I believe vaping helped me by keeping me away from cigarettes. I have better sense of smell now after 3 weeks of vaping, I smell better and likely to save more money in the long run (Unless I go crazy and start acquiring more vaping toys ;p)
I first tried vaping about 5 years ago, bought a simple kit. I stop vaping and went back to analog after about one week because it just didnt taste right or I couldn't get the 'feel'. The reason being I didn't know what I was doing, tried to increase voltage and different juice.
Therefore, I think it might be useful to start a technical thread on vaping to get the experienced ones to share some knowledge to address some issues that newbie like me might come across. Because I believe that if you do not understand the principle/logic about coils and wicking, you will go back to smoking and pay the price like I did.
Below are information which I got through google or experimentation (I only have a TFV4 to experiment on), therefore I may not be correct.
Please feel free to correct the information.
This is not meant to state which is the best method, it is meant to help newbies like me to achieve the vaping experience we want.
1) Wicking
General
Too much wick in coil - burnt taste after couple of vape
Reason: The wick in the coil is too tight thus unable to hold enough juice or hard for the wick to get soak fast enough.
Too little wick in coil - spitback
Reason: Excessive juice on the coils. When u fire up, the extra juice will bubble up like boiling water and 'pops' up into your mouth. Imagine a boiling a pot of water (Big bubbles) vs small puddle of water (Small bubbles).
For RBAs
Too much wick in juice channel - burnt taste after couple of vape
Reason: Restricts the flow of juice to the coil
Too little wick in juice channel or over juice channel - leaks through air hole
Reason: Not enough wick to block the flow of juice
(For me, I found out the best is trim the wick just enough to cover the top of the juice channel)
Quoting Epic_Sinner
"Make sure when you thread through cotton the coil does not shred, but it does not go through too loose. Secondly you want it to cover the juice channels, not protruding. Lastly, fluff your cottons at the ends so they become thinner and forms like an umbrella covering the juice channels. When juice flows, it should spread nicely across the thin shreds of fluffed up cotton and wicking is fast"
2) Coil
Tight Coil - More flavorful but less vapor
Spread Coil - More vapor but taste is reduced. (Lower throat hit)
Lower resistance - higher Vapor Production, More Intense Flavor, Warmer Vapor (With higher wattage)
Higher resistance - lower Vapor Production, Cooler vapor
3) Air Flow
Higher Air Flow - More vapor, Cooler Vapor, less flavor
Lower Air Flow - Less vapor, Warmer Vapor, more intense flavor
Plse contribute so that we can have a more educated vaping experience
Useful Links:
Coil Wrapping Calculator: http://www.steam-engine.org/coil.asp?mat=ti1&s=dp&r=0.2&awg=28&id=2.5
Info about Batteries (Jump to 3:20 if u just wanna know which battery to buy) :
I first tried vaping about 5 years ago, bought a simple kit. I stop vaping and went back to analog after about one week because it just didnt taste right or I couldn't get the 'feel'. The reason being I didn't know what I was doing, tried to increase voltage and different juice.
Therefore, I think it might be useful to start a technical thread on vaping to get the experienced ones to share some knowledge to address some issues that newbie like me might come across. Because I believe that if you do not understand the principle/logic about coils and wicking, you will go back to smoking and pay the price like I did.
Below are information which I got through google or experimentation (I only have a TFV4 to experiment on), therefore I may not be correct.
Please feel free to correct the information.
This is not meant to state which is the best method, it is meant to help newbies like me to achieve the vaping experience we want.
1) Wicking
General
Too much wick in coil - burnt taste after couple of vape
Reason: The wick in the coil is too tight thus unable to hold enough juice or hard for the wick to get soak fast enough.
Too little wick in coil - spitback
Reason: Excessive juice on the coils. When u fire up, the extra juice will bubble up like boiling water and 'pops' up into your mouth. Imagine a boiling a pot of water (Big bubbles) vs small puddle of water (Small bubbles).
For RBAs
Too much wick in juice channel - burnt taste after couple of vape
Reason: Restricts the flow of juice to the coil
Too little wick in juice channel or over juice channel - leaks through air hole
Reason: Not enough wick to block the flow of juice
(For me, I found out the best is trim the wick just enough to cover the top of the juice channel)
Quoting Epic_Sinner
"Make sure when you thread through cotton the coil does not shred, but it does not go through too loose. Secondly you want it to cover the juice channels, not protruding. Lastly, fluff your cottons at the ends so they become thinner and forms like an umbrella covering the juice channels. When juice flows, it should spread nicely across the thin shreds of fluffed up cotton and wicking is fast"
2) Coil
Tight Coil - More flavorful but less vapor
Spread Coil - More vapor but taste is reduced. (Lower throat hit)
Lower resistance - higher Vapor Production, More Intense Flavor, Warmer Vapor (With higher wattage)
Higher resistance - lower Vapor Production, Cooler vapor
3) Air Flow
Higher Air Flow - More vapor, Cooler Vapor, less flavor
Lower Air Flow - Less vapor, Warmer Vapor, more intense flavor
Plse contribute so that we can have a more educated vaping experience
Useful Links:
Coil Wrapping Calculator: http://www.steam-engine.org/coil.asp?mat=ti1&s=dp&r=0.2&awg=28&id=2.5
Info about Batteries (Jump to 3:20 if u just wanna know which battery to buy) :
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