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BJ when you do your coil tests, could you include some done on a puny ego device just to cover everyone's PV's ?
looking forward to more myth busting.
looking forward to more myth busting.
Unlike many of you, I'm not overly concerned about vapor production. I just want maximum flavor & nic absorption, since I have to stealth vape so many places.
p.s. Mev007 has a good point since I have to use egos (std & Twist) when at work. My ProVari is too much for them to wrap their heads around.
p.s. Mev007 has a good point since I have to use egos (std & Twist) when at work. My ProVari is too much for them to wrap their heads around.
I'm sure a lot of use twists + similar when out and about so it'd be great to include them in the tests rather than just devices that chuck out 6 volts and multiple figure Watts.
I don't have any ego devices, but will do 3.7v, 4v, 4.2v and up to 6v. I very seldom go over 5.5v myself and vape mostly 8 to 10 watts no matter the ohms.
Today I discovered rolling thick wicks with arthritic fingers is kinda tough. 
Any helpful tips?
Any helpful tips?
Today I discovered rolling thick wicks with arthritic fingers is kinda tough.
Any helpful tips?
I am interviewing young native girls with strong fingers....
I am interviewing young native girls with strong fingers....
Man BJ!, wick rolling, micro soldering, etc...you have a lot of young native girls in your employ...it must be tough being you
...I tried to hire Oksana, the 18 yr old blond, blue eyed Russian nanny a while ago...my wife would have none of it...sure my youngest is 18 and lives at university but safety first I always say...sorry to ask noob question,
I just started a week a go, using the dud i'm happy with the performance, right now using # 500 about 7cm, roll it real tight, it's wicking best for satisfying my vaping pace.
I a bit confused, when i will replacing my mesh ? some people says around a month ? is the old mesh can be re-use if i oxidise it again ? or just flip it up side down ?
I just started a week a go, using the dud i'm happy with the performance, right now using # 500 about 7cm, roll it real tight, it's wicking best for satisfying my vaping pace.
I a bit confused, when i will replacing my mesh ? some people says around a month ? is the old mesh can be re-use if i oxidise it again ? or just flip it up side down ?
Yea it's a good question. I have been playing around with so many wicks that I never let them get old enough for the need to replace them. I was thinking the exact same thing today, that I will just use this current wick for a while and then turn it around. A quick torch wouldn't hurt to get any gunk off the wick before flipping it. I suppose the best way to determine it is that it simply needs replacing ( or flipping ) when the performance drops off, which could be any length of time depending on the user. Keen to hear other peoples opinions too.
Just thought I'd mention my Kanthal still hasn't arrivedOk,my 32 & 30g Kanthal is still not here, but my last rejuvenated coil was looks very sad and flavor was lacking, so I pulled out the nichrome 28 I bought at the local electronics shop (was the only res wire they stock) and set about making a coil for my new 110mm #500 mesh wick, 10wraps, steady 1.5Ohms, wrapped the coil around a drill bit then inserted drill bit into DID tightened connectors slid in juiced up #500 wick, and Bob's you mother's brother, 8 watts on the ZMAX and a great vape. This is not my ideal set-up (still running on so who knows) but until my kanthal arrives IT WORKS
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But my 10wrap Nichrome on 110mm #500 is still going strong, leveled out at around 1.6Ohms and will happily run at over 10watts indicated on the ZMAX,done a few dry burns, and a couple of toothbrush scrubs.
When/if my order of Kanthal arrives I'll be loathed to tear it apart, I have a clear tank for it and even that might not convince me
Hi mwa, have you played with the ceramic wicks yet?Well like I said,, wicking and capillary action always seems to have room for improvement
I have wicks that have been used for months, just washed, scrub with a toothbrush, dry burn and good as new. If the coil goes, scrub the wick and wrap a new coil. I have never flipped one and imagine if for what ever reason it no longer wicks on top then the bottom flipped would be useless in the juice.
I have not had to reoxidize, just drip and burn on a new coil to ck that all wraps are heating.
I am a mesh convert. I have only been vaping for about a month. Really enjoy the vision novas (mini and regular). I read on the silica wick concerns, plus feel they give a bad taste at times if vaped to quick. So I tried the candle cotton wick. Worked really well, but feel the candle wick is to thick and still mutes flavor. Went so far as to use a needle to soften it up and pull out strands, worked better but still feel the flavor is off.
Yesterday I got in my Cobra rebuildable atomizer. Made a wick from 400 ss mesh (want to use 500 but gotta wait a bit to order some.) Took awhile to make a coil that didn't pop, until I learned I needed to oxidize the mesh more, now it is working great at about 2.2 ohms. It has a 5/6 wrap, I believe I used stock coil so I am not sure what the gauge is.
