So after making the step to sub-ohm vaping using the Subtank and the Atlantis tank, I decided to finally try a tank I had to build on myself. I first tried years ago when you had to use like a SS mesh rolled into a wick and just never got them to a point I felt it was worth it, hadn't tried since.
Anyway, I decided why not, got a few supplies and bought a Plume Veil RDA (I believe it's the v1.5) clone from Tobeco..
So I got it in, I used a jewelry coil jig (one of the like $4 ones) built a coil using 24g kanthal. I'd read all about machine oil and other things so I washed out the RDA and even washed the kanthal before making my coils with it. At first I built a 0.7ohm micro coil. I'm using organic Japanese cotton. Before wicking I made sure my coil was heating evenly and made adjustments with some needle nose pliers as needed. So I get it wicked, I saturate my cotton, making sure the cotton inside the actual coil is saturated as well. I fired it at 22 watts and it produced vapor beautifully, though not as much as I expected honestly. Regardless, when I put the top and tip on and tried pulling on it, I did NOT get a dry/burning cotton taste, but the flavor was absolutely terrible. The liquid's flavor was EXTREMELY muted, and it had another taste to it that was just terrible. I checked my wick and there was no burning or even dark singe discoloration on the cotton where it makes contact with the coil.
I followed the same procedure again exactly, using the same 24g kanthal and Japanese organic cotton. But this time I built a dual micro coil on the plume. I just thought I might as well try again. It came in at 0.3ohm... I wicked it, saturated the cotton completely, test fired it, and then put the top and tip on and tried another pull, same muted flavor of the liquid along with something else that just tastes horrible.
A couple of days later my Vaporshark rDNA 40 came in. So I pulled that build off the Plume and did a single macro coil using 30g nickel ni200. It rated at 0.23ohm. I set my Vaporshark to 30watts and 400degrees. Test fired it, worked fine. Top and tip on, took a pull, and it tasted just as wretched as my builds with kanthal. So I took off the top and did a few more test fires, and to my surprise (maybe I'm not grasping the way the DNA40 works) but after about 4-5 test burns, it started to burn my cotton just enough to discolor it around the area of the coil.
Does anyone have ANY thoughts or ideas as to why my RDA is producing a muted liquid flavor accompanied by something else that is just wretched tasting? Or why my nickel build on a DNA40 set to 400 degrees still burned my cotton after only 4-5 hits?? I'm determined to figure this out seeing what people have said about the flavor of RDAs and the vapor production of them when my flavor is bad and my vapor production isn't anything to brag about either. For comparison, both the Subtank with a 0.5ihm OCC and the Atlantis with a 0.5ohm both are producing more vapor AND with infinitely better flavor.
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Anyway, I decided why not, got a few supplies and bought a Plume Veil RDA (I believe it's the v1.5) clone from Tobeco..
So I got it in, I used a jewelry coil jig (one of the like $4 ones) built a coil using 24g kanthal. I'd read all about machine oil and other things so I washed out the RDA and even washed the kanthal before making my coils with it. At first I built a 0.7ohm micro coil. I'm using organic Japanese cotton. Before wicking I made sure my coil was heating evenly and made adjustments with some needle nose pliers as needed. So I get it wicked, I saturate my cotton, making sure the cotton inside the actual coil is saturated as well. I fired it at 22 watts and it produced vapor beautifully, though not as much as I expected honestly. Regardless, when I put the top and tip on and tried pulling on it, I did NOT get a dry/burning cotton taste, but the flavor was absolutely terrible. The liquid's flavor was EXTREMELY muted, and it had another taste to it that was just terrible. I checked my wick and there was no burning or even dark singe discoloration on the cotton where it makes contact with the coil.
I followed the same procedure again exactly, using the same 24g kanthal and Japanese organic cotton. But this time I built a dual micro coil on the plume. I just thought I might as well try again. It came in at 0.3ohm... I wicked it, saturated the cotton completely, test fired it, and then put the top and tip on and tried another pull, same muted flavor of the liquid along with something else that just tastes horrible.
A couple of days later my Vaporshark rDNA 40 came in. So I pulled that build off the Plume and did a single macro coil using 30g nickel ni200. It rated at 0.23ohm. I set my Vaporshark to 30watts and 400degrees. Test fired it, worked fine. Top and tip on, took a pull, and it tasted just as wretched as my builds with kanthal. So I took off the top and did a few more test fires, and to my surprise (maybe I'm not grasping the way the DNA40 works) but after about 4-5 test burns, it started to burn my cotton just enough to discolor it around the area of the coil.
Does anyone have ANY thoughts or ideas as to why my RDA is producing a muted liquid flavor accompanied by something else that is just wretched tasting? Or why my nickel build on a DNA40 set to 400 degrees still burned my cotton after only 4-5 hits?? I'm determined to figure this out seeing what people have said about the flavor of RDAs and the vapor production of them when my flavor is bad and my vapor production isn't anything to brag about either. For comparison, both the Subtank with a 0.5ihm OCC and the Atlantis with a 0.5ohm both are producing more vapor AND with infinitely better flavor.
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