Man,what a difference. The 32 was just alright,but the 30 is yes. The 30 is more stable,more vapor,better flavor & much eaiser to work with. I don't see why I would ever use 32 again. Is it just me,or anyone else find this as well? This is with the aga-t with 4/5 @ one.4 ohm @8W. Very nice .
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I use 32 on all of my gennys. But I've been thinking of getting some 30 for my DIDs, because of the large wick diameter.
Rule62....You have to at least switch to 30g on some if not all of your devices. Even on your attys with the slimmer wicks you can do 6-7 wrap coils and they will be above the cutoff. Having the extra wraps on the slimmer wicks won't make them unresponsive since they are slimmer so no too much heat sink effect. Once you have tried 30g wire you will never use the 32g wire again.
I just got my first mechanical device...and of course had to try 28g wire. I like it...surprised at how smooth and flavorful the vape is....I figured it would be much harsher.
ALso surprised at how much longer my batteries are lasting. Regulated devices eat up batteries like crazy even for some one like me who never went above 9 watts or 3.8 volts when using my vamo/lavatube. I am vaping at around 15 watts and my batteries are lasting forever.
I just ordered some 30 on ebay. I have 2 DIDs; a standard amd a shorty. With the 1/8" dia. wicks, I think the 30 would work better than the 32 I'm using. Not that the 32 is bad, but a 4/3 wrap is giving me 2.4 ohms. I'd like to get another wrap or two.
The more solid and larger #500 mesh wicks I now make ... 32ga doesn't quite cut it, and have some 30ga on the way.
yes maybe they go hand & hand. 500 mesh rolled dense with 28g or 30g, hard to beat, especially at LR.
Well on thick wicks like that I don't know you might like the richness of the vape with a couple of more wraps but it might make the whole thing slower to respond as well.....leaving it at 4 wraps might be better. I found a way to make the 30g wire work better than my 32g wire on each of my devices. I guess you're going to have to fiddle around next week with the 30g wire to find out the sweet spot for each atty.
I finally wrapped a good 28g 1.2 ohm coil in my agat and boy is the vape on it smooth. I'm actually kinda digging the slightly slower start up on it now, I find it kinda relaxing.
its a smooth vape, right. i also think this, when most equate lower resistances and thicker wire just the opposite. once you get used to this vape, going the other way seems harsh. i like this configuration also, but with a mechanical mod and by deleting one wrap, i think its even better.
I have a chi chi right now but there's something up with the button on that thing. It gets uncomfortably hot when I use either my Aga-Ts on it with one set up with ceramic and the other one with 500 SS, with the SS being more so. The only thing I can think of is that there might be oxidation inside the button but I can't get that thing off the tube. So right now I have my 28g setup on an ego-T2 upgrade mod and running it in unregulated mode. I'm sure there's an amp limitation in there that's holding me back a little.
Yeah it is weird right now I am vaping around 14-15 watts ( if my calculations are correct) with my mechanical mod and 28g wire. With my vamo and a 32g wire it would be unbearable to vape at such a high wattage. Another weird thing that I just can't get over is how much longer my batteries are lasting with my mechanical mod. I don't know about the Provari but the Vamo and Lavatube eat up battery life big time....even if you vape around 8-9 watts.
no question about it, in my provari i will get about 5 hours on the aw imr 18650's, maybe 6 at most vaping in the 14 watt range. in my mechanical mod, the same set-up will double this. i have heard of people saying about that the reason they perfer a vv device over a mechanical mod is the fact of a more consistant vape. for the most part i find this an invalid assesment. i have and vape both, there is no difference in vaping 5 hrs on my vv compared to5 hrs on the mechanical mod, and after this time the batterys in the vv are dead and the mechanical mod will keep going long after. maybe at lower wattages things are different because you would be able to get more battery time with the vv device, and by that time you may start to notice a slight difference in the mechanical mod. but yes i really believe that the higher the voltage the more metalic flavor is imparted in the vape.
Do you guys really notice that big of a difference with vapor and flavor production vs a 32 g setup?
I've been using a thin rolled 500 ss mesh with 32 g and have been having outstanding results.
Will a thicker rolled mesh with 30 g be that much better than say it coiled with 32 g on 500 ss mesh?
I've been using a thin rolled 500 ss mesh with 32 g and have been having outstanding results.
Will a thicker rolled mesh with 30 g be that much better than say it coiled with 32 g on 500 ss mesh?
I love thinner wicks with larger number of wraps....you get a carto like flavor and warm vapor. But there is a limit to number of wraps you can do and how responsive the VV device is. So with 32 g wire 2mm wick I would do six wraps...very flavorful vape and very responsive coil. With 30g wire and 2mm wick...I would do 8 wraps....very similar performance to the above set up but way more stable build. I recently started using 28g wire. With 28g wire I think I like a 2.5mm wick with 6 wraps the best at 1.1 ohms....super responsive wick....very warm vapor and fantastic flavor and vapor. Takes a little longer to break in but the build is super stable....once you set it up correctly your done...never touch it again.
The problem with 32 gauge wasn't flavor or vapor production....with thinner wicks I was getting plenty of both. For me it was the stability of the build. I had to adjust the coils almost daily to consistently get the perfect vape. You don't have that issue with the 28g wire.
The whole reason I got a VV?VW devicce was to get the most consistent vape....I couldn't agree with you more I get a very consistent vape from the mechanical mod.
For example I was vaping at 3.5v on my Lavatube ....with 18350 batteries I would go through a half a tank on my Cobra before I got the Low battery error. I switched my cobra to the mechanical mod I was going through the whole tank with one battery and when I checked my voltage of the battery at the end it was 3.4 Volts and still firing in the lavatube. This is what I can't figure out.... even at low voltage vaping the mechanical mods do better in terms of battery life compared to VV devices. I should add I don't have a Provari....so that might not be the case with the Provari.
yes, i would also agree, maybe the statement i made about lower voltages may not be 100 percent correct. maybe its just the fact that the electronic boosters themselves in vv devices creates a certain level of drain on a battery no matter the voltages.
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