3mm Ekowool from stormyvaporcellar.com, .8mm ribbon from Resistance Wire, 30AWG Silver from Fine Silver Wire for Jewelry, Wire Wrapping, Earrings by Rio Grande Jewelry Making Supplies
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3mm Ekowool from stormyvaporcellar.com, .8mm ribbon from Resistance Wire, 30AWG Silver from Fine Silver Wire for Jewelry, Wire Wrapping, Earrings by Rio Grande Jewelry Making Supplies
Sad. Getting mine Monday. I am hoping to replace Bobas. Pm me your thoughts.
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I gotta say I'm loving this ekowool.. Using the hollow 2mm. Once the wicks are saturated I can vape on it for so long without having to open the mouth piece! And the wicks are only about an inch long. Awesome!
Plus at this rate the ekowool will last about 3 times longer than silica in just length alone.. The jury is still out on longevity, but I love it so far!
Plus at this rate the ekowool will last about 3 times longer than silica in just length alone.. The jury is still out on longevity, but I love it so far!
Twik for my Art of Exhale Prometey (like Spheroid, but high neg/pos posts, air post center - intake on base of atty). I like tank/drippers at about 1.5 to 2.0 Ohms since the juice source is a little further away than i.e. an iGoL... the coil is closer to juice so i can go sub 1.0 Ohms.
This Prometey coil is a 28g 9 or 10 wrap = 1.25 Ohms
below: Gryphon dripper with high posts and air post too... Twik works good. This dripper can hold up to like 30 drops. Has inverted channel in top cap so can turn upside down.
I think i get some of that cotton wick absorption and clean flavor from the cotton yarn cored eko wool (Twik)
I love micro coils too...
This Prometey coil is a 28g 9 or 10 wrap = 1.25 Ohms
below: Gryphon dripper with high posts and air post too... Twik works good. This dripper can hold up to like 30 drops. Has inverted channel in top cap so can turn upside down.
I think i get some of that cotton wick absorption and clean flavor from the cotton yarn cored eko wool (Twik)
I love micro coils too...
Hey yankeebobo, sorry it did not work out for you. It's weird because I'm using a Penelope and I have no trouble using Boba's Bounty. The only difference is that I have both sides of the wick cut at where the channels start instead of leaving one uncut. Another difference is that I'm not using those ribbon wires. I may be wrong but I'm beginning to suspect that it is something with the ribbon wire, as RiverNut was having some heating issues with it too. Again, I might be wrong on this.
A little update on my current build,
The dual coil Ekowool on the Mr. Krinkle method is a bit over a week old and it is finally starting to die down after some hardcore vaping. I will be switching back to a different silica wick that is German-made to try it out again for a second time. Once I go through that, I will go back to the Ekowool for a second round and give it a real review. So far, I think the German-made silica wick might win in terms of longevity, not too sure on the flavor or the throat hit though.
Yea Doke, this is odd. That was cut to channel on both sides. I did some minor trimming after the photos. I know some like you have done it. The hollow eko won't keep up. And I tried with another juice. Now. Maybe I need to tweak some more or try the hollow with round because I haven't found that setup. It wicks better with the cotton filled. But I did that setup last night too with .5 ribbon and .3 ribbon. It just won't go. I'll get 2-3 pulls. Then I have to close the pm and open it again to get another 2-3 pulls that are good.
So now both penny have silica and round for now. I need them working perfectly for work for stealth vape. So I'll continue my testing on penny next weekend. (Tomorrow I actually may try it again when El Kamino comes in). I have new juices to try and the timing is slightly off on new setups AND new juices.
I'll now have to continue my testing on ithaka and ody. The iatty I don't see working as well with Krinkle. (Correct me if anyone has done this successfully).
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So now both penny have silica and round for now. I need them working perfectly for work for stealth vape. So I'll continue my testing on penny next weekend. (Tomorrow I actually may try it again when El Kamino comes in). I have new juices to try and the timing is slightly off on new setups AND new juices.
I'll now have to continue my testing on ithaka and ody. The iatty I don't see working as well with Krinkle. (Correct me if anyone has done this successfully).
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Oh and I thought River was onto something with his ribbon. Maybe I read wrong.
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I can't say on if it tastes better (I'm using a new juice with the Ekowool so I can't compare) or for how long it lasts, but I feel like it wicks a lot better. I'm using the hollow 2mm... it seems to hold SO much juice. I'm also using the MrKrinkle method (first time) and it's amazing how long I can vape on it without opening the mouthpiece. Especially for the wick only being about an inch long, it's unbelievable. I know if it was silica it would only vape for a few puffs. I don't think I'll ever go back to silica after this. Hopefully it stays going strong. I'm not sure how it could actually last longer, though - wouldn't that be up to the coils and how fast juice gunks? I don't typically dry burn my wicks either, though, I just rebuild.. so I'm not really expecting more out of how long it lasts.. but the MrKrinkle method and Ekowool is rocking my socks.
no torching; a light surface burn..or a boil will do; the cotton yarn core will get charcoaled. Not sure about dry burn but i'm gonna try if necessary.
anybody doing crazy with eko wool / silica/ in Genesis atomizers?
I've seen it being done lately...
I've seen it being done lately...
That's a good point aal. My wicking rocks but I know its Krinkle in my case. And silica. I can't get thick juice to wick eko yet.
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Yeah I suppose that's true, I haven't compared to MrKrinkle with regular silica, but it does seem to hold a lot more juice! I suppose it could still be wicking juice from the empty channels with the MP closed, tho.
I'll have to give it a shot with the ekowool down the channels at some point!
