Ithaka official

[WindLvr]

I didn't get Ekowool from Mr Wick. I just got 3mm silica to use in my Penelope. It literally just fell apart. I told him about it, and he sent me more that did the same exact thing. That is when I just gave up, and I decided to order elsewhere. I have ordered Ekowool 3 times, and 2 of those times were in a coop. The last time, when I finally got the size right, I ordered from The vape Mesh Company. I worked with a gentleman named Chris, and he was very understanding and helpful. The 5 meters I got cost me about $12.50 USD after currency conversion. You pay for 4 meters but get 5 with almost everything on their site. If you are looking for Ekowool for your Ithaka I can say that the 2mm hollow stuff is perfect. I just built my Ithaka up and started vaping. Then I realized I needed to boil it first because it tasted downright awful. I am not sure what was on it, but it tasted some kind of nasty! I torched it too, but that made it relatively brittle and stiff I thought. Boiling worked great for me and my Ithaka is working great now. Well it was until my Cherry vape drip tip broke off inside the mouthpiece! Now I have to get that out of it.

 

[LongDraw]

Have you tried the 2mm ekowool in the penelope or ody? Was thinking tonight gonna order 1mm and 2mm from stormys vapor cellar.

This way can see what fits best in what and if I like it better than silica.

Not much one to experiment but looks like ekowool is easy to get for the most part and would be nice to have a wick that can order any time and not have to wait for in stock and then stock up.

I didn't get Ekowool from Mr Wick. I just got 3mm silica to use in my Penelope. It literally just fell apart. I told him about it, and he sent me more that did the same exact thing. That is when I just gave up, and I decided to order elsewhere. I have ordered Ekowool 3 times, and 2 of those times were in a coop. The last time, when I finally got the size right, I ordered from The Vape Mesh Company. I worked with a gentleman named Chris, and he was very understanding and helpful. The 5 meters I got cost me about $12.50 USD after currency conversion. You pay for 4 meters but get 5 with almost everything on their site. If you are looking for Ekowool for your Ithaka I can say that the 2mm hollow stuff is perfect. I just built my Ithaka up and started vaping. Then I realized I needed to boil it first because it tasted downright awful. I am not sure what was on it, but it tasted some kind of nasty! I torched it too, but that made it relatively brittle and stiff I thought. Boiling worked great for me and my Ithaka is working great now. Well it was until my Cherry Vape drip tip broke off inside the mouthpiece! Now I have to get that out of it.

 

[h0kies]

I apologize I didn't find this information but can anyone give a rough estimate on how long it took for their ithaka to ship from e-smokeguru.gr to the US?

 

[xtreme101]

Ordered from them on the 8th of July and shipped on the 12th of July. Delivered today on the 19th of July. Usually takes them a couple of days till they ship and then can sit for any number of days in ISC (USPS customs). I ordered the day the stuff went online and were probably lots of orders that day. GG items are in high demand and when the items go online they usually are out of stock very shortly after (Its's like a race).

 

[h0kies]

Ordered from them on the 8th of July and shipped on the 12th of July. Delivered today on the 19th of July. Usually takes them a couple of days till they ship and then can sit another couple days in ISC (USPS customs). I ordered the day the stuff went online and were probably lots of orders that day. GG items are in high demand and when the items go online they usually are out of stock very shortly after (Its's like a race).

oh thank you so much, pretty excited about buying my first non-clone atomizer!

 

[WindLvr]

Have you tried the 2mm ekowool in the penelope or ody? Was thinking tonight gonna order 1mm and 2mm from stormys vapor cellar.

This way can see what fits best in what and if I like it better than silica.

Not much one to experiment but looks like ekowool is easy to get for the most part and would be nice to have a wick that can order any time and not have to wait for in stock and then stock up.

I am using the 2mm in my Penelope, Ithaka, and Terminator-C. The 2mm Ekowool fills the channel on the Penelope and the Ithaka like they were made for each other. It fits perfectly, and it lies in the channels nicely I think. The 3mm was way too thick, and I didn't care for the 1.5mm that wasn't hollow. The 1.5mm fit okay, but like I said already the 2mm fits perfectly. It's nice stuff, and really holds a lot more juice than just regular silica in my opinion. I opened up the juice control pretty far and the wick just soaks the juice right up. The only dry hit I got was when I ran the tank dry lol.

