So I bought a subtank mini and I love the flavor and airflow for what it is. Granted it isn't a Billow or UD Goblin but for an all day protank upgrade with options it is really a nice starting point. I'm an advanced level vaper and build .08 on drip atty for competitions and still can appreciate a decent tank for carrying as an ADV.
The stock coils were ok on the subtank as far as the element but I found the wicking to not hold out for any length of time maybe 3 to 4 days and it started flooding and spitting liquid up through the chimney and driptip into my mouth and that was under wide open airflow. So I figured I would rewick the stock coil and that didn't pan out well. Ended up having to just rebuild the entire unit. I compared the stock coil wire with my Kanthal stock and found it to be 26 gauge but try as I may the lowest ohm I could manage even at 4 wraps on the trusty little blue handled screwdriver was .63. I couldn't figure it so I went to my buddies shop and got some 26 nichrome wire and wha-lah .5 coil, which leads me to believe that the stock Kanger 0.50 ohm coilheads are made using Nichrome wire unless they use 25 gauge Kanthal or something I never heard of.
I got creative this evening and made a 28 gauge 4 wrap parallel coil using Nichrome and wow what a fantastic vape 25.5 watts on the Sigelei and man the flavor is so intense. I don't think I will be using Kanthal for too my builds in the future Nichrome is so much easier to work with as far as pliability and it just produces better volumes and flavors of vapor. going to re-build the other coil head with twisted 28 gauge Nichrome and see how that works out. My buddy was so impressed by it he had me re-build his nano and Atlatis coils using the Nichrome. I had been reluctant in trying Nichrome wire because I've always stuck with what I am used to, well I'm glad that frustration forced my hand to trying it because I think the rest of my kanthal is going back to the shop and Nichrome will be replacing it.
I don't know if this information is even pertinent to anyone else but I figured if anyone else was into re-building the stock coils instead of dropping 15.00 to 25.00 on a box of 5 new Kangers that they may want to know what I found through days of frustration. 24 gauge will work but it tends to tear the insulators at the 510 pin contact portion of the coil when replacing the pin, so 26 gauge is the ideal for single strand macro coil builds on these things. Hope this helps you techy tinkerer''s that do re-build your own stuff. Vape strong Live long
The stock coils were ok on the subtank as far as the element but I found the wicking to not hold out for any length of time maybe 3 to 4 days and it started flooding and spitting liquid up through the chimney and driptip into my mouth and that was under wide open airflow. So I figured I would rewick the stock coil and that didn't pan out well. Ended up having to just rebuild the entire unit. I compared the stock coil wire with my Kanthal stock and found it to be 26 gauge but try as I may the lowest ohm I could manage even at 4 wraps on the trusty little blue handled screwdriver was .63. I couldn't figure it so I went to my buddies shop and got some 26 nichrome wire and wha-lah .5 coil, which leads me to believe that the stock Kanger 0.50 ohm coilheads are made using Nichrome wire unless they use 25 gauge Kanthal or something I never heard of.
I got creative this evening and made a 28 gauge 4 wrap parallel coil using Nichrome and wow what a fantastic vape 25.5 watts on the Sigelei and man the flavor is so intense. I don't think I will be using Kanthal for too my builds in the future Nichrome is so much easier to work with as far as pliability and it just produces better volumes and flavors of vapor. going to re-build the other coil head with twisted 28 gauge Nichrome and see how that works out. My buddy was so impressed by it he had me re-build his nano and Atlatis coils using the Nichrome. I had been reluctant in trying Nichrome wire because I've always stuck with what I am used to, well I'm glad that frustration forced my hand to trying it because I think the rest of my kanthal is going back to the shop and Nichrome will be replacing it.
I don't know if this information is even pertinent to anyone else but I figured if anyone else was into re-building the stock coils instead of dropping 15.00 to 25.00 on a box of 5 new Kangers that they may want to know what I found through days of frustration. 24 gauge will work but it tends to tear the insulators at the 510 pin contact portion of the coil when replacing the pin, so 26 gauge is the ideal for single strand macro coil builds on these things. Hope this helps you techy tinkerer''s that do re-build your own stuff. Vape strong Live long
Also my coils are compressed.
