New Igo-W, first time dripper/builder, limited success

[Feraloxide]

That coil looks great bruv. Oddly enough I have more problems with making larger coils than I do smaller coils. I can wrap a super nano coil with ease, but if I tried something like that I'd be fiddling around with the wire too much to feel comfortable.

To give you an idea of what you can do with a dripper...

It's a pretty low quality photo, but it's an IGO-W with twin 28 gauge microcoils. They clock in around .7 ohms and hit like a train with twin 1/16th airholes.

 

[cclaplante]

I'm still perfecting my coil wrapping technique, but I find the best way to end up with a tight coil is to wrap a tight coil. Maybe your wrap was a little loose on the drill bit, or you didn't squeeze it enough during annealing? It could also be that the coil is stretched a little between the posts. I'm just making educated guesses, as I've been building a lot of similar coils lately.

-C

 

[Bodog]

So, as I've been generally unhappy with my Aspire BDC's, and having read all the praises of RDA's, I decided to take the plunge and try my hand at it. After watching quite a number of YouTube videos and reading How-To articles, I *thought* I had a good idea of what I was in store for... heh.

Anyway, went down to my local AltSmoke and picked up an Igo-W, 32ga Kanthal, 3mm silica wick, and an Ohm meter. Let the journey begin.

My first few attempts were terrible, and when I finally hit on a good 1.5-2.0 Ohm coil, while in the process of tightening down the screw on the post of the RDA, I'd inevitably end up shearing the wire in two... another loss. I was beginning to believe I was in for more than I had anticipated. This morning I tried again, and finally had a little bit of success. 4 wraps of 32ga around 3mm silica and Ohm'ing at 1.46

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Not great, I know, but at least it was borderline functional. Dry burned to check that the inner coils were firing before the outer coils, great. Dripped in some NicQuid Soho on the wick, popped on the top and gave her a go @ 3.8V...

...well, it produced vapor, although not a whole lot of it. Taste? A little funny. I did clean the entire unit the night before, but something just tasted off, can't really explain it. Maybe it's the silica, I'm not really certain.

Also, please keep in mind that I'm using an... eGo style battery. I figured that if I aimed for a coil between 1.5 - 2.0 Ohms, I'd be golden. I'm just a little underwhelmed with the results thus far.

Going to have to get some organic cotton and give that method a shot.

Is there anything that seems off in regard to what I've done so far? Tips on getting more vapor?

Thanks a ton,
John.

Looks like your heading down the right path friend. It takes time to really learn how to build a nice coil, with plenty of failed attempts. Keep at it. Alot of things are important when wrapping and should be remembered. Dont wrap to tight or to loose,just enough so that the silica could slide but not very easily if you were to tug it. The tightness of the wrap is huge and carefully wrapping watching for spacing and coil structure. Keep at it man