I got the roll of 50ft 30 gauge Kanthal from Temco and then it was down to getting the cotton. Went with Sugar n' Cream from Michaels. That's a total of about $8 bucks for years worth of coils, you can't beat it.
Started with the Protank heads of course, good for a noob and I had a few used ones left over. Used a toothpick to wrap. A nail clipper to cut cotton and wire. Works well. Probably should have went with 32 gauge Kanthal because my first coil had only 1.2 ohm which I can't fire on my SVD. Damn, now I want to get a mech. Just when I thought I would finally stop buying vape stuff. The next coil had more wraps and was like 1.8 and I put it in my Protank 2. Flavor was kind of muted until I turned up the volts to 4.5+. Cotton can handle more heat? Normally I'd get burnt hits if I went that high with stock Protank heads. I get a bit of gurgling here and there but it hasn't flooded. Managable. Flavor is very good. I built about 5 heads for my Protank and Mini and so far only one shorted.
I had a Smoktech Pyrex Aro laying around and I took it out of retirement to try building that head. Except for the threads it's the same as the Protank. Works beautifully. I got a 1.8 ohm head in there and for now it went from the worst tank to my best tank. Flavor, vapor, and draw is awesome so far. But, it's only been half a tank. It used to flood like crazy. We'll see. This time I'm going to air it out occasionally so air pressure doesn't build up in the tank. I do that with my Protanks also.
I was feeling confident so I said let me try to rebuild this Vision 2.0 CE5 head. It's different, smaller, there's some type of mesh tube in there. Looked complicated. But not really, it's the same principle as the Protank as far as where the leads go and everything. Painstakingly inserted the coil with cotton and the damn thing actually worked. Flavor is kind of weird though. Not sure what's going on there. Maybe it's the MBV Boysenberry that's weird. I think I have 2.3 ohms. It was practically a micro coil with 8 wraps or something because the space is very small. The mesh protects from shorts though which is nice. The hardest part with the Protank heads is keeping the coil away from metal and keeping it straight. Inserting the toothpick in there to keep it straight though works beautifully.
This is fun! What's next? Quad Nano coil on an RDA? Noooooo! Loving cotton. Thank you cotton.
The best how-to video I watched was from Rip Tripper on Youtube. He's very good, detailed and to the point. Recommended.
Started with the Protank heads of course, good for a noob and I had a few used ones left over. Used a toothpick to wrap. A nail clipper to cut cotton and wire. Works well. Probably should have went with 32 gauge Kanthal because my first coil had only 1.2 ohm which I can't fire on my SVD. Damn, now I want to get a mech. Just when I thought I would finally stop buying vape stuff. The next coil had more wraps and was like 1.8 and I put it in my Protank 2. Flavor was kind of muted until I turned up the volts to 4.5+. Cotton can handle more heat? Normally I'd get burnt hits if I went that high with stock Protank heads. I get a bit of gurgling here and there but it hasn't flooded. Managable. Flavor is very good. I built about 5 heads for my Protank and Mini and so far only one shorted.
I had a Smoktech Pyrex Aro laying around and I took it out of retirement to try building that head. Except for the threads it's the same as the Protank. Works beautifully. I got a 1.8 ohm head in there and for now it went from the worst tank to my best tank. Flavor, vapor, and draw is awesome so far. But, it's only been half a tank. It used to flood like crazy. We'll see. This time I'm going to air it out occasionally so air pressure doesn't build up in the tank. I do that with my Protanks also.
I was feeling confident so I said let me try to rebuild this Vision 2.0 CE5 head. It's different, smaller, there's some type of mesh tube in there. Looked complicated. But not really, it's the same principle as the Protank as far as where the leads go and everything. Painstakingly inserted the coil with cotton and the damn thing actually worked. Flavor is kind of weird though. Not sure what's going on there. Maybe it's the MBV Boysenberry that's weird. I think I have 2.3 ohms. It was practically a micro coil with 8 wraps or something because the space is very small. The mesh protects from shorts though which is nice. The hardest part with the Protank heads is keeping the coil away from metal and keeping it straight. Inserting the toothpick in there to keep it straight though works beautifully.
This is fun! What's next? Quad Nano coil on an RDA? Noooooo! Loving cotton. Thank you cotton.
The best how-to video I watched was from Rip Tripper on Youtube. He's very good, detailed and to the point. Recommended.
