Igo-L experts need help

[Mozzer]

Yes i burn the wick and wire with a blue flame torch.

I don't think you should burn any wick material except for stainless, even by dry burning, let alone with a torch. That by itself can cause the IGO-L to taste burnt. You may also have hot spots. With some juice on the wick at the coils, pulse the power, holding longer each time. If you see any red, while the wick is still wet with juice, stop and gently brush the area on the coil where it turned red with a small screw driver or other metallic instrument. Repeat until it there's vapor coming from all over without any red spots.

The IGO-L design can be a little fidgety in the beginning, but once you get it set up properly it should work well for quite some time. It's fairly easy to rinse to change flavors, but once again, I wouldn't dry burn much. Maybe pulse a little to evaporate water after a rinse, but that's it. In many cases I don't even bother with a rinse. I just add a different flavor when a previous one is getting a little dry. This is fine as long as the first flavor isn't too dominant.

 

[paladinx]

Thanks guys.. I torch the silica wick only because someone told me to do it.. something about taking the contaminants off of it or some crap.. I seen them do it in a few videos.. Maybe I shouldn't do it than. thanks for the tips. I will try to follow everything I am reading here and maybe i can get a smoother hit.

 

[codysnorlax]

Do you guys recommend drilling out the air hole, and if so how big ? I don't do lung inhales or anything, So I wouldn't want it too airy.

I got my Igo L today. Drilled the airhole to 1.3 mm, gonna do 1/16th tomorrow. I think you should drill it out & try the lung inhales at a high wattage, say 10 or 11 watts. That's what I've been doing & it's amazing. Lung inhales are best for RBA's I think. I know exactly what you mean with those raspy hits that are super harsh with no vapor. high wattage is key.

 

[Thraizer]

Coil snugged, not too tight and not too loose on the wick and air flow. Keep that wick saturated also. If you want to drill out the air hole, start small and work your way up till you get your sweet spot, drill slow because the igo cap is a thick ss cap and it will test your drill bits. I have dual 3/32 on my igo-l and also using .9mm flat ribbon kanthal, I drilled holes on my posts to make it easy to setup.

 

[Jimi D.]

Me too man. No eyelets and ribbon is a biatch ! All hail to ribbon !

 

[paladinx]

I never even seen a ribbon coil before. I guess this stuff gets even more complicated lol. is the ribbon a lot better?

hey I got a good question for you guys.. Since I migh tnot be able to get the right feel when wrapping the coil in regards to how tight or lose.. Maybe I can find a way around it. When i fold the 2.5 silica wick in half than wrap the coil it feels a little awkward. Do you guys have a recommendation on how big a drill bit or screwdriver to wrap my coil on first, than maybe thread the wick into the coil afterwards. I can see that being easier with a single piece of wick.. but can you do this on a double folded wick.. a wick thats folded in half etc.

regards

 

[Thraizer]

flat ribbon has more surface area contacting the wick therefore more vapor production and less wasted heat. You can definitely fold the wick and fish it through the coil that you made. I don't have any 2.5mm silica but I have used 3mm silica wick before and tried folding it and fishing it through a pre-made coil. I think I used a 7/64 drillbit with 26ga kanthal wire. Try 3/32 and see if it works, It's been a while since I used silica wicks. I converted to cotton

 

[paladinx]

Just an update, I followed the video that was posted of the guy using cotton balls to make the coil.. So far I like the hit a lot better. its smooth and not burny.. Although my mouth feels a little coated with something.. Its a verrry tiny after taste of something. I guess its the cotton.. but overall its a lot better this time. Who knows how long it will last. Maybe i need to boil the cotton balls a little better next time. The only bad thing one of the legs of the coil was turning red after i put juice on the wick.. I fiddled with it and it seems to be gone but im not so sure. Not sure why it turned red for

 

[Thraizer]

You got a picture of your coil? curious to see your coil setup. Yeah cotton is awesome, I'm using cotton yarn that I got from walmart very easy to work with and you can definitely fold it and fish it through pre made coils without any problem.

 

[paladinx]

a little hard to see cause of the juice, but thats it, with the cotton inside. Its vaping pretty good.


A question for you guys I need to buy more wire.. I heard on ebay they have it cheap.. I need to get A1 kanthal? I was going to get 32 and 28 guage. 28 for the micro coils. Or should I go 30. I don't see any kanthal wire at 38. here is the site I am looking at.

Kanthal A1 Wire 32 Gauge 100 ft 0 25oz Resistance Resistor AWG A 1 | eBay


Is this one good?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kanthal-28-...886?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f26bd1a46


Edit.. Well i bought them both.. Ill have plenty of wire to mess around.. I notice when I fire my igo the juice like sometimes explodes and little juice meteorites fly in the air .. hit me in the face .. go allover. Its like the juice pops and explodes .. instead of a smooth stream of vapor.. Is this normal.. or does this indicate a problem with the coil? I am using 9 watts