After having major dry hit issues with my solid core 1.5mm ekowool, I gave the Krinkle method a try.
Initial tank is iffy for the first 15 mins.--I guess the ekowool needs to prime for a bit (I got serious flooding).
Now after 3 hours and slow and gentle pulls, it is performing rather well--I guess I didn't waste money on it.
Initial tank is iffy for the first 15 mins.--I guess the ekowool needs to prime for a bit (I got serious flooding).
Now after 3 hours and slow and gentle pulls, it is performing rather well--I guess I didn't waste money on it.
Heres a little tip, that might help initial wicking and getting the wrap on better, not too tight. I wet my Ekowool before wrapping it. It gets swollen and you can wrap it with the right tension to compensate for width versus dry and saturated. The hollow Eko wicks a bit faster than the solid so it would make sense it might have a harder time with full VG, especially if the coils are a bit tight. Once it swells it might have wicking issue until its fully saturated.
For me Eko vs good silica is not performance or anything really technical, its the durability of the wick and softness and the fact that it sheds so much less. It keeps its shape longer. And now with the fact that if I boil it first, there is no need to torch it.
For me Eko vs good silica is not performance or anything really technical, its the durability of the wick and softness and the fact that it sheds so much less. It keeps its shape longer. And now with the fact that if I boil it first, there is no need to torch it.
Rebuilt my Penelope yesterday with a German-made silica wick, dual coil, and the Mr. Krinkle method. This is the second time that I'm using the German-made silica wick. I'm doing this to test the two high quality wicks and to see which one stands out in terms of longevity, durability, flavor, and throat hit. After this current build, I will test the Ekowool again for the second time but I will do it properly. The last Ekowool build only lasted me for a week and a day but that might be because of the quality of the coil that I've made, or it might be the fact that I had the coil on the wick very tight. When I rebuild again with the Ekowool, I will do what you guys are doing, and that is to stick two little bars inside the hollow core to stabilize it when I wrap the coils around.
So far this is the result after the first trial, using 100% VG,
German-made silica wick,
- Longevity : Lasted me approximately 2 weeks before weakening.
- Durability : This is the only downside to the German-made silica wick, it is not as tough as the Ekowool, and it is not easy to wrap the dual coils around it. I did boil it before-hand and also torched it but that doesn't seem to help.
- Flavor & Throat hit : Flavor and throat hit is awesome, after using the regular silica wicks from who knows where, I can definitely taste and feel the difference.
Ekowool,
- Longevity : Lasted me approximately 1 week and a day before weakening.
- Durability : The Ekowool is phenomenal in this area, it is very nicely braided, very tough, and it sheds very very little to the point where it is not evident. It is also easier to wrap the dual coils around it since you can stick a needle or a paper clip through the hollow core to stabilize it.
- Flavor & Throat hit : Flavor and throat hit was great but a little below compared to the German-made silica wick, although it was not too noticeable in terms of difference.
So far I prefer the German-made silica wick but I really wish the Ekowool would come through. We will see after the second trial, and this time I will stabilize the Ekowool so that I don't wrap the coils onto it too tight.
So far this is the result after the first trial, using 100% VG,
German-made silica wick,
- Longevity : Lasted me approximately 2 weeks before weakening.
- Durability : This is the only downside to the German-made silica wick, it is not as tough as the Ekowool, and it is not easy to wrap the dual coils around it. I did boil it before-hand and also torched it but that doesn't seem to help.
- Flavor & Throat hit : Flavor and throat hit is awesome, after using the regular silica wicks from who knows where, I can definitely taste and feel the difference.
Ekowool,
- Longevity : Lasted me approximately 1 week and a day before weakening.
- Durability : The Ekowool is phenomenal in this area, it is very nicely braided, very tough, and it sheds very very little to the point where it is not evident. It is also easier to wrap the dual coils around it since you can stick a needle or a paper clip through the hollow core to stabilize it.
- Flavor & Throat hit : Flavor and throat hit was great but a little below compared to the German-made silica wick, although it was not too noticeable in terms of difference.
So far I prefer the German-made silica wick but I really wish the Ekowool would come through. We will see after the second trial, and this time I will stabilize the Ekowool so that I don't wrap the coils onto it too tight.
I tried the 2mm hollow eko with it in Ithaka's channels but it didn't wick well at all. I'll try 1mm in the channels at some point but so far eko only does well with MrKrinkle's method. I think I'll continue with twik to see how long that will last me since that's working better for me in the channels. Eko will be used with MrKrinkle method in some of my tanks and my BF/drippers. The eko/ribbon combo is just too good for flavor...I have blown through some juice in the last couple days!
I just had a mysterious leak on my Ithaka / GGTS. Not sure if it was the Ekowool or MrKrinkle or what.. but the weird part was that my center post wasn't flooded.. there was no juice in my collector tank.. the Ithaka didn't have any juice on it, but the GGTS had juice on the outside.. battery was dry... really no idea what happened. I wiped it all away and it hasn't leaked again.. not sure what happened! I was driving home from work when suddenly my hand had juice on it.. wasn't like that during work or anything, either... very strange!
I'm just gonna chalk it up to a fluke, but any theories? I keep my GGTS upright as well.
edit: actually the Oring around the center post was just wet.. I think it leaked out there.. not sure what happened! I've had the setup since Saturday night and had no leaking until now
I'm just gonna chalk it up to a fluke, but any theories? I keep my GGTS upright as well.
edit: actually the Oring around the center post was just wet.. I think it leaked out there.. not sure what happened! I've had the setup since Saturday night and had no leaking until now
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