Older Folks and Vaping Front Porch - Part 5

[SteveS45]

Good Morning Porch Dwellers

I see the conversation is on some interesting stuff Temperature Controlled Dial UP

 

[r77r7r]

njoy is apparently back in business but when you go the site they want your email addy to verify your age. How the heck does that work?

Scroll down a bit on that pop up. There's a No Thanks thingy @ the bottom.

 

[Two_Bears]

We moved out into the edge of the next county about 20 years ago and built a nice home away from the hustle and bustle. Down side was no decent internet besides ATT DSL at 6mbps. We went for a long time with ATT internet that would stall and reload just playing YouTube videos.

Finally, the local mom and pop cable system added internet and sold us a slow, but stable 6mbps connection. About 3 years ago they partnered with Cox (who couldn't legally cross the county line) to deliver 16mbps internet through their system and life has been good. We have a 350gb cap and that's enough to watch Netflix for hours a day if we want.

I envy people who get 30+ cable internet!

Most of tge time the internet is S0 ______ and _______ i have to use my phone as a hot spot. After my data plan us 2 GB at 4G LTE is used up i am back at edge Speed and that is a vast inprovement over The parks WiFi. It chucks at 12 mbps but yoy have to be 20-15 feet away from the router to have a stable connection. Which means i have to go to the laundry room which is an air conditioned deep freeze in the winter (NO heat) or a Sauna in tge summer.

My stupid little phone throws up a larger hot spot than any of tge four routers in tge Park.

I can't wait to get the ______ OUTA HERE!

 

[Two_Bears]

I've tried TC with SS316 several times in several mods and it's been finicky with spits and pops and crackling. I'm sure it's a TCR issue, but with various recommended values it's still either a quick temp shutdown or a hot, crackly vape.

I gave up and stayed in power mode, not seeing the benefit of TC. I like the cool trouble-free vape I get from VW. Is it likely that I can vape at a 10W style temp level with TC and enjoy it? I'm not a fan of warm vaping. When I smoked I didn't like a hot-boxed cig, either.

I dobt like TC either

But i do like stainless Steel in power mode.

 

[SteveS45]

It has been so long since I had DSL which at the time was fast at 3Mbps but since I went to Fiber at 100/100 Mbps everything else is slow.

 

[DaveP]

I dobt like TC either

But i do like stainless Steel in power mode.

I like SS in power mode, too. I keep going back to Kanthal just because it heats faster at 10W. I switch back and forth.

 

[Two_Bears]

NJOY is apparently back in business but when you go the site they want your email addy to verify your age. How the heck does that work?

Scroll down a bit on that pop up. There's a No Thanks thingy @ the bottom.

They may contact your ISP and if tge names match. That is one possible way.

 

[Two_Bears]

I like SS in power mode, too. I keep going back to Kanthal just because it heats faster at 10W. I switch back and forth.

Well i will be using Kanthal a long time. Have almost 550 feet of it.

 

[tj99959]

I also have several hundred Nicrome ready made coils from FT to use up. The problem with 1.8 & 2.2 ohm nicrome is that you cant dry burn the stuff without it popping. It just isn't as strong a wire as Kanthal.

 

[Kenna]

I dobt like TC either

But i do like stainless Steel in power mode.

Me, too. I get the flavor & temp I like with SS in power mode.

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[DaveP]

I also have several hundred Nicrome ready made coils from FT to use up. The problem with 1.8 & 2.2 ohm nicrome is that you cant dry burn the stuff without it popping. It just isn't as strong a wire as Kanthal.

I tried Nichrome for a while when I first tried TC. I discovered that you can't dry burn it or it turns to ash. So, I went to SS316. It works, but the Koopor 200W I was using at the time didn't work well on the suggested TCR levels. I finally gave up and went back to power mode.

I just don't see the benefit when I can just set my wattage to 10W and vape happily forever.

 

[DaveP]

My Coilmaster 4 came in yesterday. I tried a few coils and overlapped them like crazy. I finally realized that you can't put any side pressure on the wrap. Still, it was hard to get a coil without at least one overlap.

After watching the Coilmaster video back in the earlier part of this thread I think my problem was that I didn't move the wrap screw to the closer hole. It came in set on the outer hole. I did back it out to get more screw in front of the wire, but still I had overlaps last night and the 28ga Kanthal wire would pop out from under the screw.

Once I move the screw to the inner hole I expect it all to come into the sweet spot tonight.

 

[MikeE3]

Thatz wut she sed.

 

[tj99959]

I've always managed to get far better coils if I just wrap them, and forget about all the fancy tools.

 

[Kenna]

My Coilmaster 4 came in yesterday. I tried a few coils and overlapped them like crazy. I finally realized that you can't put any side pressure on the wrap. Still, it was hard to get a coil without at least one overlap.

After watching the Coilmaster video back in the earlier part of this thread I think my problem was that I didn't move the wrap screw to the closer hole. It came in set on the outer hole. I did back it out to get more screw in front of the wire, but still I had overlaps last night and the 28ga Kanthal wire would pop out from under the screw.

Once I move the screw to the inner hole I expect it all to come into the sweet spot tonight.

I use a coiler because of my hands. It took me maybe 2 coils to figure out the pressure to use. My coiler has 2 screws, different distances from the post. I use 28g SS or Kanthal.

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[Alter]

I haven't used nothing other than kanthal for my builds. I don't want to have to pay all sorts of attention to what atty has what wire in it, make the mistake of firing the wrong wire with the wrong setting...turning vaping onto rocket science. IMO most important is now you rely on a mass produced cheap chip to regulate something that if it doesn't function properly could do harm. I can't and will not be bothered to hassle with wire types that require me to step out of my KISS bubble.

 

[Kenna]

I haven't used nothing other than kanthal for my builds. I don't want to have to pay all sorts of attention to what atty has what wire in it, make the mistake of firing the wrong wire with the wrong setting...turning vaping onto rocket science. IMO most important is now you rely on a mass produced cheap chip to regulate something that if it doesn't function properly could do harm. I can't and will not be bothered to hassle with wire types that require me to step out of my KISS bubble.

I like both SS & Kanthal in power mode. I really likr SS over Kanyhal by a bit. I get a 'cleaner' taste from SS. Use it just like Kanthal. No TC for me.

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[Alter]

I have one of those coiler jigs and it just sits on the shelf. I'm not partial to contact coils, tried them with different gauge wire but in the end its a spaced coil I prefer. I just bought a pile of small different diameter and thread width bolts and wrap using those.

 

[Two_Bears]

I've always managed to get far better coils if I just wrap them, and forget about all the fancy tools.

Ditto. Started wrapping coils on Shaft if little blue screwdriver. Then got a little coil jig. Still wrap 2 mm coils for my Compact Kayfun.

 

[Kenna]

I have one of those coiler jigs and it just sits on the shelf. I'm not partial to contact coils, tried them with different gauge wire but in the end its a spaced coil I prefer. I just bought a pile of small different diameter and thread width bolts and wrap using those.

I do spaced coils with my coiler. I just can't hold the wire tight enough to wrap.

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