Nautilus mini coils burning fast
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Which coils, Bottom Dual or Bottom Vertical? I use the BDC coils in my mini and full size tank and manage about two weeks. It also depends on what flavors you vape, some sweet ones can gum up the coils. Try this, next time the coil seems ready to be changed, change it out, but soak the old coil in vodka overnight to clean it, and see if you can't reuse it again.
4 weeks seems very impressive, wish I could manage that!
4 weeks seems very impressive, wish I could manage that!
I get from a week to 10 days on each BVC coil, but then I'm very sensitive to even a slight burnt taste. I've begun cycling my coils by boiling them for about 1/2 hour after discovering that the vodka soak method is not very effective. I can probably get several iterations from a single coil this way.
Boiling in water sounds more economical than soaking in Vodka! I'll have to try that.
it depends on kind of juice, how much juice, wattage, qc of coil.
time used on coil is irrelevant unless all those factors are equal.
eg.
person A uses coils made by x company lasts him 30 days, he vapes sweet custards at 2 mls/day at 10watts.
person B on same coil vapes sweet custards and coil lasts for 3 days, vapes 30mls/day at 30watts
person c on same coils vapes non sweet/non custard juice lasts 10 days vapes 30mls/day at 30watts.
time used on coil is irrelevant unless all those factors are equal.
eg.
person A uses coils made by x company lasts him 30 days, he vapes sweet custards at 2 mls/day at 10watts.
person B on same coil vapes sweet custards and coil lasts for 3 days, vapes 30mls/day at 30watts
person c on same coils vapes non sweet/non custard juice lasts 10 days vapes 30mls/day at 30watts.
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I use a small ultrasonic cleaner, like the ones used for jewelry and dental bridges, etc, and use a dash of baking soda in hot water from the faucet. I run it twice (3- minute cycles), rinse and replace with plain hot water, and run twice again. Then let them air dry over days of time. I never dry burn because I believe, take on faith, that the ultrasonic cleaner dissolves and shakes off the crusted residue. I check ohms with a meter and if I get a reading and it's somewhere near specs of new heads I'll feel confident and expect clean results. Mostly, that's what I get. If not, it's toss and replace with new.
Most of my juices are coffee and sweet bakery concoctions, dark and tend to gunkiness, 50/50 propylene/vegetable. I only vape one full tankful before doing this cleaning. This frequency, I believe, is key to lack of build-up. It seems to restore the coil to like-newness many times before the effect tapers off. Maybe 6 cycles so far, and more.
Most of my juices are coffee and sweet bakery concoctions, dark and tend to gunkiness, 50/50 propylene/vegetable. I only vape one full tankful before doing this cleaning. This frequency, I believe, is key to lack of build-up. It seems to restore the coil to like-newness many times before the effect tapers off. Maybe 6 cycles so far, and more.
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