fc-2000 porous ceramic wick

[DSmooch]

I made 2 silica wicks with the one they supplied, one micro coil and one with ribbon. the taste was off, no comparison really. once you've been on fc for a while, I'm not sure anything else will do.
You should shoot a tutorial on yt or something since you came up with it and offer the alternative to the KF community. Buddy this can't be one post. this is too ground breaking and you can't keep heaven all to yourself!

 

[Stoneface]

Do you use the button tops on the 18650 and 18350? I want to order 1 18650 and 2 18350 for the Vamo. Thanks Stoneface

Yes on both sizes. I have not tried stacking in the Vamo, though, so I can't vouch for performance in that case. I have used the Vamo in "shorty" mode, and it lasts me most of a day. YMMV

 

[MikeE3]

People with a Vamo, What batteries do you use?

I've only used flat top efests in short mode on my Vamo. Haven't had any problems with it. I tend to save my charged button tops for the Provari's. I think I tried the button tops and they did work though. Never used it with stacked batts.

 

[ricks]

Good, I want to use it as a shorty mode also. Where did you get your batts from? Thanks again for your help.

Yes on both sizes. I have not tried stacking in the Vamo, though, so I can't vouch for performance in that case. I have used the Vamo in "shorty" mode, and it lasts me most of a day. YMMV

 

[Stoneface]

Good, I want to use it as a shorty mode also. Where did you get your batts from? Thanks again for your help.

I bought some from RTD and some from Bucky. RTD has outstanding service, btw, and they sell wick and wire, etc if you need any of that stuff. They aren't the cheapest, but they are also really close to you and will ship pretty fast.

 

[Chikenbok]

I am so glad mate . I just set up mine again tonight. Tightest wick yet using annealing and a Peter K type method. Came out fantastic. I have this down to an art now. So nice to just toss it on the seat in the car, throw in your pocket, refill, draw just how you like it. I think it is a fabulous set up. Once you get a good coil in there you just use it over and over. Screw the silica, lol. I ran a tank on it but hated the friggin mess and to be honest those little hairy fibers scare me. Cotton and stone in a KF a quintessentially sublime experience. Five stars from me .

Just for the record if anyone wants to go into a bit more detail on getting a ceramic wick into the Kayfun, I wouldn't be too upset with you...

 

[vapdivrr]

Posted this elsewhere but thought I put it here because of all the activity.

"I've been using my AGA-T2 with an fc-2000 wick and 32g nichrome wire for about 3 weeks now. The ohms are at 1.8/1.9 and stays there. I run it at 4.1 volts. It has been doing fine with good flavor and vapor production. My problem is that today I notice a slight tingling/burning sensation on my tongue and a weird, seemed metallic but maybe not, aftertaste. It was all of a sudden. The draw before had been fine and then all of a sudden on this draw got the problem. There is carbon buildup on the wire but it does not seem excessive at all. I thought about burning it off and starting over but I hate to do that because of the break-in period of a few days for this setup.

Any ideas?"

hey buddy, I gave my opinion in your other post, check it out.

 

[cowboy6591]

you know i think i will do a video tomorrow on these wicks,--SNIP2SAVE--.

Please post a link to it when your ready.
I have two aga-t's on the way and interested in this.
Another note; I watched a video on this ceramic rope called Nextel Ceramic rope and it was no where near brittle as this stuff your talking about. It handled like Silica wick, flexible, squishy user friendly and about 2 dollars a foot.
Nextel Braided Ceramic Very High Temperature Sleeving

This is one of the sites. Wish I booked marked the you tube video.
XC-116-25 is the stuff he tested and the material is hollow so it can be used to insulate open wires as well as a wick.
It's flexible and squish-able so tight holes are no problem. I find it hard to believe it's real ceramic with properties like that.
The reviewer is popular, big Italian boyish dude and a comedian about his approach to reviews.

 

[cowboy6591]

I can't stop breaking these things-----it is getting expensive, but the flavor, the flavor is spot on, nothing else is as clean, there has to be a more durable solution.

