1st Day Using Nextel XC-116 (1/32") Ceramic Rope

[supertrunker]

Been using a darning needle about 1/16th, but maybe closer to 3/32nds - i'll have to measure it with dials at work tomorrow. Thanks for the tip about not bothering with glue or wax!

I'd have been happier perhaps with a microcoil on it, But it still works just fine. I had to clean the Reo today since i have used it nonstop and the firing pin was grim. I cannot remember the last time i had a wick that lasted this long, apart from tank fed ones. I've used nothing but this Grand and i vape about 2 bottles in it a day. Depends on how bad work is!

Still measures 1.8 Ohms.

T

 

[Aizerson]

I had wanted to give it a try on Nextel xc 116 for quite some time.. but darn they are not shipped outside us.. every site is the same..

 

[Commie]

I had wanted to give it a try on Nextel xc 116 for quite some time.. but darn they are not shipped outside us.. every site is the same..

Have you tried kidneypuncher.com? The manufacturer won't ship outside the us, but I wonder if the resellers might

 

[Chiku]

I had wanted to give it a try on Nextel xc 116 for quite some time.. but darn they are not shipped outside us.. every site is the same..

I bought mine from Big Tex Vapor Big Tex Vapor and they shipped to Canada.

 

[boilednuts]

Still enjoying the vape on my 3rd build, extremely flavorful and good vapor production. I've been curious about those who have posted on other threads about ceramic's ability to absorb their juice being equivalent to cotton. I've not have such luck with my build. Lemme talk about this for a second. With an almost completely dry wick and a RM2 with its cover off I've noted several observations. If you should tilt the atty towards you with the squonk hole at the opposite side and give a squonk enough to flood the floor and release, the juice does not retreat down the feed hole. I could see the juice being wicked into the long tail of the ceramic that I employ, to me it seems rather slow compared to cotton's ability. I repeated this process 3x and the same results were observed. On the 4th try the juice just puddled, telling me the that the whole wick was fully saturated. Of course all of this will differ depending on how much of a squonk you provide. I'm not certain but iirc, cotton had a much faster rate of absorption before becoming fully saturated. Perhaps its because of the ribbon wire inside of my wick slowing down this rate or maybe the ribbon wire is creating a choke point when the wick goes around the post (its a snug fit in that area). I also use 100% vg at the moment which also maybe a factor in this.

Anybody having similar or differing results, I would appreciate you posting your observations here.

On my next build, I will repeat this process w/o having any wire inside the ceramic and see how it goes. Or maybe redo an experiment I had seen elsewheres using ceramic and cotton and containers of equal volume of juice, placing legs of each into the juice and see which one saturates all of it first. If cotton proves to be superior I may try threading a strand(s) of cotton inside the tunnel if at all possible and hopefully be still able to keep my ceramic leg in place alongside the rim of the atty's floor. If or when I try this it'll be interesting to note if flavor, vapor production, and longevity will be affected.

 

[super_X_drifter]

I think that pulling that wire put of the hollow part will help immensely. I still am having a difficult time understanding what purpose it is serving except to restrict the hollow center.

 

[boilednuts]

I think that pulling that wire put of the hollow part will help immensely. I still am having a difficult time understanding what purpose it is serving except to restrict the hollow center.

There initially was a couple reasons for this. First, was to it to be a mold so that the ceramic can stay in place alongside the outer perimeter of the RM2's floor. However I later learned, supertrunker had success w/o using the wire. Secondly, thinking that a flat piece of wire inside the tunnel will support the tunnel shape to remain more open and perhaps improve the ceramics performance to wick. My experiences are rather new and experimentation rather lengthy so a bit slow to make drastic changes to my model and prefer to work with small changes as I go along. What are your experiences with the 2 different wicks, same or different in their ability?

BTW, I got the ecowool you sent me yesterday Russ, a big MAHALO FOR THAT BRO!!!! You da man!!!

 

[super_X_drifter]

There initially was a couple reasons for this. First, was to it to be a mold so that the ceramic can stay in place alongside the outer perimeter of the RM2's floor. However I later learned, supertrunker had success w/o using the wire. Secondly, thinking that a flat piece of wire inside the tunnel will support the tunnel shape to remain more open and perhaps improve the ceramics performance to wick. My experiences are rather new and experimentation rather lengthy so a bit slow to make drastic changes to my model and prefer to work with small changes as I go along. What are your experiences with the 2 different wicks, same or different in their ability?

BTW, I got the ecowool you sent me yesterday Russ, a big MAHALO FOR THAT BRO!!!! You da man!!!

