How long does a 30ft spool of wire last you?

[BreSha6869]

i ask as a buddy of mine just bought almost 3500 feet of wire for his FDA stockpile.

3500 feet seems a tad excessive to me unless life expectancy doubles in the coming decades. I have 200-300 ft of various wires and that will last me years. And the fact that nichrome, kanthal and other vapeable wires are used in toasters, hair dryers, car seat heaters, etc., I see no need to stock up.

In any case, how long does a 30ft (or 15 or 100, just specify) last you and do you exclusively use DIY coils?

Thx!

 

[Firestorm]

I used to go through a lot of wire as I was experimenting with different atomizers and builds. These days I rotate through a handful of atomizers and I rebuild them maybe once every few months. I feel like 30 ft of Kanthal would last me more than a year, perhaps two.

I too see no need to stock up on resistance wire as it has other uses. 3500 feet of resistance wire seems excessive to me as well.

 

[Jim_ MDP]

"FDA stockpile of wire" is going to be a leading contender for laugh of the day.

Thank your friend for me.

As for usage... I don't roll exotics but I understand you can burn through a thousand feet easy just learning to wrap Claptons. That wrapping adds up amazingly fast.

But after that... well, there are some who just love the hobby of coil experimentation.
Is your friend one of those? Buying in bulk is smart, if you're going to use it.
Otherwise it's a case of... "I can't afford to save that kind of money".
Oooh... a sale!


A simple coil is six or eight inches of wire and should last for a good few weeks... at least.
Using up even a thousand feet would take... well, I'd need more attys. A lot more.

Thanks for the laugh though.

 

[Woofer]

I use 2 or 3 feet of wire a year.

And I roll all my own coils from that amount.

 

[Jim_ MDP]

Micro coils eh?

 

[WillyZee]

just crunching the numbers ... at my pace of usage, your buddy has over 45 years worth of coils

 

[Robert Cromwell]

Been vaping for 1.3 years. Have not used 30 ft of wire yet.
I ONLY do rebuildables or rebuild non rebuildables.
With that said I just bought around 600 ft of wire at the LV/Amazon wire sale.

 

[cheech226]

since i began rolling my own back in october i've gone thru about 30'. i was experimenting a lot tho in the learning process. now i've steadied down a bit and i think 30' will last at least a 2 years.

 

[Robert Cromwell]

since i began rolling my own back in october i've gone thru about 30'. i was experimenting a lot tho in the learning process. now i've steadied down a bit and i think 30' will last at least a 2 years.

Hey Cheech what oring on the bottom of the gs air coil

 

[cheech226]

Hey Cheech what oring on the bottom of the gs air coil

huh? sorry, i'm some confused?

 

[Robert Cromwell]

huh? sorry, i'm some confused?

OOPS my mistake. Wrong cheech. What I get for viewing and responding in my truck in the sun.

 

[Frenchfry1942]

Wire will not be controlled. Yes, laugh of the day.

 

[Robert Cromwell]

Wire will not be controlled. Yes, laugh of the day.

Depends if a vape shop installs it in an atomizer it is controlled.
If it says something like vapowire on it it will be controlled because it's intended use is for vaping.

 

[Kevin littell]

So far my 30 foot rolls of 28 and 26 ga have lasted 3 years.....

 

[Jim_ MDP]

Depends if a vape shop installs it in an atomizer it is controlled.
If it says something like vapowire on it it will be controlled because it's intended use is for vaping.

Kinda missing the point there.

"Stocking up on wire for the Vapocalypse" is the funny part.

 

[Frenchfry1942]

Never read into something that isn't said.

Oh, I just saw that Tesla is coming out with a truck that uses batteries...32,000 18650 batteries. Crap hits the fan for buying batteries at the vape shop, well...

 

[Woofer]

Never read into something that isn't said.

Oh, I just saw that Tesla is coming out with a truck that uses batteries...32,000 18650 batteries. Crap hits the fan for buying batteries at the vape shop, well...

The car they sell now uses more than 6500 18650s

 

[Robert Cromwell]

Kinda missing the point there.

"Stocking up on wire for the Vapocalypse" is the funny part.

Not when you can get it on sale for 1/2 price. I will never have to buy wire again.

And yes some vaping wire will be restricted. as I outlined above.

 

[stormjib]

I've used a little over 300 feet in the past year. If you clapton wires, the wrapping uses a lot of wire. If you're just doing simple coils, I'd guess that 100 ft of 24 ga would probably last me a year, 26 or 28 a little less than that.

 

[Jim_ MDP]

Not when you can get it on sale for 1/2 price. I will never have to buy wire again.

And yes some vaping wire will be restricted. as I outlined above.

You're being pedantic to score some kind of point.
NO raw wire that we use will ever be unavailable or overpriced.

Could vape vendors gouge on price? Sure.
Will they when it's available elsewhere for todays pricing? Not if they're smart.

"Coils", whether factory heads or rolled by some counter monkey... are not what we were discussing.