Merlin by Augvape and Roxy
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Tried the notch coil but much better with a 24awg ss316 with 4mm id
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I tried the included notch coil, screws snapped the leads. I had a 5 pack of Wismec notch coils, tried one of those, cut through one of those leads. 3rd coil, I did not tighten as much, those non-resistance leads are THIN. Wicked with cotton, thought I had it nice, impressed with the wide range of airflow, tons of vapor. When I run out of notch coils, I'll probably go back to my 24 gauge titanium wire, had to snap that wire!
Thought I was good for an hour, put it down, DUMPED my 70vg/30pg tank of juice. Going to try a rayon wick today.
Thanks for the warning, last week I bought my first ultrasonic cleaner, never would have thought of glass tint coming off, though I don't normally put the little glass tanks in the cleaner out of fear of them breaking when contacting the other loose metal parts I'm cleaning in the tank. Good to know though!
My black tint on glass has started coming of already just by letting it soak in hot water ....oh well now to get the rest of the tint off
I've bought some colored glass from here before:
Spectrum's Tankapalooza - Hyper Color Pyrex Tanks and Tips for RBA's and More!
Perhaps I'll write them to see if their coatings would survive an ultrasonic cleaner. Their glass is not cheap, so one would hope it's better made?
Spectrum's Tankapalooza - Hyper Color Pyrex Tanks and Tips for RBA's and More!
Perhaps I'll write them to see if their coatings would survive an ultrasonic cleaner. Their glass is not cheap, so one would hope it's better made?
I find my 2 Merlins sipping nicely. My Kaufuns were more thirsty.
The coloring in theirs is integrated into the glass. I have run them through th UC many times.
Great quality of glass.
No response yet from STS about returning my "lemon" Merlin.
Strange he is usually pretty quick on emails.
Thanks, finally someone who knows what they are talking about. They seem to keep up with new models, so for anyone complaining about their cheap colored glass chipping or coming off, you have to pony up to the glass that's properly made. Why am I not surprised that inexpensive Chinese products don't perform up to our spoiled standards?
This tank performs.
I have sent him a device before & he will match it to an existing glass, as in my case, or make them if there is adequate demand.
The pieces fit together easy enough and you should fell the drag of the o-ring if not lubed.
It will have no any slack, fits taunt.
For what we are using them for they got it easy and are quite forgiving, a lot of times you can go up or down a size with no problems (id)
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Anyone try single strand 28 gauge? I've got thicker juice coming to try and solve my bachelor nano seepage. If that doesn't work I'm thinking of a Merlin. Also considering the serpent mini but it doesn't play well with 28g. How about Merlin?
From what I have read in this thread folks have said its NOT advisable to attempt to take the base apart, that's where this oring is supposedly located, and Rick waited to get a replacement instead of attempting a take down. I think I'm handy enough to attempt it, but I would wait till I saw a parts breakdown, which I doubt we'll ever see.
Reason I asked, is my JFC ring is not tight, nor is it loose, when closed, I get very little airflow, so even though I ordered it right in the middle of this "issue", I hoped I got a good one. After my first build, and subsequent TANK DUMP, I now wonder? It could have been my wicking, so I'll try again. Just want to know what symptoms to look for, as juice dumping on a mod, is well, UGLY!
The only other flaw has been mentioned before, real easy to lose the top, refill oring as it tends not to stay in its tiny ring collar. I watched for that when I had to clean the entire tank again after the dump, and the oring was not there, looked at the cap, and it was just sitting there, juice holding it. Stay alert when you clean the parts.
If anyone has broken down the base, please tell us how you did it.
I lost the top fill o ring on the initial cleaning. Didn't even realize it was gone until someone here posted a pic. I'm not convinced it's necessary since I've never had a leak and I didn't bother to replace it with the spare.
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