Help with Clapton

[CrossX]

Hi. I've just started Clapton as it had a hype about it having great FLAVOUR but don't know why it seems muted on my velocity rda.

I'm currently using 26x32ga kanthal 5 wraps amounting to 0.45 ohms at 70 watts but muted Flavour with Scottish wick or normal wick.

My airflow is closed for the indirect and a quarter open for the cyclops one. Am I doing something wrong as my previous build of 22 ga kanthal seemed to have better taste ...

 

[WarA]

By right you should do fine with 35W, although a brief run on steam engine shows me roughly 6 wraps on 3mm diameter. Try placing the coil as far as possible away from the post(closer to air hole), with them sitting vertically right in the middle of the 2 set screws on each post.

Another possiblility would be you'd need to buff up more cotton in between the coils(clapton prefers tighter cotton) but fluffy at the end.

 

[Karstine]

Are you using Clapton in a tank or dripper? @CrossX

 

[CrossX]

Are you using Clapton in a tank or dripper? @CrossX

Said velocity dripper .
So disappointed that I might just go back to tanks

 

[Andykoh1981]

Clapton works fine for me on hellboy @ 35watts. But u might wanna ensure its properly heated up before u start using? It takes a much longer time to get "seasoned" and sweet juice will only clog up the Clapton

 

[CrossX]

Clapton works fine for me on hellboy @ 35watts. But u might wanna ensure its properly heated up before u start using? It takes a much longer time to get "seasoned" and sweet juice will only clog up the Clapton

What's your build like and resistance

 

[Andykoh1981]

28g 6wraps. 0.48 ohm. But then again, depends on ur juice... Some works well like coconut. But on some, it's crap..

 

[CrossX]

28g 6wraps. 0.48 ohm. But then again, depends on ur juice... Some works well like coconut. But on some, it's crap..

Sigh. Maybe I should just trade it away for a tfv4 mini for simplicity lol

 

[Andykoh1981]

But for maximum flavour, dripper is still the best although troublesome

 

[nonokumurah.k]

Try using twisted ribbon or tiger wires, all the good stuff, minus the slow ramp up

 

[VapGeek]

Hi. I've just started Clapton as it had a hype about it having great FLAVOUR but don't know why it seems muted on my velocity RDA.

I'm currently using 26x32ga kanthal 5 wraps amounting to 0.45 ohms at 70 watts but muted Flavour with Scottish wick or normal wick.

My airflow is closed for the indirect and a quarter open for the cyclops one. Am I doing something wrong as my previous build of 22 ga kanthal seemed to have better taste ...

Someone here shared this and it worked. Try placing the coil higher than the air hole, can start with half a coil higher. Also place the coil as near as to the air hole as possible like WarA mentioned.

It made a very significant difference.

 

[Ninthsine]

Use kanthal and try first? Clapton was working great when i have it on my velo tho.

 

[Karstine]

Drip directly onto the Clapton also, might be muted because you don't have enough juice around!

 

[chia]

Check the screws.. Could be loose

 

[lollipoopz]

What's your build like and resistance

nice ah

 

[Imperialchugger]

I find 24g kanthal better tasting than Claptons.

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[stylemessiah]

Tried a Clapron once...the one that came prefitted in the TFV3 Mini, horrible spitty thing, juice in the mouth, reminded me of my most hated tank - the Subtank Mini. Ripped it out, put a single 3mm SS 0.6 coil in there in temp mode and got a waaaaaaaaaaaaay better vape than the Clapton, using 10 less watts (my temp control setup only uses about 26w to reach my temp preset - 210c) as well lol. Simple single coils, its what people used to use before the coil porn people came along....and they work far more efficiently and better.

I pretty much called the Clapton hype after testing it. People bang on about it, probably because it looks cool, and quote "more surface area, capilliary action on juice, more vapor and flavour", but as i saw in my use, maybe there is more surface area, but unless youre going to use what i consider personally ridiculous watts, that extra juice is just going to end up getting spat on the walls of the chimney and if youre unlucky, like i was, up the drip tip...

As ive said before, id rather listen to Clapton that build or use one....

 

[Andykoh1981]

Clap tons do have the tendency to clog up easily cuz juice goes in between them... Need more maintainance in my opinion

 

[abh0r]

size and direction of air flow makes a huge difference!