Ceramic Coils Info??
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thanks yeah that's where I saw them when doing my weekly ordering *lol*
but what about them? anyone using them?
but what about them? anyone using them?
i have those fat daddy doughnut coils. They are difficult to use. Can't touch anything as they get real hot. They heat up real slow to.
They havce been out there for a few months but I rarely see anything come up anymore on people using them. Maybe they didn't pan out? Seems like GrimmGreen liked them fine when he reviewed them...
I've heard of the doughnuts but if I remember correctly their was a issue with them being slow to heat. I've never tried them personally but I've watched a review on them. Of course that is just the opinion of the reviewer .
Sorry Ginny... had to rush off to an appointment before I could answer your question. I'm going on memory from a few months ago... so IMO, grain of salt, etc etc.
steved5600 is correct in his assessment of heat. They do heat up a bit less quickly, and they're slower to shed heat. Nothing dramatic... just noticeably slower than wire, and a bit warmer vape. I'd recommend an atty with cooling fins (like a TOBH maybe) and a delrin insulator before the DT.
I got some of the first test samples... used them in an old Helios with 2mm German silica, threaded through the center... and an Origen V2, with organic cotton make-up pad strips inside and a "bed" underneath as well - both were dual coil at 0.3Ω net resistance.
They vaporize juice as fast as any wire coils I've made in the same resistance range... too fast for just a pull-through cotton wick, so you need to expose as much cotton surface to the coils as possible. The silica did a slightly better job of feeding the coils... and of course, didn't burn like cotton if you got lazy with your dripping habits. ;-)
In all cases, the flavor was good... in some instances, a bit "different" (not better or worse, just a change in the emphasis of flavor progression on the palette) with the same wick and Kanthal coils.
I kinda set the donuts aside for awhile now, but as I've been using rayon wick (Cellucotton) for 6 weeks give or take - rayon has excellent capillary action compared to cotton or silica - I may break them out again (I forgot I had them to be honest). Nice thing... the damn things are pretty durable.
The investment is small, and if you're an experimenter like me, they're certainly worth considering - but they aren't a replacement for a well done Kanthal coil. Cheers...
steved5600 is correct in his assessment of heat. They do heat up a bit less quickly, and they're slower to shed heat. Nothing dramatic... just noticeably slower than wire, and a bit warmer vape. I'd recommend an atty with cooling fins (like a TOBH maybe) and a delrin insulator before the DT.
I got some of the first test samples... used them in an old Helios with 2mm German silica, threaded through the center... and an Origen V2, with organic cotton make-up pad strips inside and a "bed" underneath as well - both were dual coil at 0.3Ω net resistance.
They vaporize juice as fast as any wire coils I've made in the same resistance range... too fast for just a pull-through cotton wick, so you need to expose as much cotton surface to the coils as possible. The silica did a slightly better job of feeding the coils... and of course, didn't burn like cotton if you got lazy with your dripping habits. ;-)
In all cases, the flavor was good... in some instances, a bit "different" (not better or worse, just a change in the emphasis of flavor progression on the palette) with the same wick and Kanthal coils.
I kinda set the donuts aside for awhile now, but as I've been using rayon wick (Cellucotton) for 6 weeks give or take - rayon has excellent capillary action compared to cotton or silica - I may break them out again (I forgot I had them to be honest). Nice thing... the damn things are pretty durable.
The investment is small, and if you're an experimenter like me, they're certainly worth considering - but they aren't a replacement for a well done Kanthal coil. Cheers...
I got them when I first started with RBAs because I thought they would be easier than building a coil.
As a plus they are a little easier and I think they lasted longer. They did give a slightly different taste to juice, it might have just been temperature which I can change now on coils.
They are slow to heat and slow to cool, managed to burn myself once and learned to be careful. I heard a story of a vaper who left the top off his dripper, fired it up, and stuck it in his mouth, he learned too.
They cost more. They only come in certain resistances and are not dead on. There is no take a wrap off or use a smaller size drill to get a little lower. They are also harder to wick, you need more than cotton through the center. They are bigger than a coil so they can be hard to place.
I still have a few left but I wind my own now.
As a plus they are a little easier and I think they lasted longer. They did give a slightly different taste to juice, it might have just been temperature which I can change now on coils.
They are slow to heat and slow to cool, managed to burn myself once and learned to be careful. I heard a story of a vaper who left the top off his dripper, fired it up, and stuck it in his mouth, he learned too.
They cost more. They only come in certain resistances and are not dead on. There is no take a wrap off or use a smaller size drill to get a little lower. They are also harder to wick, you need more than cotton through the center. They are bigger than a coil so they can be hard to place.
I still have a few left but I wind my own now.
Thanks State O' and y'all...I'm a bit of a tinker'er so I like messing with the stuff...I'll give 'em a shot.
and I'm all about the "taste" (just like cooking)
and I'm all about the "taste" (just like cooking)
Please follow up with your experience, if you would. I am interested in these, how you attach them to the atomizer and wick them.
if i remember correctly Rip Trippers on you tube did a video on them and how to use them
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