Hiya
After buying and trying new stuff now and then, i always end up back on my aga-t2s, my DID and other "old Skool" gennies i have laying around. A problem for me now is that spare parts, like insulators is starting to run out and it doesnt seem like its easy to get anymore, specially for the aga-ts.
I wonder if any of u that still using these gennies has found other sources of spare parts, like if theres things that also fits from newer gennies for example?
Im also intrested to know if u found mods/cross over parts from other gennies that works, like centerposts, spring tensioners etc.
Im happiest with my mesh wicks, but i been using regular kanthal so far, im also intrested to know if theres any new type of wires that works good in a genny. I mostly vape at 1 ohm +.
I'm in the same spot you are in this matter. I love my old school gennies and never want to part with them.
I do have an AGA-T2, it was my first genny. but I found it to be a cantankerous device, and too much bother to deal with. I replaced it with the RSST, which was far better and served me well for a couple years. I have 4 of them still. I got a couple of authentic Krakens, and they were very good, but when I got my first DID I was hooked. Now I have 4 of those and really love them, BUT... as you say, parts are becoming a real problem, particularly the top insulators, a most critical part.
I have top insulators for the AGA-T2, which I will likely never use as that genny languishes on the vape table, but you never know, it might be called into service down the road as events play out. Not knowing where vaping is headed I don't throw anything out.
I have the same question you posed, as to whether parts from other atty's will fit, and one likes to think that some other atty has insulators that will fit the DID and perform as well as the originals, but finding them poses a challenge. There is no reference table anywhere for that, nor do manufacturers publish specs for them, and while I correspond with MMV about this I've decided to get a digital caliper, measure the dimensions of the original top insulator for the DID, and set about engineering my own from a suitable dielectric material. This will take some time of course, but being heavily invested in the DID I'm not willing to give up on it.
The problem with the most recent top insulators for the DID has been that the tolerances are off, and they are loose around the center post so that juice gets down into the center tube and on the post inside it. This causes resistance to rise drastically and renders the atomizer unusable until completely torn down, cleaned, and rebuilt, then it starts all over again.
Moreover the last batch of top insulators I got from MMV were quite seriously defective and unusable. MMV is doing their best to help me with this and I can only say good things about their customer service. Things are not going well for them there in Greece for well known reasons but Miriam and the MMV crew are doing the best they can in a tough situation.
One solution that just occurred to me is to mold a top insulator from silicone using the build deck as a form, but I'm not sure how that would work out. It would probably be best to machine the part from a hard plastic or delrin. I'm looking into it with determination.
