Huge clouds, but no flavor?

[rob2655]

Hi everyone, I'm still learning as I go with rda's, and I've got a question. I've got a .7 ohm dual coil set up using 3mm silica and 29g kanthal on my Trident, and I'm using a Sentinel V3 with a 18490 battery. I'm getting a lot of vapor, but the flavor isn't there. It's not that I'm getting a burnt taste, just a very muted taste from what I've experienced with this particular juice in other devices. Any ideas what I could be doing wrong? Thanks in advance!

edit for additional info: I get clouds not quite as huge but with MUCH better flavor on a 1.0 ohm single coil setup in a cheapo Octopus. Just a little confused.

 

[st0nedpenguin]

If your trident is running bigger air holes that'd do it, beyond a certain point the increased airflow will give massive clouds but flavour starts to suffer.

 

[pdib]

your coils might be positioned too low. Air hole should be at least centered on coil axis (if not air just a bit below center line). air mostly/only going over the top of the coil gives muted flavor.

 

[vapdivrr]

Hi everyone, I'm still learning as I go with RDA's, and I've got a question. I've got a .7 ohm dual coil set up using 3mm silica and 29g kanthal on my Trident, and I'm using a Sentinel V3 with a 18490 battery. I'm getting a lot of vapor, but the flavor isn't there. It's not that I'm getting a burnt taste, just a very muted taste from what I've experienced with this particular juice in other devices. Any ideas what I could be doing wrong? Thanks in advance!

edit for additional info: I get clouds not quite as huge but with MUCH better flavor on a 1.0 ohm single coil setup in a cheapo Octopus. Just a little confused.

personally I would run a thicker wire. I like using 29 to 30g wire with builds in the 1.0 and up range. with resistances between 1 ohm to .8 I use 28g. on builds lower I use 27 or 26g wire. it may or may not be the issue here but its possible that the power created by a dual coil is just to hot for such a thin wire. but then again the thicker wire may take to long to heat up. I like pbids advise above, it may be the placement of the coil itself

 

[Thrasher]

i noticed this on the trident as well when run wide open. use the adjustment to restrict airflow a bit. vaper wont drop much but the flavor picks up some.

 

[rob2655]

Thanks for all the great advice everyone. I have been running wide open, as you call it Thrasher, and my coils are a little low as you guessed, pdib. I will tinker with it and see what I can get. Enjoy the holiday!