Geekvape Griffin RTA!

[xVape]

Just got this tank today with some 24 gauge Kanthal and 15 pads of muji cotton. I'm absolutely loving it. Until this day I'd never built a coil before and I'd never really wicked a coil (because let's face it, rewicking a protank/evod coil just doesn't count). My build reads around 0.3 ohms (I was aiming for 0.2 but that'd be 4.5 wraps so it's reading a bit higher as I'm using 5 wraps). I'm currently using an evic VT at max 60w and the vapour is warm, thick and moist which is brilliant, but I'm looking forward to pushing about 75w on the iStick 100w I ordered, I know the tank can take up to 100w but I feel the vapour would be just a tad too warm for my liking.

I had a slight calamity on my first attempt at wicking (loose Scottish roll), it seemed after reading so much about the tank and how you're meant to just rest the wicks in the juice canals rather than packing them in I'd took it too far and the whole deck flooded and gushed out of the air holes leaving me with a coated mod. Anyway, I just rewicked it and packed it a little tighter with slightly longer wicks and now it's doing great. I can safely say the Griffin is a must have for anybody who is considering an RTA, regardless of whether you're an avid RTA user or just dabbling. For less than £30 you can't go wrong!

 

[Haylon357]

Going to pull the trigger on a Gemini. I love the Griffin. But the free spinning afc ring on it is unacceptable.

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[xVape]

I personally don't find the AFC ring a big deal, I find most of the time if it were to move, it'd move into an open position. I suppose I'm used to it though since I've used an ego one mega for almost 3 months solid

 

[KayP]

I haven't had any issues with my AFC ring. Once put into place, it pretty much stays there; however, a little more resistance would be more preferable. Although I have not tested it by carrying it around in my pocket.

My leaking and spit back issues have diminished more so as of recent. Even though I had installed space claptons, the formation of gunk on the coils may have helped stop the leak. In addition, I have realised that if I inhale harder the spit back is minimised; however, it's not my style of vaping. I'll be sure to report back when I've tried out all the tips and tricks, I've collected from this thread and other ECF members, on the deck.

I must take this opportunity to say that grooves on the body, especially the top and bottom, would make life a lot easier when opening and closing the tank, especially for top fill. It was challenge for me initially to do that whilst keeping the air flow and juice holes closed. I've got the hang of it now, but something which should be improved upon on the next version.

Correction: There are grooves on the bottom part of the tank, so having the same to the top would've been good too.

 

[KayP]

Just got this tank today with some 24 gauge Kanthal and 15 pads of muji cotton. I'm absolutely loving it. Until this day I'd never built a coil before and I'd never really wicked a coil (because let's face it, rewicking a protank/evod coil just doesn't count). My build reads around 0.3 ohms (I was aiming for 0.2 but that'd be 4.5 wraps so it's reading a bit higher as I'm using 5 wraps). I'm currently using an evic VT at max 60w and the vapour is warm, thick and moist which is brilliant, but I'm looking forward to pushing about 75w on the iStick 100w I ordered, I know the tank can take up to 100w but I feel the vapour would be just a tad too warm for my liking.

I had a slight calamity on my first attempt at wicking (loose Scottish roll), it seemed after reading so much about the tank and how you're meant to just rest the wicks in the juice canals rather than packing them in I'd took it too far and the whole deck flooded and gushed out of the air holes leaving me with a coated mod. Anyway, I just rewicked it and packed it a little tighter with slightly longer wicks and now it's doing great. I can safely say the Griffin is a must have for anybody who is considering an RTA, regardless of whether you're an avid RTA user or just dabbling. For less than £30 you can't go wrong!

That's cool. Glad to see someone else liking it I have a similar build in my Griffin and Aromamizer and like to stay @ 47watts. Doing a cotton roll such as the scottish roll helps with bigger diameter round and clapton coil builds. It allows you to make up for the volume whilst ensuring the cotton is fluffy and loose, something I had to learn how to do when I departed from the Subtank Mini to the Aromamizer. I did not do a scottish roll on my try in the Aromamizer, which resulted in dry hits as the juice would not travel up to the coils. Obviously the same principle applies to the Griffin

 

[xVape]

That's cool. Glad to see someone else liking it I have a similar build in my Griffin and Aromamizer and like to stay @ 47watts. Doing a cotton roll such as the scottish roll helps with bigger diameter round and clapton coil builds. It allows you to make up for the volume whilst ensuring the cotton is fluffy and loose, something I had to learn how to do when I departed from the Subtank Mini to the Aromamizer. I did not do a scottish roll on my try in the Aromamizer, which resulted in dry hits as the juice would not travel up to the coils. Obviously the same principle applies to the Griffin

I've often watched video's on people wicking coils and it looks much simpler than it can be. Okay given its not that difficult but it seems when doing the Scottish roll I have to have a small strip of cotton and pull it out until its extremely thin or it'll be way to dense to wick efficiently and pull through the coils (even on a 2.5mm coil). I guess it all comes with practice though! My coils aren't really neat either, tbf they're a bit tacky but they fire equally with no hotspots which is good enough for me, especially on my first build. I'm sure geek vape must be rolling in money now the way the Griffin is selling too haha

 

[KayP]

I've often watched video's on people wicking coils and it looks much simpler than it can be. Okay given its not that difficult but it seems when doing the Scottish roll I have to have a small strip of cotton and pull it out until its extremely thin or it'll be way to dense to wick efficiently and pull through the coils (even on a 2.5mm coil). I guess it all comes with practice though! My coils aren't really neat either, tbf they're a bit tacky but they fire equally with no hotspots which is good enough for me, especially on my first build. I'm sure geek vape must be rolling in money now the way the Griffin is selling too haha

Doesn't really matter how pretty your build looks as long is it works [emoji1] . Oh and one more thing, when I'm building I like to remove the atty to another platform, in my case my 521 tab. This way if accidents happen, your mod won't get soaked. Any stable 510 stand with threading would do too.

