Am I the Only One who Prefers a Single Coil ?

[Train2]

I say go for it.
I had a lot of trouble rebuilding on initial attempts, and was never thrilled with kayfun results - I get 'em working, but then I'll have wicking issues, or occasionally it would lose vacuum and leak, etc. And I was not certain I'd like a mech, either.

Got a REO, and it's now my main gear - I've become comfortable getting a new atty working well, and have delved into a variety of them - but RIGHT AWAY I was happy with it. Hoping to get another one, too...

PawPaw,

I agree, and don't want the additional hassle of a dual coil. My current setup is an Istick and Lemo , usually at about 1.5-1.7 ohm build. That said, I have been debating getting a REO grand with RM2. I'm a complete doofus with coil builds and the RM2 appears to be the absolute simplest setup there is. I struggle sometimes building coils because I am impatient and not that coordinated.....and my wicking doesn't always come out just right on the Lemo. I can usually manage something of a decent vape......but that RM2 appears idiot proof.

Thoughts? Am I just convincing myself to buy something different again? Been vaping since Sep 2014, and frankly don't want to just keep truckin down the rabbit hole for the next best thing. I really kinda think the Reo + RM2 might be the simplest deal with the easiest build. I already know clearos + prebuilt coils aren't satisfying to me. The Lemo works, but I sometimes struggle for 30mins to get a decent build.

 

[Soignee]

Cyclone w/Cyclops AFC ordered two days ago. Great Minds really do think alike !

I love the Cyclone, just awesome flavor out of those little things Superb drainage as well!

 

[Lindamck]

Hi papa_b ...I've done only single coils since I'm basically a flavor chaser. I'm too "mature" to be into clouds LOL. Just sitting here with 3 Reos with 2 RM2's and a Divo loaded with Nicoticket juices. Vaping nirvana. Just acquired an RM3 to try duel coils. If it increases flavor, I'm good with it ... If not, I can run it as a single.

Linda

 

[Racehorse]

Single coils for me. I noticed the huge amount of juice I was going thru with dual coils.

OTOH, you don't want to know what I vape. I am an advanced vaper going "backwards"

One of the reasons is that I didn't want to habituate myself to a cigarette smoking like experience....I noticed about 1 year into vaping that I could still smoke a cigarette....and that SUPRISED ME. Meaning, I thought the throat hit, inhale, etc would have me coughing, etc. But it didn't.

So, I went backwards to low watt vaping. I decided to habituate to a mild, not hot, and gentle vape.

Now, a year later, I can't even inhale a tiny drag on a real cigarette. Without choking.

So, it's only a theory that I followed up on, based on my own body, but I feel much more *off cigarettes* now than I ever did. I am not requiring a lot of heat, or a lot of throat hit, or a lot of vapor to inhale or blow out. For ME, this has gotten me even further off and away from cigs than I ever have been.
Combined with very little nicotine.

It took a while to do though. Very slowly I went "backwards" and now I am vaping on newbie type stuff

 

[AndriaD]

One good coil is all I need to get a tasty vape. Juice consumption is also more manageable.

With the constant stream of new shiny stuff, it only takes a moment to fall behind what is currently the must have vaping setup. I'm glad I found my sweet spot, and I'll accept the dinosaur title.

Ditto. I've tried a couple of different ways of using dual coils, and I hated all of them. I even buy single-coil cartos for my UDCT! Apparently just using a cartotank at all makes one a dinosaur, but I don't care. I am dinosaur, hear me roar! And vape!

I'm also completely unconcerned with the size of cloud I exhale; with 85% PG, the cloud roughly approximates whatever I blew out as a smoker, but doesn't stink, and dissipates faster. win-Win-WIN!

Single coils FOREVER!

Andria

 

[AndriaD]

Papaw, although I am new to rebuilding, I am with you on this. I am a flavor junky, not a cloud chaser. I don't want a hot vape either. Warm is just fine for me. I have only tried 3 rebuildables so far. I am going to do a dual coil soon on the Aqua 2, to see if it really increases flavor. To me a dual coil, is more work. If I get what I need from one coil, I don't need the other, especially if there is not a noticeable difference. I have the Kayfun 3.1, Magma, and the Aqua 2. So far the taste from the Magma blows the other two away. I do like a tank though better overall, because of sheer convenience. I can vape a Magma fluid level down in nothing flat time wise...lol.

That's good to know about the Magma; I really prefer my Kayfuns to EVERYTHING else I've ever vaped, but one of my DIYs, my favorite, is a SUPER-gunker, so it would really work a lot better in an RDA. I think that Magma is probably going to be it, from all the good things I've read about the flavor it provides.

Andria

 

[Sirius]

Single coils for me. I noticed the huge amount of juice I was going thru with dual coils.

OTOH, you don't want to know what I vape. I am an advanced vaper going "backwards"

One of the reasons is that I didn't want to habituate myself to a cigarette smoking like experience....I noticed about 1 year into vaping that I could still smoke a cigarette....and that SUPRISED ME. Meaning, I thought the throat hit, inhale, etc would have me coughing, etc. But it didn't.

