Dry burning the Nextel has become a daily chore so decided to soak in hot water, then later in vodka and see if this helps. In the meantime I built a coil using 1/16" Nextel, wrapping .7mm ribbon wire 6x around the Nextel with paper clip leg inserted inside the core. Measured at 1.3ohms. Since the 1/16 is considerably thicker than the 1/32 Nextel there could be no chance of it going around outside the posts and so I just made it span from one edge of the rim to the other. No long leg going around the perimeter of the RM2's floor so there was no need for a piece of wire inserted inside the wick too.
Still noticed that only after some use the flavor and vapor production reached maximum potential. By all accounts its just as good as my earlier experiments with the 1/32 Nextel. Vapes per squonk was the only thing deficient but managed 15 pretty good hits. Although the wick being much less in length it made up for some of that by being thicker. Wicking properties about the same as the smaller Nextel so had to do a big squonk and hold with the coil side of the atty tilted towards myself. The hold keeps extra juice in the atty so the wick can reach maximum absorption.
I raved about the 1/32 and the 1/16 is just as good. Makes it tough to decide what to order when the time comes. For me the 1/16 is such an easier build and getting 15 hits is not at all troubling to do a sqounk in between runs so it sounds to be a better option, not to mention the cost savings by using a shorter wick (1/16 and 1/32 are priced the same). If I had used a little longer wick even coiling a bit inside the atty cover I may make up for the lost vapes too
Now, to see how long it lasts.
