Vape Tanks

Can UWELL’s Crown 4 take on the likes of the Falcon Tank and the UWELL Valyrian for the best tank of 2018? 

The original UWELL Crown was perhaps one of the greatest sub ohm tanks ever created.

It originally launched at a time when sub ohm tanks were, well… not all that sophisticated.

The UWELL Crown changed this, bringing immense flavor, excellent coil performance, and massive cloud production to the masses.

It was a hit. Big time.

But the follow-ups to it (The Crown 2 and Crown 3) weren’t all that good.

They were OK, but they lacked the finesse of many of their peers.

So… How does the UWELL Crown 4 do?

UWELL Crown 4 Design

Big. Bold. And Beautiful! The UWELL Crown 4 Certainly Looks The Part – Especially in This Regale Blue Hue (Click Here For All Color Options) 

The UWELL Crown 4 is a very good-looking tank. It’s solid and robust. On top of this, the tank will hold a whopping 6ml of E Juice too.

This is good. Very good. Unless you’re in the UK, then you’re going to have to use a TPD-compliant version which will limit it to 2ml.

UWELL’s kept the Pull N’ Plug coil system from previous Crown iterations and this ensures coils are easy to install and remove.

It’s a cool feature. I actually wish more tank makers would adopt it.

Divisive Purple. This Color Definitely Won’t Suit All Tastes, But For Anyone That Likes Their Vape Tanks LOUD, It Certainly Delivers The Goods!

You know that annoying condensation you get at the bottom of your tank, where the coil head attaches? Well, UWELL’s figured out a way of getting rid of that….

And it actually works, meaning ZERO condensation on your mod or in the base of the tank (where it connects to the mod).

Beyond this, the tank features some brand new coil heads (no mesh ones, though, bizarrely) that are designed for mega flavor and massive clouds.

Overall, the UWELL Crown 4 is a very handsome chap. It’s big and chunky and is designed very much with the user in mind.

I also really like the Pull N’ Plug coil system as well as the overall styling and finish of the tank itself.

UWELL Crown 4 Specifications

🔥28mm Diameter Base
🔥6.0ml Max Capacity
🔥Anti Leak Threaded Top Fill Method
🔥Crown 4 Plug and Pull Replacement Mechanism
🔥Precision Adjustable Bottom Airflow
🔥Stainless Steel Construction
🔥Quartz Glass
🔥Stainless Steel 510 Threading
🔥24K Gold Plated Contact

UWELL Crown 4 Coils (What… No Mesh!?)

For some insane reason, UWELL has decided to release this tank without any mesh coils.

Why? I have no idea. I guess it’s trying to be different. Thing is… I don’t think this will impress anybody.

How UWELL’s New Coil Heads Work: Rapid Wicking + Excellent Airflow = BIG FLAVOR (See All Coil Head Options Here)

Or, maybe it’s because UWELL is so confident its new coil heads will perform that it has decided to double down on them instead of following the pack with mesh coils?

Either way, these are the available coil heads for the UWELL Crown 4:

• Dual SS904L: 0.2 ohms, 70 to 80W, Organic Cotton
• Dual SS904L: 0.4 ohms, 60 to 70W, Organic Cotton
• SS304 UN1: 0.25 ohms, 55 to 65W, Organic Cotton
• FeCrAl UN2: 0.23 ohms, 60 to 70W, Organic Cotton

Each coil features a bespoke, vertical coil arrangement and triple vertical wicking slots that ensures rapid wicking. This means less time messing around with priming and more time vaping.

I’d still like to have seen a mesh coil included, but the concept of these new coils head does sound very interesting. I just hope they live up to expectation in practice!

UWELL Crown 4 vs. Best of The Rest

All The Colors of The UWELL Crown 4 – Which Do You Like Best?

Right now, UWELL has a TON of competition. There are so many great vape tanks around right now it is impossible to pick a de facto king of the space.

The highest-rated vape tanks we’ve tested in the past 12 months are all listed inside our Best Vape Tank Guide.

Speaking personally, I am a huge fan of the Falcon Tank and the UWELL Valyrian.

I do really like the FreeMax Mesh PRO too.

Bottomline: UWELL has a lot of stiff competition to fend off with the UWELL Crown 4.

UWELL Crown 4 Release Date, Price & Availability

The UWELL Crown 4 is now available; it retails for $33.49 via DirectVapor (FREE SHIPPING).

You have six possible color options to choose from: black, blue, green, purple, rainbow, stainless steel.

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The GeekVape ALPHA Tank is freakin’ amazing. I just want to get that out there right off the bat.

I’ve tested what feels like about a million mesh coil tanks in 2018, some were good, some were average… but only a select few have been as good as the GeekVape ALPHA.

Not that anyone should be surprised by this.

GeekVape has been having something of a renaissance in 2018, pumping out brilliant mods, tanks, and RTAs left, right, and center.

The GeekVape ALPHA Tank is the latest offering from the company and, as you can probably already gather, it is very good.

But that’s not the full story.

In order to get a better idea of just how good this tank is we need to go into more detail.