So, I went backwards to low watt vaping. I decided to habituate to a mild, not hot, and gentle vape.

Now, a year later, I can't even inhale a tiny drag on a real cigarette. Without choking.

So, it's only a theory that I followed up on, based on my own body, but I feel much more *off cigarettes* now than I ever did. I am not requiring a lot of heat, or a lot of throat hit, or a lot of vapor to inhale or blow out. For ME, this has gotten me even further off and away from cigs than I ever have been.
Combined with very little nicotine.

It took a while to do though. Very slowly I went "backwards" and now I am vaping on newbie type stuff

This is why so called sub-ohm juices come mostly in 3mg and 6mg only..and is max VG. Usually just at $30 a 120ml.

I vape nothing like I smoked..I'm a lung hitter but the cloud thing isn't a big deal. I seek the flavor and love the hobby. Much prefer the single coil but you do not have to sacrifice either flavor or clouds for building one. I learned very early just how sweet a twisted 28ga flavor coil can be.

I still go through an amazing amount of juices though.

 

[Bane213]

I run mostly a single on all my builds. I prefer it for better flavor and no need for huge clouds when I'm out in public. It's ignorant and annoys even me when I see people blowing large clouds in a public place especIally indoors. But I do have duals on my CLT v2 plus and on my Baal. But those I mostly only use at home.

 

[PapawBrett]

I run mostly a single on all my builds. I prefer it for better flavor and no need for huge clouds when I'm out in public. It's ignorant and annoys even me when I see people blowing large clouds in a public place especIally indoors.

Over the Holidays, I was buying $100 Gift certificates for my (grown) children at the Restaurant of their choice. As I was standing at the foyer of one such place, waiting for the Manager, I see a younger Man walking through the Dining Area towards the Entrance. He was Chain-Vaping and puffing out one vape after another, as if to signify 'Look at Me ! Look at Me !' As he and his three friends approached the Foyer, I couldn't help myself....
"Oh, Wow ! Is THAT one of those...one of those..." I asked, feigning surprise and awe.
"It's an Electronic Smoking Device !" He replied.
"What kind is that ?" I asked.
"It's an MVP !" he proudly stated.
"You mean one of those devices made by Innoken, that company over in China ?" I asked.
'Umm .. China ? What do you mean China ?" He asked.
"I prefer to buy American," as I reached into my shirt pocket, "like this Reos Mods Variable Volt Grand."



...and, for some reason, he just turned and headed out the door, like he really didn't want to talk to me anymore

 

[Sirius]

Over the Holidays, I was buying $100 Gift certificates for my (grown) children at the Restaurant of their choice. As I was standing at the foyer of one such place, waiting for the Manager, I see a younger Man walking through the Dining Area towards the Entrance. He was Chain-Vaping and puffing out one vape after another, as if to signify 'Look at Me ! Look at Me !' As he and his three friends approached the Foyer, I couldn't help myself....
"Oh, Wow ! Is THAT one of those...one of those..." I asked, feigning surprise and awe.
"It's an Electronic Smoking Device !" He replied.
"What kind is that ?" I asked.
"It's an MVP !" he proudly stated.
"You mean one of those devices made by Innoken, that company over in China ?" I asked.
'Umm .. China ? What do you mean China ?" He asked.
"I prefer to buy American," as I reached into my shirt pocket, "like this Reos Mods Variable Volt Grand."



...and, for some reason, he just turned and headed out the door, like he really didn't want to talk to me anymore

Bwaaaaahahaha! Way to go Pawpaw.

 

[AndriaD]

I agree, that's hilarious. Actually I find it kinda fun to compare vaping gear with vapers met "in the wild" -- so far it's happened to me twice; the guys who installed our ADT system were both vapers, and, wandering around a car lot a few weeks ago, we happened upon another couple; the guy was a vaper, walking around making some sizeable clouds with a dual-coil RDA of some sort; he showed me, but they're all much the same to me, since I don't generally care for them (though I'll be getting a magma soon; I just showed the ol man a $18.99 amgaM made by Tobeco; I'm thrilled with my tobeco KFL+s, so that seems like a good deal to me!). All I had were a pair of Kayfuns, one on a Sigelei zmax and one on an iTaste vv3. His was some kind of mech.

His wife is very interested in all this, and vapes a bit herself, but hasn't yet switched fully from smoking. I bet she'll get there though, with a husband who understands vaping as well as he seemed to -- those were some nice neat coils and well-soaked wicks!

