Apollo E-cig contest/giveaway thread!!

[Marina2]

Good morning everyone.....
Reliant, Phazer .21, 38w, 410.......Cotton Candy........

Morning liblue. Sounds like you got it all going on.

 

[redrebel821]

Do you guys get obsessive when doing coils and wicks? Cause I just spent an hour cleaning a coil and rewicking it. All that preening and fluffing. Zen to me.

When I sit down and do all of mine at once, it's very Zen-like. I've been shortcutting and rinsing, soaking and drying mine lately, but I have a handful of 2.2its that need to be dry burned and rewicked.

 

[Marina2]

When I sit down and do all of mine at once, it's very Zen-like. I've been shortcutting and rinsing, soaking and drying mine lately, but I have a handful of 2.2its that need to be dry burned and rewicked.

Hi Red. Nobody staying put today.
Yeah, I just spent way too much time with that I think but it is relaxing. Should have done my dishes.

 

[redrebel821]

Hi Red. Nobody staying put today.
Yeah, I just spent way too much time with that I think but it is relaxing. Should have done my dishes.

Lol....that's the only think about vertical coils I'm not crazy about...can't pop in a precoiled wire. So, lather, rinse, repeat....hehehehehehehehe

 

[redrebel821]

I have a feeling we're gonna have to wait until Friday.

Awww... @a_rey88 is going to make an appearance today, I hope. I have a good feeling about it!

 

[Marina2]

I haven't had much success with that. They never tasted right and I just throw them away and buy more. Not going to do that anymore, though... throwing money in the trash.

 

[redrebel821]

I haven't had much success with that. They never tasted right and I just throw them away and buy more. Not going to do that anymore, though... throwing money in the trash.

I didn't know any better when I started vaping...lol...then quickly learned how to do the plug and play wires, and have been happy ever since. Its so easy with horizontal coils, though.

 

[jseah]

I didn't know any better when I started vaping...lol...then quickly learned how to do the plug and play wires, and have been happy ever since. Its so easy with horizontal coils, though.

I've gotten really good at rebuilding the Atlantis-type coils. I can pop one out in just a couple of minutes. I rebuilt a couple of Subtank mini coils too (the old horizontal style), but rebuilt them as vertical coils.

 

[redrebel821]

I've gotten really good at rebuilding the Atlantis-type coils. I can pop one out in just a couple of minutes. I rebuilt a couple of Subtank mini coils too (the old horizontal style), but rebuilt them as vertical coils.

Ok, I need to know how to do that...horizontals are easy...how do I do the verticals?

I'll be on YouTube if anyone needs me...lmaoooo

 

[jseah]

Ok, I need to know how to do that...horizontals are easy...how do I do the verticals?

Take one of the legs, bend it down so it is pointing down (so the coil looks like a lollipop if you are holding the coil by the leg). This will be your positive leg. The remaining leg will still be pointing at a 90 degree angle from the coil. Cut a cotton strip the same width as the width of the coil. Take the cotton and then wrap it around the coil (as tight as you can). The last step is to bend the remaining leg down over the cotton so that it is pointing downward as well. This is your negative leg. Take the "package" and insert it in the coil housing. If you have wrapped the cotton really tight, the natural expansion of the cotton will then fill up the gap in the coil body (and when it starts wicking juice the cotton will expand as well to prevent juice leaks).

 

[Marina2]

You mean the premade vertical coil?

Take one of the legs, bend it down so it is pointing down (so the coil looks like a lollipop if you are holding the coil by the leg). This will be your positive leg. The remaining leg will still be pointing at a 90 degree angle from the coil. Cut a cotton strip the same width as the width of the coil. Take the cotton and then wrap it around the coil (as tight as you can). The last step is to bend the remaining leg down over the cotton so that it is pointing downward as well. This is your negative leg. Take the "package" and insert it in the coil housing. If you have wrapped the cotton really tight, the natural expansion of the cotton will then fill up the gap in the coil body (and when it starts wicking juice the cotton will expand as well to prevent juice leaks).

I'm not familiar with that tank. Is there an rba for it? If so, what's the benefit of rebuilding the vertical coils?

