Got it, Love everything about it but, I'm a newb :(

[Rhyknow]

First the good. I got my new Reo Grand today and it is so small (a very good thing for me) and my RM2. I absolutely love the hand feel, yes I did just make that term up . The craftsmanship is impeccable. Now for the bad..


So I think I suck at making coils, or I don't care for silica? Every few hits taste burnt like alot.

Jen told me she has some organic cotton balls, Should I use those for a wick?

HELP

 

[Raynman]

I prefer sterile rolled cotton. buy a box and leave it in your will to your children. If it taste burnt you might be under squonking. Take off the drip tip and look inside to make sure you soak the wick well. It takes a little getting used to. Squonk every couple of hits until you get it down.

 

[bunker0617]

Love organic cotton balls, yeah sqonking more will help ya. What coil ga are you using and how many wraps and what ya wrapping around? Your coil could be made too low ohms leading to burning. Do you have a multimeter? If not pick one up at home depot for like $8 make sure you get the digital read out kind. If you need help using that to read your coil ohms just pm me.

 

[Rhyknow]

I bought a 16 guage drill bit to wrap.

I have 30 gauge wire.

I am using a vv/vw device to measure ohms.

Do i need to do anything to the cotton balls first? I will happily make a coil wrapped to your suggested number of times and try again with some of the cotton.

 

[vsummer1]

First the good. I got my new Reo Grand today and it is so small (a very good thing for me) and my RM2. I absolutely love the hand feel, yes I did just make that term up . The craftsmanship is impeccable. Now for the bad..


So I think I suck at making coils, or I don't care for silica? Every few hits taste burnt like alot.

Jen told me she has some organic cotton balls, Should I use those for a wick?

HELP

Congrats on getting the REO!

You need to squonk more then. Cotton is not going to help that one little bit, and is worse if you scorch it. That is the beauty of the REO, you can keep it nice and wet.

 

[bunker0617]

Just make sure it's organic cotton that was in a sealed bag. Some of those drugstore bags have little holes in them and can let store funk in. Other than that nothing else needed.

What ohms are you clocking in at? If under 1 try and add a few more wraps that will cool it down a bit.

 

[Rhyknow]

1.5 ohms, my wick was black under the coil.

After about 20 pulls. Something seems wrong about that to me...

 

[vsummer1]

1.5 ohms, my wick was black under the coil.

After about 20 pulls. Something seems wrong about that to me...

You burnt it. You have to really squonk a lot on those RM2's, if not then the liquid will get all scorched stuff from your wick and back into your bottle it goes. Luckily, the wick is easily replaced and you will get the hang of it!

 

[bunker0617]

Yeah that's plenty of ohms shouldn't be burning... I would put some cotton in there sqonking well let it soak up for a minute then fire. The first few pulls off a fresh cotton wick are nasty but then home free. I don't like silica... Cotton will give you great vape. Maybe your juice has sweetener in it? I notice my unicorn blood makes my wicks dark I have to switch them out every two days.

 

[JC Okie]

Squonk more. You want to saturate your wick and coil every few hits. Like someone above said, take the drip tip off and watch the juice squirt in and flood over the coil/wick. That way you'll get a feel for how long of a squonk you need to be doing, and you should do it more often than you think....at least until you get your rhythm with it. It's pretty hard to flood the RM2, so I'd say squonk more than you think you should need to. It'll become second nature soon. BTW, I use cotton, too. Silica was harsh for me.

 

[MamaTried]

You burnt it. You have to really squonk a lot on those RM2's, if not then the liquid will get all scorched stuff from your wick and back into your bottle it goes. Luckily, the wick is easily replaced and you will get the hang of it!

yup. ya gotta squonk that baby. he/she will love it...

 

[Bob57]

Just wondering, you say you have a 16 gage drill bit, do you mean 1/16?
If the silica is loose in the coil it wont perform well and the burnt taste will be from the hot coils not touching the wick
Also make sure the coil isn't touching the base of the RM2

You'll get it figured out

 

[pdib]

Squonking the RM2 is not a quick squeeze and a squirt. It is a long press/hold (like a 3 count) and a slow seeping filling. Like others have said, take off the drip tip and watch it. Squeeze and hold and watch the juice level rise. When it is pretty much submerging the wick, let go, and watch it drain back down the hole.

Also, too much cotton can cause poor wicking and burnt hits. Pictures of your setup would be super helpful.

Same with silica, too loose in the coil or too tight.

 

[Matthee]

16 gauge is tiny (1.29mm), but still in micro range. Could make it more difficult to wick. Most peeps use 1/16" (1.58mm). Yes, pictures will help.

 

[azzaman]

Stick to silica for a while for practice. Cotton is less forgiving.