How long do RDA coils last

[VHRB2014]

I got 22 gauge K coils going on 3+ years now.

 

[Jonathan Kowalczyk]

No colour and no sugar make Jack a dull boy

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[Rule62]

I don't think I've ever had to scrap and redo a coil. Sometimes, I'll get an idea of something I want to try, so I'll change out a coil. But otherwise, they stay good for a long time. I have coils in attys that are probably over a year old. But I'll change out my cotton wick often. When I change out the wick, I dry burn the coil, gently. I don't go nuts with dry burning; just enough to turn whatever crud is on the coil to a dry ash. No need to dry burn the coil to orange or yellow hot. Just a dull red is plenty. Then, I use one of those little Dentek brushes, and clean the ash off the coil, inside and out. Rinse it off, rewick, and it's good to go again.

 

[Coastal Cowboy]

coils can last for months.
Just dry fire them and burn any gunk off during rewicking.
After a month or so of heavy use, the resistance will start to vary as the wire degrades, and then its time for a new one.

That's how I know when it's finally time to change and discard my Protank II and Evod coils.

 

[Ryedan]

I cannot believe RDA coils last so long, I also cannot believe I've vaped nothing but tanks for five years. I literally am so excited at my first ever RDA arriving in today's post, I've been doing a lot of temperature control vaping the last six months and while I've never built a coil in my life, I'm looking forward to learning and advancing to the point where I can make my own temperature control deck setups.

You're about to enter a whole new world of flexibility in creating your vape, low cost and sometimes a bit of frustration specially at the beginning. That goes away once you figure things out

Coils in RDAs last about as long as coils in RTAs (rebuildable tanks). I dripped for a couple of years until tanks got better and now RTAs are all I use.

Best of luck with it

 

[tj99959]

Takes me longer to clean/dry burn a coil than it does to make a new coil, so I don't bother with cleaning them. I uses silica wicks & 30ga. kanthal wire. Probably make a new coil every 2 months or so. Normally it's the silica wick that needs replacing.
Took me some playing around at first to figure out a build that would perform the way I wanted ... and last for a while.

For me, I defiantly found that simpler is better.

 

[Wheelin247]

Takes me longer to clean/dry burn a coil than it does to make a new coil, so I don't bother with cleaning them. I uses silica wicks & 30ga. kanthal wire. Probably make a new coil every 2 months or so. Normally it's the silica wick that needs replacing.
Took me some playing around at first to figure out a build that would perform the way I wanted ... and last for a while.

For me, I defiantly found that simpler is better.

I haven't seen a silica wick in years! That's what I used about 5 years ago when I first got into vaping (pretty much all there was at that time). There was no sub-ohm coils or cotton bacon back then.

That brings back memories of getting frustrated building coils with 32g-36g Kanthal, now I use 18g-24g SS, 4mm-6mm ID and building sub-ohm or super sub-ohm coils. It doesn't seem like it's been 5 years ago when building those tiny coils lol.


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