 

[LongDraw]

Awesome, thanks for the info. Just a bit ago I ordered 1 mm and 2 mm from Stormys. Figured would try both. Skipped the 3mm from what I had seen everyone say. Looks like I'll be putting in a bigger order here soon for the 2mm.

Looking forward to trying it. The silica works great for me, but if the ekowool is even more durable, and always readily available I am making the switch.

I am using the 2mm in my Penelope, Ithaka, and Terminator-C. The 2mm Ekowool fills the channel on the Penelope and the Ithaka like they were made for each other. It fits perfectly, and it lies in the channels nicely I think. The 3mm was way too thick, and I didn't care for the 1.5mm that wasn't hollow. The 1.5mm fit okay, but like I said already the 2mm fits perfectly. It's nice stuff, and really holds a lot more juice than just regular silica in my opinion. I opened up the juice control pretty far and the wick just soaks the juice right up. The only dry hit I got was when I ran the tank dry lol.

 

[cookiejar]

How does that EkoWool compare to silica@ COV?

 

[RiverNut]

How does that EkoWool compare to silica@ COV?

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/gg/438241-ekowool.html

 

[Jivarro]

They ask you to email them before you order if you live in the US.


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I contacted them and they've updated their shipping methods so you no longer need to contact them to order. Just FYI... Thanks for the heads up though, I appreciate it. Most people wouldn't have said anything. Thank you.

 

[Mistsmok3]

Received my Ithaka pre-order this week and on my sixth or seventh build (kinda lost track...). I tried double silica coils (3mm and 3.5mm) in X-shape with and without an extra piece of wick in the middle at around 1-1.3 ohm total (twisted the non-resistance coils on). First attempts, very little vapor production and zero throat hit with Bounty Hunter / Gold mix at 24mg.

Now I tried pre-made coils (N+NR) with the same total ohm (1.-1.3 ohm), x-shaped without a center wick, improved vapor, better but not fully satisfactory throat hit, and unfortunately, it leaked half the liquid before stopping with Imeos' shake-it-on-a-paper towel method. Any tips on how I can improve the build?

Also, in all of my builds, the center pin is completely off the center - I tried fixing it multiple times before filling liquid, but it never worked. Am I doing something wrong or is there a possibility of a manufacturing fault of one of the components?

[PS: At what voltage do you guys and gals change batteries on mechs - I know I shouldn't, and I don't go under 3.2v]

 

[RiverNut]

Try leaving you basic feeding fully closed which should eliminate the flooding. keeping the coils as close to center (over the center pin) will help with over all vapor quality. A 1.3 ohm dual should be producing excellent vapor. I wonder if your wick is too saturated.
I vape 1 ohm coils and change batteries at about 3.6v

the center pin can get a little off and I adjust mine when I'm screwing in the rebuildable part. it seems that it get's off a bit if screwed in too tight. the fact that the pin is threaded also contributes to it skewing a bit.

 

[imeothanasis]

I have notice that new small nut works better because liquid cant reach it easily, so gurgling just disappears. Also I told Bish a new and very easy trick to increase your vapor and hit. I am sure he will try it soon and he will make a video about it

 

[houmles]

@Imeo
Do you plan to make 510 connector for Ithaka without air control so we can use it in mods which have built-in AC?
I have two air controls for nothing if I use any other mod than GG and it also increase height of whole atomizer.
Thanks

 

[jkim5708]

I have notice that new small nut works better because liquid cant reach it easily, so gurgling just disappears. Also I told Bish a new and very easy trick to increase your vapor and hit. I am sure he will try it soon and he will make a video about it

Hello imeo..how can one get the new smaller nut. I have one of the original production ithakas, and get gurgling every now and then.

 

[patsfan1130]

Hello imeo..how can one get the new smaller nut. I have one of the original production ithakas, and get gurgling every now and then.

You can contact Bruce at COV - He should be able to set you up

 

[Yiorgos]

Received my Ithaka pre-order this week and on my sixth or seventh build (kinda lost track...). I tried double silica coils (3mm and 3.5mm) in X-shape with and without an extra piece of wick in the middle at around 1-1.3 ohm total (twisted the non-resistance coils on). First attempts, very little vapor production and zero throat hit with Bounty Hunter / Gold mix at 24mg.

Now I tried pre-made coils (N+NR) with the same total ohm (1.-1.3 ohm), x-shaped without a center wick, improved vapor, better but not fully satisfactory throat hit, and unfortunately, it leaked half the liquid before stopping with Imeos' shake-it-on-a-paper towel method. Any tips on how I can improve the build?

