Been vaping for a couple of years now. I have no desire to go mechanical but a desire to start using rebuildables. I went to a B&M close to me and the only thing they had was a AGA-T2 so I bought it. I was looking for a Kayfun or Russian clone but they had none. I am used to top and bottom coil setups like iClear 30/30s/30b/16/16b as well as Kanger T3, Protanks and the likes. This AGA-T2 is shaking my confidence. I can roll the 400 SS mesh just fine and got pretty good at coils (1.2-1.5 ohm range) but none of them produce the flavor I am looking for. The flavor is extremely muted and can't stand how it will only wick if I tip it with the wick down. I am not used to that.
I have always got very nice, clean flavor out of my AGA-T which I used as my main vape tool for months last year. These days I have other devices I prefer, but I still use it now and then. It's always on a mechanical mod with about a 0.8 ohm coil, so around 14 - 18 watts depending on battery voltage. I use 27 gauge Kanthal and an air hole drilled to 2mm. I find under 15 watts both vapor and flavor are reduced from what it can be producing. When I first got it I tried it at ~2 ohms with the stock air hole on a regulated mod and I didn't like it because of the lack of vapor and flavor, but I might just not have known how to setup for the 12 watts I had available.
I use 400 or 500 SS mesh and I roll a slightly hollow wick. I had got used to CE4's (Vision Stardust) top coil clearos, and the tilt to vape that required and it doesn't bother me at all. I can control juice flow with tilt and that works for me. I do find if the wick gets a bit dry flavor and vapor suffer.
These attys can also be wicked with cotton like emus said. People have had very good success with this approach. I've got to try it one of these days.
Should I have held out for a Kayfun lite plus or 3.1 that can easily use cotton for wicks? Am I right that tipping would not be necessary with these? Are Genesis RBA's that much more difficult to dial in? Thanks in advance for your ideas & thoughts.
I got a $13 Rocket, a Kayfun clone from Fasttech late last year to try out the Kayfun type and I prefer that to the Genisis so far. I had a bit of trouble getting it to work right at first. Completely different design than the Genisis, depends on vacuum for proper juice feed and requires a totally different wick approach. Kept getting dry hits and ended up going with the typical Kayfun silica setup (like a lot of the videos show) at about 0.8 ohms, so again in the 15 watt area. It's working great now and I find it gives more intense flavor than the AGA-T does with very good vapor production. I have not tried it, but I suspect this atty will do better at lower power than a Genisis will. You do not need to tilt at all and what I really appreciate is that this puppy does not leak no matter what attitude it's in.
