Kanthal gauges for sub-ohm vaping?

[bananadon]

Hey everyone!
Been vaping for 4-5 months now and was thinking to start building my own coils. So far, I've had all my coils built at my local vape shop, and want to start putting my own creations behind that cap
Now, I have done hours and hours of research, and am pretty confident in my ability to safely build sub-ohm coils, but am now having a hard time picking the right gauge wire to start with. From what I understand, the lower the gauge, the lower the resistance. So, if I wrapped 26G kanthal the same number of times around the same size drill bit (or whatever I'm using) as 28G kanthal, the 26G kanthal would read lower ohms. Here's where I have some doubts in my understanding. If I were to obtain the same number of ohms from both the 26G and 28G, the 26G would have more wraps, and thus more surface area. My question is what this will do to the vape. Will it make it cooler? Will I get more vapor production?

TL;DR should i use 26G or 28G (or even 24G) kanthal wire to build coils?

 

[USMCotaku]

My current build is .8 dual coil using 28 gauge, works great for me.

 

[K_Tech]

TL;DR should i use 26G or 28G (or even 24G) kanthal wire to build coils?

I started with 28 and 29 gauge because they are a little easier to work with. Once you get the hang of the thinner gauges, it's a little easier to step down.

Lately I've been using 27 gauge - I don't go that low when I sub-ohm (generally no lower than 0.4) and I like working with that gauge.

 

[coalyard]

Depends really what you're looking for resistance wise. Getting under 4 wraps or so risks hot legs on your coils. More surface area = more flavor generally. If you are building dual coils, 26ga is a good start to go down to the .5 ohm range.