Best place to buy Kanthal wire

[shellro07]

I'm going to get started building my own coils for my PT2 and eventually a KFL+ but wasn't sure the best place to get samples of Kanthal 28g and 30g to test out. I thought I saw a Riptrippers Youtube video where he recommended kidneypuncher.com to buy the samples. Which websites do you buy Kanthal from in bulk (or samples)?

 

[twgbonehead]

temco, on ebay

 

[HeiSINberg]

^^Agreed. You get a lot for what you pay for. Most online companies give you what, 15 feet for like 15$? I think last time I got it from ebay it was 50 feet for around 8$.

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[Spazmelda]

Temco (either direct or ebay) or Lightening Vapes (direct or ebay). I usually compare prices between to two and see which is best for the gauge and amount I'm ordering.

 

[hazozita]

Another Temco fan here. In addition to their ebay store, you can also buy direct from temco (Resistance Wire)

Sometimes buying direct is a little cheaper than through their ebay store; othertimes their ebay store has better pricing. I've bought from them direct several times, and they ship very quickly.

 

[RuDawg7890]

~$7 for 100' of Kanthal from Lightning Vapes on Amazon.
Certainly waaay more than sample sized, but at that price it seems reasonable enough to just order them.
You could make use of both if you wanted to.

 

[shellro07]

Thanks everyone. I will check them out.


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[finagle69]

I'd been buying exclusively from Temco for a while due to the great prices, but I haven't seen 24g K-A1 there. Thanks for the tip for LightningVapes. Got some 24 on order from there.

 

[Gonzi]

temco here, great quality, fast & free shipping and great prices, not to mention, any gauge and type you want.

 

[freedomfighter]

I just put my order to temco, i was success build a single coil for my Protank 2 now i am try to build dual coil for my Pt 3 any suggestion what should i use for the best size kanthal and wick ? thank you

 

[scrappy]

Just FYI, temco says they fill their eBay orders first. Something to think about just in case they're back logged.

 

[Jesse Peterson]

On Amazon, you get 100ft for like $7 from lightning vapes.

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[Mark Anthony]

Another vote for Temco.... I ordered from them direct and got 100ft for $5.46 shipped. Received my order in 3 days too.

 

[DaveP]

I just shop the prices on Amazon and go with whoever is lowest on cost + shipping. Last I ordered was a 100' roll of 28ga for $7 and 100' roll of 30ga for $5 and change plus a couple of bucks for shipping.

You do have to look for deals where you can buy it all from the same vendor under the same shipping cost. I screwed up last time and didn't notice that my $2.25 package of 100 organic cotton balls ended up costing me $4 extra in shipping!

 

[shellro07]

I ordered 100' of 28g and 30g Kanthal from Temco yesterday and paid around $13. They already shipped it! Thanks again for the tips everyone!

 

[ronpaek100]

Buy some VapoWire.

 

[AndriaD]

~$7 for 100' of Kanthal from Lightning Vapes on Amazon.
Certainly waaay more than sample sized, but at that price it seems reasonable enough to just order them.
You could make use of both if you wanted to.

I just ordered 50' of 30ga from Lightning, for $3.49.

Lightning also sells silica wick of various kinds, but I'm kinda lost; I need to get some silica wick for my kanger coils, but I know nothing about this; I've been replacing the silica flavor wick, after dry burning, with P&C cotton yarn, but I hate the dry-hit taste i keep getting, so I've been using my new replacement coils instead of the old ones that now have cotton flavor wicks. Can anyone help me figure out what width to get, for these tiny coils? They offer 1mm, 1.5, 2, 2.5, and 3mm, but I have no earthly idea which is right.

Thx
Andria

 

[Spazmelda]

I just ordered 50' of 30ga from Lightning, for $3.49.

Lightning also sells silica wick of various kinds, but I'm kinda lost; I need to get some silica wick for my kanger coils, but I know nothing about this; I've been replacing the silica flavor wick, after dry burning, with P&C cotton yarn, but I hate the dry-hit taste i keep getting, so I've been using my new replacement coils instead of the old ones that now have cotton flavor wicks. Can anyone help me figure out what width to get, for these tiny coils? They offer 1mm, 1.5, 2, 2.5, and 3mm, but I have no earthly idea which is right.

Thx
Andria

When I was rebuilding protanks I'd use 2mm for the coil wick and 2 strands of 1 mm for the flavor wicks. People do it various ways though. You can always double up wick, or pull strands apart also to get the diameter you need to fine tune gurgling or leaking issues.

 

[AndriaD]

When I was rebuilding protanks I'd use 2mm for the coil wick and 2 strands of 1 mm for the flavor wicks. People do it various ways though. You can always double up wick, or pull strands apart also to get the diameter you need to fine tune gurgling or leaking issues.

Ok, thanks! I wasn't sure if it would work the same as with cotton, where you could double it up if needed. I'll just order the 1mm for now; the wire should be delivered today, but I'm not sure I'm entirely ready for this rebuilding thing, especially since I think I'm going to continue using silica as they are when you first get them. I got tired of taking "priming" hit to try and get the juice into the cotton, and if you don't, you get dry hits, and it's awful. The silica seems a lot more "newbie friendly."

Thx!!
Andria

 

[blueGrassTubb]

eBay.

Just search "x gauge kanthal" (where "x" is the number you want) and find the best price for the type/length of wire you want.