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You tell that guy he's an A hole for wanting to charge you that much after you buying your gear from him !
I would definitely be looking for a new shop to purchase from.
Wotofo Comp Wire - Hive Pre-built Coils 5-Pack - Origin Vape
UD Prebuilt Twisted Micro Coils
Comp Wire by Wotofo - Multiple Styles
Prebuilt Kanthal Coils (10 pack) - 101 Vape
Youde UD Prebuilt Clapton Coils
ouch! $25 to wrap your coils!!
That's a lot;
on the other hand, if they keep running for months at least, it might not be so bad.
But I sure hope you're rewicking yourself!
That's a lot;
on the other hand, if they keep running for months at least, it might not be so bad.
But I sure hope you're rewicking yourself!
Looks like 22g, 3mmid. Could be 24g . It's a cloud chuffer. It's $0.01 of wire and a buck of labor, if that.
For exotic builds, I get the $25 for a set of coils, but for a setup like that, not to take anything away from it, that's definitely overpriced. I agree with WharfRat though, that's what it looks like to me. I'd guess standard Kanthal, probably 22 AWG.
If they were fused stapled alien vape bangers then £10 for a build maybe okay
You could buy everything you need to practice and perfect your building for months
You could buy everything you need to practice and perfect your building for months
$25. WOWZZERS! Go to U-Tube and watch videos on coil builds for your dripper. It is easier to build and wick than you think. In our shop you buy a dripper we would set it up for free. Would put on a more conservative build and not supper low ohms as you have. CHEERS!
I agree that it looks like 22 gauge kanthal. You could do your own easily but I would get 24 gauge wire. For what you spent on that guy to rip you off, you could of picked up a few tools and lots of wire and cotton. Coils are not hard, I learnt off of you tube videos. You have a velocity style deck and that is easy to build on. Pick up some 24 gauge kanthal, some cotton bacon, a set of flush wire snips, ceramic tweezers, needle nose pliers, an ohm meter and a 3 mm screwdriver to wrap your wire for your coil or you can pick up some metric screws in 2.5 and 3 mm and use those to wrap on.
Good luck
Good luck
If i buy premade kanthal coils, and I want a total of .8 - 1.ohm because I want it a bit higher than the .2 I am using, what size and ohms would I have to buy for the tsunami duel coil dripper? Do I put two .5 ohms on? lol see I know nothing.
Yes, see you have the basic understanding and basically you are paying for someone else to wrap some wire 6-8 times around a screwdriver. Try this and you can enter in the ohms you want and dual coil to see what coils you need to get and maybe eventually make yourself
No pressure, but since you already DIY....
Coil wrapping
No pressure, but since you already DIY....Coil wrapping
For 1 ohm dual coils you would need 2 - 2 ohm coils
For .8 ohms you would need 2 - 1.6 ohm coils
Always remember that an additional coil (dual coils) will cut the resistance by half (from the initial single coil's resistance), assuming that each coil is wrapped the same number of times with the same inner diameter. So, 2 .5 Ohm coils would give you .25. As Sparkky said, You want each coil to be 1.6 to 2 ohms. Premade coils are pretty popular now so you should not have to go back to this dbag for $25 simple coils that are obiously way to low resistance for your vape needs. Premade coils should have the resistance per coil on the package. You may want to research the crap out of building coils. Tons of info and instructions here and youtube and the interwebs. It really just takes practice, once you are familiar with everything. Please don't buy coils from that guy again. I don't mind wrapping some and sending to you for free. That's what my local vape shop spot will do for anyone who walks through the door.
I don't even know you but would plunk my money down on you in a wager that you CAN build your own coils. It's an easy two step process. Tell yourself that you CAN DO IT. Then go out and learn. Plenty of videos to watch and plenty of people on ECF happy to help you. Just make up your mind to do it and it shall be done.
I get that it's daunting at first, I get that people don't want to make a mistake, I get that you need to buy a lot up front in order to really get started, but once you do...it's AWESOME! You get to tailor your experience however you like. I love to tinker, and for me making coils is quite relaxing...even when it's not going right. Around here, you get a coil and wick setup when you buy an RDA or RTA for free for the first, and the second if you're nice and a regular. Beyond that, I get people charging for coils, it is time, hardware, knowledge, etc. IMHO it can't be a flat rate either, the build needs to determine the cost. On the other hand, I'm not a guy sitting in a shop all day setting up devices for people who aren't ready to do it themselves, and if people aren't nice they don't get one. A couple of my latest...
But you don't need to be there, unless you want to be. For these, I'd charge $25 for a set if the customer is willing to pay for it.
But you don't need to be there, unless you want to be. For these, I'd charge $25 for a set if the customer is willing to pay for it.
From somebody who was where you are now......
I use a Freakshow dripper for tasting and occasional vaping. My shop built my coils for free when I bought it and said they would replace coils for free whenever needed. But being long distant from the shop, I had to get wicking down which I was able to manage in spite of a tremor problems. Since that worked out well, I made the same deal with my vape shop and got a Griffin RTA figuring that would be much easier then dripping. I made a couple attempts at buying pre-wound coils, but that seemed a bit hit-or-miss both times. So despite my avoidance to even attempting my own coils, I picked up the Coil Master v2 that Sparkky1 linked and figured how to use the calculator gofishtx linked. It took me a bit longer then most to build my first dual coil build on my Freakshow, but that is more attributed to the tremors then the difficulty. But those coils turned out great and I am now anxious to try building coils for the Subtank and TFV4 decks as well as the Griffin when needed. Not sure I will ever use the pre-wound coils I purchased.
So I strongly urge you to watch Sparkky1's video link and consider the kit (I got mine for $35). If I can build and install coils, I'm sure you can do it.
I use a Freakshow dripper for tasting and occasional vaping. My shop built my coils for free when I bought it and said they would replace coils for free whenever needed. But being long distant from the shop, I had to get wicking down which I was able to manage in spite of a tremor problems. Since that worked out well, I made the same deal with my vape shop and got a Griffin RTA figuring that would be much easier then dripping. I made a couple attempts at buying pre-wound coils, but that seemed a bit hit-or-miss both times. So despite my avoidance to even attempting my own coils, I picked up the Coil Master v2 that Sparkky1 linked and figured how to use the calculator gofishtx linked. It took me a bit longer then most to build my first dual coil build on my Freakshow, but that is more attributed to the tremors then the difficulty. But those coils turned out great and I am now anxious to try building coils for the Subtank and TFV4 decks as well as the Griffin when needed. Not sure I will ever use the pre-wound coils I purchased.
So I strongly urge you to watch Sparkky1's video link and consider the kit (I got mine for $35). If I can build and install coils, I'm sure you can do it.
If you do decide to make your own, 9 wraps of 28 ga, 2.5 mm will 1. 6 to 1. 65 per coil. Two would be 0.8
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