What is a tensioned micro coil?

lostbnr;13305682 said:

I have been having good luck recently with the ikenvape cartos. The flavor is really good in those. I mainly use my kayfun now though. I can't vape on cotton anymore so the kayfun gets silica or ekowool. Still go back to cartos and the wife uses them all the time. Really convenient when you don't want to rebuild or have no time too. Is the pro tank 3 coil any good? It's dual coil isn't it?

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Carto's are great. Apart from their reliability and sheer no-fuss (relatively) practicality there's something about that mild consistent vape that's very satisfying. I still have quite a few tanks and supplies on hand. Set one up now and again. There are qualities in some juices that I just don't see but on certain combinations of a specific tank and mech or variable combination. One for example is a very cool vape with Tribeca which I enjoy with an AGR and an 18350 (but strictly above 3.9V, so it's a short vape). It's a great late-nite smooth down.

But the vape universe has changed a lot since the carto was introduced and was king.

Last Spring super_X_drifter introduced the contact micro coil. In Jan of this year, I advanced the application of strain (tension) to perfect the production of contact coils. These two things for the first time allowed vapers to make technologically current and efficient electrical circuits for their vaporizers…quickly by hand. There is today the opportunity for new vapers to experience near optimal performance from their devices. And I would like to see more help from the community spreading the word. From reading your post I'm reminded there are a lot of us still out there apparently unaware just how easy it is to rebuild making nearly perfect electrical winds.

Bottom line, new users in minutes can make this and get to their perfect vape using simple inexpensive materials costing less than $10...


On the following threads new users have a round up (and background history) of most of the electrical fundamentals needed to arrive at a truly reliable build for any device. The principles pertaining to a wind or build such as symmetry and localization are the same…

Tensioned Micro Coils. The next step.
Protank MicroCoil Discussion!!
Micro Coils to increase Vapor, flavor & TH
Protank Cotton Rebuild, the way I do it

(Or while there use the tags mactechvpr plus tensioned, contact, micro, microcoil, oxidation, etc. in thread search to find additional/specific references.)

There are some pretty accomplished tensioned micro coil builders and subscribers there to lend a hand. Hail me on the TMC thread (or PM) and I'll be glad to help.

Good luck all.