Ive been using mostly Nautilus tanks for the last 4 months, and although they are probably the best clearimizers out there, I just wanted something....more. More flavor, more vapor (although Im not what you would call a cloud chaser), and more solid. Just like anything, the Nautilus DOES have its quirks. After a month of reading, I decided on either a real Kayfun Lite, or a Russian 91%. I chose the Russian for the air control.
I got the Russian from my local B&M who's sticker price was lower than online ($89.99). B&M gave it to me for $84.99 as Ive spent quite a bit of money there haha. Got some 28g Kanthal, and an ohm tester. Also got some organic cotton from Walgreens.
I have to say my first few builds were...for lack of better words...LMFAO haha. They got better each time, but man. Those coils were funny looking! Anyway, finally got a good one built...about 5/64 12 wrap coil, came in at about 2ohm (if I remember correctly). initially, it was fabulous. Great vapor, fantastic flavor, but after about 15-20 puffs started burning. I thought maybe my cotton was too dense, so rebuilt the wick. Again. And again. And again. (Im vaping at about 4v BTW but tried all the way down to 3.2).
After a couple of days of frustration and opening up my tank finding the cotton in the middle of my coil being burned, I decided to make a bigger coil. I used 7/64. Made a nice fluffy wick for it, put everything together, and hoped.
SUCCESS!
Beautiful. Ive now been using this wick and coil for a couple of days. Its solid, full of vapor, and the flavor is AMAZING. Im using a custom blend my B&M made me 50/50 of pink lemonade and raspberry/strawberry. I normally use 2 different juices throughout the day but honestly I cant put this down. The draw is consistent, pretty quiet, and predictable. The build of this thing is solid. All the threads are solid, and the workmanship of the device is top notch. I chose the bushed steel (but it isnt really brushed steel, not sure what to call it) and its great looking, and resists fingerprints! I love love love that feature of this finish.
All in all, even after my false starts with my builds, I am absolutely tickled with the results. I am not underwhelmed AT ALL. This is really a great RBA. Ill probably try a 9 coil next time, to get the ohms down just a tad. I have no interest in sub-ohm, but a little lower will help with the slower heat-up of higher ohm coils. I think for me, somewhere around 1.4-1.6 would be the sweet spot.
Heres the obligatory pic on top of my eVic (cant upload a pic so gotta link it)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jsqahkpzjflyond/2014-05-26 20.52.04.jpg
edit: And BTW Im filling from the bottom
I got the Russian from my local B&M who's sticker price was lower than online ($89.99). B&M gave it to me for $84.99 as Ive spent quite a bit of money there haha. Got some 28g Kanthal, and an ohm tester. Also got some organic cotton from Walgreens.
I have to say my first few builds were...for lack of better words...LMFAO haha. They got better each time, but man. Those coils were funny looking! Anyway, finally got a good one built...about 5/64 12 wrap coil, came in at about 2ohm (if I remember correctly). initially, it was fabulous. Great vapor, fantastic flavor, but after about 15-20 puffs started burning. I thought maybe my cotton was too dense, so rebuilt the wick. Again. And again. And again. (Im vaping at about 4v BTW but tried all the way down to 3.2).
After a couple of days of frustration and opening up my tank finding the cotton in the middle of my coil being burned, I decided to make a bigger coil. I used 7/64. Made a nice fluffy wick for it, put everything together, and hoped.
SUCCESS!
Beautiful. Ive now been using this wick and coil for a couple of days. Its solid, full of vapor, and the flavor is AMAZING. Im using a custom blend my B&M made me 50/50 of pink lemonade and raspberry/strawberry. I normally use 2 different juices throughout the day but honestly I cant put this down. The draw is consistent, pretty quiet, and predictable. The build of this thing is solid. All the threads are solid, and the workmanship of the device is top notch. I chose the bushed steel (but it isnt really brushed steel, not sure what to call it) and its great looking, and resists fingerprints! I love love love that feature of this finish.
All in all, even after my false starts with my builds, I am absolutely tickled with the results. I am not underwhelmed AT ALL. This is really a great RBA. Ill probably try a 9 coil next time, to get the ohms down just a tad. I have no interest in sub-ohm, but a little lower will help with the slower heat-up of higher ohm coils. I think for me, somewhere around 1.4-1.6 would be the sweet spot.
Heres the obligatory pic on top of my eVic (cant upload a pic so gotta link it)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jsqahkpzjflyond/2014-05-26 20.52.04.jpg
edit: And BTW Im filling from the bottom
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