Does anyone have a picture of how the coil are attached? A picture of the atty with the drip tip taken off would be great, thx
If I buy a RM2, that means I have to build my own coils right?
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Yup - you'll need to build your own coils and wick them for the RM2. Don't be intimidated by that - the RM2 is one of the easiest platforms to build for.
Here's a link to a tutorial done by one of the Reo gurus of this forum.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/reos-mods/413000-rm2-rba-2-0-reomizer-2-rebuild-tutorial.html
Once you do get the hang of it, the RM2 is one sweet little atty to use. Great vapor, tremendous flavour. Plus, the community here in Reoville is more than willing to give you advice and support as you get your feet under you (should you need it, of course).
Here's a link to a tutorial done by one of the Reo gurus of this forum.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/reos-mods/413000-rm2-rba-2-0-reomizer-2-rebuild-tutorial.html
Once you do get the hang of it, the RM2 is one sweet little atty to use. Great vapor, tremendous flavour. Plus, the community here in Reoville is more than willing to give you advice and support as you get your feet under you (should you need it, of course).
Actually...you can buy premade coils if you like, but there's nothing like building your own to your own tastes.
It's very easy to build! Here's one of mine built on a 16 gauge needle with 30 gauge kanthal - it was probably around 1.5 ohms, and wicked with cotton (from a cotton ball):
Hi, that's a very helpful picture. From what I can see, there is a straight portion of the coil that connects to the 2 terminals (screw). Since that portion of the coil is not wicked, does it produce dry hits sometimes when there is no juice on it?
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If you wrapped your coil correctly, and Amanda's is a perfect picture of that BTW (plus it is NOT difficult), those "legs" will NOT heat up. In fact, a "hot" leg is an indication of something wrong. But, yeah, a dry hit might happen a few times while you're learning the art of squonking. I affectionately call it the toot to squonk ratio (mine is 2:1, since I use thick 100% VG juice).
The RM2 was my first coil building experience ever, and I can say that this Reo community is SUPER helpful with resources and folks to critique our photos and give advice where needed. I haven't seen that in other subforum here.
I started building coils in late January. There's a learning curve, but it's nothing that you can't change/play with as you wish. I think the most intimidating part for me was using the multimeter. My builds usually come out around 1.4/1.5 ohms and that seems to be okay. I don't get great flavor, and my coil seems to get gunky and burned fairly fast…but again, all part of the learning curve. I'm working on those things. 
No dry hits at all, providing you remember to squonk. The only thing that happens if you squonk too much is that the RM2 can leak
Better to over squonk than under squonk in my opinion LOL If I can build a coil, anyone can 
making your own coils is not hard do to or hard to learn.
it does seems confusing at first because the choices and options seem to be over whelming.
so, like anything, just begin with the basics, and not the extremes. before you begin, read all you can about doing it correctly and safely.
its a lot deeper than wrapping wire around a drill bit and sliding wick material thru the coil.
there is a basic equation and each part is important to each other. one part isn't in synch and results will be poor and even worse is a
accident you won't want to be part of.
the equation is; battery (amps especially), coil (ohms) and amount of air..
read about these three things and find charts that help you to know you setting up everything correct for want your building and you'll find success.
if your vaping now with a 1.8 coil, I would suggest you to aim at building a 1.8 coil. mainly because at 1.8ohms you most likely have the proper battery and proper amount of air.
Please Please Please, get your self a ohm checker before you get anything else. not matter how good you are at making coils, it so easy to do a build and have a short.
I HOPE THIS IS NOT SCARING YOU. I never meant to do that. it is not hard to do and its very enjoyable. fun even. and after a bit you can totally control and customize you vape. if you want a warmer or cooler vape etc.
I'm a electronic technician. when I started making coils i was not successful for a couple months. I built so many coils and wasn't happy.
I kept reading and studying and asking questions and one day i made a coil that was stellar. blew my mind. I to this day haven't figured out what i did different. since then i am in vape heaven and can totally control what I want my coils to give me.
I am still learning more about this and still improving, vaping is a wonderful thing. especially with a Reos Mod.
it does seems confusing at first because the choices and options seem to be over whelming.
so, like anything, just begin with the basics, and not the extremes. before you begin, read all you can about doing it correctly and safely.
its a lot deeper than wrapping wire around a drill bit and sliding wick material thru the coil.
there is a basic equation and each part is important to each other. one part isn't in synch and results will be poor and even worse is a
accident you won't want to be part of.
the equation is; battery (amps especially), coil (ohms) and amount of air..
read about these three things and find charts that help you to know you setting up everything correct for want your building and you'll find success.
if your vaping now with a 1.8 coil, I would suggest you to aim at building a 1.8 coil. mainly because at 1.8ohms you most likely have the proper battery and proper amount of air.
Please Please Please, get your self a ohm checker before you get anything else. not matter how good you are at making coils, it so easy to do a build and have a short.
I HOPE THIS IS NOT SCARING YOU. I never meant to do that. it is not hard to do and its very enjoyable. fun even. and after a bit you can totally control and customize you vape. if you want a warmer or cooler vape etc.
I'm a electronic technician. when I started making coils i was not successful for a couple months. I built so many coils and wasn't happy.
I kept reading and studying and asking questions and one day i made a coil that was stellar. blew my mind. I to this day haven't figured out what i did different. since then i am in vape heaven and can totally control what I want my coils to give me.
I am still learning more about this and still improving, vaping is a wonderful thing. especially with a Reos Mod.
And just to add to the above posts - lest you think it might take you weeks to build a vapeable coil - I built my first vapeable coil first go, and it took me about 15 mins. There are lots of posts (wish I could find them) showing you what to build on with which gauge of kanthal to get the ohms you want.
Yep, same here. Well, second try for me was success (so, 30 minutes total, lol!). First I snapped the coil at the posts fiddling with it, second coil was a little high (1.9 ohms or so), but it WORKED:
First vapeable coil, 30 minutes after opening the box:
I felt so challenged by RBA's that I once stated a thread named "RBA's for Dummies" in this forum.
Thanks to the good people of REOVille, I now can do this...
I just center the coil in front of the two posts, raise above the juice hole to allow for squonking, and use a needle threader to ease cotton though the attached coil. Make sure there is no metal to metal contact (other than the two legs into the posts) and always take a good ohms test before firing.
Thanks to the good people of REOVille, I now can do this...
I just center the coil in front of the two posts, raise above the juice hole to allow for squonking, and use a needle threader to ease cotton though the attached coil. Make sure there is no metal to metal contact (other than the two legs into the posts) and always take a good ohms test before firing.
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