Are you done stocking up?

[bnrkwest]

I had a conversation with Justin on FB about doing reviews and he seemed a little conceited and said there wasn’t enough interest to warrant having someone doing reviews on ECF for him. With all the people on the forum I have a hard time believing that. With box after box of hardware I’ve purchased and reviewed, I don’t own one piece of Oxva hardware. After that discussion, I was turned off to his brand. It’s not necessarily that he didn’t want me to review but more so how he came across. May be good equipment but I doubt I’ll ever buy any.

That's too bad. So many people look at the reviews here.

 

[bnrkwest]

I have a couple of those. They are pretty small to build on and I felt like airflow was restricted but maybe I just didn’t do a good job with the wicking.

I hear people raving about these, but too low ohms for me SMRT Rebuildable Coil Kit

 

[Z-Lee]

I had a conversation with Justin on FB about doing reviews and he seemed a little conceited and said there wasn’t enough interest to warrant having someone doing reviews on ECF for him. With all the people on the forum I have a hard time believing that. With box after box of hardware I’ve purchased and reviewed, I don’t own one piece of Oxva hardware. After that discussion, I was turned off to his brand. It’s not necessarily that he didn’t want me to review but more so how he came across. May be good equipment but I doubt I’ll ever buy any.

The cost of singular products to potentially attract several. Hahaha, what a joke. Their loss I guess.

 

[MLEJ]

Just so you know, the #1 complaint I have seen for PNP RBAs is that, unless the RBA comes with a 510 adapter, you can't work out hot spots on the coil before you wick it since you can't connect it to it's power source without it being installed into a pod.

So what I've seen on a couple of videos is you can sacrifice a pod by cutting the top 3/4ths of it off so you can access the RBA deck while it's connected to the pod battery so you can work out hot spots and such. Dollar stores have small $1 hack saws that should work nicely if you need something to cut it.

The Wismec R80 RBA comes with a 510 connection and should be compatible with the PnP RBA (i haven't tired it but do know that R80 coils & PnP coils are cross-compatible).

They are pretty small to build on and I felt like airflow was restricted but maybe I just didn’t do a good job with the wicking.

All the reviews said the PnP RBA was very difficult & finicky.

 

[hittman]

I hear people raving about these, but too low ohms for me SMRT Rebuildable Coil Kit

Bigbob reviewed the Smrt and the rba a while back. He liked it.

 

[Bigbob2322]

Bigbob reviewed the Smrt and the rba a while back. He liked it.

I still use it, you can't tell the difference between it and a factory made coil plus it's compatible with 3 manufacturers of vaping devices.

 

[bnrkwest]

Bigbob reviewed the Smrt and the rba a while back. He liked it.

I found the higher ohm wire for SMRT but it is pre order, I might try it. I just can't do .2 ohm for MTL
I was wondering tho if it is possible to make DIY mesh running a wire thru the mesh ends to make legs, weave it thru the ends. I wonder if that would work? I have a spool of mesh, I may try it and see if it works. The SMRT uses mesh with legs.

 

[bnrkwest]

I still use it, you can't tell the difference between it and a factory made coil plus it's compatible with 3 manufacturers of vaping devices.

Cool! It is pretty clever how it works.

 

[UncLeJunkLe]

I found the higher ohm wire for SMRT but it is pre order, I might try it. I just can't do .2 ohm for MTL
I was wondering tho if it is possible to make DIY mesh running a wire thru the mesh ends to make legs, weave it thru the ends. I wonder if that would work? I have a spool of mesh, I may try it and see if it works. The SMRT uses mesh with legs.

That's the problem with these mesh RBAs. Since the mesh needs legs like a round wire coil has legs, it's like stocking up on coil heads (only not as expensive) becuase you have to stock up on the mesh unless you have a zap welder to weld legs onto the mesh. Maybe someone can prove me wrong, that would be great.

Weaving the legs through the mesh may work, but you have to try it and see.

But I'm pretty sure you can recoil these with a vertical coil using round wire. It would be a lot like rebuilding an atlantis coil heads. Search youtube for atlantis coil rebuilds to see what I mean.

 

[rosesense]

Good luck on rebuilding those, too much work for me.

 

[bnrkwest]

That's the problem with these mesh RBAs. Since the mesh needs legs like a round wire coil has legs, it's like stocking up on coil heads (only not as expensive) becuase you have to stock up on the mesh unless you have a zap welder to weld legs onto the mesh. Maybe someone can prove me wrong, that would be great.

