Why your vape tastes burnt

The first thing to say is don’t worry if your vape tastes burnt. 

This happens to everyone and it is easy to fix. 

It tastes burnt because the wick inside your atomizer coil has dried out and burned up when it was heated. 

The wick is the part of your vaporizer that soaks up the eliquid from the tank. 

The wick holds onto this eliquid before it is turned into vapor when the coil heats up.

 If the wick is not fully saturated with eliquid when you take a puff, this material can char and leave a foul taste in your mouth. Vapers call this a ‘dry hit.’

Chain vaping

If you've just changed to a new coil and still getting a burnt taste it could be due to chain vaping, when you take puff after puff with barely any break in between.

It is probably the most common cause of coil burning, especially for new vapers. 

Most vapers chain vape at some point. 

Even experienced vapers can be a bit too handy with the ignition button when they have a tasty vape juice in the tank. 

Chain vaping can damage your coil because it doesn’t give the wick enough time to soak up more eliquid between puffs. 

This causes the wick to dry out and burn.

Coil priming

Ever had a fresh coil taste burnt after the first few hits? You aren’t alone. 

Most vapers have experienced this at some point and it is incredibly frustrating. 

Some vapers are quick to blame it on a faulty coil, but new coils usually get burnt because they haven’t been primed before use. 

Priming your coil basically means preparing it and getting the wick nice and saturated with ejuice. 

If you don’t prime your coil and you heat the wick dry, it can cause it to burn straight away, giving you that nasty dry puff taste.

Vape Juice running low

Do you like to squeeze every last drop out of your tank before refilling it? It could be damaging your coils. 

Letting your tank run dry or nearly dry can leave your wick without enough juice to soak up, which can cause it to burn. 

When you are down to your last few squirts of juice it is tempting to let your liquid level run near the bottom, but if you can see that the juice does not cover the input holes of your coil then you risk hitting your vape dry. 

The easiest way to stop this happening is to keep your tank topped up to a good level, at least enough to make sure it is covering the input holes on the side of your coil. 

When you want to switch flavors, just pour what’s left of the juice back into the bottle and insert your new juice (or combine the flavors in your tank). 

If you can’t easily see what level your e-juice is at, then make sure you don’t let the tank drop below about a quarter full.