Why Does My IGET Taste Burnt and How to Fix It Aus
A burnt taste means the coil is heating cotton that has no liquid in it. That is the only cause. What differs is why the cotton is dry, and four of the reasons are fixable without replacing anything.
One: the device is simply empty
This is the most common answer and the least welcome. On a sealed device there is no window to check, so the burnt taste is the fuel gauge. If you have had the device a week or more and the vapour has been thinning for a day or two, it is finished. Nothing will recover it.
The giveaway is that the burnt note arrives gradually rather than suddenly, and it never improves after resting.
Two: chain vaping
Puff after puff without a break and the wick cannot re-soak between hits. The coil stays hot, the cotton dries out and you get a scorched note even though there is plenty of liquid left.
The fix is to stop for two or three minutes. If the flavour comes back, this was the cause. Leave 20 to 30 seconds between puffs and it will not return. This is far more common on high powered devices than on the small sealed ones.
Three: the device is cold
Liquid thickens as it cools. A device that has spent the night in a car in winter or sat in a cold bag wicks slowly for the first few puffs, and if you push hard in that window you will taste it.
Warm it in a pocket for ten minutes before use. This one is entirely preventable and catches people out every winter.
Four: a new pod that was not primed
On the Bar Plus S3 pod system, a fresh pod needs a minute or two for the cotton to fully absorb liquid. Fit it, leave it standing upright, then take two gentle draws before a normal one. A hard first pull on dry cotton burns the wick permanently, and no amount of resting fixes a coil once it has scorched.
If a brand new pod tastes burnt from the very first puff and never clears, it was almost certainly burnt in that first pull.
Telling them apart quickly
Rest the device for five minutes and try again. If the flavour returns, it was chain vaping or cold. If it does not return and the device is old, it is empty. If it does not return and the pod is brand new, the coil is damaged and it needs replacing.
Avoiding it next time
Take shorter draws with a pause between them, keep the device upright so the wick stays fed, avoid leaving it in a hot car or a cold one overnight, and always prime a fresh pod before the first real puff. Sweet dessert flavours also gunk a coil faster than clean fruit or ice ones, so if you run a sweet flavour expect a slightly shorter useful life.
