I've search also and could only find the one seller on ebay but I was looking for 2mm and couldn't find any.
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I've search also and could only find the one seller on ebay but I was looking for 2mm and couldn't find any.
This is my concern too. 3mm is too big for the Penny and with a core in there it might even be bigger that's why I was looking for the 2mm.
I have some 1mm cotton braid that I stuffed into some 3mm hollow ekowool but I don't remember which mod I installed it in.
I know it wasn't the Penny because the piece was too short.
Cool, I'll give that a shot - gotta set my other Ithaka up anyway (it's been leaking juice out of that damn bottom center post o-ring again) and I will try this yarn. I did twisted duals on it which was nice but, that build wasn't my cup of tea.. I would do a lower ohm next time, though.. and try to get the coils to heat up faster. The vape itself was good, though - I did like the twisted duals.
Do you boil your cotton first. It takes less time to rid that funky taste if you boil it first then it's bliss.
That is odd. The 3mm Twik Ekowool with cotton core from Ebay fits fine down the Penelope channels. And I have a real Penny that I got from COV. I even double the Ekowool on the coil part (not channel part) and make it 6mm inside the Penelope cup. But only one strand of 3mm can fit inside the channel. Notice I said 'channel' and not channels. I use the half Mr. Krinkle method. Which means that the ekowool is cut off on one side, leaving an open channel for juice to flow though. I leave the open channel on the white ceramic side. The other channel is the metal side where the wire touches and I don't even use NR wire on that side. I just let the kanthal from the coil go down a teeny bit and make the contact...this is where I have the one strand of ekowool over it to ensure the wire stays in place.
This is the best way that I know of. I used all of my two feet of Twik Ekowool to test different setups. And if you run Twik Ekowool down both channels...the wicking sucks big time.
As far as wires go. I have various sizes of kanthal (28, 30, and 32). With the VV/VW mod I'm using, I find that the 32 kanthal works fine. I really don't need low ohms. I try to keep it between 1.5-2.5 ohms, and it works fine.
Doing some research, I found that the person selling the Twik cotton core Ekowool on Ebay somehow makes it themselves. I don't think they are making the actual product but they are getting organic cotton and hollow Ekowool and putting it together....Don't ask me how, I'm just assuming.
The Twik Ekowool wicks good. But with the cotton core it only last about a week to a week and a half of decent vaping. Then it kind of dies off. The cotton burns up ect. So I'm thinking maybe I should try the Ekowool with silica core. I know it would last longer than cotton but I don't know how well it will wick since cotton is really good at wicking.
It's funny how opinions can change about Ekowool. Or about anything for that matter when it comes to being a success or a failure. Please read post #138 of this thread that I wrote on page 14.
I was on Greek's seller store today and I put some ekowool inside Ithaka for first time. I made one single coil on my Ithaka and one for Greek seller's Ithaka. So we both vaped at a single 1,5 ohm coil with a flat ekowool. Ekowool sit on channels nicely on both of Ithakas. The problem was on wicking. It seems that eko cant wick quick and we had burn taste every 5-6 inhales, sometimes after 10 inhales. You are never sure when you will get this burn taste, so you are anxious if the next inhale will be nice as the previous one
Thats my small experience with eko. Its obvious that it doesnt wick like silica
Thats my small experience with eko. Its obvious that it doesnt wick like silica
Yeah I agree, at least with my experience also. I had many positive experiences but it just wasn't consistent enough for me. I really wish it wicked faster because it's very nice to coil and work with, but it's just not silica. I'm trying the cotton hemp yarn tonight on a setup that I have high hopes for judging on Bishops experience. I've boiled a lot of it and will report back when I vape it for a bit.
I wonder if there is any sort of hollow cord like the ekowool but made of cotton/hemp? Not sure if hollow is better or not though.
I don't understand these wicking issues. I'm using 2mm hollow ekowool in my Penny and it's in my hand constantly except to type and it wicks beautifully and tastes so much better than silica. Are you talking about the hollow or cotton core?
Is this 3mm Twik cotton core the same diameter at the 3mm hollow core? I have a Penny also and I can not get the 3mm hollow ekowool down even one channel (Mr. Krinkle method). The ring won't go over it without chewing it up. How do you do that?
it was a flat wick tm. 2,5mm in width and about 1,5 -2mm in height. It was not hollow.
When I first saw it I understand that it will not wick well because it seemed too tight. I know that there are other types of eko but the one I used was not good
When I first saw it I understand that it will not wick well because it seemed too tight. I know that there are other types of eko but the one I used was not good
Ok, I see, thanks. I love the hollow but haven't tried the solid core yet.
I've tried the 2mm hollow core ekowool. What kind of juice are you using? I use pretty thick juice, mostly VG so I think that plays a big part in the wicking issues I had.
Ekowool with krinkle method did work out good though, I still may try that again.
I use 100% VG but dilute it with 4% DW so that could make the difference.
I'm just tried the Krinkle method for the first time and what I've noticed is that I get a much warmer vape and I don't have to open the juice control hardly at all. I need to test longer though.
Yeah I also had good results with putting silica inside the ekowool and only having the silica go down the channels (eko only on coils) and that also worked good but the draw was stiffer, it took up a lot of room but maybe I'll try that again with just one strand of cotton hemp yarn.. I think the silica I had inside the ekowool puffed it out more, taking up more room in the ceramic.. It did wick well though!
So far so good on the cotton hemp yarn! I used 3 strands for each coil, cut 2 of them at the coils so one strand is down the channels. I might only use 2 next time actually, 3 strands is pretty thick. It seems to be wicking good but I just started vaping it. I don't notice any taste, I boiled the yarn for about 10 minutes. Tastes very good.
It was also a little hard to wrap the coils with a needle in the strands, the yarn is so limp that it gets a bit twisted while you wrap coils.. 2 might be easier though.
Anyway so far so good but time will tell how it goes.
It was also a little hard to wrap the coils with a needle in the strands, the yarn is so limp that it gets a bit twisted while you wrap coils.. 2 might be easier though.
Anyway so far so good but time will tell how it goes.
The TWIK cotton core Ekowool is 3mm OD (outside diameter), but the hollow is measured on the ID (inside diameter) so the 3mm hollow is bigger.
I still havent tried the TWIK I got. After all I've read and how heavy I tend to vape, not to mention I use a lot of thick juice, I think I'll just use the Ekowool for drippers
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