How often do YOU clean your stock coils?

[Josh Vanderpool]

I personally find my method to substantially prolong (by months) the life of my coils.

i buy two at a time and prime until fully saturated and fill my tank fully and wait 15 mins while dry pulling it periodically every couple minutes.

i vape on one for one week before i switch to the other one repeating above process.

i take the coil i was vaping on and rinse it thoroughly for 2 mins in bearable hot water. then take a cloth and wrap it around it and plug the bottom airholes and blow all of the water out of it. then fill a container with one part alcohol and the rest hot water. drop in the coil and shake it around a bit and let it set for 1-2 hours. take it out then rinse again with same process of blowing out the water.

then i let the used coil sit for 1-2 days to fully dry and repeat the entire process and they last me for months everytime.

how does everyone else clean their coils for optimum use to save the most money?

MUCH LOVE!!
Josh



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[Falco78]

I typically just soak in vodka then rinse with water and let dry, but I'm going to try your method out

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[Shawn Hoefer]

Um... never... but, then again, I haven't used a stock coil in months and months and months...

I clean and re-wick my RTAs and RDAs as needed. With heavy use, that's about weekly.

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[jordanFAMOUS]

Please be very careful with alcohol! Only use food grade alcohol, iso alcohol can be harmful!

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[Alien Traveler]

If you want to save money, buy a rebuildable atomizer (RTA, $10=$200), some kanthal (for wattage mode, $5-$10) or SS (for TC mode, $5-$10), organic cotton ($5-$10). It will last years. No spending on stock coils. To save even more money DIY your juice.

 

[David Wolf]

Never. Stock coils are for convenience, I use them 3 days vaping NETs, about 8 days vaping unflavored, then toss them and put in a new one. I have RTAs I rebuild and also rebuild my Myjet pods.

 

[440BB]

I think your method is pretty effective. I have just been using a hot water rinse about once a week, and sticking with clear unsweetened liquids gives me at least three weeks per coil. An alcohol soak and rinse is a bonus and not a bad idea at all.

My main difference is that after my final rinse, I pat the wicks dry, blow out the water and put the coil right back into service. After a few puffs the remaining water clears out of the wick and it's back to vaping.

Nothing like the convenience of popping in an inexpensive new coil every few weeks!

 

[Eskie]

I never had much luck cleaning factory coils to extend their lives. Maybe coaxed a day or two out of them. I just accept it and toss them when they're done. I also rarely use them for that very reason and use primarily RTAs which I can clean up and rewick easily, but I do still like some factory coil tanks especially when traveling. It's easier for me to pop a new coil out of a blister pack and screw it in than trying to rewick away from home.

 

[BreSha6869]

I never clean coils as my wife uses Nautilus and Kanger coils that are about $1 each on sale.

Having said that, I might try @Josh Vanderpool 's method on my $5+ TVF8 coils to see if I can coax a bit more life out of them, but I am lazy and will likely just toss them.

Reminds me of the boiling $30 bass strings to extend life argument. Never really worked for me, so I just toss them and replace with new.

 

[Josh Vanderpool]

appreciate everyones feedback and thanks to everyone who wants to try my method MUCH LOVE so far!! everyone is different yet were all the same here haha

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[David Wolf]

I never clean coils as my wife uses Nautilus and Kanger coils that are about $1 each on sale.

Having said that, I might try @Josh Vanderpool 's method on my $5+ TVF8 coils to see if I can coax a bit more life out of them, but I am lazy and will likely just toss them.

Reminds me of the boiling $30 bass strings to extend life argument. Never really worked for me, so I just toss them and replace with new.

Where do you get your cheap nautilus coils? I pay $7+ a box of 5 authentic at Ecig.com

 

[BreSha6869]

Where do you get your cheap nautilus coils? I pay $7+ a box of 5 authentic at Ecig.com

Ecig or other US vendors when Nautilus coils are on sale. Usually around $6-7. I bought a bunch of Kanger OCC's from Lightning Vapes a few months ago for just over $4 ($4.98 less 25%) a box but they sold out quick.

 

[r77r7r]

When I had Cartos ( longer but similar to a bvc) I had a pvc tube that fit on one end - syringe on the other. I'd mic a half cup of water until quite hot, then suck it in and out with the jig.

Some people just pop them in a turkey baster thingy.

I sit mine on an air cleaner or by the PC fan to dry.

If you like flavored tea, do this and save the water then pop a teabag in when done.

 

[pfaber11]

I don't bother cleaning I get six to eight weeks out of my 0.5 ohm Atlantis coils anyway using menthol eliquid . I think it's the flavours that kill the coils.

 

[r77r7r]

I don't bother cleaning I get six to eight weeks out of my 0.5 ohm Atlantis coils anyway using menthol eliquid . I think it's the flavours that kill the coils.

That's awesome. Plus, you vape hotter than I and most probably use more eliquid. I just got 5 wks from a naughty coil. User error killed that one. Unflavored @ 7.5w for 5ml per day.

 

[Bunnykiller]

stock coils are like beer bottles... they hold something and when its gone it gets thrown into the recycle bin

 

[ChelsB]

I personally find my method to substantially prolong (by months) the life of my coils.

i buy two at a time and prime until fully saturated and fill my tank fully and wait 15 mins while dry pulling it periodically every couple minutes.

i vape on one for one week before i switch to the other one repeating above process.

i take the coil i was vaping on and rinse it thoroughly for 2 mins in bearable hot water. then take a cloth and wrap it around it and plug the bottom airholes and blow all of the water out of it. then fill a container with one part alcohol and the rest hot water. drop in the coil and shake it around a bit and let it set for 1-2 hours. take it out then rinse again with same process of blowing out the water.

then i let the used coil sit for 1-2 days to fully dry and repeat the entire process and they last me for months everytime.

how does everyone else clean their coils for optimum use to save the most money?

MUCH LOVE!!
Josh



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This is probably a dumb question but does stock coils refer to pre-built coils?


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[Eskie]

This is probably a dumb question but does stock coils refer to pre-built coils?


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Yes, that's the typical use, also the term factory coils. Pre-built coils can also sometimes refer to coils that are already wrapped and ready to be mounted on your RTA/RBA and wicked. Or premade coils for already coiled coils.

I'm confusing you now, aren't I?

 

[jordanFAMOUS]

Yes, that's the typical use, also the term factory coils. Pre-built coils can also sometimes refer to coils that are already wrapped and ready to be mounted on your RTA/RBA and wicked. Or premade coils for already coiled coils.

I'm confusing you now, aren't I?

That's a real coily coil you got there. Say coil more than 3 times in a statement and it starts to sound weird lol

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[daviedog]

My saving money days ended with Cartos..