Newbie dripper question

[Tedlee]

Hi All,

I'm kinda confused. I've been reading a lot on the ECF forum that dripping is the S**T. I've tried searching it out and am not sure if dripping has a wick or not. I personally think that "no wick" would be great due to no wick burn. So, what's the take on this?

 

[Johnnie Price]

You can't keep the coil saturated without a wick. I've yet to hear of a truly wickless system, and I'm not sure it's physically possible. But dripping atomizers generally have much less wick than say a clearo might.

 

[Bigflyrodder]

Dripping is the best way to get big flavor, lung hit, clouds, etc. Your question about wick depends on what you are dripping into... an atty, then get one with no wick or bridge and you'll be set. An rda or rebuildable dripping atty, you have wicks and coil. Don't get scared off of the RDAs when you watch videos of complex builds and such, you'll get there. Can start with easy simple one and go from there. Fun to get into the builds as a sort of hobby and rewarding to vape something you wrapped yourself.

Watch youtube vids on builds, zillions of them out there. Have fun and good luck!

 

[*deleon517*]

dripping uses wick, they haven't found a practical way to get the liquid to the coils with out wicking. there are many types of wick like cotton, silica, stainless steel mesh

 

[Tedlee]

I guess I'm a little confused about dripping. I 'assumed' that dripping was actually dripping in the coil w/o a wick. I thought it was possible at first, maybe I am wrong.

 

[cvedrick]

How To Make A Perfect Micro Coil With The Darkzero Coil Jig - YouTube

My only addition to this is to put the coil in front of the air hole and...

Get it as close to the air hole as you can without shorting against the top cap!

 

[Tedlee]

Holly Cr*p. That was intense. I understood all that in the video, but, doesn't someone already sell this type of thing?

 

[Bigflyrodder]

Holly Cr*p. That was intense. I understood all that in the video, but, doesn't someone already sell this type of thing?

RDAs can be intense but don't have to be! Check out the vids on the Smoktech Scar RDA or the Igo L and it will look much easier. You don't have to use an RDA or a wick system to drip! Go to Smartvapes and look at their 510 dripping attomizers, they are wickless and bridgeless and as you said you drip down the tube right onto the coils. Couldn't be easier.

 

[Johnny Cumulus]

Dripping is the best for flavor/clouds! But it sucks up your juice! I can vape 2 drops in 1 hit! lol

I use an RDA(rebuildable dripping atomizer). Its the "Igo-W" Which I make my own (dual)nano coils for it, and use sterile cotton balls from CVS. You fluff up a tiny piece the size of your fingernail, and push it under the nano coil with a poking tool, this is called a "cotton cloud" build. saturate the "cloud" and massive vapor!

Once you have it built, you can change the cotton cloud as often as you want to change flavors, which for me, making my own flavors is a MUST!!!

1 cotton ball has enough cotton "wicking" to change out my dual nano coils, atleast 20-25 times.

I cant imagine a better way to go!

Just keep your cloud saturated or you will taste how nasty burnt cotton tastes... lol... As long as its saturated, it wont burn at all, no matter how hard you hit it... thats why cotton is so great, it just absorbs and never gets dry, until theres no juice left.

If your interested in building nano coils, I can only recommend Rip Trippers on youtube. Ray Lopez(I think is his name) also does some good videos, but they are usually fairly long, but good info none the less.

 

[TheReign]

Drippers are so fun to build! Once you get the hang of it it won't be hard for you at all!

 

[Jugband]

I've been vapeing for over a year. Started dripping on an RDA a month ago. Why did this take me soooo long to try? Once you try it, you will never look back! Get an Igo-l to learn on. So easy! I suggest micro coils and a cotton wick. Nothing like it!

 

[vapoholic_91]

vaping without a wick is virtually impossible...as long as you build a good coil and keep your wick wet you should not get a burnt taste

 

[1wildman]

Cotton is great because you can easily remove it and rewick it if needed without rebuilding coil. With cotton less is more. Less cotton is more flavor. Not a fan of the cloud methods. I have been building the dragon coil lately and it is easiest wick to do and has great results. Check out rip trippers dragon coil.


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[Tedlee]

So if understand this correctly, drippers still require a wick? However, it's only available if you "mod" the e-cig. Is that correct?

 

[InTheShade]

So if understand this correctly, drippers still require a wick? However, it's only available if you "mod" the e-cig. Is that correct?

