New Reo Owner

[bozzchem]

I got my Reo Grand LP and Reomizer 4 LP in today.

It took me a bit to get the Reomizer 4 set up and working properly. The adjustable air intake is nice when you finally get it dialed in where you like it.

Does my coil/wick setup look OK (see below)?

It's 28g A1 wrapped ~8/9 times @ 2.2mm. I get 1.3Ω for the build.

It vapes like a champ now that I figured out I had too much wick in to begin with. Even what I have may be too much?

Anyway, a happy camper now that it's up and running! I have to get used to squonking...those dry hits are ROUGH...

 

[Papa_Lazarou]

Congrats, and welcome to the 'Ville

Love to see a pic or two of the reo itself, if you can (we're weird that way).

As for the coil and wick, it looks like you might have a tad too much wicking (both volume and tail length - prolly just the pre-bf sqonking reflexes kicking in) - less is definitely more for vapor and flavour. Coil looks about good, just make sure it's as close to the air hole as possible without touching the cap.

 

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[built4feel]

Congrats and welcome! Id love to see a pic of your reo!

I agree with what papa said... less is more when it comes to squonking. Trim them so they are just long enough to touch the deck and push them down like a horseshoe shape...Also, raise the coil a bit and you might be able to get a lot better flavor/vapor... Close to the edge of the deck and in line with the airhole. You can use the post holes as a rough guide for the vertical placement of that coil.

 

[K31Scout]

I built a new coil for my RM2 tonight and used less wick than my first coil. The dry hits are gone. I was over wicked. I have the RM4 due to be delivered tomorrow; thank God I got the order in cause reomod site is down until the 2nd of October! I have a lot of notes written down on building for this atty but three that stand out are...

1. coils go as close to cap edge as possible.
2. Keep them up high near the air holes on the cap. (may need one less wrap to account for the long leg)
3. Tilt coil up to air hole while the low side sucks juice.

Good luck!

 

[Susan~S]

Hello and welcome bozzchem. Glad to have you here!

+1 on the pics! I love to see pics of all Reo's.

 

[Filthy-Beast]

Congrats and welcome to Reoville. I'll add as you learn the squonk it helps to pull drip tip and watch, you want the juice to go up and soak the coil and wick.

Also pressing hard does not help, even pressure longer if needed is the key.

 

[bozzchem]

Thank you for your suggestions!

I definitely have some learning to do about setting this up for the best vape possible.

Are there any pics of the "perfect" coil setup?

 

[Filthy-Beast]

Yes but my perfect probably is not your perfect coil. A lot of the fun is experimenting with coils to figure-out what you like.

 

[bozzchem]

Thanks for the pics!

I see that I definitely have too much wick material in mine.

(You should have seen the first one I did...)

 

[Ian444]

Bozzchem your coil looks fine. Usually it is the position of the coil in relation to the air hole that determines the vape quality and characteristics. Many Reo users use smaller diameter coils of 1/16" (1.6mm), you could try that too if you feel the need or get curious.
Welcome and congrats!

 

[SITS]

Welcome aboard and congrats on the first addition to your REO family.

 

[SITS]

FB,

What diameter wick do you use?

 

[Filthy-Beast]

FB,

What diameter wick do you use?

the 2nd one is some 3mm all the rest are 2mm readyXwick. the 2mm is what I use mostly. Screwed up an order and got some 3mm by mistake so I play with it every once in a while.

 

[redeyedancer]

Congrats and welcome bozzchem

 

[eratikmind]

Congrats and welcome to Reoville, bozzchem.

Enjoy your new Reo. It will serve you quite well.

 

[Rat2chat2]

Welcome to ecf bozzchem and. . .

on the new reo. You're gonna love it. Big welcome hug to reoville.

 

[SITS]

Thanks FB

 

[Raynman]

Pix or it didn't happen!

 

[super_X_drifter]

Congrats and welcome. Coil looks damn good.