Nextel Braided Ceramic Very High Temperature Sleeving

I'm ordering asap. It's a crap shoot, only one good refrence to this stuff, cutting edge.
I can't vow for it yet but I assure the ceramic wicks being talked about in here will never see my vape. That 5 dollar woops snap is intolerable. Too Brittle.

 

[Lhartman89]

I've only broke my old 3/32 wicks. I broke a 7/64 wick but it was my fault. I've knocked over a few of my mods with the 1/8 and 7/64 and haven't broke any. A couple of times they even fell off the desk and nothing. I also have no problem hot wrapping my wicks using the torch method.

 

[SteveW]

Double post . . . sorry.

 

[SteveW]

I've only broke my old 3/32 wicks. I broke a 7/64 wick but it was my fault. I've knocked over a few of my mods with the 1/8 and 7/64 and haven't broke any. A couple of times they even fell off the desk and nothing. I also have no problem hot wrapping my wicks using the torch method.

Make sure you keep those pieces in case you want to use a different type of atty some time. I am using a piece of the 3/32" wick in the KF.

 

[Lhartman89]

Make sure you keep those pieces in case you want to use a different type of atty some time. I am using a piece of the 3/32" wick in the KF.

I did lol. I drilled out my AGA-T2's to 1/8 to use the 7/64. I tried the 7/64 in a 7/64 hole and it wasn't wicking because there wasn't enough room between the wick and the wick hole wall. Now they work great. I tried a piece of 3/32 in my Igo-L and couldn't get it to work so I went back to cotton wick. I really want to get some of the ekowool from a co-op as I have heard pretty good things about it. I just hate how silica frays and falls apart. I know ekowool is still silica but I thought it would be worth a shot. The cotton just sucks because it doesn't seem like it last very long and you can't dry burn it.

 

[NamVet68]

Please post a link to it when your ready.
I have two aga-t's on the way and interested in this.
Another note; I watched a video on this ceramic rope called Nextel Ceramic rope and it was no where near brittle as this stuff your talking about. It handled like Silica wick, flexible, squishy user friendly and about 2 dollars a foot.
Nextel Braided Ceramic Very High Temperature Sleeving

This is one of the sites. Wish I booked marked the you tube video.
XC-116-25 is the stuff he tested and the material is hollow so it can be used to insulate open wires as well as a wick.
It's flexible and squish-able so tight holes are no problem. I find it hard to believe it's real ceramic with properties like that.
The reviewer is popular, big Italian boyish dude and a comedian about his approach to reviews.

These are not the Droids you are looking for (or the ceramics).

Though technically its a ceramic material, the Nextel is basically a form of woven Silica, like most of the other silica wicks out there (silica is form of ceramic)....we are talking about an entirely different ceramic here....and they are in no way comparable.

Just sayn'

 

[Gimpy1261]

These are not the Droids you are looking for (or the ceramics).

Though technically its a ceramic material, the Nextel is basically a form of woven Silica, like most of the other silica wicks out there (silica is form of ceramic)....we are talking about an entirely different ceramic here....and they are in no way comparable.

Just sayn'

Your signature portrays the way I feel that vaping has done to me. made me smile and i sure did need it

 

[vapdivrr]

Please post a link to it when your ready.
I have two aga-t's on the way and interested in this.
Another note; I watched a video on this ceramic rope called Nextel Ceramic rope and it was no where near brittle as this stuff your talking about. It handled like Silica wick, flexible, squishy user friendly and about 2 dollars a foot.
Nextel Braided Ceramic Very High Temperature Sleeving
This is one of the sites. Wish I booked marked the you tube video.
XC-116-25 is the stuff he tested and the material is hollow so it can be used to insulate open wires as well as a wick.
It's flexible and squish-able so tight holes are no problem. I find it hard to believe it's real ceramic with properties like that.
The reviewer is popular, big Italian boyish dude and a comedian about his approach to reviews.

hey cowboy, if your interested in a few of my vids their on various pages of this thread/ pages: 9/21/202/230. ceramic rope is kind of for dripping attys, not gennys. this ceramic is like a rod not rope.

