Simple new top cap should fix your problem. I know the OEM 3.1 & clones 510 adapter are not compatible.
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Thanks, I appreciate that you took the time to respond to my query. I pretty much need the airy draw of a wide open Aerotank mega or Nautilus (although the Nautilus is not as airy as the AT, I can still work with it) due well... Just because I need it let me just say.
I guess I'll continue my quest down a different road.
I think I am just going to buy a new top cap. I don't know what adapter fits what, or even how an adapter would work with the tall chimney (as seen in the picture). Now I have to find a top cap that fits and matches.
Thanks for the link guys, sorry to pollute this thread with my measly drip tip adapter questions.
I totally agree 100 percent. I have always heard the phrase, "little is more" but it has never worked for me personally. I have often thought those who use little amounts are the vaporers who vape like between 7 to 11 watts and that because I usually vape 15 and up that my cotton amounts had to be more. Now I don't totally stuff the cotton but I do error on more the little. I think any dry hits are 90 percent a cause of not using enough cotton and could be 100 but haven't done a certain test yet to verify. I guess if your tails were so big they clogged up channels, that also could produce dry hits or packed so much in the coil it might as well. I had once purposely packed major amounts in the coil and don't think I could of packed anymore unless I totally mangled my coil and couldn't produce a dry hit. In that test the only way I could get a dry hit was too little cotton in the coil. No doubt too much will mute flavor, so there still has to be a sweet spot but imo anyone who occasionally gets dry hits or has to plug air hole and prime every once in a while is using slightly too little.
Hey dusty, although I already am proficient with the kgd all my devices, I also think I have figured out the rayon in the kayfun. Up until maybe 2 weeks ago the Kayfun was the only device I didn't like rayon in, but like you, think I have it nailed. Now I only use kgd and rayon in all my devices and love them both although I do find the kgd easier to use.I was spinning in circles switching between cotton yarn, organic cotton, japanese cotton and then rayon. They all had to wicked slightly different and I was messing myself up. I finally settled down and decided to tackle them one at a time. Yarn.. no more. OC - Check. I think I finally have Rayon figured out as I've been enjoying my rayon wicked KFL's for the last week or two. Japanese cotton is next..maybe!
I've got the Muji brand rather than KGD, but gather that they work the same. We shall see!!
I'm at 4 out of 5 KFL's wicked with Rayon. The only one I haven't got going with Rayon is the one I take to work with me. I plan on re-wicking that tonight. Once I'm fully satisfied with the fact that I have the rayon wicking down pat, I'll pick up the Muji to play with.
For me it's just maybe the mood I'm in, sometimes I wick with the kgd, sometimes the rayon. The only difference I can tell between both, is I can go longer between tanks before re wicking with the rayon. Now in my erlkonigin, mostly rayon because I can insert more in coil which makes for puffier shoulders which is an important factor in that attyI've got the Muji brand rather than KGD, but gather that they work the same. We shall see!!
I'm at 4 out of 5 KFL's wicked with Rayon. The only one I haven't got going with Rayon is the one I take to work with me. I plan on re-wicking that tonight. Once I'm fully satisfied with the fact that I have the rayon wicking down pat, I'll pick up the Muji to play with.
Spill the beans! With rayon, I get a stellar vape for the first 4 hours and then it's dry hit city.
Well of course the main thing is having enough in coil. Unlike cotton the rayon tends to maybe shrink a little after a while, once this happens it can loose contact with coil, thus dry hits. Now being you need more in the coil then cotton, the wick tails can be quite large, especially if you use large diameter coils to begin with. I like no larger 2mm and no smaller the 1.8mm. So you need to trim the tails after you insert wick, I do it 2 different ways, one is I use basically the same wick tail configuration as cotton, where I angle the wick tail sort of across the ledge from an angled coil, and like I said the only difference is I trim the diameter of the tail by 20 percent. On my straight coils, where you run a straight down tail, I have been trimming the tails by about 40 percent. Basically on this tail, I wedge trim them from almost a point at bottom to the full width at end of coil. First I trim the circumference of the whole tail by about 40 percent, but I don't trim all the way to coil, I like to leave the first mm alone. Starting from 1 mm away, I then trim circumference. The length of tail is slightly longer then the bottom ledge. After the trim, I then wedge cut the tail leaving slightly more then a point at bottom ledge and angle cut to the top. at this point you don't take anymore off of the top part, just angle cut to what's there at the top already. Both those methods have been working really good lately. I actually have 2 types of rayon, Sally and these rayon balls, I find the rayon balls work better and that's what's been working in the kayfuns lately.
Wedge cut here too, with just enough length to sit on the deck of the KFL to about 2mm from where it enters the coil. Getting the density in the coil is also important, and lately I've been magically hitting that amount just right.
/me makes sign to ward off evil.
/me makes sign to ward off evil.
Yes you would think getting the right amount in the coil is easy but it does take time especially when or if you have been use to cotton for a long time. With cotton I fit it in anticipation of it slightly expanding whereas rayon shrinking. It really has taken me about 50 or so rayon builds to get it just right
Yes the new rose ehpro is a dream, lots of vapor/flavor no issssues at all. Now the $18 special isn't quite so good I've built it twice and she is weak on vapor, usually my problem is dry hit/burnt cottton but this one is giving me very litttttle vapor. I'm going to play with her tonight. Loooking back I think the bad KFL I had was a trobeca not an ephro. I think my best bet is to stick with ehpro.
What about when you use so much cotton its packed inside the coil and impedes the juice flow, I ran into that and have been gun shy about it ?
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I opened the $18 special that was giving me light vapor and the wick was almost completely dry. I think I'll stick with ephro from now on.
This the same results I concluded. More is better. From reading too much I started using less cotton and it just does not work. I even lightly twist the cotton and insert into the coil never a dry hit. Vaping at 15.5 watts
You have more patience than me. I probably gave up (the first time) on Rayon after probably half that number. I did say that I would come back to it when I had more time, and I'm glad now that I did.
Little vapor could be airflow issues, does it feel more restrictive in any way compared to the other one? I did exactly that one day, I packed a kayfun coil so much one day to see if I could get a dry hit, what I found was not so good flavor, but no dry hits. I had only vaped that test for a short time so I guess it's possible that in time I could of gotten some.
Well it was really spread out in a couple months time, I would do a build here and there with poor results and ultimately go back to cotton. Eventually they got closer and closer and one just has to remember what kind of worked and what didn't to finally figure it out.You have more patience than me. I probably gave up (the first time) on Rayon after probably half that number. I did say that I would come back to it when I had more time, and I'm glad now that I did.
I also use to slightly twist and form my regular cotton wicks like that and had great results, now with the kgd I just slightly form but no twist.
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