I forgot how good a little bit of effort can make to a coil and quality of vape.

[conanthewarrior]

Hi everyone, years ago I used to use fancy coils like fused claptons, aliens etc in my mods, but in the end settled on making plain roundwire coils as they needed less power and still seemed to taste good.

Last night I fancied a change though, so got a length of 26G SS316L, looped it through the handle of a mug, then held both ends of the wire together with pliers.

I twisted the mug round and round until the twist was really tight, and if I turned the mug anymore it started to kink the wire, so it was as tightly wrapped as possible, then I snipped the ends.

I got a 2.5MM bit, and made a 6 wrap coil that comes in at 0.23 Ohms. I installed this on my VLS Vector RDA on top of my Kindred V2, and remembered why I liked a bit of a beefier coil from years ago.

It is a very warm, but not hot, vape, which is really bringing out the flavour of my DIY Eliquids, and is also producing a bit more vapour than I am used too but am enjoying it.

So, it just goes to show what a little bit of effort can do when you are making your own coils. I honestly can't be bothered to make my own claptons anymore, so will probably order a roll of it pre made, and will get back to experimenting with my builds to see what I like.

 

[Falconeer]

Aye - we a' twinkle and fiddle aboot til we get somethin that suits us, Gled youve foond yours

 

[Fidola13]

Hi everyone, years ago I used to use fancy coils like fused claptons, aliens etc in my mods, but in the end settled on making plain roundwire coils as they needed less power and still seemed to taste good.

Last night I fancied a change though, so got a length of 26G SS316L, looped it through the handle of a mug, then held both ends of the wire together with pliers.

I twisted the mug round and round until the twist was really tight, and if I turned the mug anymore it started to kink the wire, so it was as tightly wrapped as possible, then I snipped the ends.

I got a 2.5MM bit, and made a 6 wrap coil that comes in at 0.23 Ohms. I installed this on my VLS Vector RDA on top of my Kindred V2, and remembered why I liked a bit of a beefier coil from years ago.

It is a very warm, but not hot, vape, which is really bringing out the flavour of my DIY Eliquids, and is also producing a bit more vapour than I am used too but am enjoying it.

So, it just goes to show what a little bit of effort can do when you are making your own coils. I honestly can't be bothered to make my own claptons anymore, so will probably order a roll of it pre made, and will get back to experimenting with my builds to see what I like.

That’s exactly how I made my 1st twisted wire too! I saw it on a TB video. It worked great!!

 

[conanthewarrior]

That’s exactly how I made my 1st twisted wire too! I saw it on a TB video. It worked great!!

I can't remember who actually taught me this trick as it is going back years, but it would have either been a youtube video or someone on one of the forums explaining it to me.

I like the fact you can get the twist really tight, it reduces the length of the wire the more you tighten, and with thinner gauge wire it eventually gets to the point it snaps when it is ready.

The 26G SS316L was a little thick for that though, you keep going until the wire is shorter, you can see that the twist is even and tight across the wire, and if you do another turn it starts to kink the wire.

Once the wire starts to kink you know it is tight enough, then give it a quick snip.

My Aspire Kumo RDTA arrived today, so I put in a 3MM 6 wrap twisted coil, coming in at dead on 0.3 Ohms and vaping it at 38W at the minute, lots of flavour from this RDTA.

 

[Coyote628]

I always used 22ga wire and twisted it before as well. Plain or twisted, always got a decent and satisfying vape.