FastTech & rebuilt coils

[Robdob]

Last week I received my order from fastech, which included some pre-wound pre-annealed coils. I had to practice making the cotton wick, and loading the coils into the housing. Success!!!!!! Whoa!! I never dreamed it would be this good. I wasn't sure the pre-made coils would work...but they do! Simple simple simple. Once I got the amount of Cotten right, it was easy. It took all of 3 minutes. Oh the money I'm going to save! Can I buy ya' a beer?

 

[volume control]

if you can thread a wick you can build a coil, it gets better

 

[Rat2chat2]

I have been so pleased with them also. Super easy. Just what I like.

 

[Nightshard]

Why don't you make cotton micro coils from scratch?
Yl get better results, save more money and do it in half the time.

 

[TheReign]

Yeah it's not allot of money to spend on premade coils but with the costs of a 100ft spool of kanthal being so cheap you'd be better making some of your own coils, not to mention it's great practice!

 

[Robdob]

Well, I'd never done it before, and I guess I was just afraid. I was ordering from FastTech anyway, sooooo....... Anyway, I've just ordered some kanthal and will do it from scratch, now.

 

[shawnphase]

i would if there was enough room in a mini protank coil to rebuild. im gonna start soaking them thangz.

 

[drmarble]

You can rebuild a mini protank. They take the same head as the protank full sized I and II. Lots of info on rebuilding protank heads in this forum.

 

[shawnphase]

i dunno, i tried with some .28 wire and i couldnt get one leg of the wire inbetween that rubber rebuilt in there. theres hardly any room to work with in there and the rubber is flared in the end that goes back up into the head, its a nightmare.

 

[Taowulf]

if you can thread a wick you can build a coil, it gets better

If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.

 

[thebanik]

I had been using FT coils and thought I had got the grasp of it but building coils is just a tad difficult alongwith for me as a beginner time consuming (specially because I do not have a butane torch, which IMO is a must). I am pretty happy with the premade coils I got from FT as well.

 

[leerm8680]

No butane torch is needed. Check out this thread.
Protank Microcoil Discussion

 

[Cloud Junky]

Last week I received my order from Fastech, which included some pre-wound pre-annealed coils. I had to practice making the cotton wick, and loading the coils into the housing. Success!!!!!! Whoa!! I never dreamed it would be this good. I wasn't sure the pre-made coils would work...but they do! Simple simple simple. Once I got the amount of Cotten right, it was easy. It took all of 3 minutes. Oh the money I'm going to save! Can I buy ya' a beer?

You need to purchase a roll of kanthal for $5.00 so you can build about 150 coils. And when you make that purchase I will go for a six pack of Sam Adams

 

[wheelie]

I bought some FastTech coils, wicked and unwicked. I have not used them yet as I build my own. Bought them as a need just in case. I like silica wicks better in my rebuildable and have a system that works really well. I build my self a bowtie then install and then clip the ends of the bowtie into 4 singles. That way I have 3 layers of wick in the coil. I chain vape and have never had a dry hit doing it this way. Got some more rebuildable heads on the way so I can play around some more. Don't like fooling around with the one I am vaping on. Best thing I have done was to learn to rebuild coils. Cheapens thing down a lot. I say what ever works for you, go for it.

 

[Nightshard]

Seriously this is like buying big mac, going home, opening the buns, throwing the burger, making your own burger and puting it in the old buns

 

[coalyard]

Let's have a contest! How many coils can you wind while waiting for your FT order to get to your doorstep?

 

[Nightshard]

Coalyard looks like your cat's batteries are full.

 

[qreepii]

Let's have a contest! How many coils can you wind while waiting for your FT order to get to your doorstep?

I ran out of kanthal before the order got to "Origin Post Preparing Shipment...."

 

[Wow1420]

I like the FT pre-made coils for protanks because they have NR legs. No chance of scortched grommets any more.