Am I advanced enough to try an RBA?

[nova_did_it]

The reason why I ask, is that I have been looking at RBA's for several days now as well as watching lots of you tube videos. My worry is, all the warnings that RBA's are for advance vapers only. Well I've only been vaping for almost 2 months now. I've went from EVODs, to ProTanks to 901 Drip atomizers and the battery's were from 650mah, to variable spinners to the Itaste v3 and now the MVP2.

I really love how the drip atomizers really give off good flavor but I am not liking the fact that I have to keep adding drops so quickly. I tend to chain vape sometimes . So I'm thinking about a dripping atomizer like and IGO L or W or something like that and try my hand at building my own coils. I don't want to sub ohm, I want coils around 1.8 ohms.

So after watching many videos, I get the wrapping coils, preparing the wire, putting them on the atomizer (IGO L needs to put the wires on the screws while others tighten them in holes) they look really similar to hooking up a stereo speakers to me... well the old fashion ones, checking the ohms, checking to make sure all of the coils glow evenly.

So do you think I'm ready to try this? or do I need to go to school and get some sort of engineer degree to be advanced enough?

I just don't want to blow myself up or destroy my gear.

Advice?

 

[GratefulVaper]

It sounds like you have a good foundation of knowledge. ..
& you've got ECF...
I started building coils around that time and now five months later in still learning! Lol. Igo L is a good one. Igo W would give you the option for dual coil. ..
I suggest first trying a couple rebuilds on some protank heads. Watch a couple more videos. Try micro coil with cotton (it will be close to the flavor of a dripper) and see how the whole process works for you. Have a multimeter or ohm checker handy to check your work. .. be safe and GOOD LUCK!!!

 

[Kyi]

I have a friend who bought a basic starter kit (some kind of Ego kit) with cartos then tried some clearos and attys then went straight for the mech mod and RBAs. I only recently got into RBA after about 3 years of vaping and trying out various devices and parts. I think it all really depends on how comfortable you are with it, as long as you have a resistance checker you should be fine. I thought it would be really daunting at first but after watching a few videos, I felt more comfortable about it and it really isn't that hard. I also use on a VV device and my current setup is an iTaste VV3 with an IGO-S dripper with 1.8 ohm coil using 32 gauge kanthal.

 

[nova_did_it]

Thank you! I do have some 32 gauge kanthal and 2mm silica ekowool wool on it's way to me should be here next week. I got the ekowool to change the flavor wicks mainly in my protanks, but threw in some 32 guage wire because it was fairly inexpensive. I wasn't thinking of rebuilding just yet! LOL. I'm not sure how comfortable I will be until I try it, then I will know. Do you think the ohms checker on my Itaste v3 or MVP2 will be fine until I get a ohm meter? I wasn't thinking about trying to recoil my ProTank coils, they seem so tiny! But I guess its a decent place to start.

I am so glad to have you guys around. I don't even think I would have gotten this far without all of you!

 

[nova_did_it]

It sounds like you have a good foundation of knowledge. ..
& you've got ECF...
I started building coils around that time and now five months later in still learning! Lol. Igo L is a good one. Igo W would give you the option for dual coil. ..
I suggest first trying a couple rebuilds on some protank heads. Watch a couple more videos. Try micro coil with cotton (it will be close to the flavor of a dripper) and see how the whole process works for you. Have a multimeter or ohm checker handy to check your work. .. be safe and GOOD LUCK!!!

I think I'm going to have to watch a few more videos on micro coils. That's a much tighter wrap where the wires touch. I would have to practice to get coils looking that good!

 

[4star60]

Ive been vaping just a couple of months... Been dripping the past few weeks...man what a difference! So the coil finally popped yesterday...I wound one coil that was ugly but worked...but not too good. So I took it off. Wound a nice little coil on a 2mm precision screwdriver and it came out great! I used organic cotton ball for wick. Came out to 2.5ohms... this really aint rocket science.Im sure if I can do it so can you...

 

[GratefulVaper]

A little practice (& a couple more vids) yes... but you'll be surprised how they come together. Usually for micros you wrap around a drillbit or needle (18g syringe) and they come out nice and even. ..

 

[treelinn]

I got my first RBA about a month in. Building the first coil didn't seem as easy as they make it look on you tube, but by the third one, I was a "pro". I think you'll be fine.

