How much replacement coils last with non-flavored e-juices?

[Asmani]

I use vaporesso cCell coils, and I'm hoping to be able to vape 150ml non-flavored e-juices with each coil. By "lasting" I mean being able to deliver nicotine without smelling burnt or giving dry hits. Does adding nicotine have an impact on the lifespan of the coils? Please share your experience.

Update: I vape at the 20-30w range.

 

[Rossum]

I would guess there is not a great deal of overlap between people who use unflavored juice and people who still use pre-made coils. I think most folks who use unflavored started building their own coils before they started to use unflavored
liquid.

I regularly get 75 to 150ml from a rayon wick using unflavored juice, but this is in a coil I've made myself. When the taste starts to go off (which is really easy to tell with unflavored), I pull the wick, clean/dry-burn the coil and replace the wick. I doubt the material cost of the new wick is more than one cent. The coil itself lasts about 5 or 6 cleanings and I doubt the wire in it cost more than 5 cents. So if your concern with coil life is the cost to replace them, you should invest in a rebuildable atomizer and start making your own.

I have never used no-nic liquid, so I don't have any sense whether nicotine does or doesn't affect wick and coil life.

 

[r77r7r]

I probably run 100ml thru pretty easily. Not c-cell tho, just BVC. Adding nic or not doesn't seem like it would make a diff.

No smelling burnt or dry hits but I only vape @ 8.5W.

 

[Topwater Elvis]

I think setting a 150 ml lifespan goal using any replaceable head even using flavorless is a lofty close to unreasonable goal.

Not saying it can't be done, but, you'll have to experiment with each head to find the perfect wattage, allow enough time between vapes to fully re saturate the wicking material, not take too hard or soft, too long or short of an inhale, experiment with Pg/Vg ratio, everything will have to be at & kept at peak efficiency.
In other words, its gonna take quite a bit of 'tuning' your vaping style/methods to suit the head which is going to take a good deal of trial & error.

I'm sure it has been mentioned before, you sound like a person that would benefit from using an RBA of some sort.

 

[stols001]

I'd agree you've set quite a task for yourself. IDK, my kiddo got 120 ml out of a sub0hm coil and used unsweet citrus type vapes.

You're going to have to experiment with wattage and also chain vaping is a total coil killer (unflavored or not) so that may be an issue.

I wish you luck.

Anna

 

[ExtremeDooty]

I'm a fan of Vaporesso and their Ccells. They last a really long time and I do a lot chain vaping, but I haven't kept track of how many mls I put through each. I could be more helpful if I knew which mod and tank you're using.

 

[bwh79]

Like Rossum, I make my own coils and wicks, but I can tell you that unflavored will be a lot less harsh on your coils than any flavored liquid would be. I vape both flavored and un-flavored, but always with nicotine so I can't really say how its presence or absence would affect coil life. Flavors, though (especially those with lots of sucralose or other sweeteners), are the real coil-killers. Stay away from flavors, or even just the sweeter ones, and you will get at least some extra life out of your coils, whatever kind they are.

 

[dennism]

I get about 50/60 ml from the euc ceramic coil, I used to use the ccell ceramic coils and they didn't last any longer.

 

[Asmani]

Do (theoretically) pure VG and PG make gunk?

 

[Topwater Elvis]

Theoretically yes, to some extent.

No matter what you use or how you use it at some point the replaceable head or coil & wicking will have to be replaced.

 

[Rossum]

Has anyone considered the possibility that some of the "gunk" comes from the air? We pull a pretty substantial volume of air across our coils and that air contains dust....

 

[r77r7r]

Has anyone considered the possibility that some of the "gunk" comes from the air? We pull a pretty substantial volume of air across our coils and that air contains dust....

That sounds crazy Then again, pollen certainly messes up things.

 

[Grimwald]

I routinely get 100-200 mil thru my coils with unflavored. However, I'm a low wattage MTL vaper with no experience with your coils. YMMV but you should definitely get longer coil live with unflavored.

My wife uses a dark tobacco liquid and I get at least twice the coil life using unflavored.

 

[Topwater Elvis]

Has anyone considered the possibility that some of the "gunk" comes from the air? We pull a pretty substantial volume of air across our coils and that air contains dust....

Most definitely air quality plays a part, IME.

I frequently vape in environments with large quantities of dust & particulate matter suspended in the air.
For me, depending on severity, I can gum up a head in as little as 4 ml using an identical set up that usually gives 80ish ml head life.

 

[stols001]

IDK if air quality affects coils but living in Tucson, I am definitely going to GUESS that my coils are being affected. LOL.

Coils will go bad for a variety of reasons though, including even without flavors, they're getting heated up to a certain extent, depending. It definitely REDUCES many gunking factors in flavors, however. I'd imagine you'd get significantly better coil life if using unflavored.

Anna

 

[jandrew]

Next design innovation: airflow control with HEPA filters.

 

[dennism]

I'm sure that unflavored juice will increase the life of coils, but personally I like my flavors.

 

[My Batt Hurts]

I started using unflavoured about a year ago & coil life went through the roof. I kept track then, and my first couple of Nautilus coils each saw more than 100 mls. They didn't die; I got bored & swapped them.

These days, I replace coils every few months. Comparing old with new, there's not much in it. A used coil will leave some gunk on an inter-dental brush, but not a lot.

High PG at low power isn't earth shattering, but I can mix for a good throat hit.

On flavoured liquid, coils caved after a fortnight or so, seeing less than 30 mls.