Mesh, much has changed

[eliot68]

Hello
I stayed away from vaping for three years after eight wonderful years in which I really tried everything and more.
I have to tell you the truth, as soon as I started vaping again, I felt lost, very lost,
because almost everything had changed in the way vaping was used.
And I'm not referring to the sudden switch to disposable coils, which are now called pods and/or coils,
but rather to the combination of vaping systems and coil regeneration, which has gone out of fashion.
And it's not true that this is the fault of progress or consumerism and that these disposable systems
(not to mention pre-filled ones) are only available today.
My first electronic cigarette in 2012 was a pen with disposable coils from Kangerteck and an eGO battery,
and I immediately switched to the Kayfun V4 as a rebuildable system.
Now I'm vaping again with some drippers like the Kennedy, the Velocity V2, and the Big dripper,
but I'm always thinking about putting back into use an RDTA that really impressed me at the time,
especially in terms of flavor, namely the Origen Genesis V2 MKII rebuilt with mesh.
I've heard people talking about mesh again lately, but these are just rectangular coils that still heat
the cotton, whereas that system had normal coils but instead of cotton,
pieces of 316 steel mesh with more or less tight meshes (250-400) were rolled into sticks.
When I found the Origen, it had been regenerated into a dual coil and still had the two resistors
and two meshes in perfect condition, but only with the two resistors slightly blackened.
I don't understand why this type of system wasn't expanded in research and development,
because it was a method in which, since there was no cotton,
there was nothing that blackened and/or burned or was otherwise damaged
as happens with cotton, keeping the system intact for much longer than a classic cotton rebuild,
as well as having an amazing aroma.
In addition to the Origen, I also found two bags of 250 and 400 mesh (as well as a dozen 10m spools of wire
of all metals, from kanthal to titanium, from nickel to steel and of many diameters).
I would like to know if any of you avid vapers still use a similar system and if,
in the few years I have been away from vaping, there have been any developments regarding this type
of system and its use, and above all if you can give me some advice on how to rebuild it.
Thank you and i apologize for my poor english.

I'm posting a photo of the Origen Genesis V2 MKII (between two Steel vape EX Rda quad coils, one of which is original).

 

[Squinty]

Never used the Genesis, I think you' will need to use the search function and step back in time to posts from 2012-2013.
Similar threads come up at the bottom of the page

Rebuildables were a necessity in the early days unless you were happy vaping 20mg+ nicotine through a Cartomizer.
Inovation was the name of the game, clever people searching for flavour and clouds making atomizers to go with the devices available.

When I started rebuilding I would anneal wires to make perfect tiny coils, test every build for resistance and shorts.. most people would return to smoking if they had to do more than replace a crusty burnt coil and add juice. That hasn't changed.

I also have boxes and drawers full of unused vape gear made obsolete by the speed that advances were made, I wouldn't use most of it unless desparate. Not even for curiosity or nostalgia.

One drawer holds a lifetime supply of Muji, spools of Ni200, titanium, kanthal and stainless wire that was purchased in search of the perfect vape.

 

[eliot68]

I didn't want to do it, but you provoked me!!!
(quote from Alberto Sordi in the film An American in Rome).

These are just the ones I found in a box, but I'm missing a wooden case
that contains at least as many.
I have at least a dozen eGo batteries, all of different sizes.
Not to mention cables and wires of all metals and sizes and a rich collection
of juggernaut coils, taiji coils, chain coils, clepton coils, Alien coils,
twisted coils, staggered coils, fused coils, etc., etc.

 

[englishmick]

Cool collection.

I had about 20 Egos's at one time. They sat in a box for quite a few years. I took them out one day and most of them wouldn't hold a charge. I kept 2 or 3 and threw the rest out. The ones I kept went bad after another couple of years. I suspect they die faster if you keep them in a box unused.

Tanks can last forever though, as long as the silicon seals don't get messed up.