Dumb question - What is dripping?
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Well you didn't mention what you use, but my guess is you are using some sort of tank.
The typical tank has a big.... tank, and a small atomizer.
An rda (rebuildable dripping atomizer) is a big atomizer and no tank.
With a tank you depend on the wicking system to get the right amount of liquid to the coil.
If you chain vape and the wicking isn't fast enough, you get dry hits. Or the other way, if your wicking is fast but you are not vaping that much you could get flooded coil and gurgling.
With an rda, you squirt some liquid in the well and vape for a few minutes.
Thanks for the explanation. Doesn't seem to be anything I would benefit from.
If you have any interest in doing your own coils instead of contantly buying and tossing replacement coil heads, then getting an rda is a good move; it's like getting a bicycle and learning to ride before getting yourself a motorbike.
Here's a good explanation by forum member @The Ocelot:
https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blog-entry/drip-drip-drip-the-sound-of-dripping.4005/
https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blog-entry/drip-drip-drip-the-sound-of-dripping.4005/
What everyone said above is correct... I will elaborate a bit as well. I don't know how much you know about vaporizers, so I'll shave some pretty simplistic explanations.
Vaporizers (AKA Ecigs), pretty much heat up a coil that is in contact with a wicking material that is soaked with juice. That, essentially, "boils" the juice into a vapor. Typical tanks nowadays use cotton, which a small portion is in contact with a tank area. The tank replenishes the cotton with juice as it gets vaporized. The problem with those, is they are trying to find a balance between how much cotton to soak, and how fast the coils boil the liquid. If it doesn't supply enough juice, you get a "dry hit", too much, and it can gurgle, and keep the coil from getting as hot. Considering the wide variety of ejuices and thickness (viscosity) of the juices and the fact the user now has variable wattage to increase the heat available to the juice means this can be a very challenging task. Most of the recent tanks do a good job at keeping the wick properly saturated with ejuice if kept within their wattage guidelines.
Drippers do away with the tank. It is pretty much a big open area for the user to put their own coil and wick in. It offers the benefits of letting the user decide what coil is best for his usage, and in general will allow for a higher wattage to be used. It is also considerably cheaper to run a dripper, Since you can buy a whole years supply of cotton and wire for $10ish online (unless you like tinkering and changing coils a lot). The downside, is it requires you to build your coils, and carry the juice bottle with you. Typically a dripper properly soaked can last as little as 2-3 hits (probably 5-6 hits average) before needing more juice. Since you build everything yourself and supply the juice, you can make sure your coils get the proper amount of juice, and the coil setting that you prefer.
Although I am more of a utilitarian type vapor, and like tank setups, I do realize, that drippers have the opportunity to provide MUCH more vapor than a tank can, and has the ability to deliver the perfect vape. I don't like dripping, so I'm ok with tanks.
I draw attention to my name, lol
Dripping is a different way of vaping and provides more flavor and, depending on your coil build and power, more vapor.
Word of warning: Dripping leads to higher expense. In wire, cotton, atomizers and juice.
Is it worth it? ABSOLUTELY!
Best of luck to you on your journey!
Dripping is a different way of vaping and provides more flavor and, depending on your coil build and power, more vapor.
Word of warning: Dripping leads to higher expense. In wire, cotton, atomizers and juice.
Is it worth it? ABSOLUTELY!
Best of luck to you on your journey!
Nope, I'm still around, although not as much since I discovered Goat Simulator.
I have to say I'm glad to have seen the Goat Stimulator before I read that.
That is a misconception of you use less nic with them, in fact given the math you can use equal up to 3x or even higher the nic in a single hit compared to a tank like a nautilus.
1:1 Nic usage we will use the Nautilus at 1.6ohm at 13watts using 12mg as the baseline (1ml per 30minutes)
1:2 Nic usage, an RDA at 0.6ohms at 25watts, you would need 6mg (2x6=12) (2ml per 30minutes)
1:3 Nic usage, an RDA at 0.3ohms at 50watts, you would need 4mg max (3x4=12) (3ml per 30minutes)
1:4 Nic usage, an RDA at 0.15ohms at 100watts, you would need 3mg max (4x3=12) (4ml per 30minutes)
1:5 Nic usage, an RDA at 0.15ohms at 150watts, you would need 3mg max (5x3=15) (5ml per 30minutes)
Higher in wattage you go up, more juice you burn through vastly more juice, figure out how much juice you are consuming in a given time period, 1/2hour to hour and you can kinda figure out how much nicotine you are using in that time period, Nic %, ie 1.2% per Milliliter is 12mg per Milliliter.
Now, with RDAs, anytime you are juice direct to coil and a single, well flowing wick you get direct flavor, the higher the wattage more you vaporize, more you vaporize flavor, vapor production, and nicotine throat hit increase exponentially like example above. Yes they are less convenient compared to a tank when out and about, been when at home just relaxing and swapping flavors, you can't beat them, that and if you are chasing clouds, not many tanks can keep up with an RDA when it comes to fogging a room, nor the intense flavor and RDA can bring out, letting you taste every nuance in a flavor at inhale and exhale (front tones/back tones) and subtle flavors muted out by a tank system.
I think OP was referring to the fact that with tootle puffing setups I use 12MG nic, but when I drip I have to drop to 3mg. Which is less nic. I know I am ingesting the same or more, but when you compare the bottles, the drippers bottles generally contain less nic.
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