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^ I watched most of the video. It was interesting to see the cotton go outside of the coil. I've never seen that before.

Is it really significantly better though? It looks like a lot of trouble and has a lot more possible points of failure. I'm surprised the coil didn't short out when he put the chimney back on. That video was over 30 minutes long. I'm sure he could do it faster if he wasn't teaching, but I can rebuild my protank horizontally in less than 5 minutes.

I rebuild my primary protank single coils about once every 3 days. Afterwards you can see a significant dropoff in flavor and how well it pulls.

I noticed that someone was talking about popping coils a few pages back. When I'm using my coil after a fresh rebuild, I get pops all the time. I just assumed it was the coil getting worked in. Is the pop bad? Did I break one of the wraps or something?

It is significantly better. I've been making vertical heads for around a year now in Kanger heads. I've yet to rebuild a Aspire head, but the same principal applies. I have found a spaced rather than touching coil is far superior along with Rayon wicking.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...d-aro-evod-protank-heads-43.html#post14228621

I was stoked when I seen Aspire offer BVC coils. They are by far my favorite factory coils.
 

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Was at a gathering last night and was able to compare this Istick to a friends MVP. Yep, Istick is a MVP killer.

So much smaller, lighter, and sleeker. Not sure I even buy into the 2200mAh vs 2600 mAh difference since both use 18650 batteries and battery manufactures are notorious for overrating mAh.

One thing for sure is my Istick has officially retired my Provari "mini". Mini lol, not compared to the Istick. And with what seems like 10x the battery life of the 18350 IMR I have to lug around with the Mini.

With the Istick, all I bring to work with me is the five Aspire K1's with different flavors and a Nautilus filled with my ADV. Just wish I had seen this combo before I dropped by blue Billet Box onto the concrete and chipped the Anodizing.

Oh, finally realized that I had left the protective shipping cover on the display. Looks even nicer now that that is off the screen.
 

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Was at a gathering last night and was able to compare this Istick to a friends MVP. Yep, Istick is a MVP killer.

So much smaller, lighter, and sleeker. Not sure I even buy into the 2200mAh vs 2600 mAh difference since both use 18650 batteries and battery manufactures are notorious for overrating mAh.

One thing for sure is my Istick has officially retired my Provari "mini". Mini lol, not compared to the Istick. And with what seems like 10x the battery life of the 18350 IMR I have to lug around with the Mini.

With the Istick, all I bring to work with me is the five Aspire K1's with different flavors and a Nautilus filled with my ADV. Just wish I had seen this combo before I dropped by blue Billet Box onto the concrete and chipped the Anodizing.

Oh, finally realized that I had left the protective shipping cover on the display. Looks even nicer now that that is off the screen.

Sorry to see about the chipped BB - that BITES.

And you go to work with ONE PV????

I work less than a mile from my home, and would now be thoroughly embarrassed to type what is in my bag when I depart each day.

Fuggedaboudit. :blush:
 

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Sorry to see about the chipped BB - that BITES.

And you go to work with ONE PV????

I work less than a mile from my home, and would now be thoroughly embarrassed to type what is in my bag when I depart each day.

Fuggedaboudit. :blush:

Since I bought the Istick, yep just one now. Extra tanks is it. I do keep the Provari and 4 batteries in my glove box just in case.

Been leaving the Billet Boxes at home as of late. No need to tear em up any worse lol.
 

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Was at a gathering last night and was able to compare this Istick to a friends MVP. Yep, Istick is a MVP killer.

So much smaller, lighter, and sleeker. Not sure I even buy into the 2200mAh vs 2600 mAh difference since both use 18650 batteries and battery manufactures are notorious for overrating mAh.

One thing for sure is my Istick has officially retired my Provari "mini". Mini lol, not compared to the Istick. And with what seems like 10x the battery life of the 18350 IMR I have to lug around with the Mini.

With the Istick, all I bring to work with me is the five Aspire K1's with different flavors and a Nautilus filled with my ADV. Just wish I had seen this combo before I dropped by blue Billet Box onto the concrete and chipped the Anodizing.

Oh, finally realized that I had left the protective shipping cover on the display. Looks even nicer now that that is off the screen.
thank you for that...I didn't realize there was a protective shipping cover on the display....
 

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Has anyone else noticed the silver tarnish or something? I've only had it a week or two and the silver is like tarnishing or color wearing off?

I've been using my Silver iStick constantly and Haven't seen any change to the Color/Finish.

And I have Oily Hands.
 

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I just got back from vacation (12 days) and am not reading the 30 new pages in this thread since i left!
I took the istick, itaste & mini passthrough for back ups. I only used the itaste while charging the istick in the evening.
It was great not to fiddle with stuff all the time. A BCC Mega head and an ego head both died the same day, but I had replacements for both.
I did drop the istick in the drink once. Snatched it out and dried it off. It had a little fog in the screen so I left it to dry for awhile and it works fine.
It was a great travel companion. I'm just hoping the thumb pain I'm experiencing is from surfing the web on a smart phone and not from the istick!
 

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I used to rebuild my protank and protank mini heads and also used rayon for wicking. That gets tiring very quickly, especially when you are doing fancy builds on an rda / rta that produce much better flavor than any tank, and much easier to build on. That killed all of my usefull willpower to continue rebuilding my micros for my tanks. The performance is quite a bit better than factory, but imo it is just too much a hassle for the little performance gain you get.

Don't get me wrong, I used to take my rebuilt protanks over to my buddies and they would marvel at the taste and performance compared to their stock coils. But I think we all get past that point with time, especially if you go the route of rda's.

