DID Clone Flavor Issues

[Kevin Brown]

Finally took mine apart

Did someone call a hero

yeah

Its the negative/pos post both lose continuity
light sand positive screw just the screw part and inside the thumb screws (LIGHTLY) one sanding twist will do it
use a 38ga. wire spacer in neg. post, screw on top, break off extra wire, reinstall silicon plug (i use #38 resistance wire)
continuity returns
vaping beast better than new

chrome has horrible continuity

if buying these units ya have to know this, now ya do
its badarse i tell ya

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[Kevin Brown]

when i get a better camera ill post how to wick it
it needs a tutorial because when you get it you will use its method on every post mount upright wick
never a dry hit and uber clean flavor
it takes idk how long before a gunked wick; it hasn't happened yet! 1 week no gunk to speak off
was curious lol

make sure you boil your ss wicks 1st and foremost

BTW: ITS DEFINITELY A PRO inexpensive rba UNIT

 

[BentWookie]

@Kevin Brown - thanks for all the effort in helping me out so far.

@Everyone else. Got my SS Rope 3/32 T304 in the mail today. This stuff is much harder to cut than I thought. Someone suggested wire cutters which was complete fail. Ended using a dremel and cutting wheel.

Pulled the fabric core out and burned it on a torch for a while. Wrapped the part that will be sitting above the deck w/ some 400 mesh. It was a bit long so it went around twice. Wrapped some .5 kanthal ribbon on it. It was wicking real nice. No funny taste. I am vaping Boba's but I still did not enjoy it. It tasted a bit raw as if it was straight out of the bottle. For those of you who know Boba's Bounty the stuff only gets really good when it gets warmer as if it's getting cooked a bit. The flavor profile changes dramatically. Almost sweet and creamy. I was feeling lucky and decided to recoil my wick w/ .8 kanthal and all of a sudden... BAM!

 

[Kevin Brown]

definitely nw deserving of a 36-38 gauge wire

its a beast now

I cannot get 32ga to 1 ohm @2 inches with bends, thicker wick, etc.. pulled out the whole circus
hellfire it is instant flame up

badarse now with 37ga only had an inch and half but it vapes huge; flavor is very weak
1.2ohms on the money


with 9/8 10/9 wraps and 1.4-7ohms it will be my favorite again

cannot find 37ga anywhere

 

[pdib]

38 Nichrome = 37 Kanthal (methinks) Nichrome Wire

 

[BentWookie]

So just had some interesting revalations the past 12 hours.

I was originally using a Smoktech Natural w/ the DID clone. Got it perfectly dialed in on some .8 Kanthal Ribbion 3/4 wrap. Registered at .7 ohms. Flavor and vapor was astounding. Had some of the greatest vaping time last night. I come into work this morning hoping to share my find w/ my coworker/buddy/fellow vape head. I guess he decided to slack from home today. Well he left his Titan here w/ me at my desk. I decided to try my luck w/ it and put the gennie on it. It was freakn horrible!!! It felt like 2x the power of the natural. I guess all the brass contacts makes a world of difference? If I were to rebuild the gennie for the Titan I would probably go w/ a .3 ribbon 4/5 wrap and aim for 1.8 ohms. So I put the gennie back on the Natural and it was vaping normally now but the juice still tasted burnt. Dumped the juice and the coil was glowing evenly. Filled it back up and still tasted burnt.

What did I learn from all of this?

1) All mods are not made equal (at least as far as power output). When building a coil/wick, build it for the mod that you are going to use or at least use equivelant hardware.

2) Burnt juice takes a while to get off of your wick. Don't dry burn your coil with a wet wick installed or it'll foul up your flavor.

3) This lesson was not learned from my Titan experiment but was within the past 12 hours. I was over torching my mesh. I was using a heavy duty torch used for brazing copper pipe. Methinks that was adding to the unpleasant taste I was getting previously. I now just heat my mesh where it is barely glowing on both sides and have not had any flavor issues since. Wicking on the other hand is a different story but I can deal w/ the gennie tipping in exchange of a good vape.

Now with all that said I think I will be retiring this DID clone. It's served it's purpose by prematurely aging me 15 years. It's got a faulty positive post so I will patiently sit and wait for my AGA T2 and RSST co-op items to ship. In the meantime I will play w/ my IGO-L and ERAs.

Thanks for following along folks. I hope my drama will encourage someone who is having a hard time to keep trying w/ their gennies. I still like my carto tanks for ease and convenience but damn when I had DID dialed in it was a damn good vape.

 

[Kevin Brown]

38 Nichrome = 37 Kanthal (methinks) Nichrome Wire

the holy card grail of awesome
thanks
under our max vape wanting loads
yeah
I would have to agree

Nichrome Wire 33 Gauge RW0289 - 250 FT 0.56oz Series 60 Resistance AWG
nichrome 32 looks promising for sub ohm (4/3 maybe 5/4)
nichrome 33 for singles



check out their ads on ebay they sell spools cheaper and free ship

 

[Kevin Brown]

but damn when I had DID dialed in it was a damn good vape

its a dangerous unit with set and forget
0 deck now
it wasn't before
you do get what you pay for but if it stays 0 deck its most amazing there
its again a beast @37-38ga only 3/2 elongated
its flavor lacking but still vaping huge plume
im going to wrap a micro skinny out of this wire using a little nr
trying to get more surface area
i'll post noob results
it might be pleasant

 

[Kevin Brown]

Rewrapped and vaping very nicely with hacked coil from a kentucky select disposable

the coil is probably 11 wraps idk its done so nicely I cannot tell

flavor lacks huge but the blast of vapor is concert ready have no idea coil ohms
i carefully used it in-tact
it works, its definitely the way im going to do all my atty with smaller gauge wire
its wick'd with silicon and ss wick inserted to end of silicon its wicking well but
flavor as said not there.

in the tool box this atty will go
but i did figure out how to make posts from an old dollar store soldering iron
it has screw post that fit the atty screw holes
just aweesome that finding was