Another Fledgling Reonaut...

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Cactus Breath

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...i don't know what you currently vape but expect to be retiring it very soon!
Currently vaping a ProVari topped with either an IBTanked carto tank or Igo-L. Can't say I'm disappointed in any of them, but I've come to really like dripping and it's a bit inconvenient when you're on the go - squonking seems like a much better idea. I also spend a lot of time on/around water and I'm sure the Grand would survive a swim much better than the ProVari would!
 

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...I also spend a lot of time on/around water and I'm sure the Grand would survive a swim much better than the ProVari would!

Here's your West Marine REO lanyard:

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Just need to make a pouch for the mod.
 

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Currently vaping a ProVari topped with either an IBTanked carto tank or Igo-L. Can't say I'm disappointed in any of them, but I've come to really like dripping and it's a bit inconvenient when you're on the go - squonking seems like a much better idea. I also spend a lot of time on/around water and I'm sure the Grand would survive a swim much better than the ProVari would!

Well I came from almost the exact same scenario, just a different carto tank. This is like having a perfectly made Igo, but with an all-day drip. With a microcoil and some cotton..... vaping bliss :D
 

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Well I came from almost the exact same scenario, just a different carto tank. This is like having a perfectly made Igo, but with an all-day drip. With a microcoil and some cotton..... vaping bliss :D
Yep, running a micro with cotton in the Igo now, but at 2.4 Ω. I'm gonna shoot for around 1.6 Ω on the RM2, should put me in the neighborhood of where I want to be. I read Super_X_Drifter's micro thread until it was burned into the insides of my eyelids before I got the Igo and went straight to cotton in a micro coil. Real happy with it, so I'm not gonna fix what ain't broke! :)

NicoHog - I was thinking about attaching one of those big key floaties to it!
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I don't wanna say I'm over-anticipating or anything, but my Grand isn't due until tomorrow and I've already wrapped a micro coil for the RM2! :) 30ga Kanthal, 8 wraps, meters at 1.6 Ω. Took me 3 tries to get it exactly how I wanted it to be, but it looks like a good 'un. I also went to RTD and ordered 3 more 18650s (1600 mAh, the ones I have for the ProVari are 2000 mAh) and 100 feet of Kanthal wire. Come on Friday!!!
 

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Be prepared, be prepared...that you certainly are. Post pictures once you tear yourself away from all the playing and awesomeness! Also wanna see those coils.
Definitely will do. I'll have to break out the camera with macro function for pics of the coil - the iPhone camera just doesn't do the trick on those close-up shots. That way I can also look at the picture and confirm the number of wraps - I don't have a magnifier yet and even with reading glasses it's a lost cause trying to count them!
 

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Definitely will do. I'll have to break out the camera with macro function for pics of the coil - the iPhone camera just doesn't do the trick on those close-up shots. That way I can also look at the picture and confirm the number of wraps - I don't have a magnifier yet and even with reading glasses it's a lost cause trying to count them!

Yeah, its more miss than hit to get that wire into that tiny hole. My last one slinked around the post - only found that out when I tried to cut off the legs coming out, thanks heavens. Must get a magnifying device!
 

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I don't have a magnifier yet and even with reading glasses it's a lost cause trying to count them!

In one of Statistic's videos he showed a simple way to count. Take a flat head screw driver and place it on the end of a coil and count the clicks as you pull/drag it along the coil. Works well.
 

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The Grand has arrived! Already had the coil wrapped, so bolted it into the RM2 and wicked it with cotton ball. Micro coil 1.4mm" ID, 30ga Kanthal, 8 wraps, metered at 1.3 Ω by the time I trimmed the legs:
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Here's the Grand already battling for supremacy (and offering a size comparison) with the ProVari:
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...and nestling nicely into my hand - the midget with a mighty roar!:
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Beautiful build and finish, and it's as sturdy as I thought it would be - built like a tank and fits the hand nicely. First vape was a beautiful thing - loaded it up with Nicoticket's Custard's Last Stand (50/50) and at 1.3 ohms on a fresh 18650, it was putting out some very nice clouds!

I'm greatly impressed and happy to have landed in the ranks of the Reonauts. Thanks for a great mod, Rob! :thumbs:
 
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