 

[jseah]

You mean the premade vertical coil

I'm not familiar with that tank. Is there an rba for it? If so, what's the benefit of rebuilding the vertical coils?

I don't use the Subtank Mini any more, but I do mainly use the Atlantis 2 and the Freemax Starre Pro (which will work with Atlantis coils). Those coils are vertical coils. The advantage of vertical coils is that the airflow is a lot freer, because you have a large hole down the center of the coil which is a straight shot right to the airflow for the coil. The only downside to the coils that I've rebuilt is that the prewound coils I am using are a smaller diameter coil as compared to the stock coils from the factory, so there is a slight restriction to the airflow.

 

[anjelvape77]

Take one of the legs, bend it down so it is pointing down (so the coil looks like a lollipop if you are holding the coil by the leg). This will be your positive leg. The remaining leg will still be pointing at a 90 degree angle from the coil. Cut a cotton strip the same width as the width of the coil. Take the cotton and then wrap it around the coil (as tight as you can). The last step is to bend the remaining leg down over the cotton so that it is pointing downward as well. This is your negative leg. Take the "package" and insert it in the coil housing. If you have wrapped the cotton really tight, the natural expansion of the cotton will then fill up the gap in the coil body (and when it starts wicking juice the cotton will expand as well to prevent juice leaks).

you make it sound so easy lol...I'm struggling with my verticals...

 

[Marina2]

I don't use the Subtank Mini any more, but I do mainly use the Atlantis 2 and the Freemax Starre Pro (which will work with Atlantis coils). Those coils are vertical coils. The advantage of vertical coils is that the airflow is a lot freer, because you have a large hole down the center of the coil which is a straight shot right to the airflow for the coil. The only downside to the coils that I've rebuilt is that the prewound coils I am using are a smaller diameter coil as compared to the stock coils from the factory, so there is a slight restriction to the airflow.

oh, ok. That makes sense.
So would an rda that you can build vertical on be better than a horizontal build? I mean, do you wrap the wick around as in the ones you're doing to give airflow through it or does it go through the middle?

 

[redrebel821]

Ok, between @jseah and YouTube, I think I got it!!! Woohoooooooo.....

 

[jseah]

oh, ok. That makes sense.
So would an rda that you can build vertical on be better than a horizontal build? I mean, do you wrap the wick around as in the ones you're doing to give airflow through it or does it go through the middle?

With an RDA, since the airflow comes into the coil from the side and the coil is exposed, you still wick the cotton in the center of the coil. You leave a short tail on the top part of the vertical coil sticking out and a long tail on the bottom of the vertical coil going into the juice well. Doing a vertical coil in a RDA is a bit trickier because the post holes are horizontal. I do have an Origen V2 RDA that can be easily built with a vertical coil because the positive post is elevated while the negative post is a screw at the bottom of the deck, so the positive connection for the coil is raised higher than the negative connection.

 

[jseah]

Ok, between @jseah and YouTube, I think I got it!!! Woohoooooooo.....

And to think just a couple of months ago, I would never even think about doing coils and wicking.

 

[redrebel821]

And to think just a couple of months ago, I would never even think about doing coils and wicking.

I got so spoiled with the precoils.....LOVE THEM....I bought 100 subohm ones, too...redoing the horizontal subohms was easy, but hadn't tried a vertical one yet.next time I'm able to do a Fasttech order, think I may get some more of the stock generic coils so I have spares on hand. Now I can do the Atlantis coils that came with that strange generic tank I got, too!

 

[Seleya]

I started building my Aspire Triton with vertical coils instead of horizontal because of @jseah. It works so much better.

 

[Marina2]

With an RDA, since the airflow comes into the coil from the side and the coil is exposed, you still wick the cotton in the center of the coil. You leave a short tail on the top part of the vertical coil sticking out and a long tail on the bottom of the vertical coil going into the juice well. Doing a vertical coil in a RDA is a bit trickier because the post holes are horizontal. I do have an Origen V2 RDA that can be easily built with a vertical coil because the positive post is elevated while the negative post is a screw at the bottom of the deck, so the positive connection for the coil is raised higher than the negative connection.

Thanks. So I guess its not as much of a benefit in an rda as in the tanks if I'm understanding this correctly.