Clapton coil attempt, what's the advantage here?

[Phone Guy]

So what's the deal with the clapton? I tried to make one, it's not as easy as it looks, that's for sure.

I got 28 wrapped with 32, 3 wraps on 2.4mm got me to 0.9ohms on my dna. Big beefy coil, but what's the advantage? Mainly in drippers?

 

[DoubleEwe]

The advantage is that you get to show off your build on the forums or to your vaping pals and get some validation of self worth or something.

For me personally the 'fancy' coil builds are not in any way better than a standard build. It all boils down (pun intended) to surface area in contact with the wick, so your 3 wraps of clapton coil would equate to say 8 wraps (a guess) of 28 AWG in terms of contact area.
The twisted coils are good for increasing the contact area whilst keeping the 'ramp up' time low, but I prefer the vape from lower gauge single strand coils.

 

[WharfRat1976]

So what's the deal with the clapton? I tried to make one, it's not as easy as it looks, that's for sure.

I got 28 wrapped with 32, 3 wraps on 2.4mm got me to 0.9ohms on my dna. Big beefy coil, but what's the advantage? Mainly in drippers?

For me, the Clapton vape is a beast. It generally blows away a single wire coil setup. The double wire wrapped with a single thinner wire holds a ton of juice with the massive amount of surface area it affords. The density of the vapor is much thicker for me and the flavor is usually much more intense.

 

[sedition]

I use duals in my Origen V3 - it vapes on par with twisted wire, but it looks much nicer. Nothing wrong with taking pride in how the internals look, we're all somewhat vain when it comes to the externals.

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[EU6EN3]

i tried macro coil, mirco coil, parallel coil, twisted coil and clapton coil, heres my finding in a controlled duo build in 15 watts mod.
( taste as it varies in diff tank used) scale 1- 10 for Vape produce, 1 - 10 from cool to hot, 1 - 10 taste
1) macro & micro coil more or less the same just the diameter of the coil. (easy to make n maintainace, decent vape)
- coil 'glow' fast, vape produce 5, taste 5-6, 4-5 cool vape
2) paralled coil (need to change cotton very often as it get burn easily) not recommended for mint or menthol juice as the juice get too 'cold' due to the fast heat. it cover the actual taste
- coil 'glow' damn fast, vape produce 6-8, taste 7, 6-8 warm vape
3) twisted coil (falls between parallel and clapton) much easier to make than clapton and better than paralled as it produce much slower glow.
- coil 'glow' slower than (1) & (2), thick vape, n denser taste compared to parallel. warm vape 6-8.
4) clapton (hard to make but worth it)
- coil 'glow' much slower than the above but produce damn lot of heat thus making the vape more warmer and denser. Vape produce is 6-8, taste 6-8, 7-9 nice warm to hot vape. cotton doesnt get burn easily as it glow slowly.

just my 1cent

 

[93gc40]

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