New Joyetech 20watt eGrip

[cracker75]

stupid wicking hack:

I've never liked the way BCC's wick, it's always three decent hits followed by a dry one. But the egrip had so many other great things going for it, that I bought one anyway.

Anywho, I took some really sharp, pointy tweezers, and gently tufted the filler/fabric stuff surrounding the coil, out of the slots on the atomizer head, and am having much better results.

YMMV.

 

[lulu836]

Howdy folks......passin' by with a question. How do I make this PV run a little cooler? I'm currently using it at the lowest setting with the air hole almost closed. The vape is sooooo hot.

 

[alongo]

I am having the same problem, lowest setting and after a half tank its hot and harsh (burnt). Would like to be able to test the power (volts) iy is putting out. I hope the rba for this helps are it will end up in the junk drawer.

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[four2109]

I was getting that earlier today, after I had put VG WTA in it. I topped it off with PG liquid and it's wicking better.

 

[armadillo]

I was wondering how this could be when I have zero wicking issues and the vape is very pleasant. But I have pure PG, so that may explain it.

 

[Peter_C]

I *just* got my eGrip today. I cannot tell 'where' the lowest setting is? On my 70PG/30VG juice it's tasting burnt regardless of where I set it? No dry hits, plenty of vapor - but just too hot for my liking? Am I doing something wrong?

FYI? My juice tastes fine at 8-12 watts on my Silo with a BVC coil.

 

[four2109]

Peter, the lowest setting is the smallest dot, or do you mean you can't tell a difference by the vape?
I don't know what anyone does with 20 watts! Or 10 for that matter.
Someone posted a picture of 1 layer of the filler around the coil removed, but I don't really want to mess with that. I'll just stick to PG.

 

[armadillo]

Here's a pic:

As shown, this is set to 20W. Just turn by one setting clockwise to arrive at the lowest setting (smallest dot; some versions have lines).

 

[DonnyX]

Im so glad I got numbers on mine that would be murder on my eyes to try to read that in a dark room. [emoji16]

 

[Kyi]

Some people may have gotten really good coils with their device and others not so much? Seems like people are always running into this problem with coil heads of any type. The eGrip coil heads need to be modified or have higher resistance imo, they can't run at 20 watts, which they should if they came with the device so you can actually use the full range of the power with it. For the time being though, you could make a small slash in the slots where the wicking material is, try to pull out one of the layers of the fabric from the coil, or try it with the BVC coil with the method I mentioned in a previous post. I'm still using the BVC with mine and I feel that they wick much better and I can use the higher wattage settings without a burnt taste. Still, I am looking forward to using the RBA base when that becomes available.

 

[cracker75]

I find it hilarious, that joye will offer an RBA, with proprietary threading, for a mod that doesn't measure resistance.

 

[Ian444]

Wouldn't you just use a multimeter? The RBA would be for advanced users at your own risk I would think. The egrip must be one of the stealthiest work-day delivering devices available, and might find its way into many vapers' stash.

 

[Muru]

The RBA coming out is the reason I bought an eGrip yesterday. Well that....and the fact they'll be banned in my country next year

 

[four2109]

The RBA coming out is the reason I bought an eGrip yesterday. Well that....and the fact they'll be banned in my country next year

A ban in Amsterdam!! I thought that was the anything goes capital of the world!

 

[SpinDr480]

Some people may have gotten really good coils with their device and others not so much? Seems like people are always running into this problem with coil heads of any type. The eGrip coil heads need to be modified or have higher resistance imo, they can't run at 20 watts, which they should if they came with the device so you can actually use the full range of the power with it. For the time being though, you could make a small slash in the slots where the wicking material is, try to pull out one of the layers of the fabric from the coil, or try it with the BVC coil with the method I mentioned in a previous post. I'm still using the BVC with mine and I feel that they wick much better and I can use the higher wattage settings without a burnt taste. Still, I am looking forward to using the RBA base when that becomes available.

Did you try this the other way? If you put the BVC pin in the eGrip coil, will it work on the BVC base? I'm just thinking if that would be a way I could dry burn a eGrip coil.

 

[Kyi]

No I haven't tried it the other way around but it should work if it fits. I'm also wondering how we'd check resistance on the RBA, sure multimeter could work but seems like a hassle to do it that way. I hope they have a method that makes sense.

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[Peter_C]

Here's a pic:

As shown, this is set to 20W. Just turn by one setting clockwise to arrive at the lowest setting (smallest dot; some versions have lines).

Thank you for the photo - I need new glasses it seems, as I can't even tell a size difference in the dot size. It's interesting using the same juice on my P3 with a Silo and a BVC at 10 watts (my happy place) vs the EGrip at the lowest setting (a bit warmer to be sure) - not as bad as an eStick, but still a bit of a jump.

 

[four2109]

Thank you for the photo - I need new glasses it seems, as I can't even tell a size difference in the dot size. It's interesting using the same juice on my P3 with a Silo and a BVC at 10 watts (my happy place) vs the EGrip at the lowest setting (a bit warmer to be sure) - not as bad as an eStick, but still a bit of a jump.

I notice it's hotter when it first comes off the charger too, like the istick.

 

[lulu836]

I notice it's hotter when it first comes off the charger too, like the istick.

I took the air flow control screw totally out of my egrip and it is WONDERFUL!!

 

[Peter_C]

I took the air flow control screw totally out of my egrip and it is WONDERFUL!!

I too removed my set screw. Not quite as loose as the Silo on it's most open setting, but nice and reasonable, like a Nautilus or so.