Do Coils "Break-In"?

[KDCart]

I'm a fairly new vaper, a month and a half now. Had a strange experience last night at work. My at-work rig is currently an Aspire BDC clearo on an eGo fixed-voltage (3.4?) battery. The tank was filled with my favorite juice (Havana, from my local store Cool Breeze Vapor here in Louisville, and I've only had the tank for 2 days. A coworker had an eGo Twist that he had just bought, so I asked him if I could try it out. I put my dual-coil Aspire on it, turned it up to 3.8 volts, and vaped. It was amazing! It brought out so much flavor that I didn't know my juice even had. Put my tank back on my battery, vaped, same old thing, like normal. About 2 hours later, I asked if I could use his battery again. Took another 2 or 3 vapes at 3.8 volts, and once again, it was great.

Now here's the strange part: I put my tank back on my battery, took a vape, and it's STILL amazing! On my (3.4?) volt battery, it now tastes and hits the same as it did on his vv at 3.8. And now, hours later, it's still the same! Taste great, great vapor production, etc. So, my question is, do coils "break in"? Did it need to be zapped a couple of times at a higher voltage to bring out it's true potential? Any info on this would be appreciated. My coil is 1.8 ohm, btw. Thanks.

 

[wheelie]

Maybe gooped up a bit and the higher voltage cleaned it. Only a guess on my part. Maybe others will chime in that are a lot smarter than me. CHEERS!

 

[KDCart]

I thought that my be the case at first, but upon further reflection, the coil is only 2 days old, and my "normal" hit was the same since I first used it, unless it was gooped-up from the factory? Have no idea.

 

[supermarket]

I'm a fairly new vaper, a month and a half now. Had a strange experience last night at work. My at-work rig is currently an Aspire BDC clearo on an eGo fixed-voltage (3.4?) battery. The tank was filled with my favorite juice (Havana, from my local store Cool Breeze Vapor here in Louisville, and I've only had the tank for 2 days. A coworker had an eGo Twist that he had just bought, so I asked him if I could try it out. I put my dual-coil Aspire on it, turned it up to 3.8 volts, and vaped. It was amazing! It brought out so much flavor that I didn't know my juice even had. Put my tank back on my battery, vaped, same old thing, like normal. About 2 hours later, I asked if I could use his battery again. Took another 2 or 3 vapes at 3.8 volts, and once again, it was great.

Now here's the strange part: I put my tank back on my battery, took a vape, and it's STILL amazing! On my (3.4?) volt battery, it now tastes and hits the same as it did on his vv at 3.8. And now, hours later, it's still the same! Taste great, great vapor production, etc. So, my question is, do coils "break in"? Did it need to be zapped a couple of times at a higher voltage to bring out it's true potential? Any info on this would be appreciated. My coil is 1.8 ohm, btw. Thanks.

Coils can be broken in, but that doesn't seem to be the case here.

Was the coil new?

 

[KDCart]

Yes, the coil was 2 days old, only used on the same juice. I don't know the exact PG/VG ratio, but it's not a very thick, heavy liquid, so I'm guessing higher PG.

 

[GeorgeWachsmuth]

Sounds like its more related to your "battery"....

 

[DaveP]

A new coil always has a different taste than a coil that has been vaped a while, IMO. My Aspire coils especially have a slight metallic taste during the first 30 minutes and that passes on into a more realistic representation of the juice I'm vaping and it stays good for days, maybe a week or more before I change it again. The coils I wind have the same funny taste until I vape for a few minutes.

I don't know that our coils are broken in at a Chinese factory. Maybe they are wound and tossed into a bag. When I wind a coil I use a butane micro torch to anneal the wire, even if it claims to be annealed from the factory. Some wires have an oily coating that prevents tarnish and protects it from the elements. The torch sets the coil and also burns off any chemicals used in production. Kanthal is used in toasters, BTW. We just adopted it for ecigs. Who cares if a toaster needs to be run a couple of times without bread before we use it to make a sandwich? There's usually a funny taste with a new toaster the first few times it's used.

 

[coalyard]

Kind of hard to say if it's the coil or the wick. I would come down on the side of the wick saturating fully with the juice myself. I do know when I rewick with cotton, the flavor becomes better with some time.

 

[twgbonehead]

I'm not sure this can be explained by the coil breaking in. It's a puzzle, though.

Best thing I can come up with is airflow. Perhaps your friends Twist has better airflow, which allowed you to suck out some obstruction in the airholes? (Or even just unscrewing-rescrewing) Do you notice an easier draw now that the head is working better?

 

[KDCart]

I'm really not sure about the airflow. It's the Aspire "mini" type for the ego, so it just has two airholes drilled into the base. The draw seemed the same on both batteries.