And for that, as always, read on…

GeekVape ALPHA Tank Review

Rocking The ALPHA On The Wotofo FLUX Mod

Design

The ALPHA tank has all the hallmarks of a modern, mesh coil tank. Bubble glass? Check. Longish resin drip tip? Check. Bottom-mounted airflow? Check.

Design-wise, it’s actually nothing that special to look at.

I mean, it just looks like a modern, mesh coil tank – you couldn’t pick it out from the crowd even if you tried.

Side-Profile

But it does have one very cool USP (unique selling point). Access to the kidney refill ports is done via a button which flings open the top section of the tank. This is super handy and I really like it,

There are resin accents along the top and bottom of the tank, and the 810 drip tip is made from resin too, ensuring excellent heat retardation.

The 810 Resin Drip Tip

From top to bottom, the ALPHA tank looks great. Nothing is out of place and the inclusion of the quick-release top cap via a button mechanism is a masterstroke.

GeekVape ALPHA Tank Specifications

• Base diameter 25 mm
• Maximum juice capacity 4 mL
• Stainless steel & resin construction
• High-grade glass
• Geekvape Meshmellow coil system
• Top-fill rotary design – lock button mechanism
• Dual adjustable airflow control at the base
• 810 18-mm wide resin drip tip
• 510 connection

It runs two types of coil: the MM X1 single mesh 0.15-ohm coil (rated for 60-110 watts), and the MM X2 dual mesh coil 0.4-ohm coil (rated for 50-80 watts). Both are packed with premium Egyptian cotton.

Performance

As noted in the opening paragraph of this post, the ALPHA tank is very, very good. I’ve been using it for almost a month and it is easily one of the best mesh coil tanks I’ve used in 2018.

The Button That Fires Open The Top Cap

The flavor is brilliant. Nice and precise – you can really taste your E Juice with this tank. I also really like the draw, it’s nice and smooth and the vapor you get from the coils is mega-dense.

If you’re after a mesh coil tank that delivers brilliant flavor and dense vapor, the ALPHA could be the one to go for.

With the exception of the Falcon Tank, I’d say it is probably one of the best around right now.

GeekVape MeshMellow Coil Performance

Again, very, very good. I had two units to test, so I outfitted each with one type of coil head.

The performance on both is exceptional. I’m almost a month into testing now and the flavor is still 100% on point on both tanks.

The EPIC Coil Heads’ Specs

This is very good, even for a mesh coil tank. I normally expect a week or two from my mesh coils. But to go almost a month without any noticeable drop in flavor is frankly insane.

Whatever GeekVape is doing with its coils is working.

And if you work for SMOK and you’re reading this, you should 100% copy whatever GeekVape is doing because the performance and longevity of these coils is BONKERS!

The coils have ratings associated with them, but during my time with them, I have found that they can handle pretty much whatever you throw at them.

I’ve run them at 120W, 80W, and 75W and the tank performed brilliantly.

Ready To RIP

The vape never gets too hot, nor does the flavor drop off at lower or higher extremes.

Honestly, I don’t think I’ve come across a more capable sub ohm tank coil than the one inside the GeekVape ALPHA Tank.

The only real negative about this tank is that it gets through E Juice very quickly at higher wattages. But then so too does pretty much every other high-performance vape tank on market right now.

I also found that the coils prime-up really quickly; you do it in the normal fashion (saturate the cotton and leave it to stand for five minutes). Once this is complete it delivers 100% of the flavor right off the bat.

For me, this was the most impressive thing about the GeekVape ALPHA Tank – how it just delivers flavor right away from a fresh coil.

This is why it was added to our A-List for 2018’s Best Vape Tanks.

The ALPHA Tank | Best Deal For US – VaporDNA ($29.99)

Normally it takes a tank-full of E Juice or thereabouts.

Not here. This thing gives you 100% right away.

Exceptional work, GeekVape!

What I Liked

• The Flavor is Incredible
• Exceptional Coil Head Performance & Longevity
• Solid, Robust Design
• Simple To Use
• Top Cap Release Mechanism
• Excellent Value For Money (It Retails For Just $29.99 via VaporDNA)

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The ADVKEN Mantra Tank is one weird looking piece of hardware. It’s all angles and protruding glass. It’s certainly divisive in that regard, but do its mesh coils deliver the goods? I spent a month with it to find out…

The ADVKEN Mantra Tank is my first experience with ADVKEN, and, no, I’m not entirely sure how you pronounce that word.

Putting a “V” and a “K” next to one another never seems like a good idea, unless you’re Finnish, of course. Then it’s just another, normal word or phrase.

Either way and weird brand names aside, the MANTRA tank is yet another mesh coil sub ohm tank that is vying for your hard-earning dollars in 2018.

Competition is REALLY stiff right now, so does it cut the mustard?

Is it good enough to make our Best Vape Tank Guide? 

I just spent a few weeks testing out the MANTRA tank, running through its coils, in a bid to see how it stacks up against 2018’s biggest players.

Read on for my full report.

