ramp up is fast as s.s. 0.4ohm coils…
Niiice. Good job gettin some symmetry out of that.
Less turns, lot's of mass and corrugation (craggies)…
…vapor big/bigger then last build
Lots of diffusion…from what I refer to as a
diffusion build.
…flavor heavier but less pure imo
,just my palate
and too warm/hot, my palate again
Yes, more flavor. Because
there is a correlation between total volume of vapor produced and flavor. But as you note texture is an important part of taste. If a lot of vaporization has occurred and it's diffused afterwards it changes the texture and the greater heat for the level of actual vapor production changes the character of the vapor.
You're not imagining things. Nor my opinion. This is commonly reported.
…vapor big/bigger then last build
…best vape until now is still the first from the 0.8+ s.s. spaces coils, pure, soft , easy, cool yet flavorful but in a natural way…the difference in flavor between kanthal and s.s. seems not so subtle
You can't judge Kanthal by
this build. Unfortunately many do a big wire, multi-wire, incoherent winds with it and conclude the same —
too hot, not good flavor. I find this to be actually true of wire types that demand high power for low resistance and that can include Kanthal. For the reasons you noted…
the observations you made.
Fact is that KA1 was adopted because it was better than other wire options back in the when even as folks were winding it haphazardly at the beginning. So it does depend very much on the build, as I've been saying all along.
There is mebe a middle ground of power and contact for your latest wire configuration that makes the best of its capacity for density (of vapor production) and diffusion, at a manageable temperature. My issue with this approach is how do you reproduce it enough times
predictably to find that point. If you can't replicate it, you can't rely on it. There goes that great vape.
Like you, I love pulling great flavor density and relatively low power ranges next to most. Again this p.m. demo'd one of the TLP's on an AVID/BD to a veteran vaper. He's always vaped multi wire. Couldn't believe the flavor, volume
or temperature for the <100W build, 2 secs. That's my point. We never see it if we don't know how to get to it.
Now getting back to the
diffusion build, this isn't a criticism. I believe a lot of the multi-wire styles being presented these days is truly pure art, many are but some ain't worth a damn for competition and many no doubt produce good vapor and flavor at the expense of high heat and watts. But to insist that great flavor's the outcome of high power is amusingly optimistic. Great flavorful vapor comes from optimizing density and diffusion for the device based on its capacity (and our tastes of course). To do this you need tools and a method (that take the actual science of vaporization into account). The turns, watts and amps is all you need's like sayin we're only going to vape the 1/4 mile track.
Well enough pondering. The wire beacons. And I've got to finish up.
Good luck and thx for the pics.
