Dripping Boba's in an IGO-L

[DasBluCig]

Just set up my IGO-L...first-time RDA user (2.0 ohm coil, 3mm silica wick), drilled-out air hole to 3/32")....
Saturated the wick with Boba's and let it set for ~ 10 minutes... took a hit....
GREAT!!!
BUT....after 2-3 more hits....the dreaded "burnt taste"!!!
It looks like the juice isn't wicking onto the coil...or it's doing it so slowly I'd be resigned to taking hits 3 minutes apart!!!
Yeah, I COULD thin out the juice with distilled water....but before I start messing with the juice....
Is there something I'm messing up with the "hardware"??? Maybe a longer wick "soak"???
TIA!

 

[muzichead]

You might try a cotton wick... I don't think Boba's like silica too much from what I have read...

 

[armoworrior]

Try cotton wicks silica and 100% vg dont get along very well. Its just too thick. Or the coil has hot spots and the silica is slightly being a heat sink allowing the coil to remain warmer for your next hit and makes the hot spot shows up faster. Can you post pics to see how exactly you have the device set up

 

[DasBluCig]

Probably will go with cotton.....I've got a huge ball of Peaches & Cream from Wal-Mart...I'll boil some!!!
Can't do pics.....but if you check out PBusardo's YouTube review of the IGO-L....that's how I've got mine set up..
Same single coil and wick configuration....
Thanks much, guys!!
Happy (vaping) Trails!

 

[armoworrior]

Man he posted that forever ago

 

[savagemann]

I have dedicated a mech with an igo L on it specifically for my bobas.
.8ohm 28ga 4/5 wrapped around a 5/64" drill bit, with a small piece of organic cotton ball in it.
You can almost vape that sucker bone dry with nary a dry hit. Vape heaven.

 

[Mitey F]

I'm dripping Boba's in an IGO-L right now... and it's working perfectly. 2mm coil with 25ga A-1 and cotton. Works every time, for every juice.

 

[StarsAndBars]

Try cotton wicks silica and 100% vg dont get along very well. Its just too thick. Or the coil has hot spots and the silica is slightly being a heat sink allowing the coil to remain warmer for your next hit and makes the hot spot shows up faster. Can you post pics to see how exactly you have the device set up

What he said

 

[alldayvape]

32g kanthal around 3mm silica@ 1.3 ohm, perfect vape....

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[LeoRex]

Could also be too tight a wrap around the wick, too. When I got my v5, the first 28g coils I built vaped awesome... for a couple of drags... I pulled the cap and could see the wick in the coil dry out while the tail was saturated. Too tight.

 

[DasBluCig]

UPDATE.......
Many thanks to all who offered assistance!!
Re-wicked my -L with Peaches & Cream cotton....same 2.0 ohm coil...saturated wick with Boba's, let sit for 15 minutes....
Now....THAT'S BOBA'S!!!!!
Just gotta remember NOT to dry-burn THIS wick.......
I kinda like savagemann's idea of a "dedicated" dripper....at <$20 I may spring for another -L for other juices....
First things first, though......GOTTA GET MORE JUICE!!!!
The best RDA on earth is useless without something to put IN it.......
Happy (vaping) Trails!

 

[armoworrior]

I use my trident clone for pluid and only pluid. Its just too strong to use anything else in the device afterwards without doing a super cleaning on it.

 

[savagemann]

You can get in igo L from fast tech for roughly around what a pack of american spirit analogs cost me locally.
If you buy 3 or more they are even cheaper.
I have accumulated about 8 of them over the last couple months.
I dedicated an atty to each of the flavors that I vape regularly.
All together must have about 15 rdas and 4 rbas.
I have about 10 mechs, each one setup and ready to rock a new flavor whenever I wanna change up.
With the cost of clones and cheap attys, it's not hard to accumulate that much over a few month period without spending much more than I used to on analogs.