I went back to silica and ekowool in my micro coils. Thought they'd have trouble keeping up wicking but they are doing fine.
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1.5-2 second toots are warm, flavorful... Deeeeeelicious!
1.5-2 second toots are warm, flavorful... Deeeeeelicious!
So my 1.7 ohm kanthal coil with silica is tasting more farmiliar for sure but now my normally light colored juice is DARK! Is this why most people say silica is not good for this?
Is the silica black? I am using it now for a more farmiliar taste but it's making my juice dark. Very dark. And what is ekowool??
Ever heard of a VapeMate? $59 bucks....look it up. Ha. I have one if you know of anyone who needs one.
I almost bought one of those. I've been trying every way in the world to get friends of mine to quit smoking and thought it might be a useful alternative to tanks. I'm guessing by the way you said that it's not? lol. Tanks work great for some people I know, others had the same experience I did which was a total waste of time almost to the point of going back to smoking for me. Thankfully I found dripping which led to looking at bottom feeders and the purchase of my first Reo. But I have one friend who just can't keep a tank functioning long enough to actually give quitting a chance. He's the one I'm shopping for another Reo for.
Ekowool is a type of silica, braided though. Mine gets dark with some juices, mostly tobaccos. And tobaccos are what I mainly vape. I'll rinse them and dry burn every couple days.
This may not work on drippers, but for gennies and catfish mods, it is too easy!
400 mesh, scissors, done!
Mesh square approx 7/16" square
Place on atty cap
Place drip tip in center and push
Final product
400 mesh, scissors, done!
Mesh square approx 7/16" square
Place on atty cap
Place drip tip in center and push
Final product
I wanna try it should i get 1mm, 2mm, or 3mm? then do you just wrap around the wick? Thanks for the help. The cotton just wasn't doing it fo me. I just got sweet taste.
ok - i'll kick it all off! But that will short your mod - it's steel yadda yadda!
The idea is to use decent juice to begin with, not the ashtray extractions Xobe uses - that is not a criticism btw, but it has always struck me as odd that people that insist on chemically pure USP standards then rip cigars to pieces!
I am no better - i am always messing with coils - different wicks and anything else i fancy.
FYI ekowool is like a cheaper xc-116 which is a great ceramic braid - it is hollow in the middle so you whack a pin in it and wrap a coil on it. I have had great results with it, including wicks that last over 2 weeks. It is expensive at about a $ an inch.
and porous ceramic wick is disgusting in an RM2, one long dry hit!
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The idea is to use decent juice to begin with, not the ashtray extractions Xobe uses - that is not a criticism btw, but it has always struck me as odd that people that insist on chemically pure USP standards then rip cigars to pieces!
I am no better - i am always messing with coils - different wicks and anything else i fancy.
FYI ekowool is like a cheaper xc-116 which is a great ceramic braid - it is hollow in the middle so you whack a pin in it and wrap a coil on it. I have had great results with it, including wicks that last over 2 weeks. It is expensive at about a $ an inch.
and porous ceramic wick is disgusting in an RM2, one long dry hit!
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For micro coils get the 1mm. Wrap a coil around 1/16" then thread the Ekowool through. Torch it a bit first to make it stiff. That's what my Reos normally use. Sometimes I wrap a .055" ID coil & can still get the 1mm through but it's a little trickier. Anything larger & you have to wrap around the wick (or find the suitable size the wrap the coil on first).
2mm is good for sleeving over SS mesh wicks gennies & 3mm is good for using as a wick by itself for gennies. That's the only time I use larger 1mm which is very rare. I've made coils wrapping around 2mm but the micros perform so much better for me.
I did a sideXside with ekowool and nextel (and then cotton)
Cotton is best for BF (it holds enough juice and tastes best)
Nextel is very good; wicks very fast but won't hold enough juice for an SLR micro (probably fine @/above .8Ω)
ekowool, can't wick fast enough, won't hold onto enough, and is kinda lame
Cotton is best for BF (it holds enough juice and tastes best)
Nextel is very good; wicks very fast but won't hold enough juice for an SLR micro (probably fine @/above .8Ω)
ekowool, can't wick fast enough, won't hold onto enough, and is kinda lame
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Why that's a nice way of saying it! Yep that's me I guess & how I started off first with Reos. I tend to do everything backwards or the wrong way.
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finally got around to getting some rolled cotton for doing a comparison to cotton balls. (both sterile, wound care, etc. etc.)
AND . . . . I have an opinion .. . . .
which is as follows.
The rolled cotton is distinctly mellower. Right from the first toot off a fresh wick, no cotton flavor. Instantly noticed a smoother, mellower vape.
That said, for those of us fighting the "not enough flavour" monster, or the hobgoblin of muted flavors . . . . if you're using rolled cotton, you might wanna try the sterile cotton balls. You'll taste a bit more cotton on the first few toots; but (IMO) you'll get more high notes and the sharper end of the flavor spectrum.
Will post if things change with time.
BTW: this is Rite Aid, and the box doesn't say "super .....in wickin"; but I know the guy who started all that, an' he said he was just being silly.
finally got around to getting some rolled cotton for doing a comparison to cotton balls. (both sterile, wound care, etc. etc.)
AND . . . . I have an opinion .. . . .
which is as follows.
The rolled cotton is distinctly mellower. Right from the first toot off a fresh wick, no cotton flavor. Instantly noticed a smoother, mellower vape.
That said, for those of us fighting the "not enough flavour" monster, or the hobgoblin of muted flavors . . . . if you're using rolled cotton, you might wanna try the sterile cotton balls. You'll taste a bit more cotton on the first few toots; but (IMO) you'll get more high notes and the sharper end of the flavor spectrum.
Will post if things change with time.
BTW: this is Rite Aid, and the box doesn't say "super .....in wickin"; but I know the guy who started all that, an' he said he was just being silly.
I use the skinny Ekowool doubled and pull it through the coil with a piece of wire.
My latest. Wouldn't meter on the Provari, but works great.
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