IGO-L Rebuildable Stainless Steel Dripping Atomizer Anyone have one of these?

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Just stumbled on this thread everyone so going to read through it later tonight.
 

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I have 2 of the Igo-l's and didn't get a whole lot of vapor until I drilled the holes out with a 1/16 drill bit. Now I get alot of vapor.

Fortunately I did get it right on the first try... 32 Kanthal, 4 turns, 1.9 ohms, rocking at 11W on an SVD gives me plenty of flavor... I'd say almost as my Vapeonly BCC. I feel no need to widen the hole, for the time being at least. When I'm able to afford a second one I'll give it a try. I love flavor better than vapor, so for now it stays that way.

One question: For increased TH, what if I turn the hole away from the coil a tad? Will it increase or decrease vapor?

Great way for a shot of concentrated nic, I don't know why I didn't buy one before!!!

One more question: To change flavors, do you wash it or simply start vaping the new flavor?
 
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Fortunately I did get it right on the first try... 32 Kanthal, 4 turns, 1.9 ohms, rocking at 11W on an SVD gives me plenty of flavor... I'd say almost as my Vapeonly BCC. I feel no need to widen the hole, for the time being at least. When I'm able to afford a second one I'll give it a try. I love flavor better than vapor, so for now it stays that way.

One question: For increased TH, what if I turn the hole away from the coil a tad? Will it increase or decrease vapor?

Great way for a shot of concentrated nic, I don't know why I didn't buy one before!!!

One more question: To change flavors, do you wash it or simply start vaping the new flavor?

Generally, the closer to the airhole the coil, the more vapor provided. The further away the coil, the more throat hit, but less vapor.

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I wish my phone was better with tapatalk so i could show you a picture, but essentially i make the wick twice the length of the posts, and then bend it into a U shape, then hit it with the lighter which helps it (sort of) stay in that shape while I wrap the coil. The wick essentially just grazes the bottom of the well in the two spots, but is wicking well and sucks up anything that is in the well so long as the atomizer is moved a bit so the juice finds its way to the bottom of the wick... yeah, a pic would be much more helpful...sorry!

I'm thinking of making a bow with two long legs, coil in the middle. Needs not be too big, so you'd quadruple the surface of the silica with the wick, and a long wick to saturate. I'll try tonight, see if it works.
 

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I'm thinking of making a bow with two long legs, coil in the middle. Needs not be too big, so you'd quadruple the surface of the silica with the wick, and a long wick to saturate. I'll try tonight, see if it works.

Arrghh... I don't get it. :( I'm a picture person. If you can, could you please show me? Thanks!
 

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This is my first RBA. Bought the IGO-L locally and the guy made the wick and coil. So I bought some wick and coil online and have tried to make a few coils. 32 AWG kanthal wire with 3.0 mm silica wick. Any hints on the easiest way to make the coil for use on a mechanical mod?

Depending onw what you're using as wick material.

Cotton:
- Make the coil on a drill tip first.
-- 1/16 drill tip is ~1.58mm in diameter
-- 5/64 drill tip is ~1.99mm in diameter
-- 3/32 drill tip is ~2.38mm in diameter

- Install the Coil:
-- Don't worry about wick yet.
-- Just make sure that you get the coil positioned where you want it and that it's firing properly.

- Insert the Wick:
-- Make sure that the cotton piece is not so thin that it doesn't fill up the coil when moist.
-- Make sure the cotton piece is not so thick that you can't insert it cleanly, or that it will choke the coil once moist.

- Add Juice:
-- Don't fire the coil with a dry wick. You'll burn the cotton and will have to redo the wick.

- Profit. ;)


You can use the same method for other types of wick (silica, ceramic, ekowool).

If you have the hollow type of silica/ceramic/ekowool rope; you can insert the drill bit you're using as your base into the rope and wrap the coil straight onto it.

Hope this helps.

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