I am not really mechanically inclined. For me, getting the hot spots out of a newly built wick and coil was the hardest part. I watched tons and tons of videos. Everyone always rushed through it. They even state how they did that just to get through the video! I really wish they had let it run and showed exactly what they did and more importantly, how long it took. The AGA can be used with silica too. So if SS mesh is an issue for you, silica may be the way to go for you. I didn't. I was stubborn and determined to force it to work.
My first few attempts, I literally spent all night. I'm talking 5pm - 1am. sweat, frustration, and anger tantrums. After those 2 initial all nighters, I set it aside for a few weeks. Read more and more, and watched some more vids and replayed older ones.
What I have come to learn is through actual trial and error.
I think mechanical mods work better. If you do use a variable voltage device, be aware that if it is pulse modulation, every time it pulses it is sending, what, ? 6 volts ? through the coil. Someone with more experience may be able to correct and even respond better on that than myself. Those 6 volts can pop your coil. It seems to me, when using a steady voltage output, like a mechanical mod, keeps the coil in one piece. I hope that makes sense to you.
Also with a mechanical mod, you can wrap a lower ohm coil. Lower ohm can usually mean less coil wraps. Less wraps, less hot spots, less frustration. Again this is my experience. There are a ton of pro's making these things, that can use em and wrap however they want. Unfortunately, I haven't reached that plateau.
Now, once i got my mechanical mod, got my coil to finally be hot spot free, and used the AGA as it was meant to be used; the experience is awesome. The taste seems better, more concentrated. The vapor production, for me, is by far superior to anything else I have used. Throat hit is better. I've heard the nicotine delivery is too. I can't say one way or another if this is so. My 3 pack a day habit shot a lot of nic into me. So I'm pretty used to it.
Another thing I have noticed, is my juice consumption increased. Not sure if this is from using a low ohm coil and it burning faster, or if it is something else. I just know I burn through juice a LOT quicker, in my AGA, than any other device I have.
It's gonna boil down to how much you really want to make it happen. If you have little patience (or even if you don't but hard headed like me) and can suffer through the trials and errors, it is a satisfying vape. The nice thing about the AGA is it's cheap. So if you decide to give up on it, your bank isn't broken.
I say give it a go. Give it 10 go's. No one's advise is going to really decide for you. Only you can do that.
My first few attempts, I literally spent all night. I'm talking 5pm - 1am. sweat, frustration, and anger tantrums. After those 2 initial all nighters, I set it aside for a few weeks. Read more and more, and watched some more vids and replayed older ones.
What I have come to learn is through actual trial and error.
I think mechanical mods work better. If you do use a variable voltage device, be aware that if it is pulse modulation, every time it pulses it is sending, what, ? 6 volts ? through the coil. Someone with more experience may be able to correct and even respond better on that than myself. Those 6 volts can pop your coil. It seems to me, when using a steady voltage output, like a mechanical mod, keeps the coil in one piece. I hope that makes sense to you.
Also with a mechanical mod, you can wrap a lower ohm coil. Lower ohm can usually mean less coil wraps. Less wraps, less hot spots, less frustration. Again this is my experience. There are a ton of pro's making these things, that can use em and wrap however they want. Unfortunately, I haven't reached that plateau.
Now, once i got my mechanical mod, got my coil to finally be hot spot free, and used the AGA as it was meant to be used; the experience is awesome. The taste seems better, more concentrated. The vapor production, for me, is by far superior to anything else I have used. Throat hit is better. I've heard the nicotine delivery is too. I can't say one way or another if this is so. My 3 pack a day habit shot a lot of nic into me. So I'm pretty used to it.
Another thing I have noticed, is my juice consumption increased. Not sure if this is from using a low ohm coil and it burning faster, or if it is something else. I just know I burn through juice a LOT quicker, in my AGA, than any other device I have.
It's gonna boil down to how much you really want to make it happen. If you have little patience (or even if you don't but hard headed like me) and can suffer through the trials and errors, it is a satisfying vape. The nice thing about the AGA is it's cheap. So if you decide to give up on it, your bank isn't broken.
I say give it a go. Give it 10 go's. No one's advise is going to really decide for you. Only you can do that.