So today I thought, what the heck time to try in a mini nova. The first one took a lot of playing with to get the hot spots to go away, now it is working like a champ at 1.7 ohms, again used the stock coil that came with the Cobra so not sure the gauge. Now I just made a second wick from mesh, oxidized, used my 32 awg a-1 kanthal wire and got it running with 7 wraps in less then 15 minutes, got really lucky, and it is coming in at 2.2 ohms.
I really think the mesh right away gives a cleaner taste. It is far more giving when getting the coil to work properly without hot spots, I even trim the mesh more before putting the tank on to not scratch the tank and no issues, maybe a quick move coils again.
Just wanted to say thanks to everyone in this thread, it was very helpful.
I do have one question if you are still reading, haha. I love the cobra but do not seem to get as much vapor as I think I would. I am using 60pg/40vg gandalf, with a 5/6 wrapped coil. (EDIT: Forgot to say I am using about 4 to 4.2 volts, will raise more but when I did last it seemed to give a little burned taste.) The stock coil looks about 32 gauge, though not sure. Any suggestions to have more vapor, any other information I can give which may help suggestions?
Thanks
Yesterday I got in my Cobra rebuildable atomizer. Made a wick from 400 ss mesh (want to use 500 but gotta wait a bit to order some.) Took awhile to make a coil that didn't pop, until I learned I needed to oxidize the mesh more, now it is working great at about 2.2 ohms. It has a 5/6 wrap, I believe I used stock coil so I am not sure what the gauge is.
So today I thought, what the heck time to try in a mini nova. The first one took a lot of playing with to get the hot spots to go away, now it is working like a champ at 1.7 ohms, again used the stock coil that came with the Cobra so not sure the gauge. Now I just made a second wick from mesh, oxidized, used my 32 awg a-1 kanthal wire and got it running with 7 wraps in less then 15 minutes, got really lucky, and it is coming in at 2.2 ohms.
I really think the mesh right away gives a cleaner taste. It is far more giving when getting the coil to work properly without hot spots, I even trim the mesh more before putting the tank on to not scratch the tank and no issues, maybe a quick move coils again.
Just wanted to say thanks to everyone in this thread, it was very helpful.
I do have one question if you are still reading, haha. I love the cobra but do not seem to get as much vapor as I think I would. I am using 60pg/40vg gandalf, with a 5/6 wrapped coil. (EDIT: Forgot to say I am using about 4 to 4.2 volts, will raise more but when I did last it seemed to give a little burned taste.) The stock coil looks about 32 gauge, though not sure. Any suggestions to have more vapor, any other information I can give which may help suggestions?
Thanks
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a couple of things I have learned in the last few days regarding these setups. BTW, BJ, some of what you have told me has FINALLY sunk in.
1st, I find that not quenching or burning juice on my setups has helped. I do the "jack frost" method and they work much better for me. I think when I do the juice burn, and am adjusting the coils, I am knocking off pieces of oxidation, which made it more difficult.
2nd, I am not sure the widest wicks possible are best for the flavor FOR ME. I went down from 100mm to 70mm and the flavor seems to be better. Also instead of rolling as tight as possible from the start, I just rolled it and then squeezed it down as I went. What I was left with after cuting the top off was a wick where there was a hole inside, but not from the bottom because as we know as you roll, the mesh squeezes out of the top and bottom. When I first saw the hole, I was annoyed, but think maybe it acts as a reservoir that actually holds juice in there. Because the bottom is closed shut from the mesh coming out, I do not pull air through like on the ones with the hole from top to bottom. This last one I made worked better from the start. Maybe I stumbled onto something?
the last setup is 70mm with a 30g 5 wrap that is measuring in at 1.2 currently.
of course YMMV.
a couple of things I have learned in the last few days regarding these setups. BTW, BJ, some of what you have told me has FINALLY sunk in.
1st, I find that not quenching or burning juice on my setups has helped. I do the "jack frost" method and they work much better for me. I think when I do the juice burn, and am adjusting the coils, I am knocking off pieces of oxidation, which made it more difficult.
2nd, I am not sure the widest wicks possible are best for the flavor FOR ME. I went down from 100mm to 70mm and the flavor seems to be better. Also instead of rolling as tight as possible from the start, I just rolled it and then squeezed it down as I went. What I was left with after cuting the top off was a wick where there was a hole inside, but not from the bottom because as we know as you roll, the mesh squeezes out of the top and bottom. When I first saw the hole, I was annoyed, but think maybe it acts as a reservoir that actually holds juice in there. Because the bottom is closed shut from the mesh coming out, I do not pull air through like on the ones with the hole from top to bottom. This last one I made worked better from the start. Maybe I stumbled onto something?
the last setup is 70mm with a 30g 5 wrap that is measuring in at 1.2 currently.
of course YMMV.
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