Also, in all of my builds, the center pin is completely off the center - I tried fixing it multiple times before filling liquid, but it never worked. Am I doing something wrong or is there a possibility of a manufacturing fault of one of the components?

[PS: At what voltage do you guys and gals change batteries on mechs - I know I shouldn't, and I don't go under 3.2v]

I found that in my first builds I was getting flooding due to leaving the wicks too long. Now I cut them shorter than the black o-ring so there is a nice seal between the rebuildable part and the base (the o-ring seals the rebuildable with the base, so if the wicks are long some strands might get in the way and break the seal which will cause flooding). I leave the base feeding fully on on both channels and the mouthpiece fully closed and I'm getting nice wicking with no dry hits.
For my juice which is very thick, 3mm wick is too much. I build mine with an x setup removing 2 strands from the 3mm wick and it works fine.

By the way, I still can't get over of how good Ithaka is...

 

[Lentulusbatiatus]

^^^^ this sounds like the problem and fix also to the center pin being off center, looks like you wick is trapped at the side of the o-ring and forcing over the pin when tightened.

 

[Ariel_MX]

Received my Ithaka pre-order this week and on my sixth or seventh build (kinda lost track...). I tried double silica coils (3mm and 3.5mm) in X-shape with and without an extra piece of wick in the middle at around 1-1.3 ohm total (twisted the non-resistance coils on). First attempts, very little vapor production and zero throat hit with Bounty Hunter / Gold mix at 24mg.

Now I tried pre-made coils (N+NR) with the same total ohm (1.-1.3 ohm), x-shaped without a center wick, improved vapor, better but not fully satisfactory throat hit, and unfortunately, it leaked half the liquid before stopping with Imeos' shake-it-on-a-paper towel method. Any tips on how I can improve the build?

Also, in all of my builds, the center pin is completely off the center - I tried fixing it multiple times before filling liquid, but it never worked. Am I doing something wrong or is there a possibility of a manufacturing fault of one of the components?

[PS: At what voltage do you guys and gals change batteries on mechs - I know I shouldn't, and I don't go under 3.2v]

In addition to what RiverNut and Yiorgos have recommended, I would like to give my opinion:

Ensure ther are not any bur in the ceramic housing bottom hole, by where it enters he center pin: when I received one of my Ithakas, I made a dual coil setup, as the one you have made, the result was not good: poor vapor production and it was not hitting like it should. The problem was a little bur in the mentioned place.

By the second picture, it looks like the first coil / wick, is pushed down too much, a coil could be in contact with the center post top nut or the wick, causing the leaking and the poor performance.

After you finish the setup, try to evenly space the coils and you can pull up the wick / coils a little, in order they will not be too close to the center post top nut.

I have got the best results using 3mm wicks for both coils and adding a 1.5mm wick between both of the coils (like a ham in a sandwich), basic feeding opened for both channels and advanced feeding liquid control almost closed.

The off center center pin could be due a bur on the ceramic housing or due the NR wire turns around the (positive) center post, unassemble all the ceramic assembly and inspect it, also assemble it and try it without wicks / coils and check if it still off center, also you may want to leave the center post top nut is in closed position.

This Imeo's video could help as well:



My current setup is a dual coil (ribbon 3mm kanthal and nickel NR wire), each coil is 1.8 ohms for a final resistance of 0.9 ohms, flavor is great, vapor production is perfect.

I hope it helps.

 

[Mistsmok3]

Thanks for all the responses! Well, of the 7 or 8 builds, only the last one was leaking and only until I did the shake / towel method. Every time the wicks were cut at around the last o-ring - you can see that in the pictures, but I'll trim them shorter in the next fill. I know I screwed it on a couple of times to check if it was off center before finishing the build, but I can't remember if I had the wicks in or not... It does sound like a potential culprit so I'll give it a try and see.


#Yiorgos / MEV , No problems with dry hits as I also leave the base on both channels and closed the mouthpiece. In general, I'm having a hard time with all atomizers to get a strong throat hit. I should mention that my cig preferences were what you would call on the heavy side (Prince, Camels, Gitanes).

#Ariel, All notes taken, I'll also check for a bur in the ceramic housing bottom hole and look at the NR wire wrap again. I had pushed down the coils so they won't make any contact with the mouthpiece, and went for the pre-made N/NR coils to eliminate any problems with my twisting.