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Yep.
Do it once and you'll be rolling your eyes at yourself
Don't dismiss the great vape you can get out of even simple round wire coils. Or the only very slightly more complicated twisted build.
Seriously. A little bit of experimentation and you'll never go back. If you don't get it exactly right on the first try... or two, it's no big deal. It took me a few tries to get what I wanted out of a hand build.
For the most part, the inexpensive drop-in coils I've been buying in quantity have been for other people that I'm helping to get prepared for the Vapocolypse. I've also got a quantity of tanks for them, that take those coils. They prefer tanks right now and for the near future. I also have a variety of the necessary materials for them to use RBAs though, and a large selection of RBAs, too. When they're ready to learn how to use them...we're all set.
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$11.99 for an 18650 mod/kit: Council of Vapor Callisto Kit | 80W Single Battery Box Mod Starter Kit (Clearance)
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Let's go as simple as possible. A Kanthal build will last for months. Maybe ten cents worth of wire. A rewick costs maybe 5 cents and 5 minutes for fancy cotton. Get a bag of pads or a box of Rayon and you'd probably have to wick it twice, maybe 3 times to cost a penny.For the most part, the inexpensive drop-in coils I've been buying in quantity have been for other people that I'm helping to get prepared for the Vapocolypse. I've also got a quantity of tanks for them, that take those coils. They prefer tanks right now and for the near future. I also have a variety of the necessary materials for them to use RBAs though, and a large selection of RBAs, too. When they're ready to learn how to use them...we're all set.
Bottom line? For average vapers 20 bucks could last the rest of your life.
I think you might be preaching to the choir... lolLet's go as simple as possible. A Kanthal build will last for months. Maybe ten cents worth of wire. A rewick costs maybe 5 cents and 5 minutes for fancy cotton. Get a bag of pads or a box of Rayon and you'd probably have to wick it twice, maybe 3 times to cost a penny.
Bottom line? For average vapers 20 bucks could last the rest of your life.
Let's go as simple as possible. A Kanthal build will last for months. Maybe ten cents worth of wire. A rewick costs maybe 5 cents and 5 minutes for fancy cotton. Get a bag of pads or a box of Rayon and you'd probably have to wick it twice, maybe 3 times to cost a penny.
Bottom line? For average vapers 20 bucks could last the rest of your life.
I don't know what makes you 2, and @DaveP, think that I don't know how to use RBAs and don't already use them myself. I'm very familiar with how little it costs to use them in comparison to drop-in coils. Nothing I've posted has indicated otherwise, yet people preach to me about using them, give me advice and instructions on how to use them, etc. So yep...you're preaching to the choir, but not in the way BigPappa meant it, I'm pretty sure.
ETA: Oh, in case it was about this: "For the most part, the inexpensive drop-in coils I've bought in quantity are for other people.....", meaning that I have stocked up on some drop-ins for myself, too....Yep, I am stocked up on drop-in coils for the tanks I love that don't have RBA heads available (ie. for my Zeniths, Zlides, etc.).
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Simplicity is in the eye of the beholder. With the deals on drop ins available, I've been able to accumulate good coils to the point my wife will never need to learn to build. I may choose to build but will never need to.
At about a 25-40 cents each, maybe fifteen bucks a year. Eyes can get weak, hands can shake, vaping will continue.
Different strokes for different folks.
At about a 25-40 cents each, maybe fifteen bucks a year. Eyes can get weak, hands can shake, vaping will continue.
Different strokes for different folks.
Wait... what??? lol... Preaching to the choir means he is trying to educate you on something that you already know very well... lolI don't know what makes you 2, and @DaveP, think that I don't know how to use RBAs and don't already use them myself. I'm very familiar with how little it costs to use them in comparison to drop-in coils. Nothing I've posted has indicated otherwise, yet people preach to me about using them, give me advice and instructions on how to use them, etc. So yep...you're preaching to the choir, but not in the way BigPappa meant it, I'm pretty sure.
In other words, he is telling you about DIY, but you are already an expert in that area.... It was a compliment to you @JCinFLA .
I don't know what other way there is to take that.
That's certainly fair enough. My motivation is not to make people feel inadequate if they use factory coils.
My motivation is to give some very good reasons why the many who may be on the fence about building might want to go ahead and at least try.
Preaching to the choir also means someone has turned a deaf ear to the advice, as in they don't want to hear it, are stubborn about it, etc.. Depends on the context it's used.
I have no problem winding coils. Due to immense stress in my life ATM I prefer the drop-in’s for now.
I have never heard it used that way... "talking to a brick wall" is what I would say if that was what I meant. preaching to the choir - Google Search
EDIT: It does not make any sense that it would mean that... The choir already believes... and they would not turn a deaf ear.
Then why quote my post specifically, as in respond to, or comment on, what I said? It's OK though. I had to choose to "show ignored content" to even know your post to me was there. I'll just go back to my previous setting so I won't see or comment on any of your posts to me again, no problem.
I've been taking inventory on my small stash, and kind of reorganizing. It prompted me to put a fresh coil in my Nautilus 2 I started with, and give it a go. As popular as bvc's were/are, they just don't compare to any rta's I have. Not that close. And I'm such a tightwad, that I'd always push it on a coil when it was really done, and finish the tank before replacing it. So I wasn't really enjoying that last tank.It sounds hard, but it's just a matter of cutting, winding, and screwing the coil down in place. The hard part is making an efficient wick. There's only a short period of experimenting until you find out what works best. Too tight or too loose and you get a bad vape. Just right works fine.
I learned the ins and outs from watching PBusardo. He's a pretty good online teacher.
I ran across a partially used box of coils for my old Kanger Aero Tank today. I might just screw one in and juice it up to compare and reminisce about my early vaping years.
And yes- I used Phil's technique for making spaced coils on a coilmaster. Couldn't be easier. When I started, wicking didn't seem hard- the hard part on Kayfun Mini 3's for me was keeping the leg of the coil from spitting out when I tightened the screw....until I learned to waste some extra wire and wrap it all the way around.
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I think she was talking to me
For the record, my understanding of "preaching to the choir" is that it is an artful way of telling somebody that they are trying to convince someone of something they already agree with.
Listen, I don't know the first thing about this gal. I intended no condescension or insult. I only took her post as an opportunity to make what I thought were some worthy points.
If she wants to be upset, I can't help that, but I decline to join her.
EDITED for unintentional gender inaccuracy.
I think she was talking to me
For the record, my understanding of "preaching to the choir" is that it is an artful way of telling somebody that they are trying to convince someone of something they already agree with.
Listen, I don't know the first thing about this gal. I intended no condescension or insult. I only took her post as an opportunity to make what I thought were some worthy points.
If she wants to be upset, I can't help that, but I decline to join her.
EDITED for unintentional gender inaccuracy.
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I agree.
I think about that a lot. I think if a committed vaper is already of a certain age (say 45+) but...
- doesn't have a whole lot of drop-ins to last the rest of his/her life or
- can't afford to stock-up on a lifetime supply of drop-ins (not everyone has tanks for which cheap coils are available and isn't willing to let sales dictate which tanks they use)
- but has RBAs/RTAs
That's just me.
"Legal blindness" runs in my family genes.
But this isn't really a prepping thread, so I digress...
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