I understand. Your method of experimentation is probably better than mine. I am very quick to judge and tear out anything that isn't performing to my lofty standards.

You're quite welcome Norman. Enjoy bro

 

[Rictic]

So the nextel brings a wire through the middle? I'm kinda curious about this stuff, even though I'm loving my ekowool.

On a side note, I wanna know what you think of the ekowool, nuts! Let us know when you try it. No wire though the middle, although I make my coil on the ekowool with a straightened out paper clip running through it (which I take out after, of course).

 

[Commie]

So the nextel brings a wire through the middle? I'm kinda curious about this stuff, even though I'm loving my ekowool.

On a side note, I wanna know what you think of the ekowool, nuts! Let us know when you try it. No wire though the middle, although I make my coil on the ekowool with a straightened out paper clip running through it (which I take out after, of course).

Housing a wire inside is the original purpose of both nextel and ekowool Using them as wicks turned out to be a pleasant side effect.

 

[boilednuts]

So the nextel brings a wire through the middle? I'm kinda curious about this stuff, even though I'm loving my ekowool.

On a side note, I wanna know what you think of the ekowool, nuts! Let us know when you try it. No wire though the middle, although I make my coil on the ekowool with a straightened out paper clip running through it (which I take out after, of course).

Right now my new puppy (got Monday) is taking up a lot of my time. Luckily he's asleep now so i have a chance to get here and post. I never actually read up much on ecowool other than whats posted here on the REOs forum but would like to hear about it more before starting a try (would be a great help). I also would like to finish testing the 1/32" Nextel, perhaps taking it to my limits which may be soon as I'm quickly running out of new ideas. Ecowool comes in so many sizes which that in itself be a huge factor as to whats best to use on a RM2. Just thinking about it boggles my mind

 

[pdib]

So the nextel brings a wire through the middle? I'm kinda curious about this stuff, even though I'm loving my ekowool.

On a side note, I wanna know what you think of the ekowool, nuts! Let us know when you try it. No wire though the middle, although I make my coil on the ekowool with a straightened out paper clip running through it (which I take out after, of course).

Now, why should the ekowool get special treatment? Rama-jama, Boilednuts, stick it with wire! (Solely to be scientific, good sir.) The puppy tho, no. No science with puppy.

 

[supertrunker]

A week and still steaming along just fine - might just be quicker to post when it fails and whether the wick is reuseable in another.

I received another couple of RM2's today - one as a back up for HRH's one and one for my vv grand - i have to have something to rewick now and then!!

T

 

[project_zao]

have any of you guys tried putting a cotton wick inside the nextel wick? I am thinking this would help soak the nextel wick, or keep it more "Wet" perhaps someone could try and report back. I will order some of this stuff at the end of june so my tests are out till then

 

[boilednuts]

have any of you guys tried putting a cotton wick inside the nextel wick? I am thinking this would help soak the nextel wick, or keep it more "Wet" perhaps someone could try and report back. I will order some of this stuff at the end of june so my tests are out till then

This was possibly an option, in a future build. Several thoughts come to mind before actually trying this. Since I use a rather long piece of ceramic as a wick trying to thread through a piece of cotton is problematic. I have seen cotton get singed by touching the any part of the coil wire or the terminal posts so it would need to be completely insulated within the ceramic rope. I may try twisting a piece of 32 gage wire together with a cotton thread looped inside through the middle. In this case twisting the wire may be easier to fish the wire through. Another option would be to fold over the end of a piece of ribbon wire holding a loop of cotton thread and try fishing that through. In either case the 1/32" ceramic's tunnel must accommodate 2 lengths of cotton thread, if possible.

Another concern I have is with the issue of longevity. How long would the cotton last and if not as long as the ceramic then how difficult it would be to replace? The cotton may break into smaller pieces or become singed after prolonged use, perhaps doing more harm than good.

 

[cdmcfud]

Yeap The idea was to see how the nextel worked. You already know the cotton does.

 

[pdib]

Hey, you could try this. Disassemble equal parts; cotton, nextel and ekowool (down to the individual hairs), bundle them all together in a little wad and carefully wrap them into an origami cube of ss mesh. Then vape it!








Did I do that? No. Its for you to try.

 

[JC Okie]

Now that's just plain weird.......

 

[pdib]

Something to try . . . . . . in the interest of science . . . . . . . . ?

 

[supertrunker]

Trying porous ceramic now in the vv grand. Just made that and ofc it's rough as hell just now! Needs to soak juice for a little longer than i gave it (20 seconds), but the coils look nice!

Weighs in at 1.47 Ohms.

Btw - the workhorse 116 stuff is still working fine. But i was getting bored!

T