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[xVape]

Yeah I was building on the coil master (the small little thing, quite handy) but then switched it to the mod which lead to the soaking. Wouldn't mind a 521 tab, they seem pretty neat, especially with the fire option. The "accident" happened when I filled my tank and opened up the juice flow holes, big mistake not packing it enough haha

 

[arh32]

Going to pull the trigger on a Gemini. I love the Griffin. But the free spinning afc ring on it is unacceptable.

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Your air flow ring spins all the way? Mine does not on the griff.

 

[Haylon357]

Your air flow ring spins all the way? Mine does not on the griff.

No. It's just extremely lose. No resistance what so eber

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[xVape]

Hmm, so when I built my coils earlier I was getting a reading of about 0.28 ohms and it steadily increased to about 0.4 ohms. After unscrewing the tank to loosen my wicks ever so slightly in an attempt to keep my vape saturated after a long pull, the ohms jumped up and are currently reading at 0.53, any ideas?

 

[KayP]

Hmm, so when I built my coils earlier I was getting a reading of about 0.28 ohms and it steadily increased to about 0.4 ohms. After unscrewing the tank to loosen my wicks ever so slightly in an attempt to keep my vape saturated after a long pull, the ohms jumped up and are currently reading at 0.53, any ideas?

Check your positive pin on your Griffin, either unscrew or screw it in.

Edit: And make sure the grub screws on your posts have not become loose.

 

[xVape]

Everything looks good to me, I'll just forget about it. After using it more and more I seem to be getting more frequent dry hits, I wouldn't say burnt but after 2. 3-4 second pulls in quick succession or one long pull it'll get a slight dry feel, perhaps edging burnt. I'll experiment with my wicking and I should be able to sort it out, I'll try and loosen the wicks without flooding the deck and hopefully that will sort it out. But it's still a great vape if I'm not chain vaping! Besides I've only had it set up for half a day, still plenty of time to perfect it.

 

[xVape]

I've attached some pictures of my build, can you guys see any reason for it to be giving dry hits? Thanks

 

[markcfh]

I have 2 griffins, I don't use the wick ring on either. Buddy used the wick ring with a Scottish roll YouTube method, on a ridiculous 0.1 fused Clapton. It works great too. Maybe try without the ring

 

[nmeuvdast8]

Guys, any build suggestion on running this RTA on TC using SS 316L? Ive tried mine with gauge 24 316L, 9 loops, 2.5 guide with a reading of 0.20 ohms. The vapor is quite good running at 45w, but its lacking in flavor. Anything higher would result into dryhits. Ive tried wicking it every different way conceivable but I cant seem to get the flavor comparable to Bellus

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[EthanThorn]

How tight is the wick in the coil? I see a lot of discolouration, and there's such a large body of wick at the top that I thought they were 3mm tbh.

I can't see anything else you're doing wrong apart from making sure it's all tucked behind the ring! [emoji4]

Id say reduce the thickness of your wick slightly, so it's slightly less tight through the coil and don't mess with the wick too much, just trim, tuck and juice.

Let us know how you get on!

See the problem is that it's to thin or to thick not sure what I'm doing wrong but when I go to set the wick behind the ring it's like it's to much for the juice well


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[kushpancake]

Going to pull the trigger on a Gemini. I love the Griffin. But the free spinning afc ring on it is unacceptable.

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mine does that also if i dont have all 3 pieces tight... just mess around with it and keep spinning the tank (clockwise like 10 times, with the tank on) and see if you can figure it out. im still unsure on how it fully works. JFC is weird too

 

[Quantum Mech]

See the problem is that it's to thin or to thick not sure what I'm doing wrong but when I go to set the wick behind the ring it's like it's to much for the juice well


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From the pics looks like your getting plenty of juice to the coil, what wattage are you using

I run similar claptons in my aromamizer at 50w as I like to chain vape it

Anything higher and wicking don't seem to keep up after about 5 hits, tastes a bit dry/burnt

Keeping it at 50, its slower to ramp up on first hit but then performs well continuously

 

[EthanThorn]

From the pics looks like your getting plenty of juice to the coil, what wattage are you using

I run similar claptons in my aromamizer at 50w as I like to chain vape it

Anything higher and wicking don't seem to keep up after about 5 hits, tastes a bit dry/burnt

Keeping it at 50, its slower to ramp up on first hit but then performs well continuously

I run about 65 that's 4 below what grimm runs his at and its about the same build