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[GoBlue88]

Frequently toast your cotton in your rda?

I'm pretty new to RDAs. Supposedly some can tell when their wick is close to dry and it's time to rewet the wick, but I sure haven't figured it out. I blow a big flavorful cloud and then my next drag is burned.

All I've learned to do is estimate how many draws I have left before rewetting, plus frequently popping the cap off my rda and checking how dry it is.

Does anybody have any advice for better predicting how dry my wick is so I don't keep toasting my wicks?

Thanks in advance for the responses.

 

[Froth]

Time is the biggest factor IMO, definitely a learning curve for when to spot that "nearly dry" hit. Most of my vapes are set up for one flavor, and whatever flavor it is that is generally the only flavor I run through that device, this helps me become in tune with the device as I know what it tastes like 100% of the time, this helps me identify when the flavor begins to change as the wick is going dry.

Through time I've become very good at telling when I need to drip, I primarily drip through my drip tips and at times I'll go a full day without ever looking at my wicks. One of the biggest helps for me has been to entirely stop using cotton, instead I use Rayon which doesn't dry burn nearly as easily as cotton does for my application. With time you will start to build a relationship with your RDA, the more you get to know it the less you will have to look at your wicks or wonder how much juice it holds, etc.

Another tip is to listen to the RDA, when they're dry they generally fire off right away without any sizzle or buildup, you can hold it up to your ear and fire it for 1/2 a second, if it fires off immediately it's probably pretty dry. You can also simply take a 1/2 second pull on it and use your judgement to determine, try vaping for a few hours without ever taking your cap off, you'll either get very frustrated or learn to identify things very quick.

 

[manthe]

This is EXACTLY the kind of thing that temp control/temp sensing puts an end to! Not sure what your setup is - e.g which mod, which RDA- but you may want to look into getting a TC capable mod and building with titanium (or nickel - though I find titanium to be superior in every way) and ending dry/burnt hits for good.

Now, with that said, for the majority of time that I have been vaping there was no such thing as temp control. Eventually, I guess, as you do it more and more and more, you start to develop a 'sense'. I think it's a combination of things - saturation of the vape gets low, flavor drops off, temperature of the vape increases, etc. once you get very 'tuned in' to all of these things, it becomes kind-of second nature. That's not to say that i don't still, on rare occasions get a slightly burnt hit - but it is pretty rare. While I do employ the latest TC tech, I still love my mech mods and still use my favorite mech/RDA combos daily.

I guess what I'm saying is - if you cannot use TC for now, it's just one of those things that time will cure.

 

[93gc40]

Burning wicks is just part of the learning curve...... Never burnt a wick in my Kayfun, but I will burn 1 or 2 a day in a dripper or Squonker. Check frequently till you LEARN, how long you can go without looking or dripping.

As I said I have never burnt the wick in my tanks.. This is mainly because I can taste/feel, when the tank is running dry, before it is empty even in the dark and without looking.

 

[GoBlue88]

This is EXACTLY the kind of thing that temp control/temp sensing puts an end to! Not sure what your setup is - e.g which mod, which RDA- but you may want to look into getting a TC capable mod and building with titanium (or nickel - though I find titanium to be superior in every way) and ending dry/burnt hits for good.

Now, with that said, for the majority of time that I have been vaping there was no such thing as temp control. Eventually, I guess, as you do it more and more and more, you start to develop a 'sense'. I think it's a combination of things - saturation of the vape gets low, flavor drops off, temperature of the vape increases, etc. once you get very 'tuned in' to all of these things, it becomes kind-of second nature. That's not to say that i don't still, on rare occasions get a slightly burnt hit - but it is pretty rare. While I do employ the latest TC tech, I still love my mech mods and still use my favorite mech/RDA combos daily.

I guess what I'm saying is - if you cannot use TC for now, it's just one of those things that time will cure.

How does temp control impact dry hits?

 

[manthe]

How does temp control impact dry hits?

It basically prevents them from happening in the traditional sense (if set properly). You can vape your wick pretty much bone dry and basically the flavor will just drop off, but your cotton won't burn and you won't get that harsh, burnt, acrid hit that usually comes with your wick being too dry. Without going too deeply into how the tech works - basically a TC mod will limit the temperature of your nickel or titanium coil by sensing fluctuations in the resistance (which are known, consistent and measurable properties of nickel and titanium). The dryer your wick gets, the dryer your coils will be - the dryer your coils are, the quicker they heat and change resistance. A TC capable mod will sense this and limit the temperature by fluctuating power quickly downward thereby 'automagically' preventing dry/burnt hits.

Caveat: if you set your temp too high, you can still run the risk of getting the occasional slightly burnt flavor - though not as bad as it would be without temp limiting. For me, I've found that keeping my temps set under 500f gives me a great, warm, saturated vape while preventing burnt hits.

Hope this helps...

 

[GoBlue88]

And thanks for all the advice folks