Cotton free e cigarettes, exist?

[Coyote628]

I would imagine silica wick materials couldnt be very safe to use. At least i wouldnt want to possibly inhale silica particals

 

[Imfallen_Angel]

Odd that I didn't see metal mesh (unless I missed it) being mentioned. Personally I wouldn't use it, but another example is the old cartomizers that used something very similar to aquarium filter (sponge-like) materials.

Technically, someone could build a non-contact wicking approach, where the wick would be very close to the coil surface without touching it and the cohesion factor would pull the liquid as it's vaporized, but it would have to be quite precise.

 

[r055co]

The only good metal wicked tanks I know of are the Genesis style ones using stainless steel mesh. Here's a video of someone setting one up. I vaped one of these for most of a year back in 2013. The flavor is very clean and the wicks last a long time with proper maintenance. Most people don't mess with them these days because of the learning curve required to learn the technology and the occasional shorts that will happen in use.

I know of no other good non-cotton/Rayon/hemp systems out there.

Yep SS Mesh wicking has been around forever and still has a loyal following.

 

[mackman]

510 atomizers

 

[r055co]

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Oh hell yeah, real old school. I used to use them to test my DiY juice

 

[Ryedan]

Yep SS Mesh wicking has been around forever and still has a loyal following.

I hear ya r055co, but there aren't many followers anymore. OTOH, this blast from the past is making me consider resurrecting one of my old Genesis tanks just for S & G'les

 

[Ryedan]

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Good one mackman. Made me think of the eGo-C system heads I stopped smoking with. Check out the 2012 dates on the reviews in the link. Ahh, the good old days