ETA on Stardust LR Restock?

[Randyrtx]

I need more... yesterday!

 

[byggd]

I'd like to try the LR units myself

 

[BonnyC]

Add me to the "want to try" list I've been bugging Bad about it every once in a while. Maybe two weeks or so ago he said that they were shipped. But I haven't heard anything else yet.

Edited to add: He said that they were shipped already on the 16th http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...s-thick-coil-so-break-em-138.html#post5581693

 

[antfuzz]

I asked that question on Monday about replacement tubes and the colored Stardusts, he said 2-3 days. So I'm thinking late today or tomorrow or Friday.

 

[Randyrtx]

I like the LR far better than the SR on my standard Ego batteries. The SR seems a little weak usually at 3.3V, but works great at 3.7V.

ETA: SR = 2.5-2.8Ω, LR = 2.2-2.5Ω

 

[byggd]

Has anyone tried both the LR and SR on a VV unit? The wife and I both use VV at about 4.2V so maybe we are better off sticking to the SR units?

 

[Randyrtx]

Has anyone tried both the LR and SR on a VV unit? The wife and I both use VV at about 4.2V so maybe we are better off sticking to the SR units?

I've used both on a Piper-D (Ego-compatible 3-stage passthru). I rarely go above 3.3V (lowest setting) with the LR, and usually set it to 3.7V for the SR. I've tried the SR at 4.2V but I find it can get a bit of a burnt taste (YMMV).

 

[byggd]

I've used both on a Piper-D (Ego-compatible 3-stage passthru). I rarely go above 3.3V (lowest setting) with the LR, and usually set it to 3.7V for the SR. I've tried the SR at 4.2V but I find it can get a bit of a burnt taste (YMMV).

I hear ya. Each juice can taste different depending on the volts and ohms in play. For some reason both our fav juices taste better at slighty higher voltage.

 

[antfuzz]

The wimpy wicks that the Stardust comes with can't wick fast enough to handle higher voltages so hence the burnt taste. If you use a double wick it can handle higher voltages.

 

[byggd]

The wimpy wicks that the Stardust comes with can't wick fast enough to handle higher voltages so hence the burnt taste. If you use a double wick it can handle higher voltages.

Thanks for in insight! Bad is offering free wick & wire so I'm going to try my hand at rewicking a couple of these after I received my next order.

 

[Randyrtx]

I tried "unwrapping" and recoiling one using wick cannibalized from an old CE2, but I'm a bit too ham-handed these days to pull it off using the short wire. I'll try again once I get wire so I can use a longer length to work with.

Any news on restock, Chris? <shameless bump>

 

[freelinuxer]

ETA on Stardust LR Restock?
==> somehow I read this as "ETA on starbucks Restock.. ".
Yeah.. need caffeine.
I should try this double wick application to it. Not so easy to take the 2nd batch apart though.
As reaching about a week on stardust, I get this muted flavor, not burnt.

 

[Sethenes]

I just thought of something. If we're rewicking and re-coiling the stardusts, won't that have to do with the resistance? Say we wrap the wick 3 times with the coil, is that the lower resistance? Or is the resistance dictated by something else? I'm so new to pv's that I have no idea. Not sure what makes the different resistances.

 

[vapspaz]

When it comes to the coils on carto's there are 3 main things that effect the ohms. Length and diameter of the wire. The resistance of the wire itself is the 3rd and is dictated by the actual materials used in the wire.

There are tons of threads out there talking about this but here is a recent one talking specifically about the Ego Vision carto that you will find all the info you need and then some.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...tvapes-stardust-how-re-wick-replace-coil.html


edit: FYI, I use Nichrome80 wire and found that with 5 wraps around a double wick I get roughly 2.4 ohms with 34 ga wire, which was my target range.