not being kept topped up, you are drawing air into your wicking instead of juice… what happens when you fill again (without priming and soaking) is that your initial hits are likely going to be on dry cotton! The solution:If you’ve been vaping with an empty tank, you need to prime your coils and refill, keeping your tank topped up in future and never letting those wicking ports get exposed 5. You’ve Chain Vaped a Little Over-EnthusiasticallyI’m probably the last person on the planet to tell you not to chain vape…I’ve been known to vape up 3-4ml in a single sitting. There are a lot of times when it’s just the thing to do, social anxiety, alcohol, a banging good e-juice, all these things have been known to provoke serious chain vaping reactions. Just imagine, however, when you’re feeling socially anxious and instead of looking super cool blowing out massive clouds you end up with a lungful of burn and start splattering and swearing all over the place…or you have to keep your face straight, so no-one notices, lol! Some coils can handle a rigorous chain vape and, as a serial chain vaper, I usually test for this in my reviews but some coils simply can’t handle it and…actually, there are levels of chain vaping that are just ridiculous, for example, when you’re trying to master a trick and you ignore the fact that your tank is getting smoking hot. What happens when you overheat your tank by chain vaping is that your e-liquid overheats, making it thinner and making it vaporise too fast for your coils to saturate by the time you take another hit…resulting in delicious charcoal inhale with an undertone of singed newspaper and a fragrant burning jersey nose. Not very subtle or very nice. The solution:Keep tabs on the heat of your tank, it should never get more than just a little warm to the touch 6: You Are Not Using the Right VG/PG Ratio E-Liquid for Your Coil HeadThe size of your coil head and its wattage range actually dictate the ratio of PG/VG you should have in your juice (to an extent). Smaller coil heads, like those in a small pen style or pod mod require a thinner juice. You know those wicking ports we keep talking about, the ones situated around the sides of your coil heads? The size of those should give you an idea of whether your coil head requires more VG or more PG. Bigger and you need more VG, smaller and you need more PG. check out the image below…the coil head on the left would require a higher PG and the one on the right would require more VG. Vaping with a too-high VG liquid on small coil heads may will cause your wick to burn because the VG is too thick to enter the tiny wicking ports and saturate the coil in time whilst you are vaping. The Solution:A good rule of thumb is that your safe with a 50+% VG if you are vaping above 30W…and check those ports! Guide to VG and PG in Vape Juice Best Vape Juice Brands 7: Your Wick Has Become CloggedJuices high in colourants, nicotine or sweeteners may tend to clog your wick up with regular use. While we don’t necessarily condone vaping juices that caramelise in your wick or have a dark colour or mess up your coils, some of our favourite, high flavour (and high sweetener) juices may be just too good for you to avoid and in this case, you are going to need to do the following. The solution:If using a lighter juice isn’t an option for you, you’re going to need to do regular coil rinses in order to stop your coils from experiencing a short lifespan and yourself from experiencing flavour ah la burned-to-s***.
Hopefully the above has helped answer why your vape tastes burnt. It really all comes down to prevention and good vape practice.Have any other tips on getting rid of a burnt taste in a vape then please share below! Happy vaping 🙂 |
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