I built my first dual micro setup on an rda, took me 2 minutes, was so easy, nice big deck to build on, no fiddling around with tiny rubber insulators and wicking inside of a space the size of a pea. And I even have tiny hands lol. And fired it up, and never looked back at any tanks until the Nautilus. I use the Nautilus very rarely, but I would never take the time to rebuild it as the stock bvc heads are decent for as much as I bust it out. If I wanna build, I build on a dripper that takes much less time and hassle, and get much better performance and flavor that messing around rebuilding any kanger / aspire head.

This is what I am using now. Simple dual twisted macro build wicked with rayon on the Magma. Great airflow adjustability, and the flavor knocks any tank out of the world.

My suggestion is, if you like to rebuild your kanger heads as I used to, than I recommend trying out an rda. So much easier to build on, and WAY better flavor. In fact, the Magma with a 1.1 ohm build on my iStick around 18 watts crushes any Nautilus as far as flavor goes. But when I am out and about, I don't like to drip. And that is why I have an Orchid v4 rta on the way!

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I used to rebuild my protank and protank mini heads and also used rayon for wicking. That gets tiring very quickly, especially when you are doing fancy builds on an rda / rta that produce much better flavor than any tank, and much easier to build on. That killed all of my usefull willpower to continue rebuilding my micros for my tanks. The performance is quite a bit better than factory, but imo it is just too much a hassle for the little performance gain you get.

Don't get me wrong, I used to take my rebuilt protanks over to my buddies and they would marvel at the taste and performance compared to their stock coils. But I think we all get past that point with time, especially if you go the route of rda's.

I built my first dual micro setup on an rda, took me 2 minutes, was so easy, nice big deck to build on, no fiddling around with tiny rubber insulators and wicking inside of a space the size of a pea. And I even have tiny hands lol. And fired it up, and never looked back at any tanks until the Nautilus. I use the Nautilus very rarely, but I would never take the time to rebuild it as the stock bvc heads are decent for as much as I bust it out. If I wanna build, I build on a dripper that takes much less time and hassle, and get much better performance and flavor that messing around rebuilding any kanger / aspire head.

This is what I am using now. Simple dual twisted macro build wicked with rayon on the Magma. Great airflow adjustability, and the flavor knocks any tank out of the world.

My suggestion is, if you like to rebuild your kanger heads as I used to, than I recommend trying out an rda. So much easier to build on, and WAY better flavor. In fact, the Magma with a 1.1 ohm build on my iStick around 18 watts crushes any Nautilus as far as flavor goes. But when I am out and about, I don't like to drip. And that is why I have an Orchid v4 rta on the way!

Don't get me wrong, but I think this snobby myth needs to die. I come from the exact opposite point of view. I started out with single coil Kangers and kept hearing all the hype about building your own. So I got a Magma and Omega and built just about every fashionable kind of coil (I didn't bother with RTAs, since the snobs told me that drippers are soooo much better). I tried all the various wicks (organic cotton, rayon, etc.) and I was kinda happy, since they were in fact better than my Kangers. But then came the dual coil Aspires and Kangers and I tried them and was so pleasantly surprised that my drippers and Kanthal and cotton are now gathering dust. Now we have the next myth about the BVCs being so much better than the older coils. I would like to see a blinded study in which all the gurus are given various veiled devices with the various coils and heads and then identify which is which correctly. I bet they will fail.
 

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Don't get me wrong, but I think this snobby myth needs to die. I come from the exact opposite point of view. I started out with single coil Kangers and kept hearing all the hype about building your own. So I got a Magma and Omega and built just about every fashionable kind of coil (I didn't bother with RTAs, since the snobs told me that drippers are soooo much better). I tried all the various wicks (organic cotton, rayon, etc.) and I was kinda happy, since they were in fact better than my Kangers. But then came the dual coil Aspires and Kangers and I tried them and was so pleasantly surprised that my drippers and Kanthal and cotton are now gathering dust. Now we have the next myth about the BVCs being so much better than the older coils. I would like to see a blinded study in which all the gurus are given various veiled devices with the various coils and heads and then identify which is which correctly. I bet they will fail.

I think a lot of it is down to personal preference

Me I like the kanger emow mega tank and I like to rebuild the coils vertical as it suits the juice I use and my vaping style.

The emow with a 1.1ohm vertical coils at about 15 watts suits me on my istick
 

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I don't think it's a myth but my one RDA and RBA's are much better than my Kanger Aerotanks with stock and built coils. I love my KF's so much I ordered another one. I also have 2 Erl's on order (should be here tomorrow). If you're gonna rebuld coils, might as well use RBA's. Cheaper to use and better vape experience. I'm not into dripping but got one to try and I much prefer having a tank so I don't have to drip every few puffs.
 

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Don't get me wrong, but I think this snobby myth needs to die. I come from the exact opposite point of view. I started out with single coil Kangers and kept hearing all the hype about building your own. So I got a Magma and Omega and built just about every fashionable kind of coil (I didn't bother with RTAs, since the snobs told me that drippers are soooo much better). I tried all the various wicks (organic cotton, rayon, etc.) and I was kinda happy, since they were in fact better than my Kangers. But then came the dual coil Aspires and Kangers and I tried them and was so pleasantly surprised that my drippers and Kanthal and cotton are now gathering dust. Now we have the next myth about the BVCs being so much better than the older coils. I would like to see a blinded study in which all the gurus are given various veiled devices with the various coils and heads and then identify which is which correctly. I bet they will fail.

At lower power levels I'll go along with you, but at 20+ watts there's no comparison
 
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