Finally got around to trying an SS wick in the Chalice. Its pretty good so far, but I think I might try for a lower resistance coil next time.
Question for those that have been using this setup. I'm getting maybe 3 decent drags after a squonk, then I start to lose flavor and vapor. Is that typical with the mesh setup? I would assume so since there isn't much of a wick to soak up juice. With cotton I was getting about 5~6 drags between squonks.
On another note, juice consumption seems to be less than cotton. I could go through a 6ml bottle a day on cotton while the mesh seems to consume less juice for the same
vaping time. Also, one major benefit is that I don't have to worry about a dry hit burning up my wick. It took me several days to realize I needed to keep the cotton soaked. Perhaps that had something to do with my rapid juice consumption!
The other thing I noticed with cotton is that my juice darkened quite a bit. The last ml or so in the bottle was considerably darker than how it started out. I'll have to see if the mesh wick has a similar effect.
And for those that will ask, I did make a couple of attempts with silica but found that it just didn't taste right compared to cotton. It seemed a little harsh in comparison. I think the cotton has a tendency to round out some flavors, while in my experience the silica would make the same juice a little too 'in your face'. Perhaps I just became accustomed to that cottony flavor...
I got a bit of that same harshness with my first mesh wick, but it is settling in nicely. I think next I'll try cotton wrapped in mesh with a bit of a cotton tail to store up some of the juice. I've seen a video of that setup on the Phoenix. Anyone using that with the Chalice?
