Coil differences?

[Brandon Rauls]

So, what's the difference between Macro coils, Micro coils, Nano coils, and Super Macro Coils?
Do certain ones produce more vapor? If so which one produces the most vapor?
I have a 20 Gauge Syringe Needle I was just gonna build all of my coils on, but...

EDIT: I just ordered this sweet coil jig, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JX1NFH2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 so I'm hoping that comes in serious handy! -> BUT would still like to know the differences in all of those coil builds.

 

[loll88]

So, what's the difference between Macro Coils, Micro Coils, Nano Coils, and Super Macro Coils?
Do certain ones produce more vapor? If so which one produces the most vapor?
I have a 20 Gauge Syringe Needle I was just gonna build all of my coils on, but...

EDIT: I just ordered this sweet coil jig, Amazon.com: Rave Red Coil Jig for RBA / RDA / RTA | Micro, Macro & Nano Coil Builder with Deck | 510 Thread / Kanthal Wire: Health & Personal Care so I'm hoping that comes in serious handy! -> BUT would still like to know the differences in all of those coil builds.

Well its really up to your creativity, more surface area also burns more juice, more flavor/vapor. Also do not forget airflow! For me, micro coils are my fav, try building a dual parallel coil with 28 gauge wires, and around 2mm id (use screwdrivers sets that states the diameter of each would be of great help). Also what guage wires are you using?

Anyway, to answer your question, micro coils definitely give you more flavor/vapor compared to macro coils. Micro coils are about 1.4mm to 1.6mm also known as contact coils where the wraps are touching each other tightly but not overlapping, nanos are below 1.4mm id and then you have macro coils which I like to call them the standard ones.

*If any of the above information is wrong please correct me as well, after all its about learning something new here everyday. cheers!

 

[Brandon Rauls]

I have 24, 26, and 28 Gauge Kanthol wire, I'm probably going to stick with 26 and 28g builds though, and use 24g for a Stove Top Coil.

 

[Niten13]

stovetop is my go to coil build every day

 

[SLIPPY_EEL]

the coil 'id' is also relative to how much power you are putting through it. in one mod a micro is perfect and a macro isnt hot enough
and then on another mod a macro could b e better than a micro for flavour.

 

[MattyB1503]

@Brandon Rauls,

W/o going too deep into the theory of "good flavor":

Those coil names (Micro, Macro, etc) just speak towards what size tool they were wrapped on. But this can be confusing bc one persons "micro coil" might be someones else's "mini coil". Clear as mud right.

In general the goal is to balance wick saturation, heat & air flow (to your taste).

Wick saturation - a lot going on here but a major player is coil diameter. Slip mentioned this; bigger coil (ID) -> more saturation , smaller -> less. Think about how much juice is there vs how much wire. Finding that sweet spot between dry & flooded.

Heat - wattage as a unit of measure speaks towards this but does not fully define it. In general, for a mech: lower ohms more heat & for a VV/VW: it's just a setting. But to really get down to way of measuring heat your gonna need a DNA40 or break out the thermal dynamics (plus a way to quantify wire mass, air flow, latent heat of e-liquid); not fun stuff. In the end though we don't really care about wattage, we care about how hot the coil(s) are getting, but since that is such a hard thing to define we just use wattage or even coil rez.

Air flow - more: cooler, expanded/less concentrated vapor. less: warmer, more concentrated. For instance, take the cap off an atty & fire it. You'll see a certain amount of vapor coming off the coils. Now blow on the coils while firing, more vapor (?). But battery output, coil rez, etc, should be ~ the same & blowing on the coils will only cool them. The amount of vapor is the same, it's just expanding, taking up a larger volume of air (& cooling the vapor as it mixes).

And the kicker is, these three things are for the most part interrelated. You can't change one w/o effecting another, at least not on a mechanical.


But the good news is it's all subjective (relative to flavor) & it's more of an intuitive thing.