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My older sister lived in Korea and Hong Kong for decades. My sister's job was taking visiting excutives's wives shopping (and she spent years shopping all over the near and far east.) I appreciate "knock-off" for sure.
But just as I feel good and see reason in "buying American made" I, also, see supporting the modders as well. I will do it as long as I can afford to do so.
Well, I build a new coil. ~1.9ohms, 33awg kanthal. I wrapped a SS400 mesh around a silica wick and then wrapped the coil around that.
Vapor is great, flavor is coming back a bit (especially after a break-in), and TH is good now. Not great, but definitely good enough. Even glow, no hotspots.
The issue I'm having now is wicking. Sometimes it wicks fine, sometimes it wicks too slow. My coil is DIRECTLY above the center hole, getting plenty of air. I'm thinking my mesh is just a tad too tight around the silica, that might be the issue. I'll get a semi-burnt taste after a bit too, no matter how full the reservoir is.
How are you guys setting up your mini? I'm really out there to find the perfect setup.
Vapor is great, flavor is coming back a bit (especially after a break-in), and TH is good now. Not great, but definitely good enough. Even glow, no hotspots.
The issue I'm having now is wicking. Sometimes it wicks fine, sometimes it wicks too slow. My coil is DIRECTLY above the center hole, getting plenty of air. I'm thinking my mesh is just a tad too tight around the silica, that might be the issue. I'll get a semi-burnt taste after a bit too, no matter how full the reservoir is.
How are you guys setting up your mini? I'm really out there to find the perfect setup.
I've switched to 325 SS mesh on all of my rba's- good flavor and no concern with the silica. A dry hit though- wow, watch out!! LOL
I can't wait to try the A7- mini!!
I can't wait to try the A7- mini!!
I have 400 SS mesh. Ordered 3xx and 500 today from RTD. Haven't used any on non-genisis RBAs yet, though.
I got a Surface and it's the exact same size as a regular Boge cartomizer without drip tip! The only rba shorter are the ERA and Hornet
Just a heads up. The co-op for the A7, A7 Mini, is making progress. A7 $8+fee, A7 Mini $9+fee. You can now place your order here: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-a7-a8-co-op-interest-thread.html#post8585864
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I know Alice said you can torch the A7 Mini- Does anyone know if you can torch the base (or lower part) of it too? I can see doing the top but it might look funny if only the top half is torchable.
That's good to know you can take the insides out. I have a regular A-7- and remember reading that about them but I have not done that- too afraid I'd screw things up.
The section with the post screws out. Do this before torching. One of my Mini A7 unscrewed easily but the second one didn't until I gently boiled them.
I guess I'm gonna have to charge my head cam recorder up and get a clean spot to show some torching of SS.
And remember, I think it was TennDave, you can easily remove the torching with mild polish and start over again.
Does anyone know what would be the cause of poor air flow and constant 'flooding' on the a7 mini? The flooding doesn't go anywhere, but it's just...if the airhole is at the bottom, won't there always be liquid near the airhole kind of hindering it?
Never had this problem, and, thinking of the construction of it, I can't quite understand how it's possible.
Poor airflow: it gets air from the two side holes in the connection. If those holes are covered from the inside by an attempt to steady the center post, that could hinder the air flow and juice flow.
Flooding: It has a cup for juice inside, with a tube stuck through the middle of it. The air and juice comes from the top of the tube, onto the coil. Excess juice goes into the cup where it can be picked up by the ends of the wick. So, ends of your wick need to be long enough to at least reach the bottom of the cup inside the atty. Flooding would mean that you have so much juice there that it covers the air/juice tube. That's kind of a lot of juice, about 15 drops. If you have that much liquid there, it would definitely affect your air flow and generally make the whole thing not work.
If you toot on it without firing, is there a lot of gurgling? Is there juice coming out of the atty into the Reo's catch cup? If either is true, you should pour the extra juice out of the atty, it's waaay overfilled.
Thanks a lot for the response. I do get a gurgle when I take a dry toot. It is definitely flooding. I think I am overfilling the RBA cup with my squonks. I will try very light squonks and see if I still get good toots.
How close to the top hole of the post should the coil be? Just nearly touching, or a bit higher?
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