Is Nichrome better for my needs? (Fast vapor , sub-ohming, micro/nano-coils , duals , big airflow)

[treehead]

Howdy errbody, I haven't even so much as glanced at the real specs of Nichrome wire, but just from hear-say I've gotten the jist of it.
-It heats up faster.
-Has way less to no resistance.
-Is softer and melts easier. (Don't care)
-More malleable (easier to wrap with).

These sound like great qualities pertaining to my vaping style. I basically like the quick 1 second pulls, like big vapor production (slightly more important than flavor), 99.999% of the time aren't satisfied unless it's a sub-ohm setup with 3mm(1/8th")+ airflow, and don't hold much importance on battery life. My usual setup is an "instant big vapor" type of setup, I use organic 100%VG and like I said use dual 1/8th" (each) airholes (single 1/8th if single coil) so I'm not worried in the slightest about the lower temperature rating, especially since I'm someone who takes it easy on kanthal anyway, I don't abuse the coils while forming them and especially HATE anything close to a dry-hit.

Something I do care about is my health though, I thought I heard something about Nichrome leeching something potentially harmful if heated too hot, but again I won't be abusing the coils anyway.

Just wanted to hear from some of you Nichrome veterans, what your experience is with it, and what some of the pro's/cons are? I did a search on ECF and surprisingly didn't find many (useful) threads on the topic, so I figured we'd do the internet a favor, and get a discussion on what real builders think of the stuff.

~So do you think it's for me? A "quick hitting, cloud chasing, big airhole-ing, sub-ohmer" such as little'ol me? Much confused, so curious, many gratitudes, wow.

 

[deedupdex]

From the sound of your post yes try it out you may like it very much brotha!

 

[CreepyLady]

I ordered some and tried it compared to my Kanthal. I dig it. You can get short lengths for trial super cheap from several vendors, I think I snagged my 3 ft length at Kidney Puncher. Just get a smidgen and give it a whirl

 

[treehead]

From the sound of your post yes try it out you may like it very much brotha!

Thanks man, I've looked into it and it seems pretty spiffy. I already have 100 feet on the way!

~Until then I'll keep vaping my best friend, a dual 24ga super-nano setup, with my own "noose wicking" (It's just a hitch knot made of cotton, so it keeps the vapor tight.) She flamethrow's the vapor at .2!





By the way what have you been up to dupex? I remember when I first started building, you were pretty much one of my role models hehe. You do some crazy builds cuz! It may be a little off-topic, but I recently found the builders dream for RDA's and vapor quality (for me anyway). It's the dominator RDA, and it's got 2 4mm airholes so you can throw in the hottest coils, as well as a decent sized deck to cram in the big ones too. It's also got "push and shoot" style posts, which make coil installs a freakin breeze. I was changing coils like a pit-stop when I first got it, probably went through 25ft the first week .

I just thought I'd mention it, since your squeeze and go coils sprung to mind. I actually wanted one screw down anchor point, so I could tweak my coils to perfection, and have a little grip to "torque" them straight. So I grabbed my favorite dual positive post from a brass monkee, and it's seriously the easiest, fastest, most capable deck ever now. Check it out:



I figure you'd appreciate it, random thought I know, but that thought popped in my head bro. Build on!

 

[treehead]

I ordered some and tried it compared to my Kanthal. I dig it. You can get short lengths for trial super cheap from several vendors, I think I snagged my 3 ft length at Kidney Puncher. Just get a smidgen and give it a whirl

Right on, I actually ordered 100ft as a "sample" lol, I'll find a use for it no matter what. But I'm pretty positive I'll like it . It sounds awesome, I think I like the malleability part best, I'm gonna be building coil sculptures with this stuff! Let alone perfect coils , is there any taste, battery change you noticed? Like I said I don't let my coils get that hot, I don't come close to dry hits. I'm more of a "submerge the sub-ohm coils" kinda guy if that makes sense lol.

Thanks for the input guys, I know google will tell me the same thing, but it's nice to hear a real vapers opinion.

 

[JeremyR]

While I'm not a veteran user. I like Nichrome better, haven't had any for a while but I'm missing it. It does have a different flavor profile. A sharper flavor maybe. I really like that it doesn't get the same type of build up and rusty look over time. It's like its chromed instead of bare metal. There is a dedicated thread here.. Did you find it?