Micro Coil for the RBA on your REO

[FeistyAlice]

If you are using the RM2 do you always stand the mod upright or can you lay it down without leaking ?

I lay mine down half of time. There's ocassional (actually rare) tiny bit of juice if I haven't vaped most of juice before laying it down. I most usually pay attention to what the surface is. A few antiques I wouldn't want a tiny drop of juice to sit on for long and car seats. The finish on wood furniture in one bedroom doesn't take well to liquids sitting on them for any length of time.

Feisty Alice

Feisty Alice

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[UKPaul]

I will be with you guys soon.

Just Ordered:
Reo Grand RM2 - Black Wrinkle
RM2
2 x O-Rings
2 x Springs
2 x Post Screws
1 x Extra 6ml Bottle

 

[Statistic]

Right on Paul

Grats!

 

[super_X_drifter]

I will be with you guys soon.

Just Ordered:
Reo Grand RM2 - Black Wrinkle
RM2
2 x O-Rings
2 x Springs
2 x Post Screws
1 x Extra 6ml Bottle

We FINALLY got to you. Good choices there Paul. Congrats and welcome bro

 

[UKPaul]

Thanks stats, superx.

It's taken you a month of chipping away but you got me in the end.

I am definitely not selling my shiny tube mods though.

 

[super_X_drifter]

I am definitely not selling my shiny tube mods though.

Great decision, paying them forward once you realize how stone age the tubes with tanks and drippers are is the honorable road. I hear that some of them make good, albeit, wobbly ohms meters.

JK. Most tube steakers start out the same way then once they get in the REO groove, sell them and get more REOs.

 

[Navy4life]

Thanks stats, superx.

It's taken you a month of chipping away but you got me in the end.

I am definitely not selling my shiny tube mods though.

Yes you will and sooner than you think! If you don't sell them, you might even consider giving them away, because nothing, and I mean nothing will compare to your REO! Does it sound cult like? It is, but only because it is so good! Sold one Provari, getting ready to sell the last one soon!

 

[UKPaul]

Great decision, paying them forward once you realize how stone age the tubes with tanks and drippers are is the honorable road. I hear that some of them make good, albeit, wobbly ohms meters.

JK. Most tube steakers start out the same way then once they get in the REO groove, sell them and get more REOs.

No wobbly ohms meters, only solid mechs, some are wobbly though.

 

[unloaded]

I am definitely not selling my shiny tube mods though.

Hehe! Are you a gambling man? I wouldn't mind making a little wager on that.

 

[debzcf]

I will be with you guys soon.

Just Ordered:
Reo Grand RM2 - Black Wrinkle
RM2
2 x O-Rings
2 x Springs
2 x Post Screws
1 x Extra 6ml Bottle

Yeah!! Another Black Wrinkle -- thumbs up!

 

[chohan]

I've read quite a lot in this thread, the whole micro coil business. Being the quintessential procrastinator, it was only today that I finally sat down and wrapped a couple. Perhaps I also held to the mindset, if it ain't broke don't fix it. For me what works fine is 6 wraps of 30awg kanthal on doubled 3mm german silica which comes in at 1.3Ω every time. I've wrapped that setup so many times that I can now do it blindingly fast.

But today I sat down, used a 1/16 drill bit and did 10 wraps 30awg, then pulled a tuft from a cotton ball through. The coil actually metered at 1.9Ω so I wasn't expecting much. Imagine the joy unbounded when I began exhaling huge plumes with this baby. The flavor was spot on also which surprised me since the only other time I tested cotton wick was with braided cotton candle wick which tasted like a wet sock.

By this time cho is thinking, "If 1.9 is this great, then 1.3Ω should blow my doors off." So I sat back down and rolled a 8wrap on the other rm2. It came in right at 1.3Ω but I haven't even tried it yet. The one I've been using for half the day is still rockin' the casbah so if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Lol, I may fire the other up tomorrow.

Only thing that concerns me is some of my NET's really can gunk up a coil in less than a day. When you pull 12hr shifts that can be a big bummer. Looks like I may stuff some extra cotton inside the grand like Stat and take along some nail clippers to work so I can do a good 3:00 am dryburn and rewick.

Anyway, very impressive. I kept thinking that all those coils around such a small diameter wick would burn the juice too rapidly and wicking supply would never keep up with demand. Glad I've been proven wrong, it's really a great vape.
Thank you my fellow REOnauts.

edit: I might add that I've ran through about 5ml of juice lickety split this afternoon/evening and almost made myself nic sick. Just because I'm totally fascinated with the amount of vapor and taste that tiny coil/wick is producing. Like when I was an infantryman out in the field for a month, then we'd come back to the rear and stand and flush the toilet in wide-eyed wonder. Lol, don't ask.

cheers

 

[johni]

Cho, glad you're diggin the microcoils. I've been doing them for over a month now and you know I vape some of the gunkiest NETs! The cotton will tell you when it's done, flavor just falls off. It is pretty ugly by then, completely black and looks burned. Easy to pull out and slip in a new wick. Vape on friend!