Andria

 

[retic1959]

Over the Holidays, I was buying $100 Gift certificates for my (grown) children at the Restaurant of their choice. As I was standing at the foyer of one such place, waiting for the Manager, I see a younger Man walking through the Dining Area towards the Entrance. He was Chain-Vaping and puffing out one vape after another, as if to signify 'Look at Me ! Look at Me !' As he and his three friends approached the Foyer, I couldn't help myself.... "Oh, Wow ! Is THAT one of those...one of those..." I asked, feigning surprise and awe. "It's an Electronic Smoking Device !" He replied. "What kind is that ?" I asked. "It's an MVP !" he proudly stated. "You mean one of those devices made by Innoken, that company over in China ?" I asked. 'Umm .. China ? What do you mean China ?" He asked. "I prefer to buy American," as I reached into my shirt pocket, "like this Reos Mods Variable Volt Grand." ...and, for some reason, he just turned and headed out the door, like he really didn't want to talk to me anymore

Hmmmmmm , kinda reminds me of the time Evil retic spotted a guy outside of Winn Dixie trying to adjust the voltage on his new Provari . I walked up and he's pushing the button like crazy , click click clickety " Awwww dam ! " apparently he had forgotten how to use it . " What's that ? " says I . An electronic cigarette " says he . " An electronic cigarette ? Where's the smoke ? I don't see no smoke ." says I . " "No , it doesn't work that way . " says he , and he went back to clicking and cussing . " Hey man ! that sounds like code you're tapping out . You sure you ain't trying to contact the russians on that thing ? " says I . " No , it's an electronic cigarette ! You wouldn't understand ! " says he . " Oh really ? " says I as I pull my SVD outta my jacket , adjust the wattage with 2 clicks and take a big hit outta the Kayfun on it . Can't repeat what that feller said on ECF , it weren't nice . SVD $37 , look on that feller's face , priceless .

 

[retic1959]

Papaw , I like dual coils in some atty's and single coils in others , might as well enjoy it all .

 

[SLIPPY_EEL]

shouldnt hate fellow vapers, we're all in the same boat trying to stay off the smokes wether it be 36mg juice with tonnes of flavour or heads in clouds, we all do our own thing to stay good



i like singles, dual's, trip's & quads, variety is the spice of life

 

[PapawBrett]

shouldnt hate fellow vapers, we're all in the same boat trying to stay off the smokes wether it be 36mg juice with tonnes of flavour or heads in clouds, we all do our own thing to stay good
i like singles, dual's, trip's & quads, variety is the spice of life

I don't hate on other vapers, but let's be honest ; The Government sees us as unrealized Tax Revenues, there is a Very Powerful Big Tobacco lobby that wants us shutdown, and there are activists who will join any cause without reviewing the real facts. Add the Propaganda that's being put out and it could change everything.
I took my bi-annual D.O.T. physical today. The nurse doing the urine sample made me empty all of my pockets before going into the bathroom, including a Reos Grand. When I came out, I smiled and said "Can I have my stuff back now ?"
"How much are you willing to pay for it ?" she joked.
"well, that alone is worth about $200." as I picked up the Grand/ RM2.
She said that she understood it's a safer way to get nicotine, but "there's a lot of bad stuff in there."
"Where ?" I asked. "Propylene Glycerin, which an active ingredient in the inhalers given to Asthmatics, Vegetable Glycerin, which is basically vegetable juice, and FDA approved flavors. It's only 1.2 % nicotine." I said this as information, not as a retort.
She didn't have anything more to say. But if a Health Care Worker is that badly informed, what are we as Vapers up against ?
Will I vape in a restaurant ? Yes, discreetly a my table I have been known to take a puff or two, then put it away. But I don't flaunt it inside public places. We as Vapers are up against enough misinformation and rhetoric, we don't need to agitate the general public.

I am getting off of my soap box now. There are other threads for this sort of thing.

 

[PapawBrett]

In an attempt to get Back on Topic :

I just got this in today, a Vicious Ant Cyclone. Gonna go single coil, and use the Cyclops AFC to tune it in....

 

[PapawBrett]

30g Kanthal, 8 wrap @ 3/32 in. Ohms testing steady 2.2
Time for test drive !

 

[Sirius]

I don't hate on other vapers, but let's be honest ; The Government sees us as unrealized Tax Revenues, there is a Very Powerful Big Tobacco lobby that wants us shutdown, and there are activists who will join any cause without reviewing the real facts. Add the Propaganda that's being put out and it could change everything.
I took my bi-annual D.O.T. physical today. The nurse doing the urine sample made me empty all of my pockets before going into the bathroom, including a Reos Grand. When I came out, I smiled and said "Can I have my stuff back now ?"
"How much are you willing to pay for it ?" she joked.
"well, that alone is worth about $200." as I picked up the Grand/ RM2.
She said that she understood it's a safer way to get nicotine, but "there's a lot of bad stuff in there."
"Where ?" I asked. "Propylene Glycerin, which an active ingredient in the inhalers given to Asthmatics, Vegetable Glycerin, which is basically vegetable juice, and FDA approved flavors. It's only 1.2 % nicotine." I said this as information, not as a retort.
She didn't have anything more to say. But if a Health Care Worker is that badly informed, what are we as Vapers up against ?
Will I vape in a restaurant ? Yes, discreetly a my table I have been known to take a puff or two, then put it away. But I don't flaunt it inside public places. We as Vapers are up against enough misinformation and rhetoric, we don't need to agitate the general public.

I am getting off of my soap box now. There are other threads for this sort of thing.

 

[Sirius]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-...VVTw&x-yt-cl=84503534&feature=player_embedded

...and this Papaw.

 

[wheelie]

I prefer single coils. I even changed over my Kanger Subohm to single coils in the rebuildable section.