Metallic taste

[TheBoom]

so those fumes are actually more than just a bad taste? there doesnt seem to be anyone who talks about those fumes yet or any article on it. by the way, whats the purpose of oxidation if the stainless steel mesh still wicks fine unoxidized?

 

[vanillagurilla]

After the first time I setup an unoxidized wick ill never go back. Way easier to setup imo and you dont have to worry about the wick touching the wick hole or base. Once you have the coil glowing even the carbon that has built up underneath the coil isolates it from everything else. If the wick moves for any reason I hold my mod vertically and fire it untill all the coils glow evenly and then your all fixed up and ready to rock again, no fiddling or poking or moving coils around. Top coil hot spot was gone and by far the easiest wick and coil setup I have done. Works best setting it up on a mechanical though.

 

[eddiezheadiez]

so those fumes are actually more than just a bad taste? there doesnt seem to be anyone who talks about those fumes yet or any article on it. by the way, whats the purpose of oxidation if the stainless steel mesh still wicks fine unoxidized?

The point of oxidation is to prevent the SS from conducting electricity from the coil. My opinion on the fumes varies from many of the people on this forum. There are plenty of happy mesh users who get great results and probably never get that metallic taste. But I feel like there is a large number of people who DO get that metallic taste and keep vaping. Realistically if you are using mesh correctly all you should taste is your e liquid. And if there's a hot spot it NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED not "vape a tank and see if it goes away" which I have seen too many times.