Also, my first Reo just landed here! Fresh juice delivered to the coil with zip effort and all the flavor of my drippers! I'm with you Chohan, blowing clouds!

 

[super_X_drifter]

Welcome to the mix johni. Glad your diggin your dip into the perfect vape.

 

[harley05]

Question for you master-coilers. I've been using 3mm silica but with the health concerns, I'm looking for something that will stand up like silica (I'm getting nearly a month out of my coils with no wick replacement) Cotton is a pita for me. (Love the taste, hate the service life) I've also tried bamboo and some kind of cotton yarn I was sent. Both lasted less than a week. Any other materials you guys have tried?

 

[chohan]

Cho, glad you're diggin the microcoils. I've been doing them for over a month now and you know I vape some of the gunkiest NETs! The cotton will tell you when it's done, flavor just falls off. It is pretty ugly by then, completely black and looks burned. Easy to pull out and slip in a new wick. Vape on friend!

Also, my first Reo just landed here! Fresh juice delivered to the coil with zip effort and all the flavor of my drippers! I'm with you Chohan, blowing clouds!

Congrats on the Reo mate!

Agreed, the whole bottom feeding into a rba has been a godsend for me. As for how fast the wick/coil gunks up, I always use my W2V Louisville for the ultimate test. My ahlusion aros usually begin to gunk up the coils before my 12hr shift is over but the smooth criminal burns fairly clean, coil still looks almost new.

I did try my other micro coil a while ago. It came in at 1.5Ω with 8wraps of 30awg. I think tomorrow I'm going to try 28awg so I can get a couple more wraps and get closer to 1.3 or 1.2. This whole Reo ride has already really impressed me, the micro coil discovery is like icing on the cake.

cheers

 

[chohan]

Question for you master-coilers. I've been using 3mm silica but with the health concerns, I'm looking for something that will stand up like silica (I'm getting nearly a month out of my coils with no wick replacement) Cotton is a pita for me. (Love the taste, hate the service life) I've also tried bamboo and some kind of cotton yarn I was sent. Both lasted less than a week. Any other materials you guys have tried?

I'm no master coiler but I've tried plenty of wicking material. XC-116 braided ceramic might hold up better than regular silica but would probably hold the same health concerns. Actually the xc-116 seemed a bit rough on my throat so I ended up back on the 3mm 'german' silica which I remember reading has larger fibers so less chance of inhaling shards. I think I'm going to give the cotton a test run now since I can just pull it out, dry-burn and insert fresh fairly quickly. I may end up just using the silica for juices with high gunk potential. I remember some mates have tried hemp also, not sure how it holds up over time though.

cheers

 

[pdib]

Question for you master-coilers. I've been using 3mm silica but with the health concerns, I'm looking for something that will stand up like silica (I'm getting nearly a month out of my coils with no wick replacement) Cotton is a pita for me. (Love the taste, hate the service life) I've also tried bamboo and some kind of cotton yarn I was sent. Both lasted less than a week. Any other materials you guys have tried?

Jute. It has a flavor (jute yarn, not twine); but if you happen to enjoy tobacco flavors, it is quite the thing. Its woodsy. Its weird. I don't vape tobaccos anymore; but when I did, I thought that flavor combo was something special. As for longevity, well, it is pretty fibrous stuff.

 

[Statistic]

I am reluctant to react.. because I wonder how much of my perception is "new thing syndrome".. but the Nichrome.. is awesome.

I also wonder how much of the difference I am perceiving between Kanthal and Nichrome can be attributed to 1) Wire composition 2) Resistance per unit of surface area.

Not sure what the resistance is but the scientific tester just under my nose tells me it's somewhere between almost awesome and the vape that killed Elvis.

I've gotten some questions about whether or not I am obstructing my drain hole so I got a peek from the backside to show how the coil is elevated above the drain.

Yeap.. Nichrome 60.. it's legit.

Also I get to take my AW IMR 1600's for a spin tomorrow

 

[chohan]

Ok mates, cho is catching on...

This morning I went 8 wraps, 28awg kanth on a 1/16 bit. Metered dead on at 1Ω



Sterile cotton ball wick via CVS



Final result. Five second mouth draw, then full lung inhale/exhale. Ahlusion Vanilla Black Tea, 50/50, 18mg. It'll definitely rub your fur backwards. I'm going to knock it back to 12mg on the next order. Drafted my daughter to take a pic with my cheapo powershot:



You folks have made a micro coil believer out of me.

Hey Stats, how do you like the nichrome? Can you tell any difference in taste compared to kanthal? Any metallic or off notes at all?


cheers

 

[Statistic]

Nice work Cho!!!

Once you get there, ther's just no going back

It'll definitely rub your fur backwards.

^^ QUOTE OF THE DAY! HAHAHA, love it

Hey Stats, how do you like the nichrome? Can you tell any difference in taste compared to kanthal? Any metallic or off notes at all?

Flavor seems like it may just be a little cleaner, maybe. With Kanthal and cotton flavor was always fantastic, I never felt like the Kanthal added anything. Nichrome seems to be just as good or better. I wouldn't tell anyone to abandon their Kanthal and replace it with Nochrome but I would say give it a try next time you order wire.