High VG Juice & Nickel Coils

[Mad Mensch]

Hi all,

I'm pretty new to vaping, really started getting into it about a month ago and am still learning about coil building. With that being said, I just ordered a Vaporshark DNA 40 and would like to know if I would be able to utilize nickel coils with high VG juices (80-100% VG)?

The reason I ask this is because I know the nickel coils for the Atlantis and Subtank are sub-ohm, and I have tried using sub-ohm coils with high VG juices and I get lots of dry hits. When I switch to the 1.2ohm coils it works beautifully. Atlantis and the Subtank are the two tanks I currently use so I'd like to continue to use them on my DNA 40 if possible (with the temp control feature), but as far as I know there are no 1.2 ohm nickel coils for the Subtank or Atlantis.

Please help. Am I going to have to bite the bullet and get an RTA? Thanks in advance.

 

[Robino1]

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[Mad Mensch]

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Thank you!

 

[jseah]

I have no issues with either the nickel Subtank or Atlantis coils (I purchased the premade ones from Vaporshark). With the nickel Subtank coils, I still vape it at 25 watts, just like the standard OCC coils, with the nickel Atlantis coils, I am currently using it in an Atlantis 2 on the VS rDNA40 and I have that all the way up at 40 watts and I'm not getting any dry hits. My temp is set at 450 degrees and when I vape in the mirror, I see that the temp protection kicks in after about 4-5 seconds. With the Atlantis 1 with the stock 0.5 ohm coil, I typically vape it between 30-35 watts.

I'm not using max VG juices, but the juices I have put through those tanks range from 60VG all the way up to 90VG. The Atlantis coil, with the 4 wick holes definitely wicks high VG juices better than the Subtank with just 2 wick holes.

 

[dc99]

You can always thin your VG juices. Just a few drops of PGA or vodka. You will never know its there. Some high VG juices are way thinner than others

 

[Mad Mensch]

I have no issues with either the nickel Subtank or Atlantis coils (I purchased the premade ones from Vaporshark). With the nickel Subtank coils, I still vape it at 25 watts, just like the standard OCC coils, with the nickel Atlantis coils, I am currently using it in an Atlantis 2 on the VS rDNA40 and I have that all the way up at 40 watts and I'm not getting any dry hits. My temp is set at 450 degrees and when I vape in the mirror, I see that the temp protection kicks in after about 4-5 seconds. With the Atlantis 1 with the stock 0.5 ohm coil, I typically vape it between 30-35 watts.

I'm not using max VG juices, but the juices I have put through those tanks range from 60VG all the way up to 90VG. The Atlantis coil, with the 4 wick holes definitely wicks high VG juices better than the Subtank with just 2 wick holes.

Thank you for this! I'm going to try the Atlantis nickel coils first before I start thinning my juices. This helped a lot.

 

[Mad Mensch]

You can always thin your VG juices. Just a few drops of PGA or vodka. You will never know its there. Some high VG juices are way thinner than others

Have you tried thinning with distiller water? Does that affect taste more than with PGA or Vodka?