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[UntamedRose]

Well it's very simple..and answer honestly...

Are you smarter then a 5th grader?

 

[Telly R]

Watch VapeDiver's, Ripp Trippers and JC Vapes YouTube tutorial videos and you'll just fine; enjoying nice thick clouds of warm vapor.

 

[Kyi]

The only ohm checker I have available to me is the one on my iTaste VV3, so yours should be just fine. In fact, you don't really even need another ohms checker unless you just like the ones with the ego threaded base to build your coils on, but that is unnecessary in my opinion. The built in ohm checker on your device is great. You already have the materials, just buy a RBA and practice making a few coils with what you got until your RBA arrives in the mail. I was worried about exploding batteries and such in the beginning but I figure as long as the ohms checker gives me a good reading and I make an effort to be safe and check things, everything should be fine. Plus I think most VV devices have the safety feature to not fire if there is a short? I'm still not comfortable with the idea of sub ohm vaping using a mechanical, still worried about exploding batteries in my face but using the VV device with short protection does make me feel a lot more comfortable doing this. Your opinion may change once you get comfortable but I'm ok with this for the time being.

 

[danca90]

If you have to ask, going 1 ohm and higher would be suggested.

 

[gingersnaps]

As long as you do your research you should be fine. Glad to see you don't plan on jumping into sub ohm. You should build higher than what your Protected device allows for the minimum when starting anyway. I used my evics ohm checker till i could get a real ohm checker and do between 1.2 and 2 ohm. I think the plus of starting on a regulated and protected device is if you mess up it won't fire. So you have a bit of protection during the learning phase.


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[suspectK]

You'll be fine, although I personally wouldn't recommend doing so, with just checking your builds with the mvp. It doesn't require firing to read resistance.

An ohmmeter isn't ever a bad idea. A multimeter is even better... My fluke gets calibrated almost every year, so that isn't near as likely to give me false readings as an ohmmeter on a PV.

 

[Baditude]

So I'm thinking about a dripping atomizer like an IGO L or W or something like that and try my hand at building my own coils. I don't want to sub ohm, I want coils around 1.8 ohms.

So after watching many videos, I get the wrapping coils, preparing the wire, putting them on the atomizer (IGO L needs to put the wires on the screws while others tighten them in holes) they look really similar to hooking up a stereo speakers to me... well the old fashion ones, checking the ohms, checking to make sure all of the coils glow evenly.

So do you think I'm ready to try this? or do I need to go to school and get some sort of engineer degree to be advanced enough?

I just don't want to blow myself up or destroy my gear.

Advice?

Research. Watch videos. Research. Watch some videos. Research some more.

Your MVP can power an RDA at the resistance you mentioned. (It won't be able to do sub-ohm.) You'll be able to check your coils with the built-in ohm meter on the MVP. The main danger of an RBA is the risk factor of sub-ohms.

Information Resources for a New RBA User

 

[Rat2chat2]

I've got the igo-L on the way because I was told it was the easiest to start out on. Everyone has to start somewhere and I've watched the people of the videos and it doesn't really look all that hard. Good luck to you. I think "we" will be just fine. And if we have any questions or problems..........the forum is here for us.

 

[The Blue Max]

Been vaping for 2 months. I bought my first RSST a few days ago and have built about 4 coils so far with 32awg wire. The first time was a bit of a pain, but by the 3rd coil I felt that I had gotten it down. The only thing I've found difficult thus far is making sure the coil burns evenly and that there are no "hotspots".

 

[nova_did_it]

Well it's very simple..and answer honestly...

Are you smarter then a 5th grader?

LOL! Well my kids (6th Grade) seems to think I'm still smarter than them. That count? I'm usually pretty good with electronics, hooking them up and assembling them. I've just never built anything like a coil before.

 

[nova_did_it]

If you have to ask, going 1 ohm and higher would be suggested.

I definitely want my coils to be about 1.8 ohms or higher. at 32 gauge about how many wraps is that?

 

[aikanae1]

I don't think it has much to do with the amount of time vaping. It has more to do with an individuals interest level. With all the talk and new products for RBA's, I've looked at them. But in all honesty, I'm not interested. I kinda feel like I'm being pushed in that direction and for me, it would be a disaster. I could never sit and watch how to videos on it. If you can, then you'll probably have success with it.

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