Looking to buy the Octopus RDA, N00b wick question.

[fat chocolate]

So i've been looking into buying the octopus rda off of madvapes, but when i look into buying the replacement wick, they only have the wick for the drunker rebuildable. Does it really matter? What type of wick and size are others using with this rebuildable, and where can I get it? Moving into rebuildables is a completely foreign world to me and any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.

 

[sooevo]

What i did when i got the octopus from madvapes which was also my first rebuild-able was to check the coils on the stock wicks to see if there were any hot spots. I pushed the coils around and they were all heating up evenly and i started vaping off of the stock. you will be surprised by how well the octopus works even at stock or it surprised me at least. For me it took off the pressure of thinking, "oh man now i need to rebuild this and find wicks and get the right kanthal wire." When i did want to rebuild it i just got kanthal and used the stock wicks to play around. Right now i have it set up with ss mesh at 500 and im getting a pretty clean tasting vape. Im still learning myself so i hope someone chimes in lol... I got my mesh, extra silica from myvaporstore and 100 ft kanthal from ebay for around $8.

 

[sooevo]

there are some helpful youtube videos on octopus rda rebuilds as well.

 

[Drebin893]

They have it.
http://www.madvapes.com/1-7-ohm-replacement-coil-for-the-octopus-rda.html

really sucks Madvapes doesn't carry rebuildable supplies like kanthal and wicking.

 

[El_tecolote]

Here's a very informative video by PBusardo. Will answer most of your questions:

A PBusardo Review - The IGO-L RBA - YouTube

The very same principles apply.

 

[jangeisler]

You should be good with any wick and kanthal.
The coil that comes premounted is thin in the middle and thicker at the mounting terminals.

If you want, you could use 1 x 3mm wick with ... Any kanthal.

And you could also use 8 x 1mm as theyve done from the factory

 

[gjshaw29]

I use 4 x 3mm wick and 28g kanthal with a 3/2 wrap...gives me a bout 0.8 ohms. Rocks on a mechanical mod.

 

[gjshaw29]

Octopus RDA - YouTube I posted a video about the octopus

 

[jangeisler]

If you get the octopus, it needs a little fixing. At least mine did.

First, take off both o rings, wrap 1 round of teflon tape in the groove, and refit the rings. Now it should be nice and tight.

Next, if the thumbscrews dont go all the wat down, remove the coil, and work the thumbscrews down by tightening and loosening continuously

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[hadouken]

I'm giving one away in the members' contest forum.... =)