Dripper for flavour testing
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Trident and I never wick the coil. Place it low enough to lay it on a cloud of cotton and test away. Next liquid, pull the cotton, dry burn and start over.
I get real good flavor out of the trident but the screws are a little bit of a PITA. Coil lasts forever using it this way.
I get real good flavor out of the trident but the screws are a little bit of a PITA. Coil lasts forever using it this way.
I like the tugboats, easy to re wick, nice screws clones are good too. Try 101vape
I used to use a Kraken with a horizontal coil setup. I liked it because I didn't have to fiddle with air flow rings (much) or unscrewing. I just pull the top off, whip out the cotton, dry burn, insert next cotton, and wet it down with the next flavor. Now I have one of these on the way. Still the same pull off top and I can keep my Kraken to use as the admirable tank that it is. I took a bit of a risk ordering it as it is so small, and no reviews but it's only $5 and let's face it, when it comes to drippers, there is only so much that you can do differently. The principle is the same regardless (and I have a drill press and a a thousand bits to enable me to play with the airflow, should I need it.
One thing I do when testing flavors in a dripper is I make a short wick and I don't cut off the tapered ends (cotton ball wick material). Instead, I twist them together over the top of the coil so the juice runs down both sides pretty equally and meets in the middle of the coil. Kind of a teardrop shape. Just a few drops and you're ready to taste your creation with minimal waste (should you find the need to adjust it.
In any case, one of the hardest lessons for me to learn with DIY has been to not get hung up on the % of flavor. Just because one (or 50) people never need to go above 10%, doesn't mean that my dead taste buds will detect anything more than the most trace essence of the flavor at that level. Embrace the beauty of DIY and tailor the flavors for YOU (but listen to the advice everyone offers, it's usually pretty good). Flavors are cheap (individually), so use what you need to to actually enjoy your creations.
One thing I do when testing flavors in a dripper is I make a short wick and I don't cut off the tapered ends (cotton ball wick material). Instead, I twist them together over the top of the coil so the juice runs down both sides pretty equally and meets in the middle of the coil. Kind of a teardrop shape. Just a few drops and you're ready to taste your creation with minimal waste (should you find the need to adjust it.
In any case, one of the hardest lessons for me to learn with DIY has been to not get hung up on the % of flavor. Just because one (or 50) people never need to go above 10%, doesn't mean that my dead taste buds will detect anything more than the most trace essence of the flavor at that level. Embrace the beauty of DIY and tailor the flavors for YOU (but listen to the advice everyone offers, it's usually pretty good). Flavors are cheap (individually), so use what you need to to actually enjoy your creations.
If you want something great that you can change the wick easy as pie Plume Veil it is Plume Veil rda by aether tech + build!! - YouTube
I agree with FastRope71, if you have a spare genny lying around (or an RDA) just use a simple single coil horizontal setup with short wick.
I used my magma (and a clockworks RTA) with single coil and small wick to test flavours (about 5mm or so of wick past each side of the coil). Worked perfectly, enabled me to take a few hits then switch out the cotton and repeat with the next flavour.
Or order a small chamber RDA and do similar. I just ordered this for the sole purpose of testing flavours...
$6.34 GS-ATT-TANK Rebuildable Dripping Atomizer - 0.7 ohm / copper at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping
Cant vouch for how good it is yet though.
I used my magma (and a clockworks RTA) with single coil and small wick to test flavours (about 5mm or so of wick past each side of the coil). Worked perfectly, enabled me to take a few hits then switch out the cotton and repeat with the next flavour.
Or order a small chamber RDA and do similar. I just ordered this for the sole purpose of testing flavours...
$6.34 GS-ATT-TANK Rebuildable Dripping Atomizer - 0.7 ohm / copper at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping
Cant vouch for how good it is yet though.
I got a SmokTech uda for this exact purpose. Easy 2 post build with thumb screws. Adjustable air flow also. I put a 1.5 ohm, 28 gauge coil on it and used cotton. Will hold about 6-8 drops before worrying about leakage. It is small, but I only got it to test juice. Is my first dripper and worked well for testing my first batches of diy liquids. If you do a search on YouTube, there is one video where a pair of vapors gave it an overall score of 10.
Thanks everyone ... I ordered 2 of these SmokTech Dripper RDA to start with.
https://www.fasttech.com/product/1651801
Cheers
https://www.fasttech.com/product/1651801
Cheers
On my helios I build a single coil and put a realy long wick but pull only a little thru and store the rest on the other side. Then when I want fresh wick I just pull more thru and snip off the used part. Few drops vape vape repeat. Work great
I use 306 atomizers for tasting. Slightly messy, but quick and simple - or would that be quick and dirty?
Just vape a little unflavored base through them between flavors to be sampled to clear them.
Afterwards, soak the metal part in vodka/alcohol to clean. (This melts the plastic cover...) Then dry burn.
Just vape a little unflavored base through them between flavors to be sampled to clear them.
Afterwards, soak the metal part in vodka/alcohol to clean. (This melts the plastic cover...) Then dry burn.
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