Anybody Using A Kabuki?
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Your going to get a lot of different answers. But, I start at 7 watts to break in the coil. Then work my way up. I end up around 9.8 to 10.4 watts. That seems to be my sweet spot.
Mine makes an even dozen - 12.
When I purchased the Aspire coils for the Kabuki I noticed there was a 1.6ohm and 1.8ohm coil, is there really any difference between these? I ended up picking the 1.6ohm, I hope that was the right choice. I've also heard mention around these threads that there is perhaps a better alternative to the Aspire coils?
I have a Kabuki on the way. One question-back when I was reading the Nautilus threads it was said the the Nautilus BVC's liked higher wattages, in the 12W to 15W range. Does that not apply to the Kabuki? Guessing it's the increased airflow or better power output of a Provari? I do have a couple of Nautilus minis and a full size Nautilus and I do tend to run them around 12-14W's.
In my humble experience, not much difference between 1.6Ω and 1.8Ω. 'Cept the lower resistance will take less battery power to produce the same watts. Slighty longer battery life in theory I guess. I've just gotten the 1.6's since they became available and switched from ceramic to cotton.
There are Cisco-spec replacements for the Aspire Nautilus coils, but I have personally never tried these. The whole point of Kabuki's and Nautilus coils, for me, is easy, fast, and portable for traveling, because the TSA really doesn't seem to care about e-cigs of any kind, including GGs and Super T devices, which look a lot like pipe bombs and silencers ;-) OTOH they wake right up when you try to walk through kanthal wire, pliers, and all the other stuff that comes with rebuildable atomizers :-(
I was pleasantly surprised at how good the Kabuki tank is with Nautilus coils, but I'm not gonna sit around and (to quote, cut n' pasted from the Cisco/Aspire coils page) "Cleaning:
This is a simple procedure and requires rinsing with water or ethanol, drying/blowing excess water out, inserting coil into base of aspire tank and dry burning briefly until “sizzle” is faintly heard. The coil should not glow with heat for more than a split second but can be repeated multiple times in short bursts of heating/cooling. This will "burn off" any carbon build up on the coil" Uhm... just no. This is the part where it's time to learn how to build a coil and get an RTA instead of screwing around with trying to keep disposable coils going... my time is worth more than that, it just brings me back to 2010 and blue-aquarium foam and straw m0dz for cigalike cartos to improve performance; been there, done that, can't be bothered.
I'm presently using Kabuki's about half the time, and Kayfun's and Mark Bugs GEM attys, the rest of the time.
FWIW: 95% of the time I'm vaping at 8-12watts, depends on the eliquid. I tend to chain-vape and go through 10-15mL per day.
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Agreed. If you didn't know which you were vaping, it's unlikely you'd be able to tell a difference. Either's fine, I usually go higher resistance whenever possible (just because I do). But I'd buy the LR's in a snap if that's all I was able to buy.
I've got 2 Kabuki's & love them!
It's really amazing how they improve the performance of the Nauti coils.
I imagine @Zen~ anticipated the cloning of the Kabuki. They seem to clone every popular atomizer that hits these ECF threads, and any other popular brand items from every industry imaginable. I have read in other forums where customer fan bases asked the Mfg.'s why they can't do something about it, it's like playing whack a mole, Mfg.'s could spend themselves broke trying to fight a tide with pitchforks. Then there are all those folks who either won't, or can't afford to spend the money on authentic merchandise. I believe that the best thing fans of a good Mfg. can do is to support them by purchasing their products as needed, or wanted.
I don't know about the better alternative - yet. I think we are still waiting on what Zen~ says about these alternatives.
I buy both 1.6 and 1.8 ohm coils. The aren't exactly that or at least don't show up on my Kabuki as that. Usually the 1.6 is around 1.7. I don't notice any difference but then I haven't used them for very long.
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