Nano coil vs Micro coil, is there a standard definition?

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TheReign

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Nano coil is wrapped around a 1/16 bit.
Supernano coil is around a paperclip or the sewing needle with the color ball on the end.
micro coil is from 5/64 - 7/64
Macro coil is a 1/8 bit.

You can do a nano / super nano coil with any gauge you want to, usually it goes from 28g - 24 maybe 22 gauge
micro coils are any gauge you want to use and the Macro coil is usually with 24g or lower.
 

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TheReign you got it a little wrong

A proper micro coil has a diameter between
1.4 - 1.65 mm. Touching or very close wraps also define a proper micro coil.

So 1/16id is micro

1mm id is nano

1/2mm id supernano

i'm sorry to keep disagreeing with everyone but it is what it is :)

The smaller the id with micro/nano style coils the more intense and concentrated the vape, but the disadvantage to this is you have less wick inside the coil giving you a shorter hit

1/16 is fine hit wise

A lot of people shy away from internal wicking of nano's for fear of dry hit's but if you persevere with it you will notice you get a break in period and then longer hits as the coil gunks up a bit

below 1mm safety pin

wicked nano
 

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Yep. Slippery is correct. Here's the facts :)
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And here's some different resistances with different wire gauges :)
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How does the gap between coils effect the vape ?

if you are talking about a standard coil (spaced, or loose wraps) vs micro coil, one thought is the standard coil produces better vapor because the air gets to the wick forcing vapor to be produced (like blowing on a pot of water that is almost ready to boil creates steam). The micro coil/nano coils where all the wraps touch creates a "heat tube" that heats up and forces vapor to shoot out either side of the "tube". personally i dont notice much difference between the performance of the two types of coil, though I will say the flavor is "different." Better or worse depends on the juice, so it just brings out different notes IMO. Some have said that "super heating" the juice could cause it to break down differently, producing chemicals to break down that ordinarily dont with lower heat.

For me, the biggest benefit to a micro coil is that it has great performance but it is also easier to rewick - rewicking a standard coil the coil is looser and more prone to having your wraps move around as you pull your wick through (when removing the old or adding the new). with a standard coil you are usually using a thinner wire as with a thicker wire you'd have a much wider coil. the thinner wire is (obviously) more pliable, so more prone to moving. even a micro/nano coil with thinner wire is easier to rewick (imo) because, again, the wraps that make the coil all touch so there is no place for them to move individually.


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if you are talking about a standard coil (spaced, or loose wraps) vs micro coil, one thought is the standard coil produces better vapor because the air gets to the wick forcing vapor to be produced (like blowing on a pot of water that is almost ready to boil creates steam). The micro coil/nano coils where all the wraps touch creates a "heat tube" that heats up and forces vapor to shoot out either side of the "tube". personally i dont notice much difference between the performance of the two types of coil, though I will say the flavor is "different." Better or worse depends on the juice, so it just brings out different notes IMO. Some have said that "super heating" the juice could cause it to break down differently, producing chemicals to break down that ordinarily dont with lower heat.

For me, the biggest benefit to a micro coil is that it has great performance but it is also easier to rewick - rewicking a standard coil the coil is looser and more prone to having your wraps move around as you pull your wick through (when removing the old or adding the new). with a standard coil you are usually using a thinner wire as with a thicker wire you'd have a much wider coil. the thinner wire is (obviously) more pliable, so more prone to moving. even a micro/nano coil with thinner wire is easier to rewick (imo) because, again, the wraps that make the coil all touch so there is no place for them to move individually.


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Just to clarify, the term micro coil is often misconstrued to suggest that the wraps must all be touching - like a contact coil.

A micro coil is actually a coil with an inside diameter in a very narrow range - 1/16" is at the top of the range and .055" is basically the bottom.

The wraps on a micro coil are wrapped touching or as close as possible.

The vapor from a micro coil does not only exit from the sides but also from the center of the coil mass.

Smaller ID coils are nano and larger ID coils graduate to mini, standard and macro.

It's actually pretty simple :)

And here's the first micro coil ever made. I called it a micro coil because it was tiny - it had nothing to do with wraps touching.

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Y'all can thank the the big name YouTube tools for misleading ya. Don't feel bad. They have done it to thousands of vapers :)
 
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