 

[vapdivrr]

dsmooch, wasn't able to get 25g, but received 26/27g's. just set-up a 4/5 wrap of 26g, she's at 0.8Ω. this is a very smooth vape compared to my 2/3 of 28g. also it hits quicker then I imagined. flavor exceptional from the start, and will improve after a tank. the only thing is it lacks a little of the TH that I am used to, but im not one for big TH's anyways, so I will get used to it. I believe the slotted's give a bit more TH then rounds, but I did use a round, next time I might try a slotted. im checking out a comparison between the slots & rounds for I believe the slotted's ruins the juice a little. I never had any issues with juice darkening before, but now with the slotted I think im seeing my juice darken. maybe the juice can retrieve back into the tank easier then the rounds, has anyone noticed this with the slotted's?

 

[Stringer63]

dsmooch, wasn't able to get 25g, but received 26/27g's. just set-up a 4/5 wrap of 26g, she's at 0.8Ω. this is a very smooth vape compared to my 2/3 of 28g. also it hits quicker then I imagined. flavor exceptional from the start, and will improve after a tank. the only thing is it lacks a little of the TH that I am used to, but im not one for big TH's anyways, so I will get used to it. I believe the slotted's give a bit more TH then rounds, but I did use a round, next time I might try a slotted. im checking out a comparison between the slots & rounds for I believe the slotted's ruins the juice a little. I never had any issues with juice darkening before, but now with the slotted I think im seeing my juice darken. maybe the juice can retrieve back into the tank easier then the rounds, has anyone noticed this with the slotted's?

Been using the 1/8 slotted on my drilled out aga-t with a 4/3 wrap of 30g (1.2ohms), and I have to dry burn 2 or 3 times a day to clean it after the juice starts to darken. No big deal though as it only takes a couple of minutes to clear it up - dry burn till all coils glow good and blow it off, and its good to go for another 5-6 hours of my usual chain vaping. It does seem to darken the juice quicker than the fishstick. I've been using this same wick/coil setup now for at least 3 weeks exclusively and it seems like it will last another month! Still can't say that it is that much better than the good ole fishstick but it just won't die.

 

[vapdivrr]

Been using the 1/8 slotted on my drilled out aga-t with a 4/3 wrap of 30g (1.2ohms), and I have to dry burn 2 or 3 times a day to clean it after the juice starts to darken. No big deal though as it only takes a couple of minutes to clear it up - dry burn till all coils glow good and blow it off, and its good to go for another 5-6 hours of my usual chain vaping. It does seem to darken the juice quicker than the fishstick. I've been using this same wick/coil setup now for at least 3 weeks exclusively and it seems like it will last another month! Still can't say that it is that much better than the good ole fishstick but it just won't die.

I never actually used a fish wick but have heard theres not to much of a difference until you go below 1-ohm. from what I have heard the fish wicks don't keep up at the higher wattages. agreed on the slotted getting more gunky, I do seem to have to burn more often with these.

 

[mikewill45]

dsmooch, wasn't able to get 25g, but received 26/27g's. just set-up a 4/5 wrap of 26g, she's at 0.8Ω. this is a very smooth vape compared to my 2/3 of 28g. also it hits quicker then I imagined. flavor exceptional from the start, and will improve after a tank. the only thing is it lacks a little of the TH that I am used to, but im not one for big TH's anyways, so I will get used to it. I believe the slotted's give a bit more TH then rounds, but I did use a round, next time I might try a slotted. im checking out a comparison between the slots & rounds for I believe the slotted's ruins the juice a little. I never had any issues with juice darkening before, but now with the slotted I think im seeing my juice darken. maybe the juice can retrieve back into the tank easier then the rounds, has anyone noticed this with the slotted's?

I've only used the slotted and do notice the darkening you speak of. I tried the dry burn as the previous poster mentioned but then I found myself with another 3-4 day break in. That may indicate my wire isn't wrapped tight enough. I'm using nichrome 32g with a 4/5 wrap at 1.9 ohms. I run it at 4.1 volts. I'd like to go higher but notice when I do I begin to get hot spots which I suspect indicates also that my wire is not tight enough.