As promised, a follow up to the wick test. The last test was mainly to show how poor silica is compared to modern wicking materials. The context being that poor silica performance might have significantly contributed to why Dr Kurt's Gen 2 results detected so much formaldehyde.
On this test I took the 4 best performers from a recent test and matched them head to head.
Test Conditions:
Results:
I am sticking with the fast capillary action of my rayon. Other factors like flavor, longevity, and scorch temp still make this my fave. As @awsum140 pointed out "I think for us tankers the transport ability of rayon is best but for the drippers holding more liquid is a big advantage."
My take: Drippers and squonkers might want to look at KGD, Tankers might want to look at Rayon. As always, YMMV.....
Test Porn:
From Start of test until 10 minute mark:
After 20 minutes:
After 30 minutes:
After 40 minutes:
After 50 minutes:
After 60 minutes:
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On this test I took the 4 best performers from a recent test and matched them head to head.
Test Conditions:
- 50/50 PG/VG mix (no nic)
- Each wick trimmed to about 1.5 inches
- 0.11g of fiber in each wick
- Coil (spring) was 3mm ID
- A rig that kept them suspended, and submerged in the liquid, without touching anything else that could have influenced capillary.
- VCC Vapers Choice
- Rayon (big box from Sally's)
- Native Wicks Platinum Blend
- Koh Gen Do organic cotton pad (outer skins removed)
Results:
- Initial Capillary: (defined as how fast the fluid rises through the wick)
- Rayon
- Koh Gen Do
- Native Wicks Platinum (actually a very close 2nd IMHO)
- VCC Vapers Choice
- Rayon
- Capacity: (defined as g of fluid held in the wick after soaking 1 hour)
- KGD - 3.22g (this stuff was a juice sponge)
- Native Wicks - 2.69g
- VCC Vapers Choice - 2.13g
- Rayon - 1.72g
- KGD - 3.22g (this stuff was a juice sponge)
I am sticking with the fast capillary action of my rayon. Other factors like flavor, longevity, and scorch temp still make this my fave. As @awsum140 pointed out "I think for us tankers the transport ability of rayon is best but for the drippers holding more liquid is a big advantage."
My take: Drippers and squonkers might want to look at KGD, Tankers might want to look at Rayon. As always, YMMV.....
Test Porn:
From Start of test until 10 minute mark:
After 20 minutes:
After 30 minutes:
After 40 minutes:
After 50 minutes:
After 60 minutes:
©2017 Mike Petro. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
