I loved the vape on the Dvarw- I thought it was as good as Doggy or better. But too many parts, and didn't think it was worth the extra trouble with extra parts. I use the True MTL now, but this build worked best for me on KM3, Dvarw, Doggy (and I'm a TH junkie using only DIY tobacco flavoring): 28ga 316L SS, 7 wraps, 2mm, 1+mm above air intake. Seems it doesn't matter which tank, that's what works for me. I prefer KGD, but rayon is ok- just a little bit more "sharp" tasting at first. But then, I'm mostly a VG guy. Seems fairly few use high PG anymore. Wish I could help with that.
Every post I read of yours teaches me something - your username is such an oxymoron
I've always been something of a contradiction. I'm no expert, just vaped for a long time and I like trying to help folks out.
My first darvw had the small holes, then I bought 2 more that had the oval holes. I didnt like the ovals I bit and proceeded to purchase 2 juice rings that had the smaller holes. I much prefer the smaller holes myself, at least for my vaping style, mtl. I suppose if your one that wicks the cotton thru holes, the ovals arent to bad, but I prefer my wicks just against the holes...
Rick's do you have the oval or round holes in juice control? Can be a couple things and the first is having the tails pressed up against the juice holes to firmly. They only need to be gently or barely touching, but they do need to be touching. If they are pressed to firmly, flavor loss. Coil at about 1.5ish from air hole. The coil and wick set up shouldn't be any different then other mtl rtas. You can run from 26g to 30g and coils from 2 to 2.7mm. Cotton or rayon both work fine. If you do have the larger oval holes and thin juice, it can be possible, as mentioned before, that it's over wicking, which can cause flavor issues. I had the ovals and found it over wicking, so I changed to smaller holes
I have the oval holes. I have tried just having the ends of the wick covering the holes to the sides of the wick covering the holes. I'm just not getting enough flavor. No where near as much as the Doggies. No leak or gurgle at all. I've tried 2, 2.5 and 3mm coils too. But I've only tried 28g kanthal. Maybe I should try 26g next???
Are you saying you have the very ends of the wick covering the holes? Maybe you dont actually mean that and sorry if I'm getting it wrong, but the actual ends of the wick dont go against the holes. I guess you can do that, but i dont. I actually tuck the wick down to the deck, so my actual tail ends are on the deck, not on holes. Its actually the side of wick that's against the holes and then the tail end is tucked down to the deck. Your probably doing something similiar , but if you just have wick tails going straight to holes, there may not be any wick on the deck itself, which I think you need. I love the doggy, vape one every day and there is no doubt the darvw has just as much flavor, if not more, but it definitely is a bit more tricky to wick. The doggys wick is in constant contact with the juice, they now call that a gta tank but the darvw is totally different in that the tails need to be perfectly placed against those holes, if they are pressed against to firmly and your tails to dense, juice doesn't flow in easily . You may be doing all this correctly and juice is coming in too much, thus oversaturation coil. When I was getting over saturation (before switching to small hole ring) I really wasnt getting less flavor , but was getting less vapor and it was a harsh vape...
At first I tried this way in the pic,
Yep I do mine like the diagram....if your not getting enough juice to your coil, its got to be the wicking....do you have the steam tuners tank? I thought I seen a pic?At first I tried this way in the pic,
But the flavor wasn't there so I'm trying the ends of the wick covering the holes now. Both ways my wick is touching the bottom of the base also. I'm definitely not getting too much liquid on my coil.
I also tried leaving longer wick tails and having them sit around the base so there is wick all the way around the bottom of the base. That didn't help either.
I'm getting enough liquid to the coil... It's just not as flavorful as other tanks.
If you want to move on from them, as I did, Rick- try the True MTL. I went from doggies to them (after trying and giving away Dvarw), and think it provides the best, most flavorful mtl vape yet, by a pretty wide margin.
I've been watching that one for a while... Might get one someday when I find a good deal on it.
Oh, I misunderstood the juice to coil thing......any pics of build?
Maybe try raising your coil a little, I use 3mm id builds,
Looks great, thanks. What size wire is that?Maybe try raising your coil a little, I use 3mm id builds,
So try to get it fit in-between the posts, sits just over the inner tops of the post screws,
and sits just under the saucer cap, I find this way works for me,
Trim wick tails slightly higher than juice ring and tuck down sides over juice holes then spread out a little, others try to fill out the deck area, juice up and use a small cut of of coil leg and just slightly poke the wick backwards through juice holes, putting saucer cap on can compress the wicks down a little,
Everyone has there own method,
Here's pics of last 2 wicks,
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