ADVKEN Mantra Tank Review

The MANTRA

Design

This is probably the weirdest looking sub ohm tank I have ever tested. It looks like some kind of bizarre crystal you might find on Superman’s home planet.

The bubble glass is frosted over with hexagonal patterns that match the drip dip, and the glass itself is rather squat.

The rest of the tank is made from stainless steel and you have three, adjustable airflow slots at the base of the atomizer.

Branding is kept to an absolute minimum here; all you have is a tiny little symbol towards the top of the tank and some discreet logo work on the base.

The top-fill mechanism here is top notch; you just slide it sideways to reveal a large, kidney-shaped port. Filling up is a breeze and completely mess free. Kudos to ADVKEN on this front.

Told You It Was Weird Looking

At no point during my testing period could I make my mind up about this tank; I found myself just looking at it, wondering who the hell designed it. It just looks completely alien to my eyes.

Design is always subjective. What I like, you may hate. And vice versa. Personally speaking, I’m not a fan of the ADVKEN Mantra’s design language. It’s just too busy for my tastes.

It is definitely unique though, and I can see a lot of people actually quite digging its styling. And if that sounds like you, please, do not let my boring sense of style and design put you off.

I just prefer more traditional designs for my vape tanks. I don’t mind bubble glass, but I can definitely live perfectly happily without it.

Beyond this, the tank itself is very well put together. It feels premium, like a lot of care and thought has gone into its design and construction.

The bubble glass will hold 4.5ml of E Juice, not sure if there’s a TPD compliant version yet, and it is available in either black or silver. My test unit was silver, though I do think I prefer the way the black version looks.

ADVKEN Mantra Tank Specifications

• Size: 24mm * 45.7mm
• Capacity: 4.5ml
• Material: 304 Stainless Steel, Resin and Pyrex Glass
• Coil: 0.16ohm Mesh Coil, 0.2ohm Mesh Coil (compatible with Dominator Tank, FV8 Baby Tank and NRG Tank, etc.)
• Pin: Gold-plated Pin
• Connection: 510
• Color: Black, Stainless Steel

One of the coolest things you’ll notice from the above specifications is that the MANTRA tank can (and will) run third party coils, mesh coils, from SMOK and Innokin.

This is very cool. It’s also something I wish more sub ohm tank companies would do; it’s easy as well – just make them a similar size and with similar threading. You can’t patent threading or size, so it’s an easy thing to add to the design process.

ADVKEN Mantra Tank Performance

The Airflow Control

How’s it vape? Very well, actually. The airflow is nice and smooth and the flavor is very good, indeed.

I actually tested this tank alongside the outstanding OBS Draco kit and while I do prefer that sub ohm tank, the ADVKEN Mantra Tank is almost as good with respect to flavor and airflow.

It does get through a lot of E Juice, more so than the OBS Draco, which is odd given that it has more Juice capacity (4.5ml vs 2ml). Either way, this is a small thing. Plus: all sub ohm tanks are thirsty. It’s what they do.

I did really enjoy using this sub ohm tank. Like all the best mesh coil tanks around right now, it delivers thick, swooshy vapor that is packed with flavor. You can really taste your juice with this tank.

ADVKEN Mantra Tank Coils

The ADVKEN Mantra Tank comes with two coils in the box, one preinstalled:

• 0.16ohm standard coil
• 0.2 Mesh coil

As you’d expect, the mesh coil is the one you want to be using. The flavor is bigger, the vapor denser.

The wire coil is no slouch either, but it is definitely the inferior coil head of the two.

I’ve been rocking both anywhere between 80W and 50W, and they both performed great.

The Top Fill Slider

They prime-up really quick too; just apply some juice to the cotton for installing it, let it sit for five minutes, install the coil, and start vaping.

I got a solid 12 days from the mesh coil. And even then, it was still going strong. I just really needed to test the wire coil.

The latter performed very respectably as well – around 8 days before the flavor flattened out.

And this was good enough to secure the ADVKEN Mantra a spot on our Best Vape Tank Guide.

I didn’t try any third-party coils in it, as I didn’t have any, but this is a very handy attribute of the ADVKEN Mantra Tank, as it means, if you’re in a pinch, you could, potentially, pick up some SMOK coils from a vape shop.

ALL vape shops sell SMOK coils, they’re everywhere, so this is definitely a USP of the ADVKEN Mantra Tank.

What I Liked

• The Mesh Coil is Superb.
• The Wire Coil is Very Respectable Too.
• Top-Notch Flavor + Thick, Dense Vapor
• Great Quality Build; No Wonky Elements
• Decent Sized Tank (4.5ml)

What I Disliked

• I’m Not 100% In Love With The Design
• They Could Have Made It 5-6ML Easy

Best Place To Buy Online? 

VapeSourcing | $28.90 

Nearest Competition (Similar Mesh Tanks) 

OBS Draco | An Epic Tube Mod Kit With Awesome Mesh Tank

Falcon Tank | One of 2018’s Best Sub Ohm Tanks. Bar None.

UWELL Valyrian | The Tank That Is Widely Regarded As 2018’s Best Sub Ohm

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