how often do you replace your coils

[dielonnn]

Im pretty new to vaping and just got a mini protank 2 by krager and am interesting in how often you guys think I should replace the coil on this clearomizer

Also interested in what you guys use and how often you replace yours

 

[serenity21899]

There are many factors involved, such as PG/VG ratio, sweetness, and how dark the juice is.

I use a high PG light colored juice most of the time. A ProTank2 head lasts me about a week. It is less for dark, sweet juice. High VG juice is thicker and kills coils faster.

 

[Fizzpop]

I use micro-coils with cotton wicks. The coils last a VERY long time. Just remove the cotton wick, dry burn the coil clean and thread a new wick. The coil I am currently using is over two months old and shows no signs of giving up the ghost anytime soon.

 

[SteamWhistle]

On average every 10ml of fluid

 

[Jim Diamond]

Hey Dielonnn

I rebuild my own Smoktech sized coils and I go thru about one per week, on average.

 

[johnspack]

Without cleaning a 5 pack should do a month if you are a heavy vaper. You can reuse after cleaning for a couple more months, but the period between needed cleanings gets shorter. Brand new coils are always best for flavor and vapor.

 

[SupplyDaddy]

Gave my wife a pt2 for valentines day.. have only replaced the coil 3 times and it's one of her two main vapes (daily use).
It all depends on your liquid and voltage preferences.

 

[dielonnn]

True I normaly use a higer voltage I like really sweet flavors I need to learn how to rewick with cotton bc thats what most ppl seem to like. Is it easey to learn? Im sure I can find a ton of vids on youtube

 

[RonJS]

Is it easey to learn? Im sure I can find a ton of vids on youtube

Like a lot of things...practice makes perfect.

My first 2-3 were crap. The next 20 or so were a breeze.
YMMV

Ron

 

[CKCalmer]

I use micro-coils with cotton wicks. The coils last a VERY long time. Just remove the cotton wick, dry burn the coil clean and thread a new wick. The coil I am currently using is over two months old and shows no signs of giving up the ghost anytime soon.

Now that's brilliant! Well, even if everyone else already knew it, it's still brilliant to me.

I hate rebuilding coils. I just hate it. It's not that I can't do it. I just don't have the eyesight or the patience I used to have in my younger life to wrap a new coil and get it mounted without significant cursing and frustration. The work is just too small, and it's further complicated by having two coils to build in my PT3 rather than one.

BUT, if I never have to mess with removing the coils themselves within the coil body, and instead simply do what Fizzpop says - remove wicks, dry burn and thread in new cotton, I could get the effect of "recoiling" without having to do the frustrating, tiny, microscopic part of the job.

When the coils themselves need replacing, I would still just toss out the whole coil unit and replace it with a new one. Like I do now, except instead of once every 8-10 days, I'd be doing it once every 60+ days. Longer if Fizzpop is a heavier vaper than I. (I process about 3mL per day.)

So all I need to do is buy some sterile cotton (which I was going to do anyway) and wait for my flavor and/or vapor density to go funky, then just un-wick, dry burn and re-wick the coils.

I never figured less than $2 per week in coils was an unreasonable expenditure, but it'd be worth doing it for more than just the cost savings. I could "rejuvenate" my coils more often if I wanted, while still greatly extending the life of each coil unit.

Brilliant, I say. Thanks, Fizzpop. I think you just made my life a bit easier.

 

[ILoveNorCal]

Personally, I don't bother to rebuild my PT coils... because that's why I have ProTanks, for convenience. I typically replace heads when they either taste burnt or aren't producing a lot of vapor.

 

[jjk1]

Here is the thing with coil life – If you are new to vaping (like me) don’t get discouraged with a shot (days only) life on a coil head. You can save them and rebuild them, dry burn and reuse later – whatever you want to do (or not – they only cost a buck .20). Don’t worry too much about it – they are cheap – about the price of 3 smokes. Buy a boatload and change them when they don’t perform like new. You are going to need a large stock of dead coil heads anyway when you decide to rebuild and / or to stock up for the “end of days” –
I use Kanger single coils in 5 Kanger tanks – 3 of them are designed to run dual coils but they really suck down the juice so I generally just use a single coil – They last me a few days – I also like the sweet stuff so the gunk up quick.

 

[johnspack]

I still don't quite know how to rebuild aspire bdc and kanger duals, just doing maintenance on them is a pain. But up here in Canada we pay 20bucks for a 5 pack. I'm assuming that's expensive. Even cleaned aspires still suck compared to new. All that grey gunk that builds up after a few dry burns. Where in Canada can you get good rebuild supplies?

 

[CKCalmer]

I still don't quite know how to rebuild aspire bdc and kanger duals, just doing maintenance on them is a pain. But up here in Canada we pay 20bucks for a 5 pack. I'm assuming that's expensive.

In the U.S. we pay about $10 for a 5-pack of Aspire BDC coils for the ET-S. (Plus a few bucks for shipping.)

 

[johnspack]

I know, I see the prices down there..... dam....

 

[Wow1420]

Personally, I don't bother to rebuild my PT coils... because that's why I have ProTanks, for convenience. I typically replace heads when they either taste burnt or aren't producing a lot of vapor.

Rebuilding or rewicking isn't just about the money saved. Using cotton (or rayon) instead of silica lets more of the flavor come through. It makes BIG difference.

 

[CKCalmer]

I know, I see the prices down there..... dam....

But Canada's so beautiful. I always thought that's why you had to pay more for everything in order to live there. Like a surcharge for the aesthetics. Not to mention your greatly entertaining mayors.

 

[johnspack]

Nah, it's because I live in the middle of nowhere... see Spokane Wash, now go up north 3hrs or more into bush... that's where I live.
And we don't even get crack addicted mayors here!

 

[CKCalmer]

Oh man..... The middle of nowhere is the part I consider the most beautiful of all. I live in TheMiddleOfNowhere, Georgia, and I love it. I live literally in the woods. Green treetops against blue skies. I never get tired of it. (It looks just like my avatar image, in fact, except most of the time you don't see the strange looking fellow to the side when you look up.)

I guess the difference is that I'm ten minutes from a mid-sized town (Macon) for resources and what not.

But British Columbia? That primo in my book. Yeah, you should be paying an aesthetics surcharge to live there.


(Just kidding! If life were fair, your prices would be the same as ours.)


Edit: OK, I've dragged this thread completely OT. My apologies. Carry on, everyone...

 

[vape-addict]

I blow through a coil every other day..I use 50/50 tobacco liquid so that's why.. I just order 20 to 30 protank coil heads from discount vapers a month but that's a far cry from the $ 280 plus dollars a month I spent on smokes..peace