Hi all,
I have an Infinite KFL+V2 clone with a 4nine clone using an 18650 VTC5. When I got the KFL, the juice channels were shallow and I was getting dry hits with mostly VG, so I used a diamond burr to deepen them. Now, my juice flows and wicks fine. I've been building 2mm mini coils from 30ga kanthal, coming in around 2 Ohms. Vapor production is good, but not stellar. I was intrigued by some of the coil building tips on here and on YouTube, so I twisted up two strands of the 30ga and tried building a 2mm mini coil out of that. It came out to around 1.3 Ohms. When I did that, my coil was popping and hissing and I got lots of vapor, but my juice tasted terrible. It had a very burnt taste. I also tried a chimney build, and got the same result. I did some more research, and learned that I wasn't letting the coil pre-heat enough. When I started letting the coil heat for a few seconds before taking a drag, the burnt taste was reduced but still there. After less than a tank, I disassembled the KFL, and there were minimal visible signs of charring on my wick (rayon). I built a new 4mm coil out of the 30ga and rewicked, and it's around 2 Ohms, and now it tastes fine. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. All of these people who are going low-ohm or even sub-ohm can't be sucking on burnt tasting juice, can they? I must be missing something obvious, but I can't see what. I'm mostly satisfied with my 2 Ohm build, but I would like to understand what's going on.
Thanks for any help!
P.S. Now my tongue tastes like burning, blech.
I have an Infinite KFL+V2 clone with a 4nine clone using an 18650 VTC5. When I got the KFL, the juice channels were shallow and I was getting dry hits with mostly VG, so I used a diamond burr to deepen them. Now, my juice flows and wicks fine. I've been building 2mm mini coils from 30ga kanthal, coming in around 2 Ohms. Vapor production is good, but not stellar. I was intrigued by some of the coil building tips on here and on YouTube, so I twisted up two strands of the 30ga and tried building a 2mm mini coil out of that. It came out to around 1.3 Ohms. When I did that, my coil was popping and hissing and I got lots of vapor, but my juice tasted terrible. It had a very burnt taste. I also tried a chimney build, and got the same result. I did some more research, and learned that I wasn't letting the coil pre-heat enough. When I started letting the coil heat for a few seconds before taking a drag, the burnt taste was reduced but still there. After less than a tank, I disassembled the KFL, and there were minimal visible signs of charring on my wick (rayon). I built a new 4mm coil out of the 30ga and rewicked, and it's around 2 Ohms, and now it tastes fine. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. All of these people who are going low-ohm or even sub-ohm can't be sucking on burnt tasting juice, can they? I must be missing something obvious, but I can't see what. I'm mostly satisfied with my 2 Ohm build, but I would like to understand what's going on.
Thanks for any help!
P.S. Now my tongue tastes like burning, blech.
