Cheers for the answers... always good to get the views of someone who has actually used the same stuff i am looking at
I noticed the ready made coils on fast tech for dirt cheap - may have to get a stock of them in if / when i get myself a mech mod and an ithaka. I've got a smok carto tank at the moment, which i havent used and i'm going to order one of those big boaby tanks off alba vapours once i have got all my bigger bottles of eliquid sorted. I didnt want to start using carto tanks whilst i am still at the stage of swapping flavours every refill.
Once I've tried the carto tanks out, I'll have a go at the direct dripping, then get into a bit of coil building and get the ithaka and possibly the kayfun too as so many people rave about them! Gives me something to look forward to vape-wise, which is another big plus point of vaping... cant say as i ever looked forward to my next pack of fags and as far as upgrading goes swapping brands is about as far as you can take it!
You're welcome mate, if you need a link to the coils just let me know. It's hard to tell from the pictures, but they do have no-res legs so work perfect in the ithaka. You do have to play around with the coil spacing a bit though to get them just right. I think kycap has got one of the big boaby tanks, maybe give him a shout about it.
If you wait for the Paps X to come in, it looks like it will have adjustable airflow from the sneak previews I've seen. But you'll need to be on the ball with ordering. They normally sell out really quickly on vapourart. It will be a bit dearer than the Paps Lux too.

