Choking on Patriot RDA, and IGO RDA rebuilds

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epicdoom

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I agree with the air hole I bored mine to 1/8 placed directly in front of the coil running a duel parallel in 26g on one and a 24g sleeper on the other. If your running stock airholes then your gonna want to drill those out. You need air over the coil to not only keep the vape temp at bay but also to produce good vapor. If you have a drill and bit use good pressure and slow RPM will melt through the Stainless like butter if you dont have means to drill it out, talk to the shop guys someone is sure to have whats needed. Good luck
 
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Thanks for the feedback folks! When I get home from work, I'll place the airholes over the coils directly and see if this makes a difference. This might explain why sometimes the device Vapes beautifully, until I remove the top to drip more juice. I'll let you know what happens! Might have to try drilling holes if that doesn't do the trick.
 

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Thanks for the feedback folks! When I get home from work, I'll place the airholes over the coils directly and see if this makes a difference. This might explain why sometimes the device Vapes beautifully, until I remove the top to drip more juice. I'll let you know what happens! Might have to try drilling holes if that doesn't do the trick.

The stock airholes on the patriot IMO are for mouth to lung inhalers the resistance in draw lets the mouth to lung inhaler draw on the device longer to get vapor and in that case would most likely use a higher ohm build maybe around .7 and up. There seems to be a misconception that drippers are for sub ohm cloud chasers and that's just not the case, though they are the preferred device for such activities, some folks use them for other purposes. IMO this is why the holes are so tiny to give everyone the opportunity to use the device. Ever tried mouth to lung inhaling on a dripper with 1/8" holes its pretty tuff to get vapor from. I started vaping mouth to lung and am now lung vaping only. The first thing I do before I even build the atty is drill the air holes out. I actually hate fixed Airhole RDA's and RBA's for that matter, It would be much easier to make then all adjustable hell Id even pay a little more for the option.
 

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I actually hate fixed Airhole RDA's and RBA's for that matter, It would be much easier to make then all adjustable hell Id even pay a little more for the option.

I couldn't agree more epicdoom. I really appreciate that feature in my Trident. They only give you one set of dual holes, but again I think they are covering the lower power users and it's easy enough to drill more holes or adjust the ones they have. It's also very nice to know if you go a little big you can easily adjust them smaller.
 

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The stock airholes on the patriot IMO are for mouth to lung inhalers the resistance in draw lets the mouth to lung inhaler draw on the device longer to get vapor and in that case would most likely use a higher ohm build maybe around .7 and up. There seems to be a misconception that drippers are for sub ohm cloud chasers and that's just not the case, though they are the preferred device for such activities, some folks use them for other purposes. IMO this is why the holes are so tiny to give everyone the opportunity to use the device. Ever tried mouth to lung inhaling on a dripper with 1/8" holes its pretty tuff to get vapor from. I started vaping mouth to lung and am now lung vaping only. The first thing I do before I even build the atty is drill the air holes out. I actually hate fixed Airhole RDA's and RBA's for that matter, It would be much easier to make then all adjustable hell Id even pay a little more for the option.

check out the Stillaire... very adjustable from collapse your eyes in to do I have an atty in my mouth?
 

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Yep the trident is one of my favorite Attys I bought the smok Caterpillar its a cheap RDA like $10 but it has awesome airflow adjustment. I have only one complaint with it and that is they didn't drill holes for single coil users, but that's a very simple thing to do on the atomizer, But for $10 cant go wrong especially when I have payed 10X that and got fixed holes. I build duels always so the Caterpillar was perfect for me. I'm waiting on my Mephisto ATM Happy to pay a premium price for it, it has everything anyone could want in an RDA Just like my Zenith.
 

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I had the same problem at first. A bit of tweaking and I had it working well (Igo-W). I found my problem was a combination of things. First of all I was really bad at building coils initially (even now I'm not an expert or anything, but I get 'er done) and my coils had hot spots. It's easy to tell if this is a problem. After checking the resistance, but before wicking, slap that sucker on your mod and fire away. Your coils should heat from the center outward, and should glow evenly. If a couple loops on the exterior blaze bright, but your center loops are dull, that's a problem. You can fix it; I use tweezers to squish my coil together and then redistribute the loops when my coils aren't glowing like they should. Caution, make sure you recheck the resistance any time you fiddle with the coils.

Second, I was using a juice that was too high a mg. I had been vaping 12 mg before starting to rebuild. The employee who set me up with my new gear warned me to lower my nic with the rebuildable, but I figured it would be fine, especially if I wasn't venturing too low into subohms. I was wrong. It was really harsh. Even at like .9. So if you're using anything higher than 6 mg, drop your level. It'll help.

Last, I was flooding my atty! Too much juice in the device and I ended up with a really heavy, idk...mist? Instead of actual vapor. My coil was just spitting fine particles juice into my throat. Less juice and problem solved.

I'll also say that the airflow with the Igo-W at least isn't the greatest. If you're into it, drill it out. You can also buy them drilled out, which is what I'm going to get around to doing eventually.
 

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Well I lined the airholes up with the coils, and it drastically improved the vapor. The hit still isn't as smooth as my Kayfun, however I think you all may be correct about drilling my airholes a bit, and lowering my nic level.

Once you do that you will really notice a big difference. I've only been dripping for a few months but one of the things I've noticed is how airflow drastically changes the vape. Experimenting with different coils many times means having to experiment with different air flow.
Glad to see things seem to be improving for you.
By the way Welcome to the forum. You can now post in other forums too. Maybe check this out Rebuildable Atomizer Systems
 
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