Not sure what you mean by 'mod' in this context Tedlee.

You can drip without using a rebuildable dripping atomizer or RDA. Joytech (among many other companies) offer a 510 dripping atomizer that you can pretty much screw into any battery and drip a few drops and vape. They do have very tiny wicks (usually silica) in them. You can get them for around $5 from most online vape stores.

You can also use an RDA on an ego battery if you want to. You'll be a little limited on your resistance, but I have used my IGO-L on a spinner with no issues and great results.

So, guessing what you meant, you don't have to mod your e-cig or use a mechanical (or even an APV) to drip.

 

[cvedrick]

Holly Cr*p. That was intense. I understood all that in the video, but, doesn't someone already sell this type of thing?

Generally anything with "rebuildable" in the acronym is something your are going to have to coil and wick yourself.

1 advantage of the RDA is the coils can last for months and the wicks are really not a big deal to replace, about like threading a large needle.

If you have a knowledgeable Brick and Mortar shop near you, they usually are glad to show you how and build your coil for you, especially if you buy it from them. The ones near me do it for free if you are a regular.

Don't be put off by the video, it is one of the best ones out there but he does use tools that you can get by without.

That said a screwdriver, nail, drill bit or any other solid round object of the correct diameter works just fine.

If you do decide to try it out, The Youde, IGO series (L and W1) are good beginners RDAs and can be had for around $10 to $15 as long as you stay with the 2 and 3 post versions versus the 5.

If you are doing a battery unit like the EGO, or a vv/vw mod you will want to run about 1.5Ω and I would not start much below that for a mech.

Of course if you are intimidated by building you own stuff, You might check out tank type cartomizers.

I recently started using a Youde AGR+ and am kind of wishing I had discovered it before spending 6 months with protanks....

PennyVaper.com - AGR+

Oh yea, if you mail order check whether it comes with a drip tip, you might need to order one of those as well.

 

[Ahoy]

Dripping is essentially dripping eliquid onto the coil directly and getting a 'flavor on demand' experience. Yes, RDA's and such have wicks, this is essential (for now) for the juice to properly be transferred to the coil and heated up and vaporized. Building is very simple, basically just wrapping some wire in circles using Kanthal heating wire that is used in many common products.

The wicks we use can vary per person and per build. I happen to love cotton because of the price (4 bucks for an average of 900 wicks? count me in). Cotton absorbs and wicks great, the flavor is intense and really makes it pop for me. The only con is that cotton burns very very easily, if you dry fire because you forget you had no juice in there...there's a real good chance you need to replace that cotton (not like it's going to hurt your pocket any).
I'll give you a list of wicks;

Cotton(cheap, great flavor but burns easy)
hemp(haven't tried, some who have say it's meh)
cheesecloth(haven't tried, those who have say its nice)
SS mesh(hard to work with, great distinct flavor and lasts a long time)
Silica(you use them now in your tanks/clearo's, wicks very well and is very hardy for wick)
ekowool(wicks like a dream, hardy wick but is a bit expensive)

Those are all decent wicking choices in their own ways. Some googlefu along with trial and error will be needed to find your ideal vape. There is some safety posts you should read about building coils and ohms and batteries and such, if you use a VV/VW protected device they have a limit to the ohm level they can fire to (ie- MVP2 can't fire properly below 1.1[others have said they can do .8 but with trouble, i wouldn't even try]) and so on. Read posts on building and some of the many youtube videos out there and trust me, it's seems more daunting than it actually is.

Get a :
RDA
Pair of tweezers/needle nose pliers
Torch/butane lighter or a bic if you are cheap like me
wicking material
ohms meter (do yourself a favor and buy it when you start)
DMM(digital multi meter will be needed when you reach the point that you want ot start dipping into deeper more complex builds and lower ohms)


It's so fun tinkering..i just can't stop. I really can't. It's amazing.

 

[JoeDerty]

This is one type of coil inside of a dripper. they all have wicks. i also made more videos more for beginners check out this channel hopefully it will help! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd9LQHyNFOo

 

[Rappy]

You need something to get yer juice to the coil. My dripper is coming next week in the post. Cant wait to build my first coils. I plan to use organic cotton for wick as Ive heard good things.

 

[roadie]

Agree with 100% everything in this thread. Nothing compares to dripping IMO.

Superior flavor
Quick flavor changes
Custom builds
Cheap RDA's available