Weaving the legs through the mesh may work, but you have to try it and see.

But I'm pretty sure you can recoil these with a vertical coil using round wire. It would be a lot like rebuilding an atlantis coil heads. Search youtube for atlantis coil rebuilds to see what I mean.

You're right, it works just like that and includes a tool to wrap the mesh then cotton goes around the outside. What is cool about it is the slot to slip the mesh or coil and cotton in. Then legs out the bottom with gasket and bottom pin. I may get one and try the wire coil, that would work I will try the DIY wire mesh and see if that works too. That would be cool & really cheap. Fiddly tho.

 

[UncLeJunkLe]

I will try the DIY wire mesh and see if that works too

As far as weaving the legs through the mesh, one possible problem that came to mind is I wonder if you'd get hot sots where the mesh and leg don't have such a great connection. Just thinking out loud, I have no idea if that's actually something to worry about. But I guess you'll find out.

 

[bnrkwest]

As far as weaving the legs through the mesh, one possible problem that came to mind is I wonder if you'd get hot sots where the mesh and leg don't have such a great connection. Just thinking out loud, I have no idea if that's actually something to worry about. But I guess you'll find out.

I wondered that too, we shall see once I get the RBA I can also cut the mesh coils in half lengthwise to raise the ohms if that idea fails. I can get .4, I prefer .6 or .8, so not sure how it will work.

 

[UncLeJunkLe]

USPS was out delivering packages yesterday and I got one of my Fasttech orders. Oddly enough I got the one that shipped 4-5 days later lol. The other one should be here end of this week.

That makes 21 days in transit. USPS Expedited/DHL Ecommerce.

This was the package with the Hugo Squeezers. The Squeezers look a bit nicer than in Fasttech's pics. So far, I wasn't able to get the battery to rattle out of contact. I do get rattle on a 21700 or 20700 but I have to shake it pretty hard to get rattle but it doesn't slide off the contacts. With an 18650 with supplied adapter, no rattle. I mentioned before that you could shim the positive battery contact with something springy like foam rubber, but as long as the battery makes a good contact, a better option seems to be to glue a foam strip to the inside of the curve of the battery door, this would make the battery more stable as it would take up that little bit of space between the battery and the door which is what allows the battery to rattle.

I'm happy with 'em. I may even buy a couple more later if available.

ETA: I can't say how they are as squonkers since I didn't buy them to use as squonkers anyhow. I just wanted a few single battery 21700 box mechs because all I have are old model 22mm 18650 tube mechs. I will say that the silicone squonk bottles seem to be super squishy, so some may not like that.

 

[b.m.]

I hear people raving about these, but too low ohms for me SMRT Rebuildable Coil Kit

Those are great.I use them in my Billet box,they are pretty low ohms though.

 

[Bigbob2322]

I found the higher ohm wire for SMRT but it is pre order, I might try it. I just can't do .2 ohm for MTL
I was wondering tho if it is possible to make DIY mesh running a wire thru the mesh ends to make legs, weave it thru the ends. I wonder if that would work? I have a spool of mesh, I may try it and see if it works. The SMRT uses mesh with legs.

Here's a thread for raising ohms with the SMRT coil kit by removing mesh material from the mesh strip.

Raise Ω?

 

[Territoo]

I got my Sourcemore order today. It didn't have to sit around in Grand Prairie for too long. I have 3 FT orders pending. One that is in china waiting to catch the boat, and two new ones that haven't even shipped yet. With these orders, I am officially done, anything else is just gravy. So I might still order more, I just dont have to, except for things like PG, VG, flavors, etc.

 

[bnrkwest]

Here's a thread for raising ohms with the SMRT coil kit by removing mesh material from the mesh strip.

Raise Ω?

I did a factory mesh coil rebuild by cutting the mesh in half lengthwise and it doubles the ohms So I know that works. Have no idea if the punch holes or zig zag cut would work

 

[bnrkwest]

I tried Jam Monster Custard Butterscotch juice, put it in a 2019 Kafun, oh my my, the flavor is outstanding! Yum

 

[borno]

I tried Jam Monster Custard Butterscotch juice, put it in a 2019 Kafun, oh my my, the flavor is outstanding! Yum

That sounds good to me